Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Ethel Jeanne Sweetland

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1865 - New South Wales, Australia ⁶⁰³ ^,8225 Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Charles Henry Sweetland ⁴²⁴¹ Mother: Anne Jane Dickson ⁶⁰³

Spouses and Children

1. Living Marriage Notes

070320:

Record Transcription:
New South Wales Marriages 1788-1945
First name(s)Ethel J
Last nameSweetland
Denomination-
Marriage year1904
Registration year1904
Registration districtWoollahra
StateNew South Wales
CountryAustralia
Spouse's first name(s)Alexander J
Spouse's last nameDodds
Registration number10339
Volume reference-
Cross reference-
Record setNew South Wales Marriages 1788-1945
CategoryBirth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
SubcategoryCivil Marriage & Divorce
Collections fromAustralasia
© Brightsolid Online Records International

Fanny M. Sweetland

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1843 - Highweek, Newton Abbott, Devon, England ⁸²³⁸ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Census: Household of Rev. William Keats Sweetland, Vicarage House, 1851, Cornworthy, Devon, England. (Household Member)

Parents

Father: Rev. William Keats Sweetland ⁵⁶⁵ ^,8239 Mother: Frances Young ⁸²³⁹

Florrie Sweetland

Sex: F
AKA: Florence Sweetland ⁸²³⁷
Individual Information

Birth Date: 16 Mar 1869 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America ⁸²⁴⁰ Christening: Death: Bef 29 Aug 1870 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America ³²⁴⁷ Burial: 29 Aug 1870 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America ³²⁴⁷ Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1869, Canada.
• Census: 9th Ward, 1870, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America. (Household Member)
• Alt. Burial: Bef 1875, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America.
• Alt. Birth: Bef 1926, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America.
• Alt. Burial: Bef 1926, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America.
• Alt. Death: Bef 1926, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America.

Parents

Father: Henry Sweetland ²⁸² ^,283 Mother: Louisa Anne Castle ⁴⁹³ ^,2552

Notes
General:

100318 from Family Search:

This is most likely her birth record despite the lack of a forename:

Name:Sweetland
Titles and Terms:
Event Type:Birth
Event Date:16 Mar 1869
Event Place:Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
Registration Date:
Registration Year:
Registration Place:
Gender:Female
Age:
Race:White
Birthplace:
Father's Name:Henry Sweetland
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name:Minnie Cassells
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Paternal Grandfather's Name:
Paternal Grandmother's Name:
Maternal Grandfather's Name:
Maternal Grandmother's Name:
Note:
Reference ID:yr 1869 p 169
GS Film Number:1315322
Frame Number:

Citing this Record:
"New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27TT-H53 : 11 February 2018), Henry Sweetland in entry for Sweetland, 16 Mar 1869; citing Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, reference yr 1869 p 169 New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,315,322.

Frederick Sweetland

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1845 - Highweek, Newton Abbott, Devon, England ⁸²³⁸ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Census: Household of Rev. William Keats Sweetland, Vicarage House, 1851, Cornworthy, Devon, England. (Household Member)

Parents

Father: Rev. William Keats Sweetland ⁵⁶⁵ ^,8239 Mother: Frances Young ⁸²³⁹

Frederick William Sweetland

Sex: M
AKA: Benjamin Sweetland ⁵
Individual Information

Birth Date: Between Jul and Sep 1842 - Bermondsey, Greater London, England ¹⁸⁵⁹ ^,7779 Christening: Death: 19 Sep 1846 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵ ^,7058 ^,8241 Burial: Cause of Death: Lost at sea
Events
• Alt. Birth: Between Oct and Dec 1843, Exeter, Devon, England.

Parents

Father: Benjamin Sweetland ¹²⁰² Mother: Elizabeth Reeve ⁵ ^,7058 ^,7779

Notes
General:

290908:

A transcript of a record in a notebook believed to have been given to Jean Morry Funkhouser by Howard Morry. The entries appear to be transcribed from family-related gravestones but the hand is not that of Howard Morry so it is unclear who wrote these records but it is believed to be either of his two aunts Jane or Frances [NB: Nimshi Crewe papers MG281 confirm it was Jane Morry Gray (Dad Morry's Aunt Josey) who visited Dartmouth and took these notes]:

"Sacred to the memory of Priscilla, wife of Thomas Silly who died 26 Janry 1847 Aged 28 years. Also Benjamin Sweetland, her brother who with his wife and child was lost at sea Septr 1846 Aged 32. Also Matthew Moray [sic] Sweetland who died at sea July 29, 1852 Aged 39 years. Also Mary Moray [sic] Sweetland who died 30 May 1854 Aged 33 years."

240417:

Jennie Crisp has this boy's name as Frederick William, born at Bermondsey, London Jul-Aug 1842. I checked FamilySearch and found this record, but the names of the parents are not given. So this may or may not be the child of Benjamin and Elizabeth. She was right on the name of Benjamin's wife, however, as I was able to find their marriage record on FamilySearch and the father of the groom was William Sweetland so it is almost certain this is the correct marriage.

251121:

This is what William Sweetland said in the family bible:

"Benjamin Sweetland the above 3rd son of William Sweetland married Elizabeth Reeves of London by whom he had issue two children one of whom his son Fred was lost with him together with his wife at the Sugar Loaf near Saint Johns Island in the hurricane which occurred and swept a huge portion of the coast of this island September 19th 1846 leaving one daughter Ann Mana Sweetland who is now in London at the Master (Merchant) orphan and asylum school and since sent to Dartmouth with her Aunt in 1863.
"

I have never heard of Sugar Loaf in the context of St. John's, Newfoundland and I don't know what he means by Saint John Island either. But I have been told since that Sugar Loaf is indeed a land feature near Logy Bay, though the Saint Johns Island remains a mystery as he was well familiar with the St. John's area and would have known that there was no such island in the area.

Rev. Oliver Rouse in his journal had this to say of the storm:

"September 28, 1846
Bowring. The mercantile firm of Bowring Brothers was formed in 1841 by the sons of Benjamin Bowring (born 1778 in Mortonhemstead, Devon), a watchmaker of Exeter who had opened a shop in St. John's in 1815, and in 1823 "acquired a small schooner of forty-four tons, called the Charlotte". "By 1870 the Liverpool and Newfoundland branches of the firm were operating thirty-six ships." (O'Neill 1976.919-21, 961, 956-57.) For details on the history of this firm, and of the Bowring family, see David Kerr: The Bowring Story (London: The Bodley Head, 1962).
our safety. Some ship which had seen the Hawk after the hurricane must have reached St. John's about the time of the present journal-entry , for Maria managed to get a letter to OR by October 15th, telling him she knew that the Hawk had survived the storm. During the week following the Hawk's de- parture, however, Maria must have been gravely worried about her husband's safety. Certainly she had cause for deep con- cern, for the hurricane which raked the Avalon peninsula was (in the words of the Harbour Grace Herald of September 23rd) "one of the most awful and destructive storms that has ever been experienced in this country". The St. John's Times of

September 28, 1846 (continued)
of September 23rd and 30th carried reports of the storm from all over the peninsula: reports of high seas, torrential rains, and violent wind; of ships driven ashore or swamped, and buildings destroyed. Out-harbors which lacked natural protection from the howling northeast winds were particularly hard hit. The village of Grates Cove (which OR was later to serve as mission- ary) lost no fewer than sixty of the seventy fishing skiffs which were lying at anchor in its harbor, and several larger vessels loaded with fish and oil- the fruits of a full summer's labor- were also sunk. (Another source tells us that nearly half the population of Harbour Grace was left utterly destitute by the storm.) In St. John's itself bridges were washed away, brick buildings were demolished, and the well-constructed, wooden Church of St. Thomas "was moved, bodily, from its position about
4 inches"."

On Wikipedia we learn this about the storm from an American perspective:

Hurricane Two
September 10-24. Hurricane originated near the Leeward Islands. On September 19, a gale, possibly a tropical cyclone, destroyed 11 schooners from Marblehead, Massachusetts, and took 65 lives. After this event, Gloucester, Massachusetts took over as the center of New England fishing.

George Sweetland

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 1837 - Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵⁶⁵ Christening: 1838 - Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁸²⁴² Death: 4 Apr 1889 - Queensland, Australia ( at age 52) ⁸²⁴³ ^,8244 Burial: Cir Apr 1889 - Queensland, Australia ⁸²⁴³ Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1836, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Christening: 1836, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Birth: Bef 1838, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Immigration: From St. John's, Newfoundland on Brig ATTILA, 28 Dec 1857, New York, New York, New York, United States of America.
• Immigration: From Boston to Queensland on STATE OF MAINE, departing the 21st of January, 30 Apr 1858, Victoria, Australia.

Parents

Father: Benjamin Sweetland JP ³⁰⁵ Mother: Tryphena Gaden ²⁷⁸ ^,493 Marriage Did Not Marry

Notes
General:

010312 from NGB Ang. Cath. Bur.: Apr 13 1836 George Edward SWEETLAND infant

100318:

New evidence uncovered by Kevin Reddigan shows that the above burial record, which does not identify the parents, pertains to a different George Sweetland than the son of Benjamin and Tryphena. That son died in Australia (see media folder). And there is a baptism record for him in the Trinity St. Paul register transcript prepared by the NL Genealogical Society:

SWEETLAND GEORGE B P (i.e. Baptism, person) 1838 0 0 (i.e. no month or day given) Ref 2/150 (i.e. Volume 2 page 150).

Cross-referencing to that page Shows this:

SWEETLAND BENJAMIN B F (i.e. Baptism, father) 1838 0 0 Ref 2/150

and

SWEETLAND IL B M (i.e. name of mother illegible) 1838 0 0 Ref 2/150

So all that we can say is that George Sweetland, son of Benjamin and likely Tryphena, since there was no other couple named Sweetland in that time frame in Trinity, was baptised in 1838 some time but we do not know when he was born from this limited information.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
The will below appears to have been witnessed by Benjamin Sweetland and his son George, who would theoretically have only been 15 at that time, assuming he was born soon before he was christened. I suspect therefore that he was not born shortly before the year of his christening but actually several years before that.

Will of John Peckham
from Newfoundland will books volume 2 page 149 probate year 1853
In re
John Peckham deceased.
This is the last will and testament of me John Peckham of the North side of Trinity Planter. I give and bequeath to my two nephews Martin Peckham and John Peckham all my fishing room and plantation house, stage, store, boats, punts, and seins and everything belonging to me in this country share and share alike. I also give and bequeath to my said two nephews Martin Peckham and John Peckham the sum of three hundred and forty pounds Bank stock or whatever may be remaining of the said sum at my death share and share alike. I also will and bequeath that my sister Elizabeth who is now residing in the house with me is to be provided for out of the above bequests by my said nephews as long as she shall live I also will that in case of the death of my said nephews before my said sister Elizabeth without any lawful issue that the above bequests shall revert to her. I hereby appoint my two nephews Martin and John Peckham to be my executors to this my last will and testament hereby revoking all other wills made or said to be made by me I n witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal this ninth day of May A.D. 1853. John Peckham (LS)
Signed sealed and published as the said will & testament of John Peckham in presence of Benjn Sweetland, George Sweetland.
Certified correct,
D. M. Browning
Registrar
George would have been very young indeed to be acting as a witness to a will if this is the same person - 15 years old. I suspect that you have an incorrect birth year for him (1838). Possibly that was simply a christening year and he was born long before that, possibly in St. John's.

George F. Sweetland

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1848 - Cornworthy, Devon, England ⁸²³⁸ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Census: Household of Rev. William Keats Sweetland, Vicarage House, 1851, Cornworthy, Devon, England. (Household Member)

Parents

Father: Rev. William Keats Sweetland ⁵⁶⁵ ^,8239 Mother: Frances Young ⁸²³⁹

Hannah Sweetland

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 3 Jan 1782 - Topsham, Devon, England ⁵⁶⁵ Christening: Death: After 1807 - Lympstone, Devonshire, England ⁵⁶⁵ Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: David Sweetland ¹²⁰² Mother: Hannah Hill ¹⁶⁸ ^,1202 ^,5396

Spouses and Children

Hannah Hart Sweetland

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir Dec 1792 - English Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁰⁵⁸ Christening: 25 Aug 1793 - Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁰⁵⁸ Death: Bef 5 Apr 1802 - Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁸²⁴⁵ Burial: 5 Apr 1802 - Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁸²⁴⁵ Cause of Death:
Events
• Religion: Church of England.

Parents

Father: William Sweetland ⁶⁰³ Mother: Catherine Hart ¹⁹⁷¹

Notes
General:

1793 August 25 A Dau'r to WILL'M & CATHERINE SWEETLAND of English Harbour, in this District Pub'y Named HANNAH HART? Aged 8 Months.

060715 from Enid O'Brien ex NLFHS Transcript:

Hannah Hart Sweetland
Bap. 25/8/1793, child of Catherine and William Sweetland, Vol 25/9/1793, Vol. 1/81

Hannah Sweetland
Buried 5/4/1802, child of Catherine and William Sweetland, Vol 1/55

Harriett Sweetland

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: After 1808 - Gibraltar, Gibraltar ⁵⁶⁵ Christening: Death: After 1808 - Gibraltar, Gibraltar ⁵⁶⁵ Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: John Sweetland J. P. ⁵⁶⁵ ^,2522 Mother: Harriett Sweetland ⁵⁶⁵ ^,5402

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