 1809 - 1863
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| Born |
1809 |
Buckland St Mary  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
1863 |
Crewkerne, Somerset |
| Person ID |
I183 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
31 Aug 2013 |
| Family |
Wilkin Mercy, b. 1811, Crewkerne, Somerset , d. 15 Feb 1893, Ealing, London |
| Married |
19 Mar 1831 |
Chard, Somerset |
| Children |
| > | 1. Summerhayes Rev Julius, b. 1832, Crewkerne, Somerset , d. 23 Apr 1903, Isle of Wight |
| | 2. Summerhayes Harry, d. 1920, Ealing, London |
| | 3. Summerhayes Mercy, b. 1838, Crewkerne, Somerset , d. 1920, Limpsfield |
| | 4. Summerhayes Thomas, b. 1833, Crewkerne, Somerset , d. 1875, South Africa |
| > | 5. Summerhayes William, b. 1835, Crewkerne, Somerset , d. 1912, Thame |
| | 6. Summerhayes John, b. 1837, Crewkerne, Somerset , d. 1837, Crewkerne, Somerset |
| | 7. Summerhayes John, b. 1840, Crewkerne, Somerset , d. 1863, Seaton |
| | 8. Summerhayes Mary, b. 1846, Crewkerne, Somerset , d. 1849, Crewkerne, Somerset |
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| Last Modified |
24 Nov 2012 |
| Family ID |
F78 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
- John Summerhayes went to the grammar school in Ilminster, showing that his family valued education and could afford it. He became a music teacher and was the organist at St Bartholemews Church in Crewkern for 37 years. He married one of his pupils Mercy Wilkin in 1831 (she was 2 years younger) and they brought up 5 boys and a girl while living in Poples Well in Crewkerne.
As organist and a teacher at the Grammar school of this small west country town he would have been a well known figure. The family lived in a small row of cottages that still exist down Poples Well, which is about 100 yards below the church and school in Crewkerne, on the edge of town.
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He is listed as one of the many subcribers to 'A Course of Counterpoint and Fugue, Volume 1' By Luigi Cherubini. Published 1841, p.xxii
Listed as:
SUMMERHAYES, Mr John, Organist, Crewkerne
source: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=78UPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR22&lpg=PR22&dq=john+summerhayes+professor+of+music+crewkerne&source=bl&ots=ByzXe64Yhl&sig=LS_RcbJ8VVi0v1KA6DYW6rYSsnQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=L68TUezWDuOH0AWimoGQDw&sqi=2&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=john%20summerhayes%20professor%20of%20music%20crewkerne&f=false
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1841 Census:
The Summerhayes family are living in Popes Well, Crekerne.
John Summerhayes is head, aged 30, a 'professor of music'
Mercy is also aged 30. Children;
Julius aged 9
Thomas aged 7
William aged 6
Mercy Eliza aged 3
John aged 1
1851 Census:
John Summerhayes, age 42, Professor of Music (born Buckland St Mary) lives at Popes Well in Crewkerne, with his wife Mary [sic] age 41 (born Chaffcombe?). Children;
Thomas age 17, occupation Sailor
William age 15
Mercy Eliza age 12
John Henry age 10
Virtue wilkins a visitor aged 33
Mentioned in 'HUNT & CO.?S 1850 DIRECTORY & TOPOGRAPHY OF THE TOWN OF CREWKERNE.'under Miscellaneous trades:
Professor of Music, Summerhayes, John, Popes Well
It describes Crewkerne thus:
"It is a compact, well-built place, reposing in a valley, sheltered on all sides by verdant and richly cultivated hills; from these eminences the varied prospects that meet the eye are delightful and beautiful in the extreme...A grammar-school is established here which is very ably conducted; the manufactures are principally girth web, hemp and tow spinning, and rope and twine making,which are carried on to a considerably extent, and employ a great number of hands, a literary and scientific institution has lately been established here with apparent benefit and success; The market-days are Saturdays, and there are great Spring markets for sheep, lambs, &c. in April and May; a fair is held annually on the first of September....At the census taken in 1841, the population of Crewkerne amounted to 4414."
source: http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Somerset/towns/C/Crewkerne.html
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1861 Census:
John Summerhayes, age 52, Professor of Music (born Buckland St Mary) lives at Popes Well in Crewkerne, with his wife Mary [sic] age 50 (born Chaffcombe?). Children;
Mary E age 22
John age 20, student
Henry age 18, medical student
Virtue Wilkins, sister-in-law, landowner
Harriet Lombard, age 27, house servant
Death record 1863:
Jan-Mar 1863, John Summerhayes, Taunton.
Jan-Mar 1863, John Summerhayes, Chard.
the entries are one below the other in the resgister so he has to be one of them.
Summerhayes, John, for 37 years organist of the parish church, 1863, aged 54.
source: Monuments in churchyard of Crewkerne church, p.317 'the Book of the Axe' 4th edition 1875
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