Reverend Henry Michell

Male 1715 - 1789  (74 years)


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  • Name Henry Michell 
    Prefix Reverend 
    Born 11 Aug 1715 
    Christened 20 Aug 1715  Lewes, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 31 Oct 1789  Brighthelmstone, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 6 Nov 1789  Old Parish Church of Saint Nicholas, Brighton, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I10583  Molloy-Remde Family Tree Aug 23
    Last Modified 5 Jun 2022 

    Father John Michell,   c. 25 Jul 1682, Shipley, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1735  (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Hamshar,   b. 1690, of Preston, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1752, Preston, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 27 Nov 1707  Hamsey, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3825  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Faith Reade,   b. Cal 1726, Little Paxton, Huntingdon, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1809, Brighthelmstone, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Married 29 Dec 1747  Maresfield, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Michell,   c. 9 May 1748, Maresfield, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1748  (Age ~ 0 years)
     2. Thomas Michell,   b. 7 Mar 1749,   d. 15 Mar 1749  (Age 0 years)
     3. Dorothy Michell,   b. 19 Jan 1750,   d. 6 Feb 1754  (Age 4 years)
     4. Elizabeth Michell,   b. 26 Aug 1752, of Brighton, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1753  (Age 0 years)
     5. William Michell,   b. 28 Mar 1754, Brighton, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1830, Freshwater, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     6. Mary Michell,   b. 22 Jun 1755, of Brighton, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1766  (Age 11 years)
     7. Henry Reade Michell,   b. 30 Sep 1756,   d. 7 Apr 1757  (Age 0 years)
     8. Ann Elizabeth Michell,   b. 22 Dec 1757, of Brighton, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 1844, Brighton, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     9. Reverend John Henry Michell,   b. 23 Apr 1759, of Brighton, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1844, Bath, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     10. Elizabeth Michell,   b. 24 Apr 1760, of Brighton, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jun 1810, Freshwater, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     11. Henry Chicheley Michell,   b. 21 May 1761, Brighton, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1806, Teignmouth, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
     12. Frances Maria Michell,   b. 27 Sep 1762, Brighton, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jun 1763, Brighton, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     13. Eardley Wilmot Lade Michell,   b. 21 Feb 1764, Brighton, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1834  (Age 70 years)
     14. Easter Maria Michell,   b. 18 Feb 1765,   bur. 21 Feb 1767, Brighton, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 2 years)
     15. James Charles Michell, Esquire,   b. 11 Nov 1767, Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jun 1841, Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     16. Charles Thomas Michell,   b. 1 Jun 1769,   bur. 6 Apr 1770, Brighton, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
    Last Modified 7 Sep 2023 
    Family ID F3811  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Christened at St. Michael's

      Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge; 50 years Rector of Maresfield and 45 years Vicar of Brighton

      Died at The Parsonage

      Buried at old Parish Church of St. Nicholas; will dated 7 May 1789; proved 18 Nov 1789 "(P.C.C. 552, Machan.)"

      "For biographical notices of Henry Michell see Nichols' Literary Anecdotes, iv, 447-8, where it is boldly said that 'as a father, husband, friend, divine, & scholar, he had few equals;' the Gentleman's Magazine lxix, 1055; and The Worthies of Sussex (published by Mary Anthony Lower in 1865) pp. 229-30."