Dennis was born in Mandeville, Jamaica on April 11, 1928. He was the second son of Donald Edward Saies-Jones and Edith Marion Baillie. He graduated from Wolmer's school in Kingston and immigrated to Toronto, Canada when he was 18 years old. There met and married Jane (Jean) Anderson and went to work for Canadian Tire Corp.
Dennis and Jean had three daughters and one son. When Dennis retired from Canadian Tire in 1984, they moved to Peterborough, Ontario.
Children:
Susan, b. Sept. 18, 1952, m. Les Sloszar Feb.13, 1971
Nancy, b. Mar. 20, 1955, m. Greg Thompson, Aug. 21, 1976
Virginia, b. Mar. 9, 1959, m. Mark Edwards, Sept, 1, 2001
Timothy, b. Mar 22, 1962, m. Mami Yoshida, Oct. 13, 1997
Donald was born in London, England on October 1, 1900. He was the only son of Harold Saies Jones and Violet Wilson. He came to Canada with his parents in 1910 and they settled in Toronto. At 16 he enlisted in the army and was sent over to England in 1916 (WWI) with the 134th battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. After the war he became a Radio Operator on the ships travelling between Canada, the US and the Caribbean. It was on one of these trips that he met Edith Baillie, who was on her way home to Jamaica. They married on December 19, 1922 in Brookline, Massachusetts and moved to Jamaica. Donald and Edith had two sons and adopted a daughter from England.
After Edith's death in 1944, Donald married Anne Rickman (Ricky) and they had one daughter. The family moved to Corpus Christie, Texas and Donald continued to work as a radio operator. Donald died in 1973 from complications after surgery.
Children:
Frank, b.
Dennis Neville, b. April 11, 1928
Jennifer Marion, b. Aug. 28,1936
Elizabeth, b.
Harold was born in Hastings, Sussex, England on January 25, 1876 to John Myrddon Jones, an accountant and Mirian Eynon Saies. His maternal grandfather, Ebenezer Saies, in Tenby, Wales, raised him after the death of his mother. He apprenticed to a lawyer in Tenby and eventually, was called to the bar in London, England. He went to work for the Mercers Company in London.
He married Violet Wilson and they had three children, two girls and a boy. The family immigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1910.
When his only son enlisted with the 134th battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces in 1916, Harold also enlisted to keep an eye on him. They were sent to England and stayed together throughout the war.
In 1919 they returned to Toronto and in 1920 Harold joined the Department of the Public Trustee of Ontario and became Deputy Public Trustee in 1930. He retired from the department in 1949 and the following appeared in the Toronto paper:
Upon leaving the service of the Public Trustee on reaching retiring age a complimentary banquet was tendered last night to Harold S. Jones, deputy public trustee, by his colleagues on the staff. Held at the Granite Club the dinner was attended by all the members of the Public Trustees staff, numbering some 60 persons, and also by Attorney-General Hon. Leslie Blackwell, W.B. Common, KC, C.R. Magone, KC, Chester Walters, deputy provincial treasurer and several friends of the members of the staff.
The chairman was George Adams, Public Trustee, and Armand Racine, KC, on behalf of the staff presented Mr. Jones with an illuminated address and a gold wrist watch.
Mr. Jones joined the department March 22, 1920 and was appointed deputy public trustee April 30, 1930. He served in at he First Great War in the 134th Battalion.
Harold died in Hamilton, Ontario on September 12, 1969 at the age of 93.
Children:
Phyllis Elizabeth (Perry, b. 1906, d. 1990
Donald Edward, b. 1900, d. 1973
Molly (Petersen)
John Myrddon Jones was an accountant in Hastings, Sussex. He was married to Marian Eynon Saies and they had one son.
Children:
Harold Saies Jones, b. Jan 25, 1876, d. Sept 12, 1969
Marian Eynon Saies was born in Tenby, Wales in 1852 and was baptized June 25, 1852 in St. Mary's church in Tenby. She married John Myrddon Jones and they moved to Hastings, Sussex. They had one son Harold before John died in 187?. Marian returned to Tenby where she married George James, a pharmaceutical chemist. They lived at 7 High St, Tenby, St. Mary in Liberty, Pembroke, Wales
Marian died and was buried August 20, 1884 in the same plot as her parents.
Children:
Harold Saies Jones, b. Jan 25, 1876, d. Sept 12, 1969
Ebenezer Saies was christened on January 12, 1817 at The Tabernacle Independent Or Congregational, Milford Haven, Pembroke, Wales. He was the son of James Saies and Ann Roberts.
He married a woman by the name of Elizabeth from Bristol, Somerset (b. 1829, d. 1899). They lived on High Street in Tenby and Ebenezr was a Draper and Ironmonger.
Children:
Marian Saies, b. 1853
Ebenezer Saies, b. 1854
Arthur Saies, b. 1855
Arthur Saies, b 1857
William Saies, b. 1860
Elizabeth (Bessie) Saies, b. 1866 d. 1884
Violet was born in 1879 in Cherat, India, the youngest of nine children of Charles Wilson and Henrietta Sankey. Her mother died when she was born and she was sent along with five of her brothers and sisters to live at the vicarage in Market Lavington, Wiltshire with her mother's, older sister, Maria and her husband, Rev. Edward Blackstone Cokayne Frith.
She married Harold Saies Jones, who worked for the Mercer Company in London, England and they had three children, two daughters and a son. In 1910 they immigrated to Toronto, Canada.
During WWI, when both her husband and son enlisted and were sent over to England, Violet enrolled her two daughters in an English boarding school and also went back 'home', enlisting as a nurse. After the war the family returned to Toronto.
Violet separated from Harold Saies Jones and moved to Oakland California although she and Harold never divorced. Violet died in California.
Letter from Violet to her brother Francis Hamilton Northesk Wilson
P. 0. Box 2l4 Oakland, California March 6th, 1932 My Dear Frank and Bettie Many thanks for your letter and card at Xmas. I am ashamed to see that it is now March 6th, and I have been so long in writing but I sprained my right wrist a few weeks ago and am only just beginning to use it. I am sorry to hear about your son's wife losing her voice. Why don't you try Christian Science. I have heard and read many wonderful healings brought about by it, having been healed myself of several and if Doctors cannot do any good to your son's wife it could do no harm to try this other. Would it. I am trying to raise $500. to go into a small private Hotel and tea room in Santa Cruz, it is a wonderful chance and I am wondering if you could possibly loan it to me? I can pay 10 percent interest, payable quarterly, as Harold allows me more that enough to do that. Don't consider it unless you could spare it for 2 (two) years and never mind if you can't do it dear. It is a chance I don't want to miss as I am tired of working on a small salary for other people and I have had so much experience in this line of work I know I can make a success of it. Well dear please let me know by return if you can do this for me and please excuse such bad writing but my wrist is still a little weak. God bless you all Your loving Sister Violet
Children:
Phyllis Elizabeth (Perry), b. 1906, d. 1990
Donald Edward, b. 1900, d. 1973
Molly (Petersen)
4459 West 7th West Point Gray Vancouver- Aug.7th My Dear Frank , I have only today received the letter from Quentin, so I will try to catch the post out.. It was I who sent you the "Message" and a letter at the same time .The letter was returned to me about two weeks ago marked "not called for". I took it up to Fanny. We were both anxious about it knowing you were ill. Dear we are all nearing the end of the road which in some ways has seemed, so short, especially since /14. You know I believe a very Very few years will see the fulfillment of the second coming of Christ. We are today seeing the Prophecies being fulfilled before our eyes. Marvelous happenings taking place in the world and not many understand it. I believe we shall all meet very soon. Do you remember the little Mother, I have always so longed to see her. I wonder if you have pansies and lavender with you? I picked these from our garden today. We have a lovely garden but a very small house or rather cottage--quite enough in these days. We had a ranch when we came out here. I loved it but we couldn't keep it. Well Dear Frank God have you in his keeping. I hope this letter will not be returned. 'Au Revoir' With much love Your affec Sister Renee
4459 West 7th West Point Gray Van Couver, B. C. Aug. 7th, 1933 Dear Quentin Thank you for writing to tell me about your dear father. My last letter was returned--written about the end of April if I remember rightly--but sent back 2 or 3 weeks ago. I do hope your father is not suffering pain, can nothing be done to relieve him. Are your brothers and sisters within reasonable distance to be able to see him occasionally or are you the only one near at hand. I shall be very glad if you will write to me sometimes and let me know how your father is. Tell me everything you can think of about yourselves so that I may feel less of a stranger. Its nearly 11 o'clock and I must return to my work or I'll not get to bed tonight. Your Affec't .Aunt Rene�
The Vicarage Market Lavington Devizes-Wilts Oct.4, 1899 My Dearest Frank I am afraid I have neglected you sinfully but really time slips along and day after day passes and still I think "I have never written to Frank". Even now I'm afraid I can't answer all your questions and no one seems to be able to tell me. However from a book Uncle Jarvis has written about our ancestors I see that our Grandfather of Papa's side was Captain John Wilson R.N. and that he died at Stoke, Devonport in 1842, but I don It know what of. Our Grandfather on the Mother's side was also in the Navy and I believe he died of Yellow Fever and Granny died of Dropsy about 26 years ago. I don't know anything of Papa's Mother; our Mother died when Violet was born Sep. 5, 1877. Daddy at Fowey Oct. 16, 1889. He was born at Stoke Devonport 28 Oct. 1834. Our Great Grandfather was Sir Wm. Charles Fahie R.C.B. Commander of the Silician Order of St. Ferdinand, and Vice Admiral of the Blue. Born 1763, died at Bermuda Jan. 2nd, 1833, aged 69. This is all the information I can give you dear, and I'm afraid it won't be much use to you.-- I think Mama was about 40 when she died . I am staying now in Bascombe for a few days, with our old governess, whom I daresay you may remember, Miss Phillips, she has a nice house here and is living with a sister. I was near here fulfilling an engagement for a few weeks, and came yesterday from there, they were very nice people and I hope at some future time I may go to them again. When I leave here, am going on a visit to a place called Moreton near Dorchester, probably for about a month to Mr. Jehbrin's sister who...
4177 14th Avenue West West Point Gray Vancouver, B. C. August 8, 1933 My Dearest Frank I was so sorry to get a letter from your youngest son Quentin, telling me how very ill you are, of course I knew of your operation, as I had had a letter from you sometime in the spring telling me about it and hoped you were on the mend. I am awfully sorry Dear Frank, but you know we must expect these things as we get on in life, although one puts off thinking we may have to leave our dear ones, although it is only for a time you know. Renee had her afternoon off' yesterday (she is assistant matron at an orphanage here) and so I went round to see her, she also has had a letter from Quentin; by the way, it was Renee who sent the pamphlet on British Israel and not me, she also wrote, but her letter was returned for some reason or other, she said she addressed it correctly. I hope Quentin will write me sometimes, I shall be so anxious for news of you, or perhaps Betty would drop me a line. You see I am very much in the dark as to how many you have left at home of your large family, I know several are married . I have not heard from Violet for ages. I will try to drop her a line, but as I have only a post office address, she may never get the letter. I believe Neville is in New Zealand, but I am not sure, Charlie never writes. I had a nice letter from Jack, he is at a place called Torrensville in Australia, most of his children are married, he has two boys at home doing well. Jack himself is not able to work much, he got an injury to his back many years ago and one of his legs, but he says he feels pretty fit. I am writing this at Rita's house, she and her husband have gone out, so Glen and I are keeping house for her as she can't leave the baby, he is asleep however and I hope will remain so. Rita's house has a beautiful view from the windows, of the sea and mountains, it looks so pretty when the Bay is all lit up on the opposite shore with hundreds of lights. Vancouver is 'well lighted with big Neon Signs and certainly they look very pretty. Glen is starting his two weeks holiday tomorrow, we are not going away this summer, funds won't run to it, but we hope to go on one or two water trips, our garden gets so neglected and dried up if we leave it for long. We have only a small suburban garden, but it has looked a picture with flowers. Renee has a lovely garden too. We do quite a bit of motoring, as Rita's husband has a car, I am very nervous driving, although he is a good driver. Rita can drive too. The baby is a dear little chap with a quantity of reddish curly hair, he is so good tempered, unlike most red haired people. Now I think I have come to the end of my talk. I sent a wire after getting Quentin's letter. Now get him to write from time to time won't you. With much love at you and Betty and thanks for Quentin's letter. Always your affectionate Sister Fanny
Charles was born in Stoke Devonport on December 28, 1834, the fourth son of John Wilson and Caroline Fahie. He graduated from the Wollwich Academy and entered the Royal Artillery in December 1853.
Charles married Henrietta Sankey on April 21, 1857 in Bath, Somersetshire. They had nine children, six boys and three girls. After the death of his wife, Charles reportedly had very little interest in the children, allowing Henrietta's family to take care of them.
He remarried and eventually rose to the rank of Major-General. He retired in 1885 and reportedly spent the final years of his life in seclusion in Dartmoor and Fowey, Cornwall, "corresponding through his solicitor so that his present wife cannot find his whereabouts."
Charles died on December 23, 1889 in Fowey.
Children:
Charles Luttrell Fahie Wilson - m. Mabel Erskin d. Fleet Hants
Francis Wilson - emigrated to Texas
William Hugh Wilson - emigrated to USA
Neville Frederick Jarvis Wilson - Aunt Lorna's father
John Vernon Caldecott Wilson - emigrated to Australia
Montague Bouchier Wilson - d. New Orleans
Frances Towsend Wilson - m. Stuart Glencross - emigrated to B.C.
Renee Heyliger Wilson - m. Valentine Pringle - emigrated to B.C.
Violet Wilson - m. Harold Jones - emigrated to Toronto
John Wilson entered the Royal Navy at an early age. It is believed that his family settled in the West Indies (possibly St. Kitts) with Sir Warner's expedition in the 1700's.
He served under Lord Nelson at Copenhagen in 1801. He was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1814. In 1819 he was presented with a sword, in a golden scabbard, for saving a fleet of merchant vessels from destruction during a tornado on the island of St. Thomas.
It was engraved with:
Erindring Fra J. Jobmoendene Paa St. Thomas Udi "America, til Capitaine John Wilson, chef at H.B.bM "Linieskib 'Salisbury' St. Thomas Den , 22de September, "1819".
John Wilson was the Flag Captain to Admiral Sir Wm. Charles Fahie. He married the Admirals third daughter, Caroline Constance Fahie in 1821. They had six sons, who all entered the navy or army, and three daughters which all married officers of the army.
John Wilson died in Stoke Devonport in 1842.
Children:
John Alexander William Fahie Wilson, b. 1826
Robert Carr Northesk Wilson, b 1828, d. 1851 (yellow fever)
William Charles Fahie Wilson, b. 1831, d. 1887
Charles Watson Wilson, b. 1834, d. 1889
Henry Morton Dyer Wilson, b. 1836, d. 1867
Hugh Richard Hoare Wilson, b. 1840, d. 1858 (fever)
Renee Heyliger Wilson, b.
Matilda Hoare Wilson, b. , d. 1869 (cholera)
Caroline Constance Wilson, b. , d.
Caroline was born in 1795, the daughter of Sir William Charles Fahie and Elizabeth Renie Heyliger. She married Capt. John Wilson and they had nine children. Caroline died at Somerset house in Bath, England on May 3, 1858. The following obituary appeared in the London Times newspaper.
WILSON Caroline Constance 28 December Letters of Administration Effects under �200. of the Personal estate and effects of Caroline Constance Wilson late of Somerset House Bath in the County of Somerset. Widow deceased who died 3 May 1858 at Somerset House aforesaid were granted at the Principal Registry to Matilda Hoare Wilson of Somerset House afore- said Spinster one of the Children of the said deceased she having been first sworn
Children:
John Alexander William Fahie Wilson, b. 1826
Robert Carr Northesk Wilson, b 1828, d. 1851 (yellow fever)
William Charles Fahie Wilson, b. 1831, d. 1887
Charles Watson Wilson, b. 1834, d. 1889
Henry Morton Dyer Wilson, b. 1836, d. 1867
Hugh Richard Hoare Wilson, b. 1840, d. 1858 (fever)
Renee Heyliger Wilson, b.
Matilda Hoare Wilson, b. , d. 1869 (cholera)
Caroline Constance Wilson, b. , d. 1895
William Charles Fahie was born in 1763, the son of John
Davis Fahie of St. Christopher's W.I. He had a long and distinguished naval
career, becoming Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands on August 12, 1819
and in 1821 of the North American Station. He was made a Knight Commander of
the Bath for his capture of the French ship, D'Hautepoule, when in command of
the ship Pompee .
In, 1781, a small republican force from France made an attempt to get
possession of Martinique; but having been repulsed by the Royalists, who were
then predominant in the island, they went to St. Kitt's, where with the
permission of the governor, they replenished their store of water and
provisions to enable them to recross the Atlantic. During this operation
several soldiers escaped from the transports, and professing themselves to be
royalists at heart, were allowed to conceal themselves in different parts of
the island till the ships had sailed. Among this number, a soldier of the name
of Pierre found shelter on the premises of Mrs. Fahie, the mother of Lieutenant
Fahie: he was himself absent at the time from the island, but returning soon
after and landing at night, he was surprised the next morning to see a
strapping fellow in the full decoration of the National uniform. His mother
soon appeared and explained the circumstance, adding, that Pierre assured her
that he was un bon royalist, and would die or his king and only solicited her
present protection till he could find a passage to a neighbouring island, where
he would work at his trade and await better times. But Lieutenant Fahie soon
discovered that Pierre, though disgusted with the restraints and hardship he
had recently undergone, was still in principle and feeling a rank republican
and that his mother had been imposed upon: this he represented to her; but her
humanity had been excited, and Pierre's renewed protestations of fidelity to
his king secured to him a further continuance in his good quarters and of his
good cheer. His intended removal to the neighbouring islands, in order to work
at his trade and await better times, was postponed under various pretences from
time to time, till hearing of the excesses committed in France, and foreseeing
to what they would lead, Lieutenant Fahie said jokingly to his mother, "Madam,
you are feeding that fellow here; we shall soon be at war with France, and he
will one day have a shot at my head". Such an idea once awakened in Mrs.
Fahie's mind, led to the immediate dismissal of Pierre. At the storming of
Fort Louis, while Lieutenant Fahie was pushing on at the head of a party of the
Zebra's crew, to dislodge a guard drawn up apparently to oppose him, he was
surprised to hear himself loudly called by name, and to see at the same instant
a soldier at his feet, begging protection from the British cutlasses that were
brandishing around him; it was Pierre, who had been many hours that morning
verifying his lieutenant Fahie's nearly forgotten prediction.
He married Elizabeth Renee Heyliger (d. 1817) and they had four daughters.
After his first wife's death, Sir William married Mary Ester Harvey (b.1806
Bermuda, d. Oct 4, 1856) on July 12, 1823 in Bermuda.
Rear Admiral resided in Bermuda for some years. He took as his second wife, Esther, daughter of Augustus William Harvey of Paget. Harvey was a Member of the Governor's Council. The Fahie's lived at Mt Pleasant, a Harvey house, in Paget. The Admiral's flagship Salisbury was a familiar sight in the harbour and should not under ordinary circumstances have attracted undue attention, but it is on record that one of the searchers for the Port of Hamilton, Mr Thomas Barr, had the flagship under special surveillance for some days. Packages of tea and other contraband commodities were making their way into the stores of Hamilton and Mr Barr thought that he saw unidentifiable missiles flying through the gunports of the flagship. When he had sufficient proof he sent in his report that contraband tea was issued from the gunports of H.M.S. Salisbury. Admiral Fahie was outraged, 'in fact he regarded the accusation as a personal insult though Mr Heseltine, the Comptroller, assured him that the officers of His Majesty's Customs had no intention of hurting his feelings, and the Collector himself wrote him a propitiatory letter which the Admiral refused to read. He would, he said, correspond only with the Governor. 'Mr Salton is at liberty to make any report he thinks proper', the Admiral remarked loftily to the Attorney-General. Mr Barr found himself with a �200 libel suit on his hands, as the result of his report. While the case was awaiting the next assizes, different opinions were voiced as to the legality of Barr's claim. Commander Briggs of the Dock Yard agreed that Mr. Barr's statement was all too true. The Naval Storekeeper at Ireland Island admitted that tea was sold cheaper in Hamilton than he could sell it at the Dockyard and someone found a list of articles from the Salisbury advertised in town. The list was headed by 'Tea, $2 per pound'. But the Assizes came and went and there was no case between Fahie and Barr. The explanation is found in a Customs statement which mentions that a hogshead of Madiera wine was landed from H.M.S. Orestes for Rear Admiral Fahie and was seized by Thomas Barr, Searcher. The Customs officers notified the Admiral that they would release his wine when he paid the duty! No more was heard of the Fahie-Barr libel case!
July 3 1824
An Address
To Rear Admiral WILLIAM CHARLES FAHIE CB KSF Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels, upon the North American Station
SIR,- We, the Merchants of Hamilton and other Inhabitants of the Bermuda Islands, having learnt that you are about to be relieved from your present command, and to return to England, cannot allow you to depart without expressing our sense of the many courtesies we have received from you, since you hoisted your Flag upon this Station. Independently of that which duty enjoins, and which all the Officers in His Majesty's service must be supposed equally ready to perform, there are many ways by which a Naval Commanding Officer, always has it in his power to conciliate the good will, and promote the comfort of the Inhabitants of a Colony connected with his Station. In all these we bear willing testimony, Sir, to your having established claims on our gratitude.
During the protracted command which you have enjoyed as Naval Commander-in-Chief, we have witnessed a minuteness of attention, and spirit of accommodation, on your part, to the Merchantile, and other Interests of the Colony coming within the sphere of your protection; which, if equalled, have never been surpassed, on this or any other Station. We would advert in an especial manner to the degree in which you have consulted the convenience of the Public, (when the Rules of the service did not interfere,) by notifying them of any facilities afforded by the destination of Ships of War, for the transmission of Mails, and to the punctuality with which you have always imparted the earliest intelligence of their safe conveyance and arrival. By your attention to these particulars, accommodation has been afforded, not merely to the Merchants, but to the Community in general - which can only be duly appreciated in a Colony, which, like this, is not generally resorted to by His Majesty's Packets.
With equal pleasure, we beg to offer you our acknowledgements for the urbanity and politeness, which have marked your general intercourse with us; and we beg to assure you, that in retiring from your official situation, you carry with you the cordial regards of the Inhabitants of the Bermudas, attended with their sincerest wishes, that the more interesting relation in which you have been induced to place yourself with respect to them, may be productive of every happiness which this life can afford, both to yourself and your Lady.
We may be permitted to add, that if the course of events, connected with duty or otherwise, should bring you again to our shores, we shall greet your return with the heartiest welcome.
Hamilton, June 20th, 1824
To which his Excellency, was pleased to make the following Reply
Salisbury, at Bermuda, July 2nd, 1824
GENTLEMEN,- I might have been at a loss for terms in which to express my thanks for the Address you have now presented to me, from the Merchants of Hamilton, and other inhabitants of the Bermudas, if I did not believe that those thanks would be most acceptable to them, when offered in the plain language which flows from the strong feelings of a sincere and upright mind; for I should be dead, Gentlemen, to the best impulses of the human heart, if I were not sensible, at the moment, of a proud gratification at receiving, from so numerous and respectable a body of fellow subjects, a testimony of their opinions, at once so honorable, to my public conduct, and my private character.
It is the peculiar duty of the Commanders-in-Chief and other Officers of his Majesty's Fleets, to protect and promote the Maritime intercourse of His Majesty's subjects; and I rejoice to find that the anxious attention which I have given to this object, has been conducive to the particular interests of this Colony; and I sincerely hope the period is not distant, when it will be again viewed by the prosperities of Commerce,
I am deeply sensible of your good wishes for the health and happiness of Mrs F AHIE and myself; and I beg to assure you that whatever changes of fortune or of place, I may be destined to experience, I shall ever feel firmly attached to this, His Majesty's loyal, and most ancient Colony.
I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, your most obedient, humble Servant,
WILLIAM CHARLES FAHIE
Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief
In 1825, the following coat of arms was granted to Rear-Admiral Sir William
Charles Fahie, K.C.B.
ST. CHRISTOPHER REGISTER N3 document no.14255 folio 269
4 JUNE 1805: William Manning and uxor to Richard Augustus Fahie
EXTRACT: This indenture is between William Manning and Charles Bosanquet both
of the city of London in England merchants of the one part and Richard Augustus
Fahie of the island of Saint. Christopher esquire of the other part. The
sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged they the said William Manning and Charles Bosanquet have and each
of them hath bargained and sold and by these presents do and each of them doth
bargain and sell unto the said Richard Augustus Fahie his executors
administrators and assigns all that plantation tract piece or parcel of land
and sugar works commonly called by the name of Belle Tete plantation. ...or
known situate lying and being in the parish of Saint Ann, Sandy Point in the
said island of Saint. Christopher in America containing by estimation one
hundred acres (be the same more or less) abutting and bounded towards the east
on a common high way called the lower road towards the west on the sea towards
the north on a gut or creek commonly called or known by the name of Fogusses
Gut and towards the south on a fortification commonly called or known by the
name of Fig Tree Fort and all and singular the dwelling houses distilling
houses mills mill houses stores store houses curing houses and other edifices
erections and buildings.
ST .CHRISTOPHER REGISTER Y3 document no.16209 folio 80
23 JUL y 1819 Fahie to Fahie and an or
EXTRACT: The indenture was made between the honorable William Charles Fahie
Knight Commander of the Royal Sicilian Order of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit
and Knight Commander of the Honorable Military Order and Richard Augustus Fahie
of the said island of Saint Christopher. The daughter of William Charles Fahie
was Arabella Louisa Burke who was married to Michael Burke.
ST. CHRISTOPHER REGISTER G4 document no.18361 folio 166
17 FEBRUARY 1831 W .C. Fahie to H.R. Semper and anors
EXTRACT: The indenture was made between the Honorable William Charles Fahie
Knight Commander of the Royal Sicilian Order of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit
and Knight Commander of the Honorable Military order and Hugh Riley Semper
esquire and George Augustus William Fahies esquire barrister at law of Saint
Christopher. Richard Augustus Fahie leased to William Charles Fahie a certain
plantation estate called Belle Tete which is now being bought by George
Augustus William Fahie and Henry Riley Semper.
ST. CHRISTOPHER REGISTER G4 document no.18382 folio 240
9 APRIL 1831 W .C Fahie to J.O'Maly (deed of trust)
EXTRACT: The indenture is between Sir William Charles Fahie Knight Commander of
the Royal Sicilian order of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit and Knight Commander
of the Honorable Military Order of the Island of Bermuda of the one part and
the Honorable Thomas O'Maley the Honorable James Davoreen and the Honorable
William Thompson all of the island of Saint Christopher.
Jan 15 1833
Died at Palmetto Cottage in Parish of Paget on Friday 11 inst in his 72nd year Vice Admiral Sir WILLIAM CHARLES FAHIE KCB -The remains of this beloved and excellent individual were followed to the grave by his Excellency the Governor, the Members of HM Council, Sir Thomas Ussher, the principal Civil Officers of the Colony, and a large number of Inhabitants. - A Funeral Sermon - from the Text Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of man is peace 37 PSALM v 37 -was delivered on the occasion by Archdeacon Spencer, who was a personal and particular friend of the deceased, and by whom the excellence of his character was duly appreciated. - In our next number we hope to furnish a memoir of this gallant and respected officer, whose services had justly raised him to the high rank and reputation which he held in his
Majesty's Navy
Mar 5 1833
Monument erected to the late Sir WM CHAS FAHIE by Sir THOS USSHER, Superintendent of HM's Naval Yard at great expense
FAHIE MONUMENT
St Paul's Anglican Church, Paget, Bermuda
Western face.
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY
OF
VICE ADMIRAL
SIR Wm Chas FAHIE
KOB, KSF
FORMERLY
COMMANDER IN CHIEF
OF THlS STATION
WHO DEPARTED
FROM THIS WORLD
11 JANUARY
AD 1833
Eastern face.
TO RECORD
A LIFE OF
HONORABLE ENTERPRISE
IN THE
SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY
AND A DEATH
WHICH ATTESTED THE
STRENGTH OF A FAITH
MOORED
ON THE ROCK OF AGES
THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED
Ne Forte Chedas Interitura
Children:
Arabella Louisa, m. Michael Burke of St. Christopher
Caroline Constance Fahie, b. 1795, d. 1858
Matilda Ottley Fahie, m. Richard Hoare
????, died unmarried
Was born on the island of St. Christopher in 1730, the son of Anthony Fahie and Elizabeth Molineux. John Fahie married Sarah Georges and they had five children.
John Fahie was apparently the owner of a tavern. The following is an excerpt from an account of a hurricane which hit the island on August 31st, 1772:
"Among the other buildings which suffered on the occasion were the taverns of Mr. John Fahy, jun. And Mr. Wadham Strode. The former was tumbled down by the southern gale, and buried in its ruins Mr. Fahy's vast stock of liquors, billiard table, furniture, and almost every thing he had��. Mr. John Fahy, jun. In liquor and furniture destroyed in that tavern, lost 1200� currency."
He was a judge in the admiralty court and President of H.M. Council at Tortola.
ST. CHRISTOPHER REGISTER D2 documnet no.7340 folio 63
4 JANUARY 1765 John Fahie to Henry Sharpe.
EXTRACT: The Indenture was made between John Fahie of the parish of St. Paul,
Capisterre in Saint Christopher and Henry Sharpe of Nevis. John Fahie owned a
parcel of land in the parish of Saint Paul's (15 acres) bounded and abutted
eastward by the lands of Francis Phipps, southward by lands of Sir Gillies
Payne, westward and northward by the lands of John Fahie.
ST. CHRISTOPHER REGISTER T2 document no.8576 folio 113
12 JUNE 1771 Fahie to Wells
EXTRACT: ...Between John Fahie of the island of Saint Christopher esquire of
the one part and William Wells of the same island esquire of the other part
...He the said John Fahie hath bargained and sold and by these presents doth
bargain and sell unto the said William Wells his executor and administrator and
assigns all that plantation parcel of land of him the said John Fahie
(heretofore the estate of Anthony Fahie the father and lately of Anthony Fahie
the brother of the said John Fahie) situate lying and being in the parish of
St. Paul Capisterre in the said island of Saint Christopher containing by
estimation acres more or less and abutting and bounded as follows (that is to
say) towards the south with lands of Miss Janet Payne Orton to the southeast
with the lands of Sir Gillies Payne Baronet to the east with lands of Charles
Leigh esquire to the north with lands of Dominik Trant esquire and towards the
west with the upper High road ...together withal and singular messuages houses,
out- houses, boiling houses, curing houses, still houses, edifices and
buildings mills still coppers plantation implements and utensils on the same
plantation.
ST. CHRISTOPHER REGISTER F3 document no.12904 folio 188
31 MARCH 1798 Sarah Fahie to Jennet Matthew
EXTRACT: Sarah Fahie (formerly Sarah Georges) is widow and relict of John Fahie
late of the island of Saint Christopher ( deceased)
John Davis Fahie died on October 18, 1785 at St. Ann's, Sandy Point. There is a white marble ledger over the vault in the churchyard which reads:
Within the Vault are likewise Deposited
The remains of John D Fahie Esq
Who died October 18th Aged 55
As also those of his Son
GEORGE M. FAHIE
Who died Anno Domini 1774 Aged 20
Children:
William Charles, b. 1763, d. 1833
Richard Augustus, b. 1761, m. Mary Ann Pazea, d. Jan 24, 1829
Sarah Esdail
Anthony George, b. 1751 (attended Eton 1765 to 1769)
George M., b.1754, d. 1774 (attended Eton 1765 to 1766)
???(female), m. ??Mercer
Anthony was born about 1690 in Sandy Point, St. Kitts, the son of Anthony Fahie.
Sometime before 1712 he married a daughter of the Bigg family who died before 1730.
In 1712 he was granted 200 acres on St. Kitts and on July 24, 1730 Colonel Anthony Fahie, widower, married Elizabeth Molineux, daughter of Agnes and Rev. Richard Molineux of Montserrat.
Anthony died and was buried on March 22, 1738.
In 1758 Elizabeth purchased a plantation of 136 acres in St. John's Capesterre from Daniel Cunyngham, Esq, his wife and eldest son Robert, for �8000.
Children:
By 1st wife
Anthony Fahie, b. Mar 1720, m. Priscilla Abbot July 7, 1753, St Thomas
m. Mary Pare, May 11, 1754, Richmond, Surrey
George Fahie, b. 1727, Sandy Point, St. Kitts
By 2nd wife
John Davis Fahie b. 1730, d. 1785, Sandy Point , St. Kitts
Molineux Fahie, b. Aug 6, 1733, Sandy Point, St. Kitts
Sarah Fahie, b. June 30, 1734, Sandy Point, St. Kitts
Richard Fahie
Anthony Fahie's father was one of the 380,000 who sailed to America to make their fortune. He was from an old and respectable Connaught family and may have been in the military. Anthony was granted 200 acres of land in the French Quarter of St. Kitts between 1704 and 1718. He is recorded as owning 90 slaves. This estate still exists and was known as a large commercialized agricultural landholding with associated buildings and other facilities situated 17 degrees 23 minutes north and 62 degrees 50 minutes west on St. Kitts and Nevis. The name of Fahie was so well established that there is a place named after it north of Tortola. Anthony Fahie died sometime after 1718 in St. Kitts.
Children:
Anthony Fahie, b. 1690, d. 1738, Sandy Point, St. Kitts
Thomas Fahie, m. Elizabeth Richards
Peter Fahie, d. July 1734, Sandy Point, St. Kitts
Sarah Fahie, m. Richard Crispin, Jan 30, 1734
Henrietta Eliza Sankey was born on June 10, 1834 in Devonport, England, the youngest child of Henry Sankey and Frances Elizabeth Harrison.
She married Charles Watson Wilson on April 21, 1857 and went with him to live in Peshawar, India when he was stationed there with the British Army. They had nine children and she died on September 6, 1877, in Cherat, India after the birth of her ninth child.
Children:
Charles Luttrell Fahie Wilson - m. Mabel Erskin d. Fleet Hants
Francis Wilson - emigrated to Texas
William Hugh Wilson - emigrated to USA
Neville Frederick Jarvis Wilson - Aunt Lorna's father
John Verbib Caldecott Wilson - emigrated to Australia
Montague Bouchier Wilson - d. New Orleans
Frances Towsend Wilson - m. Stuart Glencross - emigrated to B.C.
Renee Heyliger Wilson - m. Valentine Pringle - emigrated to B.C.
Violet Wilson - m. Harold Jones - emigrated to Toronto
Henry Sankey was born July 9, 1791 in Eythorne, Kent, the youngest child of William Sankey and Susannah Boteler. He joined the Royal Navy and rose to the rank of Captain.
He married Frances Elizabeth Harrison (d. February 16, 18969 in Bath) and they had five children.
Henry died in 1869.
Children:
Mary Frances Sankey, b. Wingham, Kent
Maria Sankey, b. Wickham, m. Rev. Edward Blackstone Cokayne Frith
Ellen Sankey, b. Walmer, Kent
Catherine Sankey, b. Sept. 1825 in Lews, Sussex
Henrietta Eliza Sankey, b.June 10/1834, Devonport, d.Sep 6/1877, Cherat
William Sankey was born on January 1, 1763 to John Sankey and Mary Simmonds.
"William, born in 1760, decided to be a doctor and was apprenticed to a surgeon, 'roughing it,' as we should say, for he slept under the counter in the surgery, where a doctor nowadays would not expect his dog to sleep. After his apprenticeship was over, he went to St Bartholomew's Hospital in London, where he fully qualified as a surgeon, returning to Kent as assistant to Mr. Richard BOTELER of Eythorne, eventually marrying the doctor's daughter Susanna and succeeding to the practice. He and the Curate of Eythorne used to play marbles together in a barn during the winter.
When Susannah died, leaving William (Sankey) with two sons, William and Henry and one daughter, Maria, he soon found a lady willing to become his second wife, Mary, daughter of Mr. John BOYS a gentleman farmer of Betteshanger, and by her he had eleven more children.
William was a very clever man, reading a great deal and making experiments in connection with medicine; e.g. he extracted the opium from poppies himself, that he might test the strength of it as compared with what he bought, the result being that adulteration was detected, the bought opium being much less strong that that which the doctor had extracted from the poppies grown in his own garden.
"He practised for many years at Eythorne and in 1803 removed to Wingham, near Canterbury, having been offered the practice of his first wife's brother-in-law, Mr. Wood. It was a good country practice, comprising not only Wingham but nine other little villages nearby. This position offered more possibilities of work and a better income, so he took it, partly for the sake of educating his family - the practice at Eythorne not being a very lucrative one. He took Mr. Wood's house, which had been built by a prosperous miller whose mill dam and fields adjoined. "Dr. Sankey" as the village called him, gradually improved the grounds, planting the waste ground in front of the house and making a pretty water garden on the bank of the Lesser Stour, which ran between his house and the miller's field. He drained the marsh at the back of the house, calling it 'Barataria' (of Don Quixote renown), saying that he was 'Sankey Panza.' He was a good botanist and very fond of his garden, often introducing new plants into it. He not only cared for his own garden, but he replaced trees in the village street when they died.
"In the early l9th Century, most of the medicines were made in the Doctor's surgery, the apprentice having to do the drudgery, such as stirring and boiling the mixtures; Mr. Sankey was very ingenious and contrived many things to lighten labour and to increase comfort, for instance, he had a shelf put on the surgery door, where infusions that needed shaking every day were placed - with the result that every time the door was opened, the infusion got the required shaking. Then, he contrived a map of the district and neighbourhood, mounted on a board with holes pierced at the country houses and villages; pegs were threaded on a string, and before he started on his rounds, he inverted these pegs into the places he was about to visit, thus marking his course so that a messenger could intercept him on his rounds if necessary. Labels with directions as to the amount of medicine to be taken and the number of doses to be given during the day, used always to be written, and this country doctor, Mr. Sankey, was probably the first to suggest to a druggist's traveller that printed labels would be a great convenience. We notice nowadays how many things which we need are 'made in Germany' or come from other countries, and if we inquire we shall find that this was the case in our grandfathers time also pill-boxes, for instance, were always imported from abroad and in war-time it was difficult to import them so Mrs. Boys, the doctor's mother-in-law, made him a bushel basket full of these necessaries out of old playingcards.
Dr. Sankey was somewhat eccentric as well as ingenious and many stories are told of his contrivances, e.g. his neck being short, and the fashionable collar being stiff and high, it came into contact with the brim of his hat, so he cut the brim off and pushed it up the crown so that he should not be inconvenienced by it. Umbrellas in his day were more costly and were sometimes stolen, so he had one made of alternate gores of green and blue, so as to be unlike any other. He wore wooden clogs when walking in the muddy country lanes and not liking to come in to his house with them when very dirty, he built a sort of little kennel for them, outside the surgery door.
"Medicines were very nasty then, so that syrup was added to make them taste nicer. Violet or red poppy syrup gave pretty colours and Orange or Peppermint syrup took away some of the disagreeable taste. One year he made Mulberry syrup, but that was so nice that everyone who went into the surgery asked to taste it and there was none left for the sick people.
"He had one plan which I have never seen elsewhere. The water-mill close to his house belonged to him and therefore the mill-pond and a strip of land on each side. He made one of the strips into a garden and then fenced in a little part of the pond, to keep the swans away, and planted many k�nds of flowers in it. His son (Revd. Richard Sankey of' Witney) brought the curious arrowhead from Oxford, and the great white arums grew so well that they ripened seed as well as enlarging their roots.
"He was very clever in his profession. He found out how to cure a disease that had been considered incurable and he was so kind that he would take long drives to see patients who would never be rich enough to pay him. When he grew old, he drove Jack the mule in a little carriage called a sulky, instead of riding a horse as he used. Sometimes a little child sat at his feet on a stool. One hot day, they were jogging along the road. The little boy grew sleepy. The old man grew sleepy. Jack, finding that his master took no notice, went slower and slower until he, too, fell asleep! Until at last someone who came along the road found the carriage standing still, for the Doctor, the child and Jack were all fast asleep.
"Dr Sankey had a huge leather-bound book called Gerard's Herbal, which he took with him wherever he went, and used to call it 'My Good Wife.'
There is no portrait of his first wife, our ancestress Susannah Boteler, but there is a silhouette in a frame which contains several others including a full-length one of Dr William. There is a miniature of him and one of his second wife, Mary Boys, wearing a widow's cap. Mary writes:-
"'He lived for thirty years in Wingham, much loved and respected by both high and low' and was able to continue his work amongst them till a very short time before his death on Christmas Day 1833. His widow went to live in St George's Place, Canterbury, Ieaving her son Frederick as doctor in his father's place at Wingham. She died in 1864 aged 86 and was buried beside her husband in Wingham Churchyard."
Children:
By 1st wife
Anna Maria Sankey, b. 1788, Eythorne, Kent
William Sankey, b. July 11, 1789, Eythorne, Kent
Henry Sankey, b. July 9, 1791, d. 1869
By 2nd wife
Charlotte Sankey
Emily Sankey
Ann Sankey
George Boys Sankey
Elizabeth Sankey
Richard Sankey, b. May 28, 1802, d. Dec. 24, 1864
Frederick Harvey Sankey, b. Aug 23,1803, d.Apr 22,1868
Edward Boys Sankey, b. Nov 7, 1804, d. Sept 26, 1886
Frances Sankey, b. Oct 25, 1806
William Henry Octavius Sankey, b. April 8, 813, d. 1889
Philip Sankey, b. April 18, 1817
John Sankey was born in 1731 in Kent England to Samuel Sankey and Elizabeth Fukes.
John, born 1731, became a farmer like his father, and settled at East Langdon near Dover, where he married firstly Mary Simmonds, and secondly Jane Rattray, daughter of the Vicar of E.Langdon. John Sankey is said to have introduced the then new plant of laburnum into the village, where no doubt it was much admired.
"In those days farmers did not indulge in many luxuries, such as carpets, but Sankey of East Langdon had one in his parlour, and some of his friends thought this too grand a notion and refused to come and see him in his home! He and his two wives were buried in the churchyard which adjoins the farm, and many of his descendants have been buried there since, in his vault and near it."
Children:
By 1st wife
Mary Sankey
Samuel Sankey
John Sankey
Thomas Sankey, b. 1758, d. 1768
Richard Sankey, b. 1761, d. 1786
William Sankey, b. Jan 1, 1763, d. Dec 25, 1833
Sarah Sankey, b. 1769
By 2nd wife
Ann Sankey
Edward Sankey
Jane Sankey
George Sankey
Samuel Sankey, b. 1776, d. April 15, 1809
Samuel Sankey was born in 1697 in Kent, England to John Sankey and Margret Newton. He married Elizabeth Fukes on April 1, 1730 in Canterbury, Kent.
Samuel had a farm at Monks Horton and he and Elizabeth had five children.
Children:
William Sankey
Elizabeth Sankey
John Sankey, b. 1731
Samuel Sankey, b. 1733, d. June 14, 1820
Thomas Sankey, b. 1738, d. April 20, 1801
John Sankey was born in Ireland in 1655 to Thomas Sankey and his wife Elizabeth.
John Sankey, born 1655, came into Kent from Ireland, took work at a farm called Poldhurst Court near Canterbury, and when his master died he married the widow, one Mistress Margaret Newton. He and she were working in the field one day, and saw in the ditch a portmanteau, which they took home. No one enquired for it and the farmer and his wife decided that someone in those troublous times, when fleeing for his life, had dropped it. What were the contents or the portmanteau was never divulged, but John Sankey soon became a very well-to-do farmer, and set up his five sons in other parts of East Kent:-
1. John at Hastingleigh.
2. Thomas at Stowting Court.
3. Edward at Milton Chapel.
4. Samuel at Monks Horton
5. Matthew at his own farm at Poldhurst, or Polze, as it was originally called.
John Sankey died on November 4, 1740 in England.
Children:
Thomas Sankey
Elizabeth Sankey
Mary Sankey
Sarah Sankey
John Sankey, b. 1684, d. March 7, 1761
Edward Sankey, b. 1695, d. August 7, 1781
Samuel Sankey, b. 1697
Matthew Sankey, b. 1704
Thomas Sankey was born in Ireland and married a woman by the name of Elizabeth. Thomas came from a family that came to Ireland with King John and eventually settled there. Thomas died in England.
Frances Elizabeth Harrison married Henry Sankey and together they had five children. Frances died in Bath on February 16, 1869.
SANKEY Frances Elizabeth 9 March The Will of Frances Elizabeth Sankey
Effects under �800. Late of the Parish of Walcot in the City of Bath
Widow deceased who died 16 February 1869 at
28 Green-Park buildings Walcot aforesaid was
proved at Bristol by the oaths of Digby St.
Vincent Hamilton of Londonderry in Ireland
Esquire, a Major in Her Majesty's Service
and the Reverend Frederick Carroll of
Tallington in the County of Lincoln Clerk the
Executors.
Children:
Mary Frances Sankey, b. Wingham, Kent
Maria Sankey, b. Wickham, m. Rev. Edward Blackstone Cokayne Frith
Ellen Sankey, b. Walmer, Kent
Catherine Sankey, b. Sept. 1825 in Lews, Sussex
Henrietta Eliza Sankey, b.June 10/1834, Devonport, d.Sep 6/1877, Cherat
Susannah Boteler was born in November 1746 in Eastry Kent to Richard Boteler a surgeon in Eythorne, Kent and Ann Jager. She married her father's assistant, William Sankey on October 2, 1786.
His wife (Susannah) was accomplished and full of fun, and she played on the mandoline, not a very usual instrument even in those days, and not to be learnt in an out-of-the-way village, but it is not known where this lady was educated. Her brother, William, of Eastry, was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.
Susannah died in Kent on May 15, 1799
Children:
Anna Maria Sankey, b. 1788, Eythorne, Kent
William Sankey, b. July 11, 1789, Eythorne, Kent
Henry Sankey, b. July 9, 1791, d. 1869
Richard Boteler was born in 1716 to Thomas Boteler and Elizabeth Philpot. He was christened on Dec. 26, 1716 in Eastry, Kent. He became a surgeon in Eythorne, Kent. He married Ann Jager (b. 1721) in 1742 and they had four children. When he died in 1792, he left his practice to his son-in-law, William Sankey.
Children:
Elizabeth Boteler , b. 1743, christened Nov 13, 1743, Eastry, Kent
William Boteler, b.1745, christened Oct 23, 1745, Eastry, Kent, d. 1818
Susannah Boteler, b. Nov 1746, d. May 15, 1799
Anna Maria Boteler, b.1747
Thomas Boteler was born in 1675 to Richard Boteler and Susan Paramore. He was christened March 4, 1675/76 in Eastry, Kent. He married Elizabeth Philpot and they had ten children. Thomas died on May 12, 1737.
Children:
Elizabeth Boteler, b. 1708, christened Oct19, d. 1785, Eastry
Susannah Boteler, b. 1709, christened Jan 29, d. 1725, Eastry
Katherine Boteler, b. 1711, christened Nov 25, d. Jul 28, 1740, Eastry
Thomas Boteler, b. 1715, christened June12, d. Sep 21, 1768, Eastry
Richard Boteler, b. 1716, christened Dec 25, d., 1792, Eastry
Ralph Boteler, b. 1718, christened Jan 25 d. Feb 12,1719, Eastry
Mary Boteler, b. 1719, christened Dec 6, d. Oct 3, 1720, Eastry
William Boteler, b. 1721, christened Dec 28, d. 1759, Eastry,
Mary Boteler, b. 1723, christened Feb 9, Eastry
Susannah Boteler, b. 1726, christened Feb. 22, Eastry
Richard Boteler was born in 1631 to Thomas Boteler and Joan Appleton. He was christened on January 15, 1631. He married Susan Paramore on June 21, 1675 in Womenswold, Kent. They had one child. Richard died on May 22, 1682.
Children:
Thomas Boteler, b. 1675, christened Mar 4, d. May 12, 1737, Eastry
Thomas Boteler was born in 1595 to Richard Boteler and Catherine Hawker. He was christened on April 6, 1595 in Eastry, Kent. He married Joan Appleton in 1618 in Eastry, Kent and they had 6 children. Thomas died and was buried on March 26, 1651.
Children:
Jonathan Boteler, b. 1619, christened July 25, 1619, Eastry, Kent
Catherine Boteler, b. 1621, christened Dec. 27, 1621, d. 1699, Eastry
Thomas Boteler, b. 1624, christened March 13, 1624, Eastry
Henry Boteler, b. 1628, christened April 13, 1628, d. 1667, Eastry
Richard Boteler, b. 1631, d. May 22, 1682, Eastry, Kent
Jane Boteler, b. 1673, christened May 7, 1637, Eastry, Kent
Richard Boteler was born in 1555 to Henry Boteler and Alice Iden in Eastry, Kent. He married Catharine Hawker on June 21, 1580 in Canterbury, England and they had 9 children. Richard died and was buried on February 20, 1601.
Children:
Henry Boteler, b. 1581, c. Apr 20, 1581, d. Aug 17, 1582, Eastry, Kent
Jonathan Boteler, b. 1582, c. Sept 21, 1582, d. 1626, Eastry, Kent
Elizabeth Boteler, b. 1585, c. May 31, 1585, Eastry, Kent
Marie Boteler, b. 1587, c. Mar 3, 1588, d/b. Mar 24, 1588, Eastry, Kent
Catharine Boteler, b.1589, c. Dec 7, 1589, Eastry, Kent
Henry Boteler, b. 1590, c. Mar 14, 1591, Eastry, Kent
Mathew Boteler, b. 1593, Eastry, Kent
Thomas Boteler, b. 1595, c. Apr 6, 1595, d/b. Mar 26, 1651, Eastry
Richard Boteler, b. 1596, c. Mar 6, 1597, Eastry, Kent
Henry Boteler was born about 1523 in Eastry , Kent. He married Alice Iden and they had one child. Henry died and was buried on April 21, 1580.
Children:
Richard Boteler, b. 1555, d/b. Feb 20, 1601, Eastry, Kent
Elizabeth Philpot was born in 1688 to Ralph Philpot and Elizabeth Denne. She was christened on June 12, 1688 in Worth, Kent. She married Thomas Boteler and they had ten children. Elizabeth died and was buried on June 14, 1749 in Eastry, Kent.
Children:
Elizabeth Boteler, b. 1708, christened Oct19, d. 1785, Eastry
Susannah Boteler, b. 1709, christened Jan 29, d. 1725, Eastry
Katherine Boteler, b. 1711, christened Nov 25, d. Jul 28, 1740, Eastry
Thomas Boteler, b. 1715, christened June12, d. Sep 21, 1768, Eastry
Richard Boteler, b. 1716, christened Dec 25, d., 1792, Eastry
Ralph Boteler, b. 1718, christened Jan 25 d. Feb 12,1719, Eastry
Mary Boteler, b. 1719, christened Dec 6, d. Oct 3, 1720, Eastry
William Boteler, b. 1721, christened Dec 28, d. 1759, Eastry,
Mary Boteler, b. 1723, christened Feb 9, Eastry
Susannah Boteler, b. 1726, christened Feb. 22, Eastry
Ralph Philpot was born about 1662 in Worth, Kent. He married Elizabeth Denne (born about 1666) and they had one child.
Children:
Elizabeth Philpot, b. 1688, c. Jun 12, 1688, d/b. Jun 14, 1749, Eastry
Susan Paramore was born in 1642 to Saphire Paramore and Margaret Terry. She was christened on January 5, 1642 in Eastry, Kent. She married Richard Boteler on June 21, 1675 in Womenswold, Kent and they had one child. Susan died and was buried on September 11, 1724.
Children:
Thomas Boteler, b. 1675, christened Mar 4, d. May 12, 1737, Eastry
Saphire Paramore was born in 1616 to Joshua Paramore and Susan Nicholls. He was christened on June 2, 1616 in Eastry, Kent. He married Margaret Terry on April 30, 1638 and they had 12 children. Saphire died and was buried on September 27, 1693 in Eastry, Kent.
Children:
Katherine Paramore, b. 1644, c. Mar 20, 1644, Eastry, Kent
Joshua Paramore, b. 1639, c. Mar 31, 1639, d/b. Jun 4, 1705, Eastry
Saphire Paramore, b. 1641, c. Jun 24, 1641, d/b Nov 10, 1641, Eastry
Susan Paramore, b. 1642, c. Jan 5, 1642, d/b. Sep 11, 1724, Eastry
Margaret Paramore, b. 1647, c. Nov 1,1647, d/b. July 18, 1721, Eastry
Samuel Paramore, b. 1649, c. Feb 1, 1649, Eastry, Kent
Elizabeth Paramore, b. 1652, c. Dec 28, 1652, d/b Aug 6, 1688, Eastry
Saphire Paramore, b. 1654, c. July 16, 1654, Eastry, Kent
Thomas Paramore, b. 1655, c. July 26, 1655, Eastry, Kent
Saphire Paramore, b., 1658, c. May 11, 1658, Eastry, Kent
Anne Paramore, b. 1660, c. June 19, 1660, Eastry, Kent
Edward Paramore, b. 1661, c. Sept. 8, 1661, Eastry, Kent
Joshaua Paramore was born in 1589 to Bartholomew Paramore and Susan Manwood. He was christened on January 18, 1589 in Eastry, Kent. He married Susan Nicholls on September 19, 1609 and they had 11 children. Joshua died and was buried on October 16, 1632.
Children:
Samuel Paramore, b. 1612, c. Aug 9, 1612, d/b Oct 16, 1632, Eastry
Margaret Paramore, b. 1614, c. Aug 21, 1614, Eastry, Kent
Saphire Paramore, b. 1616, c. Jun 2, 1616, d/b Sep 27, 1693, Eastry
Richard Paramore, b. 1618, c. Nov 5, 1618, d/b. May 31, 1623, Eastry
Susan Paramore, b. 1620, c. Jun 18, 1620, Eastry, Kent
Thomas Paramore, b.1622, c. Dec 9, 1622, Eastry, Kent
Anne Paramore, b. 1625, c. May 6, 1625, Eastry, Kent
Elisabeth Paramore, b. 1628, May 18, 1628, Eastry, Kent
Joshua Paramore, b. 1631, c. Jun 19, 1631, Eastry, Kent
Katharine Paramore, b. 1635, c. Oct 25, 1635, Eastry, Kent
Margaret Paramore, b. 1638, c. Sept. 9, 1638, Eastry, Kent
Bartholomew Paramore was born about 1558 in Eastry, Kent to Sapher and Joan Paramore. He married Susan Manwood (b. 1563) and they had 7 children. Bartholomew died and was buried on July 31, 1603.
Children:
Rodger Paramore, b. 1584, c. Jun 29, 1584, d/b Dec 18, 1584, Eastry
Susan Paramore, b. 1585, c. Jul 15, 1585, Eastry, Kent
Peter Paramore, b 1587, c. Mar 26, 1587, d/b Aug 10, 1598, Eastry
Joshua Paramore, b. 1589, c. Jan 18, 1589, d/b Oct 16, 1632, Eastry
Anne Paramore, b. 1593, c. Mar 24, 1593, Eastry, Kent
John Paramore, b. 1596, c. Dec 27, 1596, Eastry, Kent
Edward Paranore, b. 1598, c. Feb 1, 1598, Eastry, Kent
Sapher Paramore was born about 1534 in Eastry, Kent. His wife, Joan was born about 1538 and died and was buried on Dec 27, 1591. Together they had six children.
Children:
Bartholomew Paramore, b. 1558, d/b. July 31, 1603, Eastry, Kent
Mary Paramore, b. 1560, c. Aug 15, 1560, Eastry, Kent
Joan Paramore, b. 1563, c. Oct 31, 1563, Eastry, Kent
Thomas Paramore, b. 1564, c. Mar 7, 1564, Eastry, Kent
John Paramore, b. 1566, d/b. Jan 3 1584, Eastry, Kent
Alice Paramore, b. Aug 14, 1562, d/b Oct 25, 1562, Eastry, Kent
Joan Appleton was born in 1591 to Thomas Appleton and Jane Paramore. She was christened on August 24, 1591 in Eastry, Kent. She married Thomas Boteler on March 26, 1618 in Eastry, Kent and they had five children. Joan died in 1674 in Eastry, Kent.
Children:
Jonathan Boteler, b. 1619, christened July 25, 1619, Eastry, Kent
Catherine Boteler, b. 1621, christened Dec. 27, 1621, d. 1699, Eastry
homas Boteler, b. 1624, christened March 13, 1624, Eastry
Henry Boteler, b. 1628, christened April 13, 1628, d. 1667, Eastry
Richard Boteler, b. 1631, d. May 22, 1682, Eastry, Kent
Thomas Appleton was born about 1565 in Eastry, Kent. He married Jane Paramore who was born about 1569 in Eastry, Kent. They had one child.
Children: Joan Appleton, b. 1591, c. Aug 24, 1591, d. 1674, Eastry, Kent.
Edith was born at #6 Rum Lane, Kingston, Jamaica in 1895, to Rev. William Watson Baillie and Marion Jane Watson.
She left Jamaica for New York to become a nurse, eventually working in Brookline, Massachusetts. It was during a trip home to Jamaica on a ship from New York, that she met Donald Jones. They were married on December 19, 1922 in Brookline and settled in Jamaica.
Edith and Donald had two sons and adopted a daughter from England.
Edith was being diagnosed with possible thyroid cancer and traveled to Toronto, Canada for treatment. She died from complications due to surgery on August 2, 1943 and is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto.
Children:
Frank b. Aug 21, 1925
Dennis Neville, b. April 11, 1928
Jennifer Marion, b. Aug 28, 1936
William Baillie was born at Barrow in Furness in 1863 (4?) to Andrew Baillie and Betsy Wilks.
His career as a Wesleyan Methodist Minister was outlined in the minutes of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference:
1887 On the Foreign Stations - William Baillie -travelled one year
1891 On the Foreign Station - William Baillie - admitted to Full Connexion(ordained)
1889- 90 Duncas Circuit (No.11)
1891--94 Manchioneal Circuit (No. 29)
1895-96 Grateful Hill Circuit (No.7)
1896-99 Savanna La Mar Circuit
1900 Visiting England
He married Marion Jane Watson in the Wesley Chapel, Kingston, Jamaica on April 21, 1891. Together they had four children.
After Marion's death in 1940, William married
William Baillie died in Jamaica in 1948 and is buried in Mandeville. The following obituary appeared in the Minutes of the Methodist Conference 1949:
On the Foreign Stations
(3) William Baillie ; born at Barrow in Furness in 1864, He went from Richmond College to Jamaica in 1887 and spent his active ministry of 39 years in the Jamaica District, retiring in 1926. He was one of those ideal missionaries who adopt the land of their appointment. He married a Jamaican lady who greatly helped him throughout his ministry. He is remembered for his strong and efficient pulpit ministry; his missionary advocacy, his devotional addresses at Synod and for his gift in prayer. By temperament he was shy, retiring and sensitive. He could never trust himself to repeat the Lord's prayer from memory, but when he began to speak there was no trace of feebleness or self-consciousness. His addresses were clothed in choice language and passionate in conviction and appeal. Beyond the regular work of the Ministry he had wide and varied interests. He was an expert photographer and a great reader. Solely in the interests of the people he managed a book store and a printing works, and employed colporteurs in the endeavour to distribute good literature. For many years he was a representative of the British and Foreign Bible
Society. In the later years of his life, his motto was 'A Bible in every home'. He loved the people and ministered to their physical ailments. He loved his brethren in the Ministry & was always happy to share their fellowship, especially after his retirement. After a period of much weakness and suffering, this friend and brother departed to be with Christ on the 2nd September 1948, in the eighty-fourth year of his earthly life.
Children:
Fred, b. Apr 15, 1892, d. Mar 18, 1964, m. Olga Leyden,(b. Dec 15, 1898, d. Sept 18, 1918)
Edith
Frank, d. Sept 15, 1918
Cynthia, b. May 15, 1908
Andrew Baillie was born in 1836 and died in 1894. He married Betsy Wilks (b. 1841, d. 1917)
Marion Watson was born on June 21, 1871 to Samuel and Fanny Watson. She married Rev. William Baillie on April 21, 1891 and they had four children.
Marion died from a stroke on July 21, 1940 and is buried in Mandeville.
Children:
Fred, b. Apr 15, 1892, d. Mar 18, 1964, m. Olga Leyden, (b. Dec 15, 1898, d. Sept 18, 1918)
Edith
Frank ,d. Sept 15, 1918
Cynthia, b. May 15, 1908
The following excerpt appeared in the Jamaican Who's Who: John Robertson Watson was, after serving his articles with his father. Mr. S. H. Watson, admitted to practice as a solicitor on the 13th of August, 1891. He established a practice in St. Thomas, and at the last general election he contested the seat and was chosen the member for that parish. He died, while in England in search of health on the 9th of July 1909.
Samuel Watson was born on January 17, 1842 in Kingston, Jamaica. He became a lawyer and was called to the bar in 1867. He worked for the firm Anderson and Watson, located at 8 Duke Street, Kingston. The firm was also insurance and patent agents.
He married Fanny ??? (b. 1840, d. March 4,1922) and they had three children.
The following excerpt appeared in the Jamaican Who's Who:
WATSON, Samuel Hammond; Born in Kingston, Jamaica, on the 17th January, 1842. Educated at Wolmer's School. Admitted to practise as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Jamaica on the 15th June, 1867; appointed, Notary Public for Kingston, 23rd August, 1878 ; Commissioner for administering Oaths in the West Indies, of the Supreme Court of , Sydney, N.S.W., Australia; member of the Institute of Patent , Agents, London. Mayor of Kingston, 1895; formerly member of the Parochial Boards of St. Andrew and St. Thomas; one of the promoters of the People's Discount Co., Ltd., and one of the promoters of the Kingston Light and power Co., Ltd., and its Chairman. Address: 6 Rum Lane, Kingston.
Samuel Watson died on January 11, 1919.
Children:
John Robertson, m. Lally Parnther, d. July 9, 1909, In England
Marion Jane
Samuel
Phyllis Elizabeth Perry came to Canada with her Father & Mother, sister & brother, prior to W.W.1. She was Nick-named "Betty". And was the youngest of the 3 Children of Violet Saies-Jones and Harold Saies -Jones. She attended, with her older sister Molly, St. Mildred's private school on Walmer Rd. in Toronto. There is a photo on this site of her and her 2 siblings, which was taken in England when she was 3 yrs of age. She is the little girl on the left end of the bench, sister Molly beside her and big brother Don standing behind. She married Charles, W.C. Perry (Bert), and they lived in North Toronto where they brought up their 2 children, Donald and Elizabeth (Penny). This was in the time of the great depression, and it was a difficult time for a young family to make their living and bring up children. Like many other new Canadians, from then until the present, they succeeded in coming through it and raising the 2 children through the depression and the 2nd World war. Phyllis, after her 2 children, Elizabeth and Donald had left the parental home, moved to Burlington and lived until her death with her Daughter (Penny) and Penny's husband David Martin. She died at age 84, in Burlington Ontario, Canada, on Sept 12th 1990. " Betty" was born in London England Sept 13th, 1906, and lived in the county of Hampshire in Bournemouth until the family moved to Canada. She met her husband Bert Perry, who was also an emmigrant from England and they were married in Toronto in 1929. During Betty's life, she had a successful career in the lady's fashion's business