Charles James Jecks

CHARLES JAMES JECKS Snr (Charles IV)
Charles James (9/24) Jecks was the fourth in a continuous line of Charles Jecks. He is the common ancestor of several known surviving Jecks families originating in London, possibly the only Jecks of the South Norfolk family remaining in England.

His wife was Rebecca Lloyd, married in 1797 in the City of London. Charles and Rebecca christened their children in London and/or the County of Middlesex. The marriage registration of one of his sons indicates Charles IV was an "accountant". He worked in that capacity, a banker, like others in the family including his father, brother, two brothers-in-law, and a nephew.

London Apprenticeships record the apprenticeship of “Charles James Jecks, son of Charles, Mile End Old Town, Middlesex, gent, to James Robinson, 2 Apr 1794, Tylers’ and Bricklayers’ Company”. The Robinson family must have been close friends, since Charles James’s sister Elizabeth was given “Robinson” as a second name, and one of his grandmothers was Elizabeth Robinson. Less than five years later, records of the Bank of England inform us: “Entered service of the Bank 21/22 February 1799. Worked in the Bank Note Office 1800 - 1805 (with a salary of £50 per annum in 1800). Discharged 3 October 1805.” Charles James Jecks began working for the Bank only three months before his father died, who also worked in the Bank.

Except for his first child, Charles IV formed the habit of christening two children at the same time, in some cases several years after they were born. The nine children were christened in Stepney (5), Bethnal Green (2), and Staining (2). They were, with approx birth dates:

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Charles James b Dec 1799

Richard Lloyd b Nov 1803

Sarah Mountford b Sept 1805

Eliza Crickett b Jan 1808

Alfred Crickett b May 1810

Anna Christmas b Apr 1812

Alexander Glennie b Feb 1814

William Henry b abt 1815

Rebecca b abt 1822

Charles’s wife Rebecca Jecks died in Newington in 1841 aged 64. Charles James Jecks died in the same place seven years later aged 68, with his eldest daughter Sarah in attendance. He does not appear to have left a will.

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