that didn’t mean that they never got out in public. No doubt engravers
were in regular contact with each other, trading information, lending
tools and exchanging patterns. When it came to borrowing tools, the
apprentice would often be the one to run the errand. And among the
engravers Vere would have visited would likely have been Thomas
Marfleet. Over time he probably got to know the entire family. Infor-
mation from John Marfleet shows that Thomas Marfleet and his wife,
Emma, had seven children: three girls and four boys. The oldest was
Emma, followed by Elizabeth Sarah, and Mary Ann. The boys were
Thomas, William, Benjamin and Stephen. Elizabeth Sarah was ten
years old when Vere started his apprenticeship.

In 1804, when Vere was in the fifth year of his apprenticeship, his
maternal grandfather, Samuel Killick, died. Clive Killick found Sam-
uel’s will and brought it to our attention.

Samuel was a bricklayer and a shrewd businessman and he left a
sizable estate. He had four children, but the oldest, Charles, did not
appear to be in favour as Samuel left the bulk of his estate in equal
shares to his three youngest children. Vere’s mother, Martha Lucy,
fared quite well receiving:

£625 old South Sea Annuities

£60 new South Sea Annuities

£1,000 in 3% Consols (Government bonds)

£125 in 3% reduced Consols (Gov. Bonds reduced from a
higher rate)

£200 in other Bonds ea ead asc

She also inherited 2 of his 6 rented _ Bees =. Spe #
houses along with one third of all hisac- = ns 1H
counts receivable. In addition Lucy and “acter
her brother Samuel Philip were to split * en oo me -
Samuel's home, and Lucy was to receive 4 ao a
all the household goods, including silver
plate, linen and china. South Sea annuity

This represented a small fortune at the time. The bonds themselves
would be the equivalent of £170,000 in today funds, (2012) and the
value of the rented properties and half of Samuel’s home would have

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