In this Issue:
- THFFI Database Riches
- Points of Interest
- We have more than 101,000 profiles, up from 42,000 in 2015.
- Material saved to the database already has disappeared from the internet.
- THFFI needs more member support to be sustainable.
- Database Update:
- 101,268 Hungerford profiles (98,646 last quarter)
- 65,831 Marriage records (64,138 last quarter)
- 13,778 Different surnames (13,452 last quarter)
- 7,967 Library entries (7,620 last quarter)
- 16,197 Photographs (15,519 last quarter)
- Notes From Your Editor
- Royalty in the THFFI Database
- Jill West Hungerford, Artist
- Jacksonville Archery & Scott's Gunworks
- Florence Mary Farrell Hungerford's Passing
- Adventures Researching the Fuller Family in Pittsfield, Massachusetts; Who is Cora, Minnie, or Mary Fuller?
- The Disappearing Frances Madeline Silvernail Purches
- Hungerfords Who Have Departed Us:
- Frederick Erwin Purches (US18630)
- John Glen Hungerford (LM361)
- John Allen Hungerford (Sh998)
- Donald Wayne Hungerford (SH1450)
- Breda Hungerford (UNEN1275)
- Kenneth James Wysluzaly (US141 )
- Jame Lynn Hungerford (US13503)
- James Edward Heubi, MD (SH1250cspouse1)
- George Christian Engelhardt (US3779)
- Perry V. Meyett (UNUS1948)
- Florence Mary "Mary" Farrell Hungerford (IR136spouse1)
- Floyd D, "Bucky" Ellsworth (US3709)
- Answer to Last Quarter's Quarterly Quiz: No one answered last quarter’s Quarterly Quiz.
We asked about a Hungerford cousin of ours who was one of the most influential figures in the world of horseracing. He was a successful and perceptive breeder, and a shrewd gambler on the horses that he owned. He bred quality horses, and notable racecourse successes included Highclere’s and wins in the Oaks and the St Leger.
He was such a close friend of Queen Elizabeth II that rumors of a romantic relationship arose, rumors that were denied. We asked whether you could identify this Hungerford cousin of ours?
The answer is Henry George Reginald Molyneux Herbert (EN3851), 7th Earl of Carnarvon. - The Quarterly Quiz: The subject of this Quarterly Quiz was an English peer, aristocrat, and Earl. He was born at the family seat in Hampshire, England.
Educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, he married the illegitimate daughter of a millionaire in Westminster.
His father-in-law paid off all of his existing debts as part of the marriage settlement in addition to paying him half a million pounds sterling.
He was exceedingly wealthy due to his marriage settlement and was at first best known as an owner of racehorses and a reckless driver of early cars, suffering a serious motoring accident, after which he never fully recovered his health.
He was an enthusiastic amateur archeologist. He and his wife bought antiquities for their collection in England.
He died from a mosquito bite which became infected. Can you tell us who he was? - Answer to Last Quarter's Quarterly Mystery: Last Quarter’s Mystery was about Richard Hungerford Pollen, 3rd Baronet of Redenham (UNEN324) (we had said that his REFN was UNEN382 which was a mistake). He succeeded to the Baronetcy of Redenham from his uncle John Walter Pollen, 2nd Baronet of Redenham (UNEN390).
Richard Hungerford Pollen’s parents were John Pollen (UNEN389) and Louisa Holt. He married Anne Cockerell. Richard Hungerford Pollen’s siblings were Louisa I. Pollen UNEN382a), John Hungerford Pollen (UNEN313), and Jessica E. Pollen (UNEN382b). The question was about his middle name: what is the Hungerford connection?
Lesley Jane Hungerford Abrahams (IR232a) solved the riddle despite the confusion we created with the erroneous UNEN382 REFN and despite spending four days searching through the Jackson Papers, The Peerage, Ancestry.com.au., Wikipedia, and Cockayne which didn’t give her much help because there are so many Johns, and Edwards, and Richards, all the wives seem to be Mary or Elizabeth, and they are confused.
The confusion that we caused and the lack of any research results notwithstanding, she was able to lead us to the answer.
Sir Walter Hungerford (EN252) died without male issue and by his will (a copy of which is in the THFFI Library) left life estates in Rodbourne Manor and the Studley estates in Wiltshire, first to his nephew George Hungerford (EN283), then to John Hungerford Keate (EN284) following George’s death, and then to Southcote Hungerford Luttrell (EN284) following John’s death. All of those properties were supposed to go to them eventually.
Lesley pointed out that George married Elizabeth Pollen (EN283spouse2), that George also died without male issue, and George left his estate to his wife Elizabeth Pollen (EN283spouse2).
Elizabeth’s will, dated 1816 (the beginning of which can be seen below and a copy of which is appended to this newsletter along with a transcription), left her estate to her sister Sarah Pollen (UNEN388d) and her nephew Richard Hungerford Pollen (UNEN382), the son of her brother John Pollen (UNEN389).
As Lesley observed, in effect, the properties that should have gone to John Hungerford Keate (EN284) and Southcote Hungerford Luttrell (EN284) instead were diverted to Richard Hungerford Pollen (EN382) by Elizabeth’s will.
It is not clear how Elizabeth’s will could have operated on properties in which George only held a life estate since any rights that he held in those properties expired immediately on his death and could not have been left to Elizabeth.
In any event, the Hungerford connection derived from the inheritance from Sir Walter Hungerford. We rewarded Lesley with a couple of our Hungerford mugs in recognition of her having led us to that connection. - The Quarterly mystery: As we observed earlier in this newsletter, Lesley Jane Hungerford Abrahams ( IR232a) solved last Quarter’s Quarterly Mystery. This Quarter’s Quarterly Mystery concerns Walter de Hungerford (EN1) and Maud de Heytesbury who we discuss on the first page of this newsletter. They might also have had a third son Thomas de Hungerforde (UNEN543) who is listed once in The Wiltshire Tax List of 1332. Robert Hungerford (EN3) is listed in The Wiltshire Tax List of 1332 three times.
One deed (no. 203 dated 12 Nov 1355) “Thomas Hungerford, citizen of Salisbury … with successive remainders to Thomas, son of Walter Hungerford” and and another deed no. 205 dated 8 Apr 1356 “Thomas de Hungerford, merchant of Salisbury … with successive remainders to Thomas, son of Walter Hungerford” (in The Hungerford Cartulary: A Calendar of the Earl of Radnor’s Cartulary of the Hungerford Family) appear to distinguish between Thomas Hungerford, citizen, merchant, and mayor of Salisbury, and Thomas (EN5) mayor of Salisbury and the son of Walter Hungerford (EN4). It is not therefore possible to be sure that the many offices held by a Thomas Hungerford were all held by Thomas son of Walter. The mayor’s wife was called Helen (Elena) and the wife of Thomas (EN5) son of Walter (EN4) was Eleanor, perhaps too close to be sure that they were different people.
What are the chances that Thomas de Hungerforde (UNEN543) and Robert Hungerford (EN3) were brothers? Can you resolve this riddle? - Mission Statement
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- Transcription of Elizabeth Pollen Hungerford (EN283spouse2)'s Last Will and Testament