This would be a poor world indeed without the
inspiration of ancestral memories

James Philip Hewlett(1780-1820) and Esther Beuzeville (1786-1851)were married at Henley-on-Thames in 1809.This brought together the English Puritan family of Hewlett and the French Huguenot families of Beuzeville and Roussel.
 
James Philip was educated at the Choir school, New College and later became a Chaplain to New College and to Magdalen College, and was a curate at St. Aldates, Oxford. He died in 1820 aged 39 years.

Esther was a prolific author publishing educational books, works of domestic economy, and short novels based on conservative religious values.
 
The couple lived in Oxford and had five children.
 
This history encompasses their ancestors and the descendants of their eldest son James Philip (1810-1878) who married Elizabeth Shackleford (1815-1906).

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The background script on this website comprises the handwriting of James Philip Hewlett IV and has been copied from his original book of poems