CFHS code : ML30
Parish : St Mary the Less
Inscription : side 1 In Memory of JOHN HAZARD d August 21 1869 in the 88th year of his age side 2 In Memory of [Mrs] SARAH TRUSLOVE d October 1 1869 aged 91 side 3 In Memory of HENRY HAZARD d May 13 1866 in the 80th year of his age side 4 In Memory of [THOMAS ED]LESTON d August 3 1846 aged [60]– ——– of the above [interred] in the churchyard also ———- of MARTHA [ED]LESTON wife of the above d — F—— 187[3] aged [83]
Monument : 6ft High Square Carved
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.202845, 0.13777535 – click here for location
Monument
This substantial 2 tiered square column has a plaque on each side with carved inscriptions, some of which are badly eroded. It stands a few rows east of the centre circle towards the north of the parish area of Mary the Less. Now partially hidden by scrub (2022)
Inscription
side 1
In Memory of JOHN HAZARD. Who died August 21. 1869 in the 88th year of his age
side 2
In Memory of [Mrs] SARAH TRUSLOVE Who died October 1. 1869 aged 91 years
side 3 west face
In Memory of HENRY HAZARD Who died May 13 1866 in the 80th year of his age
side 4 south face now mostly illegible
In Memory of THOMAS EDLESTON d August 3 1846 aged 60 years – ——– of the above interred in the churchyard of [St Benedict’s church]
Also ———- of MARTHA EDLESTON wife of the above illegible 1873 aged 83 years
Relationship: siblings and sister’s husband
John Hazard (1781 – 21 August 1869)
John was the son of Joseph and died at his home, 1 Camden Place Cambridge aged 88 years old. In 1861 he had been living in Brentford with a footman, cook and housemaid and was documented as a ‘fund holder’. The notice of his death in the Cambridge Chronicle and Journal said he was ‘formerly of Old Brentford, Middlesex’.
Sarah Truslove (née Hazard) (c.1778 – 1 October 1869)
Sarah married Joseph Truslove (1868-1845) on 14 January 1806 at St. Benet’s Church. Joseph was a solicitor who worked for Messrs. Twiss and Marshall and she died at 62 St. Andrew Street aged 91 years old. Her home was auctioned after her death by Wentworth and Sons Auctioneers and was described as a ‘very valuable and extensive freehold estate…it commands an extensive frontage next St. Andrew’s Street with a large walled in garden [extremely valuable for Building purposes] and Stable and Coach-house. Entrance from Emmanuel Street; the whole containing upwards of half an acre of land’.
Henry Hazard (c.1786 – 13 May 1866)
Henry lived at the Counting House on Mill Lane and worked as a coal and corn merchant. He ran a company called ‘Comings and Hazard’. He died aged 80 years old was buried at Mill Road Cemetery on 18 May. The Cambridge Independent Press wrote a short obituary which read ‘Truly it may be said he was a fine old English gentleman, whose removal will be missed by all, but especially by the many recipients of his bounty. To any tale of woe or distress his care and his purse were ever open. But, like others whose bounty is boundless, he had neither wisdom or wariness of Solomon, and the consequence was that he was liable to be imposed upon by the plausible tales and unscrupulous appeals of the unprincipled. Still, taking him all in all it will be long, perhaps, before we look upon his like again’. The Cambridge Chronicle and Journal printed a more charitable obituary saying ‘it would be fruitless to attempt to describe the good qualities of the deceased gentleman. His kindness of heart was proverbial – he was incapable of anything mean and in all his transactions in business no one could be more honourable or straightforward. He died at a ripe old age, and his memory will be long cherished and revered, for ‘take him for all in all, we shall never look on his like again”.
His extensive property portfolio was sold at auction in January 1867 consisting of ‘malting, coal and timber yards, excellent private residence, garden, two counting houses, three newly-built tenements &c, &c, &c, at the head of the River Cam; wharfage ground and granaries, Laundress Lane; small homestall and gardens, Newnham; and very eligible building ground and accomodation land, Barton Road. His estate was valued at c£25,000 (£2m at 2019 values)
Thomas Edleston (12 May 1786 – 3 August 1846)
Thomas was the son of Richard Edleston (1860-1797) and Margaret Sillito Cluley (1763-1800). He was born in Westminster, but grew up in Cambridge. He was an orphan by the age of 13, and married Martha Hazard on 12 December 1814 at St. Benet’s church. He worked as a brewer, and was a partner in a company called Messrs. Nash, Searle and Edleston. He was a councillor for the Barnwell ward from c.1840 onwards. Thomas and Martha lived at 1 Benet Pace and he died at home aged 60 years old. His funeral was held on 7 August 1846. Thomas died before Mill Road cemetery was consecrated and was buried in the graveyard of St Benedict’s church.
Martha Edleston (née Hazard) (c.1790 – 29 April 1873)
Martha was born in Cambridge and married Thomas Edleston. After she was widowed Martha continued to live at Benet Place and in 1851 was living there with a cook and housemaid and was described as being a ‘brewer’. In 1861 she was living there with her widowed sister Elizabeth (1787-1866).
She died at Benet Place aged 83 years old leaving an estate valued at £70,000 (c.£5.3m at 2019 values). After her death the leasehold of 1 Benet Place was auctioned on 5 June and details said it was ‘fitted up with every regard to comfort, most desirably situated at the south entrance to the town, commanding a pleasant view of the ornamentally planted grounds of the Leys, with garden in the rear, planted with thriving fruit trees in full bearing’. The leasehold had a term of c.26 years to run and ground rent was £10 per annum. Martha’s stockholding in the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks Company were also sold at the same auction, as were the contents of Benet Place. The contents included: ‘two sideboards, couch, sofa, chairs and tables in rosewood and mahogany….excellent feather beds and bedding, Brussels and other carpets…and a Bath chair’.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
CFHS Transcriptions of parish registers
by Claire Martinsen
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