Dear List,
I'm trying to research various members of the Hitchens family who were active in mine managing and promotion in Devon, Cornwall and further afield, between c.1800 and 1880.
As far as I understand it, Jehu Hitchens (born before 1800; died 1841) was father to Josiah Hitchens (born c.1810, died after 1860), Jehu and John Hitchens (similar dates to Josiah).
Jehu senior was clerk to the Tavistock Canal Company from 1803-1812 when he was fired for financial irregularities, therafter he was a mine promoter and adventurer in a wide variety of schemes in the Tavistock area of West Devon. He was a partner in the Shillamill manganese mill shortly before his death.
Josiah was also a mine promoter, and was heavily involved with the setting-up of the Devon Great Consols Company between 1844 and 1849, although due to dodgy financial deals, he was forced out after that.
Jehu appears in the records of the Sark Silvermines in the Channel Islands in the 1840s-50s, though I haven't seen him elsewhere. I understand from Rick Stewart that John was also involved in West Devon mining schemes in the 1840s.
Has anyone done any genealogical work on the family or discussed their financial dealings? I really need to know birth and death dates, who was related to whom, and how. Some additional detail on what they all got up to would also be handy.
Robert Waterhouse
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