George Tufnell of Samuel Esqr of Langleys in Great Waltham Essex & Elizabeth his wife (baptismal record)
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George Foster Tufnell, esq. of Chichester, colonel of the East Middlesex Militia, b. in 1723, who was returned to parliament by the borough of Beverley in 1762, and 1774. 3
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George's aunt Rebecca Tufnell, spinster (will proved 1730), bequeathed to him her gold watch and chain, gold rings and a set of desert knives and forks.
2nd son, named as a beneficiary in the Will of his maternal uncle Nathaniel Payler of Nun Munckton, Esq. (proved 1749)
Bequeathed £3,000 in his father's Will (proved 1759).
Named as a beneficiary in the Will of his maternal grandmother Maria Anna Cressener (proved 1759), in which he is bequeathed all dividends that shall arise from the estate of her son George Cressener.
Named as a beneficiary in his mother's Will (proved 1777)
Named in the Will of his sister Elizabeth Tufnell (proved 1784) as father of William, Charles, Samuel Joliffe and George.
George's sister Maria Anna Tufnell of Bromfield in Essex left to him in her Will all her freehold messuages, tenements, lands & premises in Bromfield (will proved 1790).
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George Foster Tufnel, Colonel of the East Middlesex Militia (burial record)
Abstract of the Will of George Forster Tufnell of Chichester in the County of Sussex, Esquire, written 25 Dec 1788 and proved 23 Aug 1798.
His eldest son having been already amply provided for by having his estate settled on him, he gives to him his library of books and The Virtues of Sir William and Lady Halton by Vandyke, his own saddle horse, his best pistols and 20 guineas for a ring.
Gives & bequeaths £500 to his wife Mary whom he appoints and makes sole executrix of his last will and testament.
All his manors or lordships, messuages tenements or dwelling houses, farms lands fields and grounds, hereditaments and premises whether freehold copyhold or leasehold in England, and all other goods chattels and effects, he gives in Trust to his wife Mary Tufnell late Mary Farhill, his brother William Tufnell Joliffe of Nun Munckton, his friend and brother-in-law John Farhill of Great Russell Street Bloomsbury esquire, and their heirs administrators & assigns, to the proper use for his three younger sons John Charles Tufnell, Samuel Joliffe Tufnell and George Tufnell.
Gives & bequeaths to his wife Mary all his household furniture, linen, plate, china, horses, carriages and farming stock in county Sussex (except his own riding horse already bequeathed to his son William).
Appoints his Trustees guardians of his children during their minorities.
Witnesses: R. Wilmot, Anne Humphryes, Thomas Bolland 7
Marriage Information:
George married Elizabeth Forster, daughter of Richard Forster, on 11 Feb 1744 in Bath, Somerset, England.
Marriage Notes:
This marriage was dissolved by act of parliament in 1758. 3
Marriage Information:
George also married Mary Farhill, daughter of John Farhill of Chichester, Esq. and Sarah Carleton, on 19 Oct 1767 in Chichester, Sussex, England. (Mary FARHILL was born in 1742 in Chichester, Sussex, England, christened on 18 Oct 1742 in St. Peter the Less, Chichester, Sussex, England and died between 27 Jun 1809 and 2 Oct 1818.)
Marriage Notes:
George Forster Tufnell, age 45, widow, esquire, and Mary Farhill
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Bond for payment of marriage portion of £5000
(a) John Farhill of Chichester esq., George Parker Farhill of Petworth, clerk
(b) George Forster Tuffnell of Hockston, Lincs., esq
In consideration of an intended marriage between George Forster Tuffnell and Mary Farhill, spinster
Date: 17 October 1767 6
