Joseph Scammell II

Life History

Notes

• SUN FIRE OFFICE -
  
  MS 11936/477/938866  - date: 12 March 1818
  Insured: Joseph Scammell 53 Dean Street Soho silversmith
  
  Joseph Scammell of 53 Dean Street Soho, Silversmith. On his household goods, printed books, wearing apparel and plate in his now dwelling house communicating with the house adjoining the whole in the occupation of Messrs Storr and Co Silversmiths. Stoves therein situate as aforesaid. Brick two hundred and seventy pounds
  China and glass therein only thirty pounds
• Storr and Co.
  
  Paul Storr (1770 - 1844) baptised 28 October 1770 in St Marylebone son of Sarah and Thomas Storr, a silver-chaser and later a victualler, who died in 1803. Paul was apprenticed to William Rock of Westminster, a victualler, between 1784 and 1791. He then went into partnership with William Frisbee, a silversmith, and later moved to Church Street, Soho working for or with Andrew Fogelberg a Swedish born silversmith. In 1796 Paul Storr moved to Air Street in Piccadilly where he built up a very important business supplying the retails trade with special orders and quality goods. In 1807 his reputation enabled him to enter into an exclusive manufacturing arrangement with Rundell, Bridge and Rundell, the crown jewellers. He employed craftsmen in a new jointly owned workshop, Storr and Co. in Dean Street, Soho,  a subsidiary of the retail house on Ludgate Hill, and this is where Joseph was working in 1818. It was reported that there were so many orders Storr and Co had to work some 10,000 ounces of silver a month in the shape of dinner services, centrepieces and other ceremonial and domestic plate. By February Storr's agreement with Rundells had terminated and Storr went off to his own independent business. Joseph may have stayed at the workshop for a while but by the mid 1820's he was living in Clerkenwell.
  
  Joseph did not register a mark of his own so we are unable to identify pieces that he made or engraved but he must have been a talented silversmith to have been working for Storr at this time in the company's history.
  
  Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, OUP 2004
  London Goldsmiths 1697-1837 Their marks and lives., Faber and Faber
  Sun Fire Policies, Guildhall Library.
• A coroners inquest took place at The Three Johns, White Lion Street, Clerkenwell on 29 May 1829. The report concluded that  Joseph Scammell had hanged himself whilst deranged.
• Will of Joseph Scammell (1752-1796)
  
  1.      In the name of God Amen
  2.      I Joseph Scammell of Noble Street in the parish of
  3.      Saint Ann Aldersgate Street London working Silversmith
  4.      being in good health and of sound and disposing mind
  5.      memory and understanding but considering the precariousness
  6.      of human Life do make publish and declare my last Will
  7.      and Testament in manner and form following that is  to
  8.      say I do hereby give and bequeath unto Ann Simkins
  9.      widow the sister of my late wife Mary who now
  10.     resides with me the sum of one hundred pounds to said
  11.     for her own use and Benefit and I do hereby give and
  12.     bequeath unto my sister Elizabeth the wife of John Parfitt
  13.     the sum of ten pounds to and for her own sole and separate
  14.     use and Benefit and not to be subject to the Debts
  15.     Controul or Engagements of her present or any future
  16.     husband and I direct that her receipt above notwithstanding
  17.     her coverture shall be a sufficient discharge for the
  18.     same And I do hereby give and bequeath unto my friend
  19.     Thomas Swain of Lilyput Lane in the said parish of Saint
  20.     Ann Aldersgate Street London Engraver one of my executors
  21.     herein after named the sum of ten pounds for Mourning
  22.     And I do hereby give and bequeath unto my friend William
  23.     Bawtry of Lilyput Lane aforesaid Engraver the other of
  24.     my executors herein after named the sum of ten pounds
  25.     for Mourning As to all the rest residue and remainder
  26.     of my Estate and Effects of what nature and kind soever
  27.     and wheresoever which I may die possessed of or in any
  28.     manner entitled unto I do hereby give devise and bequeath
  29.     the same unto the said Thomas Swain and William Bawtry
  30.     upon the several trusts and to and for the several uses
  31.     Interests and purposes herinafter mentioned that is to say
  32.     In Trust from and immediately after my decease to sell
  33.     and dispose of all such Rest Residue and Remainder of
  34.     my Estate and Effects and convert the same into ready Money
  35.     and to lay out and invest all such sum and sums of
  36.     Money as shall arise therefrom upon Government
  37.     Securities at the discretion of my Executors herein after
  38.      named And in trust to pay all such sum and sums
  39.     of Money as arise or become due for the Interest
  40.     or Dividends of such Money so to be placed out at
  41.     Interest as aforesaid or so much thereof as my said
  42.     Executors shall think proper unto and for the Maintenance
  43.     Education and Promotion in the World of my two sons
  44.     Joseph and William Scammell until they shall arrive at
  45.     the age of twenty one years And I do hereby desire my
  46.     said Executors to advance and pay for each of my said
  47.     children at one apprentice fee any sum of Money they
  48.     think proper not exceeding Thirty pounds and I do hereby
  49.     empower my said Executors to sell or take out of the
  50.     Stocks or Principal sum of Money as much as will
  51.     enable them together with the Interest or Dividends in
  52.     their hands to make up and pay the said two apprentice
  53.     fees not exceeding Thirty pounds each and from and
  54.     immediately after my said children shall arrive to the
  55.     said age of Twenty one Years Then in Trust to pay
  56.     and divide all such Stock or Principal sum of Money
  57.     and all Interest then due theron unto and between my
  58.     said two children share and share alike it being my
  59.     Will and Mind that each of my said children shall
  60.     have his share immediately on his attaining the said
  61.     age of Twenty one Years and in case one of my said
  62.     children shall happen to depart this life before he shall
  63.     attain the said age of Twenty one Years without leaving
  64.     any Issue lawfully begotten Then In Trust to pay the
  65.     whole of such principal and interest unto my surviving
  66.     Son But in case my said Son so dying shall happen
  67.     to leave any Child or Children lawfully begotten
  68.     by him then I direst that the share of my said Son
  69.     so dying shall be paid to and equally divided among
  70.     all the children of my said son if more than one
  71.     And if but one then the whole to such only child
  72.     And in case both my said sons shall happen to
  73.     die before they attain the said age of Twenty one
  74.     Years without Issue Then In Trust from and immediately
  75.     after the death of both my said sons to pay all the
  76.     Money to arise or accrue from the Interest or Dividends
  77.     or Stock unto the said Ann Simkins during her life
  78.     if she shall so long remain a Widow and from and
  79.     immediately after the death of the said Ann Simkins or her
  80.     intermarriage Then In Trust to pay the sum of Two
  81.     hundred pounds part of the said Moiety or half part
  82.     unto William Simkins the son of the said Ann Simkins
  83.     to and for his own use and Benefit and upon Trust to
  84.     pay and divide all the Residue and Remainder of the
  85.     said Moiety or half part and all Interest or Dividends
  86.     to arise therefrom unto my nephews John Parfitt and
  87.     Joseph Parfitt in equal shares and proportions when they
  88.     shall arrive at their respective ages of Twenty one
  89.     Years And as to the other Moiety or half part of
  90.     the said principal sum or Stock In Trust to pay all
  91.     such sum and sums of Money as shall arise from the
  92.     Interest or Dividends thereof unto the said Elizabeth Parfitt
  93.     for and during the term of her Natural Life to and for
  94.     her own sole and separate  use and Benefit and not
  95.     to be subject to the Debts Controul or Engagement of
  96.     her present or any future husband And I direct that
  97.     her Receipt alone notwithstanding the any coverture she
  98.     may be under shall from time to time be a sufficient
  99.     discharge for the same and from and immediately after
  100.    the death of the said Elizabeth Parfitt Then In Trust
  101.    then to pay and divide all the said other Moiety or half
  102.    part and all Interest and Dividends to arise therefrom
  103.    unto my Nephews John Parfitt and Joseph Parfitt
  104.    share and share alike when they shall arrive at
  105.    their respective ages of Twenty one Years and I do
  106.    hereby nominate constitute and appoint  the said Thomas
  107.    Swain and William Bawtrey Executors of this my last
  108.    Will and Testament [     ] recommending to my said
  109.    Executors to consult with the said Ann Simkins in all
  110.    things affecting my said two sons and to permit
  111.    and suffer her to have the superintendence and care
  112.    of their Maintenance and Education until they shall
  113.    respectively be put out apprentices in case she shall so
  114.    long remain a Widow And my Will and Mind is and
  115.    I do hereby expressly declare that my said Executors
  116.    shall not be charged or chargeable with or accountable
  117.    for more of the aforesaid Monies or Effects than he
  118.    or they shall actually receive or shall come to his
  119.    or their hands by virtue of this my will nor with
  120.    or for any loss which may happen to the same
  121.    or any part thereof unless such loss shall happen
  122.    by or through their wilful neglect or default nor
  123.    the one of them for the other or for the Acts Deeds
  124.    Defaults or Disbursments of the other of them but
  125.    each one for his own Acts Deeds Defaults and
  126.    Disbursments only and also that it shall and may
  127.    be lawful for my said Executors  and each of them
  128.    their and each of their Executors and Administrators
  129.    in the first place by and out of my Estate  and
  130.    Effects to deduct and reimburse himself and themselves
  131.    all such loss costs charges and Expenses as he or
  132.    they shall or may sustain expend or be put for
  133.    or by reason of the performance of this my Will
  134.    or the Management and Execution thereof Lastly
  135.    I do hereby revoke  and make void all former will
  136.    and Wills by me at any time made and do make
  137.    publish and declare this only to be and contain
  138.    my last Will and Testament contained in four
  139.    sheets of paper set my hand to the first second and
  140.    third sheets thereof and my hand and seal to the
  141.    last sheet thereof this fourteenth day of August
  142.    in the Year of Our Lord one thousand seven
  143.    hundred and ninety four Joseph Scammell signed
  144.    sealed and published and declared by the above named Testator
  145.    Joseph Scammell as his last will and Testament the Words
  146.    "without issue" having been first interlined in the second line
  147.    of the third sheet in the presence of us who at his
  148.    request in his presence and in the presence of each other
  149.    have subscribed our Names as Witnesses I Suffell
  150.    James le Bos

Sources

• 1. Marriage Certificate
  • George Scammell son
• 2. IGI - Extracted from Parish Registers
  • Batch C022471
• 3. Marriage Certificate
  • George Scammell, son
• 4. Parish Records - Ancestry
  • Burial records for Pentonville Chapel, London
• 5. Will of Joseph Scammell 1794
• 6. IGI - Submitted by a member
• 7. LH Correspondance
  • Lin Howell
• 8. IGI - Extracted from Parish Registers
• 9. Parish Records - Westminster City Archives
• 10. Research by Lin Howell