[Index]
Sarah HARDING (1776 - 1823)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Sarah WILLS (1796 - 1875)
Thomas Spencer WILLS (1800 - 1872)
Eliza WILLS (1802 - 1858)
Edward Spencer WILLS (1805 - 1828)
Elizabeth Selina WILLS (1807 - 1811)
Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS (1811 - 1861)
Jane HOWE (1816 - 1880)
Sarah HARDING (1776 - 1823)

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Edward Spencer WILLS (1778 - 1811)

George HOWE (1769 - 1821)
Thomas HARDING











Sarah Elizabeth (HARDING)












b. 01 Aug 1776 at Middlesex, England
m. (1) 1795 Edward Spencer WILLS (1778 - 1811) at England
m. (2) 05 Oct 1812 George HOWE (1769 - 1821)
d. 08 Jul 1823 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia aged 46
Near Relatives of Sarah HARDING (1776 - 1823)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father in Law Edward WILLS abt 1741 abt 09 Jan 1814 Covent Garden, London, Middlesex, England 73
Mother in Law Elizabeth (WILLS) abt 1739 abt 10 Mar 1822 Covent Garden, London, Middlesex, England 83
Father in Law Thomas HOWE

Father Thomas HARDING
Mother Sarah Elizabeth (HARDING)

Self Sarah HARDING 01 Aug 1776 Middlesex, England 08 Jul 1823 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 46

Husband Edward Spencer WILLS 13 Aug 1778 Middlesex, England 14 May 1811 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 32
Husband George HOWE 1769 St Kitts, West Indies 11 May 1821 New South Wales, Australia 52

Daughter Sarah WILLS 23 Apr 1796 Middlesex, England 10 Jan 1875 Hantshire, England 78
Son Thomas Spencer WILLS 05 Aug 1800 29 Jul 1872 Kew, Victoria, Australia 71
Daughter Eliza WILLS 10 Sep 1802 30 Sep 1858 St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia 56
Son Edward Spencer WILLS 16 Feb 1805 1828 London, Middlesex, England 23
Daughter Elizabeth Selina WILLS 30 Nov 1807 18 Jan 1811 3
Son Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS 05 Oct 1811 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 17 Oct 1861 Emerald, Queensland, Australia 50
Daughter Jane HOWE 09 Nov 1816 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 23 Nov 1880 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 64

Sister Nancy HARDING
Brother Samuel HARDING
Brother Thomas HARDING
Sister Mary HARDING abt 1789

Son in Law William REDFERN abt 1774 Canada 17 Jul 1833 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 59
Son in Law James ALEXANDER 1797 29 Jul 1877 80
Daughter in Law Celia Eliza REIBEY 01 Feb 1802 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 28 Sep 1823 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 21
Daughter in Law Marie Anne BARRY 21 Sep 1801 19 May 1870 68
Daughter in Law Mary Ann MELLARD
Son in Law Henry Colden ANTILL 01 May 1779 New York, New York, USA 14 Aug 1852 Picton, New South Wales, Australia 73
Daughter in Law Elizabeth WYRE MCGUIRE abt 1817 New South Wales, Australia 28 Dec 1907 Kew, Victoria, Australia 90
Son in Law John HARRISON abt 1802 Camerton, Cumberland, England 21 Jul 1867 Williamstown, Victoria, Australia 65

Grandson William Lachlan Macquarie REDFERN 27 Jul 1819
Grandson Joseph Foveaux REDFERN 07 Feb 1823 abt 11 Apr 1830 7
Granddaughter Sarah ALEXANDER 09 Feb 1835 08 Oct 1905 70
Granddaughter Alice WILLS 06 May 1823 14 Apr 1824 0
Grandson William Henry WILLS 01 Dec 1827 abt 1828 1
Granddaughter Catherine Spencer WILLS 24 Nov 1831 Australia 27 Aug 1884 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 52
Grandson Arthur WILLS 18 Feb 1857 14 Oct 1932 75
Grandson Harry WILLS 13 Sep 1858
Grandson Frederick WILLS 19 Jul 1860 abt 1861 1
Grandson Charles WILLS 15 Nov 1861 abt 1862 1
Granddaughter Margaret C ANTILL 1820 New South Wales, Australia 1849 New South Wales, Australia 29
Grandson John Macquarie ANTILL 1822 New South Wales, Australia 1900 Picton, New South Wales, Australia 78
Grandson Henry Colden ANTILL 1823 New South Wales, Australia 17 Mar 1913 Granville, New South Wales, Australia 90
Granddaughter Alice S ANTILL 1824 New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Thomas W ANTILL 1829 New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Edward Spencer ANTILL 1832 New South Wales, Australia 1917 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 85
Grandson James Alexander ANTILL 07 Nov 1834 Picton, New South Wales, Australia 15 Feb 1920 Brighton-Le-Sands, New South Wales, Australia 85
Granddaughter Selina ANTILL 1837 New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Loftus C ANTILL 1840 New South Wales, Australia 1840 New South Wales, Australia 0
Grandson Thomas Wentworth Spencer WILLS 19 Aug 1835 Molonglo Plains, New South Wales, Australia 02 May 1880 Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia 44
Granddaughter Emily Spencer WILLS 25 Dec 1842 06 Dec 1925 82
Grandson Cedric Spencer WILLS 01 Dec 1844 Lexington, Victoria, Australia 23 Jan 1914 Queensland, Australia 69
Grandson Horace Spencer WILLS 16 Jun 1847 Moyston, Victoria, Australia 08 Oct 1928 Kew, Victoria, Australia 81
Grandson Egbert Spencer WILLS 11 Nov 1849 11 Sep 1931 81
Granddaughter Elizabeth Spencer WILLS 07 Jan 1852 21 Nov 1930 78
Granddaughter Eugenie Spencer WILLS 28 Jan 1854 08 Jul 1937 83
Granddaughter Minna Spencer WILLS 01 Mar 1856 14 Feb 1943 86
Granddaughter Hortense Sarah Spencer WILLS 16 Aug 1861 02 Jul 1907 45
Grandson John Arthur HARRISON
Granddaughter Adela Ann HARRISON 11 Sep 1834 23 Jul 1910 75
Grandson Henry Colden Antill (Colie) HARRISON 16 Oct 1836 New South Wales, Australia 02 Sep 1929 92
Grandson George Alfred HARRISON 1838 New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Alice HARRISON 1842 New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Kate HARRISON 1842 New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Horace Washington HARRISON 1848 09 Feb 1869 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 21
Grandson Ernest HARRISON 1855

Niece Emily WILLEY Apr 1810
Niece Selina WILLEY 1811
Nephew George POOLE
Niece Sarah POOLE

Sister in Law Anne WILLS abt 1777 bef 1813 36
Brother in Law male BRADLEY
Brother in Law John WILLEY
Events in Sarah HARDING (1776 - 1823)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
01 Aug 1776 Sarah HARDING was born Middlesex, England 36
11 Aug 1776 Christening England 60
1795 19 Married Edward Spencer WILLS (aged 17) England 36
23 Apr 1796 19 Birth of daughter Sarah WILLS Middlesex, England 36
05 Aug 1800 24 Birth of son Thomas Spencer WILLS 36
10 Sep 1802 26 Birth of daughter Eliza WILLS
16 Feb 1805 28 Birth of son Edward Spencer WILLS 36
30 Nov 1807 31 Birth of daughter Elizabeth Selina WILLS 36
18 Jan 1811 34 Death of daughter Elizabeth Selina WILLS (aged 3) 36
14 May 1811 34 Death of husband Edward Spencer WILLS (aged 32) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 36
05 Oct 1811 35 Birth of son Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 36
05 Oct 1812 36 Married George HOWE (aged 43) 36
09 Nov 1816 40 Birth of daughter Jane HOWE Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 36
11 May 1821 44 Death of husband George HOWE (aged 52) New South Wales, Australia 36
08 Jul 1823 46 Sarah HARDING died Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 36
Personal Notes:
Edward married Sarah Harding in 1795 in ,,London,England. Sarah was born on 1 Aug 1776 in Middlesex,England. She was christened on 11 Aug 1776 in St Luke Old Str,Finsbury,Middlesex,England. She died on 8 Jul 1823 in ,Sydney,New South Wales,Australia. She was buried on 10 Jul 1823 in St Phillip's,Sydney,New South Wales,Australia.

chr 1776 Aug 11 dau of Thomas Harding watch glass grinder and Sarah
born Aug 1 (LDS microfilm 0585439)
1805 Muster Wills, Sarah type X came free on Hillsborough A4805
4 children 22 acres fallow land -purchased - 1 bull 10 cows 75 male
sheep and 75 female sheep and 1 bushel of maize

1812 married by Special Licence to George Howe widow, printer of this parish Sarah Wills widower of this parish witness M Robinson and Elizabeth Robinson

1822 muster - listed as A22894 Elizabeth Wills came free on "Hillsborough" widow of G . Howe resident
with A22895 - Edward F.18
A22896 - Horatio G. 11
buried NSW P68571/79 Number 5818 Vol:2 Sarah Howe age 44 years bur 10 Jul 1823 St Phillip's Sydney

Death Ref No NSW V18235818 2b/1823
and also V1823899 8/1823


3 May 2005 to Daniel Goonan
I have a copy of the baptism of Sarah Harding chr 11 Aug 1776 at St Luke's Old Street Finsbury, Middlesex and it gives her parents as Thomas Harding (Watch Glassgrinder) and Sarah.
This is the same parish as Edward Spencer Wills was christened and Sarah Wills chr 15th May 1796.
In her letter Sarah Wills addresses the letter to Dear Mama-in-law. and mentions Mama Wills and apologises for not naming a child Elizabeth and goes on to mention the birth of Elizabeth Selina.
I would guess that Elizabeth Harding who visited Australia in 1811 is her stepmother.
Where did you find the marriage of Elizabeth Bell to Thomas Harding?
At St Luke's Old Street Finsbury Middlesex there is a marriage of Thomas Harding to Sarah Cumber in 1766 which would fit.
Celene nee Wills
Source References:
36. Type: Book, Abbr: Edward Wills Family, Title: Ancestors Treasure Hunt, The Edward Wills Family and Descendants in Australia 1797-1976, Auth: R V Pockley, Publ: Wentworth Books, Date: 1976
- Reference = 64 (Birth)
- Reference = 64 (Death)
- Reference = 64 (Name, Notes)
- Reference = 64 (Marriage)
- Reference = 64 (Marriage)
60. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Index of Australia Wills Families, Title: Index of Australian Wills Families, Auth: Tom Wills, Locn: http://tww.id.au/fam/
- Reference = (Christening)

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