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Maw, George[1, 2, 3, 4]
1770 - 1833 (62 years) 
Has 2 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
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with Living Birth 28 Dec 1770 Kelfield, , Lincolnshire, England 
[5] - Name:George Maw
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Baptism/Christening Date:07 Feb 1771
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number:C03094-1
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Christening 7 Feb 1771 Owston Ferry, , Lincolnshire, England [6, 7, 8] - Name:George Maw
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number:C02230-8
System Origin:England-EASy
Source Film Number:1450398
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Gender Male Death Jun 1833 Burial 27 Jun 1833 St Gabriel, Fenchurch, , London, England - Name George Maw Gender Male Death Date 1833 Burial Date 27 Jun 1833 Burial Place St. Gabriel Fenchurch, London, England FHL Film Number 566145 Reference ID item 5 Household Members
ntblName Agentbl George Maw
Will 2 Sep 1833 (62 years) Biography 2005 (234 years) [9] PHARMACY HISTORY AUSTRALIA - The Sons of Maw,
The name MAW has been associated with a whole range of British made chemist's sundries, dressings, surgical appliances and instruments, for nearly 200 years. Whilst it is more than likely that it is the older generation of pharmacists who best remember Maw, as their strictly "Chemists Only" products and their range of dressings and bandages were stocked by practically every community pharmacy.0 Unfortunately importation problems and increased competition have seen them disappear from Pharmacy shelves in Australia.
Today Maw products are now invisible in the UK as well, and the Maw name on all packaging has been re-branded as Tommee Tippee. This is another corporate name used by the Mayborn group of companies, for the US market, where Maw had won many awards for their innovative baby products which combined infant safety with function and style.
Apart from their huge pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution business, the Maw family was also associated with the manufacture of decorative tiles for walls and floors. A well known example of this craft are the floor and wall tiles in St.Paul's Anglican Cathedral in Melbourne.
Our story starts in 1807 when a Lincolnshire farmer, George Maw decided to start a new life in London with his wife Ann and their (then) three children. George established a wholesale druggist business in London with his wife's cousin named Hornby. In 1814 he parted from Mr Hornby and set up a pharmaceutical manufacturing business by purchasing a surgical plaster factory. Other sundries were soon added including surgeons' instruments.
When their eldest son, John Hornby Maw turned 15, his father placed him with a chemist at Croydon for two years and afterwards entered him at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London in order to get first hand knowledge which might benefit the family business. In 1826 J H Maw was taken into partnership with his father.
As well as being an instrument maker, George Maw is attributed with being the inventor of baby feeding teats, which revolutionised the infant care industry by adapting a baby's natural feeding process to create the world's first feeding teat.. (2) The Maw Company also manufactured feeding bottles of many different patent designs. One of the most successful of their early products was the Maws Fountain feeding bottle, which had a teat attached to a rubber tube which was connected to the bottle by a non return valve to prevent the milk draining back into the bottle. (3)
The family business prospered and in the early 1830s provided a secure financial basis for John Hornby Maw to begin to indulge in the collection of paintings. In 1835 he retired from the business for health reasons but its considerable commercial success continued throughout the nineteenth century under his brother Solomon and nephew Charles. In 1849 the family moved to Devon for a few months and it was here that an interest in decorative tile making was aroused. It struck him that it would not be difficult to imitate ancient encaustic tiles by using inlaid clays in the medieval fashion. Designs were traced in local churches and the prototypes were fired by a local potter.
J H Maw saw 'the germ of the business for his boys for which he had been searching and in 1850 a disused tile works was purchased at Worcester, and for two years floor tiles were made there. In 1852 the family, their workforce and equipment moved (by special train!) to Benthall in the Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire, to be closer to sources of coal and suitable clay. The family firm grew rapidly over the next decade, the demand for decorative floor tiles being fuelled by the building and restoration of churches and grand civic buildings. Wall tiling and glazed architectural faience was added to the product range and designs were commissioned from leading architects. A considerable quantity of tiles were exported to the countries of the British Empire and to the United States. By the 1880s Maws manufacturing site at Benthall had become too restricted and land was purchased at Jackfield, a mile downstream on the River Severn where a new Benthall Works was erected and opened on 1 May 1883.
John Hornby Maw's achievements fall into three distinct phases. His entrepreneurial flair was first demonstrated during his early years in London in the family manufacturing chemists business. The last 33 years of his life in Shropshire, saw his business flair linked to successful artistic manufacture - the epitome of a Victorian art industry. He saw decorative tile making develop from a few crude, handmade prototypes in 1849 to the opening of the largest decorative tile works in the world in 1883.
Meanwhile, the mainstream branch of the family kept expanding the medical side of the Maw business, which survived the disruptions and devastation of two world wars. It was not until 1970 that the last Maw descendent retired and the old firm was absorbed into one of the multi national companies that dominate the market today.
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The following article by Susan Watts., provides a complete picture of the progress of the MAW business from 1807 until the present day, and should be useful to the collector who needs a reliable reference for determining the age of an artefact.
REFERENCES
(1) Pharmaceutical Journal, R.P.S.G.B., September 28 1957 p 270
(2) Maw's Company profile. <http://www.maws-usa.com/profile.htm>
(3) W.A.Jackson, Pharmacy History Australia, 4, Jan.1998. p11.
Occupation Merchant _UID 7DB5994148FA4C3B9473391D7C848E06C689 Patriarch & Matriarch 
Maw, George
b. Abt 1737, Owston Ferry,, Lincolnshire, England
d. Yes, date unknown (Father)
Maw, Alice
b. Abt 1741, Owston Ferry,, Lincolnshire, England
d. Yes, date unknown (Mother)Headstones 
Submit Headstone Photo Person ID I4464 The Family Maw Last Modified 25 Oct 2017
Father Maw, George
b. Abt 1737, Owston Ferry, , Lincolnshire, England
d. Yes, date unknownMother Maw, Alice
b. Abt 1741, Owston Ferry, , Lincolnshire, England
d. Yes, date unknownMarriage 17 Sep 1767 Owston Ferry, , Lincolnshire, England [10, 11, 12] - Groom's Name:George Maw
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number:M03094-2
System Origin:England-EASy
Source Film Number:1450398
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First name(s) GEORGE Last name MAW Birth year 1737 Marriage year 1767 Place OWSTON Groom's first name(s) George Groom's last name MAW Groom's age 30 Groom's marital condition Single Groom's parish From the parish(es) Bride's first name(s) Alice Bride's last name MAW Bride's age 26 Bride's marital condition Single Bride's parish From the parish(es) Diocese Lincoln County Lincolnshire Country England Reference MB 1767/263&264 Record set Lincolnshire Marriage Licence Bonds and Allegations Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Marriages & divorces Collections from Great Britain
First name(s) Alice Last name Maw Sex Female Birth year - Residence Owston Ferry Marriage year 1767 Marriage date 17 Sep 1767 Marriage place Owston Ferry Spouse's first name(s) George Spouse's last name Maw Spouse's residence Owston Ferry County Lincolnshire Country England Archive Lincolnshire Archives Record set Lincolnshire Marriages Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Marriages & divorces Collections from Great Britain
M10408 - Marriage George & Alice Maw 17091767 GBPRS_LINCS_OWSTON_FERRY_PAR_1_5_1060
M10408 - Marriage George & Alice Maw 17091767 GBPRS_LINCS_OWSTON_FERRY_PAR_1_5_1060
Age at Marriage He : ~ 30 years and 9 months - She : ~ 26 years and 9 months. Family ID F3162 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Hornby, Ann
b. 27 Dec 1768, Barrow Upon Humber, , Lincolnshire, England
d. 22 Mar 1828, Peckham, London, , England (Age 59 years)
Marriage 7 Jan 1799 St Martin Parish Church Owston Ferry, , Lincolnshire, England [10, 13, 14, 15, 16] - Groom's Name:George Maw
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Age at Marriage He : 28 years and 1 month - She : 30 years and 1 month. Children5 children Family ID F1410 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 25 Oct 2017
Family 2 Brinkley, Fanny
b. Abt 1770
d. Aug 1846, Hill Street, Peckham, London, , England (Age 76 years)
Marriage 15 Jul 1829 St Giles, Camberwell, London, , England [17, 18] - First name(s) George Last name Maw Spouse's first name(s) Fanny Spouse's last name Brinkley Marriage year 1829 Marriage date ? ? 1829 Marriage place Camberwell St Giles Groom's first name(s) George Groom's last name Maw Bride's first name(s) Fanny Bride's last name Brinkley County Surrey Country England Source 1813-37 Slip Index Record set Surrey Marriages Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Marriages & divorces Collections from Great Britain
Age at Marriage He : 58 years and 7 months - She : ~ 59 years and 7 months. Family ID F898 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 25 Oct 2017
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Birth - 28 Dec 1770 - Kelfield, , Lincolnshire, England 
Christening - 7 Feb 1771 - Owston Ferry, , Lincolnshire, England 
Marriage - 7 Jan 1799 - St Martin Parish Church Owston Ferry, , Lincolnshire, England Child - Maw, John Hornby - 12 Apr 1800 - Owston Ferry, , Lincolnshire, England 
Child - Maw, Alice - 1802 - Owston, , Lincolnshire, England Child - Maw, Rebecca - 27 Oct 1803 - Owston, , Lincolnshire, England Child - Maw, Solomon - 10 Nov 1805 - Owston Ferry, , Lincolnshire, England 
Child - Maw, George Jubilee - 25 Oct 1810 - London, , Greater London, England 
Marriage - 15 Jul 1829 - St Giles, Camberwell, London, , England 
Burial - 27 Jun 1833 - St Gabriel, Fenchurch, , London, England = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Wills 
I4464 - Will George Maw part 1
I4464 - Will George Maw part 1
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Notes - Correspondence with the Spectacle Makers Company
Dear Andrew Maw. Your email of the 10th September has been passed onto me as the Honorary Archivist of the Spectacle Makers Company. There are 5 members of the Maw family on our records. The first is Solomon Maw of 11, Aldersgate Street, London. His occupation is stated as "Surgical Instrument Maker". He became a Freeman of the Company 7/12/1843 and a Liveryman 2/5/1849. He died in 1861. He was the son of George Maw late of Peckham, Surrey, who was a Merchant by trade. The second is Charles Maw, also of 11, Aldersgate Street, London and also a Surgical Instrument Maker. Both Solomon and Charles became members of the Company by "Redemption" i.e. they paid for it. Charles is Solmon's son. Charles became Free of the Company and a Liveryman on the same day, not unusual at that time, 2/10/1856. It was Solomon who started the family connection with the Spectacle Makers Company. The next two, Charles Trentham Maw and Henry Trentham Maw, are the sons of Charles and became Freemen by "Servitude" i.e. their father was a Freeman of the Company at the time of their birth. Charles Trentham Maw was a Surgical Instrument Maker of 7/12, Aldersgate Street, London. He became Free of the Company and a Liveryman 15/5/1885. Henry Trentham Maw also of 7/12 Aldersgate Street, is shown as a Surgeon. He became Free and a Liveryman 8/9/1897. Finally comes Partrick Charles Maw grandson of Charles and son of Henry Trentham. He obtained his Freedom and Livery 6/2/1923 by Patrimony as the son of Henry Trentham. He is shown as a Druggist of 7/12, Aldersgate Street. There is no indication in the records of the date of birth of any of these 5 and the death of only one. You may already know of the Livery Company set-up. In case you don't a Freeman is the basic "member" of a Livery Company. The next step for those particularly interested is to become a Liveryman. To become a Freeman or a Liveryman would require the sponsorship of existing members of the Company. Of the three ways of becoming Free of a Company Freedom and Redemption I have already mentioned. The third way was by Servitude by virtue of an apprenticeship with an existing Freeman or Liveryman of the Company. I hope this information will add a little to your tracing of your family history. Colin Eldridge.
clerk@spectaclemakers.com
- Correspondence with the Spectacle Makers Company
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First name(s) George Last name Maw Name note - Marriage year 1767 Marriage date 17 Sep 1767 Marriage place Owston Spouse's first name(s) Alice Spouse's last name Maw County Lincolnshire Country England Record set England Marriages 1538-1973 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Marriages & divorces Collections from Great Britain - [S461] Lincolnshire Family History Society, Lincolnshire Marriage Licence Bonds and Allegations Transcription, Reference MB 1767/263&264 Record set Lincolnshire Marriage Licence Bonds and Allegations (Reliability: 3).
First name(s) GEORGE Last name MAW Birth year 1737 Marriage year 1767 Place OWSTON Groom's first name(s) George Groom's last name MAW Groom's age 30 Groom's marital condition Single Groom's parish From the parish(es) Bride's first name(s) Alice Bride's last name MAW Bride's age 26 Bride's marital condition Single Bride's parish From the parish(es) Diocese Lincoln County Lincolnshire Country England Reference MB 1767/263&264 Record set Lincolnshire Marriage Licence Bonds and Allegations Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Marriages & divorces Collections from Great Britain - [S171] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002), citing microfilm 0436000 (1599 - 1622) for batch M030941, printout call number 0436000, (Film), sheet 00, downloaded 7 Jun 2009 (Reliability: 3).
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copyright West Surrey Family History Society) (Reliability: 3).
First name(s) George Last name Maw Spouse's first name(s) Fanny Spouse's last name Brinkley Marriage year 1829 Marriage date ? ? 1829 Marriage place Camberwell St Giles Groom's first name(s) George Groom's last name Maw Bride's first name(s) Fanny Bride's last name Brinkley County Surrey Country England Source 1813-37 Slip Index Record set Surrey Marriages Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Marriages & divorces Collections from Great Britain
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