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John Constable RA

John Constable had family links with Bures, owning property in
Bures Hamlet and Mount Bures.

John Constable was born at East Bergholt, in Suffolk, on June 11th, 1776, and it was within a radius of a few miles from this village that he found the subjects of the greater number of his most celebrated pictures.
His father, Golding Constable, was a man of some means, holding considerable property in the district. He was a miller by trade, owning the water mills at Flatford and Dedham, and two windmills near East Bergholt, all of them familiar friends to lovers of Constable's landscapes. At the latter place he built himself, in 1774, a substantial house. He married a Miss Ann Watts, and had a family of three sons and three daughters.
John Constables great-grandfather settled as a farmer at Bures, on the border line between Suffolk and Essex.


PROPERTY HELD BY THE CONSTABLE FAMILY IN THE AREA

John Constables cousin,
Abram Constable:- Born: 1742, Bures St Mary, Suffolk
Died:. 1812, Bures St Mary, Suffolk
Spouse:- KINGSBURY, Mary daughter of Joseph Kingsbury, land owner at Mount Bures.

Abram and his sister Mary often visited the Garrads at "Secretaries" in Bures Hamlet for dances and parties
Abram had a son named after him
Abram Constable (1768 -1856) owned property (now called Abram Constables) in Sudbury Rd, Bures and Mount Bures,
Married to Catherine.

**Thomas Newman tenant of "The Hall, Mount Bures died in 1790 His wife Anne Constable relative to John Constable died in 1776

**Property known as No1 and 2 (Fullmans) Colchester Road, Mount Bures.

1769 - owned by Joseph Kingsbury
1781 -Becca Kingsbury (daughter) inherited property when she married James Brett
1829 - Becca Kinsgbury Died 1829, Abram Constable inherited No1 and 2(Fullmans) Colchester Rd, Mount Bures.
Abram`s father married Mary Kingsbury, sister of Joseph Kingsbury

1838 - the property and land was shown to be owned by a "John Constable", not the artist

**Property called "Hobbs Well", Mount Bures.
1781 - 1821, James and Becca Brett owners. Becca was daughter of Joseph Kingsbury, her sister Mary, married Abram Constable
1829 - Abram Constable nephew and heir to Becca sold Hobbs Well.

**Property called "Elms Farm" Mount Bures.
1769 - Owned by Joseph Kingsbury
1808 - Martha Kingsbury, widow of Joseph died holding Elm Farm lease
1826 - Abram Constable relative of Martha leased the farm with 119 acres.

**Ref "Mount Bures its Land and People"

GOLDING CONSTABLE had a brother Abram, a son Abram and a nephew Abram.
JOHN CONSTABLE MA had a brother Abram, a cousin Abram and an uncle Abram.

Further reading:-
John Constable family tree around Bures
Barbara Windsor`s Constable connection