Re: william vale england to australia
-
In reply to:
william vale england to australia
6/09/00
There are two William Vales I know of.
There is William Vale of the Active who arrived in 1791.
William was tried at the Old bailey in 1790 with a Samuel Thurley.
He fathered four children with an Esther Lawrence (two as William Waile, and two as William Wair). Esther & William split sometime after their fourth child, and she lived with an EdwardCox. As far as i knew William did not have further children.
William died in 1827 aged 64 years. Esther was subsequently buried in the adjoining grave (1828), presumably by one of their children.
William's headstone reads "William Wale" and is one of the headstones maintained after La perouse Cemetery was demolished.
In the NSW BDM records his death is shown under the name "William Wade"
His daughter Sarah married a Thomas Glover (after marrying a John Jones, bearing a child and becoming a widow in the space of a year), and I am descended from this couple.Mary married a William Bennett, and Esther a Chris Gallagher (Galligan/Colligan). In the 1828 census, Sarah Jones and her daughter Maryanne are living with William and Mary Bennett.
The "other" William Vale arrived in 1806 on the Fortune, and subsequently married an ann shadwell.
In the 1825 census we find William Vale of the Active living as a servant of R Howe in Sydney
William Vale of the Fortune is shown as landowner - Wilberforce.
Anne Shadwell(Chadwell in some musters) and daughter (shown as ann) are listed as living with William Vale of Wiberforce, establishing her as the second William Vale's "wife"
I am unsure which William Vale has a memorial made in the Colonial Secretary's records.
William of the Active is my G/g/g/g/g grandfather.
William Vale & Esther Lawencebegat Sarah (Lawrence) Vale
Thomas Glover & Sarah Lawrence begat Jane Glover
Jane Glover & Thomas Pracy begat Thomas Pracy
Thomas Pracy & Matilda Osborne begat Charles Pracy
Charles Pracy & Rachel Ballantyne begat Isabella Pracy
Isabella Pracy & Thomas Russo begat Rayna Russo
Rayna Russo & Charles Courtney begat Stephen Courtney
I trust this is of assistance.
Regards
Stephen Courtney