BRYER Kent Family Chart no. 10

	Henry BRYER		Alice COOPER
	b.
			m. 24 Aug 1783 Old Saint Pancras Church, Saint Pancras
	d. 1832/3 Margate, KEN
	Printer

Henry's Children

Henry	Alice	Lewis	Jane
born 2 Dec 1783, bap. 4 Jan 1784 St Mary Le Bow		bapt. 13 Jan 1788 St Mary Magdalene Old Fish Street	bapt. 17 Jun 1803 Bridewell Hospital Chapel, City of London
m. Sarah FRISBEE [date unknown]	m. William SOWARD 15 Aug 1816 at St Pancras Old Church [IGI]
d. Nov (?) 1822			d. 23 Nov 1884 Islington

Who They Were

Henry appears in both Pigot's 1823 Directory for London and in the PO London Directory for 1827 as a Printer, address Bridewell Hospital. Henry was also listed in The London book trades 1775-1800: a preliminary checklist of members as a printer at 10 Bell's Buildings, Fleet Street (in 1799) and at Bridewell Hospital, Bridge Street, Blackfriars (1800-36). His press was registered in 1800.

In 1822, Henry signed an affidavit, together with William SOWARD, identifying his son Henry's will, since Henry the Younger died without leaving a formal will.

Daughter Jane never married, and seems to have lived with her father until he died (in Margate, Kent) in 1833, at which point she became the main beneficiary of his will and its sole Executrix. In 1881 Jane was an Annuitant boarder at 29 Frisden Road St Pancras with the McCarthy family. When she died in 1884, her address was given as 27 Hargrave Park Road Islington and the informant was E. McCarthy of the same address. On her death certificate her occupation was given as Annuitant, implying a degree of self-sufficiency.

I have been collecting a list of some of his works.

Both sister Jane and father Henry witnessed Alice's marriage in 1816.

Where They Lived

As can be seen above, Henry lived and worked in the Bridewell area of the City of London.

Family Group Identifiers

Family: BRYERHOLL1
Family Group: b-ken010