Descent from Thomas Charters 1781 of London
This tree was initially based on the "Ferenczy Family Tree" [1260] with
additions and corrections from FreeBDM [130], information from contributors to the Ancestry.com Charters Message Boards [1261] [1262], Familysearch.org [1264], Ancestry.com search [1263] as well as information and photos from my family.
Note: Months in brackets such as (Mar), indicate the last month of the Registration Quarter so an event in say October will be (Dec).
1 Thomas CHARTERS b.1781 (Middlesex)
+ Hannah KENDAL m.14Dec1800 (Saint Leonards,Shoreditch)
2 John CHARTERS b.1815 (Middlesex); d.(Mar)1892 (Bethnal Green)
Given as John CHARTERER in the 1881 Census, with Occ. Watch Finisher
+ Amelia BENTLIF b.25Nov1816 (Gravesend, Kent); m.18Jan1837 (St. Sepulchre, London)
[Dau. of David and Sarah BENTLIF]
3 John Kendal CHARTERS b.1838 (Shoreditch, Middlesex); Chr.6Dec1840 (St Leonards, Shoreditch)
See John Kendal Charters below
3 Thomas CHARTERS b.1840; Chr.6Dec1840 (St Leonards, Shoreditch)
3 Charles Frederick CHARTERS b.15Jan1843; Chr.3Jul1845 (St Leonards, Shoreditch)
3 Amelia CHARTERS b.09Feb1845; Chr.3Jul1845 (St Leonards, Shoreditch)
3 David CHARTERS ["CHARTERER" in 1881 Census] b.(Sep)1849; d.(Sep)1893 (Bethnal Green); Occ. Chairmaker
+ Sarah Ann WILSON b.1850; m.(Sep)1870 (Shoreditch)
[Dau of James Thomas Wilson]
4 Sarah Ann Matilda CHARTERS ["CHARTERER" in 1881 Census] b.1870
+ Robert William Perry m.(Dec)1890 (Bethnal Green) to Sarah Ann Matilda CHARTERS
3 John Kendal CHARTERS b.1838 (Shoreditch, Middlesex); Chr.6Dec1840 (St Leonards, Shoreditch)
d.Jan1914 age 75 (Edmonton); Occ. Chair Manufacturer; Coach maker
+ Clara CLARE b.(Mar)1839 (Clerkenwell, London); m.12Feb1860 (St James, Clerkenwell, London)
d.(Dec)1918 age 79 (Edmonton) [FreeBDM]
"Mr & Mrs Charters were a nice old couple"
[13 children, 12 survived by 1911]
[dau of Francis CLARE (1811 MSX - 1879 Shoreditch) and
Caroline WARD (1816 Buckinghamshire - 1869 Shoreditch)]
4 Francis ("Frank") CHARTERS b.18Jan1861 (Clerkenwell); Occ. Fair & Coach maker (1881)
4 John Charles CHARTERS b.(Jun)1862 (Shoreditch)
4 Arthur CHARTERS b.(Dec)1863 (Shoreditch); Occ. Fair & Coach maker (1881)
Occ, Woodcarver
+(1)Emma PHIPPS b.(Mar)1864 m.(Sep)1886; d.(Sep)1909 (Whitechapple)
[3 children, one survived]
5 Henry Arthur Charters b.(Dec)1887 (Bethnal Green); d.(Sep)1906 (Bethnal Green)
5 Alfred ("Alfie") ?Arthur John CHARTERS b.1893 (Hackney); d.(Mar)1956
In Scots Guards in WWI
+ Florence Louisa Hayward b.~1886; m.(Mar)1917 (West Ham.) dv.1919
Remarried to John Henry Merry
6 Henry A. Charters b.(Dec)1918 (Marylebone) became known as H A C Merry
+(2)Annetta (Annette) KELLY m.(Dec)1917
4 Clara CHARTERS b.(Sep)1865 (Shoreditch); Occ. Boot machinist (1881)
4 Amelia CHARTERS b.(Jun)1867 (Shoreditch); Occ. Boot machinist (1881)
4 Caroline CHARTERS b.(Dec)1868 (Shoreditch)
4 Emma CHARTERS b.Jan1870 (Bethnal Green, London); d.5Aug1911
+ Charles Edward George POTTER b.31Jul1867; m.1Jun1895
For descendants and Charlie's family....
See Charles Potter family
4 Matilda CHARTERS b.(Sep)1871 (Bethnal Green)
4 Ellen CHARTERS b.Jun)1873 (Bethnal Green)
4 Henry CHARTERS b.(Sep)1875 (Bethnal Green)
+ Mary Ann HEMMING m.(Sep)1897 (Mile End Old Town
4 Fanny CHARTERS b.(Mar)1879 (Bethnal Green)
4 Florence CHARTERS b.(Jun)1881 (Bethnal Green)