Sandys

Who were all these Sandys people, anyway?

This is a page aimed at disentangling all the different Sandys people associated with Eversholt. It is a work in progress and may be wrong. Any good ideas? Please get in touch!

There was Samuel Sands, Bart, first Baron Sandys. He was married to Laetitia or Letithea Tipping, who inherited the advowson at Eversholt. There are several documents about them, especially marriage settlements, at the Buckinghamshire Dashwood archives. Hang on – does that mean the Sandys family and the Dashwoods were entwined? Does that have anything to do with Dashwood Poyntz Ricketts being born in Eversholt 100 years later?

They appointed John Sandys to be rector in 1766 and he held the post until 1810.

Meanwhile there was another John Sandys who was curate of Eversholt from 1791, and then rector of Milton Bryan from 1798 to his death in 1811.

Then there was the “Mister Sandys” who owned what seems to be now Linden House around 1820.

And then Samuel Sandys the surgeon, who definitely lived in Linden House until he died in 1878. He married Sarah Whishaw in St Pancras in 1839.

Let’s try working backwards. Here is the info for Samuel Sandys died 1878, from http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=1904&iid=31874_222600-00345&fn=Samuel&ln=Sandys&st=r&ssrc=&pid=1636202

Here is is BMD death entry: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=FreeBMDDeath&rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-d&gsfn=samuel&gsfn_x=XO&gsln=sandys&gsln_x=XO&msddy=1874&dbOnly=_F00056EC%7c_F00056EC_x&uidh=x06&msddp=5&pcat=34&fh=0&h=29625362&recoff=

Name:	Samuel Sandys
Estimated Birth Year:	abt 1811
Date of Registration:	Apr-May-Jun 1878
Age at Death:	67
Registration district:	Woburn
Inferred County:	Bedfordshire
Volume:	3b
Page:	237

That says he was 67 at death, making him born about 1811.

S, Mrs and Miss Sandys are mentioned in the report of a gala in 1874. A Sarah Sandys of about the right age died in Portsea in 1900:

http://www2.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=102889777&d=bmd_1354011142

Surname	Given Name	Age	District	Volume	Page
Deaths Mar 1900
Sandys	Sarah	93	Portsea	2b	406

and that is the only credible death recorded. (She could have remarried or died abroad, of course.) She wuold have been born about 1807. Those dates seem confirmed by the news report of her death.

The Sandys daughter Agnes Amelia died, likely in childbirth, in 1875. She married in 1871. Here she is, marryign George Annesley D Mahon:

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl?start=1871&end=1871&sq=2&eq=2&type=Marriages&vol=3b&pgno=659&jsexec=1&mono=0&v=MTM1NjY0NzQyODplOThiYjljM2FiZTc1ZDVmMTEyODNhY2I3MDYyMmZkMDM2OGU2NjU2&searchdef=given%3Dagnes%26db%3Dbmd_1354011142%26sq%3D1%26v%3DMTM1NjY0NzQwNDpmNzA3ZjAzOTFhOGU1ZTFkMmQyY2NjMTBlMWVjYWZmMDJkNTkzM2Iw%26surname%3Dsandys%26end%3D1872%26type%3DMarriages%26eq%3D4%26start%3D1870&action=Find

and here is her death:

http://www2.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=56121945&d=bmd_1354011142

Surname	Given Name	Age	District	Volume	Page	Transcribers
Deaths Sep 1875
MAHON	Agnes Amelia	31	Woburn	3b	242

So Agnes was born about 1844.

Here is a likely child, the only Mahon born in Beds or Bucks 1870-1876:

http://www2.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=54057798&d=bmd_1354011142

Surname	Given Name	District	Volume	Page
Births Sep 1874
MAHON	Male	Woburn	3b	376

A bit oddly, i can’t find a birth record for Agnes Amelia Sandys.

Here are some censuses:

1841:

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=view&r=5538&dbid=8978&iid=MDXHO107_683_684-0092&fn=Samuel&ln=Sandys&st=r&ssrc=&pid=7399517

1851:

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=view&r=5538&dbid=8860&iid=MDXHO107_1498_1498-0164&fn=Samuel&ln=Sandys&st=r&ssrc=&pid=143095

1861:

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=view&r=5538&dbid=8767&iid=MDXRG9_122_124-0586&fn=Samuel&ln=Sandys&st=r&ssrc=&pid=5028519

1871:

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=view&r=5538&dbid=7619&iid=BDFRG10_1556_1559-0317&fn=Samuel&ln=Sandys&st=r&ssrc=&pid=7845080

SamuelSandys1841census

Here is what looks like a marriage record for Samuel and Sarah:

and here is the freebmd index for the event:

There is a splendid baptism record for Samuel:

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=1624&path=Camden.St+Pancras+Old+Church.1810-1812.96

so he was the son of Edwin and Amelia Sandys and was born 20 August 1810, but not baptised until 5 May 1811.

At least 3 family trees on Ancestry.com include a wide range of information about Samuel Sandys and his family. Should I be working there instead? But none of those identify the Sandys who might have lived in Linden House in 1820, who might have been Thomas Sandys and might have been married to Ann, 1762-1855.

So, the family is very well documented indeed. So who was Thomas Sandys, who may have lived in Linden House in 1820?

A Thomas Sandys is listed as a juror from Eversholt in 1810.

http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/bedfordshire-historical-record-society-cn/publications-of-the-bedfordshire-historical-record-society-volume-4-fde/page-8-publications-of-the-bedfordshire-historical-record-society-volume-4-fde.shtml

Oddly, he’s right next to a John Bolding, and a Thomas Sandys married an Ann Bolding in London in 1800:

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=1623&iid=31280_198642-00262&fn=Thomas&ln=Sandys&st=r&ssrc=&pid=3878959

The gentleman’s Magazine, volume 120, says that a Thomas Sandys of Eversholt died at Kentish Town (!) on July 24 1816.

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-HsdAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA282&lpg=PA282&dq=%22thomas+sandys%22+eversholt&source=bl&ots=_0T0rsbOmG&sig=UAtclyEoWhRp6b57EbcHrgqpBZ8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1ujdUIyuMo2q0AXs1ID4AQ&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22thomas%20sandys%22%20eversholt&f=false

There is a Thomas Sandys – presumably another! – listed as a trusteee of the Eversholt charity in 1829.

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dzdbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA9&dq=%22thomas+sandys%22+eversholt&hl=en&sa=X&ei=i-rdUMXGOefZ0QWApIDADw&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22thomas%20sandys%22%20eversholt&f=false

Here, at great expense, I can provide a transcription of the will of Thomas Sandys of Eversholt, died 1816:

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/details/D223745?descriptiontype=Full&ref=PROB+11/1586/166

I Thomas Sandys of Eversholt in the County of Bedford formerly of Highgate in the county

of Middlesex Surgeon being of sound mind & disposing memory do hereby make my last will & testament

in the manner & form following. That is to say first I ?? to be buried in a devout & private manner but not until

evident signs of dissolution have taken place and I hope I shall be excused for making such request always having had a

great fear of being buried alive. I desire my funeral expenses and my just debts to be paid as

soon after my decease as convenient. I give & bequeath unto my dear niece? Maria Jane?? Sandys one thousand

pounds four per cent annuities for her and [] heirs for ever and I ?? also bequeath unto my dear wife

Ann Sandys the interest of the remainder of my funded property in the four percent annuities

and the interest of my funded property in the Irish five per cents for and during her natural life

& after her decease then I give & bequeath unto my brother Edwin Sandys the aforesaid funded property

for him and his heirs for ever. I give and bequeath unto my dear wife Ann Sandys my interest in the

Estate at Southam in Nottinghamshire & Lincolnshire for and during her natural life & after her decease

then I give & bequeath unto my brother Edwin Sandys my interest in the aforesaid estate at Southam in

Nottinghamshire & Lincolnshire for him and his heirs for ever. I give and bequeath unto my dear wife Ann Sandys my

house at Eversholt with yards gardens & ?? close of pasture land with all outbuildings & all

thereto belonging for & during her natural life & after her decease then I give & bequeath unto

my brother Edwin Sandys the aforesaid property at Eversholt for him and his heirs for ever. I give &

bequeath unto my dear wife Ann Sandys my share & interest in the Grand Junction Canal for her and her heirs

for ever. I give & bequeath unto my dear wife Ann Sandys all my household furniture linen books china plate

wine & whatever in the house at the time of my death for & during her natural life & after her decease

then I give & bequeath the aforesaid property unto my brother Edwin Sandys for him and his heirs for ever

allowance being made for ?? ?? in my wife’s life time & the wear & tear of linen & other articles

likely to be broken my meaning is that my dear wife Ann Sandys should have the use of all my property

during her natural life & then go to my brother Edwin Sandys & his heirs for ever except the thousand pounds

I have given with four per cent annuities I have given to my dear niece? Maria Jane? Sandys & my interest

& share of the Grand Junction Canal to my dear wife Ann Sandys for her and her heirs for ever. The books

linen plate & china which belonged to my dear wife Ann Sandys before our marriage I give & bequeath to her

and her heirs for ever as I wish to act justly & hope my meaning will not be perverted & be misunderstood.

I do ?? ??? my dear wife Ann Sandys & my brother Edwin Sandys Executrix & Exor of this my last will and

testament revoking all former wills made by me ?? whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this thirtieth?

day of april one thousand eight hundred & twelve Thomas Sandys. Signed sealed and delivered by the said

Thomas Sandys the testator as & for his last will & testament in the presence of us who in his presence &

at his request & in the sight & presence of each other have witnessed the same. John Phillips. James Goodman.

Sophia Dinson.

Proved at London the 2 Novr 1816 before the worshipful Richard ?? ?? Dr of Laws & ?? by the oaths of Ann Sandys

w the ?? & Edwin Sandys Esq the brother exors to whom admon was granted being sworn to admin

So Thomas Sandys, died 1816, was brother to Edwin Sandys. According to the family tree from Ancestry below (and I have not checked it in detail) Edwin’s first child was Maria Jane Sandys, born 1797. Quite why she was singled out for such generosity isn’t clear. But she would have been Thomas’s niece.

It’s definitely worth being aware that Thomas Sandys born 1763 was brother to Edwin Sandys born 1770

and Thomas Sandys born 1803 was brother to Edwin Sandys born 1799 according to the above tree

and also Thomas Sandys’s (born 1763) niece was Maria Jane

and also Edwin Sandys’s (born 1799) wife was Jane Maria.

Please do try to keep up!

Name:	Thomas Sandys Esquire
Record Type:	Burial
Estimated Death Date:	abt 1816
Burial Date:	31 Jul 1816
Age:	53
Estimated Birth Year:	abt 1763
Parish or Poor Law Union:	Hornsey Highgate Chapel
Borough:	Camden
Register Type:	Bishop’s Transcript

Thomas lived in Eversholt in 1807, for he’s in the pollbook:

Here’s Edwin’s death:

Name:	Edwin Sandys
Record Type:	Burial
Estimated Death Date:	abt 1852
Burial Date:	23 Apr 1852
Age:	82
Estimated Birth Year:	abt 1770
Parish or Poor Law Union:	St Pancras St James
Borough:	Camden
Register Type:	Bishop’s Transcript

But:

From The Morning Chronicle, 5 Sep 1855:

Died

On the 1st inst., at Hamilton-terrace, St John’s-wood, at the advanced age of 93, Ann, Relict of Thomas Sandys, Esq., late of Eversholt, Beds.

So Edwin never got to inherit! I presume that Edwin’s heirs inherited after Ann Sandys died. Samuel Sandys was actually Edwin’s youngest child according to the family tree at http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/36474293/family?cfpid=19873115688. So how did he inherit?

And who were Edwin and Thomas’s parents?

And who was the Thomas Sandys who was a trustee of Eversholt Charity in 1829?

And what was Dashwood Poyntz Ricketts doing being born in Eversholt in 1859?

And how did Thomas Sandys (died 1816) come to own Linden House? (presuming he did!)

John Sandys, rector of Eversholt, left a will, and here is a transcription, of sorts:

I John Sandys of Eversholt in the County of Bedford being in health thanks to God and of sound mind and memory do make this my last will and testament in manner following

I commend my Soul to Almighty God in hopes of Salvation in and through the ?? and ?? of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and my body to the Earth in hopes of a joyful resurrection to be devoutly but privately buried at the discretion of my executrix I confirm the Marriage Settlement made upon Anna Maria Sandys my Dear Wife by which she is intitled to the Rents of my Estate at Southam in the counties of Nottingham and Lincoln and to the Rents of my Estate at Toddenham in the County of Glocester during her life. I also give devise and bequeath all that my freehold and inhheritance of and in all those

two messuages or tenements their yard land tenements ?? and ?? ?? ? plants situate lying and being ?? Manor of Toddenham in the county of Glocester and by me purchased of the right honourable Lord ?? unto my Dear Wife Anna Maria Sandys and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life and from and immediately after her decease then I give devise and bequeath the said freehold and inheritance of the said premises unto Sir Theophilus Biddulph of Birdingbury in the county of Warwick Bart. his heirs to and for and upon such and the same uses trusts interests and purposes and under and subject to such previous limitations and agreements as I and my said wife Anna Maria Sandys have directed and appointed the same together with the said two messuages their yard land and premises in and by our deed of appointment bearing date the — day of — in the present year of our lord 1795.

I give to the poor of the parish of Eversholt the sum of five pounds to be laid out as my executrix shall order and direct and further I give and bequeath to my said dear wife Anna Maria Sandys all rents of lands and tythes and interest of money which shall be in arrear and unpaid at the time of my decease and after my just debts and funeral expenses are paid I give unto my said wife all the remainder of my personal estate whatsoever to be by her applied to her own use and the use of my children being firstly persuaded that the will art in every respect and upon all occasions for the good of my family I do nominate constitute and appoint Anna Maria Sandys my Dear Wife executrix of this my will and do declare this to be my last will and testament In ?? whereof I have set my hand and seal this twenty sixth day of august in the year of our lord 1795

J. Sandys

Signed sealed published and declared by the testator John Sandys as his last will and testament in the sight of us who have subscribed our names in his presence and at his request

Elizth Green

Ann Green

Jn Rotherham

If James Nalvutine?? is in my service at the time of my death and behaves as well hereafter as he has hitherto done I desire my Exors will give him ten pounds J sandys Aug 12th 1805

On the 7th February 1810 Admon with the will and codicil annexed of the goods chattels and credits of the Reverend John Sandys late of Eversholt in the County of Bedford Clerk a widower deceased was granted to Thomas Sandys Esquire one of the natural and lawful children of the said deceased he having been first sworn duly to administer Anna maria Sandys the wife of the testator and sole Executrix and residuary legator named in the said will dying in the life time and Edwin Sandys Esquire the natural and lawful son and with the said Thomas Sandys the only persons who would have been entitled in distribution to the personal estate and effects of the said deceased in case he had died intestate first consenting as by acts of court appear Exd

This is consistent with John Sandys, Rector of Eversholt appointed 5 June 1766, buried in Eversholt churchyard 11 Nov 1809

being married to someone called Anna Maria (not to be confused with the Anna Maria who was married to Edwin Sandys, son of 1st baron Sandys)

sometime before 1795, and she was still alive in 1795, but dead by 1809. John and Anna Maria had sons Thomas and Edwin, both alive in 1810. In which case,

who was Maria Jane Sandys, mentioned in Thomas’s will?

So the timeline would go something like:

John Sandys born about 1830

Marries Anna Maria about 1760

Thomas born about 1763

John appointed rector of Eversholt 1766

Edwin born 1770

1774 Samuel Sandys, “son of Rev John Sandys, Eversholt” goes up to Rugby. Did he later die?

John makes will 1795

Anna Maria dies between 1795 and 1809

John Dies 1809

Thomas and Edwin inherit, Thomas elder son gets all

Thomas marries Ann before 1812

Thomas dies 1816

Ann inherits

Edwin dies 1852, failing to inherit from Ann Sandys

Ann dies 1855

Edwin Sandy’s children inherit

Particularly Samuel Sandys

and there was at least one more Thomas Sandys who was around with Ann

Thomas Sandys (born 1763) married Ann Bolding, born in Ampthill, in St George the Martyr Church, Queen Square, Camden, in 1800:

Ann lived with her family in Marylebone long after Thomas’s death.

The Boldings lived in Eversholt at some time, but I have quite lost the reference I found for that.

So the current hypothesis is:

John Sandys rector of Eversholt was related somehow to Baron Sandys, but we don’t know how

John Sandys rector of Eversholt had at least 4 children:

John, curate at Eversholt and later rector at Milton Bryan (no direct evidence at all but tey went to the same college)

Samuel, pupil at Rugby who then disappeared

Thomas, died 1816. He was already a widow when he married Ann in 1800. No children. (since he left them nothing)

Edwin, died 1850s. His children eventually inherited.

Who was the “Mr Sandys” who owned Linden House in 1820? I the picture earlier? Or just mislabelled?

Who were all these Sandys people, anyway?

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