HASSETT / BLENNERHASSETT family of Bermondsey, London, England This family has a tradition of being descended from a Blennerhassett family at Killarney, Co.Kerry, Ireland... Blennerhassett Family Tree (BH42_Hassett_Bermondsey_London_HBL.xlsx) revised April 2012, copyright © Bill Jehan 1968-2012 Thanks to all who have contributed to these pages - please send additions & corrections to email: [email protected] HBL 01 >|>>>>>>><???> Hassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Thomas Hassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Thomas Hassett d.bef.1861 b.c1834 St.Luke's, Middlesex | b.c1858 City of London / labourer (1884); carman 1861 | m. Maria <???> of 13 New Court, |?? William Hassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Catherine Hassett b.Apr-Jun.1887 Camberwell, London; b.c1804 (presumably mother Cripplegate, London 1861 | b.c1862/3 Deptford, London | of 67 Verney Road, Camberwell 1906 of Thomas; a "visitor" with / | (or b.c1859 City of London?) | / Thomas Hassett at the time m. Caroline <???> | / | m.25.12.1906 St.Bartholomew's Church, Camberwell; of the 1861 census) b.c1835 | militiaman; private in the | Silas Cheeseman; farrier St.Luke's, Middlesex; | 2nd Surrey Militia; of | carpet bag maker 1861 | "Stoughton Barracks" |>>William Herbert Hassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> William John Hassett | Stoke, Guildford, | b.Oct-Dec.1889 79 Verney | b.16.3.1910 Bermondsey; | Surrey 1881 | Road, Camberwell, London | d.?.4.1988 Lewisham, London | / | / | / NOTES ON FAMILY ORIGIN: NOTE: | "carman, working on his | "carman, in stable manure | m.Jul-Sep.1931 Camberwell; Bermondsey, Camberwell, Deptford, Rotherhithe, it is not 100% certain | own account" 1884 | trade (working for his | Lilian R. Hawkins Southwark and Walworth are adjacent districts in the this William Hassett | / | father)" 1909-1911 | Blackfriars area of South London (b. Deptford c1862/3, | of 7 Earl Road, | / |>>Thomas Hassett son of Thomas Hassett) | Bermondsey, London 1884 | he kept horses in railway | b.Jul-Sep.1911 Tradition in this Hassett family describes the first to reside in is identical with William | / | bridge arches, in a market | Bermondsey, London; England as "Patrick Hassett", an Irishman whose family in Hassett (b.c1859 City of | of 79 Verney Rd, Camberwell | area of Bermondsey called | d.c1920-30 Ireland was named Blennerhassett and raised horses in the London, son of Thomas | London 1887-1901; | "The Blue", named for | Killarney area of Co.Kerry & Caroline Hassett) | illiterate | "The Blue Anchor" pub |>>John "Jack" T. Hassett | / | which also gave its name | b.Oct-Dec.1912 Patrick and his brothers are said to have travelled to England | perhaps(?) served in the | to Blue Anchor Lane | Bermondsey, London to buy or sell horses; in England he met a woman whose family | South African War | (The present Blue Anchor | were Romany gipsy from Malta, did not return to Ireland with | (2nd Boer war) of 1899-1902 | pub, built 1875, is at 251 |>>Henry J. Hassett his brothers but married her and settled in London; | / | Southwark Park Road) | b.Jan-Mar.1914 Her family is said to be from Romney Marsh area | perhaps(?) d.Jan-Mar.1929 | / | Bermondsey, London; | Chertsey, Surrey | of 69 Verney Road, | d.c1920-30 For what they considered an inappropriate marriage he was | / | Camberwell 1909; | disowned by his Blennerhassett family in Ireland, described | m.5.5.1884 | of 33 Parfett Road, |>>Ada E. Hassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> as "the black sheep of the family"; He settled in London, | All Saints Church (C.o.E.) | Rotherhide New Road, | b.Jan-Mar.1916 never returning to Ireland, adopting the shortened form | Walworth, Newington, | Bermondsey, London | Bermondsey, London of the name, "Hassett" | London (Co.Surrey); | (Co.Surrey) 1911; | / | Elizabeth Beckinsale | resided at Bermondsey until | m.Jul-Sep.1940 Bermondsey "Patrick" is not a usual Blennerhassett family name, so is | b.Jul-Sep.1867 Hatcham/ | bombed out during WWII | Albert C. Johnston possible he was Thomas Hassett, called "Patrick" as a | Camberwell, London | / | nickname given to an Irishman in England, rather than his | / | d.cOct.1948 |>>(Florence) May Hassett real first name | illiterate | Lewisham, London | b.Oct-Dec.1917 | of 6 Aylesbury Street, | / | Bermondsey, London This tradition (as passed down to the present generation of | Newington 1884 | m.11.4.1909 | the family) has sometimes confused Patrick Hassett with the | / | St.Bartholomew's Church |>>Lilian Hassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> more recent William Hassett (b.1889 d.1948) - the story on | daughter of: | (C.o.E.), Camberwell, | b.26.10.1920 being handed down within the family appears to have skipped | Edward Joseph Beckinsale | London; | Bermondsey, London; some generations in the retelling… | b.c1852 d.bef.1884 | Elizabeth Ada Baulcombe | of Bermondsey | | b.16.8.1890 Rotherhide; | / Patrick Hassett (or perhaps William Hassett 1889-1948 ?) | | of 18 Anchor Street, | m. Jan-Mar.1940 Bermondsey is said to have been 6ft 6in in height, weighed 18 stone, very |>>Caroline Hassett | Bermondsey 1901; | Frederick George Stanton dark complexion said in the family to show his "descent from | b.c1867 City of London | of 67 Verney Road, | crew of Spanish Armada" ships wrecked off the west coast | | Camberwell, London at the |>>Catherine "Rene" Hassett of Ireland ? | time of her marriage 1909 | b.Jul-Sep.1923 | | / | Bermondsey, London | | d.1970 Southwark, London | | | / |>>James "Jim" Hassett | | daughter of: | b.Oct-Dec.1927 | | John Thomas Baulcombe | Bermondsey, London | | b.c1849/53 d.Jan-Mar.1907 | | | (SEE HBL 03 BELOW) |>>Jean H. Hassett | | b.Jan-Mar.1932 | | Bermondsey, London; | |>>James Hassett d.c1930s | | b.c1897 Camberwell, London | | HBL 01 | | HBL 02 | | | |>>Thomas Hassett ? b.c1899 Camberwell, London | | |>>John Hassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Adelaide Hassett b.c1868 Rotherhide, | b.c1892 Rotherhide Bermondsey, London; | dock labourer 1901; |>>Ellen Hassett of 26 Trident Street, | b.c1896 Rotherhide Rotherhide (St Olave, | Southwark) 1901 |>>Mary Hassett / b.c1899 Rotherhide m. Johanna <???> b.c1869 Rotherhide NOTE: There is another Bermondsey Hassett family on p.E 02 DISCONNECTED >|>>>Edward Hassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>>>Eliza Hassett b.c1802 London; b.c1836 London of 5 Clifford Street, Southampton, Hampshire 1851 / Sarah <???> b.c1803 London HBL 02 HBL 03 BAULCOMBE family of Bermondsey, London, England <???> Baulcomb(e) >>>>>>>>>|>> John Baulcombe >>>>>>>>>>>>|>> John Thomas Baulcombe >>>>>>|>> Eliza R. Baulcombe / b.c1828 Maidstone, Kent; | b.Sep-Dec.1848 | b.c1868 Bermondsey m. <???> police constable | Old Brompton, Kent; | of 30 Hanover Street, | carman |>>Arthur J. Baulcombe Southwalk 1871 | / | b.c1870 Bermondsey / | of Guy Street, | m. | Bermondsey 1875; |>>Daniel J. Baulcombe <???> Matherson >>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Rebecca Matherson | of 97 George Row, | b.1871 Bermondsey / b.c1828 Sheerness, Kent | Bermondsey 1881; | m. Frances <???> | of 41 Stanwick Street, | NOTE: There may perhaps(?) be two defferent families here b.c1800 Sheerness, Kent | Bermondsey 1891; | ...marriage was in 1875 (husband shown then as a bachelor) | of 18 Anchor Street, | | Bermondsey 1901; |>>Harry Baulcombe | d.Jan-Mar.1907 | b.c1886/7 Bermondsey | Bermondsey | a whitesmith, working at gasworks 1901 | / | | m.25.12.1875 |>>Alice Baulcombe | St.Paul's Church, | b.c1888/9 Bermondsey | Bermondsey; | | Eliza Styles |>>Elizabeth Ada Baulcombe >>>>>|>> issue (see above) | b.c1855/8 Bermondsey; | b.16.8.1890 (known as "Ada") | of Hanover Street, | Rotherhide/Southwalk, London; | Neckinger(?) Road, | of 18 Anchor Street, Bermondsey 1901; | Bermondsey 1875 | of 67 Verney Road, Camberwell, London | / | at the time of her marriage 1909 | dau. of Joseph Styles, | d.1970 Southwark, London | Ostler | / | | m.11.4.1909 | | St.Bartholomew's Church |>>George Baulcombe | (C.o.E.), Camberwell, | b.c1863 Bermondsey | London; | | William Herbert Hassett (see above) |>>William Baulcombe | b.Oct-Dec.1889 79 Verney | b.c1863 Bermondsey | Road, Camberwell, London | | / |>>Frances Baulcombe | "carman, in stable manure trade" b.c1866 Bermondsey | (working for his father)" 1909-1911 | / | d.cOct.1948 | Lewisham, London | |>>Arthur John Baulcombe b.1891; bapt.17.4.1891 Christchurch, Bermondsey ANOTHER BAULCOMB(E) FAMILY: >|>> John Baulcomb(e) >>>>>>>>>>>|>> John Baulcomb b.c1848 New Romney, | b.c1873 St.Mary's, Kent Kent; | carman 1871 agricultural labourer | / |>>Ada Baulcomb m. Lewisham | b.c1875 St.Mary's, Kent Sarah <???> | b.c1848 Mersham, Kent |>>Charles Baulcomb | b.c1878 St.Mary's, Kent | |>>George Baulcomb b.c1879 St.Mary's, Kent HBL 03.