John Weir (1779/80–1855)

Bank manager and clerk. Born in Stanhope, County Durham. Married Elizabeth Jenner in Lewes, Sussex, in 1821. Bank manager in Lewes, and later administration clerk in the legacy duty office at Somerset House, London. Father of John Jenner Weir and Harrison William Weir.

Sources

Census returns of England and Wales 1841 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/1052/2/33/20), 1851 (HO107/1581/[10/39])

leweshistory.org.uk/2017/07/03/lewes-history-group-bulletin-83-june-2017/, accessed 18 December 2019

ODNB s.v. Weir, Harrison William

Prerogative Court of Canterbury will registers (The National Archives: Public Record Office PROB 11/2224/90)