Lewis (II) PANTIN was born on 6 July 1739 and on 18 February 1769 he married Jane Lambert, whose family originated from Rouen or Saint Quentin. The second child from this marriage was Mary Harriot PANTIN, born on 9 February 1771 at 45 Fleet Street, London, and baptized in the church which lay almost opposite the house (Saint Dunstan-in-the-West, London). Lewis’s company, CROWN & SCEPTRE, was established at the same address, where he worked as a gold- and silversmith, jeweller and toymaker. Mary Harriot had an older brother Lewis (III) (* 1770); she would be followed by six other brothers and sisters10.
Illustration 6: Fleet Street c179211 In 1781 the family moved to 36 Southampton Street, near Covent Garden, where Mary Harriot enjoyed the sounds and smells of the market. However her father was declared bankrupt in 1800, despite the eminent position he had achieved as a goldsmith: he never established a new business and died in 1806. His son, Lewis (III) PANTIN, started his own company before he finally left for the Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago).
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Henry (*1772), Henry (*1774), Elizabeth (*1775), Charles (*1777), George (*1778) and Frederick (*1780). The first Henry probably died before he was a year old. 11 London Horrowood map (1792-1799): locations of Saint Dunstan-in-the-West Church, 20 Fleet Street (birthplace of Joseph LAUTIER) and 45 Fleet Street (birthplace of Mary Harriot PANTIN) are highlighted.
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The origins of a surname
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