Category: Persons – Surname beginning with B

Information about persons whose surnames begin with the letter B.

John Montagu Benett-Stanford

From Contemporary Biographies, Wilts And Dorset, At The Opening Of The Twentieth Century, edited by W.T. Pike, published 1906:

Nobility And Gentry.

Benett-Stanford. John Montagu Benett-Stanford, J.P., Pyt House, Tisbury; Norton Bavant House, Warminster; and Hatch House, Tisbury; son of Vere Benett-Stanford; born at Pyt House, February 5th, 1870; educated at Eton. Formerly in 1st Royal Dragoons, 1890-95; called from Reserve of Officers in South Africa in 1899 till end of War; has seen much fighting, including Central Africa (1896), Tirah (1897), Somaliland (1897), Egypt (1898), and South Africa (1899-1903); Justice of the Peace for Wiltshire; has done much big game shooting in Africa, and India. Married Evelyn, daughter of Burchall Helina, of Broadfield Court, Leominster.

Uriah Reed Butt

Uriah Reed Butt was born at Sutton Veny, near Warminster, Wiltshire, on 22 November 1829. He was the youngest child of George and Hester Butt (nee Reed) and was baptised in the Independent Chapel in the village. Soon after Uriah’s birth, his family moved back to Warminster, where George Butt was born in 1787 and where his ancestors had lived since 1742.

Uriah was a shoemaker by trade and travelled as a journeyman throughout Wiltshire. His brothers, Joseph Butt, William Butt and John Butt, were also shoemakers. Sisters Ann Butt and Arundell Butt were dressmakers in Warminster.

When the Mormon elders were in England, Uriah heard them and decided to join the Church of the Latter Day Saints. William Bowling baptised him into the faith and he was confirmed by a member called John Halliday. In his copious notes (now in the hands of his descendants in America) Uriah states that he sailed from Liverpool on Sunday 12 March 1854 on a ship by the name of “John M. Wood”. On board were 393 saints including 58 from Switzerland and Italy under the direction of Robert M. Campbell who was their leader. The journey took 51 days and the ship finally docked at New Orleans on 2 May 1854. Uriah then travelled to Salt Lake City but was soon sent on to Parowan, Utah, because they needed a shoemaker there. He made his home in Parowan in November that year.

In the meantime, Mary Farren Holt Rogerson (who later became Uriah’s mother-in-law) was baptised in the River Ribble at Preston, Lancashire, on Sunday 30th April 1837. She had married William Rogerson in 1833. Uriah signed an immigration bill as guarantor enabling the Rogerson family to sail to America, with the promise of payment in full to the Mormon Church when they arrived there. The Rogerson family sailed from Liverpool on Sunday 25 May 1856 on the ship Horizon. On board were 856 passengers. The Rogersons arrived safely at Iowa City by rail from Boston on 8 July. And that’s how Mary with most of her children arrived to join the Mormons in America. Mary’s husband, William Rogerson, refused to go to Utah or join the Church; so Mary and her family sailed without him. As she left, William said “Mary, you are tearing the heart out of me.” From Iowa City the family travelled by Martin’s Handcart Company. Sadly, they went through great hardships; out of 575 members 144 died. One of the fatalities was Mary Rogerson’s small girl and she was buried on the plains. The Company arrived at Salt Lake City on 1 December 1856 and then went to Parowan that winter.

On 8th February 1857 Uriah Butt and Bridget Robertson (a daughter of Mary) were married. Four sons and four daughters were born to them; the boys all grew to manhood but sadly all four girls died during infancy. When the children were quite young the family moved to Salt Lake City for a while. During this time Uriah supervised the burning of wood to make the tar for use in building the Salt Lake City Tabernacle. Uriah was, of course, an expert shoemaker and while living in Parowan he was sent on a temporary basis to St. George, Utah, to make shoes for the saints there. He was one of those present at the dedication of the St. George Temple, and spent many years doing ordinance work for the dead.

Uriah and his four sons worked hard to pay off the immigration bill he had signed for the Rogerson family. He owned a flock of sheep and offered them to the Church to finish paying off the debt. The Church accepted the animals as payment and sent two men from Salt Lake City to collect them. Unfortunately they did not know how to handle sheep and the entire flock died en route to Salt Lake City. Josiah Rogerson (a son of Mary) agreed to pay half of the fund, and on 19 November 1882 was ordered by the Bishop’s Court in Parowan to do so, but he never did and Uriah settled it in full.

Uriah Reed Butt was ordained when he was 70 years of age, and returned on a mission to Great Britain, visiting a Bristol conference and also working in Devonshire. His main concern was to try and convert his relatives to the Mormon faith but he was unsuccessful. He spent many years researching genealogy with the help of his wife Bridget. They were in St. George, Utah, when Uriah died of Bright’s Disease on 20 February 1904. Bridget had no way of taking him back to Parowan for burial, so he was interred at St. George. Two months later, she herself passed away. Sadly, the sons never knew of their parents’ deaths until after they were laid to rest.

Israel Butt, eldest son of Uriah, described his father as “an English gentleman, being very genuine and considerate to others,” and “a man who taught his children to be what they professed to be.”

Qualifying Property: Copyhold Houses And Land At Carson’s Yard, Warminster

Electoral Roll : The list of Ownership Voters, Parliamentary Voters and Parochial Electors, for Warminster (Parliamentary) Polling District (Bb), Parish of Warminster, Wiltshire, 1894 – 1895, includes:

No. 16
Name of each voter at full length: William Jackson Brodribb.
Place of Abode: The Rectory, Wootton Rivers, Marlborough.
Nature of Qualification: Copyhold houses and land.
Description of Qualifying Property: Carson’s Yard, Warminster.

Sale Particulars Of Property In West Street, Warminster, Sold By Trustees Of The Late Catherine Bleeck, Including ‘Bleecks Buildings’ 1886

The Wiltshire And Swindon History Centre, at Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3QN, holds the following document(s):

Sale particulars of property in West Street, Warminster, sold by the trustees of the late Catherine Bleeck, including the cottages known as ‘Bleecks Buildings’. Bundle also includes an abstract of title (1847-1886) and some draft conveyances. 1886. Farnfield and Nicholls, solicitors, Warminster. Reference 628/17/8.

Bankruptcy – John Northige Broughton, The Grange, Boreham, Warminster

From the London Gazette, 28th March 1882, page 1460

The Bankruptcy Act, 1869.
In the County Court of Somersetshire, holden at Frome. In the Matter of Proceedings for liquidation by Arrangement or Composition with Creditors, instituted by John Northige Broughton, of the Grange, Boreham, Warminster, in the county of Wilts, Schoolmaster.

JOSEPH RAWLINS, of Warminster, in the county of Wilts, Bank Manager, has been appointed Trustee of the property of the debtor. All persons having in their possession any of the effects of the debtor must deliver them to the trustee, and all debts due to the debtor must be paid to the trustee. Creditors who have not yet proved their debts must forward their proofs of debts to the trustee.

—Dated this 25th day of March, 1882.

Benjamin Buckler, Son Of Thomas Buckler Of Boreham Manor, Warminster

Rev. John Jeremiah Daniell, in The History Of Warminster, published in 1879, referring to Persons And Things Of Note, wrote:

Benjamin Buckler, D.D., Fellow of All Souls’ College, Oxford, and Keeper of the University Records, was son of Mr. Thomas Buckler, of Boreham Manor. He was the author of “Stemmata Chichellanea,” and other learned works. He died at his Rectory house of Cumnor, Berks, in 1780.

Extract From The Will Of Charles Bleeck, Warminster

1876

Extract from the will of Charles Bleeck, Warminster, St Denys and St Lawrence, Charities, dated 1876, reference: PR/Warminster, St Denys and St Lawrence/2144/113, is held by the Wiltshire And Swindon History Centre, Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3QN, telephone 01249 705500.

Henry Ball Absent From His Service As An Apprentice

From The Warminster Herald, Saturday 29th November 1873:

Henry Ball was charged by Mr. Benjamin Parsons with absenting himself from his service as an apprentice at Warminster, on the 24th November. Mr. Parsons stated that defendant was at work at Boreham, on the day in question, and never returned to work after dinner, but had spent the afternoon at the “Yew Tree.” He also referred to the previous conduct of the defendant. On the 1st October, 1872, he was before the bench, when defendant expressed his sorrow and promised not to offend again. Fined £1 and costs or 14 days’ hard labour.