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Edward Spencer WILLS (1805 - 1828)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Edward Spencer WILLS (1805 - 1828) Edward Spencer WILLS (1778 - 1811) Edward WILLS (1741 - 1814)



Elizabeth (WILLS) (1739 - 1822)



Sarah HARDING (1776 - 1823) Thomas HARDING



Sarah Elizabeth (HARDING)



b. 16 Feb 1805
d. 1828 at London, Middlesex, England aged 23
Near Relatives of Edward Spencer WILLS (1805 - 1828)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Edward WILLS abt 1741 abt 09 Jan 1814 Covent Garden, London, Middlesex, England 73
Grandmother Elizabeth (WILLS) abt 1739 abt 10 Mar 1822 Covent Garden, London, Middlesex, England 83
Grandfather Thomas HARDING
Grandmother Sarah Elizabeth (HARDING)

Father Edward Spencer WILLS 13 Aug 1778 Middlesex, England 14 May 1811 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 32
Mother Sarah HARDING 01 Aug 1776 Middlesex, England 08 Jul 1823 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 46

Self Edward Spencer WILLS 16 Feb 1805 1828 London, Middlesex, England 23

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

Aunt Anne WILLS abt 1777 bef 1813 36
Uncle George POOLE bef 1813
Aunt Nancy HARDING
Uncle male BRADLEY
Uncle Samuel HARDING
Uncle Thomas HARDING
Aunt Mary HARDING abt 1789
Uncle John WILLEY

Cousin George POOLE
Cousin Sarah POOLE
Cousin Emily WILLEY Apr 1810
Cousin Selina WILLEY 1811

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

Brother in Law William REDFERN abt 1774 Canada 17 Jul 1833 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 59
Brother in Law James ALEXANDER 1797 29 Jul 1877 80
Sister in Law Celia Eliza REIBEY 01 Feb 1802 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 28 Sep 1823 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 21
Sister in Law Marie Anne BARRY 21 Sep 1801 19 May 1870 68
Sister in Law Mary Ann MELLARD
Brother in Law Henry Colden ANTILL 01 May 1779 New York, New York, USA 14 Aug 1852 Picton, New South Wales, Australia 73
Sister in Law Elizabeth WYRE MCGUIRE abt 1817 New South Wales, Australia 28 Dec 1907 Kew, Victoria, Australia 90
Brother in Law John HARRISON abt 1802 Camerton, Cumberland, England 21 Jul 1867 Williamstown, Victoria, Australia 65
Events in Edward Spencer WILLS (1805 - 1828)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
16 Feb 1805 Edward Spencer WILLS was born 36
14 May 1811 6 Death of father Edward Spencer WILLS (aged 32) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 36
08 Jul 1823 18 Death of mother Sarah HARDING (aged 46) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 36
1828 23 Edward Spencer WILLS died London, Middlesex, England Committed suicide 36
Personal Notes:
Edward Spencer Wills was born on 16 Feb 1805 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was christened on 14 Jul 1805 in StPhillip's CofE,Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He died in 1828 in London,,,England. He was buried in Devonshire St cemetery,.

from Mutch Index
baptised as Spencer Wills born 16 Feb 1805 and baptised July 14th 1805
baptism record V18051453 1A Sydney St Phillip's as Edward Wills
Also recorded as 1805 baptism of Spencer Wills
went to England to study first at Cambridge and then at Lincoln's Inn.
He was considerably in debt and committed suicide in 1828.

Evidence of outbursts of disrespect or violence of children towards parents is rare, and when
such incidents took place between young and old of means or rank, they were treated very
seriously as breaches of proper conduct. Just after his stepfather George Howe died in 1821,
young Edward Spencer Wills, seventeen years old, stood at the side door of the house where the auction of Howe's goods was proceeding. He refused to allow Joseph Underwood,
Howe's executor, to come in, slamming the door in his face. Underwood was outraged by
this rudeness, calling Edward 'Puppy' and demanding an explanation. Wills opened the door
and threatened to knock him down if he called him so again. 'You axe a puppy!' roared
Underwood, so Wills promptly 'struck me in the face and cut my mouth'. THe court ordered
him to pay a fine of fifty pounds.325 Even in such glimpses of struggles and tension, as well
those of harmonic family relationships, it is clear that the role of aging and old people was
not passive or superfluous, but continuous, active and integral.
325 Papers from trial of Edward Spencer Wills, 8 November 1821, CCJ R1976 p288
AONSW.

Sydney Gazette 18th August 1831.
THE LATE MR. E. S. WILLS.

The lamented death of that amiable and promising young Australian, Mr. Edward Spencer Wills, was announced in this journal some weeks ago; but the particulars have not, we believe,been hitherto recorded in any of the Sydney journals. Among some of the old parcels which arrived from London by one of the last ships, but which, being quite out of date, were laid aside un-opened, we have accidentally discovered a slip cut out of the Times newspaper, containing a detailed report of the Coroner's Inquest. Though it comes much after the proper time, we think it will still be read with mournful interest by many of our readers.
There is an inaccuracy in the statement of Mr. Wills' family connexion : his mother was married to Mr. George Howe, the original proprietor and founder of the Sydney Gazette, and father to the late Mr. Robert Howe, whose untimely death is mentioned by Mr. Cosgrave.
" CORONER'S INQUEST.
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 (Name, Notes)
- Reference = 64 (Death)
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