Ellen Sarah ELWORTHY (1826

Ellen Sarah ELWORTHY (1826 - 1921)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
(Ellen) Annie JONES (1854 - ) Marion (Minnie) JONES (1857 - 1933) Kate JONES (1859 - 1945) Richard Morgan JONES (1862 - 1932)	Ellen Sarah ELWORTHY (1826 - 1921) + Richard Morgan JONES (1817 - 1874)	James ELWORTHY (1796 - 1832)	James ELWORTHY (1770 - 1837)	Thomas ELWORTHY (1720 - 1775)
				Mary HODGE (1728 - )
			Grace Thirza LEIGH (1771 - 1836)	Edward LEIGH (1750 - 1804)
				Elizabeth HOLDITCH (1756 - 1828)
		Elizabeth MORSE ( - 1841)

b. bef 23 Feb 1826 at St Sidwell, Exeter, Devon, England

m. 15 Dec 1853 Richard Morgan JONES (1817 - 1874) at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

d. 1921 at Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia aged 95

Near Relatives of Ellen Sarah ELWORTHY (1826 - 1921)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	James ELWORTHY	1770	Crediton, Devon, England	09 Nov 1837	Wincanton, Somerset, England	67
Grandmother	Grace Thirza LEIGH	bef 29 Sep 1771	Devon, England	20 Aug 1836	Clifton Place, Exeter, Devon, England	64

Father in Law	John JONES
Mother in Law	Mary (JONES)

Father	James ELWORTHY	bef 11 Dec 1796	Stoke Damerel, Devon, England	25 Feb 1832	St Sidwell, Exeter, Devon, England	35
Mother	Elizabeth MORSE			bef 1841	England

Self	Ellen Sarah ELWORTHY	bef 23 Feb 1826	St Sidwell, Exeter, Devon, England	1921	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia	95

Husband	Richard Morgan JONES	18 Feb 1817	London, Middlesex, England	1874	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	57

Daughter	(Ellen) Annie JONES	1854	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter	Marion (Minnie) JONES	1857	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1933	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	76
Daughter	Kate JONES	01 Aug 1859	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia	1945	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	86
Son	Richard Morgan JONES	1862	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia	1932	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia	70

Brother	Charles Leonard ELWORTHY	06 May 1823	St Sidwell, Exeter, Devon, England	Oct 1834	England	11
Brother	Alfred John ELWORTHY	bef 24 Jun 1824	St Sidwell, Exeter, Devon, England
Sister	Sarah Elizabeth ELWORTHY	bef 06 Feb 1828	St Sidwell, Exeter, Devon, England
Sister	Asenath ELWORTHY	bef 29 Apr 1829	Exeter, Devon, England	29 Apr 1922	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia	93
Brother	James ELWORTHY	bef 10 Oct 1831	St Sidwell, Exeter, Devon, England

Son in Law	George Sackville Sinclair WEMYSS
Son in Law	Frank TIJOU	1850	Victoria, Australia	1924	Mosman, New South Wales, Australia	74
Son in Law	Thomas Joseph HITCHMAN	18 Apr 1855	Wheatley, Oxfordshire, England	1947	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	92
Daughter in Law	Anne Caroline WRIGHT			1923	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia

Grandson	Frank Sackville TIJOU	1881	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia	1897	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia	16
Granddaughter	Annie L TIJOU	1884	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia	1937	Mosman, New South Wales, Australia	53
Granddaughter	Marion Ellen (Mimi) HITCHMAN	1880	Concord, New South Wales, Australia	1947	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	67
Granddaughter	Ida Muriel HITCHMAN	1882	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia	1975	New South Wales, Australia	93
Grandson	Harold Roy HITCHMAN	28 Aug 1884	Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia	May 1970	Mosman, New South Wales, Australia	85
Granddaughter	Gwendoline M JONES	1895	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia

Aunt	Sarah ELWORTHY	bef 07 Apr 1799	Modbury, Devonshire, England	abt 1824	England	25
Uncle	James PERRY	abt 1794	Warwick, Birmingham, England
Uncle	Henry Leigh ELWORTHY	bef 27 Dec 1802	Crediton, Devon, England	30 Aug 1842	Exeter, Devon, England	39
Aunt	Ann BAKER	1805	St Sidwell, Exeter, Devon, England	1870		65
Aunt	Amy A ELWORTHY	01 May 1806	Devon, England	04 Jul 1884	New Zealand	78
Uncle	John Henry SPARKS	01 Aug 1805	Devon, England	15 Oct 1896	Ontario, Canada	91
Aunt	Elizabeth ELWORTHY	bef 14 Jun 1810	Exeter, Devon, England
Aunt	Elizabeth ELWORTHY	bef 06 Jan 1811	Exeter, Devon, England	1870	Hackney, London, England	59
Uncle	Charles WAGER	1811	Andover, Hampshire, England	1857	Devon, England	46
Aunt	Mary ELWORTHY	bef 06 Jan 1811	Exeter, Devon, England	abt 1811	Devon, England	0
Uncle	George ELWORTHY	23 Apr 1813	Exeter, Devon, England	24 Feb 1878	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	64
Aunt	Emma BOWCHER	18 Aug 1810	St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England	08 Jul 1854	St Thomas, Exeter, Devon, England	43
Aunt	Jane ELWORTHY	12 Jun 1815	St Sidwell, Exeter, Devon, England	04 Feb 1897	Catford, Middlesex, England	81
Uncle	John SPEED-ANDREWS	04 Jan 1810	Castle Carey, Somerset, England	03 Jul 1896	Tottenham, London, UK	86
Aunt	Emma ELWORTHY	15 Feb 1818	Exeter, Devon, England	1880	England	62
Uncle	Thomas Land SMALE	1815	Exeter, Devon, England	1881	England	66

Cousin	James Elworthy PERREY	05 Apr 1824	Holborn, London, England
Cousin	Francis (Frank) Henry ELWORTHY	bef 02 Jan 1827	St Sidwell, Exeter, Devon, England	24 May 1891	Prospect, New South Wales, Australia	64
Cousin	Thirza Ann ELWORTHY	bef 21 Oct 1828	St Lawrence, Exeter, Devon, England
Cousin	Henry George Leigh ELWORTHY	bef 10 Jun 1830	Exeter, Devon, England	1898	London, Middlesex, England	68
Cousin	Sarah ELWORTHY	15 Jan 1832	Exeter, Devon, England	bef 1841		9
Cousin	Charles Leigh ELWORTHY	bef 19 Mar 1833	St Peters, Exeter, Devon, England	Oct 1834		1
Cousin	Grace Leigh ELWORTHY	bef 05 Dec 1834	St Peters, Exeter, Devon, England
Cousin	Reuben ELWORTHY	bef 14 Feb 1837	St Peters, Exeter, Devon, England
Cousin	Jessie ELWORTHY	bef 16 Feb 1839	St Peters, Exeter, Devon, England
Cousin	Hubert ELWORTHY	1840	Exeter, Devon, England	1844	Exeter, Devon, England	4
Cousin	William Henry SPARKS	12 Jan 1828	England
Cousin	Amy Flora SPARKS	07 Jun 1831	England	22 Aug 1872		41
Cousin	Mary Elworthy SPARKS	06 Jun 1833	England	24 Dec 1915		82
Cousin	Reuben SPARKS	08 Oct 1834	England	07 Jan 1922	Ontario, Canada	87
Cousin	Susan Penny SPARKS	16 Jun 1837
Cousin	Elizabeth Southwood SPARKS	17 Sep 1839		04 Mar 1910		70
Cousin	John Southwood SPARKS	02 Jun 1841		16 Nov 1919	Alberta, Canada	78
Cousin	George Southwood SPARKS	27 Nov 1842	England	25 May 1914	Ontario, Canada	71
Cousin	Francis Alfred SPARKS	02 Oct 1845	Ontario, Canada	06 Sep 1847	Ontario, Canada	1
Cousin	Jane SPARKS	19 Jan 1847	Ontario, Canada	09 Sep 1847	Ontario, Canada	0
Cousin	Robert Edward SPARKS	05 Jun 1853	Ontario, Canada	1932	Ontario, Canada	79
Cousin	William George WAGER	06 Aug 1836	Devon, England
Cousin	Emily WAGER	1839	Exeter, Devon, England
Cousin	Bessy WAGER	1841	Exeter, Devon, England	1898	Paddington, London, England	57
Cousin	Kate WAGER	1843	Exeter, Devon, England
Cousin	Charles WAGER	1845	Exeter, Devon, England	1899	Pancras, London, England	54
Cousin	Henry WAGER	1848	Exeter, Devon, England
Cousin	James Baker ELWORTHY	09 Dec 1833	Exeter, Devon, England	03 Mar 1889	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	55
Cousin	Elizabeth Harriet ELWORTHY	04 Nov 1835	Exeter, Devon, England	abt 16 Sep 1855	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	19
Cousin	George Gregory Townsend ELWORTHY	16 Aug 1837	Exeter, Devon, England	26 Dec 1905	Mt Perry, Queensland, Australia	68
Cousin	Eliza Grace ELWORTHY	26 Jun 1839	Exeter, Devon, England	15 Oct 1922	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia	83
Cousin	Emma Louisa ELWORTHY	14 Apr 1841	Exeter, Devon, England	1920	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia	79
Cousin	Isabella Bowcher ELWORTHY	20 Oct 1842	Exeter, Devon, England	16 Jul 1921	Auckland, New Zealand	78
Cousin	Charles Henry ELWORTHY	bef 06 Jun 1844	Exeter, Devon, England	20 Sep 1859	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	15
Cousin	Alice Mary ELWORTHY	1845	Exeter, Devon, England	14 Jan 1854	New South Wales, Australia	9
Cousin	John SPEED-ANDREWS	15 Dec 1839	Castle Carey, Somerset, England	25 Nov 1884	Tottenham, London, UK	44
Cousin	Arthur Elworthy SPEED-ANDREWS	29 May 1842	Castle Carey, Somerset, England	Y	Off coast of West Africa
Cousin	Harry Hon SPEED-ANDREWS	01 Jun 1844	Castle Carey, Somerset, England
Cousin	Thomas James Alexander SPEED-ANDREWS	13 Nov 1846	Castle Carey, Somerset, England
Cousin	William George SPEED-ANDREWS	09 Dec 1849	Castle Carey, Somerset, England	13 May 1926	South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	76
Cousin	Alfred SPEED-ANDREWS	13 Nov 1851	Castle Carey, Somerset, England	29 Jan 1940	Bromley, Kent, England	88
Cousin	Charles Septimus SPEED-ANDREWS	25 May 1855	Castle Carey, Somerset, England	abt 1942	London, Middlesex, England	87
Cousin	Thomas Elworthy SMALE	abt 1841	Exeter, Devon, England	1890	Islington, London, Middlesex, England	49
Cousin	Henry Charles Elworthy SMALE	1843	Exeter, Devon, England	1843		0
Cousin	Emma Elworthy SMALE	abt 1845	Exeter, Devon, England
Cousin	Walter Elworthy SMALE	abt 1847	Exeter, Devon, England
Cousin	James E Elworthy SMALE	abt 1850	Exeter, Devon, England
Cousin	Arthur SMALE	abt 1853	Exeter, Devon, England

Nephew	William Alfred ROBERTS	07 Jul 1856	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	30 May 1943	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	86
Niece	Asenath Ellen ROBERTS	1858	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	25 Apr 1944	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia	86
Niece	Edith Mary ROBERTS	19 Feb 1860	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	18 Aug 1937	Balmain North, New South Wales, Australia	77
Nephew	Walter George ROBERTS	28 Nov 1861	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	17 Sep 1923	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia	61
Niece	Annie Emma Eugenie ROBERTS	31 Mar 1864	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1944	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia	80

Brother in Law	William Barker Claughton ROBERTS	1829	Manchester, Lancashire, England	15 Jun 1865	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	36

Events in Ellen Sarah ELWORTHY (1826 - 1921)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
bef 23 Feb 1826		Ellen Sarah ELWORTHY was born	St Sidwell, Exeter, Devon, England
23 Feb 1826		Baptism	St Sidwell, Exeter, Devon, England		16
25 Feb 1832	6	Death of father James ELWORTHY (aged 35)	St Sidwell, Exeter, Devon, England
bef 1841	15	Death of mother Elizabeth MORSE	England		16
23 Apr 1853	27	Emigration	Southhampton, England		2
02 Aug 1853	27	Immigration	Victoria, Australia
15 Dec 1853	27	Married Richard Morgan JONES (aged 36)	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	V185360 88/1853
1854	28	Birth of daughter (Ellen) Annie JONES	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	V1854747 58/1854	2
1857	31	Birth of daughter Marion (Minnie) JONES	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	149/1857
01 Aug 1859	33	Birth of daughter Kate JONES	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia	3553/1859
1862	36	Birth of son Richard Morgan JONES	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia	2407/1862
1874	48	Death of husband Richard Morgan JONES (aged 57)	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	765/1874	16
1921	95	Ellen Sarah ELWORTHY died	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia	6910/1921, Lindfield	16

Personal Notes:

1851 living with uncle George Elworthy at 46 High Street Exeter. Ellen came to Australia in 1853 on the ship Mooltan, with her sister Asenath and cousins Elizabeth and Eliza, disembarking at Geelong.

The eldest daughter of James Elworthy Jm and Bessie MORSE was baptised at St Sidwell, Exeter on 23 Feb 1826. Not a lot was happening in England but in Australia things were going on apace. By Letters Patent, the Anglican Church was given the status of an established religion, controlling education; the first street lamp was lit; a Pitt Street shopkeeper installed gas lighting in his premises; a Chamber of Commerce was formed. From 01 Jan keeping records of births, deaths and marriages was required - making things easier for future family historians!

Ellen's father James had died just two days after her 6th birthday. At the time of the 1851 Census, she was living with her uncle George Elworthy and family at 46 High Street. It is quite possible she had been with them for some time as her aunt Emma was in poor health (rumoured to have had a breakdown after the birth of her last child in 1845). Ellen's management of the household and particularly her help with the younger children would have been invaluable.

When the time came for the family to move "Down Under" it made sense for Ellen and her sister to go along to help care for the little ones in the new land. Alice was not quite eight, Charles only nine, Isabella 11 and Emma 12.

Why the whole family did not travel together is a bit of a mystery but Ellen and her sister Asenath accompanied George's daughters Elizabeth, nearly 18 and Eliza 14 on the Mooltan, a ship of 610 tons which sailed from Southampton on 23 April 1853 under the direction of Captain Chivas.

The girls disembarked at Geelong on 02 Aug after a voyage lasting 115 days and according to the passenger list "went to friends". Apparently they didn't stay long in Victoria and made their way up to Sydney. The best laid plans don't always come to fruition and any possible ideas of caring for the children went by the board four months after their arrival in Sydney.

One family legend says Ellen met Richard Morgan JONES on the ship coming out, although they may have met in Sydney soon after. In any case, they were wed at the Independent Chapel in Pitt Street on 15 Dec 1853. The witnesses were her Uncle George and Sigmond HOFFNUNG, a merchant who may have employed Richard.

At that time the 7-year-old Congregational Church (to give it the correct title) was considered the most handsome building in the Colony. At a cost of 6000 pounds, it was built by public contribution as it was against Church principles to accept any form of Government assistance either for church building or for the maintenance of its ministers.

Ellen's address is shown as Pitt Street (where George had opened his first shop) but no other detail is given for Richard except that he was an assistant draper.

One of his great-grand-daughters told me that Richard was working at Guy's Hospital in London but was less interested in medicine than in teaching himself Sanskrit. She also said he migrated to manage David Jones store in Barrack Street (surname was a coincidence) and they lived above the shop, where one daughter reputedly was born. This would have been (Ellen) Annie who arrived in the year following her parent's marriage.

At St Andrew's Cathedral on 16 ApI 1878 Annie wed George Sackville Sinclair WEMYSS, gentleman, from Caithness, Scotland. He was the son of David Sinclair Wemyss, a Captain in the 92nd Highlanders and Elizabeth nee SUTHERLAND. One informant said Annie rejected his proposal, he returned to Scotland then came back, was accepted the second time - and both returned to his family home. I've not found anything more on this line.

Sydney Morning Herald 16 Dec 1853
“Married At the Congregational Church, Sydney, on Thursday, 15th December, 1853, by the Rev. Dr. Ross, Mr. Richard Morgan Jones, of London, to Ellen Sarah Elworthy, eldest daughter of the late James Elworthy, Esq., of Exeter.

Source References:

2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Down Under, Title: Devon to Down Under, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997

- Reference = 29 (Emigration)

- Reference = 29-30 (Notes)

16. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: Barbara Lawrence - Elworthy doc, Title: Barbara Lawrence - Elworthy doc, Auth: Barbara Lawrence, Date: 23/2/2009

- Reference = 2 (Baptism)

- Reference = 2 (Death)

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