Frances Maria Cripps

Frances Maria Cripps[1]

Female 1807 - 1835  (27 years)

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  • Name Frances Maria Cripps 
    Born 1 Sep 1807  London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Christened 30 Sep 1807  London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 6
    Address:
    St John at Hackney 
    Gender Female 
    Misc 1828  [7
    was the subject of a portrait by Miss Millington 
    Residence 1830  London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Address:
    Paddington 
    _UID D51564DEA33044428B00D59565F84B6D8FB5 
    Died 27 Apr 1835  Clapham, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Address:
    Wandsworth Road 
    Buried 28 Apr 1835  London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 9, 10, 11
    Address:
    Bunhill Fields 
    Person ID I1521  Treefive
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2022 

    Father David Cripps,   b. Abt 1769, West Peckham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Margaret Evans,   b. Abt 1777, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1832, Chelsea, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Married 23 Oct 1806  London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14, 15
    Address:
    St Martin in the Field, Westminster 
    Family ID F654  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Richard Pheney,   b. Abt 1803, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1881, New Plymouth, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years) 
    Married 1 Jun 1830  London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 8, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
    Address:
    St James, Paddington 
    Children 
     1. Richard Cliff Francis Pheney,   b. 13 May 1831, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1869, New Plymouth, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
     2. Margaret Jane Pheney,   b. 25 Sep 1832, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1835, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     3. Francis Pheney,   b. Abt 1834, Wandsworth, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Apr 1865, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 31 years)
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2023 
    Family ID F461  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    01027 Frances Maria Cripps
    01027 Frances Maria Cripps
    00046 Frances Maria Cripps  1828
    00046 Frances Maria Cripps 1828
    Portrait by Miss Millington
    00148 Frances Maria Cripps
    00148 Frances Maria Cripps
    Portrait by Miss Millington, London 1828

  • Notes 


    • Frances Maria Cripps was born in 1807, the first child of David Cripps and Margaret Evans. Her sister Margaret was born about 3 years later.

      In 1828 a Miss Millington painted portraits of Frances Maria and Richard Pheney, whom she was to marry two year later. The portrait of Frances was that of a beautiful and refined woman in the early prime of life. Constance Howell described Frances as "beautiful with golden ringlets and delicate colouring". In 1979, Constance wrote "The portraits I mentioned [i.e. Richard and Frances Maria] were about fifteen inches long & hung on the wall in mother's sitting room". Constance's mother, Emma Mildred Pheney, was a granddaughter of Richard and Frances Maria. In Aug 2016, Rex Sinnott donated the portraits to the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington, New Zealand.

      In 1830 Frances married Richard Pheney. Witnesses at the marriage were her sister Margaret Cripps, her uncle William Pople and Harriet Shephard. Frances' parish at the time of her marriage was given as Paddington, Middlesex; Richard's as St Dunstan in the West, London.

      Frances and Richard's marriage was to be short-lived. They had two sons Richard and Frank and a daughter Margaret, and then Frances Maria died 27 April 1835 after a short illness. She was buried the next day (Tuesday 28 April) at 11:30am at Bunhill Fields Cemetery in London. Her daughter Margaret died six months later.

      Richard was badly affected by the death of his wife, and eventually lost his business and emigrated to New Zealand. He did not remarry. Richard jnr and Frank were cared for by Richard's half-sister, Miss Neale – the one became a lithographic artist, and the other a printer.

  • Sources 
    1. [S778] TRE001 Family tree - Pheney, Richard and Cripps, Frances Maria (Janeen Nolan, Christchurch), TRE001.

    2. [S120] BAP010 Baptism Cripps, Frances Maria, BAP010.
      The baptism entry gives Frances Maria's date of birth as 1 Sep 1807.

    3. [S5404] Ancestry.com London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, Hackney, Middlesex 30 Sep 1807: Frances Maria Cripps.

    4. [S5854] BUR292 Pheney; Frances and Margaret, Frances Pheney, 27 Apr 1835, age 27.

    5. [S6252] BAP674 Baptism Cripps, Frances Maria, 30 Sep 1806 Baptism of Frances Maria Cripps, born 1 Sep 1807.

    6. [S120] BAP010 Baptism Cripps, Frances Maria, BAP010.
      Parents are given as David and Margaret Cripps.

    7. [S530] Letter Auckland City Art Gallery to Sinnott, Natalie.

    8. [S5190] ancestry.com London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921, 1 Jun 1830: Richard Pheney and Frances Maria Cripps.

    9. [S5180] findmypast Greater London Burial Index Transcription, 27 Apr 1835 Bunfield Hills; Pheney, Frances.

    10. [S3154] Findmypast Parish Records Collection 1538-2005 - Burial, Frances Pheney.

    11. [S1667] England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970.

    12. [S322] MAR054 Marriage Cripps, David and Evans, Margaret, MAR054.

    13. [S333] MAR068 Marriage Cripps, David and Evans, Margaret - transcript, MAR068.

    14. [S3019] MAR186 Marriage Cripps, David Esq and Evans, Margt, MAR186.

    15. [S3020] MAR187 Marriage Evans, Margt and Cripps, David Esq, MAR187.

    16. [S289] MAR010 Marriage Pheney, Richard jnr and Cripps, Frances Maria, MAR010.

    17. [S332] MAR067 Marriage Pheney, Richard and Cripps, Frances Maria - transcript, MAR067.

    18. [S3015] MAR183 Marriage Pheney, Richd and Cripps, Frances, MAR183.

    19. [S3018] MAR185 Marriage Frances Cripps and Richd Pheney, MAR185.

    20. [S3071] MAR255 Marriage Pheney, Richard and Cripps, Frances Maria, MAR255.

    21. [S4121] ancestry.com England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973, 1 Jun 1830: Richard Pheney and Frances Maria Cripps.