INTRODUCTION
I would like to thank the following people for sharing their Wellard information with me, without whom I would not have been able to produce this site.
Lorraine Collier, Bev Driver, Tricia Evans, Sheila Pearson, Belinda Andrews, Margaret Taylor, Wendy Meredith & Pat Saunders
THE WELLARD FAMILY OF KENT
The Wellard name appears to be a regional name associated with the County of Kent, England. Most people I have spoken to can trace their Wellard's to Kent.
William Wellard was born approximately
1779 in Kent, England and died 22nd March 1857 Mulbring NSW William and his son Lewis were both sent out to Australia as convicts, William in 1827 and Lewis in 1830. |
WILLIAM WELLARD-CONVICTDuring the course of my investigation into William WELLARD and his family, the following mail lists were of invaluable help. NSW-HunterValley-L@rootsweb.com AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com Because of the number of others I met through the above lists also researching the WELLARD name I started William1 Wellard. Christened: 21st Feb 1779 St Mary, Minster on Thanet, Kent Died: 22nd March 1857, Mulbring NSW Parents: William Wellard and Elizabeth Sandwell married 1st March 1778 St Laurence, Ramsgate, Kent. Siblings: Mary 1782, Lewis Tomson 1784. Married: 18th February 1804 Cheriton, Kent Elizabeth Peters Died: 21st January 1880, Mulbring, NSW Parents: Henry Peters and Mary Scott. Siblings: Sarah 1784, Mary 1784, Elizabeth 1786, Charles 1788, Jane 1790, William 1792 Benedicta 1795, Harriet 1797, Henry 1782 Children: All christened Folkestone, Kent Lewis1 christened 9th December 1804 Mary christened 19th April 1807 Elizabeth christened 9th June 1810 Stephen1 christened 28th February 1812 Sarah christened 12th January 1816 William2 christened 7th January 1818 Jane christened 31st March 1820 buried 27th January 1822 Cheriton, Kent William Wellard convicted of horse stealing in Surrey in 1822, sentenced to transportation for Life. Arrived aboard Marquis of Hastings (2) 1827 listed on indent as William Peters. [My grateful thanks to Lesley for finding him on the indent]. Elizabeth arrived aboard Burrell in 1832 with her two youngest children William2 and Sarah. This was under the scheme to reunite convicts and their families. Believe that Stephen was also aboard but not listed on the passenger list. Elizabeth applied for a convict servant in 1833 and was assigned William. [See] In 1837 the family settled as squatters on crown land, near William Knox Child’s land, Mt Vincent Estate, built slab huts and cleared and farmed the land. The family appears to have survived and prospered in the Mulbring/Maitland area also moving to the Walcha, and Gloucester areas. Some moved to Awaba and Toronto Whilst the Wellard family are not famous in the founding of Australia, nor great merchants, they are one of the many families to survive transportation to an unknown country, making them heroes in my eyes.
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LEWIS WELLARD-CONVICTLewis1 Wellard born 13th November 1804 Folkestone, Kent Died: No one can find his death date or place. Parents: William1 Wellard and Elizabeth Peters Married: 1. Mary Ann Nuttall 17th April 1829 St Leonard, Hythe, Kent (not known what happened to her) Children: Louis Wellard born 29th January 1830 Lewis was transported to Australia aboard Marquis of Huntly arriving 21st August 1830. His crime was sheep stealing and he was sentenced to 7 years. (I wonder if he ever saw his son Louis as he was tried 7th October 1829)? Assigned: 1832 Lieutenant Mitchell Sydney, NSW 1837 A C Innes Port Macquarie, NSW Physical Description: Height: 5’ 3 ¾"Complexion: dark, ruddy, freckled Hair: black to grey (not bald like his dad) Eyes: brown Other: scar on thumb Married: 2. Mary Ann Powell nee Burrow(e)s 20th September 1862 Walcha, NSW Died 7th February 1881 Walcha, NSW Born: 1812 Cork, Ireland Parents: Charles Burns and Mary ? 1st Husband: Charles Powell b. 1801 Canterbury, Kent Died: 1862 Children: Frances (Fanny) Powell b. 1837 Port Macquarie married James Hill James L Powell b. 1838 (died an infant) Sarah Powell b. ??? married Henry Hogan (can’t find birth in BDM’s) Jane Ann Powell b. 1845 Port Macquarie married James Lahey ( Jane died giving birth to twins who didn’t survive either). William3 Wellard b. abt 1844 (no birth in BDM’s) married 1863 Ellen Wilkins Elizabeth Wellard b. abt 1846 (no birth in BDM’s) married 1865 John Taaffe Stephen2 Wellard b. 1848 (in BDM’s as Woollard) married 1877 Jane McIntosh
Lewis Wellard and Mary Ann Powell lived together for a number of years before marrying in 1862 after the death of Charles Powell. In 1836 Lewis1 was found guilty of being drunk and disorderly and sentenced to 6 weeks on the "Treadmill". (Film 2724 Bench Book 8 Page 161) Don’t know how or when he ended up in Port Macquarie except him being assigned to A C Innes in 1837. (Must have been a bad lad again, because my understanding is that Port Macquarie was a secondary place of banishment, or perhaps his skills as a bricklayer was required?). |
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