The Cazeneuve Family Part IV

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John Cazeneuve was survived by his wife Esther and one son, Jacob, who was baptised in Chatham in 1703.

Esther Cazeneuve née Brodu died in 1746. 


A Prospect of his Majesties Royal Navy Lying at the several Moorings at Chatham, 1680-1730
From the British Library archive

On the left is St Mary's church as it would have been when the Cazeneuves knew it. The church has been much altered and rebuilt over time. 

Jacob Cazeneuve married Susanna. The marriage has not so far been discovered, so her name, and whether she too was of Huguenot origin, is unknown. 

The marriage must have take place in or before 1721, as Jacob and Susanna's eldest (known) child was baptised on 17 November 1721. If Jacob was an infant at his baptism in 1703, he must have been married very young. Average age at first marriage for men in England in the past was around the mid-twenties. 



While most children were baptised soon after birth, baptisms were sometimes delayed. However, judging by the dates of their baptisms, there doesn't seem to be time between the births of his elder siblings for Jacob to have been born.

Jacob and Susanna had five (known) chldren, baptised at St Mary's Chatham (and, where relevant, buried there): 

Esther bap 17 Nov 1721 bur 27 Dec 1721

Mary bap 19 March 1722/3 m. Thomas Troy bur 12 Aug 1760

Jacob  bap 13 Jun 1725 bur 11 May 1740 

John bap 29 Sept 1726 m. Caroline Hart

Susanna bap 5 April 1731 m. Phineas Kite

Susanna, wife of Jacob, was buried the same day as their daughter Susanna was baptised. According to the transcript of the inscription on the Cazeneuve family tomb in Chatham churchyard, she was 56 years old. This of course cannot be accurate, as she had recently had a child. The tomb no longer exists, so it is not possible to check the inscription. 


The Cazeneuve and Troy tomb (on the right) in the churchyard of St Mary's, Chatham

Jacob did not marry again, but in his will he left £600, the interest from which was to be used for the 'maintaining educating and bringing up of Elizabeth Newhouse an infant about thirteen years of age'. 

Elizabeth Newhouse was baptised in 'London' on 2 May 1753. Her father was Jacob, surname not given, her mother was Catherine. At the time Jacob's will was made, in July 1766, Elizabeth was 'residing and boarding' with Matthew Towes of Warwick Court, Warwick Lane, London. She was to be educated in reading, writing, arithmetic, needlework and 'other Learning and Improvements fit and proper for her Instruction according to her Capacity'. 

According to his will, Matthew Towes was a gentleman who owned property in the City of London and elsewhere. Elizabeth had not been boarded out in some obscure household.

When Elizabeth reached the age of twenty-one, or married, whichever came first, she was to receive the capital of £600. 

It is not known what became of Elizabeth or her mother Catherine.

Jacob and Susanna's eldest surviving daughter, Mary, married Thomas Troy and was the mother of Jacob Cazeneuve Troy. Their younger surviving daughter, Susanna, married Phineas Kite, a tallow chandler of Chatham.  

Their surviving son, John, married Caroline, daughter of Stephen Hart, at Chatham in 1754. Stephen Hart's occupation is unknown. 

Jacob was buried at Chatham on 21 August 1766. Of his children with Susanna, he was survived only by his son John and daughter Susanna. They and his grandchildren Mary Troy and Jacob Cazeneuve Troy, with Elizabeth Newhouse, were the principal beneficiaries of Jacob Cazeneuve's will. 

In his will, Jacob described himself as a 'gentleman'. 

His assets included £7,300 of South Sea stock, presumably inherited from his father. 

In real property, Jacob owned a 'Messuage or Tenement with the Outhouses Yard Garden Liberties and Privileges thereto belonging situate lying and being in West Court Street in Brompton in the parish of Chatham... lately purchased from Thomas Troy and Mary his wife'.  

Mary Troy was formerly Mary Cazeneuve, the testator Jacob Cazeneuve's daughter. The West Court Street property is presumably the one left to her by her grandfather John Cazeneuve in his will. Possibly the Troys were hard up and in need of ready cash so Mary's father purchased the property from her. By the time Jacob made his will, both Mary and her husband Thomas were dead, so the property passed to their son Jacob Cazeneuve Troy. 

Jacob also owned seven freehold messuages or tenements in Roome Lane in Chatham. One he occupied himself, the others were occupied, presumably leased or rented, by others. Since he owned all the properties, possiblyJacob was also the builder or developer, but this is unknown. No properties of this period survive in this location. 

Roome Lane, sometimes called Rome Lane, is now Railway Street. The railway of course was not there in Jacob Cazeneuve's time, and neither was New Road, nor the viaduct which carries New Road over Roome Lane/Railway Street. 



Map from Hasted's History of Kent, Vol 4
Roome or Rome Lane indicated by red arrow.  

Room House, the large house  on the east side of Rome Lane, was the home of the Best family, brewers of Chatham.  

Jacob leased from the Dean and Chapter of Rochester 'messuages or  tenements with still-house warehouse stables outhouses yard backsides garden and premises'. Although he described himself as a gentleman, he presumably carried on, or had carried on, the family business of distilling here. There is no further infomation as to the location of what sounds like a substantial property.

Jacob's will concludes with reference to the 'rest residue and remainder of his ready money, money at interest and in the public funds security for money debts credits chattels and personal estate'.

Jacob evidently maintained or even increased the prosperity of the Cazeneuve family. Because he was the only one of his siblings to survive his father, and only two of his own children survived him, the family's wealth was passed down almost intact from generation to generation. Jacob Cazeneuve's principal legatee was his surviving son John, who will be the subject of the next post.


Next: The Cazeneuve Family Part V

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