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Freemen of Canterbury
The succession of TEVELEIN Freemen of Canterbury appears to have started with the marriage of Isaac[3] into the PICARD family. Ann's father and her grandfather, Richard Jenkinson, were both grocers. Her father was also a hop-merchant and Alderman
What is odd is that, whereas it has been generally held that Louis THEVELIN was a Freeman of Canterbury, there is no reference in Cowper's "Works Relating to Canterbury 1392-1800", where the Freeman's list is to be found, of any record of Louis being one. I am told he certainly demanded frequently to be made one.
There are five groups of freemen: those who obtained freedom after serving out an apprenticeship to a freeman (A); the children of freemen (B); those who married a freeman's daughter; (M) those who claimed freedom by 'redemption', i. e. by purchase (R); and those who were honoured by a gift of the freedom from the Mayor and Court of Aldermen (H). Cowper published his lists divided into the five categories.
| DOB | Son of | Spouse | Type | Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEVELEIN TIVELEIN TEVELEIN TEVELEIN TIVELEIN TIVELEIN TEVELEIN TIVLAINE TEVELEIN TEVELEIN TEVELEIN |
Isaac[3] Richard Charles James Abraham Edward Joseph John James Matthew Thomas Joseph |
1707 1736 1737 1742 1742 1750 ? 1766 1773 1776 |
Isaac[3] Isaac[3] Isaac[3] ? Isaac[3] ? Richard Richard Joseph |
Ann PICARD (1734) Elizabeth PORTER(1765) ? ? |
M A B B M B B M B M B |
1737 1758 1760 1760 1767 1768 1774 1785 1788 1795 1797 |