James "Love" DanceAge: 521721–1774
- Name
- James "Love" Dance
- Given names
- James
- Nickname
- Love
- Surname
- Dance
 Birth | 17 March 1721 26 24 |
 Christening | 23 March 1721 (Age 6 days) Cripplegate, London, England Address: St Giles, Cripplegate Parish Register St Giles Cripplegate: Christening James Dance 23 March 1721 Section of Parish Register |
 Birth of a sister | 9 January 1722 (Age 9 months)
younger sister -
Hester Dance
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| Christening of a sister | 23 January 1722 (Age 10 months) Cripplegate, London, England
younger sister -
Hester Dance
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| Birth of a sister | 1725 (Age 3)
younger sister -
Ann Dance
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| Christening of a sister | 22 April 1725 (Age 4) Cripplegate, London, England
younger sister -
Ann Dance
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| Birth of a sister | March 1727 (Age 5)
younger sister -
Elizabeth Dance
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| Christening of a sister | 28 April 1727 (Age 6) Cripplegate, London, England
younger sister -
Elizabeth Dance
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| Birth of a sister | 8 May 1729 (Age 8)
younger sister -
Sarah Dance
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| Christening of a sister | 15 May 1729 (Age 8) Cripplegate, London, England
younger sister -
Sarah Dance
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| Death of a sister | 3 April 1730 (Age 9)
younger sister -
Elizabeth Dance
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| Birth of a brother | 1731 (Age 9)
younger brother -
George Dance
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| Christening of a brother | 15 April 1731 (Age 10) Cripplegate, London, England
younger brother -
George Dance
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| Education | 1732 (Age 10) School or college: Merchant Taylors' School |
| Birth of a brother | 11 January 1733 (Age 11)
younger brother -
Giles Dance
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| Death of a sister | July 1733 (Age 12)
younger sister -
Sarah Dance
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| Burial of a sister | 5 July 1733 (Age 12) Cripplegate, London, England
younger sister -
Sarah Dance
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| Christening of a brother | 8 July 1733 (Age 12) Cripplegate, London, England
younger brother -
Giles Dance
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| Death of a maternal grandfather | 31 January 1734 (Age 12)
maternal grandfather -
James Gould
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| Birth of a brother | 18 May 1735 (Age 14)
younger brother -
Nathaniel Dance
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| Christening of a brother | 12 June 1735 (Age 14) London, England
younger brother -
Nathaniel Dance
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| Birth of a brother | 28 February 1736 (Age 14)
younger brother -
William Dance
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| Death of a brother | 1736 (Age 14)
younger brother -
William Dance
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| Christening of a brother | 20 March 1736 (Age 15) London, England
younger brother -
William Dance
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| Birth of a brother | 2 February 1737 (Age 15)
younger brother -
William Dance
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| Education | Matriculated 1 March 1737 (Age 15) Age: 16 Oxford, England School or college: St John's College, Oxford University Record of Oxford alumni |
| Birth of a brother | 11 February 1738 (Age 16)
younger brother -
George Dance
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| Death of a brother | 1738 (Age 16)
younger brother -
George Dance
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 Religious marriage | Elizabeth Hooper - View family 23 August 1739 (Age 18) Clandestine Marriage Address: Marriage in one of Fleet Prison, King's Bench Prison, the Mint of May Fair Chapel, London Fleet notebook: Ashwell's notebook. Jul 1739-Jan 1740. Mainly marriages 'at Mrs Barrott's' James Dance and Elizabether Hooper clandestine marriage record James Dance and Elizabether Hooper clandestine marriage record |
 Residence | 23 August 1739 (Age 18) St Lukes, Old Street, London |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | 1 March 1740 (Age 18)
daughter -
Elizabeth Dance
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| Birth of a brother | 1 March 1740 (Age 18)
younger brother -
George Dance the Younger, RA and FSA
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| Christening of a daughter | 22 March 1740 (Age 19) London, England
daughter -
Elizabeth Dance
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| Birth of a son #2 | 28 February 1741 (Age 19)
son -
James Dance
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| Burial of a son | 21 March 1741 (Age 20) London, England
son -
James Dance
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| Christening of a brother | 15 April 1741 (Age 20) Finsbury, London, England
younger brother -
George Dance the Younger, RA and FSA
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| Burial of a daughter | 28 April 1741 (Age 20) London, England
daughter -
Elizabeth Dance
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 Occupation | Lawyer 1741 (Age 19) |
| Christening of a son | 9 March 1741 (Age 19) London, England
son -
James Dance
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| Birth of a sister | 1 March 1743 (Age 21)
younger sister -
Hester Dance
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| Christening of a sister | 25 March 1743 (Age 22) Finsbury, London, England
younger sister -
Hester Dance
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| Birth of a son #3 | 29 April 1743 (Age 22)
son -
George Dance
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| Christening of a son | 2 May 1743 (Age 22) London, England
son -
George Dance
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 Cricket | Cricket-the oldest known poem about cricket in English 18 June 1744 (Age 23)Cricket-An Heroic Poem 1 Cricket-An Heroic Poem 2 Cricket-An Heroic Poem 3 Cricket-An Heroic Poem 4 Cricket-An Heroic Poem 5 Cricket-An Heroic Poem 6 Cricket-An Heroic Poem 7 Cricket-An Heroic Poem 8 |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | 26 September 1744 (Age 23)
daughter -
Sarah Dance
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| Christening of a daughter | 8 November 1744 (Age 23) Fenchurch, London, England
daughter -
Sarah Dance
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| Birth of a son #5 | 9 June 1747 (Age 26)
son -
Sir Nathaniel Dance Kt
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| Christening of a son | 24 June 1747 (Age 26) Shoreditch, London, England
son -
Sir Nathaniel Dance Kt
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| Burial of a son | January 1750 (Age 28) Islington, Middlesex, England
son -
George Dance
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| Occupation | Actor 1750 (Age 28)James Dance |
| Common law marriage | Catherine de l'Amour - View family 1751 (Age 29) Note: James Dance abandoned his wife Elizabeth and children, apparently to the care of his father, George Dance. |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 6 July 1751 (Age 30)
paternal grandfather -
Giles Dance
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| Birth of a son #6 | 20 December 1755 (Age 34)
son -
William "Billy" Dance
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| Death of a mother | August 1762 (Age 41)
mother -
Elizabeth Gould
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| Occupation | Playwrite 23 November 1762 (Age 41) Drury Lane, London Note: 'The Witches or Harlequin Cherokee' was a pantomime written by James Dance and produced by Garrick in Drury Lane, commencing on 23 November 1762 |
| Death of a father | 11 February 1768 (Age 46) Islington, London, England
father -
George Dance the Elder
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 Death | 29 January 1774 (Age 52) Cause of death: Dropsy |
 Burial | 8 February 1774 (10 days after death) Finsbury, London, England Cemetery: St Luke, Finsbury Parish register St Luke Old Street: burial of James Dance Section of Parish Register |
| Biographical Details | 1805 (30 years after death) Note: "... Mr James Dance was the eldest son of Mr George Dance, the late City Architect. He was a man whose natural powers of mind, strengthened by an education in which his excellent parents spared neither trouble nor expense, fitted him for the highest stations of that profession, the law, for which he was designed. He married when he was only nineteen years of age, and while at Oxford, Elizabeth, the daughter of Mr James Hoper, many years a respectable Officer in the Customs House of London. By her, during the time he lived with her, he had many children ... . Shortly after the birth of [Nathaniel], his father, who had for some time adopted habits of dissipation, quitted his family altogether, formed an unfortunate connection with Mrs Love, an inferior actress of that day, and, assuming her name, distinguished the later years of his life by sustaining, with no trivial applause, a certain cast of characters on the boards of Drury Lane Theatre. He died in 1744 ..." |
 Last change | 8 March 2020 - 22:46:21 by: Michael Norbury |
| Family with parents - View family |
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2 years mother |
Elizabeth Gould
Birth 1697 Death August 1762 (Age 65) |
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Religious marriage: 1 March 1719 — Hackney, London, England |
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2 years #1 himself |
James "Love" Dance
Birth 17 March 1721 26 24 Death 29 January 1774 (Age 52) |
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10 months #2 younger sister |
Hester Dance
Birth 9 January 1722 27 25 |
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3 years #3 younger sister |
Ann Dance
Birth 1725 30 28 |
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2 years #4 younger sister |
Elizabeth Dance
Birth March 1727 32 30 Death 3 April 1730 (Age 3) |
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2 years #5 younger sister |
Sarah Dance
Birth 8 May 1729 34 32 Death July 1733 (Age 4) |
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20 months #6 younger brother |
George Dance
Birth 1731 36 34 |
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2 years #7 younger brother |
Giles Dance
Birth 11 January 1733 38 36 Death November 1810 (Age 77) |
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2 years #8 younger brother |
Birth 18 May 1735 40 38 Death 15 October 1811 (Age 76) Winchester, Hampshire, England |
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9 months #9 younger brother |
William Dance
Birth 28 February 1736 41 39 Death 1736 |
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11 months #10 younger brother |
William Dance
Birth 2 February 1737 42 40 Death 28 September 1830 (Age 93) Holloway, London, England |
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1 year #11 younger brother |
George Dance
Birth 11 February 1738 43 41 Death 1738 |
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2 years #12 younger brother |
Birth 1 March 1740 45 43 Death 14 January 1825 (Age 84) London, England |
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3 years #13 younger sister |
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| Family with Elizabeth Hooper - View family |
| himself |
James "Love" Dance
Birth 17 March 1721 26 24 Death 29 January 1774 (Age 52) |
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23 months wife |
Elizabeth Hooper
Birth February 1723 London, England |
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Religious marriage: 23 August 1739 — Clandestine Marriage |
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6 months #1 daughter |
Elizabeth Dance
Birth 1 March 1740 18 17 Burial 28 April 1741 (Age 13 months) London, England |
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1 year #2 son |
James Dance
Birth 28 February 1741 19 18 Burial 21 March 1741 (Age 21 days) London, England |
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2 years #3 son |
George Dance
Birth 29 April 1743 22 20 Burial January 1750 (Age 6) Islington, Middlesex, England |
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17 months #4 daughter |
Sarah Dance
Birth 26 September 1744 23 21 Death 1804 (Age 59) |
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3 years #5 son |
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| Family with Catherine de l'Amour - View family |
| himself |
James "Love" Dance
Birth 17 March 1721 26 24 Death 29 January 1774 (Age 52) |
| wife |
Catherine de l'Amour
Death 1807 |
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Marriage: 1751 |
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5 years #1 son |
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| Marriage | James Dance abandoned his wife Elizabeth and children, apparently to the care of his father, George Dance. |
| Marriage | James Dance abandoned his wife Elizabeth and children, apparently to the care of his father, George Dance. |
| Marriage | James Dance abandoned his wife Elizabeth and children, apparently to the care of his father, George Dance. |
| Occupation | 'The Witches or Harlequin Cherokee' was a pantomime written by James Dance and produced by Garrick in Drury Lane, commencing on 23 November 1762 |
| Biographical Details | "... Mr James Dance was the eldest son of Mr George Dance, the late City Architect. He was a man whose natural powers of mind, strengthened by an education in which his excellent parents spared neither trouble nor expense, fitted him for the highest stations of that profession, the law, for which he was designed. He married when he was only nineteen years of age, and while at Oxford, Elizabeth, the daughter of Mr James Hoper, many years a respectable Officer in the Customs House of London. By her, during the time he lived with her, he had many children ... . Shortly after the birth of [Nathaniel], his father, who had for some time adopted habits of dissipation, quitted his family altogether, formed an unfortunate connection with Mrs Love, an inferior actress of that day, and, assuming her name, distinguished the later years of his life by sustaining, with no trivial applause, a certain cast of characters on the boards of Drury Lane Theatre. He died in 1744 ..." |
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