Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry




William Sweetland 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1753 8271
    Christening: 
          Death: Bef 17 Oct 1824 - Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 8271
         Burial: 17 Oct 1824 - Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 2166
 Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children 
1. *Catherine Hart 1971 
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. John Beston Sweetland
                2. Hannah Hart Sweetland
                3. Mary Beston Sweetland
                4. William Sweetland
                5. Martha Sweetland
                6. James Sweetland
Notes
General:
040114:

I am only guessing that this is the William Sweetland whose wife Catherine was bearing him children in Trinity (English Harour) around the very end of the 1700s and early 1800s. I had previously mistakenly had the husband as William Frederick Sweetland, but that was impossible due to the fact that he was not born for decades later. Up until now, I had no information to suggest that there was a member of this family operating in Newfoundland other than the sons of Henry J. Sweetland and Anne Carter, Benjamin, Henry and William in Ferryland.

It is possible that this William comes from an entirely different Sweetland family. I cannot find any reference to his parentage online.

060715:
In fact all the evidence and the thinking of both Enid and Kevin supports the belief that this William Sweetland was not of the same line as the Ferryland Sweetlands. Enid points out that Nimshi Crewe personally researched the Trinity Sweetlands because he is descended from them (an illegitimate relationship evidently) and he found they were not related to the Ferryland Sweetlands so I have severed that erroneous connection today. Unfortunately, for now at least, I have no information on the parentage of this William Sweetland nor from whence he hailed.

From Enid ex Trinity Index:
William Sweetland, buried 17/10/1824, Vol 2/9

William Sweetland 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1700 - Uffculme, Devon, England 603
    Christening: 
          Death: 7 Mar 1782 -  ( about age 82) 565
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Alt. Death: Cir 1782.
Parents 
         Father: Hugh Sweetland 603
         Mother: Prudence Binford 603
Notes
General:
040818:

Had 3 wifes and issue according to putative Baltimore-Kirke-Sweetland family tree. 565

William Sweetland 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 11 Dec 1795 - English Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 5236,8272
    Christening: Cir 1796 - Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 8272
          Death: Bef 6 Sep 1796 - Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 8245
         Burial: 6 Sep 1796 - 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:
050715 from Enid O'Brien:

the Trinity Index:

William Sweetland
Baptised 11/12/l795 child of William Sweetland and Catherine, Vol 1/87

There seems to be a discrepancy over whether the actual date shown in this transcript is the date of birth or baptism.

William Frederick Sweetland 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Bef 23 Jun 1844 - Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 493
    Christening: 23 Jun 1844 - Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 493,2166
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Baptism: 22 Jun 1844, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Minister/Priest: H. J. Fitzgerald, 23 Jun 1844, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Note that no date of birth was given. The father's occupation was "stipendiary magistrate." 

•  Census: 1865 NY State Census of Household of Henry Sweetland, Broker, 1865, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America.  (Household Member) 

•  Occupation: Clerk, 1865, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America.
Parents 
         Father: Benjamin Sweetland JP 305
         Mother: Tryphena Gaden 278,493
Notes
General:
050715 from Enid O'Brien:

Index:
William Frederick Sweetland
Baptised 23/6/1844 of Benjamin Sweetland and Tryphena, Vol 3/10

William Henry Morry Sweetland 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 19 Nov 1810 - St. Saviour's, Dartmouth, Devon, England 160,459,7058
    Christening: Jan 1811 - St. Saviour's, Dartmouth, Devon, England 160,459,718
          Death: 26 Sep 1857 - Sylhet, Bangladesh ( at age 46) 5
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Alt. Birth: 19 Nov 1811, St. Saviour's, Dartmouth, Devon, England. 

•  Alt. Christening: After 19 Nov 1811, St. Saviour's, Dartmouth, Devon, England. 

•  Residence: 5 Oct 1834, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Residence: Boarded and Lodged on Southside, After 12 Dec 1834, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Friday, 12 December 1834
"William Sweetland Jr. came to board and lodge at Southside." This is curious because his father and his uncle, Benjamin, were apparently both in Caplin Bay in a very large family house. So why was William Jr. Boarding and Lodging in Ferryland and with whom? I have always heard there was tension as a result of William Sr. essentially abandoning his family after their mother, Priscilla Ann Morry died. Perhaps this is one result of that tension. But it also raises the question, what was William Jr. doing to support himself at this time. 

•  Probate: Probate of Will of Elizabeth [Graham] Ellis, 23 Jul 1844, Dartmouth, Devon, England.  (Beneficiary) William Henry Morry Sweetland, Grand Nephew of Elizabeth [Graham] Ellis,was left a bequest of £250 in her will.

In addition, each of the surviving children of Priscilla Sweetland, the Niece of Elizabeth [Graham] Ellis was to receive an equal share of 1/3 of the value of her dwelling house after the demise of the initial heir, Easter [sic] Graham Morry. These siblings included:
"William Henry Sweetland, Matthew Morry Sweetland, Benjn Sweetland, Ann Sweetland, Priscilla Sweetland, & Mary Morry Sweetland"
Parents 
         Father: William Sweetland JP 278,2969
         Mother: Priscilla Ann Morry 5,168,4989
        Marriage Did Not Marry
Notes
General:
06/03/02: Part of the the LDS records contain an erroneous date of christening (Abt. 1779) which I have not used because it makes no sense. Also they give his third name as "Murry". Obviously it is Morry, after his mother's maiden name.

190916:
Magistrate William Sweetland kept a diary during his years in Bonavista and it is available online in the MUN Digitial Archive Initiative both as images of the pages and as a transcript. Between October 21 and November 21, 1850, he was visiting in St. John's and remarked upon information given to him from unnamed people in Ferryland concerning members of his family:

"during my stay at Saint Johns I met some of my Friends or rather Ferryland Relatives from one of whom I gleaned some Information relative to my Family. William was expected in England from India to arrange about carrying out a Rail Road in India. Matt was supposed to have been at Hong Cong two years since and at St Francisco in August last where a vessel had arrived from India or Australia, Sweetland Master, whom I have not a doubt is Matthew."

Ironically, both of these sons died plying their respective careers, Matthew drowning at sea and William dying in India, or an area of what was then India but is now Bangladesh.

250417:

William Sweetland's notes in the family bible:

"William Henry Morry Sweetland my eldest Son as above
departed this Life at Sylhet in the province of Bengal in India
26th day of September 1857 aged 46 years and 9 months
after a short Illness. never having married he did not leave
any children "

230218 from Robert Carter's diaries:

Sunday, 5 October, 1834
"William Sweetland Jr. slept here." This note of not much import otherwise shows that at least one of William Sweetland's children by Priscilla Morry spent some time in Ferryland prior to embarking for India where he eventually died unmarried.

Rev. William Keats Sweetland 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 17 Mar 1812 - Gibraltar, Gibraltar 565
    Christening: 
          Death: Cir Apr-Jun 1889 - Bath, Somerset, England ( about age 77) 1161
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Occupation: Clerk, 6 May 1840, Newton Abbot, Devonshire, England. 

•  Minister/Priest: Officiated at his half sister Sarah's wedding, 25 May 1848, West Teignmouth, Devon, England. 

•  Census: Household of Rev. William Keats Sweetland, Vicarage House, 1851, Cornworthy, Devon, England.
Parents 
         Father: John Sweetland J. P. 565,2522
         Mother: Harriett Sweetland 565,5402
Spouses and Children 
1. *Frances Young 8239 
       Marriage: 6 May 1840 - Horsley, Gloucestershire, England 8239,8273,8274

Marriage Events

•  Minister/Priest: Samuel Lloyd, Vicar,, 6 May 1840, Horsley, Gloucestershire, England. 

•  Witnesses: John Sweetland, Henry Wood, James Young, 6 May 1840, Horsley, Gloucestershire, England. 
Marriage Notes 




290720:

Married by license - bride under aged.


       Children:
                1. Harriett E. Sweetland
                2. Fanny M. Sweetland
                3. Frederick Sweetland
                4. George F. Sweetland
                5. William W. Sweetland
                6. Reginald S. Sweetland
William W. Sweetland 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1849 - 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
Living 
      Sex: F
Parents 
         Father: Living
         Mother: Living
Living 
      Sex: M
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
       Children:
                1. Living
                2. Living
Living 
      Sex: M
Parents 
         Father: Living
         Mother: Living

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