Thanks to the Huguenot Society records I have been able to add this group to the ancestry of Edward Robinson Bouquet - from where I began my research.
This colour: possibility/probability
An Elizabeth ROUSSIGNOL was b. 11, Chr. 21, July 1723 La Patente French Huguenot, Spitalfields, London (father: Pierre ROUSSIGNOL, mother: Louisse GROLLEAU); this may, or may not, have been Peter BOUQUET's wife, in view of her age; although if 1764 was the birth of her last child it remains possible.
Sun Fire Insurance
29 July 1819
Insured: Peter BOUQUET, 7 Suffolk Place, Lower Road, Islington, gent (ref: MS 11936/481/956497)
Insured: Richard Francis MESTAYER, 7 Suffolk Place, Lower Road, Islington, gent (ref: MS 11936/481/956498)
2 July 1838
Insured: Peter BOUQUET, 62 Hermitage Place, St John Street Road, gent (ref: MS 11936/562/1278637)
(Access to Archives: The Guildhall Library - The National Archives website, UK)
1841: Hermitage Plain, St James Clerkenwell, Finsbury, Middlesex [next to the Clown Tavern]
Richard MESTAYER age 55 b. (1786) Middlesex (Ind) [Richard Francis]
- Richard MESTAYER age 25 b. (1816) Middlesex (Clerk)
Mary MESTAYER age 50 b. (1791) Middlesex
Peter BOUQUET age 70 b. (1771) Middlesex (Ind)
Charlotte SEAMAN age 35 b. (1806) Middlesex (F.S.)
Ann MILLER age 20 b. (1821) Middlesex (F.S.)
Deborah MILLER age 14 b. (1827) Middlesex (F.S.)
Richard Francis MESTAYER d. 3Q 1841 (Clerkenwell 3/34)
Richard Francis MESTAYER of Hermitage Place, St John St., d. age 60, bu. 22 July 1841 Bunhill Fields (Vault Opened) [b. c.1781] (source: City of London Burials)
1851: 17, Upper Islington Terrace, Islington, Finsbury, Middlesex
Peter BOUQUET, Head (Widower) age 87 b. (1764) Spitalfields, Middlesex (Retired Bank Cl)
- Ann MESLAYER {MESTAYER], Daughter (Widow) age 63 b. (1788) Stepney, Middlesex (Fund Holder & Annuitant)
Charlotte M. SEAMAN, Servant (Unm) age 48 b. (1803) Brentwood, Essex (Ho Servt)
Elizabeth SEAMAN, Servant age 14 b. (1837) Colchester, Essex (Ho Servt)
Peter BOUQUET of 17 Upper Islington Terrace, d. age 87, bu. 11 April 1851 Bunhill Fields (Vault Opened) [b. c.1764] (source: City of London Burials)
Peter BOUQUET of Wood Street in the parish of Christ Church Spittle ffields in the County of Middlesex in the City of London being through the abundent Goodness and Mercy of God of a sound and perfect understanding and memory do constitute this my last Will and Testament that is to say first of all I most humbly bequeath Soul to God my maker beseeching his most Gracious acceptance of it thro the all Suff___nt _i__its and mediation of my most compassionate Redeemer Jesus Christ who gave himself to be an atonement for my Sins
Item I give my Body to the Earth from where it came in full assurance of its Resurrection from there at the last day
Item I give and bequeath to my Son Peter BOUQUET a _oomb my Silver Shoe Buckles and knee Buckles my Silver Clasps and all my wearing apparel
Item I give and bequeath to my beloved Wife Elizabeth BOUQUET my household Goods and ffurniture and all the remainder of all I possess and do likewise constitute her the said Elizabeth BOUQUET Executrix of this my last Will and Testament Signed by me this Second Day of July in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Seventy nine ____ Peter BOUQUET
7th Febry. 1780
ON WHICH DAY appeared personally James GOSSETT of the Liberty of Nortonfolgate in the County of Middlesex Weaver and David BOUQUET of the parish of Christ Church Spittle ffields in the same County Weaver and by virtue of their Corporal Oaths deposed that they knew and were well acquainted with Peter BOUQUET late of the parish of Christ Church aforesaid deceased for several years before and to the time of his death and have Several times seen him write and Subscribe bis name whereby they became well acquainted with his manner and character of handwriting and Subscription and having now carefully viewed and perused the paper writing hereunto annexed purporting to be the last Will and Testament of the said deceased beginning thus "I Peter BOUQUET of Wood Street in the parish of Christ church Spittle-ffields in the County of Middlesex in the City of London" ending thus "Signed by me this second day of July in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy nine" and thus subscribed "Peter BOUQUET" say that they verily and in their consciences believe the whole SERIOS and contents of the said Will together with the name thereto Subscribed to be of the proper hand writing and Subscription of the said Peter BOUQUET deceased ___ James GOSSETT ___ David BOUQUET ___ Same day the said James GOSSETT and David BOUQUET were duly Sworn to the truth of this affidavit Before me Will MACHAM Surrogate present Rogr. ALTHAM Notry. publ.
THIS WILL was proved at London the tenth day of ffebruary in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty before the worhshipful Andrew Colter [DURAREL] Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right Worshipful Peter CALVERT Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oath of Elizabeth BOUQUET Widow the Relict of the deceased and sole Executrix named in the said Will to whom administration was granted of all and Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased having been first Sworn duly to administer.
THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me Peter BOUQUET of No. 17 Upper Islington Terrace in the Parish of Saint Mary Islington in the County of Middlesex Gentleman
I direct that all my just debts funeral expences and the ___rores of proving this my Will and carrying the same into execution be in the first place fully paid and satisfied and after payment thereof
I give to my Grandson James Robert BOUQUET the sum of Nineteen pounds nineteen shillings
I give to Charlotte Mary SEAMAN of No. 17 Upper Islington Terrace aforesaid Spinster the sum of Nineteen pounds nineteen shillings
I give my freehold Vault in Bunhill Fields Burial Ground and also all the rest residue and remainder of my Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever both real and personal unto my daughter Ann MESTAYER Widow to and for her own absolute use and benefit and I appoint my Grandsons James Robert BOUQUET and Richard MESTAYER Executors of this my Will and I do hereby revoke all other Wills and Testamentary dispositions made by me at any time heretofore
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this twenty third day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty - Peter BOUQUET
Signed and declared by the said Peter BOUQUET as [was] for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us (both being present at the same time) who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. William CORNISH [1 Stonefield] Street Islington Middlesex - Rich.d MULLENS St Mildreds Court Poultry London Solicitor.
PROVED at London the 25th April 1851 before the Worshipful Francis Thomas PRATT Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oaths of James Robert BOUQUET and Richard MESTAYER the Grandsons the executors to whom admon was granted having been first sworn duly to administer.
Collections Relating to the Family of Crispe by Frederick Arthur Crisp, 1882
... CRISP formerly of Clapham ... Esquire" — "to my Neice PATTISON Twenty Guineas to Samuel CRISP the Son of my Brother Stephen CRISP Twenty Guineas" — "To my Cousin Mme COCK a Ring of a Guinea Value to Peter BOUQUET a Ring of the same to Isaac the same To Doctor CARLTON a Ring of the same" - "my Neice Mary Phesant CRISP" residual Legatee
Dated 12 June 1754 - Witness "Ann BROWES"
Affidavit, dated 4 June 1755, by "Stephen CRISP of the Parish of Saint Botolph Aldgate London Woollen Draper" that he knew "Walter CRISP late of the said Parish of Saint Botolph ..."
The Gentleman's Magazine
Obituary - 1839
October 8. In Manchester-square, Mr. Peter BOUQUET, the house-steward of Gen. SEBASTIANI, the French Ambassador. He had been thirty-six years in his Excellency's service; was with him in all the eventful campaigns in Spain, Germany, Russia, &c.; and in the disastrous retreat from Moscow. His body was interred on the 16th, in the Kentish Town and Highgate Cemetery.
Peter BOUQUET d. 4Q 1839 (Marylebone 1/178)
A Peter BOUQUET died at sea 1886, age 35, on board the ship Dolphin (GRO Marine Death Indices) [b. c.1851]
The Peter BOUQUET, Doctor of Divinity, was possibly this person:
Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London published 1909
... Anne HENRIETTE, who married Paul de St. Ferreol, who served the Nonconformist Peter Street Church from 1717 to his death in 1755, and Marianne, who in 1716 married Peter BOUQUET de St. Paul, who ministered at the united churches of SS. Mary and Patrick.
The latter (son of Paul BOUQUET, sénéchal du Sigourney, and Charlotte de la DOUESPE) had been ordained at Fulham in 1711, was D.D. of Trinity College, Dublin, and later became Rector of Carlingford. There was issue of both marriages.
The MESTAYER family emigrated from France to, firstly, Dublin; if members of the BOUQUET family were in Dublin at the same time, they were probably acquainted through the Huguenot church and other organisations.
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