The Silver Bowl: Julius Family Tree

Two things recently reawakened my interest in the JULIUS family. The frivolous reason is that when I was watching the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey, I was reminded of the William JULIUS (1665-1698) who was buried in the Poet’s Corner at Westminster Abbey.

The second reason for my interest in this William JULIUS was that he was a great-great uncle of Amelia Lydia Dare, wife of Sir Thomas JACKSON. The more I learn about Amelia and her family, the clearer it becomes that their business connections were a significant part of Jacksons’s success in making HSBC such a major player in the late 1800s, and laid the ground for their successes in the 20^th and 21st centuries.

Much of this tree was compiled by Wendy Jack, who shared it with me several years ago. I have added to it since then, and am grateful to all of those who made their various contributions. I continue to be more than happy to make any corrections to errors that I may have committed.

BACKGROUND: The earliest known members of this JULIUS line were seafaring colonists in the West Indies, and possibly other places. St. Kitts, which was one of the main islands where the JULIUS family resided and (later) governed, was first “planted” by the British in 1623, then also by the French in 1627, and finally ceded to the English in 1713 in the Treaty of Utrecht. The wealth generated for planters such as the JULIUS family was created in large measure by the labour of slaves, and resulted from the crops of tobacco, and then later when competition from Virginian tobacco came on the scene, from sugar. SEE: Wiki. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis

NOTE: At this point, I am not going to annotate all the names in the tree beneath. Details on them can be found on my Rootsweb tree, which I will update on a regular basis. It is easier for me to do that than to continually refresh this version of the tree. For now, I have footnoted the names of the most interest to me – partly because these are names where I hope to learn more from others - and have bolded them so they are easy to pick out.

NOTE: According to the research of Amy Oliver LLOYD (1874-1962), the arms of his son, William, are those of the JULIUS family of Richmond in Surry, England. At present, I have only circumstantial evidence about his first name. It is also not much more than a hunch that John JULIUS and William JULIUS are in fact brothers, and hence sons of the 1^st John JULIUS. Amy Oliver LLOYD, a daughter of Sir Thomas JACKSON, did a sketch of the crest as follows:

1 John Julius [1] b: Abt. 1610 of North Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. NOTE: This birth date is an estimate, based on the birth of his eldest known son.

.................. 3 William Julius[3] b: 1726 d: 1780 (of Mansion and Killiekrankie Estates) in the island of St. Christopher or St. Kitts, West Indies

...................... +Jane Smith Edwards[4] b: Abt. 1723 d: Abt. Jul 1823 in Bristol, England

............................. 4 Catherine Charles Julius b: Abt. 1754 in Richmond, Surrey, England d: 1836 in of Holmesburg, near Philadelphia

............................. 4 William John Julius b: Abt. 1756 in London, England

............................. 4 Jane Smith Julius b: Abt. 1757 d: Abt. 1832 in Probably Bristol, England

............................. 4 John James Julius b: Abt. 1761 d: in of Island of St. Christophers

............................. 4 Louisa Caroline Julius[5] b: 21 Mar 1764 in Probably Marlebone, London, England d: 22 Sep 1845 in Camberwell, London, England

................................. +Phocian Dare b: Mar 1763 d: Dec 1824 in Probably Somerset, England m: 1784

....................................... 5 Jane Adelaide Dare b: 1797 d: 23 Mar 1872 in Hounslow

....................................... 5 William Dare b: 1798 d: 1820 in Bengal, India

....................................... 5 Louisa Caroline Dare b: 1802 d: 07 May 1882 in 8 Alfred Street, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England

........................................... +Paul Mildmay Pell b: 1809 d: 25 Oct 1873 in Prince of Wales Terrace, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England

........................................... +William Augustus Loader b: 1800 m: Abt. 1820

....................................... 5 Frances Dare [6] b: 1803 d: 17 May 1825 in Ashton, England

....................................... 5 John Julius Dare b: 1805 d: 12 Feb 1850 in New Amsterdam, West Indies

........................................... +Louisa Antoinette de St. Felix b: Abt. 1822 d: 24 Jun 1888 in 119 Adelaide Rd., Hampstead, London, England m: 13 May 1840 in All saints Church, Berbice, British Guiana

........................................... +Louisa Antoinetta St Felix b: Abt. 1822 in Walton, Essex, England d: 24 Jun 1888 in Hampstead, London, England m: 13 May 1840 in Berbice, British Guiana

....................................... 5 George Julius Dare [7] b: 1807 d: 27 Sept. 1856 in Upper Clapham, Dorset, England

........................................... +Sarah Shrieve Parke [8] b: 1817 in Of Capetown, South Africa d: 10 Sep 1879 in Yokohama, Japan m: 22 Jan 1839 in Rondebosch Church (St. Paul's) Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

............................. 4 George Charles Julius b: 06 Jun 1775 in Nichola Town, St. Kitts, West Indies d: Abt. 1866 in Maze Hill House, St. Leonards, on the Sea, Sussex, England

................................. +Isabella Maria Gilder b: Abt. 1774 d: Abt. 1867 in Maze Hill House, St. Leonards, on the Sea, Sussex, England m: 14 Sep 1795 in St. Leonards, Shoreditch, London, England; Quality: 2

....................................... 5 Emily Julius b: 02 Jul 1796 in probably India d: 31 Jul 1876 in St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, England

....................................... 5 Richard Henry Julius b: Abt. 1798 in London, England d: 1799

....................................... 5 Arabella Maria Julius b: Abt. 1800 in India d: 03 Jun 1885 in New Walk in Beverley, Yorkshire, England

........................................... +George Quilter b: Abt. 1793 d: Abt. 1871 in England m: 14 Oct 1818 in St. Mary Magdalen, Richmond, Surrey, England

....................................... 5 Amelia Cowell Julius b: Abt. 1802 in probably India d: 06 Jan 1831 in Richmond, Surrey, England

........................................... +James Quilter m: 05 Jan 1830 in Richmond, Surrey, England; Quality: 3

....................................... 5 George Charles Julius b: Abt. 1804 in the East Indies d: 01 Dec 1885 in of Seale [Tilford], Surrey, England

........................................... +Jean Spaight d: 13 Oct 1840 in The Hermitage, Castleconnell, Co Limerick, Ireland m: 13 Oct 1829 in Kilrush, Ireland; Quality: 3

........................................... +Susan Thorley m: 19 Feb 1844 in Petersham, Surrey, England; Quality: 3

....................................... 5 William Maror Julius b: Abt. 1807 in London, England d: Abt. 1876 in England

....................................... 5 Frederic Gilder Julius b: 28 Feb 1811 in Richmond, Surrey, England d: 04 Jan 1886 in Richmond, Surrey, England

........................................... +Ellen Hannah Smith b: 1813 in 2 d: 20 Aug 1869 in Hastings, Sussex, England m: Abt. 1839 in England; Quality: 2

........................................... +Sarah Hannah Hargraves b: Abt. 1831 in 0 d: Abt. 1885 in England; 2 m: Abt. 1871 in England; Quality: 2

....................................... 5 Alfred Alexander Julius b: 02 Sep 1812 d: Bef. 1873

........................................... +Eliza Julius Alexander b: 18 Oct 1813 in the East Indies d: 21 Oct 1887 in Ramsgate, Kent, England m: 19 Sep 1844 in Marylebone, London, England; Quality: 3

....................................... 5 Anne Spencer Julius b: 19 Nov 1814 d: Abt. 1898

........................................... +Gervas Stanford Deverill b: Abt. 1803 d: 28 Oct 1859 in Ile de Noirmoutier, Vendée, France m: 04 Aug 1835 in Petersham, Surrey, England; Quality: 3

....................................... 5 Henry Richard Julius b: Abt. 1817 in Richmond, Surrey, England d: Abt. 1891 in England

........................................... +Mary Ann Butterworth b: Abt. 1816 in London, England d: Abt. 1893 in England m: Abt. 1840 in England; Quality: 2

....................................... 5 Archibald Æneas Julius b: 09 Jan 1819 in Richmond, Surrey, England d: 04 Mar 1895 in Southery, Norfolk, England

........................................... +Charlotte Mayor b: Abt. 1819 in Collingham, Nottinghamshire, England d: 02 Nov 1885 in Southery, Norfolk, England m: 11 Mar 1847 in Probably Norfolk, England

.................. 3 William Julius b: Bet. 1695 - 1698 in St Kitts d: 1752 in Basseterre, St. Kitts

............................. 4 Caesar Julius b: in West Indies d: 24 Sep 1744 in of St. Christopher

............................. 4 William John Julius b: in West Indies d: Feb 1781 in England

........2 John Julius [11] b: 21 Jan 1733/34 in probably Nichola Town d: 18 Nov 1815 in of St. Christopher +Mary Wharton[12] m: 1759 in St. Georges, Basseterre

............................. 4 Fanny Julius b: 1727 in West Indies d: 29 Sep 1793 in West Indies

............................. 4 Martha Julius b: 13 Jun 1732 in West Indies d: Dec 1741 in West Indies

[1] The earliest records of the JULIUS family are in the Records Office, Fetter Lane, London. In 1668 one John Julius was paid a Sum of money by the King to bring himself and family from North Yarmouth to St. Kitts. from “Julius jottings” January 1902. In 1880 I chanced to be in the record office at Fetter lane and came upon this notice that in 1668 one John Julius to take himself and his family to St. Kitts -- it is supposed that this JJ is the person referred to in the genealogical table which was in our last issue and whose date is given as 1726. This brings the family considerably further back from 1726 to 1668 – editor SOURCE: Notes by Amy Oliver LLOYD (1874-1962). This has been corroborated by the same record – see beneath. I am unsure which John Julius is being referred to, but I suspect the elder.

[2] John JULIUS. NOTE: The birth date and place for him is from an Genforum posting which gave no source.

· John Julius of North Yarmouth a planter. Petitioner to the King and Council 1688 [NOTE: the primary source says 1668]. Petitioner for divers years an inhabitant of St Kitts until the French took his whole estate, but not withstanding, that said Island is again surrended to the English. Prays leave to transport himself, wife and family, and £150 in goods from London to Middlesborough where a passage offers for said Island". http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,338148.msg2174951.html

NOTE: The source quoted was British History on line. [Col. Papers, Vol. XXIII., No. 107.] Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies, Volume 5: 1661-1668

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=76530

· Although I have made him the father of William & John, I suspect that there may very well be another generation between them. My clue for including these two as brothers comes from the death notice of Jane Adelaide DARE as transcribed by Amy Oliver LLOYD: On the 23rd March 1872 at Hounslow Jane Adelaide eldest dau of the late Phocion Dare Esq. Of Woodford Park, Dorset granddaughter of the late William Julius Esq. Of the Manken Estates Island of St. Kitts, niece of the late John Julius Esq. Governor of the said Island. Aunt to A.L. Jackson

[3] William JULIUS (1726-1780)

· He was the proprietor of Mansion and Killicrankie Estates in island of St. Christopher and St. Kitts, West Indies. My great grandfather, William Julius, was considered one of the proudest and most extravagant men in England. He never drove out without his four horses and outriders and live fully up to his income which was £30,000 per annum. He married an equally proud Welsh lady, a Miss Edwards, first cousin of the late Sir Charles Morgan of Tredegar Park, whose son was afterwards Lord Tredegar. SOURCE: George Mildmay DARE (1840-1907) http://www.thesilverbowl.com/history/DARE-GeorgeM-Notes.html

[4] Jane Smith EDWARDS

· Jackson's Oxford Journal, Oxford, England, 12 July 1823. Death notice (hereafter cited as Death Notice, Jackson's Oxford Journal). Calculated birth year. Age given as 100 yrs at death in 1823. NOTE: Her daughter, Jane Smith JULIUS wanted to be buried in the same graveyard, the Tabernacle burying Ground - I assume in Bristol, England.

[5] Louisa Caroline JULIUS.

· My grandmother, Louisa Caroline Julius, was a sister of the late Dr. Charles Julius, M.D., of the Palace Richmond. (It was he who brought the late Duke of Cambridge into the world.) My grandmother was a daughter of the late William Julius, a considerable landed proprietor (Mansion and Killiekrankie Estates) in the island of St. Christopher or St. Kitts, West Indies. His brother John Julius, was then the governor of the same island, and my Grandmothers uncle, William Hamilton, was the Attorney General. SOURCE: George Mildmay DARE (1840-1907) http://www.thesilverbowl.com/history/DARE-GeorgeM-Notes.html [NOTE: I am still trying to run down this William HAMILTON. I have lots of notes on a William Leslie HAMILTON who seems most likely, and will post it when I can get it all to click together.]

· Her will is transcribed and annotated and posted at: http://www.thesilverbowl.com/documents/1844-LouisaCarolineDARE.html

[6] Frances DARE.

[7] George Julius DARE

[8] Sarah Shrieve PARKE

[9] William JULIUS:

· In the south choir aisle of the Abbey is a small marble tablet for Captain William Julius. The border is decorated with flowers and cherub heads with a winged death’s head at the base. The coat of arms was re-painted in the 1960s when the tablet was cleaned. The inscription reads: “Near this place lyeth interr’d the Body of Capt. William Julus [Julius] late Commander of His Ma. Ship the Colchester who departed this life ye 3d of Oct. 1698 Aged 33 years” The name is definitely Julius in the Abbey burial register so the painter of the inscription made a slight mistake. The arms are “argent, a fess azure between three mullets of six points gules, a crescent for difference or” (ie. a silver ground with a blue horizontal bar across the centre and three red six-point stars). The crescent, which indicates a second son, was re-painted red instead of gold. These seem to be the arms of the family of Julius of Richmond in Surrey. William served in the ship Chester on the West India station and had an illegitimate son William, of the island of St Kitts, and an illegitimate daughter Jemima, of the island of Nevis. They were provided for in his will and the rest of the estate was left to his sister Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Westcott of St Kitts. SOURCE: http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/william-julius

· BRITISH NATIONAL ARCHIVES: Captain W. Julius, the Chester at Sheerness. He has made out tickets for the men discharged to the Royal Katherine, but she sailed before they were ready. Should he send them to London or to Captain Goather at the Downs. Item reference ADM 106/484/145 Captain William Julius, the Chester, Plymouth Sound. Reports his arrival with four merchant ships bound for London from St. Christophers, has sent books to Clerk of the Cheque, a list of clothes sold laid in by Captain Samuel Horne and Thomas Long, merchant at Antigua, and requests provisions and stores to proceed to the Downs. Item reference ADM 106/490/130 NOTE: There are a number of other such references, but so far, I cannot find his will on line at the National Archives.

· Little is known of Julius’s life and career other than that he had commanded HMS Chester and later HMS Colchester in the West Indies, where he died of fever.

[10] Unnamed HAMILTON. I am not sure where this surname came from. The marriage

[11] John JULIUS John Julius, President of St. Christopher.

[12] Mary WHARTON. WHARTON was one of the first plantation families of St. Kitts.

[13] Thomas WESTCOTT: In the will of his wife's brother William JULIUS - the rest of the estate was left to his sister Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Westcott of St Kitts.

http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/william-julius