6. Wentworth William Charles-5624 (D'Arcy , D'Arcy , Robert , Progenitor ) was born in 1790 in Norfolk Island. He died in 1872.
cozens2 Code-Aust. Liston p. 26 has it that WCW in 1840 has his son John by aid of agent Robert Brooks that John be taught farming, so John spent six months with one of London's best wool brokers. See name Jemima Eager. He forges links after 1819 and revelation of his parentage with Dr William Redfern and Edward Eager. Cf., Carol Liston, Sarah Wentworth, Mistress of Vaucluse House. Sydney, NSW HHT, 1989. He is sometimes Pres of Legislative Council of NSW, Sydney. It looks as though he has a yst dr married to name Dunbar (Dunbar of Sea park?) see Burke's P&B for Dunbar of Northfield, although all we know for sure is that for years 1856-1860 a ship named Sea Park (owner unspecified) goes to WA as many ships that Dunbar did own go there also. to WA with . He dealt at times for his wool with Donaldson, see D. E. Fifer, p. 110. On Sandalwood, see Hainsworth, Traders, p. 176. Almost killed in NZ, see Hainsworth, Builders, p. 123. See Flynn, Second Fleet, pp. 601ff. Cf., V. de V. Voss, The Wentworth-Fitzwilliam microfilm, JRAHS, Vol. 47, July 1961. See Horwood on James Birnie, pp. 108-109, Wentworth arrived in London in 1816 to study law, he had with him a letter of introduction from James to Alexander Birnie, James a good friend of the Wentworths. By 1841, James Macarthur deciding with Wentworth to press for more convict transportation as free immigration did not provide enough labour. See Sylvia Morrissey essay p. 96, by 1844, Wentworth is heavily mortgaged. His own ADB entry. Follows notes from his father - His London agent is Cookney, p. 30 in Liston on Sarah W. By 1811 he has liason with Ann Lawes with whom he has eight children. WC;s father Darcy once robbed at Blackheath, alderman Wm Curtis, p. 12 in Ritchie on Wentworths. He has bros Wm, Saml, Gerrard, sisters Mary, Dorothy, Martha, Mary Anne. Ritchie on Wentworths, p. 2. See Hainsworth, Builders, p. 60. See Flynn, Second Fleet, p. 601. In 1829 Wentworth married Sarah Cox (1805–1880), with whom he had seven daughters and three sons:
Thomasine Wentworth (1825–1913)
William Charles Wentworth (1827–1859) died without issue
Fanny Wentworth (1829–1893)
FitzWilliam Wentworth (1833–1915) father of:
William Charles Wentworth III (1871–1949) father and grandfather respectively of
William Charles Wentworth IV; and
Mungo Wentworth MacCallum
Sarah Wentworth (1835–1857)
Eliza Sophia Wentworth (1838–1898)
Isabella Wentworth (1840–1856)
Laura Wentworth (1842–1887)
Edith Wentworth (1845–1891) married Rev. Sir Charles Gordon-Cumming Dunbar of Northfield, 9th Bt. in 1872
D'Arcy Bland Wentworth (1848–1922), died without heirs. His estate went to W. C. Wentworth IIIHe fathered at least one other child out of wedlock with Jamima Eagar, the estranged wife of Edward Eagar[1].
William married (1) McDuel Jemima-14073 daughter of McDuel John-175339 and Maloney Margaret-175340 in 1829 in Sydney. Jemima was born in Windsor.
Her husband's ADB entry. easystreetretreat.com.au on Australian Royalty.
William and Jemima had the following children:
17 M i Wentworth Henry-14075 was born on 4 Nov 1830.
See ADB entry for Edward Eager (1787-1866).
William married (2) Cox Sarah Morton-38993 daughter of Cox Francis-62011 and wife2 Morton Frances Fanny-57245 in 1829. Sarah was born in 1805. She died in 1880.
She had seven drs and three sons. She is dr2. She has ten children. Liston on Sarah W. Salsbury/Sweeney, stockbrokers, p. 185.
William and Sarah had the following children:
18 M ii Wentworth William C.-38994 was born in 1827. He died in 1859.
Per Sturgess in Feb 2012. Liston on Sarah W.+ 19 F iii Wentworth Edith-43681 died in 1891. 20 M iv Wentworth D'Arcy Bland-28407 was born in 1848. He died in 1922.
Liston on Sarah W.D'Arcy married no issue Bowman Lucy Anne-18704 daughter of Bowman Progenitor-247082 and BNotknown Miss-247083.
gaps12 re parents Liston on Sarah W.21 F v Wentworth Fanny Catherine-18855 was born in 1829. She died in 1893.
Liston on Sarah W.Fanny married Gippsland pastoralist Reeve John-18705 son of Reeve Senior-1409 and RNotknown Miss-24979. John was born in 1804. He died in 1875.
Liston on Sarah Wentworth.+ 22 M vi Wentworth Fitzwilliam-18227 was born in 1833. He died in 1915. + 23 F vii Wentworth Thomasine-5649 was born in 1825. She died in 1913.
11. Wentworth Sophia-11751 (D'Arcy , D'Arcy , Robert , Progenitor ).
See notes to Robert Brooks qv. Broeze on Brooks.
Sophia married President Bank NSW, Australia-Pacific trade Towns Robert-5623 son of Towns Edward-5682 and Ryle Ann (Pyle?)-11249 in 1833. Robert was born on 10 Nov 1794 in Long Horsley,Northumberland. He was christened in 1810. He died on 11 Apr 1873 in Cranbrook.
cozens2 Robert Towns (1794-1873). He married Sophia, half-sister of William Charles Wentworth. Code-Aust. On his dr Sabina see the Salsbury/Sweeney book. Where did William Charles Wentworth get money from? Maxine Darnell thesis, p, 4, note 15, on Eric Roll's errors, in about April 1852 Towns imported Chinese workers using ships Spartan from Amoy under Capt Marshall and a second trip from Amoy in December 1852 on which was a mutiny; with in China, major coolie shipper was James Tait who had an emigrant ship, Emigrant, ends note p. 4. Maxine Darnell's thesis, p. 3, this man also sent Chinese coolies to Peru, and he is one of the major players in contracting Chinese to Aust. He and wife had two sons and three drs - In 1859 he assisted in England E. C. Merewether to negotiate a steam service UK-Aust. By early 1855 he had taken Sir Alexander Stuart qv in ADB as his partner. He is Pres Bank NSW 1853-1855 and 1866-1867. He wanted to import labourers from China, Germany, India; he claimed he had saved Moreton Bay by bringing in Chinese. He had early experience on a collier out of North Shields. He uses kanaka labour (illegal?). Holder on Bank of NSW, Vol. 1, p. 152, sees Towns with others, Donald Larnach, John Thacker, William Ranken Scott and Robert Towns, as being much of the operations of the post-1850 "new" Bank of NSW. See Broeze, British Intercontinental, p. 206, Note 39 re Carter and Bonus to Towns, 13 Sept 1845, ML, Towns Papers, Box 89. He is ring six due to connections with Robert Brooks see notes qv on Brooks. On his use of Kanakas for sugar planting, see Lowndes, ed on CSR p., 15. See p. 48 of Jan Walker on Jondaryan. See Robert Brooks qv of London. See Dakin, WA, pp. 124ff. See Hainsworth, Traders, p. 177. See Broeze, on Brooks, p. 325 Note 76, and see F. Broeze, Australia, Asia and the Pacific: the maritime world of Robert Towns, 1843-1873. See AGE Jones, Ships Employed, p. 275. Notes. Lyons' article in May 1957 Business Archives Bulletin, p. 3. His own ADB entry online.
Robert and Sophia had the following children:
14. Wentworth Katherine-57548 (D'Arcy , D'Arcy , Robert , Progenitor ) died in 1898 in London.
Bassett is her husband two. Inheritor of what became Bassett-Darley estates of Sydney north coast beaches including Manly (part of The Corso) and Granville, Appin, Illawarra. See Lyons article on folk of Royal Exchange of the 1850s, Business Archives Council of Australia, Vol. 1, No. 3, May 1957. Cf, Tony Dawson, 'Certain lands at Manly Beach and elsewhere: Katherine Wentworth and the Bassett-Darley estates', Journal of Royal Historical Society, Vol. 91, part 2, December2005, pp. 148-162.
Katherine married (1) Captain WI Trade, Eastern trade, merchant Sydney Darley Benjamin-57551 son of Master Mariner Darley Benjamin-88843 and Deey Catherine-77313. Benjamin was born in 1811 in Dublin. He died in 1864.
By age 21 he had his own West Indies run.He arrived in Sydney in Feb 1840 as captain of Eweretta, 356 tons, owned by Ellice and Co. of Lonodn. By 1847 had made seven voyages London-Sydney carrying wool. From 1844 he made contract voyages for Robert Towns to Fiji and Samoa for sandalwood and later he and Towns entered eastern trade. He helped found Sydney Stock Exchange. Director Australian Gaslight Co. He is of Clapton, Darlinghurst Sydney. Liston on Sarah W. When young he had traded to West Indies. Later with Robert Towns he traded to the East. See p. 2 of Lyons' article on Sydney business figures re royal exchange, Business Archives Council of Australia, Vol. 1, No. 3, May 1957. Entries in ADB online. He had one son and four drs.
Benjamin and Katherine had the following children:
26 M i Darley Benjamin Wentworth-57674.
He is an only son.27 F ii Darley Emily Sophia-57673. 28 F iii Darley dr2-57672. + 29 F iv Darley Katherine-488408.
Katherine married (2) Stock and station agent Bassett William Thomas-488415 son of Bassett Progenitor-488420 and BNotknown Miss-488421.
gaps13
William and Katherine had the following children:
30 F v Bassett Isobella Augusta-327911 was born in 1869.
16. Wentworth Martha-31664 (William , D'Arcy , Robert , Progenitor ).
Dr of William, brother of D'Arcy. She is a niece of Darcy Wentworth the father of WCW, who has emigrated from Ireland. Cf., Mungindi and District Historical Society Book Committee, A History of Mungindi to 1988., p. 8 per Trin's work. Per Paul Bourke of Sydney on 23-3-2007.
Martha married Jeweller Bucknell William-31671 son of Bucknell Progenitor-31672 and BNotknown Miss-31673.
He becomes insolvent in 1840s p. 27 of Liston on Sarah W. He is a watchmaker. Per Paul Bourke of Sydney on 23-3-2007.
William and Martha had the following children:
+ 31 M i Pastoralist Bucknell Adrian I Wentworth-31674 was born in 1826. 32 F ii Bucknell Juliet Wentworth-31680.
Per Trin Truscett of Armidale.Juliet married Of Adelaide Crocker Norman J.-31679 son of Crocker Progenitor-31676 and CNotknown Miss-31677. Norman died in 1902 in Waverly Sydney.
Per Trin Truscett of Armidale.+ 33 F iii Bucknell Fanny-19758. 34 F iv Bucknell Eliza-326720.
Does she have children? Per Paul Bourke of Sydney on 23-3-2007.Eliza married Penson William-326717 son of Penson John-326714 and Brooks Judith-326713. William was born in 1790. He was christened on 14 Feb 1790.
Update per e-mail from Malcolm W.Blomfield of 20-2-2009. Per Paul Bourke of Sydney on 23-3-2007.35 F v Bucknell Mary Arabella-311982 was born in 1818.
She had four children.Mary married Banker, Bank NSW Eager Geoffrey-14074 son of Merchant, Bank NSW, Lawyer Eager Edward-14072 and McDuel Jemima-14073. Geoffrey was born in 1818 in Sydney. He died in 1891.
Code-Aust. He had three surviving children. He is son2. His own entry in ADB online. He had been managing clerk for Thacker and Co. till 27 April 1854 he becomes an accountant for Bank NSW, later he is briefly colonial NSW treasurer and for 20 years was under-secretary for finance and trade in NSW. See Holder, Bank of NSW, Vol. 1, p. 233. ADB entry for his father.36 M vi Bucknell William Wentworth-311983 died in 1891 in Drowned.
He is son1.William married (1) wife1 Barker Sarah-311984 daughter of Barker Progenitor-411669 and BNotknown Miss-411671. Sarah died in 1898.
She deserted Bucknell and took her two sons with some Mormons to the US.William married (2) wife2 Hopkins Susan-364366 daughter of Hopkins Progenitor-276993 and TNotknown Miss-277408. Susan died in 1911. 37 M vii Bucknell Charles Wentworth-99429. Charles married Massey Anne Creagh-374130 daughter of Massey Progenitor-375369 and MNotknown Miss-375370. Anne died in 1910. 38 M viii Bucknell Francis Newnham-374131 was born in 1828. Francis married Canvin Eliza Maria-374142 daughter of Canvin Progenitor-374143 and CNotknown Miss-374144. Eliza died in 1919.
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