Sir William ALSTON 7th Bart [3271]

  General Notes:

Little is known of the Sir William and his wife except a vague tradition that owing to the extravagance of his father he and his brothers were forced into uncongenial occupations to make ends meet. However in 1736 he appears to have been apprenticed to Richard Simons of Bletchingley SRY, as a barber/illegible but probably surgeon.

His occupation at his marriage at the Fleet was recorded as a barber

Later in life he had a reputation as a breeder of horses. He died intestate

Sir William succeeded to the Baronetcy upon the death of his brother Evelyn.

FLEET MARRIAGES.
A certified copy on parchment of the marriage entry of William Alston second son of Sir Evelyn Alston Bt the elder and Elizabeth Weare at the Fleet September 16th 1745 is now in the possession of William Alston Head Esq Solicitor of East Grinstead, the certificate is stamped with a five shilling stamp date 1804 and is certified "as appears by my Book Mary Panton, Houndsditch."
At that time 1804 the Fleet Registers had not passed into government keeping but belonged to private persons who made capital out of the needs of those members of the upper classes and aristocracy who had to resort to them to prove the runaway marriages contracted by their romantic and eloping ancestors.
Alstoniana Pg 297.

  Other Records

1. Sir William Alston.
Remnants of his family bible, an Alston seal, gpld signet ring.
Enries in Bible confirm the dates of family BMD's
Courtesy of L Darnell 2021

William married Elizabeth WEARE (WEAIRE) of Oxted Surrey [3276] [MRIN: 1111] on 10 Sep 1745 in The Fleet. (Elizabeth WEARE (WEAIRE) of Oxted Surrey [3276] was born on 19 Sep 1721 and died on 21 Jun 1800.)

  Marriage Notes:

Sir William eloped with Elizabeth.