By way of explanation, I do not descend from anybody named in this post.
I take an interest in them, as I am related to someone who was, but by a marriage or two of separation.
Amy MACLEAN (1862-1931), whose mother was Catherine WOORE (she was born at Harrington Park, Cowpastures, in October 1842, elder daughter of John WOORE by his second wife Elizabeth DICKSON - see below), was the first wife of Walter Edward ADAMS, and he was married secondly, shortly after Amy's death, to my great-aunt Ellen Corbett (Nellie) PIGOTT, my grandfather's youngest sister.
Corrections or additions most welcome.
Chris PIGOTT, Potts Point, N.S.W.
cgpigott@yahoo.com.au
May 2022.
cgpigott5@gmail.com
July 2022.
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THOMAS WOORE IN LONDONDERRY.
Thomas WOORE, born about 1774 (from age at death - unless his grave inscription has been misread as 51 instead of 54 - a birth about 1771 appears more amenable to his subsequent military career); possible origins in Herefordshire are not yet established (? perhaps connected with Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, where, on 27 October 1764, a Thomas WOORE was married to Jane CLARKE - it would be interesting if she turns out to be a forebear of William J. CLARKE, the husband of Mary WOORE, Thomas's third daughter).
Thomas served in the Fifeshire Regiment of Fencible Infantry, which was raised on 20 October 1794, under Lieutenant-Colonel James DURHAM, after the out-break of the Napoleonic Wars; Thomas was promoted Captain (sixth of six) in that Regiment, 27 April 1795 [Caledonian Mercury, 2 May], probably in England (or Scotland), suggesting that he may have had previous Army service; DURHAM took his Regiment to Ireland in 1796, probably to Londonderry; Thomas was recorded as Captain, 4th Scots Fencible (Fifeshire), and stationed in Ireland, 1800 [Edinburgh, Field Officers Almanacs, 1758-1800, Findmypast]; the Fencibles Regiment also served in Enniskillen (1797), Strabane (1797-99), and returned to Londonderry in 1799; on January 1797, Mr Edward WOORE was appointed Ensign, Fifeshire Fencible Infantry, vice HADDOCK, superceded having never joined the Regiment [Dublin Gazette, 17-19 January] - Edward was probably related to Thomas; the regiment was disbanded at Kilkenny on 11 April 1803, after the Peace of Amiens (1802).
Thomas clearly remained in Londonderry, with his wife; as Esq, he was sworn into office, as Sheriff-elect, at Londonderry, February 1808, for the ensuing year [Saunders's Newsletter, 12 February]; he was the fourth in a list of eight Stewards who signed an address to General STEWART, to mark his return from the Peninsular Wars, May 1813, and invited him to attend a dinner at the King's Arms, Londonderry [Government Gazette, India, 13 May]; and on 22 May 1813, a dedication was written, probably by Thomas, and perhaps marking an important family date, in the half-title page of "Miscellaneous Works. With Memoirs of his life and writings, etc," by Edward GIBBON, Volume III, published in 1796, in Dublin, for P. WOGAN:
[Image courtesy of the ABE BOOKS web-site.]
It is not clear whether Mrs WOORE was Thomas's wife (likely), or perhaps instead his step-mother.
On 17 November 1813, a Bill was entered in the Court of the Exchequer, Dublin, by the Rev William Henry MARDOCK and his wife Margaret, as Plaintiffs, the Defendents being John DARCUS Junior, Solomon DARCUS and Letitia DARCUS, along with thirteen others whose names had been struck through, by order dated 4 May 1814, including Thos WOORE and Catherine his wife (see below); Thomas WOORE, Esq, and his wife Catherine, both of the City of Londonderry, were named as joint second party to a Deed of Mortage dated 16 December 1816 [Memorial 485911, Book 709, Page 576], to which the first party was Robert BATEMAN, of Milltown Lodge, County Londonderry, and the third party was James SCOTT, of Willsboro, County Londonderry, Esq, the sole surviving trustee of Thomas and Catherine's 1798 Marriage Settlements (see below), concerning lands in County Tyrone; Thomas was present at the delivery of an impressive sermon in Londonderry Cathedral, 28 December 1817, by Rev James Spencer KNOX, A.M., and was co-signatory of an address in reply, dated 30 December, with 22 others; he was recorded as being of Inch House, County Donegal, in the marriage notice, July 1821, of his second daughter Frances to Charles SIMEON (see below), and as being of Nash, Herefordshire, Island of Inch, County Donegal, and of Thornhill, County Londonderry, 1821 [FOSTER's Baronetage and Knightage, 1881 - pedigree of SIMEON]; Thomas was second of twelve Jurors, sworn before the Derry Assizes, September 1821 [Freeman's Journal, 8 October - Irish Circuits]; Captain, Londonderry Legion, 5 December 1821 [A List of the Officers of the Militia and Yeomen Cavalry, Army, 1825]; of Inch, County Donegal, with Rev Henry SCOTT, 1824 [15th Report of the Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in Ireland, page 85]; Thomas WOORE, J.P., among a long list of Citizens of Derry (some 180 or more) who were signatories to an address to the Bishop of Derry, May 1824 [Sun (London), 28 May]; Esq., of Ship-quay Street, Londonderry, 1824 [PIGOT & Co's Directory].
Thomas died at Thornhill Cottage, City of Londonderry, 10 November 1825, aged 51 years, and was buried in St Augustine's Church of Ireland Churchyard, within the old walls of the City [courtesy of the genealogy@derrystrabane.com web-site]; he is named in Indexes to Prerogative Court of Ireland Probate Grants, of Londonderry, 1826 #219 - however, he is not mentioned in Sir William BETHAM's Abstracts of them; no death notice has yet been found for him in currently available digitised newspapers.
Thomas was married, probably in Londonderry, 30 August 1798, to Catherine Anne DARCUS, eldest daughter of John DARCUS, Esq, Chief Magistrate, County Londonderry [Edinburgh Magazine, or Literary Miscellany, September 1799, page 240] - see DARCUS family below; the marriage was the subject of Settlements, dated 23 August 1798 [Dublin Deeds Registry, Memorial 337501, Book 514, Page 443], made between John DARCUS of the City of Londonderry, Esq, of the first part, Catherine DARCUS, of the said City, Spinster, of the second part, Thomas WOORE, Captain in His Majesty's Regiment of Fifeshire Fencible Infantry, of the third part, and James SCOTT of Wills(borough) in the said county of Londonderry (see SCOTT family, below) and Whitney Upton GLEDSTANES, of the City of Dublin, Esq (ditto, below), as the trustees, for the sum of ₤1350 sterling, chargeable on lands in Inch, County Donegal, with the interest to go to Thomas for life, then Catherine may dispose of it by deed or will, but if she die without issue, it is to revert to Joshua Swettenham DARCUS, her brother; - likewise for the interest on an additional ₤650 to be raised after John DARCUS's death [Images of Deeds Memorial Books are browsable on the familysearch.org web-site - however, the Registry Clerk who made the Memorial mis-read Thomas's surname as MOORE!].
Catherine died at Waterloo Place, Derry, 23 September 1830, relict of the late Thomas WOORE, Esq [Londonderry Sentinel, 25 September; Belfast News-Letter, 28 September], aged 58 years [source pending]; she was buried with her husband, at St Augustine's Churchyard, aged 37 years (which would have her aged 5 in 1798, clearly impossible for a marriage in that year - perhaps 57, and the ageing inscription misread in the transcription of it); Catherine Anne WOORE, of Londonderry, 1830 [Index to Prerogative Court of Ireland, Wills and Administrations], but, like her husband, no mention made by BETHAM in his Abstracts.
They had issue, including two sons and three daughters:
1. Catherine WOORE, born about 1799; she died at Rose Hill, Fahan, 10 July 1839 [Belfast Commercial Chronicle, Monday 15 July], and was buried at Derry Cathedral, aged 39 [M.I., SCOTT family - although her death date was recorded as 9 July]; as the "... eldest daughter of the late Thomas MOORE (sic), of Thornhill Lodge, Esq," she was married at Muff Church, Donegal, by the Very Reverend Dean of Derry (Thomas Bunbury GOUGH), 7 September 1826, to Rev Henry SCOTT, "... only son of William SCOTT, M.D. of Derry" [Belfast Commercial Chronicle, Saturday 16 September]; he was born about 1796; he entered Trinity College, Dublin, 2 November 1812, as Pensioner (Mr KNOX), aged 16, born Derry, son of William, Medicus - Scholar 1815, B.A. Verne 1817 [Alumni Dublinenses]; he died at Foyle Hill, Derry, 16 January 1868, aged 71 [Newry Telegraph, 21 January], a grandson of Henry SCOTT [M.I., Londonderry Cathedral]; they had issue:
a. William Thomas SCOTT, born at Inch House, County Donegal, 15 March 1828 [Belfast News-Letter, 21 March]; he died 27 January 1855, aged 26 [M.I., Derry Cathedral].
b. Thomas Woore SCOTT, born at the residence of his grandmother, Waterloo Place, Derry, 15 February 1830 [Belfast News-Letter, Friday 19 February]; Lieutenant, 19th Regiment; he died at Foyle Hill, near Londonderry, 9 July 1855, aged 25 years [Londonderry Standard, 19 July; M.I., Londonderry Cathedral].
c. a daughter, born 2 March 1832 [Londonderry Sentinel, Saturday 10 March]; probably Catherine Ann Swettenham SCOTT, who was married at Londonderry Cathedral, 31 December 1857, to her probable cousin, Solomon DARCUS, of Gardenmore, Larne, County Antrim, Captain, Prince of Wales's Donegal Militia (see below).
d. a daughter, born at Fahan, 22 June 1834 [Belfast News-Letter, Friday 4 July].
e. Dickson Coningham SCOTT, born at Fahan, 23 August 1836 [Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 29 August]; he died at Foyle Hill, 13 January 1867, aged 30 [M.I., Derry Cathedral].
See SCOTT family below.
2. Thomas WOORE, born in Londonderry, 1804. See [A] below.
3. John WOORE, born in Londonderry, 1805. See [B] below.
4. Frances WOORE, born about 1806; she was with her husband, at Columban House, Jersey St Helier, 1851 Census, aged 47, born Ireland; she was at Beauchamp Walk, Leamington Spas, Warwickshire, 1861 Census, a Widow, aged 55, with two of her daughters; she died at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, 7 December 1882, "... relict of the late Rear-Admiral SIMEON" [Australian Star (Sydney), 15 July]; as the "... second daughter," she was married, by the Very Reverend Dean of Londonderry (GOUGH), 5 July 1821, to Charles SIMEON, Esq, Captain of His Majesty's Ship 'Arab,' third son of Sir John SIMEON, Bart, of Grazely, Berkshire [Globe, 17 July - location not mentioned, perhaps Londonderry Cathedral?]; he was born 7 November 1791; he entered the Royal Navy, October 1811; Lieutenant, 2 June 1812; served on H.M.S. Bulwark, 74 guns; Commander, 13 June 1815; appointed to H.M.S. Arab, Sloop, November 1828, while she was being fitted out for the Irish Station; Captain, 10 March 1827; he was at Columban House, Jersey St Helier, 1851 Census, aged 58, Captain, Half Pay, R.N., with his wife and five younger children; he died in Paris, 12 November 1858, aged 67; they had issue:
a. Charles SIMEON, born at Quay Street, Londonderry, 25 July 1822; he went to South Australia, 1850; of Glenelg, and Kensington, Adelaide, before moving to Sydney; of Marchmont, Macquarie Street North, Sydney, 1882; he died at Summer Hill, near Sydney, 15 July 1904, aged 81, and was buried at Rookwood Cemetery [Anglican, Section 4, Plot 2444]; he was married at Trinity Church, St Marylebone, 16 December 1849, to Magdalena Emma Sophia MOLZ, daughter of Ernst Ludewig MOLZ, Secretary of the Royal Landrospei, Hildersheim, near Hanover; she died at Waverley, near Sydney, 4 September 1907 aged 80, and was buried with her husband; they had issue:
i. Helene SIMEON, born at Tam O'Shanter Belt, South Australia, 8 October 1850 [Adelaide Times, 9 October]; she married her cousin, John Chadwick WOORE, and died in September 1923, aged 72 (see below).
ii. Charles Edwin SIMEON; he died at Kensington, Adelaide, 6 March 1853, aged 11 months [S.A. Register, 12 March]
iii. Ralph Henry Gowland SIMEON, born at Kensington, 20 February 1854 [Adelaide Times, 22 February]; he died there, 30 August 1854, an infant [Adelaide Times, 31 August.
iv. a daughter, born at Kensington, 27 June 1855 [Adelaide Times, 28 June].
v. Edwin SIMEON, born at Kensington, 8 July 1857 [S.A. Register, 10 July]; he died there, 16 August 1861, aged 4 years [S.A. Register, 17 August].
vi. a daughter, born at Kensington, 7 March 1859 [S.A. Register, 9 March].
b. Richard Godin SIMEON, born at Londonderry, 3 July 1823; Lieutenant-Colonel, Staff Corps, Bengal Cavalry [Monumental Inscription]; he died at Srinigar, Cashmier, 1 July 1867, of Cholera [Dundee Advertiser, 9 September], aged 43; he was married, 11 October 1847, to Charlotte EARL, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry EARL; with issue two sons and four daughters.
c. Edward SIMEON, born in Ireland, December 1824; Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal Artillery, Bengal; he was at No 1 Clifford Place, Jersey St Saviour, Channel Islands, 1881 Census, aged 56, Lt-Col, Retired List, with his wife and three sons; he died at Moyne Lodge, Gisborne, N.Z., 11 July 1898, aged 74, "... third son of the late Rear-Admiral SIMEON, and brother of Charles SIMEON of Summer Hill, N.S.W." [S.M.H., 6 August]; he was married at Delhi, India, 7 February 1860, to Lavinia WILLOWS (aged 45 in 1881, born Ireland), daughter of Major Geoffrey WILLOWS; they had issue:
i. Edward Archibald SIMEON, born in the East Indies, 25 November 1860; aged 20, Scholar (Medical Student), with his parents, 1881.
ii. George Ernest SIMEON, born in the East Indies, 11 December 1862; aged 18, Scholar, ditto, 1881.
iii. Herbert Richard SIMEON, born in the East Indies, 26 January 1866; aged 15, Scholar, ditto, 1881.
d. Letitia SIMEON, born in Ireland, about 1830; aged 19, with her parents, 1851; aged 30, with her mother, 1861; she died in 1917; she was married, 5 July 1869, as his second wife, Henry Charles HAMILTON, Bengal Civil Service, C.I.S. (Bart), who died in 1872 [FOSTER's Baronetage].
e. Thomas Woore SIMEON, born at Londonderry, 18 December 1834; Cadet, Royal Navy, 29 November 1848; he died at St Servan, Paris, 5 November 1871, aged 36 [Cork Constitution, 23 November], without issue; he was married, 20 December 1868, to Matilda KEMP, second daughter of the late Edward KEMP, of Bury St Edmunds; she was married secondly, 28 October 1876, to Francis John TYARS, of London [FOSTER's Baronetage].
f. Henry Scott SIMEON, born in Ireland, March 1836; Captain, 27th Regiment; Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army; at St Botolph, Colchester, 1871 Census, aged 34, with his wife Isabella, and a number of military men; he was at 82 Rouge Bouillon (Honeyden), Jersey, 1891 Census, aged 55 living on his own means, with wife Isabel; he died at Honeyden, Jersey, 2 April 1897, aged 61 years [Hampshire Advertiser, 10 April]; he was married, 3 December 1861, to Isabel Maria MacCREIGHT, daughter of the late Daniel Chambers MacCREIGHT, Irish Botanist, of Hauteville, Jersey, and grand-daughter of Sir William PAXTON, of Middleton Hall, Carmarthenshire [FOSTER's Baronetage; Clonmel Chronicle, 11 December]. g. Eliza SIMEON, born in Cheshire, England, about 1838; aged 12, with her parents, 1851; aged 22, with her mother, 1861; she was married, 14 January 1862, to Rev Charles Erlington McKAY, Vicar of Laracor, Trim, Ireland [FOSTER's Baronetage].
g. Catherine Thomasine SIMEON, born in France, about 1839; aged 11, with her parents, 1851; she died in 1911; she was married to Walter J. GOODMAN [FOSTER's Baronetage]. Another source has her marrying Charles Edward PIGEARD?
k. John SIMEON, born in England, 22 January 1841; he died at his residence, 29 Allen's Avenue, Petersham, near Sydney, 1 October 1903, "... leaving a wife and family of little children to mourn their sad loss" [S.M.H., 3 October].
h. Albert SIMEON, born 26 November 1844 (?).
j. Harriet SIMEON, born at Londonderry, 1828; she died in 1907 or 1911?; she was married at St Saviour's Church, Jersey, 19 April 1849, to James LE QUESNE (born 1821), late Royal Jersey Artillery; with issue:
i. Henrietta Thomasine LE QUESNE, born Jersey, 1851; died 1898; married Frank Aubin HOLLAND.
ii. Eliza Frederica LE QUESNE, born Jersey, 1852.
iii. James Simeon Coningham LE QUESNE, born Jersey, 1860.
k. Augusta Wilhelmina SIMEON, born at Londonderry, 1832; died 12 March 1907?; she was married firstly, on 1849, to Gifford Nicholas LE QUESNE, of Jersey; he died 30 January 1877; she was married secondly, 12 January 1880, to Thomas MAYHEW, Captain, Royal Artillery; issue by her first marriage i. Frances Wilhelmina LE QUESNE, born Jersey, 1851 ; married in 1874, to William Samuel WHITTUCK.
ii. Augustus Simeon LE QUESNE, born Jersey, 1853.
iii. Gifford Simeon LE QUESNE, born Jersey, 1860.
iv. Augustus Sarah LE QUESNE, born Jersey, 1862; married in 1881, William Taylor MITCHELL.
v. Ferdinand Simeon LE QUESNE, born Jersey, 2863; died 1950.
vi. Albert Simeon LE QUESNE, born Jersey, 1865.
vii. Mabel Isabella LE QUESNE, born Jersey, 1866.
5. Mary WOORE; "... youngest daughter of the late Thomas WOORE, Esq, of Thornhill Lodge, county Derry," when she was married at Muff parish church, County Donegal, 26 March 1829, to William J. CLARKE, Esq, of the 77th Regiment [Belfast Newsletter, Tuesday 7 April]; they had issue, including:
a. a son, born at Londonderry, 10 December 1829, to the "... the Lady of W.G. CLARKE, Esq, 77th Regiment" [Londonderry Sentinel, 12 December].
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DARCUS OF LONDONDERRY.
John DARCUS; Sheriff of County Londonderry, 1717, 1721 and 1733; he was dead before 4 February 1737, when he was mentioned as deceased in the Marriage Settlements, bearing that date [Memorial 63618, Book 88, Page 534], for his son, Henry DARCUS, to Katherine KIRKPATRICK, daughter of William KIRKPATRICK, of the City of Londonderry, Merchant, concerning two houses in the City of Londonderry, one in Pump Street and the other on the north side of Bishop Street, which were vested in his widow Margaret DARCUS for her natural life, by virtue of his will; he was married to Margaret (-?-); they had issue, a son Henry DARCUS. Probably the next.
Henry DARCUS, perhaps born in or before about 1720; Sheriff of County Londonderry, 1737-39; he was married, by settlements dated 4 February 1737, to Katherine KIRKPATRICK (see above); probably father John - see next.
The wife of Henry DARCUS died in September 1777 [Londonderry Journal, 30 September].
Henry DARCUS died at Castlefin, late June or early July 1789 [Saunders's News-Letter, Friday 3 July].
John DARCUS, born in or before about 1750; eldest son and heir of Henry DARCUS, of the City of Londonderry, Esq; he was named in an Indented Deed of Release, dated 11 January 1772 [Memorial 190036, Book 179, Page 29], made by his father Henry DARCUS, Esq (as first party), with his son John DARCUS and Mary DARCUS otherwise SWETTENHAM his wife (the second party), reciting "... certain articles entered into before the intermarriage of the said John and Mary DARCUS," and concerning all the messuages, tenements, warehouses, the numbers 28 and 29, situate on the north side of Bishop Street in the said City of Londonderry, and to which deed John RICHARDSON of Summerseat (?), in County Londonderry, and Thomas SCOTT, of the City of Dublin, Esq, Barrister-at-Law, were the third party, and possibly as trustees.
Major John DARCUS supervised the military contingent which paraded through Londonderry, August 1789, to celebrate the birthday of the Prince of Wells, and the anniversary of the relief of the Siege of Londonderry [Saunders's News-Letter, Wednesday 19 August].
John DARCUS and Mary his wife were named as co-defendents in a Bill brought before the Court of Chancery, Dublin, 3 February 1790, by George GLEDSTANES, the father and next friend of George and Joshua GLEDSTANES, both infants, as the Plaintiffs, and to which the other Defendents were Catherine SWETTENHAM, Widow, Thomas BATESON, James SCOTT (here the names of John and Mary DARCUS appear), Catherine DARCUS (perhaps John and Mary's daughter), Thomas SWETTENHAM, Susannah GAMBLE, Rev James LOURY, his wife, and John McCLEAN.
Mary DARCUS, the wife of John DARCUS, died in or shortly before 1794, when she was named in Indexes to Prerogative Court Wills [Phillimore and Thrift].
John DARCUS was again named as a Co-Defendent in another Chancery Court Bill, entered 9 March 1795, by Ann SWETTENHAM, Widow and Adm'x of William SWETTENHAM deceased, the Plaintiff, and to which the other Defendents were Catherine SWETTENHAM, George GLEDSTANES and Catherine his wife, and Richard SCOTT.
John DARCUS, of the City of Londonderry, appears to have been married secondly, in Dublin, by License of the P.C.I., 16 August 1798, to Letitia RICHARDSON, of the parish of Stillorgan, County Dublin, Spinster; she died at her residence, Pump Street, Londonderry, 4 October 1854, at a very advanced age, "... Letitia, relict of the late John DARCUS, Esq" [Londonderry Sentinel, 6 October].
John DARCUS, of the City of Londonderry, died in or shortly before 1812, his will P.C.I. [Phillimore and Thrift].
John DARCUS and Mary SWETTENHAM probably had issue, including:
1. Catherine Anne DARCUS, who was probably the wife of Thomas WOORE. See above.
2. Joshua Swettenham DARCUS; named in the marriage settlements, 1798, of his sister Catherine; he was probably married at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, 24 July 1804, to Elizabeth MANNING.
John DARCUS, of the City of Londonderry; probably Mayor of Londonderry, 1798 (elected 30 September 1797), 1799 (sworn in, 2 February), and 1803; in April 1807, he was occupier of a dwelling house in the suburbs of the City of Londonderry, in front of three stores, a warehouse and yard, which were advertised for sale by auction, they being located at the rear of John DARCUS's dwelling, on the south side of Stewart's Lane, near the Ship Quay [Dublin Evening Post, 7 April]; by his (probable second) wife Letitia RICHARDSON, he was possibly father of:
3. Benjamin DARCUS, born about 1805, probably at Mountcharles, County Donegal; Church of Ireland Curate; he probably solemnized the marriage, in 1857, of Solomon DARCUS to Catherine Anne SCOTT (see above); he died at Wood Lodge, Londonderry, 31 July 1867, "... Incumbent of Mountcharles, County Donegal."
Possibly the next.
John DARCUS, Margaret DARCUS and Catherine DARCUS, perhaps siblings, were named by Darcus MacBRIDE, in her will, dated 9 April 1789, and proved P.C.I., 8 November 1790, as her cousins.
This Catherine DARCUS may have been Thomas WOORE's wife.
Darcus MacBRIDE was a daughter of James EVORY, late of the City of Dublin, Merchant, who left his property to her as part of her marriage settlements, dated 19 February 1747, to her former husband George CUMMIN, also of Dublin, Merchant; a Bill concerning these matters was advertised to be entered in the Court of Chancery in Dublin, shortly after 8 July 1789 [Saunders's News-Letter, 9 July].
Margaret DARCUS; as the youngest daughter of the late John DARCUS, of the City of Londonderry, Esq, she was married in the Cathedral Church of Derry, 26 December 1839, to Andrew BOND, of Shantalow, County Londonderry [Belfast News-Letter, 3 December].
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The SWETTENHAM family associated with Inch Island, County Donegal, may well account for John DARCUS acquiring lands there:
Tristram SWEATENHAM, of Inch Island, his will proved 1643.
George SWETENHAM, of Inch Island, County Donegal, his will proved 1720.
George SWETTENHAM, of Letter, County Donegal, his will proved 1743.
Frances SWETTENHAM, of Templemore, her will proved 1785.
George SWETTENHAM; Esq, of Inch, County Donegal; will proved 1788.
Katherine SWETTENHAM, the widow of Joshua SWETTENHAM, Esq; of the City of Londonderry, her will proved 1808.
Catherine SWETTENHAM, and her husband Joshua, were named as joint defendants in a Bill brought before the Court of the Exchequer, Dublin, 12 August 1772, entered by Edward SPENCE, Clerk, the Plaintiff, and with four other co-defendants, including Thomas GLEDSTANES.
By an Indented Deed of Mortgage, dated 15 December 1768 [Memorial 173816, Book 260, Page 423], made between Joshua SWETTENHAM, of the City of Londonderry, Esq, of the one part; and Thomas GLEDSTANES, of Tandross, in the County of Tyrone, Esq, of the other part; concerning lands in the Island of Innis otherwise Inch, in County Donegal.
By Indented Articles, dated 21 September 1782 [Memorial 234625, Book 349, Page 254], made by George GLEDSTANES, of Daisy Hill, County Tyrone, Esq, administrator of all and singular the goods, etc, of his father James GLEDSTANES, of Daisy Hill, Esq, deceased, of the first part; Joshua SWETTENHAM, of Londonderry, Esq, and Catherine SWETTENHAM, Spinster, second daughter of the said Joshua SWETTENHAM, of the second part; George SWETTENHAM, Esq, Captain in H.M.'s 9th Regiment of Foot, the eldest brother of the said Catherine SWETTENHAM, of the third part; and William SWETTENHAM, of the City of Londonderry, Esq, youngest brother of the said Catherine SWETTENHAM, of the fourth part; Whereby, after reciting therein... a marriage was intended to be shortly had and solemnise between the said George GLEDSTANES and Catherine SWETTENHAM... in consideration of the intended marriage and the sum of ₤1,000 sterling as a marriage portion... witnessed by John DARCUS of the City of Londonderry, Esq, and Robert BELL...
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The wife of Henry DARCUS died in September 1777 [Londonderry Journal, 30 September].
Henry DARCUS, born about 1788; Mayor of Derry; he died at his residence, William Street, Londonderry, 11 August 1869, aged 81 years [Londonderry Sentinel, 24 August]; he was probably married, at Middletown, County Armagh, 11 August 1836, to Eliza HARRIS, third daughter of Hugh HARRIS of Ashford, County Armagh (and grand-daughter of the late Right Rev John PORTER, D.D., Lord Bishop of Clogher); they had issue:
1. a son, born at Derry, November 1838; probably Henry Richardson DARCUS, who, as the eldest son, was married at St Peter's parish church, Dublin, 28 December 1861, to Gertrude Mary MAUGHAN, eldest daughter of Rev John D. MAUGHAN, of Pembroke Terrace, Dublin [Derry Journal, 1 January 1862]; M.D., Londonderry; they had issue:
a. a son, born at Ranelagh Road, 7 February 1863 [Cork Examiner, 11 February].
b. Herny Richardson DARCUS, born at 18 Great James Street, Londonderry, 23 December 1865, the birth informed by his father, Physician.
c. Rosamund Maria DARCUS, born at 17 Clarendon Street, Londonderry, 12 June 1867, the birth informed by her father, Doctor of Medicine [also Belfast Morning News, 17 June]; she was married, at the Register Office, Pancras, London, 22 August 1898, to Frederick A. LOTTIN, elder son of Frederick James LOTTIN, manager of singing at the Grand Opera, Paris [The Stage, 25 August].
d. Charles Prior Gooch Maughan DARCUS, born at Kingstown, County Dublin, 15 September 1872, and died there on 30 September 30, aged 15 days [Belfast News-Letter, 18 September and 3 October].
e. Gertrude Mary DARCUS, born at 27 Clarendon Street, Londonderry, 19 November 1875, her father a Physician.
2. Hugh Harris DARCUS, born 13 October 1840 [Derry Journal, 20 October]; he died, 27 October 1840, infant son of Henry DARCUS, Esq [Derry Journal, 3 November].
3. a daughter, born at Great James Street, Londonderry, 29 October 1844 [Derry Journal, 5 November].
4. Maria DARCUS; she died at her residence, 42 Park Street, Bath, 14 March 1925, "... widow of the late Digby HAMILTON, Esq, of Oxton, Cheshire," and was buried at Belingon, Cheshire; as the youngest daughter, she was married at St George's church, Dublin, 14 December 1875, to Digby HAMILTON, eldest son Lt-Col Digby HAMILTON, of Bath [Belfast News-Letter, 17 December].
5. Robert Joseph DARCUS, born about 1858; he died at his father's residence, 66 William Street, Londonderry, 16 February 1869, aged 10 years.
Solomon DARCUS, born about 1784, and probably in Londonderry; said to have been a son of Henry DARCUS and Mary SPEER [Family Tree on Ancestry.com], and probably related to John DARCUS (above); he was named as a defendant of a Bill entered into the Court of the Exchequer, Dublin, 17 November 1813, jointly with John DARCUS Junior and Letitia DARCUS, along with thirteen others whose names had been struck through shortly after, including Henry DARCUS, Letitia DARCUS Widow, Benjamin DARCUS, Henry DARCUS, John DARCUS and Jane his wife, Catherine Ann DARCUS, and Marie DARCUS, as well as Thomas WOORE and his wife Catherine, and to which Bill the Plaintiffs were Rev William Henry MARDOCK and his wife Margaret [Court of Exchequer Bill Books, on Findmypast]; Solomon died at Gardenmore, Larne, County Antrim, 29 November 1849, aged 64 years, "... for more than 40 years Clerk of the Peace for County Antrim" [Coleraine Chronicle, 8 December] - however, his M.I., in St Cedma Burying Ground, Larne, recorded his age as 66 years [Billion-graves web-site]; he was married, to Anne (maiden surname not yet known); she was at Larne, 1851 Census, aged 59, married in 1810, Widow, Annuitant, with son and daughter [her late husband was also named, as having died in winter 1849, aged 66]; she died at Larne, 22 May 1884, Widow of the late Solomon DARCUS, Esq, of Gardenmore, aged 80 (or ? 89) years [Belfast News-Letter, 9 August]; they had issue:
1. Letitia DARCUS, born about 1812; eldest daughter; she died at Larne, 3 October 1831, aged 18 years [Belfast Newsletter, 7 October].
2. Henry John DARCUS, born about 1821; eldest son; he died at Gardenmore, Larne, 5 November 1837, aged 15 years [Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 8 November].
3. Solomon DARCUS, born about 1824; admitted to the Bar, January 1848; with his mother, 1851, aged 26, unmarried, non-practicing Barrister, Land Owner; later Lieutenant-Colonel; he died at Gardenmore, Larne, 24 June 1881, aged 57 years [Belfast Newsletter, 7 July; Monumental Inscription]; Captain, Prince of Wales's Own Donegal Militia, when he was married at Londonderry Cathedral, by Rev Benjamin DARCUS, 31 December 1857, to Catherine Annie SCOTT, daughter of the Rev Henry SCOTT, Foyle Hill, Londonderry [Belfast Morning News, 4 January 1858]; she died at her residence, Drew Villa, Londonderry, 9 March 1887, "... widow of the late Lt. Col. DARCUS, of Gardenmore, Larne... and elder daughter of the late Rev Henry SCOTT, of Foyle Hill, Londonderry" [Belfast News-Letter, 10 March]; they had issue, an only son:
a. Solomon Henry DARCUS; probably the Solomon H. DARCUS who was principle beneficiary of the will of John WOORE, late of Guernsey, 1879, and probably related to him (see below); he was married, at Glenarm church, County Antrim, 5 August 1885, to Mary Helen CAULFIELD, eldest daughter of John CAULFIELD, of Glenarm [Belfast News-Letter, 6 August].
4. Anne DARCUS, born about 1828; aged 22, with her widowed mother, 1851, unmarried, annuitant.
Henry DARCUS, born about 1804; he died at his residence, Great James Street, City of Londonderry, 18 June 1895, aged 80, Married, Land Agent, the death informed by his son, Benjamin DARCUS, same address, present at the death.
He was probably married to Eliza; she died at her residence, Great James Street, City of Londonderry, 10 November 1890, Widow of a Landlord, the death informed by her son, S.L. DARCUS, same address, present at the death.
They appear to have had issue:
1. Henry Richardson DARCUS; he was married at St Peter's parish Dublin, 28December 1861, to Gertrude Mary MAUGHAN, daughter of Rev John DICKSON MAUGHAN.
2. Solomon L. DARCUS; he informed his mother's death.
3. Benjamin John DARCUS, born about 1850; he was married at Christ Church, parish of Templemore, County Londonderry, by license, 28 May 1891, aged 40, to Rebecca CAMPBELL, daughter of John CAMPBELL, of Lower Road, City of Londonderry; they had issue:
a. Mabel DARCUS, born at 35 Argyle Terrace, City of Londonderry, 3 April 1898, the birth informed by her father, Gent.
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SCOTT FAMILY OF LONDONDERRY.
William SCOTT, born about 1679; of Londonderry; he died 7 October 1751, aged 72, and was buried in "... an enclosed burial place on the south side of Derry Cathedral" [M.I. - detailed account of burials in his family plot, as follows]; he was married to Everina; she died 29 August 1737, aged 45 [M.I.]; they had issue, including;
a. James SCOTT, born about 1719; he died in April 1737, aged 18 years (? instead 12).
b. Frances SCOTT; died 22 September 1775.
c. Margaret SCOTT; died 22 June 1775.
d. Everina SCOTT; died 11 April 1789.
e. Henry SCOTT, born about 1729; he died in August 1797, aged 68; he was married to Margaret; she died in March 1806, aged 72; they had issue an only son William SCOTT:
William SCOTT, born about 1765; M.D., of Derry; as Alderman of Derry, he died 11 April 1834, aged 68; he was married to Eleanor (maiden surname not yet known); she died in August 1800, aged 28; they had issue, including an only son:
a. Rev Henry SCOTT, born about 1796. See above.
Thomas SCOTT, born about 1756; he died in February 1823, late of Foyle Hill, Londonderry, aged 66 years [Dublin Weekly Register, 1 March]; his widow died at Foyle Hill, January 1837 [Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 30 January].
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GLEDSTANES OF COUNTY TYRONE.
John GLEDSTANES, born about 1603; Captain; he died 10 December 1674, aged 71, and was buried at Clogher Cathedral; he was married to Margaret; she died 27 April 1671, aged 80 years, and was buried at Clogher Cathedral.
Probably parents of the next two?
Albert GLEDSTANES, born about 1629; Cornet; he died 13 April 1665, aged 35 years, and was buried at Clogher Cathedral.
James GLEDSTANES, born about 1629; Captain; he died 9 December 1689, aged 57 years, and was buried at Clogher Cathedral; he was married to Anne GALBRAITH; she was born about 1642; she died 3 June 1718, aged 75 years, and was buried with her husband.
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An on-line family tree for a James GALBRAITH, of Roscavey, Captain, records that he was married to Mary, widow of Captain James GLEDSTANES of Fardross, and left an only son, John GALBRAITH (born about 1670, and died in 1742).
But this does not yet fit with the BURKE pedigree information, date-wise at least - which suggests that there may be some omissions and/or conflations in the GLEDSTANES pedigrees.
Indeed, a footnote to another pedigree [Burke's Landed Gentry, 1862] mentions that a Robert GALBRAITH, Esq, of Cloncorrick Castle, married Anne, sister of GLEDSTANES of Fordross.
However, Mistress Margaret GLEDSTANES, the wife of Captain Robert GALBRAITH, died 7 July 1682, aged 27 years, and was buried at St Macartan's Cathedral, Clogher, in the burial place of John GALBRAITH, of Rascavey, who died 28 May 1668, aged 48 years.
John GALBRAITH, of Blessington, County Tyrone, Gent, his will dated 12 July 1668 (or date of probate), naming his first son Robert GALBRAITH (his house at Glasgow), his father Archibald, grandfather John, daughters Janet, Anne, Elizabeth and Isabel, his cousin James GALBRAITH of Ramaren, County Fermanagh, and his brother-in-law James GLEDSTANES.
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Mr GLEDSTANES; perhaps a son of the above Captain James? - or even the above Captain himself given that his wife was 13 years his junior); he had issue:
1. James GLEDSTANES, born about 1670; of Fardross, County Tyrone; he died in 1746, aged 75 years; he was married to Miss GRAHAM, of Hockley, near Armagh [Burke's L.G. of Ireland, 1921, page 268], with issue:
a. Thomas GLEDSTANES, born about 1718; he died in 1778, aged 59 years; unmarried.
b. Ann GLEDSTANES; she was married to Matthew JACOB, of St Johnstown and Mobarnane, County Tipperary.
c. Mary GLEDSTANES; she was married, 1775, to Arthur JOHNSTON, of Rademon, County Down, M.P. for Killyleagh.
d. Margaret GLEDSTANES; she was married, 1767, to Ambrose UPTON, Major, 13th Dragoons, of Hermitage, County Dublin.
e. Catherine GLEDSTANES; she was married to Charles KING, M.P. for St Angelo, County Fermanagh.
2. George GLEDSTANES, born about 1680; of Lisburne, and of Daisy Hill, Esq, both in County Tyrone; he died 16 December 1739, aged 59 years, and was buried at Clogher Cathedral (St Macartan's); his will, dated 8 November 1738, was proved 1739; he was married to Ann.
3. Thomas GLEDSTANES; he died before 1745.
4. Catherine GLEDSTANES; her will, dated 6 August 1749, proved 29 October 1760; she was married to Rev John RIDDLE, of Cross Hill, County Antrim.
Hannah GLEDSTANES; a niece of George GLEDSTANES, and named in his will, 1738; she died in 1772; she was married to William SCOTT (1705-1776), Irish lawyer and judge; they had issue:
1. Thomas SCOTT; he died 1770.
2. James SCOTT. he inherited Willsborough; he (or perhaps instead his son ?) was named as a trustee of the 1798 Marriage Settlements for Thomas WOORE and Catherine DARCUS; James was married to Catherine LESLIE.
3. Anthony SCOTT.
Ann GLEDSTANES, a niece of George GLEDSTANES, and named in his will, 1738; she was married to Mr GORE.
George GLEDSTANES was named as guardian of his two infant sons, George and Joshua GLEDSTANES, as joint Plaintiffs in a Bill entered in the Court of Chancery, Dublin, 3 February 1790, to which the defendants were Catherine SWETTENHAM, Widow, Thomas BATESON, James SCOTT, John DARCUS and Mary his wife (m.s. SWETTENHAM), Catherine DARCUS, Thomas SWETTENHAM, and three others.
Another Bill, entered in the same Court, 9 March 1795, by Ann SWETTENHAM, Widow and Administratrix of William SWETTENHAM, deceased, as Plaintiff, and to which the Defendants were Catherine SWETTENHAM, John DARCUS (now evidently a widower), George GLEDSTANES and Catherine his wife, Richard SCOTT, and others.
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JOHN DICKSON OF SYDNEY.
John DICKSON; born in Scotland, 1774; Merchant and Engineering Manufacturer at Dockhead, Lambeth and Southwark, London [see his entry in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, by G.P. WALSH]; he arrived in Sydney on the ship 'Earl Spencer' in October 1813, with a large amount of capital; he received substantial grants of land, including 15 acres at Cockle Bay (Darling Harbour), where built a flour mill, equipped with the colony's first steam engine (manufactured at his Southwark factory), and 3,000 acres at Bringelly, near Camden; charged with forgery in 1833, he absconded to England, leaving his family behind; he died in London, 23 June 1843, "... at his residence, Brook Street, Holborn... late of Sydney, N.S.W., aged 69 years" [Bell's Life in London & Sporting Chronicle, 4 June].
John had issue, in Sydney, by his "house-keeper" Susannah MARTIN; she is said to have died in Sydney, 1833, aged 33:
1. Lilias DICKSON, born 1818; she died in 1869; she was married in 1834 to Willoughby James DOWLING, with issue.
2. Mary Ann DICKSON, born in Sydney, 27 April 1819, and baptised at St Luke's Anglican Church, Liverpool, 15 May 1820 [familysearch.org]; she was married to Thomas WOORE. See [A] below.
3. John DICKSON, born 1821; died 1851.
4. Elizabeth DICKSON, born in Sydney, 29 March 1823, and baptised at St Luke's Anglican Church, Liverpool, 21 September 1833 (? in error for 1823?); she was married to John WOORE.
See [B] below.
5. James DICKSON, born 1825.
6. Susannah DICKSON, born 1829; died 1898.
7. David DICKSON, born 1833.
In his entry in the on-line version of the Australian Dictionary of Biography [source details pending]:
" ... from an alliance with his housekeeper, Susannah MARTIN, DICKSON had three sons and four daughters. Lily, eldest daughter, married in 1834 to Willoughby James, son of Vincent George DOWLING, and nephew of Sir James DOWLING... two other daughters married brothers John and Thomas WOORE, and in turn, John's daughters married Jesse GREGSON and Robert BREILLAT."
David DICKSON was married at St James's, Sydney, 6 July 1852, to Helen Susan DICKSON, niece of Thomas BARKER, Esq, of Roslyn Hall, Darlinghurst [S.M.H., 8 July].
They had issue, including:
1. A daughter, born at Roslyn Hall, 28 March 1853 [Empire (Sydney), 30 March].
Roslyn Hall was built in 1833 by Thomas BARKER (1799-1875), who had been apprenticed to John DICKSON in London, and arrived with him in Sydney, on the 'Earl Spencer' in October 1813.
BARKER was married firstly, at St Phillip's church, Sydney, 4 June 1823, to Joanna DICKSON, a niece of John DICKSON, and a daughter of his brother James DICKSON, of Bringelly, by his wife Helen DUNCAN (see next below); she died in 1851, without issue; he was married secondly, in 1857, to Katherine Heath GRAY, by whom he had issue:
1. Thomas Charles BARKER, born 1863; died 1940.
John's brother, James DICKSON (1775-1845), and his wife Helen DUNCAN (died 29 August 1823 - registered as Ellen DIXON), also emigrated to Sydney, arriving on the ship 'Skelton,' 24 December 1822; a pedigree on the Australian Royalty web-site records his birth in West Linton, Peebleshire, 12 December 1775, a son of Jonathan DICKSON and Margaret YOUNG; James and Helen resided at Bringelly, near Liverpool, N.S.W.; they had issue:
1. James DICKSON; he died in 1834; as the "... third son of Mr James DICKSON of Bringelly," he was married, by the Rev Dr LANG, 15 December 1827, to Mary Ann GRAY, "... third daughter of Mr Charles GRAY, late Chief Clerk in the Navy Office" [Sydney Gazette, 21 December].
2. Joanne DICKSON, born 1800; she died in 1851; she was married in 1823 to Thomas BARKER (see above).
3. Margaret DICKSON, baptised at Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland, 19 August 1803 [Familyserach.org]; she died at Bong Bong, May 1833, and was buried at Liverpool St Luke, 20 May, aged 28 years; she was married to Henry BADGERY (1803-1880), with issue three sons.
4. Mary DICKSON, born 1808.
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THOMAS WOORE JUNIOR, R.N., AND N.S.W.
[A] Thomas WOORE, born at Londonderry, 29 January 1804; entered the Royal Navy, December 1819, and served on ships suppressing smuggling activity on the south coast of England [Australian Dictionary of Biography - as for most of the following]; he transferred to H.M.S. 'Thetis,' 1823, and resigned his commission in February 1826, to settle his father's estates in Ireland; he rejoined later that year, and was posted to H.M.S. 'Alligator,' conducting hydrographic experiments off the coast of North America; in an obituary, he is said to have been given command of the 'Woodlark' from which he conducted a survey of the Shetland Islands, made observations of the Gulf Stream, made a survey of Penang Island while on the Indian Station, and discovered and laid down a new channel leading to the anchorage at Swan River, Western Australia [Goulburn Herald, 6 July 1878].
Thomas first arrived in Sydney, as Lieutenant, on H.M.S. 'Zebra,' 1829 - Mate, 'Zebra,' Madras, 2 May 1829 [British Royal Navy Personnel, Findmypast - Ref 37/8503]; his "Panorama of Sydney Harbour," in ink, dated 1829, is in the Mitchell Library, Sydney; Admiralty Mate, H.M.S. Southampton, Bombay, 30 March 1830, discharged 9 January 1831, Promotion [Ditto -Ref 37/8358]; he served briefly on H.M.S 'Crocodile' - A/Lieut, Trincomalee, 9 January 1831 [Ditto - Ref 37/7951]; A/Lieut, H.M.S. 'Satellite,' on route to Bombay, 24 January 1831, discharged 8 April 1831, H.M.S. 'Crocodile' late H.M.S. 'Southampton' [Ditto - 37/8348]; then, from 1832, on H.M.S. 'Alligator,' until he resigned his commission at the end of 1834, due to ill health.
Thomas returned to England from Sydney on the ship 'Governor Harcourt,' 15 February 1835, with his new wife [The Colonist, 19 February]; he spent some time in his native Londonderry, where his first child is said to have been born.
They arrived back in Sydney, 14 December 1836, "... from the Downs, yesterday, having sailed from thence on 20 August, the ship 'Spartan,' Orlando BULL, Master," as passengers "... Lieutenant Thomas WOOER, Mrs WOOER and child" [Sydney Herald, 15 December] - this indicates that the suggested birth of their first child in Londonderry in September of that year (see below) was not possible, and that she was probably instead born in the previous year, 1835.
T. WOORE, Esq, inserted a Wanted Notice, December 1836, seeking a Coachman, Butler, Cook and Nurse, to apply to him at Mr BARKER's, Sussex Street [Sydney Herald, 26 December]; Thomas WOORE, Esq, advertised for two Overseers, February 1837, to apply to Messrs BARKER and HALLEN's, Sussex Street [Sydney Herald, 6 February]; in June 1837, he was assigned a convict Ostler, in Sydney [N.S.W. Government Gazette, 28 June]; in September 1837, he was at Nonorrah, at Cowpastures, near Sydney, when named as contact for the return of a horse stolen from John DICKSON's estate, Mummel, near Goulburn [Sydney Herald, 7 September]; still at Nonorrah, March 1838, when he advertised for an Overseer "... who is perfectly capable of conducting a large Farming Establishment" [Sydney Herald, 5 March]; ditto, April 1838, when he advertised the loss of two Bills, each for ₤150, dated at Goulburn Plains in March 1838 [Sydney Herald, 16 April 1838]; he was residing at Harrington Park, also at Cowpastures, July 1839, when he was assigned six convicts as labourers [N.S.W. Government Gazette, 10 July]; appointed Magistrate, 22 December 1839, of Harrington Park [Government Gazette, 1 January 1840]; Mr and Mrs WOORE, with Miss DICKSON, attended the Governor's Ball, May 1840, in celebration of the Queen's Birthday; this Miss DICKSON was probably Elizabeth, who would shortly be married to his brother John WOORE (see below), October 1840, just four months after his arrival from India, and who gave birth to her first child at Harrington Park in October 1842; Thomas was assigned a convict as Painter's Apprentice, Harrington Park, July 1840; his pencil on paper drawings, "Bridge and Village of Camden," and "John OXLEY's Kirkham Mill," at Cowpastures, are both dated 1842 [His "Rough Sketch Book, 1834-1869," Mitchell Library, Sydney]; he advertised Harrington Park to be let for five years in July 1843.
Thomas eventually settled at Pomeroy Station, on the Wollondilly River, near Goulburn, probably by deeds dated 29 February 1840, comprising three lots in County Argyle, of 650, 996 and 1198 acres [N.S.W. Government Gazette, 31 March]; Major WOORE (possibly his brother John) and Thomas WOORE, J.P., were driving their Tandem in a convoy, on the road to Goulburn, near the Bargo River, 3 March 1842, when they were held up by bushrangers [The Australian, 8 March]; in May 1846, after the Government refused to have a survey made of the proposed southern railway line from Sydney, WOORE, on his own initiative and at his own expense, examined possible routes, and reported his results at a public meeting on August [A.D.B. entry, 1976, by G.J. ABBOTT]; he also made suggestions concerning the water supply for Sydney, recommending a dam be built on the Warragamba River; he advertised Pomeroy for sale in January 1875, and went to live with his BUSBY daughter at Double Bay; he died at Double Bay, East Sydney, 21 June 1878, and was buried at St Jude's Anglican Cemetery, Randwick; his will was proved 27 May 1879, the Principal Beneficiary being Solomon H. DARCUS (see above).
Thomas was married at Roslyn Hall, Darlinghurst, 1 January 1835, to Mary Ann DICKSON; she was a born in Sydney, 27 April 1819, daughter of John DICKSON and Susannah MARTIN (see above); widowed in June 1878, she went to England; she died at Islington, London, 13 August 1883, aged 64, "... widow of the late Thomas WOORE, Lieutenant R.N., of Pomeroy, Goulburn" [S.M.H., 9 October 1883].
Thomas and Mary Ann had issue:
1. Catherine Anne WOORE, said to have been born at Thornhill Lodge, Londonderry, 29 September 1836 [genie.com family tree] - date not yet corroborated, but as her parents were at sea on that date, perhaps the year in error for 1835?; she probably arrived in Sydney with her parents, December 1836, a child; she and her husband, with their infant daughter, sailed for London on the 'Duncan Dunbar,' 11 March 1857 [letter of her father, dated at Pomeroy, 8 March 1858 - PRONI, D2263 - viewable on trove]; after her husband died, she went back to England; she died at Bramham Gardens, Earl's Court, London, 8 May 1910 [Sydney Morning Herald, 13 May - by cable], aged 73 years; she was married at St James's, Sydney, 20 December 1856, to William BUSBY (born in England, 15 January 1813); he arrived in Sydney with his parents, 1824; involved in BUSBY's Bore, by which water was tunneled from Lachlan Swamp to Hyde Park; pastoralist at Dalkieth Station, Cassilis, N.S.W., by 1859 (visiting Surrey); M.L.C.; he died at his residence, Redleaf, Double Bay, 23 June 1887, aged 74 years, and was buried at St Jude's Cemetery, Randwick; they had issue:
a. Katherine Annie BUSBY, born at Potts Point, Sydney, 20 October 1857; she died in Sydney, 20 October 1948, aged 91, and was buried with her husband at South Head Cemetery (she is memorialised on her father's vault at Randwick); she was married at St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, 9 December 1880, to John Bloyd DONKIN (son of Rev Thomas DONKIN, B.D.); John died in Sydney, 18 February 1920, aged 72, late of Wyalong, and was buried at South Head Cemetery [Section L, General, Plots 362-363]; they had issue:
i. Harriet Beatrice DONKIN, born Woollahra, 1882; she died 1 April 1958, aged 71, and was buried with her parents.
ii. William Dalkieth DONKIN, born Woollahra, 1863; he died at Paddington, 16 September 1952, and was buried with his parents; he was married in Sydney, 1914, to Nora Louise BRENAN (born at Parramatta, 1888, daughter of Justin Joseph BRENAN and Emilie Rose De MILHAN); she died in 1962, and was buried with her husband.
iii. Edwin Gordon DONKIN, born Woollahra, 18 April 1865; he died 15 May 1970, and was buried with his parents.
b. Thomas Woore Frederick BUSBY, born at Firfield, Addlestone (near Chertsey), Surrey, 20 December 1859 [Registered March quarter 1860, Volume 2a, Page 28]; he died at Woollahra, 1941 #27662.
c. Frances Mary BUSBY, born at Leamington, Warwickshire, 4 March 1861; she died in 1909.
d. Alice Maud BUSBY, born at Cassilis, N.S.W., 25 July 1862 #6996; died there, 1867 #4721.
e. Lily Florence BUSBY, born at Cassilis, 1864 #7608; she died 1952.
f. Marian BUSBY, born Cassilis, 23 August 1865 #7890; she died there, 1867 #4722.
g. Ella BUSBY, born at Cassilis, 1867 #8283; died 1954.
h. Alexander Hamilton BUSBY, born at Cassilis, 18 September 1869 #8262; he died in Sydney, 1910 #12003.
j. William Barker BUSBY, born at Cassilis, 1 May 1870 #8585; he died at Manly, 1946 #28790.
k. Sarah Kennedy BUSBY, born at Cassilis, 24 May 1872; died at Paddington, 1872 #2334, aged 1 day.
l. Edith Octavia BUSBY, born 3 January 1874 (not registered in N.S.W.); she died in 1954.
2. Thomas WOORE, born at Harrington Park, Cowpastures, near Camden, 7 July 1839 [Sydney Gazette & N.S.W. Advertiser, 11 July]; he died 14 May 1853, aged 13 years, and was buried at Camperdown Cemetery.
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JOHN WOORE, H.E.I.C.S.
[B] John WOORE, born at Londonderry, 19 September 1805; Hon. East India Company Service; Cadet for the Cavalry, 1822 [East India Register]; promoted to Cornet, Cavalry Cadet, 1824 [Asiatic Journal, 1824]; at Bhurtpoor, September 1829 [India Office and Burma List]; Lieutenant, 10th Light Cavalry, "... to be captain of a troop," 10 September 1832, Fort William [Naval & Military Gazette, 23 February 1833]; Lieutenant, 10th Regiment, Bengal Light Cavalry, permission to go on furlough, 1833, to Europe [National Archives of India, Bombay General Orders, 1830]; Lieutenant, Bengal Cavalry, 1833, possibly as Passenger on the ship 'Cervantes,' HUGHES, for Cape [Asiatic Journal & Monthly Miscellany], probably on his way back to India, where he was married in March 1834.
John first arrived in Sydney, 18 July 1840, on the ship 'Indus' from Calcutta (20 March) via Port Adelaide (1 June), as Passenger Capt WOORE, 10th Bengal Light Dragoons [Register (Adelaide), 6 June; The Colonist, 21 July], perhaps with his young son John Chadwick; Captain J. WOORE, 10th Light Cavalry, "... is permitted to resign the service of the East India Company, from this date" [Military Appointments, Promotions, &c, June 1842]; he sailed from Sydney, 6 May 1843, on the ship 'St George' bound for London, with his wife and two children [Australian Chronicle, 6 May]; he was residing at Bentinck Terrace, St Marylebone, Westminster, Captain in the Army, July 1846, when his daughter Lilly was baptised at Christ Church
His wife Elizabeth evidently returned to Sydney (where she died in 1863 - see below), probably with her two daughters - probably the Mrs WOORE who sailed from Gravesend, 2 April 1847 on the ship 'John Fleming,' arriving in Sydney 26 July 1847, with her child [The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade, 31 July], and another, an infant.
John settled in the Channel Island of Guernsey, possibly as early as mid-late 1847; he was enumerated at Moule de Bas, Rohais Street, Guernsey St Andrews, 1851 Census, aged 45, Captain Half Pay, H.E.I.C.S, born Ireland, with third "wife" Mary Ann (aged 24, born England), son John Chadwick (aged 15, born E. Indies), two daughters and an un-named infant son; he was at Caches House, Grand Rue, Guernsey St Martin, 1861 Census, aged 56, Captain, East Indies, Retired, with wife, four sons and four daughters; he was at Villette House, Villette Road, Guernsey St Martin, 1871 Census, aged 65, Captain, Retired List, Army, with his wife, four sons and five daughters; he died at his residence, Ashburton House, Lower Rohais, Guernsey St Andrew, 21 November 1879, late 10th Bengal Cavalry, aged 74 years [The Star (Guernsey), 29 November]; details of his burial have not been established, and may not have taken place on Guernsey;
Administration of his will was granted in London, 3 February 1880, to Mary Anne JAMES WOORE, of Ashburton House, parish of St Andrew, the Widow, Relict and sole Executrix, for his personal estate, valued at ₤1,200.
John was married firstly, at Kurnaul, Archdeaconry and Diocese of Calcutta, 28 March 1834, to Arabella Georgina DICKSON, witnessed by Major CHADWICK, Artillery, and Cornet MOSLEY, 10th Light Cavalry [India Office Marriages]; she died at Muttra, 29 May 1839 [Parbury's Oriental Herald & Colonial Intelligencer, 1839], and was buried at Agra; it is not yet known whether she was related to the DICKSON family in Sydney.
John and Arabella had issue:
1. John Chadwick WOORE, born at Muttra, West Bengal, 16 May 1835 [Derry Journal, 15 December 1835]. See [C] below.
2. Thomas WOORE, born in India, 19 February 1837, and baptised at Muttra, 12 March; he died at Muttra, 1838, "... infant son of Capt J. WOORE, 10th Cavalry" [Oriental Herald].
John, a Widower, of Harrington Park, was married secondly, by Special License, at St Andrew's Scots Church, Sydney, 13 October 1840, to Elizabeth DICKSON, Spinster, of Sydney (a younger sister of his sister-in-law Mary Anne); probably the Mrs WOORE who sailed from Gravesend, 2 April 1847 on the ship 'John Fleming,' arriving in Sydney 26 July 1847, with her child [The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade, 31 July], and with her infant daughter; possibly also the Mrs WOORE who arrived at the Royal Marine Hotel in or near Wollongong, October 1856, with Miss WOORE [Illawarra Mercury, 13 October], and there joined by Mr J. WOORE (perhaps the son John Chadwick, returned from Guernsey?) and the two Misses WOORE [Illawarra Mercury, 27 October]; Mrs E. WOORE, of Balmain, donated 10 shillings to a subscription fund for the completion of St Andrew's Cathedral [S.M.H., 29 July 1857]; in February 1859, a "... remarkable neat stone-built veranda cottage in Twenty-Man Street, about 2 minutes walk from Crook's Ferry," in Balmain, was advertised for sale by auction, "... well known as the property of Mr John WOORE, and was built by himself, not for sale, but for his own residence... in consequence of ill-health requiring him to leave Sydney" [S.M.H., 16 February]; Mrs WOORE was named as the present occupier of a "... romantically situated cottage residence, with garden and orchard, within 5 minutes of the Gladesville Ferry," in Gladesville, which was listed for sale [S.M.H., 21 February 1861]; Elizabeth died at Gladesville, 9 July 1863, "... the wife of Captain John WOORE, formerly of the H.E.I.C. Bengal Cavalry" [S.M.H., 14 July], and was buried at Ryde Anglican churchyard [Memorial, with photo, on the Austcemindex web-site]; notice of her probate, recorded her as "... wife of John WOORE, of the Island of Guernsey, Esq" [N.S.W. Government Gazette, 13 July 1863].
John had further issue by Elizabeth:
3. Catherine WOORE, born at Harrington Park, Cowpastures, near Camden, 2 October 1842. See [D] below.
4. Lilly Frances WOORE, born in London, 9 June 1846. See [E] below.
John may have been "married" thirdly, about 1847, probably in Guernsey, to Mary Ann, whose maiden surname, JAMES, was recorded on the burial record for their son Isaac - however, as his second wife Elizabeth did not die until 1863, and there does not appear to have been a divorce, John was probably not able to lawfully re-marry until then; Mary Ann was born in St Minver, Cornwall, about 1826 (as recorded in the 1891 Census - a Mary Ann JAMES was baptised at St Minver, 24 December 1826, daughter of Mary JAMES); she may have been the Mary JAMES, aged 15 (+), born England, who was at Amballes Road, St Peters Port, Guernsey, 1841 Census, Domestic Servant to William WHITE, aged 75, Commander, R.N., and Mary WHITE, aged 30+, both born England; Mary Ann was aged 24 in the 1851 Census for Guernsey, with her WOORE "husband," her step-son, and her two daughters and infant son; she was aged 34 in 1861, with John and their seven children; aged 44 in 1871, with John and their nine children; she left Guernsey in 1880, having been mentioned in an Auctioneer's Notice, June 1880, advertising "... the sale by auction of several lots of Household Furniture and Farming Stock and Effects, the property of Mrs WOORE, removing from the Island" [Star (Guernsey), 12 June]; she was at the Cottage, Haccombe with Combe, Devon, 1891 Census, aged 65, Widow, Living on own means, born St Minver, Cornwall, with son and two daughters; she was at Chelston Cottage, Torquay, Devon, 1901 Census, aged 75, Widow, Living on Own Means, born at Padstow, Devon, with four unmarried children, three visitors and two domestic servants; she was buried at Torquay Cemetery, 31 July 1909, aged 84 years, late of Chelston Cottage, Torquay.
John had further issue by Mary Ann JAMES:
5. Ruth WOORE, born at Guernsey St Andrew, about 1847-48; aged 3 in 1851; aged 13 in 1861; aged 23 in 1871; possibly the Miss WOORE who arrived in Lyttleton, near Christchurch, in April 1875, on the ship 'Cicero,' from London 23 January, as a passenger in steerage [Lyttleton Times, 16 April]; she is said to have died at New Plymouth, New Zealand, 28 May 1879 [Registered 1879, #12], aged 31 years [Memorial 203668452, Findagrave.com].
6. Arabella Georgina WOORE, born at Guernsey St Andrew, about 1849; as Arabella, aged 1, 1871; aged 11, 1861; as Arabella G., aged 21, 1871; aged 52, with her mother, 1901 Census; she was at Chelston Cottage, Torquay, 1911 Census, aged 61, with three siblings, two visitors and three domestic servants; she was buried at Torquay Cemetery, 28 May 1934, aged 84, late of Cheslton Cottage, Torquay.
7 un-named son, aged 1 month, Captain's son, with his parents, 1851 Census.
8. Arthur John WOORE, born Guernsey St Martin, about 1852; aged 8, Scholar, in 1861; as Arthur J., aged 18, Scholar, in 1871; aged 36, with his mother, 1891; possibly in New Zealand, August 1879; possibly buried at Birdlip, Gloucestershire, 17 June 1936, but at age 80, a bit young; as the "... second son of the late Major WOORE, 10th Bengal Cavalry," he was married at St Peter's, Shaldon, Derbyshire, 25 August 1920, to Mary, "... widow of H.E. CHAMBERLAINE, of Combe Dale, Chard" [Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal, 10 September]; a Mary WOORE was buried at Birdlip, Gloucestershire, 14 April 1937, aged 68.
9. Francis WOORE, born at Guernsey St Martin, about 1854 (from ages in Censuses), but recorded as born in Guernsey, 24 November 1856 [Elizabeth College Register, Page 290]; aged 7, Scholar, 1861 Census; aged 16, Scholar, 1871; he left Elizabeth College, 1873; L.R.C.P. and L.R.C.S., Edinburgh, 1882; Assistant Surgeon, R.N., 1882 [Elizabeth College Register]; promoted to Staff Surgeon, Royal Navy, 28 August 1894, after twelve year's full pay service [The Navy, 8 September]; ditto, December 1912; Staff Surgeon, Retired, December 1913, Sick Quarters, Torquay and Babbicombe [Navy List], residing at Chelston Cottage, Old Mill Road, Torquay (his late mother's residence); he was buried at Torquay Cemetery, 31 January 1930, aged 70, late of Chelston Cottage, Chelston, Torquay (aged 75 in Registration); Staff Surgeon, H.M.S. Canada, the "... third son of Captain John WOORE, 10th Bengal Cavalry, and Mrs WOORE of Netherton, near Newton Abbot," when he was married, at St Andrew's parish church, Kingston, Jamaica, 30 October 1894, to Helen LONGSDON, "... third daughter of the late Robert LONGSDON, of Church House, Bromley, Kent, and Mrs LONGSDON of Beaulieu, South Norwood Hill" [Totnes Weekly Times, 1 December]; she was probably the Helen WOORE who died at Newton Abbot, Devon, March quarter, 1926, aged 58 [Volume 5b, Page 204]; they had issue:
a. Lillian Frances Longsdon WOORE, born at Strathallan, Upper Norwood (? London), 8 May 1896, daughter of the "... wife of Frank WOORE, Staff Surgeon, R.N." [Home News for India, China and the Colonies, 15 May]; as Lilian F.L. WOORE, she may have been married at Newton Abbot, December quarter 1921, to Harold S. ADAMS [Volume 5b, Page 263], and as Lilian F. L. ADAMS, died there in December quarter 1941 [Volume 5b, Page 331].
10. Augustus WOORE, born Guernsey St Martin, about 1856; aged 4, 1861; aged 14, Scholar, 1871; as Gus, aged 45, with his mother, 1901; aged 54, with his sister Arabella, 1911.
11. Theodore WOORE, born at Guernsey St Martin, about 1858; aged 2 in 1861; as Theodore J., aged 12 in 1871.
12. Isaac WOORE, born at Guernsey, August 1859; he died on 21 September 1859, aged 6 weeks [information from findagrave photo volunteer, Graeme of Guernsey, who was unable to locate any burial details for his father, John WOORE, in 1879].
13. Mary Ann WOORE, born at Guernsey St Martin, 1861; aged 4 weeks in 1861 Census; aged 10, Scholar, 1871; Marion WOORE was buried at Torquay Cemetery, 25 September 1919, aged 58, late of Torquay Hospital.
14. Leila Ada WOORE, born at Guernsey St Martin, about 1863; aged 7, 1871; she was buried at Torquay Cemetery, 19 December 1932, aged 69, late of Chelston Cottage, Torquay.
15. Jemima WOORE, born at Guernsey St Martin, about 1866; aged 4, 1871; probably Edith Mina, aged 24, with her mother, 1891 Census; as Edith WOORE, born at Guernsey, about 1866, aged 34, with her mother, 1901 Census; Edith Mina WOORE died at Chelston Cottage, 15 August 1946, aged 79, and was buried at Torquay Cemetery.
16. Emily Charlotte WOORE, born at Guernsey, about 1872; aged 18, with her mother, 1891; aged 28, with her mother, 1901 Census, aged 38, with her sister Arabella, 1911; her death was registered at Newton Abbot, Devon, March quarter 1947, aged 74 [Volume 7a, Page 751]; unmarried.
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JOHN CHADWICK WOORE.
[C] John Chadwick WOORE; he was baptised at Muttra, Chaplaincy of Agra (in the Archdeaconry and Diocese of Calcutta), 5 July 1835, son of John WOORE, Captain, 10th Bengal Cavalry, and Arabella Georgiana his wife; he was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, leaving in 1846 [Elizabeth College Register, page 147]; he was at Moule de Bas, Rohais Street, Guernsey St Andrew, 1851 Census, aged 15, born E. Indies, with his father, step-mother and two young step-sisters and an infant step brother; he left Guernsey for Victoria, about 1852, where he went gold mining (until 1858), and farmed in the southern districts of N.S.W. until 1862 [Elizabeth College Register].
John was in New South Wales by July 1861; he sailed from Sydney, 4 July 1861, on the "Telegraph," Steamer, bound for Brisbane [Empire, 5 July]; he arrived back in Sydney, 22 September 1861, on the "Boomerang," Steamer, from Gladstone (16 Sep) and Rockhampton (18 Sep) [S.M.H., 23 September].
John joined the N.S.W. Public service in 1862 as assistants Commissioner for Crown Lands, Warrego District; he was promoted to Commissioner for Crown Lands, N.S.W., Albert Division, 1863 [Elizabeth College Register], having written "... that I selected the site for the town (of Wilcannia) a year or less after I took charge of the district... as the Commissioner of Crown Lands in 1863. Before that I was... stationed at Fort Bourke, Sir Thomas MITCHELL's fortified camp on the Darling River" [artresearch.com.au web-site - the Scheding Index of Australian Art and Artists, citing the Hordern House Catalog, July 2018, concerning his wife Helene SIMEON's Nineteenth Century Keepsake Album, Glenelg, S.A., 1865]; ditto, August 1867, for the Wilcannia District; Police Magistrate, Wilcannia, October 1869 [Sydney Mail, 16 October]; his wife was residing at "Sea View," Glenelg, March 1873, for the birth of a son [South Australian Advertiser, 11 March]; Police Magistrate, Queanbeyan, August 1887; City Coroner, Sydney, 31 January 1889, acting during the further absence on leave of Mr Henry SHEILL [S.M.H., 9 January]; he retired as Coroner, on a pension, 30 November 1903, having "... nearly completed 42 years service as a public official" [The Telegraph Brisbane), 30 November]; at 258 Walker Street, North St Leonards, N.S.W. Electoral Roll, 1913, Independent Means, with wife Helene and daughter Magdalena WOORE, both Domestic Duties.
He died at residence, Tallandra, North Sydney, July 1915, and was buried at Gore Hill Cemetery, C.of E, Section X, Plot 50, aged 80; his parents were named in the Index to his Death Registration as John and Chabella G., inevitably in error for Arabella; by his will, he appointed his wife Helene and daughter Magdalena Kate WOORE as his executrices and trustees, and bequeathing lands in Wilcannia to his sons John Maurice Simeon and Norman Leycester Chadwick WOORE.
He was married at St Peter's church, Glenelg, near Adelaide, 26 October 1867, to his cousin, Helene SIMEON, eldest daughter of Charles SIMEON, Esq, of Glenelg, Adelaide, and grand-daughter of the late Rear-Admiral SIMEON [S.A. Register, 14 October]; she died at Crows Nest, 6 September 1923, aged 72, and was buried at Gore Hill Cemetery, C. of E., Section X, Plot 52; her parents were named as Charles and Magdalena E. [Index to Death Registration].
They had issue, including:
1. Magdalene Kate WOORE, born at "Seaview Cottage," Glenelg, 7 July 1868 [S.A. Register, 9 July]; she was in attendance at her brother's wedding in Camden, 1909; she died at Rydalmere Mental Hospital, 9 October 1954, aged 86, and was buried with her mother.
2. John Maurice Simeon WOORE, born at "Seaview," Glenelg, near Adelaide, 8 March 1873 [Empire (Sydney), 31 March]; he died in 1958; he was married firstly, at Christ Church, Claremont, W.A., 14 April 1903 #128, to Eleanor Mary HOLE, fourth daughter of the late Charles HOLE, Esq, Windsor, and Jane E. HOLE, Iona, Manly [S.M.H., 4 May]; she died at Kellandi, May Street, Northam, 6 October 1908 [Western Mail (Perth), 10 October]; they had issue:
a. a son, born at Northam, 23 February 1906 [Western Mail, 10 October].
John was married secondly, also at Claremont, 1911 #11, to Daisy E. CORDINGLY; they had issue:
b. a daughter, born at Northam, 24 September 1912 [West Australian, 28 September].
3. Norman Leycester WOORE, born at Casino, Richmond River, N.S.W., 4 August 1882 [S.A. Register, 9 September]; Analytical Chemist, Port Kembla, 1913 Electoral Roll, N.S.W., with his wife Frances Harriette WOORE, Domestic Duties; he died in Adelaide, 7 August 1944; he was married at St John's church, Camden, 7 January 1909, to Frances Harriette GARRARD, second daughter of the late Charles Augustus GARRARD, Bank of N.S.W., Camden [S.M.H., 20 February; they were divorced in 1934; they had issue:
a. Thomas Garrard WOORE, born at Mount Morgan, 25 November 1909; he died at Adelaide, 4 October 1969; he was married at Crafers, 18 December 1935, to Alison Mary PACKER.
b. Richard Leycester WOORE, born at Mount Morgan, 22 January 1912; he died at Adelaide, 14 April 1978; he was married at Adelaide, 31 march 1934, to Geraldine Alice Aunger GILL
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[D] Catherine WOORE, born at Harrington Park, Cowpastures, near Camden, 2 October 1842, and baptised at St Peter's, Campbelltown, 23 October; she arrived back in Sydney, from England, July 1847, with her mother and younger sister Lilly; she died at North Waratah, 23 March 1899 [Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 25 March], and was buried at Sandgate Cemetery, Newcastle; she was married firstly, at St Anne's, Ryde, 6 April 1861, to Alexander Grant MACLEAN, "... second son of Captain J.L. MACLEAN, late 43rd Regiment" [Empire (Sydney), 11 April]; he was born at Urquhart, Inverness-shire, 29 May 1825, son of John Leyburn MACLEAN and Jane Eliza GRANT (the family arrived in N.S.W. in 1837); as Allister, he died at Mulgoa, 29 September 1862, aged 37 years, and was buried at St Thomas's churchyard, Mulgoa; they had issue an only child:
a. Amy MACLEAN, born at St Leonard, 23 March 1862; shed died at Cremorne, 1931; she was married in 1931, as his first wife, to Walter Edward ADAMS (who was married secondly, to my great-aunt, Ellen Corbett PIGOTT); they had issue, an only child:
i. Natalie Katherine ADAMS, possibly born in America, about 1886; she died in N.S.W., 1975 #30031; she was married at her mother's residence, The Gunyah, Milson Road, Cremorne, 5 June 1920, to Allen Richard Callaway HULL [S.M.H., 4 September].
Catherine was married secondly, in Sydney, 1 August 1870, to Jesse GREGSON; he was born in Kent, England, 4 August 1837, son of William GREGSON and Caroline Augusta HILDER; he emigrated to N.S.W. in 1856; he died at Katoomba, 3 August 1919, and was buried with his wife at Sandgate Cemetery; they had issue:
b. Helen GREGSON, born at Cassilis, 28 June 1871; of Cremorne, 1949; she died at Sandringham, Melbourne, 10 December 1949, and was buried with her parents at Sandgate Cemetery, Newcastle; evidently unmarried.
c. William Hilder GREGSON, born at Newcastle, 16 April 1879; 1st A.I.F.; killed in action, France, 14 November 1916, and buried at Calais; he was married at Mosman, February 1912, to Grace RANKEN; they had issue;
i. Catherine G. GREGSON, born at Chatswood, 19 June 1914.
d. Bessie GREGSON, probably born at Newcastle, 9 September 1879; she died at St Leonards, 1967; evidently unmarried.
e. Edward Jesse GREGSON, born at Newcastle, 26 April 1882 [Wiki-tree of Jay WICKHAM]; Lieutenant, 1st A.I.F.; of Mount Wilson, 1949; he died at Katoomba, 25 November 1955, and was buried at Mount Wilson Anglican cemetery [his memorial on Findagrave]; one of his executors was Helen Ingleby GREGSON, a likely relation; he was married at St John's, Woolwich, 11 December 1920, to Margaret JEFFERSON, only daughter of Charles W. JEFFERSON, of Schenectady, New York [S.M.H., 18 December]; they had issue:
i. Helen Ingleby GREGSON, born 6 June 1924; died 3 October 2012 [her memorial on Findagrave], and buried at Mount Wilson Anglican Cemetery; she was married to Mr WARLIKER.
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[E] Lilly Frances WOORE, born in London, 9 June 1846, and baptised at Christ Church, St Marylebone, Westminster, 3 July; arrived in Sydney in July 1847, with her mother and older sister Catherine; she died at her residence, 'Northcote,' Sydney Road, Balgowlah, 28 November 1902, and was buried at Manly Cemetery [C.of E., Section B, Plot 630]; she was married in 1871 to Robert Grahame BREILLAT; he was born at Glebe, December 1841, son of Thomas Chaplin BREILLAT and Mary CREED, who arrived in N.S.W. from London in 1834; he died on 23 May 1930, and was buried in Murwillumbah Old Cemetery; they had issue:
a. Robert Chaplin BREILLAT, born at Enmore, 26 November 1870 #5163; he was living in Auckland in 1930.
b. Mabel L. BREILLAT, born at Newtown, 7 February 1872 #3641; she died at Hunters Hill, 1927 #9803; she was married at Manly, 20 September 1902, to Basil W. TURNER.
c. Arthur Cyril BREILLAT, born at Marrickville, 26 January 1876 #7818; he died on 5 March 1958, and was buried at Murwillumbah General Cemetery [Findagrave memorial, which records his birth on 26 February 1876]; he was married at Lismore, 1900, to Mary E. MACDONALD; she died on 14 March 1944, aged 78, and was buried at Murwillumbah General Cemetery.
d. Katie Eliza BREILLAT, born at Marrickville, 14 September 1877 #6355; she died at Murwillumbah, 1962 #26565; she was married at Leichhardt, 1902, to Christopher LEAN.
e. Leslie Woore BREILLAT, born at North Annandale, 20 July 1879; he died at Chatswood, 14 July 1954; he was married in Sydney, to Pauline Celeste HOLE; she died in Sydney, 26 April 1960, aged 80 years; they had issue a daughter and two sons.
f. Bessie Mary BREILLAT, born at Balmain, 24 September 1880 #4328; she died at North Annandale, 30 April 1881, aged 7 and a half months.
g. Wilfred G. BREILLAT, born at Glebe, 14 April 1884 #7258; he died at Woolwich, 30 April 1913 #5155.
h. Edgar Dowling BREILLAT, born at Glebe, 11 July 1888 #8216; he was married at Murwillumbah, 21 July 1915, to Jeannie (Tot) MACKENZIE; she died in Brisbane, 1978.
