The Joseph from 67 Denman Street who takes the loan is Joseph Noon Bodycote's father, the old rogue himself, who seems to have spent the money on one way tickets to Philadelphia for himself and his 'partner', Charlotte Noon, and then died within eighteen months (threads passim).
Trying to tie up some of the loose ends is prompted by randomly connecting with the descendants of the man Charlotte shacked up with after Joseph's death.
Re marriages, JNB married Harriett in 1851 in Leicester and Rebecca in Fayette County, Illinois in February 1863. Mary's notice in the paper didn't appear until July 1863, so that horse may have bolted, so to speak. My question would be, which are the two wives she is talking about? Herself and Harriett, or herself and Rebecca?
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