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 Richard Wombwell

The direct ancestral line from Hetty Jane Owen back to Richard Wombwell 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: 
Richard Wombwell (1736-????) m. Elizabeth Negus (1735-????)

x4 Great-Grandparents: 
John Wombwell (1712-1784) m. Mary Hare (1712-1752)

x5 Great-Grandparents: 
John Wombwell (1686-1741) m. Elizabeth Twynne (1690-1714)

x6 Great-Grandparents:
Richard Wombwell (1660-1723) m. Mary Brown (1662-1737)

Wombwell Relationships Explained

Richard Wombwell Senior seems to have been one of three recorded brothers, all born in Newport, Essex, as listed below:

Richard Wombwell 1736–
James Wombwell 1739–
Thomas Wombwell 1744–1768

The parents of the three children were John Wombwell (1712-1784) and Mary Hare (1712-1752), both of whom were born in Clavering, Essex, and who would be Hetty Jane Owen's x4 great-grandparents. 

The Wombwell heartlands in Essex

Richard's younger brother, James Wombwell meanwhile married Sarah Rogers in Braintree, Essex in 1760. They had nine children, of whom the two youngest were George (senior), born in 1777, who went on to found the famous menagerie, and Zacharias, born in 1780,  the father of George Wombwell junior, and Richard Wombwell and Maria West's next door neighbour in Stoke Newington.

All of this seems to add up quite logically, and it means that Richard Wombwell was a first cousin of George and Zacharias, and the uncle of George junior.

In concluding this journey back into the Wombwell past, it would seem that the parents of John Wombwell were:

John Wombwell (1686-1741), also of Clavering, and Elizabeth Twynne (1690-1714). 

John in turn was the son of Richard Wombwell (1660-1723) of Clavering, who married Mary Brown (1662-1737). 

These would be Hetty Jane Owen's x5 and x6 great-grandparents respectively. It would seem that as the generations rolled by, the Wombwells were simple farming folk of the Essex region, until as the eighteenth century drew to a close, one or more of their number began to look south towards London, and the opportunities that the great metropolis might have to offer them.