Joseph FLIGHT murdered 2 Feb 1811 & Hanson FLIGHT owners Abbey Mills Stratford

[dpwoodies]

Joseph Flight ( Born Circa 1773 Died 2 Feb 1811 River Lea Bow Bridge)  (wed Jane Greenwood cir. 1801 Whitechapel Middlesex) and Hanson Flight (Born Circa 1766 Bermondsey Surrey Died Unknown) (marriage & Death details unknown) were the only known children of Hanson Flight (Snr) & Martha Underhill. Hanson Flight (snr) and his son Joseph owned and operated Abbey Mill Stratford and are also said to have owned another mill at Bermondsey Surrey (details unknown & unconfirmed). Family story has it thatJoseph flight was attacked/murdered  by Footpads on the evening of 2nd Feb 1811 whilst riding his horse home across the Bow Bridge and was left to drowned in the River Lea.
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I have searched all the usual sites (old Baily , UK Archives,Essex records online etc)) & the Internet but have been unable to confirm their ownership of Abbey Mill and or Bermondsey Surrey nor have I been able to locate birth details ,marriage etc)
Could some kind sole (SKS) please suggest some internet sites that may have extract of records to assist me (one of my many brick walls besides being in Australia and researching in England)


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[keldon]

I've looked in The Times newspaper and this is the only thing I can find at the moment.

The Times,
March 12, 1828. page 4

Marriages

On the 10th instant, at St Michael’s, Mr Hanson Flight, second son of the late Mr Joseph Flight, of West-ham, Abbey-mills, to Miss Ann Canham, of Blackheath, Kent.

Phil
historyhouse.co.uk

[keldon]

Gazette Issue 11344 published on the 13 April 1773. Page 3 of 4
Abbey Mills up for sale
long link to gazettes online


Gazette Issue 16410 published on the 2 October 1810. Page 18 of 24
A Thomas Mills gave his address as Abbey Mills, West Ham in his bankruptcy

long link to gazettes online

You can try other searches of the London Gazette here.
http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/archiveSearch.asp?WebType=0


Here’s a Bermondsey connection in the Surrey Quarter Sessions.
http://www.a2a.org.uk/search/records.asp?cat=176-qs_2-8&cid=1-5-71


This Leases appear to be relevant, or at least worth checking
http://www.a2a.org.uk/search/records.asp?cat=074-acc1037&cid=2-2-15
http://www.a2a.org.uk/search/records.asp?cat=074-acc1037&cid=2-2-14
http://www.a2a.org.uk/search/records.asp?cat=074-acc1037&cid=2-2-5
http://www.a2a.org.uk/search/records.asp?cat=074-acc1037&cid=2-2-2


These were found by searching the National Archives
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/?source=home



Phil
historyhouse.co.uk



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[keldon]

... and this page gives the history of mills in West Ham / Stratford
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42756&strquery=abbey%20mills


Phil
historyhouse.co.uk

[hepburn]

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/o/o/David--R-Woodcock/PDFGENE6.pdf

there's quite a bit on the Flight's and Woodcock's...

[dpwoodies]

BIG THANKS to Phil & Keldon
David w

[ShaunJ]

The Times of 8 March 1811 has a short report of the finding of a body, in the river Lee near Bromley, of a Mr Flight of Stratford, "eminent miller and mealman".

It says that a month previously he had spent his evening at a pub called the Harrow and had left late at night, intoxicated, and is supposed to have fallen in the river.

If you PM me your email address I'll send a copy of the article.

[ShaunJ]

The Times of 21 February 1831 has an interesting debtors' court report concerning the insolvent Hanson Flight, previously a baker of Kent Road and more recently a coal dealer of Rotherhithe Wall.

As with the other article I can email this to you if you PM me your email address

[keldon]

Another one from the Times.

The Times, November 28, 1823
page 3 - Deaths

On the 9th inst., at Brentwood, Mr Hanson Flight, formerly of the Abby-mills, West-ham, Essex, aged 87

Abby is the accurate spelling.

Phil
historyhouse.co.uk