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Llewellynn Jewitt 1816-1886 is in Antiquaries.
The Life and Death of Llewelly Jewitt Chapter 7. In 1838, soon after he [Llewellynn Jewitt] had attained his majority, he went up to London, to join Fairholt in the work of illustrating the leading popular literature of the day, both by drawing and engraving, under the famous Stephen Sly, for Charles Knight and others. After a few months thus spent he found himself in a position to marry the truly charming young lady of his choice, Elizabeth Sage, whom he had left behind at Derby. His diligence in business was very great, and to save working time it was arranged that the wedding should take place in Derby on Christmas Day of that same year, 1838, and on that same day they started back from Derby, travelling all night — a bitterly cold night — to their London home.
On 7th March 1793 [his father] Arthur Jewitt (age 21) and [his mother] Martha Sheldon of Crooke's Moor in Sheffield were married.
On 24th November 1816 Llewellynn Jewitt was born to Arthur Jewitt (age 44) and Martha Sheldon of Crooke's Moor in Sheffield at Kimberworth, Rotherham. The youngest of seventeen children.
In November 1835 [his mother] Martha Sheldon of Crooke's Moor in Sheffield died.
On 7th March 1852 [his father] Arthur Jewitt (age 80) died at Headington, Oxfordshire.
Grave Mounds and their Contents. A Manual Of Archeology, As Exemplified In The Burials Of The Celtic, The Romano-British, And The Anglo-Saxon Periods. By Llewellynn Jewitt (age 53), F.S.A. With Nearly Five Hundred Illustrations. London: Groombridge And Sons, 5, Paternoster Row. 1870.
Illustration of Gib Hill Barrow [Map].
John Lubbock 1879. Arbor Low [Map]1 By Sir John Lubbock (age 44), Bart., M.P., F.R.S., F.S.A.
Note 1. I have to express my profound indebtedness to Sir John Lubbock, for permitting the "Reliquary" to be the medium of giving to the antiquarian world this important paper, read by him, on the spot-at Arbor Low itself-before the Members of the British Association, on the 23rd of August, in the present autumn. Sir John in the hand, placed his MS. in my hands for publication, and I feel that by so doing he has not only conferred a favour on myself, but a great boon on all of archæology. L. JEWITT (age 62).
On 3rd March 1886 [his wife] Elizabeth Sage died. She was buried at St John the Baptist's Church, Winster [Map].
The Life and Death of Llewelly Jewitt Chapter 54. [5th June 1886] On this, his [Llewellynn Jewitt (age 69)] last day, he had no thought for himself, no anxiety about his future, no doubt, no fear of death; but he evinced active anxiety that his children in their attendance upon him should suffer no discomfort, and insisted upon their taking rest and refreshment. Some of them were thus absent resting when, between four and five o'clock in the morning of the 5th of June, he roused up and seemed surprised to find himself still on earth. He had expected to have been called away earlier. He requested his son to awake the sleepers immediately, and in a few minutes they were all at his bedside again. He grasped each by the hand again and bade each kiss him, and again in a distinct voice said, "Put your tnist in God, as I have done all my life, and He will always keep you and bless you." He then again said to his son, grasping his hand, "God bless you, good-bye Ted," and the same to each one present, naming each; again he blessed the absent friend whom he loved, and who loved him, and his name was the last word he uttered. Thus with his last breath he prayed for others, not himself: he still had no anxiety about his own future, no doubt, no fear of death. And when he had thus spoken, with that radiance again upon his countenance his spirit immediately passed away.
On 5th June 1886 Llewellynn Jewitt (age 69) died at The Hollies, Duffield; see his Biography.
The Life and Death of Llewelly Jewitt Chapter 54. Again, on the ninth of June [1886], the solemn cavalcade winds through the lovely valley of the Derwent, along that route which young Fairholt traversed and described; through the now sweet and smiling Via Gellia, and over the hills to that Churchyard at Winster [Map]. And there, at that grave over which the fond mother used to weep for her children; at which her heart-broken husband had so recently stood in anguish at the loss of her; there, exactly three months later, strong men unused to tears stand and weep the loss of that noble model of a friend, a father, and a husband. It is now a thrice hallowed shrine, at which in ages to come the touching story of these true and constant lovers will be told. But in our sorrow there is comfort, as a friend has eloquently expressed it, saying, "I was inexpressibly touched by the sad news of Mr. Jewitt's (deceased) death; touched none the less that the strong love which had bridged over the great gulf during the last three months should have triumphed over the material separation he bewailed, and brought them together again. Those who love him cannot rejoice at losing him, and I feel deeply for you, who in him have lost so much; but he would not have had it otherwise himself; and true humanity can rejoice with them that do rejoice, though it may feel itself stricken by the very occasion of their joy."
Note 1. Rev. George W. Skene, M.A., Rector of Barthomley.
The Reliquary. The Reliquary, Quarterly Archæological Journal And Review. A Depository For Precious Relics - Legendary, Biographical, And Historical, Illustratlve Of The Habits, Customs, And Pursuits, Of Our Forefathers. Edited By Llewellynn Jewitt, F.S.A. Local Secretary Of The Society Of Antiquaries Of London, Hon. And Actual Member Of The Russian Imperial Archæological Commission, And Statistical Committee, Pskov, Vice-President Of The Derbyshire Archæologlcal And Natural History Society, Member Of The Royal Archæologlcal Institute Of Great Britain And Ireland, Associate Of The British Archæological Association, Hon. Member Of The Essex Archæological Society, And Of The Manx Society, Cor. Mem. Of The Royal Historical Society, Etc., Etc., Etc.
GrandFather: Arthur Jewitt
Father: Arthur Jewitt
Great x 1 Grandfather: Jonathan Priestley of Dronfield
GrandMother: Mary Priestly
Mother: Martha Sheldon of Crooke's Moor in Sheffield