[Index]
(alias Elizabeth Harrison) Phoebe STIRRUP (1806 - 1885)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Charles STIRRIP COWLE (1831 - 1912)
Harriet COWLE (1833 - 1898)
Henry Richard Cloweth MCALPINE (1841 - 1923)
(alias Elizabeth Harrison) Phoebe STIRRUP (1806 - 1885)

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Possibly Joseph GRIFFITH

Amos SCOLES COWLE (1806 - 1833)

Peter MCALPIN (1809 - 1898)

Frederick WINGRAVE
Thomas STIRRUP











Mary CLOWETH












b. abt 1806 at Warrington, Lancashire, England
m. (1) Possibly Joseph GRIFFITH
m. (2) 1832 Amos SCOLES COWLE (1806 - 1833)
m. (3) 1835 Peter MCALPIN (1809 - 1898)
m. (4) 1852 Frederick WINGRAVE at Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
d. 1885 at Windeyer, Mudgee,New South Wales, Australia aged 79
Near Relatives of (alias Elizabeth Harrison) Phoebe STIRRUP (1806 - 1885)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father in Law Peter MCALPIN
Mother in Law Elizabeth HILTON ELTON

Father Thomas STIRRUP
Mother Mary CLOWETH

Self (alias Elizabeth Harrison) Phoebe STIRRUP abt 1806 Warrington, Lancashire, England 1885 Windeyer, Mudgee,New South Wales, Australia 79

Husband Possibly Joseph GRIFFITH
Husband Amos SCOLES COWLE abt 1806 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England 1833 Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia 27
Husband Peter MCALPIN 1809 Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland 1898 Singleton, NSW, Australia 89
Husband Frederick WINGRAVE

Son Charles STIRRIP COWLE 1831 1912 Granville, NSW, Australia 81
Daughter Harriet COWLE 1833 1898 65
Son Henry Richard Cloweth MCALPINE 1841 1923 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia 82

Daughter in Law Mary MCDONALD abt 1826 Inverness, Invernesshire, Scotland 1926 Marrickville, NSW, Australia 100

Granddaughter Phoebe Harriet COWLE 1862 Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia 1955 Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia 93
Granddaughter Mary Jane COWLE 1863 Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia 1868 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia 5
Grandson Amos Charles COWLE 1865 Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia 1933 Kogarah, NSW, Australia 68

Events in (alias Elizabeth Harrison) Phoebe STIRRUP (1806 - 1885)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
Married Possibly Joseph GRIFFITH Note 1
abt 1806 (alias Elizabeth Harrison) Phoebe STIRRUP was born Warrington, Lancashire, England Age 26 when married in 1832
1831 25 Birth of son Charles STIRRIP COWLE Note 2
1832 26 Married Amos SCOLES COWLE (aged 26) Note 3
1833 27 Birth of daughter Harriet COWLE
1833 27 Death of husband Amos SCOLES COWLE (aged 27) Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia
1835 29 Married Peter MCALPIN (aged 26) Note 4 17
1841 35 Birth of son Henry Richard Cloweth MCALPINE
1852 46 Married Frederick WINGRAVE Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
1885 79 (alias Elizabeth Harrison) Phoebe STIRRUP died Windeyer, Mudgee,New South Wales, Australia
Note 1: https://australianroyalty.net.au/tree/purnellmccord.ged/individual/I55182/Phoebe-Stirrup
On 12 Oct 1830 Phoebe applied for permission to marry Joseph Griffith of Waterloo, who was also assigned to Mr. Perry. Nothing came of this application for on 12 Oct 1831 a son was born to Phebe [sic] Stirrup alias Elizabeth Harrison and baptised in March of that year at St Philips, Sydney. It is not known whether Griffith fathered the child.

The father of her 1st child "Covenant Charles Stirrup" is unknown however her marriage permission to Joseph Griffith was not refused but "cancelled". There is a letter dated 19th Oct 1830 ... which has the reason. Griffith was also assigned to Perry at Birchgrove.
Note 2: Covenant C Stirrup
in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name: Covenant C Stirrup
Birth Date: 1831
Birth Place: New South Wales
Registration Year: 1831
Registration Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Mother: Phebe Elizabet
Volume Number: V183110394 1C

https://australianroyalty.net.au/tree/purnellmccord.ged/individual/I77598/Covenant-Charles-Stirrup
On 12 Oct 1830 Phoebe applied for permission to marry Joseph Griffith of Waterloo, who was also assigned to Mr. Perry.
Nothing came of this application for on 12 Oct 1831 a son was born to Phebe [sic] Stirrup alias Elizabeth Harrison and baptised in March of that year at St Philips, Sydney.
The child was registered as both C.C. Stirrup and C.C. Harrison. It is not known whether Griffith fathered the child.
Note 3: https://australianroyalty.net.au/tree/purnellmccord.ged/individual/I55182/Phoebe-Stirrup
Married at Christ church. Amos was described as aged 26, a stockman, free by servitude, in the employ of W. Cox Esq. of 'Negoa' near Muswellbrook. Elizabeth was resident at Invermein, now Scone. Amos signed the register and Elizabeth made her mark.

On the marriage application his name is spelt "Scols". On the marriage certificate his name is spelt 'Cowle'.

Application to Marry
Granted 27 Jun 1832 at Newcastle:
Amos Scols age 26, Henry, 7 years, free
Elizth Harrison 26 Sovereign 7 years bond
Note 4: NSW bdm
V18351459 19/1835 MCALPIN PETER COLE ALIAS HARRISSON ELIZABETH CT

Marriage to Peter McAlpin 23rd Sept 1835 is thought to be a marriage of convenience to save young Covenant from being sent to the Liverpool boys home. By the year 1841 apparently Peter took off for Melbourne. 11th July 1841 "Henry Richard Cloweth McAlpin" was born (There are no records of this birth).
Personal Notes:
https://australianroyalty.net.au/tree/purnellmccord.ged/individual/I77598/Covenant-Charles-Stirrup
On 12 Oct 1830 Phoebe applied for permission to marry Joseph Griffith of Waterloo, who was also assigned to Mr. Perry.
Nothing came of this application for on 12 Oct 1831 a son was born to Phebe [sic] Stirrup alias Elizabeth Harrison and baptised in March of that year at St Philips, Sydney.
The child was registered as both C.C. Stirrup and C.C. Harrison. It is not known whether Griffith fathered the child.

At Salford, which is now a suburb of Manchester, she was tried, as Elizabeth HARRISON, on 18 April, 1825. The Quarter Session jury found that she had on 29 May, 1824" by Force and Arms feloniously" stolen goods from two people. She had stolen one silver snuffbox and one shawl, each "to the value of one penny" from one Edmund Pilkington and a satin gown, a silk gown, a muslin gown and one spencer from Agnes Harrison. These items were also valued at one penny. The constant use of the phrase "to the value of one penny" suggests that it was a convenient legal fiction and one is then forced to wonder whether the phrase" by Force and Arms feloniously" is not another such or did Elizabeth commit armed assault and robbery? Whatever the case, she was sentenced to two years hard labour in Lancaster Castle, then, as now, a prison. She was said to be a single woman, late of Manchester. She was next before the court on 20/21 October 1828, being still a single woman late of Manchester, the offence again being theft. She stole 20 yards of printed calico and 20 yards of cloth from Peter Fletcher Appleton and one other on 28 April, 1828. The jury verdict carried the same legal phrases as before, noted that she had had two previous convictions and she was sentenced to transportation for seven years. On her convict indent her age was given as 23, her native place (? birthplace) as Wellington. She was rather tall (1.67m, i.e. 5 feet 6 inches), with brown hair, light brown eyes and a ruddy, freckled complexion. She was recorded as single, Protestant and her trade or calling was given as 'all work and laundry maid.' She could read and write. Elizabeth Harrison left England from Downs aboard the ship "Sovereign" on 23 April, 1829, reaching Sydney on 3 August of that year. She was assigned to S.A.Perry, and did not, possibly for that reason, go to the Female Factory. It is worth noting that Mr Samuel A.Perry, his wife and family of six also travelled out on the same vessel. Perry was Acting, then Deputy Surveyor-General.
Source References:
17. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: NSW bdm register, Title: NSW bdm register
- Reference = (Marriage)
- Notes: NSW bdm
V18351459 19/1835 MCALPIN PETER COLE ALIAS HARRISSON ELIZABETH CT