William Barley
(1801 - 1873)
Born William Barley to John Barley(1783 - 18__) and Sarah Meadows (1755-1811) in Suffolk, England, 04 January 1801. William married Mary Ann Manning (daughter of Thomas Manning and Mary Underwood) in Kelsale, Suffolk, England, 09 April 1823.
They had a total of 9 children as follows:
1. Caroline b.14/11/1823 d. 1823.
2. Mary Ann b. 1825 d. 1879 m. 1841, George Bolton
3. William (see photo) b.17/12/1826 d. 1898 m. 1851 - Sarah A. Frost
4. Sarah Ann b. 10/1/1829 d. 22/7/1883
m. (1. 30/6/1846, Henry Moon (2. 10/5/1866, John Harris Lindsay
5. Henry (Illegitimate - William was a convict in Australia at time of birth)
b. 11/10/1831 d. 1918 m. 1876, Harriett E. Dew
6. Elizabeth b. 23/12/1837 d. 1924 m. 1876, Edward Gribben Wilson
7. John b. 7/1/1840 d. 28/1/1914 m. 1861, Susan Niblett
8. Charles b. 25/5/1842 d. 1911 m. ____, Catherine Taylor
9. James b. 17/5/1844 m. 1866, Susannah Hewett
In January 1829 William was charged with stealing some barley and was convicted of larceny in Ipswich, Suffolk, 16 January 1829 and sentenced to 7 years transportation and transferred to the prison hulk "Leviathan" in Portsmouth. On 29 August he sailed on the "Sarah"out of London & arrived in Sydney Cove 07 December 1829.
In the convict muster he was described as five feet, five and a half inches tall with a ruddy & pockpitted complexion, light hazel eyes and dark brown hair. He had distinguishing features - a large diagonal scar under the left side of his mouth, the big toe on his left foot inclined inwards and he had a blue scar on the third finger of his right hand.
On arrival he was assigned to Mrs. H. King at Parramatta and was granted a Ticket of Leave in July 1834. He also applied to the Governor, Richard Bourke for his family to join him in NSW (although they did, it has not yet been established when and how ). Mary must have suffered badly and she had to rely on contributions from the Suffolk Parish poor funds to survive.
In 1835 William was convicted of being involved in the stealing of an ox, the property of Sir John Jamison, but his conviction must have been light as he was given his Certificate of Freedom 21 October 1836. In 1841, the NSW Census shows him living in a wooden house in Castlereagh, total persons 8, 4 male and 4 female.
He was employed by Captain Philip Parker King and between 1852 and 1855 purchased 43 acres from Captain King. He lived in the Upper Castlereagh area till his death 14 May 1873 and is buried in the cemetery of the Wesleyan Methodist Church at Upper Castlereagh with Mary Ann who died 25 November 1890.
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Questioned, yet unanswered;
- Who was the father of Mary's child, Henry? The name Payne comes up at times, but cannot be supported in family history research.
- What vessel did Mary come to Sydney on? When did she arrive?
- What did William do in the Penrith/Castlereagh area? He was obviously a farmer, but what other records exist?
- On the front page of The Nepean Times dated Saturday, September 16, 1882, there is an advertisement:
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JOHN BARLOW WHOLESALE & FAMILY GROCER BREAD & BISCUIT BAKER All orders punctually Attended to Corner Mulgoa Road & High Streets, Penrith |
I would assume this is the son, John. What became of this business? Is there a picture of it?
Does anyone have contact with John's descendants?
Contact: John Lindsey
Many thanks to John Lindsey for sharing this material and to Bev Bisaro of Sylvania for most of the research and suppling information. Also to Lea Knight, for her contributions.