CH30. Large tablet with columns and a pediment, and a winged cherub beneath
Near this Place lyes the Body of / SAMUEL NICOLL late of Uxbridge Comon Esq. He / married SARAH Relict of GEORGE NEWDEGATE / Esq. of the same Place, & Heiress of GODMAN JENKYN / Esq. of Harpenden in the County of Hertford, by whom / He had no Issue, & survived his Parents / one Brother, & three Sisters, who lye Buried with their / Mother in this Chancel / their Father at Elstree in Hertfordshire / He was brought up to the Profession of the Law / which He practised with great Integrity and Judgment / & when He declined Business, He made Use of those / excellent Talents which He was endued with / in reconciling Differences, & putting and End to Disputes / amongst his Friends & Acquaintance / He was an affectionate Husband / a kind Patron & Benefactor to all his Dependants / an usefull Member of Society / & a steady & sincere Friend / He died the 7th of October 1758 Aged 53 years / To whose Memory this Monument / was erected by his Disconsolate Widow.
This large memorial in the chancel is to Samuel Nicholl Junior. Samuel survived the smallpox outbreak that killed his brother and sister John and Juliana. He was a lawyer at Gray’s Inn and was married to Sarah (nee Jenkyn) whose memorial is in the south aisle above the L’Estrange brass (CH049). Samuel died in 1758 and Sarah died in 1766.
This is one of 11 memorials in the church to a large extended 18th century local family. The Nicholl family lived at Uxbridge Common and were related by marriage to the Beale family of Hillingdon and the Newdegate family of Harefield Place. More information can be found on the family pages by following the links above.
Christine Bartlett