descendants of Abraham and Martha BATTY
introduction:
Abraham Batty (1819-1892), my great, great, great, grandfather on my mother's side was an agricultural labourer who emigrated from England with his wife Martha Wilson and children (Kezia, Charlotta, Dawson Wilson and Jemima) arriving in Australia on the “Andromache” on 8th Nov 1848 & settled in Geelong. They belonged to the Primitive Methodist Church.
Abraham was born to William BATTEY, a blacksmith and his mother Rebecca HOLT. He was baptised 4/4/1819 at Monk Fryston, Leeds, England, and married Martha WILSON at Reighton (near Scarborough) 20/7/1840;
Abraham died on 18/11/1892, at Gerangamete, and is buried in the Irrewarra Cemetery, now known as Warncoort.
ancestors of Abraham BATTEY:
William BATTEY, a blacksmith, married 25/9/1808 at Dewsbury, W. Yorkshire.
see
here for other BATTY's of Dewsbury in early 19th C
Rebecca HOLT (1787-) , baptised at Thornhill by Dewsbury on 27/5/1787
Joseph HOLT (1726-), a woolcomber, baptised 19/2/1727, married 13/4/1777 at Thornhill
Rebecca OLDROYD (1746-), baptised 3rd Sept 1746 at Horbury, W. Yorkshire
Joshua OLDROYD (1715-1755), baptised 10th June 1715 at Dewsbury, married 26/12/1738 at Dewsbury, died Y, Somme, Picardie, France
Josias OLDROYD (1685-1743), born Dewsbury, England, married 7th June 1702 at Dewsbury, died Kentucky, USA.
Sarah LEDGEARD (1680-)
Rachel SMITH
Siblings of Abraham BATTEY 1):
Martha WILSON (1817-1880) was baptised on 13th July 1817 and was born to Thomas WILSON, an agricultural labourer of Reighton, England who was buried 3rd Oct. 1848 in Argham aged 68, and Ann HARRISON who was baptised 17/3/1782 at Wintringham, Yorkshire; married 15/1/1805 at Barmston East, Yorkshire; buried 25th Jan 1860 of Argham/Argam Lodge, Reighton, aged 84.
Abraham BATTY (1819-1892) c1860
Martha BATTY nee WILSON (1817-1880)
brief outline of descendants of Abraham & Martha BATTY:
George Wright and his wife, Kezia Batty
Kezia BATTY (1841-1920) of Foxton, Yorkshire, England; d. Ivanhoe, Melbourne as did most of her children.
emigrated to Victoria, Aust in 1848 on the Andromache
buried with her husband George and daughters Louisa and Erena Maria in Warringal Cemetery Ivanhoe
m. George WRIGHT (1836-1924) of Foxton, Yorkshire, England, (son of Edward Wright and Sarah Selvey) in 1856
Charles Wright BATTY (1856-1856)
Thomas WRIGHT (1857-1936) of Geelong, Vic.
m. Alice LEVINGS (1859-1940)
Ester Ann WRIGHT (1882-1883)
Isaac Amos WRIGHT (1883-1967)
Andrew Albert WRIGHT (1885-1960)
Oliver Adell Alfred WRIGHT (1886-1950)
John Ernest WRIGHT (1888-1960)
Alice Maud WRIGHT (1890-1975)
Beatrice May WRIGHT (1891-)
Annie Elsie WRIGHT (1893-1955)
Lydia Ada WRIGHT (1894-1894)
George Henry WRIGHT (1896-1956)
Gladys Gertrude Alma WRIGHT (1899-1935)
Jacob WRIGHT (1859-1874) of Barrabool
Mary Ann WRIGHT (1861-1936) of Geelong
m. Andrew William Henry GRAHAM (1853-1936) in 1884
Edith May GRAHAM (1886-1947) of Dunbulbalane, Vic.
William John GRAHAM (1887-1972) of Dimboola, d. Traralgon, Vic. (son of Andrew Graham and Mary Wright)
Hilda GRAHAM
m. James HOLMAN
m. Chris TUDOR
Evelyn
George
Betty
Joan
David
Allan
Graeme
Florence GRAHAM
m. Phillip RICHARDSON
Elenor RICHARDSON
Marion RICHARDSON
John RICHARDSON
Nonie RICHARDSON
Lorraine GRAHAM
m. Allan SKINNER
Barry SKINNER
Glenys SKINNER
Raymond SKINNER
Christine SKINNER
Kevin SKINNER
Geoffrey SKINNER
Ian SKINNER
Leslie GRAHAM
m. Audrey LUCAS
Fay GRAHAM
Carmel GRAHAM
Lee GRAHAM
Ronald GRAHAM
m. Joan HEPBURN
Keith GRAHAM
Heather GRAHAM
Neil GRAHAM
Kaye GRAHAM
Audrey GRAHAM
m. Harry BENNETT
Coralie BENNETT
Robert BENNETT
Margarett BENNETT
Victor BENNETT
Colin BENNETT
Daryle GRAHAM
m. Kathleen HEPBURN
m. Jan MCGILLEVRAY
May GRAHAM
Judith GRAHAM
Dianne GRAHAM
Brian GRAHAM
Shirley GRAHAM
George Alexander GRAHAM (1888-1964) of Dunbulbalane, d. Kew.
James Hood GRAHAM (1890-1962) of Dunbulbalane, d. Richmond
Hilda Grace GRAHAM (1896-1980) of Dunbulbalane, d. Pascoe Vale
Peter WRIGHT (1862-1862) of Barrabool
Amelia WRIGHT (1863-1945) of Barrabool & settled in Katamatite, Vic after marriage, d. in East Malvern.
m. Ernest Emil Horacio Fitzpatrick Fitzherbert LEAN (1852-1944) of Cornwall, England, in 1883
Ethel Maude Louisa LEAN (1884-1966)
Annie Prudence LEAN (1885-)
Mabel Kezia LEAN (1887-1960)
Florence Mary LEAN (1888-1971)
William Horatio LEAN (1890-1890)
Ruby Amelia LEAN (1891-1962)
Albert Harrold LEAN (1893-1971)
Evelyn Victoria LEAN (1895-)
Leslie George Hosken LEAN (1898-1966)
Stanley Benjamin LEAN (1900-1900)
Clarice Ida LEAN (1901-1989)
Rita Muriel LEAN (1905-1906)
Vera Millicent LEAN (1907-1962)
Rachel WRIGHT (1864-1865) of Bullarook
Edward WRIGHT (1866-1934) of Bullarook
m. Eliza Jane THOMAS (1868-1962)
Arthur Albert WRIGHT (1890-1979)
Clifford Stanley WRIGHT (1895-1897)
Edgar Clarence WRIGHT (1902-1905)
James Roy WRIGHT (1904-1967)
Louisa WRIGHT (1868-1948) of Mt Prospect
m. Samuel GILBERT (1869-1946)
William Henry GILBERT (1889-1970)
Agnes Louisa GILBERT (1890-1937)
Nora Minnie GILBERT (1899-1977)
Eliza WRIGHT (1871-1892) of Mt Prospect; buried in Katamatite Cemetery
Charlotte WRIGHT (1871-1964) of Mt Prospect
Martha Sarah WRIGHT (1873-1959) of Mt Prospect
George WRIGHT (1875-1964) of Mt Prospect
m. Selina Margaret WRIGHT (1881-1950)
Desmond George Wilbur WRIGHT (1909-1988)
Dulcie Mavis WRIGHT (1913-1965)
Lorna Margaret WRIGHT (1916-1974)
Emma WRIGHT (1877-1877) of Mt Prospect
Abraham WRIGHT (1878-1959) of Katandra
m. Mary LARSEN (1879-1959)
Trevor Larson WRIGHT (1909-1992)
Eric Vincent WRIGHT (1910-1996)
Val Naugarat WRIGHT (1912-1995)
Ina Nance WRIGHT (1916-)
Albert George WRIGHT (1918-1942)
Erena Maria WRIGHT (1880-1953) of Katandra
Alice Maud WRIGHT (1882-1978) of Katandra
m. Frank ABRAM (1882-1963) in 1915
Lawrence Wright ABRAM (1917-2007) of Ivanhoe, Vic.
Margaret Joyce ABRAM (1923-)
Edit May WRIGHT (1882-1882)
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descendent Audrey BENNETT of Moe has written a book on her family tree although Gloria Primmer has apparently corrected some errors in her own books see below.
Charlotte BATTY (1843-1880) d. Victoria.
m. Frederick Copper COOK (1835-1904) in 1861
m. David COGHILL (1814-1882)
David Coghill COOK (1866-) of Ashby, Vic.
Abraham COOK (1868-1886) of Geelong
Dawson Wilson BATTY (1844-)
? died in Somme, Picardie, France with his uncle Dawson Wilson?
m. Annie ALEXANDER (1845-) in 1868 in Melbourne (registration no 3375)
Louisa BATTY (1869-1912) of Geelong (reg no 8816)
m. Charles DeFleury LEET (c. 1856-1923) in 1898
Rupert Oliver LEET (1898-)
Sylvia Kathleen LEET (1900-1939)
Cecil Ronald LEET (1902-1927)
Eric Vincent LEET (1906-1971)
Jane BATTY (1871-1909) (reg no 9216)
m. John KAY (1864-1948) in 1894
Herbert KAY (1896-1976)
Roland Walton KAY (1898-1899)
Cyril Kingsley KAY (1899-1950)

Jane BATTY, d. of Dawson Wilson BATTY
Rebecca BATTY (1846-1848) - deceased in England
Jemima BATTY (1845-) - b. in Reighton, Yorkshire; died in France.
m. Robert Henry BURNETT (1837-) in 1865
Martha Rebecca BURNETT (1866-1913)
m. John CHITTS (1862-1921)
Christopher John CHITTS (1886-1948)
James Richard CHITTS (1887-1912)
Annie Maud CHITTS (1889-1954)
Charles Britton CHITTS (1891-1972)
Leslie CHITTS (1894-1894)
Russell William CHITTS (1898-1966)
Alice CHITTS (1897-1966)
Albert Francis CHITTS (1899-1950)

Martha Rebecca BURNETT in Salvation Army uniform
Christopher Alfred BURNETT (1869-1919)
m. Ada May Wren MILTON (1879-1958)
Fanny Martha BURNETT (1899-1976)
Florence Christine BURNETT (1901-1969)
Alfred Ernest BURNETT (1903-1909)
Mary E. BURNETT (1905-)
Ada May BURNETT (1907-1967)
Christopher Henry BURNETT (1909-1971)
George Hall BURNETT (1911-1981)
James Richard BURNETT (1913-1979)
Beatrice Alice BURNETT (1916-2004)
Ivy P BURNETT (1919-1920)
Harriet Maria BURNETT (1870-1873)
Erena / Erina BATTY (1849/1853-1929) (b. 1849, christened 1853 - first of their children to be born in Australia?, d. in Hoth West, Vic.)
Rachel BATTY (changed name to Rachel BROWN) (1853-1939 m. 1866) b. Mt Moriac, Vic. d. Ganmain, NSW
m.
William BRILL (changed name from James Ebenezer LITCHFIELD) (1844-1920) b. Warboys, England. d. Ganmain, NSW, migrated to Aust. in 1854; gold miner in Ballarat;
William & Rachel were devout Methodists, holding the 1st church service in Ganmain area (then Boggy Creek) in their home.
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Rachel BATTY (BROWN) and husband William BRILL
Maria BATTY (1853-1884)
m. John BARRETT (1850-1916) in 1871
Samuel Alfred BARRETT (1873-1882)
Maria Eliza BARRETT (1874-1947)
m. John WHEELENS (1865-1942)
Reginald John Black WHEELENS (1896-1944)
Norman William WHEELENS (1897-1962)
Lesley Lionel Barrett WHEELENS (1898-1898)
m. James Daniel O'CONNOR (1868-1948)
Mary Gladys BARRETT (1903-1984)
Dorothy May O'CONNOR (1905-1977)
Irene Margarita WHEELENS / O'CONNOR (1906-1911)
John Daniel O'CONNOR (1908-1967)
Isabella May WHEELENS / O'CONNOR (1909-1984)
John Leighton BARRETT (1875-1891)
Abraham Wilson BARRETT (1877-1878)
Abraham Vesey BARRETT (1879-1922)
Martha Wilson BARRETT (1880-1956)
m. Walter LINDSEY (1887-1956)
Walter Lionel Barrett LINDSAY (1910-1963)
Clarice Ruby LINDSAY (1915-1971)
Dora Illeryene LINDSAY (1919-)
James Ebenezer BARRETT (1882-1955)
m. Ellen Eleanor DIXON (1886-1978)
John Percival BARRETT (1907-1989)
Violet Elizabeth BARRETT (1908-)
William James BARRETT (1911-1979)
Maisie Ellen BARRETT (1913-1945)
Ernest David BARRETT (1914-2003)
Lilly May BARRETT (1884-1939)
m. Albert Edmund AMBLER (1871-1962)
Raphael George AMBLER (1905-1988)
Harold Edmund AMBLER (1907-1915)
Leslie Albert AMBLER (1910-1984)

Lily May BARRETT and Albert Edmund AMBLER on their wedding day c1900?
James Thomas BATTY (1855-1935)
m. Elizabeth CHALLIS (1858-1912) of Winchelsea in 1878 in Winchelsea
Alfred Ernest BATTY (1897-1970) of Ondi
m. Sarah Eleanor CLARK (1879-1962)
Alfred Eric BATTY (1907-1980)
Leah May BATTY (1910-1985)
Arthur William BATTY (1913-1992)
Kenneth Stacie BATTY (1915-2002)
Nancy Mary BATTY (1918-)
Doreen Bessie BATTY (1922-)
Albert Clare BATTY (1884-1910)
Thomas BATTY (1886-1886) died 1d.o.
Leslie Frederick BATTY (1887-1930)
m. Nellie Olive WATKINS (1889-1961) (in 1937 she became the 2nd wife of David Temple Palmerston WILSON of Geelong but had no children in this marriage)
Norman Leslie BATTY (1915-1916)
Phyliss BATTY (1917-1987)
Russell Eric BATTY (1890-1917)
Jessie Lyle BATTY (1895-1968)
Charles Wright BATTY (1856-1856) (deceased as child 4m.o.)
death cert
Zion BATTY (1856-1940) (buried Geelong Eastern Cemetery 14/12/1940)
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Albert Zion BATTY (1882-1919) (died as a result of a tree felling accident at Fergurson near Lavers Hill in the Otways)
Amy Maud BATTY (1883-1935) of Winchelsea
Martha May BATTY (1885-1967)
m. John Benjiman BARLING (1879-1971) in 1908 in Chilwell
Winifred May BARLING (1908-2002) of Geelong
Ida Ada BARLING (1909-, still living in Geelong)
Ida Darling BARLING (1910-1977)
John Kenneth BARLING (1912-)
Harold Frank BARLING (1913-2001)
Alan Keith BARLING (1914-)
William BARLING (c1915-)
Arthur Stanley BARLING (1916-1951)
Albi Reginald BARLING (1917-1918)
Thelma Jean BARLING (1920-1990)
Lorna BARLING (1921-2005)
Ivy Florence BATTY (1887-1961)
m. Martin Henry WASHINGTON (1869-1930)
Martin Henry WASHINGTON jnr
Lavinia Faith “Rene” WASHINGTON (-1985)
Florence Margaret BATTY (kept mother's maiden name as father left?)
Nellie Irene BATTY
Sydney Zion BATTY (1911-1974)
death cert buried Footscray
Laveinia Elmina Blanche BATTY (1888-1976)
Lily Ada BATTY (1890-1977)
Laura Grace BATTY (1892-1960) of Lorne, Vic. d. Dandenong - see family graves
here
m. William James MAY (1877?-1942)
Doreen Nellie MAY (1915-) of Birregurra, Vic.
Jean Mavis MAY (1917-1918)
Lottie Elsie BATTY (1894-1970) of Lorne, Vic. d. Footscray
m. William Georg ALLISON (c1887-1966) in 1914
Lillian Elizabeth ALLISON (1916-1970)
Albert Frederick George ALLISON (1919-)
Sydney Clyde BATTY (1900-1942) of Birregurra (one of the
Rats of Tobruk killed in the Battle of El Alamein, Egypt in WWII in 1942, buried at El Alamien war cemetery) -
death cert and
pic of tombstone
m. Elsie May BELL (1900-1984)
Albert BATTY (1920-)
Ron BATTY (1922-1923) - no issue, buried with Charlotte Batty, Zion's wife Geelong East cemetery
Roma BATTY - no issue, buried with Charlotte Batty, Zion's wife Geelong East cemetery
Keith BATTY (ashes in Geelong cemetery)
m. Eileen Loraine WILSON
Sydney Clyde BATTY
Christopher BATTY
Roy BATTY (1926-)
Frank BATTY
Norma BATTY
Ann BATTY
m. George MARSHALL
Debra “Debbie” MARSHALL
m. Phillip VERNON
Emily May VERNON
Katie Louise VERNON
Hadyn MARSHALL
Sandra MARSHALL
Sue MARSHALL
Anita MARSHALL
Abraham BATTY (1859-1859) (deceased as child 5m.o.)
Zion BATTY and wife Charlotte c1939
Ivy Florence BATTY | Sydney Zion BATTY | Sydney Zion BATTY and wife, Mary |
John BATTY (son of Sydney Zion BATTY) and his wife
possible other relatives - awaiting data:
Albert Thomas BATTY - immediate descendants mainly buried in Highton Cemetery
Jabez BATTY? - (buried Geelong Eastern Cemetery 1/1/1850)
Edward BATTY? - (buried Geelong Eastern Cemetery 1/12/1852)
Harry BATTY? (buried Geelong Eastern Cemetery 1/1/1856)
Charles BATTY? (buried Geelong Eastern Cemetery 27/6/1855)
Eliza BATTY? (buried Geelong Eastern Cemetery 29/3/1859)
Elizabeth BATTY?
Russel Eric BATTY?
Cecil Victor BATTY
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Abraham BATTY (d. 1872)
Isabinda Farley BATTY (d. 1903)
Elizabeth BATTY (d. 1912)
James Thomas BATTY (b. 1854)
Maria BATTY (m. 1865)
Henry BATTY (c1830-)
m. Mary Jane BRACKSTONE (c1830-) in 1855 in Vic.
Maria BATTY (1856-) b. Geelong
Henry Thomas BATTY (1859-) b. Smythes Creek
Albert James BATTY (1864-) b. Rokewood, Vic.
Mary Elizabeth BATTY (1865-) b. Pitfield, near Cressy
Alfred Edward BATTY (1867-) b. Pitfield
Emily Jane BATTY (1869-) b. Pitfield
Selina Jessie BATTY (1871-)
Hilda Rebecca BATTY (1876-) b. Illabarook near Rokewood
Frances Ethel Maud BATTY (1880-) b. Illabarook
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George BATTY
m. Sarah Hannah TATHAM in 1855
Walter Tatham BATTY (1856-) b. Prahran, Vic.
William George BATTY (1859-)
Alice Hannah BATTY (1862-)
Charles Albert BATTY (1865-) b. Ballarat.
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Thomas BATTY (c1825 to 1830-1882) b. Wakefield, Yorkshire? s. of Thomas BATTY and Ann OATES
m. Isabinda Farley RICHARDS (c1832-1903) in 1854 in Vic.
Philip Thomas BATTY (1855-) b. Ballarat
Isabinda Ann BATTY (1857-) b. Bendigo
John Oates BATTY (1860-) b. Ararat
William Richards BATTY (1861-)
William Henry BATTY (1863-)
William Henry BATTY (1864-)
James Gurney BATTY (1865-1900)
Mary BATTY (1867-)
Emily Richard BATTY (1870-)
Leonard Herbert BATTY (1872-)
Walter Frederick BATTY (1874-)
Cyril Hubert BATTY (1877-)
Getrude Kaye BATTY (1878-)
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Frederick BATTY (-1923) d. Vic.
Joseph BATTY
m. Elizabeth FULLER (1834-) in 1854 in Launceston, Tas.
Martha Ann BATTY (1859-) b. Launceston
George Samuel BATTY (1860-)
Frederick Charles BATTY (1862-)
Mary Ann Esther BATTY (1863-)
William Edwin BATTY (1865-)
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James BATTY (1836-) of Elloughton with Brough, Yorkshire
Dewsbury
references:
“The Brill Family”, Gloria Primmer, 1990
“Litchfield to Brill”, Gloria Primmer, 1990
thanks to my 3rd cousin Mark BATTY of Geelong for further research on the Batty line - an ongoing project.
thanks to Gloria Primmer for the photo of Martha BATTY
thanks also to Debbie Vernon for her corrections and to Robert Hocking for further details.
thanks to Rae Smith for the wedding photo of Lily May and Albert Edmund Ambler
thanks to Maree Morris for additional details and references
thanks to Ian Sutherland for the photo of Kezia Batty and her husband George Wright
descendants of William John GRAHAM in a book written by Audrey Bennett - The “Aussies” of England, Ireland and Scotland.
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if any others have a photo of any of the above, I would be happy to include them with your permission if you email to me at
gna@netspace.net.au.