The Complete Line of Hetty Jane Owen

Hetty Jane Owen (b. Stoke Newington, 1883, d. Wood Green, 1953)

married Charles Albert Eldridge (b. Islington 1890, d. Hove, 1968)

Parents

1.     Edward Samuel Owen (1858-1887), b. St. Asaph, Denbigh, Wales, d. Edmonton. Printer. 2.     Maria Rosetta Bradley (1860-1945), b. Bow, London, d. Edmonton, Middlesex.

Grandparents

3.     David Owen (1827-1892), b. Llanrwst, Wales, d. Hackney, London. Printer. 4.     Jane Jones (1828-1900), b. Llanrwst, Wales, d. South Hornsey, Middlesex. 5.     Henry Smale Bradley (1825-1880), b. and d. Poplar, Middlesex, London. Surveyor. 6.     Maria Robinson (1829-1879), b. 1828 Tower Hamlets, d. Hackney, London.

(x1) Great-Grandparents

7.     David Owen (1802-1857), b. Eglwys-Fach, Denbighshire, Wales, prob. died Hackney. 8.     Anne Williams (b.1802), b. Eglwys-Fach, Denbighshire, Wales. 9.     John Jones (b.1805), b. Merionethshire, Wales. 10.  Gwen Davies (b.1806) b. Merionethshire, Wales. 11.  Thomas Bradley (1791-1851), d. Stepney, London. Baker. 12.  Elizabeth Hounsell (1793-1882), b. Bristol, England, d. Hackney, London. 13.  Charles John Robinson (1790-1868), b. Shadwell, d. Mile End Old Town, Master Mariner. 14.  Harriett Wombwell (1804-1871), b. St. George in the East, d. Bow, Middlesex, London.

(x2) Great-Great Grandparents

27.  Charles Robinson (d.1808?), Mariner. 28.  Mary Powell (1769-????), b. Shoreditch, Middlesex, London. 29.  Richard Wombwell (1757-1833), b. Arkesden, Essex, d. Stoke Newington, Mddx., Grocer, Chandler and Livery Stable Keeper. 30.  Maria West (1765-1846), b. Downpatrick, Ireland, d. Stoke Newington, Mddx. Livery stable keeper

(x3) Great-Great-Great Grandparents

57. George Powell 58. Mary 59. Richard Wombwell (1736-????), b. Newport, Essex 60. Elizabeth Negus (1735-????) 61. Godfrey West, b. Clogher, County Down, Ireland, d. prob. Liverpool. A tallow chandler. 62. Elizabeth Hadzor (1731-1816), b. and d. Downpatrick, County Down, Ireland

(x4) Great-Great-Great-Great Grandparents

119. John Wombwell (1712-1784), b. Clavering, Essex, d. Newport, Essex. 120. Mary Hare (1712-1752), b. Clavering, Essex. 123. (John) West? prob. b. and d. Clogher, County Down, Ireland. 125. Seneca Hadzor (1668-1746), b. Ireland, d. Downpatrick, County Down. Doctor and Apothecory. 126. Ruth Bankes, b. Ireland, prob. d. Downpatrick, County Down, Ireland.

(x5) Great-Great Great-Great-Great Grandparents

239. John Wombwell (1686-1741), b. and d. Clavering, Essex. 240. Elizabeth Twynne (1690-1714), b. and d. Essex. 247. Son of James West?, prob. b. and d. County Down, Ireland.

(x6) Great-Great-Great Great-Great-Great Grandparents

479. Richard Wombwell (1660-1723), b. and d. Clavering, Essex. 480. Mary Brown (1662-1737), b. and d. Clavering, Essex. 495. James West???? prob. b. and d. County Down, Ireland. 496. Hanna? prob. b. and d. County Down, Ireland.

(x7) Great-Great-Great-Great Great-Great-Great Grandparents

891. Son of Captain Richard West, prob. b. and d. County Down, Ireland.

(x8) Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Great-Great-Great Grandparents

1783. Captain Richard West, d. 1644, County Down, Ireland.

From Hetty Jane Owen to Seneca Hadzor: The Line

Hetty Jane Owen, x4 great-grand-daughter
of Dr. Seneca Hadzor

The direct ancestral line from Hetty Jane Owen back to Seneca Hadzor in Downpatrick is as follows:

Hetty Jane Owen (1883-1953) m. Charles Eldridge (1890-1968)

Parents: 
Maria Rosetta Bradley (1860-1945) m. Edward Owen (1858-1887)

Grandparents: 
Maria Robinson (1829-1879) m. Henry Bradley (1825-1880)

Great-Grandparents: 
Harriett Wombwell (1804-1871) m. Charles Robinson (1790-1868)

x2 Great-Grandparents: 
Maria West (1765-1846) m. Richard Wombwell (1757-1833)

x3 Great-Grandparents: 
Elizabeth Hadzor (1731-1816) m. Godfrey West

x4 Great-Grandparents: 
Seneca Hadzor (1668-1746) m. Ruth Bankes 

Farewell to the Hadzors

Downpatrick Prison on Downpatrick Hill. Members of both the
Potter and West families had addresses on the Hill. The blue plaque to the left
marks the spot where Thomas Russell was hanged.

In a way, the Hadzor family represent the bridge between Hetty Jane Owen and her descendants back to the Normans, or Norsemen, who themselves were descendants of the Vikings and other Scandinavian raiders who settled in North France. 

Making their way through England after the Norman conquest, a branch of these Hadzors settled in Ireland as members of the new ruling class. Almost certainly originally speaking Norman French, over time they began to evolve a distinct Irish identity, which eventually led to the demise of and disappearance of many of the family as they came into conflict with the English establishment. 

Those that remained quietly adopted the Protestant faith, joined The Church of Ireland, and sought to maintain a high standard of life through education, career service, and marriage into well-off families, coming into close contact in the process with both later English Protestant and Scottish Presbyterian families.

Out of these connections, a portfolio of lands in County Down was created and passed down the family line, not to be finally dispensed with until 1881. These lands were the product of a highly successful smuggling enterprise conducted by the son in law of Dr. Seneca Hadzor, John Potter. 

John, in turn, left lands in his portfolio to his children, including Elizabeth Carson. When Elizabeth died in Bristol in 1833, she then bequeathed at least some of her lands to her first cousin, Maria West.

Maria West was the daughter of Elizabeth Hadzor (the daughter of Seneca Hadzor and Ruth Bankes), and her husband, Godfrey West.
She was the x2 great-grandmother of Hetty Jane Owen. 

As the Hadzor name now fades from the line, it is to the West family that this tale will now turn.

The Children of Seneca Hadzor and Ruth Bankes

Lisburn Cathedral, where Seneca Hadzor married Ruth Bankes. The church was
reconstructed after being destroyed by fire in 1707, just five years after Seneca
married Ruth.
Photo from: http://www.lisburncathedral.org/history

As far as the children of Seneca Hadzor and Ruth Bankes are concerned, they were as follows:

1. Susanna (Juana) Hadzor married Thomas Potter. However, there is a slight complication in the records in that a Thomas Potter also married Rose Hadzor, one of the daughters of Lieutenant John Hadzor. Rose died in 1816 and so it may be possible that Susanna died young, and that Thomas Potter simply remarried into the same family. In either case, we know nothing more of Susanna Hadzor. 

2. Maria Hadzor died in 1763. She married John Potter. There is every chance that John Potter and Thomas Potter were brothers. We can assume they were close relatives in any case.

3. Elizabeth Hadzor (1731-1816) married Godfrey West in Downpatrick on the 3rd July 1760 at Downpatrick Parish Church. 

Elizabeth Hadzor and Godfrey West were the grandparents of Harriett Wombwell, and hence the x3 great grandparents of Hetty Jane Owen.   

The Hadzors of Downpatrick: A Tree

With the help of Blackwood and other sources, including the extant will of Lieutenant John Hadzor, the Hadzor family tree in Downpatrick looks something like this:

The John Potter who is named in Harriett Wombwell's auction proceedings for 1881, now emerges as a son-in-law of Dr. Seneca Hadzor. Elizabeth Hadzor and Godfrey West, who appear at the bottom of the tree, were Harriett Wombwell's grandparents.

Seneca Hadzor and Ruth Bankes

From the County Down Vestry Records.

The earliest record of the Hadzors in Downpatrick dates back to 1704, when Seneca Hadzor was a churchwarden at the Downpatrick Church of Ireland. He married Ruth Bankes at Lisburn Cathedral, County Antrim in 1702, and hence may not have originally been from the Downpatrick area. 

Whatever branch of the family they were from though, the Downpatrick Hadzors had at some point nailed their colours to the Protestant and new English cause. The recorded children are almost all daughters, who married on into other families, and by the nineteenth century, the Hadzor name and their Anglo-Norman origins had faded into the background. 

From the perspective of this family history however, it is Seneca Hadzor and Ruth Bankes who mark the start of the direct line down through to Hetty Jane Owen, the wife of Charles Albert Eldridge.