Descendants of William AYTON and Mary WACEY

see also:

• my ancestors

• my direct lineage family tree photos

• Ayton origins and other Aytons around the world

• Tas emigrants by origin

• NB. although my AYTON ancestors married a RUDD, there seems no relation to Australia's Prime Minister Kevin RUDD who also descended from a few convicts - see PM Kevin Rudd's ancestry.

• also I am not related to descendents of convict Richard George AYTON who can be found here.

 
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Syderstone and Itteringham - the main towns in Norfolk, England where the Tasmanian Ayton's came from.

Introduction:

• William AYTON was born in Norfolk, England and married Mary WACEY  on 16th May 1775 at South Creake, Docking, Norfolk.

  • my mother had recorded William's DOB as 1st May 1763 in Norfolk but I cannot find a source for this information and it does not seem to fit with his marrital record - thank you Ian Hall for the correction. My mother thought perhaps William Oughton b. 1/5/1763 of West Acre, NFK, son of William and Mary, was this William Ayton - seems unlikely.

  • Mary WACEY was born 2nd June 1754 in South Creake and died in Syderstone, Norfolk on 24th Nov. 1797. Her parents were Thos WACEY and Elizabeth CHAMBERS.

  • There is record of a William Ayton marrying a Jane FREEZER in Syderstone Parish Church on 17th April 1798 and who died shortly after in Nov. 1798, so it could well be that he re-married. (thanks to Lesley Day for the info)

• John AYTON (my great, great, great grandfather) was born 10th July 1785 in Syderstone, Norfolk and married Anne BARNES on 16th June 1806

  • I have no further information on my great, great, great grandmother Anne BARNES.

• William AYTON (1807-87) (my great, great grandfather) was born, and died in Syderstone, Norfolk, England

  • Mary WELLS (my great, great, grandmother) was born in Tattersett, Norfolk, England in 1808, married William AYTON there on 15th Feb 1835 and died in Syderstone, Norfolk - presumably 1 month after her husband as there is a burial record of a Mary AYTON April 24th 1887 aged 78yrs immediately following the record of William AYTON on 28th March1887 in Syderstone.

• Convict deportation to Australia in 1837:

  • my great grandfather's uncle, Edward AYTON was convicted and transported to Australia on the Blenheim. This transportation resulted in the subsequent assisted immigration of his nephews, nieces and two daughters.

• Assisted emigration to Australia in 1857:

  • see http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/immig/a-imm.htm 

  • Robert AYTON, son of Thomas and Mary AYTON, and cousin of my great grandfather, came to Australia as part of the assisted immigration scheme in 1857 arriving on the Southern Eagle.

• Assisted emigration to Australia in 1862:

  • Robert AYTON (my great, grandfather) at 22 came to Victoria on the "Solway" and to Tasmania on the "Black Swan" in 1862 with his cousin Edward Ayton aged 23 and cousin Mary Ann AYTON who had married John MITCHELL. Robert married Maryanne Blackwood LANE in 1868 who bore to him 10 children. His sudden death in 1886 required an inquest, as he was found dead in Mr Butterfield's paddock, Cressy Rd. - finding of the inquest -the visitation of God. His obituary stated he was a steady industrious man. His last child Eda was born and died 1886, the year her father died.

    • Maryanne Blackwood LANE (my great, grandmother) was born in Wreningham, Norwich, England on 28th Aug. 1843 to parents Robert LANE (1826-1904) and Susan BLACKWOOD (1825-1908). She emigrated to Tasmania with her parents and siblings.

    • Robert LANE, his wife Susannah and 6 children came to Australia on the "Shomberg" 1855 "Aus in 60 days, with or without God's help". In a calm at Petersborough, Victoria along the infamous "shipwreck coast", it disintegrated on rocks, all had to be rescued. They were taken to Melbourne and to Tasmania on the "Ladybird" early 1856. Robert settled in Longford, where he and Susannah reared 11 children. 

    • Susan BLACKWOOD was born 1825 in Lower Westwick, Norwich, England and died in Longford, Tasmania. Her parents were James BLACKWOOD (1800-54) of Hethel, Norwich who married Jane RINGWOOD (b. 1796).

• Ernest Robert AYTON (my grandfather) was born in Longford, Tasmania where he was apprenticed as a blacksmith to Sir Walter Lee  who later visited him at his work in Sunshine, Victoria as a blacksmith for H.V. McKay - the company that invented the Sunshine Harvester and founded the suburb of Sunshine. 35 years as a blacksmith at H.V.McKay resulted in blindness due to cataracts which impacted much of his later life.

see also my pictorial ancestry tree

Brief descendants of William AYTON and Mary WACEY of Syderstone, Norfolk, England:

*** there is some debate that the Robert AYTON who married Harriett RUDD may not be the son of Thomas AYTON who married Mary Hammond, but the available facts show:

• Thomas AYTON's marriage certificate to Mary Haumond in 1833 was witnessed by Edward AYTON and what seems to be Sarah AYTON, and thus could have been Thomas' brother (Edward AYTON who later was convicted) and his wife Sarah RAMM.
• marriage certificate of Edward AYTON (1810-1875) and Sarah RAM (1810-) in 1831 (see marriage cert) was witnessed by his brother Thomas AYTON and his fiancee Mary HAMMOND.
• the conflicting information stems from a Thomas AYTON who married Mary HAMMOND and had a son Robert b1837. In the 1881 census of Yorkshire there is a Robert AYTON, his wife and father Thomas living in Sheffield. A Mary Hammond died in 1871 in Syderstone.

If anyone has old photos of any of these people, I would love to see them, just email me.

Relations & highly likely possible relationships:

• Bob Ayton - a cousin

• the Ayton's of Norfolk, England:

  • http://www.bedfordpark.net/genealogy/ayton/index.htm 

  • http://www.bedfordpark.net/genealogy/ayton/itteringham.htm and http://www.bedfordpark.net/genealogy/ayton/tree_itteringham.htm 

• births in Ulverstone, Tasmania, post-1900:

  • AYTON ********** 1915
  • AYTON (Stillborn) ********** 1924
  • AYTON Allan M ********** 1925
  • AYTON Hedley David Bruss ********** 1902-1968 see here
  • AYTON Iris Margaret ********** 1905
  • AYTON John Frances ********** 1918
  • AYTON Kevin Rex ********** 1924 NOK Sarah AYTON see here 
  • AYTON Lance Hedley ********** 1923 b. 1923 Wynyard Tas; NOK Madge AYTON; WWII service see here
  • AYTON Lila Frances ********** 1908
  • AYTON Louise Joan ********** 1927
  • AYTON Winifred Ida ********** 1910
  • AYTON Maxwell Ellis 1924 NOK Madge AYTON see here
• other AYTON deaths in Ulverstone, Tasmania, post-1900:
  • Ayton, Allan Duncan
    Ayton, Hedley David Bruss (1902-1968) - see here - could he be a son of Hedley William AYTON? (see above)
    Ayton, Herbert Arthur James b. 1904 Don, Tas; wife of Eunice Emily Amelia STUBBS; WWII service see here, see burial 1969 in Ulverstone, Tas. here 
  • Ayton, Maria Adeline
    Ayton, Myrtle Ivy
    Ayton, Sylvia May - presumably wife of Arnold Charles AYTON (see above - son of Hedley William)
  • Ayton,  Mona Dorothy Emma (1906-1944), m. Henry Thomas PURTON in 1928 in Ulverstone. see here
• death certificate for Edith Christina AYTON in Tasmania 1896 and a birth for John Charles AYTOUN on 1877 here
• a passport photo of an Ayton who attended the 1891-92 International Exhibition in Launceston
• Owen Roy AYTON b. 1919 Carnegie, Vic; NOK Phillip AYTON; joined WWII service see here
• Horace Stanley AYTON b. 1912 Melbourne; NOK Amy AYTON; joined WWII service see here 
• Herbert Macdonald AYTON b. 1921 Ivanhoe, Vic; NOK Ivy AYTON; WWII service see here
• Lindsay Edward AYTON b. 1924 Davenport, Tas; NOK L AYTON; WWII service see here
• James Robert AYTON b. 1906 Devonport, Tas; NOK Sarah AYTON; WWII service here
• Norman Frederick AYTON b. 1911 see here
• Richard Gordon AYTON b. 1915 see here
• Phillip Owen AYTON see here
• Elizabeth AYTON (1810-) m. John PETCHEY in 1843, at Clarence Plains, Tas. see here 
• Elizabeth AYTON m. Charles Henry HORNE in 1884 in Tas. see here
• ? Thomas AYTON b. 1890 Carrick Tas; NOK Mother Ellen AYTON of Carrick; joined WWI service in 1915 see here and here; wounded in action; - perhaps it is he and his mother listed here referred to in the book titled History of Deloraine Municipality by J.R.Skemp 1964
• Ayton and Lockwood - listed as blacksmiths of Somerset, Tas. in Wises Trade Directory in 1900
• Edward AYTON (c1814-) m. Mary Gordon (c1828-) in Jan 30th 1850 in Launceston, Tas. witnessed by Sarah WOLFE

Other Ayton's to emigrate to Australia but not necessarily directly related:

• Captain AYTON

  • commander of the brig Favourite, in 1814, captured by Americans in the China Seas en route to Sydney from Calcutta with valuable cargo, and put ashore on the west coast of Sumatra - see here and here

  • William AYTON

    • left Sydney after 1813 on the brig Mary and Sully - is this Captain AYTON? - see here - this earlier notice in 1812 when he was on the brig Favorite would suggest he was.

• John AYTON

  • leaving the NSW colony in 1822 on the Emerald - see here

• Captain AYTON - whaler in 1828

  • see 1828 here - captain of the Neptune, and here in 1831 - interesting, the apparently associated whaling boat Middleton was captained by a Mills.

• Robert Simpson AYTON

  • convict who obtained Ticket of Leave in Bathurst, NSW in 1828 - see here, but was in court in 1831 after becoming insolvent - see here

• Denman James AYTON (1850-1929) m. 1876 Louise GOSPER, died Boggabri, NSW 

  • see family of Denman James Ayton

• Thomas Herbert AYTON (information supplied by Carol Drayson, ACT) - now was he an emigrant or a descendant of one?

  • m. Margaret Mary FERGUSON

  • Herbert William AYTON (1864-1924)

    • m. Sarah SLATTERY

    • Herbert William AYTON (1886-1952)

      • m. Florence Amy May GRANT 

      • Alfreda "Freda" Ella Florence AYTON (1907-1998)

        • m. Ernest QUINLAN

        • Bruce Ernest QUINLAN (1929-1992)

        • Barbara May QUINLAN (1932-1994)

        • Shirley Fay QUINLAN (1934-)

      • Herbert Fraser "Grant" AYTON (1909-1980)

        • m. Elaine DRAYSON

        • 2 living

      • Ronald Zions Ferguson AYTON (1916-1994)

        • m. Annie "Nancy" WICKENDEN

        • 2 living

    • Norman Percival AYTON (1888-1946)

      • m. Maude JOHNSON

      • Patrick AYTON (1925-)

    • Frederick Leslie AYTON (1893-1949)

    • Florence May AYTON (1901-1999)

    • Frederick William AYTON (1907-1942)

      • m. Annie Pauline FINNIE

      • Beryl Pauline AYTON (1932-)

      • William Robert AYTON (1936-)

• Other Aytons who came to Tasmania in the early 1800’s were: 

  • Richard "George" AYTON (1823-1886), a convict from London who settled in Longford becoming a brewer and farmer.

    • convicted with another man Richard Sullivan, for stealing a pocket handkerchief at Temple Bar and transported on the "Surrey" in 1842.

    • m. Margaret LOWE in 1851 - see Lowe family for his descendents

  • William Pooley AYTON (1831-1885) b. London, lived at Hobart and died at his residence in Campbell St, Hobart, aged 54yrs, 9. 10.1885.  See here; Presumably moved to Launceston in c1875 where his wife had 2 more children.

    • a James Ayton married a Rachel Pooley in England c1836 so may be a connection - see here

    • m. Susan Anne CONNOR (c1840-) in 1860 in Hobart

    • Florence Rose AYTON b. 1860/1861 in Franklin, Tas. - but seems erroneously documented as Massachusetts see here

      • m. Thomas Chute ELLIS in 1893 in Tas. see here

    • Amy Estelle AYTON (1863-) b. Hobart. see here

    • Alfred James AYTON (1861-)

    • Lillian Jessie AYTON (1869-)

      • m. Richard Charles FIELD in 1892 in Hobart. see here

    • Emily Frances Rebecca AYTON (1870-1886) see here

    • Beatrice Isabel AYTON (1872-) see here

    • Myra Beverley AYTON (1874-) b. Hobart; see here

    • Minna Gertrude AYTON (1876-) b. Launceston

    • Raymond John AYTON (1881-) b. Launceston, lived in Westbury.

      • m. Annie Campbell UNKNOWN
      • John Loftus AYTON b. 2/10/1912 at Evandale, d. 2/9/1973, Melbourne NOK G AYTON see WWII service here
        • m. Barbara Annie BURBURY, 28/7/1953 in Evandale
        • Geoffrey Lewis AYTON
          • m. Rosemary Jane BLENKHORN nee PERKINS
          • William Edward Campbell AYTON
      • Lt Geoffrey Campbell AYTON (1915c-1945) died in WWII in New Guinea from wounds, see here and here

  • William AYTON, single, was transported to NSW in 1836 on the Bengal Merchant – 7yr sentence for picking pockets. – a further sentence at Maitland – life.  see here for account of his convictions.

  • William AYTON conducted a business, with varying success in the Huon area – west of Hobart.

  • Robert Melrose / Melsom AYTON came to Tasmania as a private in the Royal Staff Corps.  In 1830 he was Overseer of Launceston Medical Dept. but in Nov. 1835 was executed - see here

  • Robert AYTON (c1794-)

    • convicted of stealing wheat from William Hardy's farm in Wymondham, Norfolk and sentenced to 14yrs transportation in 1834 - see Norfolk Mercury, March 8th, 1834, P3 C3.

    • conviction record shows:

      • wife Elizabeth of native place Benwell, one child 6months old, 3 other children?

      • transported on the Bandaster ship to Tasmania in 1835

  • Peter AYTON (1782-1849)

    • from Wayn index cards, Archives Office of Tasmania:

    • was Chief District constable of New Town 1824/1826 & ? Keeper of government garden. 

    • newspaper article relating his capture of bushrangers on Monday 17th April 1826

    • Pound Keeper of New Town 1927

    • 1828 he sent to the Governor a memorial for a grant of land for capturing bushrangers.   

    • 1839 was resident near O'Brien's Bridge?

    • Anne AYTON (1791-1855) d. Hobart. Wife of Peter AYTON. see here,  death notices: here and here - resided in New Town

    • presumably he had a daughter Hannah who took over his publican licence for the Waggon and Horses, New Town in 1849 on his death - see here

  • Rebecca AYTON (1789-1871) b. England, d. Hobart see here 

  • John AYTON who was born c1826 in Islington, London, operated a prosperous furniture warehouse, d. 8/11/1894 at O'Brien's Bridge (now called Glenorchy), Tasmania. - see here

    • m. Eliza Ann REDFORD, m. 9.7.1859

    • marriage notice in Launceston Examiner 14/7/1859:

      • AYTON, John, Mr, e/sn of Mr John Ayton of Saxmundham, Suffolk, Eng, & e/nephew of the lt Garnham BLAXALL Esq, formerly merchant of Sydney, NSW to Eliza Ann, e/dt of William REDFORD, Esq, of Mayfield House, New Town, Hobart, Tas, on 9th July by S/L at Chalmers Free Church, by Rev W NICHOLSON

    • presumably he is the John Ayton living in Liverpool St, Hobart in 1867 - see here

    • could he be related to Peter as he died in O'Brien's Bridge where Peter and Ann lived?

  • Richard AYTON (1801-) m. Julia MAHAR in 1861 in Hobart. see here 

    • could he be the Richard referred to in this "Rendezvous" theatre piece in 1835? - here

  • Mary (c1827-1854) wife of Edward Ayton, living in Canning St, Launceston - Launceston Examiner 7/9/1854 death notice

    • at Carpenter's Arms, Charles St, found dead in her house. PM brain & lungs much congested - produced by habitual intemperance.

  • Howard Douglas AYTON, Ensign in 15th Infantry Regt, suicided 10/6/1856 by cutting his throat at quarters of regt.

• Thomas McDonald AYTON b. c1889 Paisley, Scotland enlisted in Aust. service in Melbourne in 1915 see here. Father James AYTON in Paisley Scotland.

• James Ferguson AYTON b. c.1893 Paisley, Scotland enlisted in Aust. service in Melbourne in 1915 see here. Father James AYTON in 16 Barcly St, Paisley Scotland.

• AYTON George Albert born 13 June 1938; Joan Maureen (nee Royal) born 7 April 1939; Susan Joan born 25 April 1957; Wendy Ann born 18 October 1958; Alan George born 29 January 1961; Barry born 24 August 1965; traveled per aircraft departing UK on 13 March 1967 under the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme see here

Miscellaneous web references to Aytons in Australia:

• ThHist y1985 v1 October p73 - review - The Alchemist of the Golden Dawn: The Letters of WA Ayton to FC Gardner 1886-1905 ed by Ellic Howe -- Jean Overton Fuller
• NB. this site seemingly erroneously indicates Thomas' parents as being Thomas (1788-) and not John and Ann, and further they do not have his son Robert as marrying Harriett RUDD.
• this photo of a Launceston nurse E. Ayton who worked between 1889-1892 could perhaps have been Emma Caroline AYTON (1864-) or Evelyn Mary AYTON (1870-), or one of the E. Ayton descendants of Richard "George" AYTON.

Sources:

• much of the above information and family tree has been discovered by the hard work of my mother over the past 16 years or so which included visits to Tasmania and England searching through historical records.
• Charlotte MITCHELL, grand daughter of Hon. Peter Ayton LESLIE - many thanks to her for supplying further information and the photos of Edward Henry AYTON
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