John Henry Schoen

Johannes Heinrich Schoen was born in 1724 in Mulhouse, Alsace.
He became a naturalized British citizen in 1753, a year after he married Dorothy Finch at Mortlake in Surrey.
In a letter from his granddaughter, Anne Davies of Bracknell to her nephew George Schoen Davies in 1864 about their ancestry, [he] "came to England from the Canton of Berne in Switzerland with his sister - he was quite a gentleman but no profession and little property - he set up a business at Newgate Street London as a wholesale merchant; this was a great offence to the family as he was the first tradesman in the family and he was a great pull to poor Mrs Finch and much reduced her income.  My mother was the only daughter - there were 7 sons but only 3 lived to grow up -that was my uncles George, Henry and William"
John Henry Schoen died about same time as his wife in 1788. Their daughter Dorothy was aged 13 and at boarding school.