Descendants of Abraham & Martha Batty
history of Australia
my ancestors and ancestors of Abraham
and Martha BATTY
breaking news: BATTY descendents reunion - coming
in 2008 in Geelong, Victoria, will post details when available, if interested email
me to stay on a contact list.
Introduction:
- Abraham Batty (1819-1892), my great, great, great, grandfather on my mother's
side was an agricultural labourer who emigrated from England with his
wife Martha Wilson and children (Kezia, Charlotta,
Dawson Wilson and Jemima) arriving in Australia on the "Andromache" on 8th Nov
1848 & settled in Geelong. They belonged to the Primitive
Methodist Church.
- Abraham was born to William BATTEY, a blacksmith and his mother Rebecca
HOLT.
He was baptised 4/4/1819 at Monk Fryston, Leeds, England, and married Martha
WILSON at Reighton (near Scarborough) 20/7/1840;
- Abraham died on 18/11/1892, at Gerangamete, and is buried in the Irrewarra
Cemetery, now known as Warncoort.
- ancestors of Abraham BATTEY:
- William BATTEY, a blacksmith, married 25/9/1808 at
Dewsbury, W. Yorkshire.
- see here for
other BATTY's of Dewsbury in early 19th C
- Rebecca HOLT (1787-) , baptised at Thornhill by Dewsbury on
27/5/1787
- Joseph HOLT (1726-), a woolcomber, baptised 19/2/1727,
married 13/4/1777 at Thornhill
- Joseph HOLT married at Thornhill/Horbury on
30/8/1716
- Martha ARMITAGE
- Rebecca OLDROYD (1746-), baptised 3rd Sept 1746 at
Horbury, W. Yorkshire
- Joshua OLDROYD (1715-1755), baptised 10th June 1715 at
Dewsbury, married 26/12/1738 at Dewsbury, died Y, Somme,
Picardie, France
- Josias OLDROYD (1685-1743), born
Dewsbury, England, married 7th June 1702
at Dewsbury, died Kentucky, USA.
- Sarah LEDGEARD (1680-)
- John LEDGEARD (1642-) born England,
married 1663
- Annis HAUGH (1640-) born England
- Rachel SMITH
- Siblings of Abraham BATTEY (researcher Mark Batty - dates are christening not burths):
- Edward BATTEY (1813-)
- Mary BATTEY (1815)
- Sarah BATTEY (1817-)
- Ann BATTEY (1817-)
- James BATTEY (1818-)
- George BATTEY (1820-)
- presumed siblings who died young and records found in the St Wilfred
Monk Fryston Burial Index 1813-1859 and registered at Burton Salmon:
- Mary BATTEY died at 10 days old, buried 19th Dec 1815 (presumably
the same Mary as above)
- William BATTEY died at 1 week age, buried 12th June 1821
- Lillian BATTY died as infant, buried 21st Feb 1823
- Martha WILSON (1817-1880) was baptised on 13th July 1817 and was born to Thomas WILSON, an agricultural labourer of
Reighton, England who was buried 3rd Oct. 1848 in Argham aged 68, and Ann
HARRISON who was baptised 17/3/1782 at Wintringham, Yorkshire; married
15/1/1805 at Barmston East, Yorkshire; buried 25th Jan 1860 of Argham/Argam
Lodge, Reighton, aged 84.
- ancestors of Martha WILSON are:
-
Thomas WILSON (1780-1848) - agricultural labourer
of Reighton, England. buried 3rd Oct. 1848 of Argham aged 68.
-
Ann HARRISON - baptised 17/3/1782 at
Wintringham, Yorkshire; married 15/1/1805 at Barmston East,
Yorkshire; buried 25th Jan 1860 of Argham/Argam Lodge, Reighton,
aged 84.
-
William HARRISON - schoolmaster;
m. 5th Feb 1776 in Wintringham;
-
Hannah HARRISON - born 2nd April
1749 in Wintringham;
-
Richard HARRISON - m. 7th Feb
1743;
-
Elizabeth COULSON
- siblings of Martha WILSON are:
- Charlotte WILSON (1813-)
- Ann WILSON (1815-)
- Dawson WILSON (1819-)
- Sarah WILSON (1820-)
Abraham BATTY (1819-1892) c1860
Martha BATTY nee WILSON (1817-1880)
Brief outline of descendants of Abraham & Martha
BATTY:
Zion BATTY and wife Charlotte c1939
Ivy Florence BATTY |
Sydney Zion BATTY |
Sydney Zion BATTY and wife, Mary |
John BATTY (son of Sydney Zion BATTY) and his wife
Possible other relatives - awaiting data:
- Albert Thomas BATTY - immediate descendants mainly buried
in Highton Cemetery
- Jabez BATTY? - (buried Geelong Eastern Cemetery
1/1/1850)
- Edward BATTY? - (buried Geelong Eastern Cemetery
1/12/1852)
- Harry BATTY? (buried Geelong Eastern Cemetery 1/1/1856)
- Charles BATTY? (buried Geelong Eastern Cemetery
27/6/1855)
- Eliza BATTY? (buried Geelong Eastern Cemetery
29/3/1859)
- Elizabeth BATTY?
- Russel Eric BATTY?
- Cecil Victor BATTY
- m. Joyce Melville McPHERSON
- Cynthia Lynette BATTY - see here
- m. Lawrence Thomas Henry ANNETT son of Thomas ANNETT
(1885-1960) of Condah and Ida Matilda SCHUMANN of Dimboola.
- Aleisha Maree ANNETT
- Hayden Lawrence ANNETT
- from http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mgfhs/dawnb.htm
who has the certificates:
- Abraham BATTY (d. 1872)
- Isabinda Farley BATTY (d. 1903)
- Elizabeth BATTY (d. 1912)
- James Thomas BATTY (b. 1854)
- Maria BATTY (m. 1865)
- Henry BATTY (c1830-)
- m. Mary Jane BRACKSTONE (c1830-) in 1855 in Vic.
- Maria BATTY (1856-) b. Geelong
- m. Joseph SMITH (c.1834 to 1850 - ) b. Halifax, Yorkshire,
Eng.; m. 1876 in Vic.
- 4 children
- Henry Thomas BATTY (1859-) b. Smythes Creek
- Albert James BATTY (1864-) b. Rokewood, Vic.
- Mary Elizabeth BATTY (1865-) b. Pitfield, near Cressy
- Alfred Edward BATTY (1867-) b. Pitfield
- Emily Jane BATTY (1869-) b. Pitfield
- Selina Jessie BATTY (1871-)
- Hilda Rebecca BATTY (1876-) b. Illabarook near Rokewood
- Frances Ethel Maud BATTY (1880-) b. Illabarook
- http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=marycotter&id=I95401446
- George BATTY
- Thomas BATTY (c1825 to 1830-1882) b. Wakefield, Yorkshire? s. of
Thomas BATTY and Ann OATES
- m. Isabinda Farley RICHARDS (c1832-1903) in 1854 in Vic.
- Philip Thomas BATTY (1855-) b. Ballarat
- Isabinda Ann BATTY (1857-) b. Bendigo
- John Oates BATTY (1860-) b. Ararat
- William Richards BATTY (1861-)
- William Henry BATTY (1863-)
- William Henry BATTY (1864-)
- James Gurney BATTY (1865-1900)
- Mary BATTY (1867-)
- Emily Richard BATTY (1870-)
- Leonard Herbert BATTY (1872-)
- Walter Frederick BATTY (1874-)
- Cyril Hubert BATTY (1877-)
- Getrude Kaye BATTY (1878-)
- http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=marycotter&id=I95316655
- Frederick BATTY (-1923) d. Vic.
- Joseph BATTY
- James BATTY (1836-) of Elloughton with Brough, Yorkshire
- other BATTY's of Dewsbury,
W. Yorkshire in early 19th C:
- Miles BATTY (1831-1914) - emigrated to Utah, USA
see here
- Samuel BATTY (<1821-1893) s. of Jonas BATTYE
(<1776-) of Bradford, Yorks. see here
References: