Family Histories

The Green Family

Histories in Britain

Joseph Green and Mary Griggs

Joseph Green
Mary Griggs

* Joseph Green
Mary Green

1779, 18 Jul

Married at Great Houghton, Northampton. [C49] Great Houghton is about 2 miles west of the city of Northampton.

1784, 14 Jun

Son Joseph baptised at Harbury, Warwickshire. [C49] Harbury is about 5 miles SW of Leamington (now known as Royal Leamington Spa).

1779, 17 Sep

Daughter Mary baptised at Northampton. [C49]

1799, 5 Nov

Daughter Mary married Henry Manton at Kenilworth, Warwickshire. [C49] Kenilworth is about 5 miles NW of Leamington.

Commentary

The baptism record for son Joseph appears to simply state "Joseph Green son of Joseph and Mary". However the baptism of daughter Mary gives mother Mary's maiden name of Griggs. [C49]

We currently have no evidence for the son Joseph's marriage. His son (Joseph, the carpenter) was born around 1811 according to his age at the the 1851 census.

Joseph Green

Joseph Green

* Joseph Green

c 1811

Son Joseph born (he was age 40 at the 1851 census). At that census his birth place is given as Leamington, Warwickshire. [C49]

William Brabson and Ann

William Brabson
Ann

* Sarah Brabson

1813, 15 Aug

Daughter Sarah born, St Philip's parish, Birmingham. [D1]

1813, 13 Oct

Daughter Sarah baptised, St Philip's parish, Birmingham. [D1]

The census records [C49] give Sarah's age as 39 in 1851, and as 47 in 1861, which suggest her birth date is between 1812 and 1814.

There is only the coincidence of date, and possibly of place, to indicate that this is indeed the birth of Sarah Brabson/Green.

Garrett Barry

Garrett Barry

* Richard Barry

c 1818

Son Richard born before 1819 ('of full age' at marriage in 1840 [A10]), in County Cork, [C4], Ireland [C1].

1840, 16 Feb

Son Richard married Eliza Rosam. Father's name given as 'Garrett Barry', with profession given as 'Butcher'. [A10]

James Rosam

James Rosam

* Eliza Rosam

c 1823

Daughter Eliza born ('Age 17' at marrage in 1840 [A10]), [C1]).

1840, 16 Feb

Daughter Eliza married Richard Barry. Father's name given as 'James Rosam', with profession given as 'Labourer' [A10].

Commentary

It appears that James Rosam died before 1840. As his daughter Eliza gives her maiden name variously as 'Rossom' and 'Birchill' on the birth certificates of her children [C4], and that a Henry Birchill was a witness at her wedding [A10], it is assumed her mother re-married (probably to Henry Burchill) after the death of her first husband, probably when Eliza was still quite young.

There is currently no evidence for Eliza's mothers name.

Michael Carr

Michael Carr

* William Patrick Carr

1845, 11 Feb

Son William married Jane Ann Mathews, Parish of St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex. Father's name given as 'Michael Carr', with profession given as 'Weaver'. [A11]

At this marriage, son William's address is given as '15 Crown St', so this was probably his father's home.

Henry Mathews and Ann Parry

Henry Mathews
Ann Parry

* Jane Anne Mathews

1798, Jan 26

Mother Ann born. [C39] is a transacription from the back of a photograph in the house at Brittannia Creek (the original is I believe in David Beswick's posession), that states "Mrs Ann Mathews, born January 26, 1798. Photographed in her 67^th year. Mother of Jane Ann Carr ...". This dates the photograph to 1864.

1818, Jun 21

Married at Christ Church, Newgate. [D1]

This is the only marriage record in the IGI for Henry Mathews and Ann in London between 1810 and 1830. It is the only record we have so far for Ann's maiden name.

1824..1827

Daughter Jane born. Her age is given as 'Minor' at her marriage on 11 Feb 1845 [A11], so she was presumably born between 1824 and (assuming she was not married before age 18) 1827.

1845, 11 Feb

Daughter Jane married William Patrick Carr, Parish of St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex. Father's name given as 'Henry Mathews', with profession given as 'Carver'. Henry Mathews is a witness to the marriage (signing his name) while Ann Mathews is also a witness (signing her name). Daughter Jane's address is given as '31 Greek St', so this was probably her parent's home. [A11]

William Patrick Carr and Jane Anne Mathews

William Patrick Carr
Jane Anne Mathews

* Ann Carr

1845, 11 Feb

Married at the parish church, St Martin in the Fields, Aston, Middlesex. [A11]. William 'Full Age', occupation Tailor, signed with a cross, residence 15 Crown St. Jane 'Minor', signed with name, residence 31 Greek St.

1847, 27 Dec

Daughter Ann born at 10 Little Peter St, Manchester. Father's profession given as 'Tailor'. Her mother Jane was the informant for the birth registration, on 8th Feb 1848. [A8]. ([C1] transcribes the birth certificate as Little Peter St. Modern maps show a Little Peter St in Manchester, very much in the middle of the city, just south-east of the Deansgate railway station.)

1851

Possible residence 15 Crown St, Camberwell. (Quoting the 1851 census, [C1] simply states "31 Greek St, diff family at that address in 1851 census; Carr address is 15 Crown St [Camberwell]?").

1869, 3 Jul

Daughter Ann married John Barry at St Lukes Church, Emerald Hill, Victoria.

John Titus Newton and Mary Ann Wright

John Titus Newton
Mary Ann Wright

John Newton
Emma Jane Newton
* Mary Ann Newton
Thomas Newton

c 1821

Father John born, Birmingham. (Aged 30 at 1851 census [C49].)

c 1824

Mother Mary born, Birmingham. (Aged 27 at 1851 census [C49].)

c 1843

Son John born, Birmingham. (Aged 8 at 1851 census [C49].)

c 1845

Daughter Emma born, Birmingham. (Aged 6 at 1851 census [C49].)

1847, 21 Mar

Daughter Mary born at 56 Potter St, Birmingham [C7] [C49]

She is given as aged 4 at the 1851 census.

David Beswick apparently has a copy of Mary's birth certificate. [C4] It apparently states her father's occupation as Glass Cutter. [C35]

1849, 19 Feb

Daughter Mary baptised. Residence is 93 Coleman St (Duddeston, Birmingham), father's occupation Glass Cutter. [C49]

c 1850

Son Thomas born, Birmingham. (Aged 1 at 1851 census. [C49])

1851

At census, residence given as 12 court, 2 house, No 94 Coleman St, Duddeston (Birmingham), Parish of St Mathew.

1867, 21 Apr

Daughter Mary married Joseph Green in Aston, Warwick. Father's name given as 'John Newton' with profession given as 'Glass Cutter'. John Newton is a witness to the marriage (signing with an 'X'), while Mary Newton is also a witness (signing her name as 'Maria'). [A6]

1877, 30 Mar

Mother Mary died, aged 52 years. [C7] Buried in Box Hill Cemetery [C9]

Commentary

Family trees ([C7] [C8]) are the only current source for (mother) Mary's maiden name of Wright. These, together with the text on the back of a photo (which may be the source for the family tree information), are also the only source for (father) John's second name of Titus. The photo depicts the gravestone of Mary, on which 'John Titus Newton' is inscribed as the name of her husband.

Joseph Green and Sarah Brabson

Joseph Green
Sarah Brabson

John Brabson
Sarah Green
* Joseph Green
George Green
Thomas Green
Sarah Green

c 1811

Father Joseph born at Leamngton, Warwickshire. He is given as aged 40 at the 1851 census. [C49]

1813, 15 Aug

Mother Sarah born to William and Ann Brabson, bp. 13 Oct 1813 [D1] (See William Brabson & Ann)

It is largely on the basis of this birh record that I think it likely Sarah never married, but unless other evidence of her parentage emerges we may have to be satisfied with coincidence-as-evidence and move on.

We have another reference to St Philip's parish: the marriage of John Newton and Mary Ann Wright, the parents of Mary Ann Newton, who married Sarah's son Joseph.

1842, 28 Aug

Son John born [D1]. He is named John Brabson, but it seems no father's name was recorded. (The census records [C49] give John's age as 10 in 1851.)

1842, 3 Oct

Daughter Sarah born [C49]. Similar to her brother, no father's name is recorded.

There is a conflict here, as John could not have been born in August and Sarah in October of the same year. Investigation of the civil birth records is probably required to resolve this.

1843, 18 Apr

Son John baptised at St Philip's, Birmingham. [D1]

The date for John's baptism, apparently after his sister Sarah's birth but (unless David Beswick missed the record) she not being baptised then, further confuses things.

1845 or 1846

Son Joseph born. According to the records at Box Hill Cemetery [C49] this was 1845. Joseph's apprenticeship indenture [B10] states "age 21 on 24th day of February 1867", putting his birth date as 24 Feb 1846.

1846

Son Joseph born, (probably 24 Feb, as his apprenticeship indenture [B10] states he will be 'Age 21 on 24^th day of February 1867'. The length of the apprenticeship (6 years, 5 months, 9 days, starting on 15^th of September, 1860 also makes it finish on 24th Feb, 1867, his 21^st birthday.

1846, 19 Oct

Son Joseph baptised. Residence is Heneage St, Aston, Warwickshire. Father is recorded as Joseph Green, carpenter. [C49]

1848, 5 Oct

Son George born. [C49] David Beswick gives the year as 1845, with 1848 as a possible reading, but October 1845 would not be possible if Joseph was born in Feb 1846. George is also given as 3 years old at the 1851 census.

1850, September?

Son Thomas born. (Given as 7 months old at the 1851 census [C49], which is believed took place in April.)

1851, 12 Jan

Son George and daughter Sarah baptised at St. Mathew's, Duddeston (Birmingham). [C49] Mother Sarah gives her surname as Green, and the father as Joseph Green, carpenter. Their address is 167 Gt Francis St.

1851

At the census, Sarah is given as a widow, and Head of the household, aged 39, and occupation as Glass Rougher. She gives her surname, and that of all her children, as Brabson. (This is the only record of her using this surname.) However Joseph Green, carpenter, age 40, is given as a lodger. The address is 8 Heneage St, Aston. The first daughter Sarah (b. 1842) is not present. [C49]

c 1853

Daughter Sarah born, (the second of that name). (Given as 8 years old at the 1861 census. [C49])

1860, 15 Sep

Son Joseph apprenticed to Henry Parsons as a Glass Blower. Sarah's residence only given as Birmingham. Both Sarah and Joseph sign the indenture with crosses. [B10]

Although the indenture is dated the 24^th of September, it seems to state that the apprenticeship began on the 15^th of September.

The apprenticeship indenture is interesting in itself. The wages are between 5 shillings and 11 shillings per week (increasing as the years progress). I also note that these wages are paid to the apprentice (or his mother) in lieu of providing food, lodging, clothing etc. This may be a legal nicety, but it would appear that if the master provided these things, no wages at all would have been paid.

There is no mention of Joseph's father in the document.

1861

At the census, Sarah is given as a widow, and Head of the household, aged 47, and occupation as Flint Glass Rougher. She gives her surname, and that of all her children, as Green. Joseph Green the former lodger is not present, nor is the son George. The address is Court 30, No. 2 after 240 Heneage St, Aston. [C49]

1867, 21 Apr

Son Joseph married Mary Ann Newton in Aston, Warwick. Father's name given as Joseph Green with profession given as carpenter. [A6]

Commentary

If the birth record for Sarah Brabson in 1813 is for our Sarah, it indicates that she had not been married by 1842 when her first child John is born, nor by the time of the 1851 census when she gave Brabson as the surname for all her children. Sarah has taken up with Joseph Green, the carpenter, by at least 1846, as he is recorded as the father at the baptism of Sarah's son Joseph.

It appears as though Sarah and Joseph never marry, and although she acknowledges him as the father of her children Sarah, Joseph and George at their baptisms, she gives her surname as Brabson and status as widow at the 1851 census.

The dated references to Joseph (the carpenter) begin in 1846 (at the baptism of his son Joseph) and end with the 1851 census, although it seems likely he was the father of the second Sarah (born c 1853). He is not mentioned in the apprenticeship indenture of son Joseph (1860), nor in the 1861 census.

Heneage St and Gt Francis St are within about 300 metres of each other. Brewery St, where Sarah's son Joseph and his wife Mary Ann Newton lived, is about 700 metres from Heneage St. (David Beswick mentions that Brewery and Heneage streets appear to be associated in the 1861 census records, for reasons that were unclear to him, and don't make any sense from a map.) These streets are fairly short, but the house numbers of Sarah's dwellings are high, which suggests she lived in pretty poor circumstances, in areas that can probably be best described as slums.

The family association with the glass industry is quite strong: Sarah is a Glass Rougher, her son Joseph is apprenticed as a Glass Blower, and he married the daughter of John Newton, a Glass Cutter.

We have no definitive evidence at this stage for Sarah's maiden name (unless it was indeed Brabson), nor for her life after 1861, or her death.

In searching the IGI indexes for John Brabson, I discovered a record from the 1881 census for a John Brabson (Engineer at Works) and his family, living at 55 Adams St, Aston [D1]. John's age is given as 39, and this and his occupation match with the 1861 census record for Sarah's family - he is Sarah's first child. I think it likely he was always known as John Brabson, and the 1861 census is an anomaly in recording his surname as Green. The alternative is that he was known as a Green at at least some periods of his early life, but that (probably by the time of his marriage around 1863) he had resumed the surname of Brabson.

The Migrants

Joseph Green and Mary Ann Newton

Joseph Green
Mary Ann Newton

* Joseph Rudolph Green

1866, Dec

Son Joseph conceived, 4 months before marriage in April 1867.

1867, 24 Feb

Father Joseph would have concluded apprenticeship. [B10]

1867, 21 Apr

Married at Saint Peter and Saint Paul’s Church, Parish of Aston, Warwick. Joseph age 21, Glass Blower, Mary age 20, both of Duddeston. Both signed the marriage register with a cross. [A6]

1867, 8 Sep

Son Joseph born at back 15 Brewery St, Aston, Birmingham. Father's profession given as 'Journeyman Glass Blower'. Mother Mary signed the birth certificate with a cross. [A5]

1871

At the 1871 census the buildings at 15 Brewery St, Aston were occupied by other families. [C49]

1879, Jul

Father Joseph arrives in Melbourne aboard the Lusitania. [D2]

1880, Jul

Mother Mary and son Joseph arrive in Melbourne aboard the Potosi. [D2]

A family tree [C7] states "Arrived Melbourne 1888". There is also an inscription in a bible "... to Joseph Green by his Uncle Henry Manton on the occasion of his leaving England for Australia ...", dated June 7 1880 [C49], (though according to David Beswick the last digit in the year is uncertain).

The family tree is incorrect (unless the '1888' should be read as '1880'), and it seems the inscription in the bible can be accurately read as '1880'.

It should be noted that the Lusitania on which father Joseph sailed is not the same as the more famous passenger liner of that name torpedoed by a German U-boat during World War I, which was built in 1906. Nor is the Potosi on which Mary and son Joseph sailed the same as a more famous 'clipper' of that name that ran the nitrate trade between South America and Europe, which was built in 1895.

1890s

Father Joseph appears to be one of the principles of the Kensington Glass Works (Melbourne). [B8]

1896

Residence is Lord Raglan Hotel, 2 Victoria St, Richmond [C2]

1896, 6 Apr

Son Joseph married Jane Johanna Barry. Fathers occupation given as Licenced Victualler. [A4]

1897

Residence is Lord Raglan Hotel, 2 Victoria St, Richmond [C2]

1898, 1900

Apparently not listed in Richmond in the Sands and Macs directories for these years. It is assumed that the parental couple moved to the house at Britannia Creek in the early 1900's, and remained there into the 1920's. [C49]

1920

Mother Mary is given as residing at Warburton West, while owning and renting out 207 Barkley Ave, Burnley to her son Joseph [C36]

1926, 18 Jun

Mother Mary died 'Aged 79 Years'. [C9] Buried in Box Hill Cemetery. [C49]

1928, 27 Nov

Father Joseph buried, Box Hill Cemetery. [B7]

Commentary

It is part of family lore that Joseph Green was a publican, but began to drink most of the profits, and in an effort to 'dry him out' he and his wife moved to the house at Britannia Creek. He is said to have (at one stage) been a charcoal-bagger at the nearby wood distillery, but the book I have on the history of the distillery does not list any Greens as employees. When the original dirt floor of the Britannia Ck house was excavated, a beer bottle (of the Loys Brewing Co.), with the seal in place but the contents mostly evaporated, was found under the front hearthstones of the main fireplace. Loys was probably one of the breweries that became Carlton and United Breweries, though the company continues as a maker of soft-drinks.

On the dated evidence we have, Joseph and Mary could well have been at Britannia Creek from 1898 until after 1920.

Richard Barry and Eliza Rosam / Burchill

Richard Barry
Eliza Rosam

Mary Barry
Ann Barry
* John Barry

1840, 16 Feb

Married at the Parish Church, Parish of Long Ditton, Surrey. Richard of Full Age, Labourer, Eliza age 17, both of Long Ditton. Both signed the marriage registration with an 'X'. [A10]

c 1843

Daughter Mary born. Her age is given as 8 at the 1851 census.

c 1847

Daughter Ann born. Her age is given as 4 at the 1851 census.

1850, 24 Mar

Son John born at 7 Manor Gardens, Manor Street, Chelsea, Middlesex. Father's profession given as 'Plasterer'. [A7]

1851

At Census, resident at 7 Manor Gardens, Chelsea. Resident are Richard Barry (Bricklayer, age 33), Eliza (wife, age 27), Mary (age 8), Ann (age 4) and John (age 1). 2 other families are said to be resident at the same address. [C1]

1855

[C1] has a note: "Richard Barry + family are said to have arrived at Adelaide 1855". At Richard's death in 1869, he is recorded as "5 years South Australia, 7 years in Victoria" [C4].

1869, 3 Jul

Son John married Anne Carr at Emerald Hill, Victoria. Richard Barry gave his consent to this marriage, in writing on the marriage certificate. [A9]

1869, 5 Aug

Father Richard Barry died. [C4]

The Settled in Australia

John Barry and Anne Carr

John Barry
Ann Carr

* Jane Johanna Barry
Annie Barry
Richard Redmond Barry
May Barry
Isabel Barry
Archibald Barry
Harold Barry
Olive Barry
Muriel Barry

1855

"Said to have arrived at Adelaide" [C1], but see John's father's d. certif. [C4], which suggests maybe a year or two later.

1869, 3 Jul

Married at St Lukes Church (probably Carlton), Victoria. John age 19, Hawker, residence Emerald Hill, signed with an 'X'. Anne age 22(?), residence Carlton, signed with her name. [A9]

1871, 3 Apr

Daughter Jane born at Carlton [A3]

A number of family trees give Jane's birth date as 1^st April. [C7] [C8]

1870s

Daughter Muriel born.

On the probate and will for Anne Barry [B6]: "(Muriel(?) Martha Rose) daughter of my daughter Muriel deceased to take her mother’s share ...". I have no other record of Anne and John Barry's daughter Muriel.

1892, 1896

Resident at 68 Lincoln St, Richmond [C2]

1896, 6 Apr

Daughter Jane married Joseph Rudolph Green at the Congregational Church, Richmond. Father's occupation given as hawker. [A4]

1900, 1901

Resident at 68 Lincoln St, Richmond [C2]

1911, 31Apr

Father John Barry buried, Boroondara Cemetery. [B4]

1914, 4 Nov

Mother Ann Barry died. [B5] Residence at death: 68 Lincoln Street Richmond [B6], buried 5 Nov 1914, Boroondara Cemetery [B3].

The Probate and Will for Ann [B6] gives Joseph Rudolph Green and Archibald John Barry (her son) as her executors. He lived at 47 Lincoln St, Richmond, a very short distance from Ann's residence at her death.

Commentary

The list of children comes almost exclsively from a family tree in my own handwriting, but labelled 'From David Beswick'). [C8]

There is a marriage certificate (of which David Beswick has a copy [C4]) for the marriage of Harold Ernest Barry to Florence Eva Bridger. It states Harold's father's name as John Richard Barry, but all other records for John Barry (his birth cerificate [A7], and the marriage certificate of his daughter Jane [A4]) simply state his name as John. It also gives Harold Ernest Barry's birth date as 12 May, 1886, which could not be the case if the above sibling order is correct, and Muriel (the last child) was born in the 1870s. This evidence leads me to doubt that the Harold Ernest Barry in this certificate is any immediate relation to John Barry or his daughter Jane.

Joseph Rudolph Green and Jane Johanna Barry

Joseph Rudolph Green
Jane Johanna Barry

Frank Seymour Green
Arthur Joseph Green
* Harold Ernest Green
Eric Charles Green
Jean Agnes Green

1896, 6 Apr

Married at Congregational Church, Richmond, Victoria. Joseph age 28, traveller, residence Victoria St, Richmond. Jane age 25, machinist, residence 68 Lincoln St, Richmond. Both sign with their name. [A4]

1896, 2 Jun

Either taken a loan from, or deposited the marriage certificate for safe-keeping at, the Melbourne Savings Bank, Richmond branch. (The original certificate [A4] has a bank stamp with ths date on the back.)

1897

Residence is 207 Berlin St, Richmond [C2]

1897, 3 Feb

Son Frank born.

1898, 3 Sep

Son Arthur born.

1898, 1900

Residence is 207 Berlin St, Richmond [C2]

1901, 12 Oct

Son Harold born at Burnley. [C7] [C8]

Possibly named after a brother of his mother Jane, but there is some doubt that Harold Ernest Barry was in fact Jane's brother. [C35]

1905, 10 Jul

Son Eric born.

1907, 14 Nov

Daughter Jean born.

1914, 19 Dec

Residence is 207 Berlin St Richmond. [B6]

1917

Residence is 207 Barkley Ave, Burnley, from 1917 until 1941. [C36]

1918, 24 Jun

Father Joseph is president of the Burnley and S. Richmond Progress Association [C35]

1919

Oct and Nov son Harold was taking a handwriting course. [B13]

1928, 31 Mar

Son Harold married Agnes May Dean. [C35]

1942, 10 Oct

Father Joseph died, buried Box Hill Cemetery. [C9]

I have the inscription from Joseph's grave. [C9]

According to the probate and will [B9] the date of death was 11 Oct. This also gives the residence at death as 207 Barkley Ave, Richmond, and his occupation as Commercial Traveller.

I believe Berlin St and Barkley Ave are the same street, it having been renamed during World War I, when anti-German sentiment made Berlin St unacceptable.

1951, 20 Apr

Mother Jane died, buried Box Hill Cemetery. [C9]

Jane was buried in the same grave as her husband. [C9]

Commentary

I have the tax records of Joseph Rudolph Green from 1917 to 1941 [C36]. For the entire period he gives his occupation as Commercial Traveller, and his address as 207 Barkley Ave, Burnley.

In all years where the sources of income are given (1922-1940), A.F. Brokhoff (the biscuit makers) is listed, but other companies are the Eclipse Soap Co. (1923, 1927, 1930), Pearlite Manufacturing Co., (1926-1934), and W.J and F. Barnes (bottlers of honey) (1935). He appears to have travelled widely in country Victoria, by train until 1929, by car after that.

Some other points of interest include:

• 1917 claimed deductions for 3 children under 16
• 1918 claimed deductions for 2 children under 16 (stated to be Eric and Jean)
• 1920 paid £26 in rent for his residence to (his mother) Mary Ann Green "of Warburton West"
• 1922 and 1924 claimed deduction for 1 child under 16
• 1925 and all later years claims no deductions for children
• 1936 'Jane Johanna Green (wife) in hospital, and radiological treatment'
• Joseph's income dropped significantly in the years 1933 to 1936

Notations in some family trees [C8] [C36] indicate Joseph was at some stage a printer by occupation, but there is no support for this in the tax records.

The Later Life of Jean Agnes Green

1958, Mar

Resident at 207 Barkly Avenue, Richmond.[B12]

1995, 27 Jan

Jean died at Surrey Hills Nursing Home. Buried at Upper Yara Public Cemetery, Wesburn on 31^st Jan, 1995. [C6]

The Dean Family

Histories in Britain

A Presumed Ancestor of Thomas Marsom

There are a number of references to the name 'Thomas Marsom' to be found. We have no definitive documentation that links 'our' Thomas Marsom (c 1743-1815) to these other references. The circumstantial links are (a) the name, and (b) the fact that these earlier references all invove the nonconformist church tradition in England, which links with the religious nature of most of the poetry of 'our' Thomas Marsom.

1675

A Thomas Marsom was in prison with John Bunyan while he was writing "The Pilgrim's Progress". [D3] He heard Bunyan read the manuscript to his fellow prisoners, and his originall opinion was apparently against publication. However he later read the manuscript in his own cell, and then recommended in favour of publication.

Marsom was later pastor of the Baptist church in Luton, and died in January, 1726 'at a very advanced age'.

There is apparently some debate about when "The Pilgrim's Progress" was actually written. It could have been during Bunyan's imprisonment from 1660 to 1672, or during a later, shorter one in 1675.

1679

A group of baptists move from Kensworth (near Dunstable) to Hemel Hempstead, with the Rev. Samuel Ewer as their first minister. [D4]

1694

A Thomas Marsom leads a group from the Baptist church in Kensworth to form a separate church in Luton. [D4] He was the minister at Kensworth, but some of the congregation disagreed with his wish that a Mr Tidmarsh become an elder and preacher at the church.

At the new church Marsom "... became its pastor, serving for over thirty years while also carrying on his business as an ironmonger and merchant."

1708

A Thomas Marsom was a member of a Baptist congregation at Hemel Hempstead at the time of the death of its minister, Rev. Samuel Ewer. [D4]

c 1720

Thomas Marsom (in Luton) forms a daughter church at Thorn, "not far from Houghton Regis". [D4] Much later (1801) members of this church built a meeting house in Dunstable, not far (it seems) from the already long-established Baptist church.

Commentary

Of the Thomas Marsom in prison with John Bunyan, his death in January 1726 'at a very advanced age' would appear to coincide with the 'over 30 years' as pastor of the Luton church after it broke away from the Kensworth church in 1794.

David Beswick states that the Thomas Marsom in prison with John Bunyan is 'our' Thomas Marsom's great-grandfather. If he was (say) 70 at his death, he was born c 1655. Assuming around 30 years between generations, descendents born c 1685, c 1715 and c 1745 match reasonably with 'our' Thomas Marsom's birth in c 1743. At this stage we have no information about these intervening generations of Marsoms.

John Major and Ann

Commentary

I don't have definitive evidence showing John & Ann Major to be (Thomas Marsom's wife) Rebekah's parents.

The existing evidence is as follows:

• An acrostic on JOHN AND ANN MAJOR [C11, Vol I, XXXIII]
• An acrostic on SAMUEL MAJOR '... May you dear friend ...' [C11, Vol I, XXXIV]
• A letter by Thoma Marsom to his sister '... Both Sammy and Polly I went for to see, Staid two or three hours and with them drank tea ...' [C11, Vol II, X]
• An acrostic on REBEKAH MAJOR [C11, Vol I, XIX]. There is nothing in the text to suggest it is to his wife. The immediately preceding acrostic (XVIII) is to REBEKAH MARSOM, and is almost certainly to his wife.

I think it is safe to assume that the 'Sammy' of 'Sammy & Polly' is Samuel Major, and that his parents are John and Ann.

Who Rebekah Major is is unclear; all we have is her name. The adjacent acrostics (to REBEKAH MARSOM (Thomas' wife) and REBEKAH MAJOR) may suggest they are the same person, but the texts are quite different, and to me do not support the suggestion.

Some of the family trees show Thomas' wife as 'Rebekah Major', but I think this is based on the assumption that John & Ann Major are her parents.

In a note, David Beswick states:
"(my other sister & brother John, & also Sammy [Major?] & Polly) possibly Ann Major & John husband children Samuel & Polly" [C11]

There a number of references to family members (apart from his children and grandchildren) in Thomas' texts. I summarise them as follows:

• In a letter to a sister [C11, Vol II, X] :
  • "... That was that my Brother I might wait upon If you ask me which I reply it is John ...". This suggests at least 3 brothers in the family, otherwise he would not need to specify the one to which he refers.
  • "... My Brother and Sisters all join with me in love and affection with sincerity To you with good wishes ...". This indicates at least 3 sisters in the family. However it seems to contradict the idea of more than one brother.
  • One of Thomas' sisters '... is much better', and John's wife '... hath been exceedingly ill For several weeks past and continues so still'.
  • "... Both Sammy and Polly I went for to see ...". However these is no suggestion they are relatives.
• In 'To My Brother on his marriage' [C11, Vol II, XI], he begins "Brother and sister dear ...", but neither is named.
• An Acrostical Epitaph on the death of my sister. [Hannah Hinton] [C11, Vol II, LXXXII]

The logical sequence leading to John & Ann Major being Thomas' wife Rebekah's parents seems to be as follows:

• Rebekah Marsom is Thomas' wife (accepted)
• Rebekah Marsom and Rebekah Major (in the acrostics) are the same person
• John & Ann Major, because they have the same surname, are Rebekah Major's parents

If Samuel Major is also their son, it implies he is Thomas' brother-in-law. However there is no indication he is a relative, indeed the only descriptions is as 'dear friend'. Without other evidence, I cannot really accept that Rebekah Marsom was the daughter of John & Ann Major.

Thomas Taylor and Elizabeth

Thomas Taylor
Elizabeth

* Fanny Taylor

c 1835

Daughter Fanny born. (Aged 23 at marriage in 1858 [C4]). Gwen Cairncross (quoted by David Baswick [C4]) states "Fanny Taylor b. Atherstone, England?"

1858, 15 Feb

Daughter Fanny married Charles Dean at St Barnabas Church, Nottingham (David Beswick has m. certif. [C4]) Fanny aged 23, residence Ilkeston Rd, Rudford, Nottingham. Father's occupation fitter.

Commentary

The only evidence we have for Elizabeth is apparently a photograph with her name (Elizabeth Taylor) on it, apparently in David Beswick's posession. [C4] One of the witnesses at daughter Fanny's marriage was an Elizabeth Dean.

John Dean and Ann Barrabell

John Dean
Ann Barrabell

* Charles Dean

c 1835

Son Charles born. (Given on marriage certificate as age 22 in 1858. [C4])

1858, 15 Feb

Son Charles married Fanny Taylor at St Barnabas Church, Nottingham (David Beswick has m. certif. [C4]) Charles aged 22, occupation tailor, residence Orchard St, Rudford, Nottingham. Father's occupation knitter.

The only evidence for Ann's maiden name is probably on son Charles' death certificate, if David Beswick's assumption is correct [C4].

There are suggestions in some family tree notes (see [C4]) that John and Ann lived in Loughborough, and that son Charles and his wife Fanny also lived there before migrating to Australia. However there is as yet no definitive evidence.

Thomas Marsom and Rebekah Major

Thomas Marsom
Rebekah Major

* Hannah Marsom

1743, c July

Father Thomas born. [C11, Vol II, End]

c 1773

Daughter Hannah born. [C11, Vol I, End]

1786, 26 Jun

An excursion to Greenwich, Woolwich and Shooter's Hill [C11, Vol II, I]

1787, 25 Jun

A perambulation to Epping Forest, Walthamstow [C11, Vol II, II]

1788, 12 August

A journey to Barking, Essex, apparently for more than one night [C11, Vol II, VIII]

1789, July

An excursion via Morden, Mitcham, Streatham, Norwood and Walworth [C11, Vol II, XIIII]

1805

Thomas writes 'To a friend on the loss of a Brother killed in the battle of Trafalgar and on the death of a Daughter March 28th aged 17' [C11, Vol II, LXXVIII]. The Battle of Trafalgar was fought on October 21^st, 1805. This would put the birth of the daughter as c 1798, but at this stage I have no evidence for her identity. (There is nothing in the text that helps.)

1815, 7 Feb

Father Thomas died. [C11, Vol II, End]

Commentary

David Beswick has manuscript books written by Thomas Marsom [C11]. The books contain hymns and poems, almost all spiritual in nature. Of the poems, many are “acrostics”: poems where the initial letters of the lines form a word or name. It is from these acrostics that most of the information about his grandchildren is derived.

The earliest dated reference in these books is 1768 [C11, Vol I, Part 2, VIII], when he would have been about 25 years old. He gives acrostics for what are probably his children, but unfortunately he does not state this. On the other hand the titles of the acrostics on his grandchildren provide much more information (eg: "Acrostic on a second Grand Daughter Born August 7 1799").

The religious nature of virtually all the poetry does link this Thomas Marsom with his presumed ancestors (also Thomas Marsoms), who were active in the nonconformist churches in England going back to around 1675 at least. Im not aware of any analysis of the poetry as to whether its theology is or is not in the nonconformist tradition.

I don't have definitive evidence showing Rebekah to be Thomas Marsom's wife. The text of the acrostic on her name (as Rebekah Marsom) [C11, Vol I, XVIII] certainly suggests it is to his wife - it is best described as a love poem.

The evidence that Hannah was Thomas Marsom's daughter is not definitive.

• one of Thomas' daughters is Hannah Marsom [C11, Vol I, XXII]
• In all the acrostics to his grandchildren, they have the surname Pulsford
• One of the grandchildren is Jemima Pulsford (b. 1801, d. 1802). There also an acrostic to a daughter Jemima Pulsford (b. 1819) in the same hand that records Thomas' death ('An affectionate parent').
• Thomas numbers his grandaughters 1 to 6. The second hand records daughters 7 and 8 (after his death).
• The death of Mrs Hannah Pulsford is recorded, [C11, Vol I, End], age 61 in 1834. This puts her birth year as c 1773.

Edward Pulseford and Hannah Marsom

Edward Pulseford
Hannah Marsom

* Rebecca Pulsford
Eliza Pulsford
Jemima Pulsford
Hannah Pulsford
Hephzibah Pulsford
Thomas Marsom Pulsford
Ebenezer Pulsford
Edward Pulsford
Hephzibah Pulsford
Lydia Pulsford
Jemima Pulsford

1797, 16 Oct

Daughter Rebecca born. [C11, Vol II, LXVI]

1799, 7 Aug

Daughter Eliza born. [C11, Vol II, LXVII]

1801, 8 Jul

Daughter Jemima born. [C11, Vol II, LXVIII]

1802, Aug

Daughter Jemima died. [C11, Vol II, LXVIII]

1803, 18 Jun

Daughter Hannah born. [C11, Vol II, LXX]

1805, 2 Sep

Daughter Hephzibah born. [C11, Vol II, LXXI]

1808, 20 Feb

Daughter Hephzibah died. [C11, Vol II, LXXX], [C11, Vol II, LXXXX]

1808, 9 May

Son Thomas born. [C11, Vol I, End], [C11, Vol II, LXXXI]

1810, 3 Jun

Son Ebenezer born. [C11, Vol I, End], [C11, Vol II, LXXXIV]

1811, 2 OCt

Son Ebenezer died. [C11, Vol I, End], [C11, Vol II, LXXXV]

1812, 24 Jun

Son Edward born. [C11, Vol I, End], [C11, Vol II, LXXXV]

1814, 16 Aug

Daughter Hephzibah born (2^nd of that name). [C11, Vol I, End], [C11, Vol II, XC]

1817, 2 Mar

Daughter Lydia born, died the same time. [C11, Vol II, End]

1819, 12 Feb

Daughter Jemima born (2^nd of that name). [C11, Vol II, End]

1825, 2 Oct

Daughter Hephzibah died. [C11, Vol II, End]

1834, 21 Aug

Mother Hannah Marsom died, "in the 61st year of her age". [C11, Vol I, End]

Commentary

The only evidence for the name of Rebecca Pulsford's father is an acrostic on EDWARD AND HANNAH PULSFORD [C11, Vol II, LXIII]: '... Devoted to each other man and wife ...'

George Andrew Purdy and Rebecca Pulseford

George Andrew Purdy
Rebecca Pulseford

Hannah Rebekah Purdy
Eliza Purdy
* Rebecca Marsom Purdy

The names of the first two daughters are given in Thomas Marsom's books [C11, Vol II, End]

c 1825

Daughter Rebekah born (minor at marriage in 1844 [A12]. Her death certificate [A13] in 1883 states she was 58 years old, which would put her birth in c 1825. The shipping record in Jan 1849 [D2] gives her age as 23, again putting her birth year as c 1825. The death certificate states she was born in Walworth, England [A13], though the shipping record [D2] gives her native place as Lambeth.

1844, 14 Aug

Daughter Rebekah married Thomas Heales in the Soho Chapel, London, 'according to the rights of the parties'. Father's occupation given as Locksmith, and he signs his name as one of the witnesses.

Father George's occupation is given as "Whitesmith" on the death certificate of his daughter Rebekah. The informant is her son George.

Benjamin Heales and Ann Lloyd

Benjamin Heales
Ann Lloyd

Benjamin Silvester Heales
John Heales
William Heales
George Samuel Heales
Thomas Heales
?James Heales
* Richard Heales
Sarah Ann Heales
Elizabeth Eleanor Heales
Ann Heales
Frederic Heales
Eleanor Heales

1783, 17 Jul

Married at St. James, Clerkenwell.

1784, 29 Apr

Son Benjamin born. Residence is St Sepulchre.

1786, 7 May

Son John born.

1788, 14 Dec

Son William born.

1788, 29 Dec

Son William baptised.

1791, 11 Mar

Son George born. Residence is St Sepulchre.

1791, 1 Apr

Son George baptised.

1793, Apr

Son Thomas born. Residence is St Sepulchre.

1793, May

Son Thomas baptised.

c 1798

Son James born

1798, 12 Jun

Son Richard born. Residence is Long Lane, St Sepulchre.

1798, 8 July

Son Richard baptised.

1800, 29 Oct

Daughter Sarah born. Residence is Green Hill Rents, St Sepulchre.

1800, 30 Nov

Daughter Sarah baptised.

1803, 14 Mar

Daughter Elizabeth born. Residence is St James, Clerkenwall.

1803, 3 Apr

Daughter Elizabeth baptised.

1805, 25 Nov

Daughter Ann born. Residence is St James, Clerkenwall.

1805, 15 Dec

Daughter Ann baptised.

1808, 15 May

Son Frederic born. Residence is Bethnal Green.

1808, 5 Jun

Son Frederic baptised.

1811, 21 Mar

Daughter Eleanor born. Residence is St James, Clerkenwall.

1811, 12 Apr

Daughter Eleanor baptised.

1815, 14 May

Son Thomas baptised (for second time). Residence is St Luke, Finsbury.

1816, 29 Oct

Daughter Sarah baptised (for second time). Also son James baptised (for second time). Residence given as Vauxhall.

Commentary

The list of children in Chapter 2 of the Heales Family History [C37] includes James between Thomas and Richard, but the only date given for him is his baptism in 1816 - the same as for the second baptism of Sarah. There is no evidence provided to support the assertion that James was the sixth child of the family, although without him there would be a gap in an otherwise regular series of births.

My primary source for this family is currently the Heales Family History [C37]. I have not yet attempted to verify or extend the evidence through other sources.

The Migrants

Charles Dean and Fanny Taylor

Charles Dean
Fanny Taylor

Rose Dean
?
Charles Albert Dean
* John Thomas Dean
Benjamin Joseph Dean
Eliza Clare Dean
Harriet Ellen Dean
Fanny Elizabeth Dean

1858, 15 Feb

Married at St Barnabas Catholic Church, Nottingham. [C4] Charles aged 22, occupation tailor, residence Orchard St, Rudford, Nottingham. Fanny aged 23, residence Ilkeston Rd, Rudford, Nottingham. Witneses were Thomas Taylor and Elizabeth Dean. [C35]

c 1860

Daughter Rose born in England (Agnes Green, quoted by David Beswick [C4])

According to Agnes Green there was another child born before Fanny travelled to Australia.

1860-1865

Father Charles migrated to Australia between 1860 and 1865: a year before his wife Fanny (Agnes Green quoted by David Beswick [C4]).

c 1865

Son Charles born. [C13]

1867

Son John born. [C13]

On a family tree in my handwiting [C8] there is this annotation beside John Thomas Dean: "5 April 1867 Williamstown? (Manufacturing Jeweller etc.)". It does not state this is his birth date, but if so then Agnes Green's statement [C4] that his younger brother Charles was born "about 1865" cannot be accurate, as there were two other children between them. Presumably Manufacturing Jeweller is his father's occupation.

1869

Son Benjamin born. [C13]

c 1872

Daughter Eliza born. [C13]

c 1874

Daughter Harriet born. [C13]

c 1877

Daughter Fanny born. [C13]

1882, 6 Mar

Father Charles Dean died. [C4]

1906, 10 May

Fanny Taylor died. [C4].

Commentary

David Beswick in citing Agnes Green says that after the first child Rose "it seems another child also who died before emigrating, and the ‘second’ child Charles was born in Australia about 1865". This suggests at the earliest 1861 for the migration date for Fanny. In fact the imminent birth of this child may be why she did not migrate with her husband Charles.

Richard Heales and Elizabeth Parker

Richard Heales
Elizabeth Parker

Elizabeth Heales
Richard Heales
* Thomas Heales
Samuel Heales
Elizabeth Rhoda Heales

1821, 4 Mar

Married at Church of St Dunstan in the West, London. [C37]

Elizabeth had been previously married, and was a widow with the surname of Banham at this marriage. Her sister's name was Rhoda Parker. [C37]

1821

Daughter Elizabeth born. She is given as apparently the eldest child of Richard on his death certificate. If Richard (junior) was indeed born in 1821 (see below), it seems likely they are twins. It appears as though she died in infancy.

Son Richard born. The Heales Family History [C37] states that Richard would turn 20 'later in the year' of the 1841 census.

Another short history of Richard [C10] gives his birth date as 1828.

The Australian Dictionary of Biography gives Richard's birth date as 1821.

Ruth Riddell, quoted in his biography [C38], gives (son) Richard's birth place as 33 Essex St, the road next and parallel to Milford Lane.

1822, 1826

Father Richard listed in Pigot's London Directory for 1822-23, and for 1826, as an ironmonger, of 28 Tottenham Court Rd [C37]. This is the address of trade, and may not be the residential address.

c 1823

Son Thomas born. Stated to be 'a year or two younger' than Richard. [C37]

c 1825

Son Samuel born. It is apparently on the basis of Richard senior's death certificate that Samuel is assumed to have been born before the second Elizabeth. As Samuel was not present in the household at the 1841 census, it seems most likely he had died by that time. [C37]

1826, Feb

Richard Heales, ironmonger of Tottenham-Court Rd, had a tea-pot (value 5s) stolen from him. [D6] (The item was in his window late in the afternnon of Saturday 25^th, but was missing on Monday morning.) A William Vincent was charged with the theft (after being found, on the Saturday evening, with the item under his coat), but at the trial on 6th April was found not guilty. His defence was that he had been given it by a boy who asked him to sell it.

c 1827

Daughter Elizabeth (2^nd of that name) born. She is stated as being aged 10 years at the 1841 census, but due to the rounding of ages she would have been between 10 and 15 at that time. [C37]

Mother Elizabeth died some time before the 1841 census, as her husband Richard is given as a widower. The Heales Family History [C37] suggests her death "may have had some bearing on the family’s decision to emigrate to Australia", but also that "the exact date and circumstances of Elizabeth’s death have yet to be established."

1841

At Census, resident at Milford Lane, London. Residents are Richard Heales (Smith, widower, age 40), Richard (Wheelwright, age 15), Thomas (Boot Closer, age 15) and Elizabeth (age 10). (Note that at this census all ages were rounded down to the nearest 5 years.) [C37]

1841, 6 Sep

Son Richard married Rhoda Parker, apparently a cousin in his mother's family. [C37]

1841, 1 Nov

Son Richard (and wife Rhoda) depart Plymouth aboard the Himalaya on 1 Nov 1841, bound for Port Phillip, and arrive 19 Feb 1842. [C37] This was an assisted passage. [D2]

Father Richard is presumed to have travelled to Australia shortly after his son, as his death certificate (1882) states he had been 40 years in the colony. The Heales family history [C37] assumes that his daughter Elizabeth travelled with him, given it is unlikely she travelled alone at about age 14.

The Heales Family History [C37] states 'Within a year of their arrival father and son had been elected to the committee of the Melbourne Total Abstinence Society. Soon, the father was President and the son Secretary.' I assume this is in about 1843, as the exact time of Richard senior's arrival in Melbourne is not known.

1844, 14 Aug

Son Thomas married Rebekah Marsom Purdy at Soho Chapel, London. His father Richard's occupation is given as locksmith. [A12]

1847, 14 Jul

Daughter Elizabeth married Henry Bignell, at St Peter's Church, Melbourne. In the newspaper announcement of this marriage, her father Richard is described as 'High Chief Reuben of the Honorable Independent Order of Rechabites'. [C37] The history gives Elizabeth's name as Elizabeth Rhoda, presumably from her marriage certificate.

In the Directory of Port Phillip for this year, Richard Heales is listed as a turnkey at the Gaol. [D7] It is assumed this is Richard senior.

1849, 11 Sep

Father Richard married Frances Haslewood at St James Church, Melbourne. [C37]

1860, Nov

Son Richard becomes Premier of Victoria. He held the position until November 1861. After his death in 1864, the town of Healesville was named after him. [C10]

1882

Father Richard died, Melbourne. [C37]

Commentary

There are statements in his son's biography [C38] that Richard (senior) may have been a founder of the temperance movement in London prior to his emmigration to Australia, but no evidence is cited. His activities in the temperance movement in Melbourne are also generally described.

David Beswick, quoting an early directory of Melbourne, gives Richard's occupation as Turnkey. An extract from the 1847 Directory of Port Phillip [D7] seems to confirm this, as it lists Richard Heales as a turnkey at the Gaol.

Thomas Heales and Rebecca Marsom Purdy

Thomas Heales
Rebecca Marsom Purdy

male
Thomas George Heales
Rebecca Elizabeth Heales
Richard Pulsford Heales
Francis Rhoda Heales
Richard Ferdinan Heales
Henry Charles Heales
Edward Pulseford Heales
Anne Jane Martha Heales
* Ann Jane Marsom Heales

1844, 14 Aug

Married at Soho Chapel, London. Thomas of Full Age, dyer, of 40 Stanhope St. Rebekah a minor, dress maker, of 'same place'. Both sign with name. [A12] One of my notes states that 40 Stanhope St is and 'apartment house block' [A12]. I presume it was David Beswick who visited the address, but there is no indication in my note as to whether the current buildings are old enough to be the home of Thomas & Rebecca Heales.

Rebecca's death certificate [A13] gives the place for marriage as Aston. It also has her first name spelled 'Rebeca'.

The profession of both fathers is given as locksmith. [A12]

1845, 9 Jun

Son Thomas born. [C12]

1848, 10 Oct

Leave Plymouth aboard the 'Duchess of Northumberland', arrive Melbourne 15 Jan 1849. Thomas age 27, blacksmith, native place was St Giles, Middlesex, his employer is 'R. Heales, Melbourne (Father)'. Rebecca age 23, housekeeper, native place Lambeth. [C4] According to the Heales family history [C37] there was also a son, aged 1. The shippng records [D2] have a son (Thomas George Heales) aged 3.

1849

Daughter Rebekah born. [C12]

1850

Son Richard born. [C12] He is presumed to have died in infancy.

1852

Daughter Frances born. [C12]

1853

According to the biography of Richard Heales [C38], his brother Thomas became Secretary of the Boot Maker's Union.

1854

Son Richard (2^nd of that name) born. [C12]

1856

Son Henry born. [C12]

1858

Son Edward born. [C12]

1861

Daughter Ann born. [C12]

1862

Daughter Ann died. [C12]

1866, 23 Nov

Daughter Ann (2^nd of that name) born.

1867

Daughter Rebekah married James Stephen Thorpe [C12]

1869, 29 Jun

Father Thomas died. [C12]

1874

Daughter Frances married Richard Delahunty [C12]

1875, 9 Dec

Son Thomas married Harriet Emily Aspinall. [C12]

1882

Son Edward married Emily Alice Green [C12]

1883

Son Henry married Alice Janet Tullis [C12] My current transcription has the year as 1863, but as Henry was born in 1856 there must be an error.

1883, 16 Sep

Mother Rebekah died at Northumberland St, Collingwood, Vic., bd. 18 Sep 1883, Melbourne General Cemetery [A13].

The informant for the death certificate (her son George) gives her as having been in the colonies for 38 years, a slight over-estimate. He gives her birth place as Walworth, England. The shipping record for when she arrived in Australia [C4, 11] gives her 'native place' as Lambeth, so he may have confused the names.

Although the location of her death is given simply as 'Northumberland St', George's address is '8 Northumberland St'.

One of the family trees [C8] gives a date of death of 1884/5 in Collingwood, a date which does not match with the death certificate.

1887

Daughter Ann married John Thomas Dean [C12]

Commentary

The list of children is from Rebekah's death certificate [A13], and also from a family tree [C12].

David Beswick states [C4] that Thomas Heales and Rebecca Purdy were Baptists (they were married in the Soho Chapel 'according to the rites of the parties' [A12]), and that therefore their birth records may be very hard to trace (because they were before the time of national registrations, and as Baptists they were not baptised as children.)

The Heales Family History [C37] gives the name of the ship on which Thomas emigrated as the "Duchess of the North", with his age stated as 27, his wife Rebecca's as 23, and their son 1 year.

One of the family trees [C8] gives "Thomas George? Heales d. 1870, (soldier)" as the father of Annie Marsom Heales. The second name would appear to be incorrect. Thomas George Heales, who was aged 36 at the death of his mother Rebeca in 1883 (and so was born c 1847) was Annie (Jane) Marsom Heales' brother, though 20 years older than her. He is almost certainly the 1-year-old son that migrated with his parents in 1848 [C37]. There is an inconsistency, however, in that he is said to have died in 1870 (aged about 23), yet said to be 36 years old in 1883 on his mother's death certificate. The informant was his brother Henry Charles Heales. Two other family trees ([C12], [C33]) state that Thomas Heales (senior) died 29 Jun 1869. I think it likely [C8] has wrongly attributed Thomas senior's death date to his son. Thomas junior's death was presumably after that of his mother in 1883.

The Heales Family Migration.

The migration of members of the Heales family is a little complex, and as it involves three generations, the chronology is consolidated here.

1842, Feb

Richard Heales and his wife Rhoda (Parker) arrive in Melbourne aboard the Himalaya. [D2]

c 1843

Richard's father (also Richard), who was by this time a widower, arrives in Melbourne. The date is based on the statement that he had been "40 years in the colony" at the time of his death in 1882. [C37].

1847, July 14

Elizabeth Rhoda Heales, sister to Richard and Thomas, marries Henry Bignall in Melbourne. [C37] It is assumed she travelled with her father (Richard Snr) in c 1843, when she would have been about 15 years old.

In this year Richard Heales is listed as a turnkey at the Gaol. [D7] It is assumed this is Richard senior.

1849, Jan

Richard (jnr's) brother Thomas, his wife Rebecca (Purdy) and their son Thomas George (aged 3) arrive in Melbourne aboard the Duchess of Northumberland. [D2]

At some time Rhoda (wife of Richard Jnr.) seems to have returned to England.

1876, Nov

Rhoda Heales (aged 54), together with Lily (aged 17) and Chas F (aged 12) arrive in Melbourne aboard the Rodney. [D2] Given her age, it would seem she is Richard (Jnrs) wife. I have not yet established who Lily and Charles Heales were.

The Settled in Australia

John Thomas Dean and Annie Jane Marsom Heales

John Thomas Dean
Annie Jane Marsom Heales

Rebekah Fanny Dean
William Dean
John Charles Dean
Albert Henry Dean
Annie Taylor Dean
Nellie Marsom Dean
May Dean
Jessie Elizabeth Dean
* Agnes May Dean
David Thomas Dean
Rose Heales Dean
Ruth Purdy Dean
Stella Gladys Dean

1887, 31 Aug

Daughter Rebekah born. [C12]

She was always known as Fan.

1889

Son William born. He died the same year. [C12]

1890

Son John born. [C12]

1892

Son Albert born. [C12]

1894

Daughter Annie born. [C12]

1896, 21 Nov

Daughter Nellie born. [C12]

1897

Daughter May born. [C12]

I assume May died in infancy.

1898

Daughter Jessie born. [C12]

I assume Jessie died in infancy.

1900, 12 Oct

Daughter Agnes born. [C12]

1902

Son David born. [C12]

1904

Daughter Rose born. [C]

1907, 9 Jul

Daughter Ruth born. [C12]

1912, 22 Jul

Daughter Stella born. [C12]

1914, 1 Jan

Daughter Rebekah (Fan) married Edward John Strickland. [C12]

1916, 25 Jul

Son John died. [C12]

1920, 17 Apr

Daughter Nellie married William Henry Harold Knight. [C12]

1920, 6 Sep

Daughter Annie married Edwin Gordon Evans. [C12]

1924

Son Albert married Charlotte Ann Blair. [C12]

1926, 14 Aug

Son David married Kathleen Lameby. [C12]

1928, 31 Mar

Daughter Agnes married Harold Ernest Green, [C12] at South Yarra, Vic [C7].

It is apparently stated on the marriage certificate that Agnes' father John was at this time the Secretary of the Master Baker's Association. [C35]

c 1935

Daughter Ruth married (1) George Cooper. [C12]

Ruth married twice more, (2) to Laurie Moncreiff and (3) to Reginald Patrick Connelly. [C12]

1939, 30 Sep

Daughter Rose married Cedric Valentine Caughey. [C12]

1942, 21 Feb

Daughter Stella married Charles Edward Harris. [C12]

1940, 3 Aug

Mother Annie died, buried Box Hill Cemetery. [C12] [C13]

I have the inscription from Annie's grave [C9]. It is also inscribed for her youngest daughter Stella, who I think was cremated, and her ashes scattered on the grave.

c 1946

Father John died. [C12]

The Peggie Family

Histories in Britain

Walter Murray and Jean Birrell

Walter Murray
Jean Birrell

* Jean Murray

1750, 25 Mar

Daughter Jean baptised, Wemyss. [C16]

John Wyles and Margaret

John Wyles
Margaret

* John Wyles
Andrew Wyles

John Wyles and Margaret Thompson

John Wyles
Margaret Thompson

* John Wyles
Katherine Wyles
Margaret Wyles
Isobel Wyles
Elspel Wyles
Janet Wyles
Barbara Wyles

1749, 25 Aug

Son John baptised, Weymss. [C16]

Daughter Katherine baptised, Weymss. [C16]

1751, 18 Apr

Daughter Margaret baptised, Weymss. [C16]

1753, 13 May

Daughter Isobel baptised, Weymss. [C16]

1756, 9 Mar

Daughter Elspel baptised, Weymss. [C16]

1758, 26 Aug

Daughter Janet baptised, Weymss. [C16]

1760, 26 Nov

Daughter Barbara baptised, Weymss. [C16]

John McLeod and Christine Matchinson

John McLeod
Christine Matchinson

* Margaret McLeod

The only evidence I have for Margaret McLeod's parents is the names in Ian Peggie's family tree. [C29]

John Pask and Frances Affindon

John Pask
Frances Affindon

* James Haughton Pask

The only evidence I have for James Haughton Pask's parents is the names in Ian Peggie's family tree. [C29]

James Haughton Pask and Margaret McLeod

James Haughton Pask
Margaret McLeod

* Jane Pask

The only evidence I have for Jane Pask's parents is the names in Ian Peggie's family tree. [C29]

John Wyles and Jean Murray

John Wyles
Jean Murray

Jean Wyles
Isobel Wyles
Sophia Wyles
Catherine Wyles
* John Wyles

c 1754

Mother Jean born. [D1]

This is presumaby based on her age at marriage.

1775, 25 Nov

Married at Wemyss [D1]

1776, 31 Dec

Daughter Margaret born, Wemyss. [D1]

1777, 5 Jan

Daughter Margaret baptised, Wemyss. [D1]

1778, 9 Dec

Daughter Jean baptised, Wemyss. [C16]

1781, 29 Dec

Daughter Isobel baptised, Wemyss. [C16]

1784, 14 Jul

Daughter Sophia born, Wemyss. [C16]

Garry Martin's family tree [C16] has this as the baptism date for Sophia.

1784, 20 Jul

Daughter Sophia baptised. [D1]

1786, 14 Jun

Daughter Catherine born, Wemyss. [D1]

Garry Martin's family tree [C16] has this as the baptism date for Catharine.

1786, 14 Jun

Daughter Catherine baptised, Wemyss. [D1]

1793, 15 Feb

Son John born, Wemyss. [D1]

Garry Martin's family tree [C16] has this as the baptism date for John.

1793, 24 Feb

Son John baptised, Wemyss. [D1]

John Berry and Jean Errack

John Berry
Jean Errack

* Jean Berry

1800, 5 Nov

Daughter Jean born, Cameron, Fife. [D1]

1800, 23 Nov

Daughter Jean baptised, Cameron, Fife. [D1]

Commentary

As the information about Jean Berry's parental family is bas