Lewis VANDERSTEIN = Susannah MACKRELL1
Married 30 Dec 1813, Christchurch Greyfriers, Newgate, London2
Lewis VANDERSTEIN
Born ABT 1779, Ostend3
Occupation: Seaman (1815)4
LEWIS VANDERSTEIN WOUNDED IN THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
Lewis Vanderstein was in a list of men badly wounded in action in the Napoleonic wars, on board the ship Horatio. It was actually in The Hull Packet and Original Weekly Commercial, Literary and General Advertiser (Hull, England), Tuesday, May 2, 1809; Issue 1164.
(Infomant Pam Simons, email to rfg 28 May 2008)
Susannah MACKRELL
Born 1786, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk5
Died 1847, E London, Middsx.6
Occupation: Independent7
Abode: Foster Street , St Botolph's Bishopgate, London8
THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE OLD BAILEY Ref: t18190526-5
The Old Bailey, 26th May, 1819.
773. SUSANNAH VANDERSTEIN was indicted for stealing, on the 14th of May, one 10 l., bank note , the property of John Claxton .
JOHN CLAXTON . I am a seaman, and live at Shadwell. On the 14th of May, I lost a 10 l. note out of my trunk, which I received of Captain Price. The prisoner lived in the same house.
JAMES PRICE . I am captain of a merchant vessel. On the 12th of May, I paid Claxton a 10 l. note, which I had received from the Bank that day.
JAMES MILLER . I am a pay clerk at the Bank. I paid Price four 10 l. notes on the 12th of May. No. 4953, dated April 22, 1819, was among them.
JOHN HAINES . I am a Thames Police officer. On the 14th of May, Claxton informed me of the robbery, and said he had lost his trunk - the prisoner's husband kept the house. She denied all knowledge of it; she said he had taken his chest and trunk away in a coach. I was sent for to the house again soon after, and the trunk was produced on the table - Claxton had a plane in his hand and a bunch of keys; he unlocked the trunk and missed the 10 l. note; I took the prisoner into another room, and told her that I must search her very particularly. She then took a 10 l. note from her pocket, and said it was a 1 l. note which she had found in the room the night before; it was No. 4953, dated April 22, 1819.
JOHN CLAXTON re-examined. I had taken my chest away in the morning, but left my trunk behind. Before I fetched Haines, I asked her for my trunk - she said I had taken it away; after Haines left, she herself produced the trunk to me; I had left a plane in it, which I found in a woman's hand in the house. The prisoner had a bunch of keys in her hand; I took them from her, and found that one of them opened my trunk.
Cross-examined by MR. ARABIN. I had been drinking a little, but was not intoxicated - I did not open my trunk.
Prisoner's Defence. He was drunk the night before, opened his trunk, and then threw all his things into the middle of the room.
GUILTY . Aged 33.
Transported for Seven Years .
First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Justice Bayley.
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PCOM 2/191-203 PRISONERS' REGISTERS(extracted by
Pam Simons and sent to rfg by email 1 Apr 07)
Susannah Vandersteen (Age) 33 (Description) 5 ft, Dark complexion, hair & Eyes. Slim made, born in Great Yarmouth. Married. (Brought into custody) 21st May (Offence charged with) Stealing a £10 bank note the property of John Clackson. (Tried ) 26th May (Verdict) G of felony . Transported 7 years. (If respited or pardoned & when) 20th Dec 1819 Paid for Ho. Cor. (When discharged, removed or otherwise disposed of) 27th Dec 1819 to the Ho. Cor.
(The Ho Cor would be the House of Correction, it looks like it would be Coldbath Field - Pam Simons)
Born 1817, Wapping, Middlesex11
Died 2 Sep 1906, 98 Fort Road, Bermondsey, Surrey aged 9112
Occupation: Bookfolder (1841, 1881)13
Abode: Foster Street, St Botolphs, Bishopgate (1841) 71 Rouel Rd, Bermondsey, Surrey (1881) 50 Reverdy Road, Bermondsey, London (1897)14
THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me MARY HANNAH VANDERSTEIN of 50 Reverdy Road Bermondsey in the county of London I desire that my just debts and funeral expenses be paid by my executor hereinafter named as soon as convenient after my decease I appoint the Rev James Ainsworth of 46 Grange Road Bermondsey to be my EXECUTOR I bequeath my effects and personality to St Luke's Dorcas Society Bermondsey for distribution among the poor of the aforesaid St Luke's at the discretion of my executor IN WITNESS thereof I the said Mary Hannah Vandersteen have set my hand to this my last will and testament this eighth day of January 1897
MARY HANNAH VANDERSTEEN
signed by the aforesaid Mary Hannah Vanderstein in our presence and attested by us in her presence & the presence of each other this day eighth of January 1897
THOMAS EDWARD JOSEPH SPENCE - JAS AINSWORTH
ON the 14th day of September 1906 Probate of this will was granted to Rev Jas Ainsworth sole executor
1 :
IGI at 11 AUG 2004, 1841 Census HO107/725/9 fol 18
2 :
IGI downloaded 11 Aug 2004
3 :
Aged 30, born Ostend, Ship's muster for the Horatio 1809, National Archives ADM 37/1952. (Infomant Pam Simons, email to rfg 28 May 2008)
4 :
daughter baptism, St John Wapping Baptism Register No 259, film X089/158 transcript from ParishRegister.com. Wife's death certificate states "Widow of Lewis Vandersteen, mariner" (Infomant Pam Simons, email to rfg 28 May 2008)
5 :
1841 Census HO107/725/9 fol 18 gives age 60 and born in county, Old Bailey trial gives age 33 and Prison Register gives place of birth Great Yarmouth
6 :
Death Index Jun 1847 E London II 137
7 :
1841 Census HO107/725/9 fol 18
8 :
1841 Census HO107/725/9 fol 18
9 :
St John Wapping Baptism Register No 259, film X089/158 transcript from ParishRegister.com
10 :
St John Wapping Baptism Register No 259, film X089/158 transcript from ParishRegister.com
11 :
1841 Census HO107/725/9 fol 18, 1861 Census RG9/324 45
12 :
Probate Registry Calendar, Death Register Sep 1906 St Olave 1d 117
13 :
1841 Census HO107/725/9 fol 18, 1881 Census RG11/569 fol 50
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