Gibbs Family Tree
John Herman Merivale
1779 - 1844 (64 years)
Generation: 1
1. John Herman Merivale was born on 5 Aug 1779 in Exeter, Devon; died on 25 Apr 1844 in Bedford Sq, London; was buried on 2 May 1844 in Hamstead, Staffordshire. Notes:
John Herman Merivale (5 August 1779 – 25 April 1844, Bedford Square) was an English barrister and man of letters.
He was the only son of John Merivale of Barton Place, Exeter, and Bedford Square, London, by Ann Katencamp or Katenkamp, daughter of a German merchant settled in Exeter, and was born there on 5 August 1779. The grandson of Samuel Merivale (1715–1771), tutor in a local dissenting academy in Exeter, he was brought up a presbyterian. He spent some years at St. John's College, Cambridge, but left without taking a degree. In later life he conformed to the Church of England.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Herman_Merivale
John married Louisa Heath Drury on 10 Jul 1805 in St Gregory's, Dawlish, Devon. Louisa (daughter of Joseph Drury and Louisa Heath) was born on 12 May 1787 in Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex; died on 29 Apr 1873 in Barton Place, Exeter, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- John Louis Merivale was born on 12 Nov 1815 in Bloomsbury, London; died on 14 Dec 1886 in Dawlioh, Devon.
- Very Rev. Charles Merivale was born on 8 Mar 1808 in Barton Place, Devon; died on 27 Dec 1893 in Ely, Cambridgeshire; was buried in Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire.