Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Phineas Hussey

Sex: M
AKA: Phenas Hussey ⁴⁹⁵⁹
Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1806 - Lincolnshire, England ⁵⁶⁶³ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Census: Household of Phineas Hussey, Bridge St., Castlethorpe, 1841, Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England.

Spouses and Children

1. *Elizabeth Thompson ⁴⁹⁵⁹ Marriage: Children: 1. Susannah Hussey 2. Phineas Hussey 3. Walter Hussey 4. Betsey Hussey

Living

Sex: F

Spouses and Children

1. *Joseph Parsons ²²⁴¹ Marriage: Children: 1. Mildred Gertrude Parsons

Susannah Hussey

Sex: F
AKA: Susan Hardy ⁴⁹¹¹, Susan Hossy ⁵⁶⁶⁶, Susan Hussey ⁵⁶⁶⁷, Susan Powdrell
Individual Information

Birth Date: 24 Dec 1829 - Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding Of Yorkshire, England ⁴⁹⁵⁹ Christening: 17 Jan 1830 - Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding Of Yorkshire, England ⁴⁹⁵⁹ Death: Between Jul and Oct 1900 - Sculcoates, Kingston-Upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England ²⁴⁰³ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1828, Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding Of Yorkshire, England.
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1830, Lincolnshire, England.
• Census: Household of Phineas Hussey, Bridge St., Castlethorpe, 1841, Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England. (Household Member)
• Census: Household of John and Susanna Powdrell, Witham, Sutton,, 1851, Sculcoates, Kingston-Upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England. (Household Member)
• Census: Family living at 16 Providence Terrace, 1871, Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding Of Yorkshire, England. (Household Member)
• Census: Household of John Powdrell, Hall Gate, Cottingham, 1861, Sculcoates, Kingston-Upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England. (Household Member)
• Census: Family living at 16 Providence Terrace, 1871, Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding Of Yorkshire, England. Father away at time of census.
• Residence: Wincolmlee, Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding Of Yorkshire, England.

Parents

Father: Phineas Hussey ⁵⁶⁶⁴ Mother: Elizabeth Thompson ⁴⁹⁵⁹

Spouses and Children

1. *John Powdrell ⁵⁶⁶⁸ Marriage: 25 Dec 1847 - Sculcoates, Kingston-Upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England ¹⁰⁷ ^,5664
Marriage Events
• Witnesses: Henry Fenwick and Elizabeth Nightingale, 25 Dec 1847, Sculcoates, Kingston-Upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England. Marriage Notes

Yorkshire Marriages Transcription

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First name(s) Susannah
Last name Hussey
Age Full
Residence Wincolinlee
Marriage year 1847
Marriage date 25 Dec 1847
Marriage place Sculcoates, All Saints
Spouse's first name(s) John
Spouse's last name Powdrell
Spouse's age Full
Spouse's residence Wincolinlee
Father's first name(s) Phineas
Father's last name Hussey
Spouse's father's first name(s) -
County Yorkshire (East Riding)
Country England
Archive East Riding Archives & Local Studies Service
Archive reference PE 46/31
Event type Marriages
Event year range 1846-1848
Page 172
Record set Yorkshire Marriages
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Collections from England, United Kingdom

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Children: 1. Sarah E. Powdrell 2. William Powdrell 3. Jane Powdrell 4. John Powdrell 5. Walter R. Powdrell 6. Frederick Jackson Powdrell 7. James Powdrell 8. Margaret M. Powdrell 9. Ellice M. Powdrell

Walter Hussey

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1837 - Lincolnshire, England ⁵⁶⁶³ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Census: Household of Phineas Hussey, Bridge St., Castlethorpe, 1841, Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England. (Household Member)

Parents

Father: Phineas Hussey ⁵⁶⁶⁴ Mother: Elizabeth Thompson ⁴⁹⁵⁹

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Living Mother:

Spouses and Children

1. *Joseph Wheeler Marriage:
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: Clarence A. Moulton, 18 Sep 1916, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: Alexander Whiteway, Benjamin Hussey, Walter M. Hussey, 18 Sep 1916, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage Notes

140705:

Sep 18, 1916, St. Thomas?s, Joseph Wheeler, 23, Bachelor, Sailor, St.John?s, Joseph Wheeler, deceased, and Winifred Muriel Hussey, 22, Spinster, ___, 51 Merrymeeting Rd., Edward Hussey, Retired, by Clarence A. Moulton, Alexander Whiteway, Benjamin Hussey, Walter M. Hussey, No.172

At first I thought that this might have been a first marriage for Mom's uncle Joe. But the dates are all wrong. Moreover Mom's grandfather didn't die until 1923 whereas the father of the groom in this marriage was deceased. It seems there were two Joseph Wheelers in St. John's with sons named Joe at almost exactly the same time.
Children: 1. Annie Laurie Wheeler

Anne Hutcheon

Sex: F
AKA: Ann Hutcheon ⁵⁸
Individual Information

Birth Date: Jun 1751 - Bellie, Moray, Scotland ⁴⁶⁶⁷ Christening: 19 Jun 1751 - Bellie, Moray, Scotland ⁴⁶⁶⁷ ^,5673 Death: 28 Sep 1816 - Bellie, Moray, Scotland ( at age 65) ⁵⁶⁷⁴ ^,5675 ^,5676 Burial: Sep 1816 - Bellie, Moray, Scotland ⁵⁶⁷⁴ Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Between 1739 and 1762.
• Alt. Birth: 1760, Bellie, Moray, Scotland.
• Alt. Death: Between 1784 and 1850.

Parents

Father: James Hutcheon Mother: Margaret Innes

Spouses and Children

1. *James McPherson ⁵⁸ Marriage: 1777 ¹⁰⁹ ^,3309 Children: 1. Margaret McPherson 2. Robert McPherson 3. James McPherson 4. Ann McPherson 5. Isobel McPherson 6. Margaret McPherson 7. Helen McPherson 8. Jane McPherson

Notes
General:

130108:

As for her husband James McPherson, there are significant differencesin the dates of life events of Ann Hutcheon between the information provided by Marian Paton this year and what I had previously from Aunt jean's files and from the Logie data from World Family Tree. Marian's dates are exact, which makes one suspect that they are more reliable. But this remains to be verified because there are internal insconsistencies in dates of birth and marriage in her data (James would be 12 years old at the time of marriage if you were to accept her dates. Even so, I think there is reason enough to believe that she has chosen the right James and Ann and it is only necessary now to sort out the discrepancies.

Marian lists five children in the family, 4 of which I had. She has asecond Margaret, implying the first one died at a young age. But she does not show Robert, Ann or most significantly Jane, from whom Mom Morry descends.

Added on Ancestry.com by rp107 on 9 June 2010: b.1751?-d.28/9/1816 tombstone bellie c. yard

James Hutcheon

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children

1. *Margaret Innes Marriage: Children: 1. Anne Hutcheon

Ann Hutchings

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1777 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹¹⁴ Christening: Cir 1777 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵⁹⁶ Death: Bef 2 Apr 1838 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹¹⁵ Burial: 2 Apr 1838 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵⁹⁶ Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Lieut. George Hutchings ¹²⁹² Mother: Jane Adams ⁵¹¹

Spouses and Children

1. *Lt. Col. Charles Dominic William Haly ⁵⁹⁶ Marriage: 6 Jan 1801 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹¹⁴ ^,278 ^,596
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: John Harries, 6 Jan 1801, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: General Smith, Geo. Hutchings, Sarah Bulley, 6 Jan 1801, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage Notes

140916:
Transcript of the Cathedral register, though marriage was likely performed at the Garrison Church (St. Thomas's):

"127 [?]
Jany. 6 Major William Haly and Miss Ann Hutchings
were married by me John Harries

Witnesses present
General Smith
Geo. Hutchings
Hannah Bulley X
1801
Children: 1. Living 2. Living 3. Richard John Skinnett Haly 4. Ann Teresa Elizabeth Haly 5. George Thomas Haly 6. Jane Lucy Haly 7. Amelia Harriet Haly 8. James Standish Haly 9. Anastasia Emma Haly 10. Lt. Col. Charles William Robert Haly 11. Alexander Aylmer Haly 12. William O'grady Haly

Notes
General:

010312 from NGB Ang. Cath. Burial Reg.:

Apr 2 1838 Anne, widow of the late Lieut. Colonel HALY 63 yrs bap 1777 St Johns, dau of George Hutchings & Jane Adams; married Jan 6 1801 St Johns Ang Cathedral (Misc Box 6) to Charles Dominic William Haly. This burial is also in the Portugal Cove register, see later.

100418 from the Miscellaneous Deeds and Wills Collection (GN169) at The Rooms:

Vol. 9, Page 90

This is a slightly different form of transaction than those seen previously. It pertains to the distribution of the estate of the late George and Jane Hutchings. Can there be anything more acrimonious than the settling of ownership of lands and property after the death of a parent who is negligent enough to not stipulate in his or her will (if indeed one was written) the distribution of these prized assets amongst their children. This situation generally breaks families apart and makes worst enemies out of siblings who should be best friends. In this case, the heirs tried everything in their power to reason with the person (George Hutchings Jr.) who apparently initially seized all of the assets after the death of the father and then the mother, but to no avail, so an umpire was appointed to make sense of the whole mess. And it was a huge estate comprised of extremely valuable waterside promises in the prime real estate part of St. John's. There was more than enough property to go around. But greed is a common trait of humans unfortunately. In the end, what appears to be a reasonably resolution was recommended by the umpire and accepted by most, but apparently not all of the heirs. I suspect the war went on in this family and may have lead to an inter-generational feud the bad blood of which may exist to this day.

A second document is found which relates to George Hutchings. Apparently, in addition to being a Planter, he was a merchant, and whether in that capacity or otherwise, he acted as an agent for several absentee landlords in England who issued him a Power of Attorney to act on their behalf in the management of their properties. After his death, his widow, Jane, wrote to these absentee landlords and requested that they turn over these properties to her. Oddly enough, they agreed to do so. It seems there must have been some confusion over the eventual ownership of the properties in question. Also, the correspondent (a lawyer?) who wrote to Jane confirming the agreement of the two couples who had been represented by her late husband to relinquish their claim on the properties, mentioned that her children in England were all well but that some of them had expressed a wish that they had seen a copy of their father's will. There appears to have been some concern on their part that, in their absence from Newfoundland, their mother may have been taking advantage of and claiming all of their father's assets. This explains how Jane wound up with a goodly portion of the prime waterfront properties in St. John's.

One interesting side note is that the acquisitive Judge William Carter involved himself in the settlement. This may have been because one of his daughters married a grandson of George and Jane Hutchings. Any excuse, I suspect, to potentially get his hands on another valuable piece of real estate.

The parties accepting the proposed division were:

William Carter Esq. attorney to Capt. Stiles (Husband of daughter Jane Hutchings)
Major Wm. Haly for himself (i.e. he was the husband of daughter Ann Hutchings)
John Stewart Esq. Attr. to W. Bruere (James Bruere was husband of daughter Mary Adams Hutchings)
Jno. Williams Esq. attr. for Lieut. McKillop (Husband of daughter Hannah Hutchings)
George Hutchings Esq. attr. for Thos. Hutchings and others
Mrs. Elias Rowe for herself (Most likely Elizabeth Hutchings who married Capt. Penson but may have remarried)

Capt. Thomas Skinner's name (the son of Col. Thomas Skinner seen often in other documents here) appears at the end of the list for reasons unknown. He does not share in the distribution and was not married to any of the daughters. Note that all of the female heirs but one are not mentioned. Their husband's are assumed to be the heirs on their behalf, typical of the time. Mrs. Elias Rowe, whoever she was, must have been a widow.

Another interesting side note is the mention of a "Mrs. Morey" as an adjacent landowner to property eventually ceded by mutual agreement to George Hutchings Jr. I believe this spelling is correct and this person was in fact not a Morry from Ferryland. There was a gentleman of that name in St. John's who was a coal merchant for many years. By pure coincidence his Christian name was Matthew. He was in no way related to the Morrys of Ferryland.

One final note. While the original document itself was dated 21 Oct. 1809, it was not registered in the Supreme Court Records until 8 Nov. 1815. I suspect that it had been registered previously but that the record of that registration was being renewed because of an ongoing dispute.

Dist of Estate Geo & Jane Hutchings 21 Oct 1809

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Ann Williams Hutchings

Sex: F
AKA: Anne Hutchings ³¹⁷¹
Individual Information

Birth Date: 1799 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁴¹ ^,532 ^,596 Christening: Death: 17 Jul 1853 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 54) ¹⁴¹ ^,596 ^,5677 ^,5678 Burial: 21 Jul 1853 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵⁹⁶ ^,5678 Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Capt. George Hutchings ⁷⁸ ^,141 Mother: Mary Monier Williams ⁵¹¹

Spouses and Children

1. *Hon. Lt. Commander Robert Carter RN, MHA ¹⁰ ^,305 ^,316 Marriage: 2 Jan 1821 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁶⁹ ^,141 ^,278 ^,481 ^,983 ^,3171
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: Frederick Harrington Carrington, A.B., Missionary, 2 Jan 1821, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: Robert Carter, Mary Hutchings, 2 Jan 1821, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: Sidney Carter, Peter Carter, Geo. Procter, Samuel Gormand Carter, Mary Hutchings, 2 Jan 1821, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage Notes

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1821 St. Johns Robert CARTER, Esq., bach, lieutenant, Royal Navy,
[Son of Judge William Carter and Anne Catherine Weston] Anne Williams HUTCHINGS, spin, St Johns Robert Carter, Mary Hutchings STJB [Robert Carter, b.1791, was Judge of the Surrogate Court for the District of Ferryland. Anne was the fourth daughter of George Hutchings, Esqr. of St. John's.]
is an actual transcript of the original Cathedral register entry:
1821
^{o. 272 Robert Carter, Esqr., Lieut. R. N. and
of the D. of Ferryland (bachelor)
Anne [sic] Williams Hutchings, of this Town
were married in this Church this
day of January, in the year, One Thousand
Hundred and Twenty-one, By me,
Frederic Hamilton Carrington, A.B.
Missionary
marriage was { Robert Carter
between us { Ann W. Hutchings
the { Sidney Carter
of { Geo. Procter
Carter { Samuel Gormand Carter
{ May Hutchings }}
Children: 1. Rev. George William Buchan Carter 2. Anne Catherine Weston Carter 3. Julia Mary Carter 4. Charles Carter 5. Jane Caroline Carter 6. Monier Hutchings Carter

Notes
General:

Gert Crosbie: "Carter, Ann Williams, wife of Robert Carter R.N. Col. Treasurer, 4th/5th daughter of late George Hutchings. died on July 17 aged 54, July 19/53GCNE" (Gazette, Courier, Newfoundlander and Express).

180806:

BDM CD-ROM reports that death notice appeared on 19 July 1853 in: 1) Gazette (Royal Newfoundland Gazette) 1807- 2) Courier (Morning Courier & General Advertiser, Morning Courier) 1844-1878 3) Newfoundlander 1827-1884 4) Express (Newfoundland Express) 1851-1876

Deceased was the wife of Robert Carter, R.N., Col. Treasurer, 4th / 5th daughter of the late George Hutchings. Aged 54 1 NAME Ann Williams /Hutchings/

281106: In a pattern that is increasingly apparently the norm on the George LeMessurier notations, he has some facts about her correct but dates are wrong. He notes that she died at age 54 but incorrectly cites the date as 17 July 1851.

020311 from NGB Ang Cath Burial Register:

July 21 1853 Ann Williams CARTER 54 yrs Believed to be the dau of George Hutchings & Mary Williams; married Robert Carter, Royal Navy. Died on the 17th.

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100418 from Miscellaneous Deeds and Wills Collection (GN165) at The Rooms:

Vol. 9, Page 90

This is a slightly different form of transaction than those seen previously. It pertains to the distribution of the estate of the late George and Jane Hutchings. Can there be anything more acrimonious than the settling of ownership of lands and property after the death of a parent who is negligent enough to not stipulate in his or her will (if indeed one was written) the distribution of these prized assets amongst their children. This situation generally breaks families apart and makes worst enemies out of siblings who should be best friends. In this case, the heirs tried everything in their power to reason with the person (George Hutchings Jr.) who apparently initially seized all of the assets after the death of the father and then the mother, but to no avail, so an umpire was appointed to make sense of the whole mess. And it was a huge estate comprised of extremely valuable waterside promises in the prime real estate part of St. John's. There was more than enough property to go around. But greed is a common trait of humans unfortunately. In the end, what appears to be a reasonably resolution was recommended by the umpire and accepted by most, but apparently not all of the heirs. I suspect the war went on in this family and may have lead to an inter-generational feud the bad blood of which may exist to this day.

A second document is found which relates to George Hutchings. Apparently, in addition to being a Planter, he was a merchant, and whether in that capacity or otherwise, he acted as an agent for several absentee landlords in England who issued him a Power of Attorney to act on their behalf in the management of their properties. After his death, his widow, Jane, wrote to these absentee landlords and requested that they turn over these properties to her. Oddly enough, they agreed to do so. It seems there must have been some confusion over the eventual ownership of the properties in question. Also, the correspondent (a lawyer?) who wrote to Jane confirming the agreement of the two couples who had been represented by her late husband to relinquish their claim on the properties, mentioned that her children in England were all well but that some of them had expressed a wish that they had seen a copy of their father's will. There appears to have been some concern on their part that, in their absence from Newfoundland, their mother may have been taking advantage of and claiming all of their father's assets. This explains how Jane wound up with a goodly portion of the prime waterfront properties in St. John's.

One interesting side note is that the acquisitive Judge William Carter involved himself in the settlement. This may have been because one of his daughters married a grandson of George and Jane Hutchings. Any excuse, I suspect, to potentially get his hands on another valuable piece of real estate.

The parties accepting the proposed division were:

William Carter Esq. attorney to Capt. Stiles (Husband of daughter Jane Hutchings)
Major Wm. Haly for himself (i.e. he was the husband of daughter Ann Hutchings)
John Stewart Esq. Attr. to W. Bruere (James Bruere was husband of daughter Mary Adams Hutchings)
Jno. Williams Esq. attr. for Lieut. McKillop (Husband of daughter Hannah Hutchings)
George Hutchings Esq. attr. for Thos. Hutchings and others
Mrs. Elias Rowe for herself (Most likely Elizabeth Hutchings who married Capt. Penson but may have remarried)

Capt. Thomas Skinner's name (the son of Col. Thomas Skinner seen often in other documents here) appears at the end of the list for reasons unknown. He does not share in the distribution and was not married to any of the daughters. Note that all of the female heirs but one are not mentioned. Their husband's are assumed to be the heirs on their behalf, typical of the time. Mrs. Elias Rowe, whoever she was, must have been a widow.

Another interesting side note is the mention of a "Mrs. Morey" as an adjacent landowner to property eventually ceded by mutual agreement to George Hutchings Jr. I believe this spelling is correct and this person was in fact not a Morry from Ferryland. There was a gentleman of that name in St. John's who was a coal merchant for many years. By pure coincidence his Christian name was Matthew. He was in no way related to the Morrys of Ferryland.

One final note. While the original document itself was dated 21 Oct. 1809, it was not registered in the Supreme Court Records until 8 Nov. 1815. I suspect that it had been registered previously but that the record of that registration was being renewed because of an ongoing dispute.

Dist of Estate Geo & Jane Hutchings 21 Oct 1809

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Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Capt. Robert Hutchings ⁵¹¹ Mother:

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