John Wigley

Level 75

iain Frazier on 10th July 2026

Family connections for John (Wigley) are: WIGLEY John (Wigley) was born on 11 11 1770 & became a shoemaker. He married firstly Elizabeth (Kiddy) on 14 9 1795 at St Akmunds church Duffield.>>> Elizabeth (Kiddy) did not come to Australia She & the children were moved to Heage. John (Wigley) & Elizabeth (Kiddy) produced 5children: mainly boys 1.John (Wigley) was baptised in 1796. He did not come to Australia. 2.George (Wigley) was born in 1797. He did not come to Australia. 3.Jebediah (Wigley) was born in 1799. He did not come to Australia. In 1841 he seems to have been living in Nottinghmshire near his returned father. 4.Elizabeth (Wigley) was born in 1801. She did not come to Australia. 5.Robert (Wigley) was born in 1804. He did not come to Australia. In 1841 he seems to have been living in Nottinghmshire near his returned father. .. >>>John (Wigley) was living at Bolger Derbyshire when he wss tried w/1other for forging banknotes at Derby Assizes in March 1809, sentenced to 14years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 16 10 1810 after a voyage of 5.5months on INDIAN; he was Protestant. 816 Nov 21: He was recorded on list list of prisoners on 21 11 1816 sent to Newcastle on HMS LADY NELSON-probabably after conviction for a felony. He was Free by Servitude by 1819. On 22 11 1819 he was a shoemaker working for Mr (Larken) at Parramatta. He married secondly Elizabeth (Jones) on 9 10 1820 (permission sought on 4 9 1820) at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He was issued his Certificate of Freedom in March 1823. He had an allotment in Parramatta town in 1823 & was recorded as husband of Elizabeth (Jones) & again in 1825. He was recorded in 1828 with his family as shoemaker at Parramatta. He was recorded in 1830 at Parramatta when he seems to have died age60 father of perhaps 8children-mostly boys. However, he apparantly moved to UK with his daughter & perhaps son & was recorded in 1847 with his daughter at Pelican St Radford Nottinghamshire as a shoemaker, near to his sons Jebediah & Robert. He died on 29 3 1849 age78 at New Street off Parliament Street Radford. [Some details taken from this Website] Elizabeth (Jones) was born about 1789. She was living with her assumed husband William (Dean) at a boarding house when she was tried w/her assumed husband William (Dean) for stealing, on 4 3 1815, a sheet etc of John (Jones) the boarding house owner at probably Old Bailey, sentenced to 7years (William (Dean) was found not guilty), held at London Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 19 1 1816 after a voyage of 6.5months on MARY ANN; she was Protestant. She was a servant to John (Palmer) in 1819-20. She would have been Free by Servitude by 1822. She was recorded as wife of John (Wigley his second marriage) in 1823 & 1825. She was recorded in 1828 with her family at Parramatta. She died in 1831 age42 mother of 3children.>>> [Some details taken from this Website] .. John (W/higley) & Elizabeth (Jones) produced perhaps 3children: 1.Timothy (Wigley) was born in 1819-perhops the son of William and Elizabeth (Orme) & adopted but his birth as (Wigfield) is shown in Smees records. He was recorded in 1828 with his parents at Parramatta. 2.John (Wigley) was born on 31 8 1822 at Parramatta & baptised on 2 4 1828 age5 w/Susannah at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He was recorded in 1828 with his parents at Parramatta. He was apparantly taken to UK by his father. He may have been a bootmaker living at 4 Duck Lane London in 1881. 3.Susannah (Wigley) was born on 5 11 1824 at Parramatta & baptised on 2 4 1828 age3 w/John at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She was recorded in 1828 with her parents at Parramatta. She was apparantly taken to UK by her father & was recorded. as Susan age16 (not23?), in 1847 with her father at Pelican St Radford Nottinghamshire. She is apparantly recorded in 1851 as housekeeper at Cottage Gardens Lenton Nottingham city. She apparantly married Alexander Morley (Stretton) farmer on 6 12 1853 at Christ Church Derby Derbyshire & produced 5childre. She moved with her husband to Lambeth London. In 1861/2 she moved to Canada with her family & settled in Toronto. ..Alexander Morley (Stretton) was born in 1825. He sometimes used the surname of his mother. He was a farmer with 400acres at Bunny Grange Nottinghamshire in 1853. He moved with his wife to Lambeth London. In 1861/2 he moved to Canada with his family & settled in Toronto. He died in Toronto on 6 7h 1917 age92 ..Details of Alexander Morley (Stretton)s family are given below. [a Joseph (Wigley) was scheduled to be examined for insolvency in 1830 in Sydney] STRETTON George (Stretton) became a printer publisher & owner of the Nottingham Journal. He married firstly Mary (Burbage).>>> Mary (Burbage) died in November 1825. .. >>>George (Stretton) had a second relationship with Sarah (Morley), produced 2children: & later married her on 26 7 1826 at St Leodegarius Church Basford Nottingham city. 1.Alexander Morley (Stretton) was born in 1825. He sometimes used the surname of his mother. He was a farmer with 400acres at Bunny Grange Nottinghamshire when he married Susannah (Wigley) on 6 12 1853 at Christ Church Derby Derbyshire. He moved with his wife to Lambeth London. In 1861/2 he moved to Canada with his family & settled in Toronto. He died in Toronto on 6 7h 1917 age92. ..Susannah (Wigley) was born on 5 11 1824 at Parramatta & baptised on 2 4 1828 age3 w/John at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She was recor ded in 1828 with her parents at Parramatta. She was apparantly taken to UK by her father & was recorded. as Susan age16 (not23?), in 1847 with her father at Pelican St Radford Nottinghamshire. She is apparantly recorded in 1851 as housekeeper at Cottage Gardens Lenton Nottingham city. She moved with her husband to Lambeth London. In 1861/2 she moved to Canada with her family & settled in Toronto. ..Details of Susannah (Wigley)s family are given above. ..Alexander Morley (Stretton) & Susannah (Wigley) produced 5children: ..1.??? (Stretton) was born at Lambeth London. In 1861/2 he/she was probably taken to Canada by his/her parents-to Toronto. ..2.??? (Stretton) was born at Lambeth London. In 1861/2 he/she was probably taken to Canada by his/her parents-to Toronto. ..3.??? (Stretton) was born at Lambeth London. In 1861/2 he/she was probably taken to Canada by his/her parents-to Toronto. ..4.Ada Sarah (Stretton) was born in April 1861 at Lambeth London. In 1861/2 she was taken to Canada by her parents-to Toronto. ..5.??? (Stretton) was born probably in Toronto Canada. . 2.??? (Stretton) was born <July 1826. Reference: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.

Level 338

Penny-Lyn Beale on 12th October 2021

1828 - New South Wales, Australia Census John Wigley. Age; 52. F. S. Ship; Indian - 1810 - 14 years. Protestant. Shoemaker. Parramatta Elizabeth Wigley. Age; 38. F. S. Ship; Mary Ann - 1816 - 7 years. Protestant Timothy Wigley. Age; 9. Born Colony. Protestant John Jnr. Wigley. Age; 6. Born Colony. Protestant Susannah Wigley. Age; 4. Born Colony. Protestant

Level 2

Dave Johnson on 18th April 2020

The Derby Mercury reported, in March 1809, that shoemaker John Wigley of Belper, aged 43, had been convicted of forging one pound banknotes, while his associate, William Varley, aged 21, was, at the same time, convicted of having such banknotes in his possession. At the Derby Assizes of that month both men were sentenced to be transported to Australia for 14 years. Perhaps they were lucky ?! I notice, a little further on in the same newspaper account, that at the Oxford Assizes, Henry Russell was convicted of passing forged banknotes and was thus sentenced to death. British Convict Transportation Registers show that John Wigley sailed to Australia in July 1810, aboard ‘The Indian‘, along with about 200 others. The ship arrived at New South Wales on December 16th 1810, when John’s convict records show a birth date of November 11th, 1770 (making him, of course, 39 at the time of his conviction). The wife left behind by John was Elizabeth (nee Kiddy) whom he had married at St. Alkmund’s Church, Duffield, on September 14th 1795. The couple had five children, ….. John (baptised 1796), George (1797), Jedediah (1799), Elizabeth (1801), and Robert (1804). Following John's 'departure' the family was now potentially destitute. The parish officers at Belper refused any relief for them as they were not legally entitled to be settled in the town, and a removal order was issued to locate Elizabeth and her children at Heage (why Heage ?) Colonial Secretary Papers (researched by D. Wong) show that John was moved to Newcastle, New South Wales, November 21st, 1816, on the Lady Nelson And then, three years later, on November 22nd, 1819, while he was a servant to Mr. Larken of Parramatta he made a petition for mitigation of his sentence. In late 1820 John was granted permission to marry Elizabeth Jones at St John’s Church, Parramatta. She had been sentenced to seven years transportation in 1815, and had arrived at New South Wales aboard the Mary Anne in January 1816. At the time of her marriage she appears to have been an assigned servant to John Palmer. On the 1828 Census for Parramatta, John and his family appear. John is still employed as a shoemaker, aged 52 (making his birth year 1776). Elizabeth is aged 38, and there are three children … Timothy aged 9, John aged 8, and Susannah aged 4. Baptismal records for the same colony show that Timothy, born in 1819, was perhaps the son of William and Elizabeth Orme, but was later 'adopted' by the Wigleys when his natural mother died. I believe that John returned to England some time between 1830 to 1841. He appears on the census for the latter year, living less that ten miles from his sons Jedediah and Robert. On the Nottingham census for that year he is at Pelican Street in Radford, still a shoemaker, aged 70, with his daughter Susan, aged 16. He continued to live in the city until his death at New Street off Parliament Street, on March 29th 1849, aged 78. Three years later, on the 1851 census, Susannah is recorded, alone, at Cottage Garden in Lenton,Nottingham, as a 'housekeeper'. On December 6th 1853, at Christ Church, Derby, she married Alexander Morley Stretton, a successful and prosperous farmer of 400 acres at Bunny Grange in Nottinghamshire. Born in 1825, he was the illegitimate son of George Stretton, printer, publisher and owner of the Nottingham Journal, and tracking Alexander is difficult as he occasionally used the surname of his mother, Sarah Morley. (It seems that his father George was still married when he fathered his two illegitimate sons; when George's wife Mary (nee Burbage) died in November 1825, George was then free to marry Sarah Morley, which he did, at St. Leodegarius Church, Basford, on July 26th 1826). In the late 1850's Alexander and Susannah Stretton left Bunny for Lambeth, London, where four of their five children were born … the last of the four being Ada Sarah in April 1861, the month of the census. However they don't seem to appear on that census and in 1861 or 1862 they cross the Atlantic to Canada, to live eventually in Toronto. Where they remain. Alexander died there on July 6th 1917, aged 92. I wonder whether Bob and Jerry Wigley were aware that their father had remarried and that they had several half-siblings ? And did they know that, just as the Market Inn was being built, that their father was living just a few miles from them ? What became of Jerry's mother Elizabeth and his other brothers and sister ? And what became of Elizabeth (Jones) and the other half-siblings ? Did they also come to England ? Did George Stretton know that his son was married to the daughter of a convicted forger, an ex-con ? If so, what did he feel about this ? Is the boot-maker John Wigley, living at 4 Duck Lane in London in 1881, the son, born in Australia, to John and Elizabeth ?

Level 346

Maureen Withey on 27th July 2019

1828 NSW Census at Parramatta John Wigley, age 52, shoemaker, protestant(Indian, 1810, 14 yrs)and his family, wife Elizabeth, age 38, ( Mary Ann, 1816, 7 yrs), children, all born in the colony, Timothy, 9, John, 6, and Susannah, 4, and 2 convict servants, Jane Mashins, 15 (Louisa 1827, 7 yrs) and Joseph Burnett, 28, (Malabar, 1819 life).

Level 221

D Wong on 31st May 2017

John Wigley was transported for 'Forging Banknotes'. Colonial Secretary Papers: WIGLEY, John. Per "Indian", 1810 1816 Nov 21: On list of prisoners sent to Newcastle per "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6005; 4/3495 p.293) 1819 Nov 22: Shoemaker; servant of Mr Larken at Parramatta. Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3202; 4/1860 p.92) 1820 Sep 4,19: Re permission to marry at Parramatta (Reel 6007; 4/3502 p.247) 1823 Apr 5: On return of allotments in the town of Parramatta (Fiche 3265; 4/7576 p.7) 1823 c.Jul: Shoemaker. His wife Elizabeth Jones an assigned servant of John Palmer in 1819-20 (Reel 6056; 4/1765 p.182) 1824 Jul 3: On return of proceedings of the Bench of Magistrates, Parramatta; listed as Whigley (Reel 6023; 4/6671 p.39) 1820: Married Elizabeth Jones (Mary Anne 1816) at St Johns, Parramatta. - 2 children registered on the BDM: Susannan 1824 and John 1822. March 1823: COF 4/3/1830: Was in Parramatta. C1830: John seems to have died - not registered on the BDM. 27/5/1830 Sydney Gazette: In the Supreme Court ) of New South Wales) Plaintiffs Phillip Joseph Cohen and Laurence Joseph Spyer, and Joseph Wigley, Defendant. To Joseph Wigley, his Creditors and Debtors. PURSUANT to an Order of this Honourable Court, bearing date the Twenty-first Day of May Instant, you, the said Joseph Wigley, are hereby required to attend and be personally present at the said Court, in Castlereagh-street, Sydney, on Saturday, the Fifty Day of June, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon, for examination and enquiry as to your alleged insolvency, and that in the mean time you, the said Defendant, be restrained from disposing of you Estate and Effects, and that Phillip Joseph Cohen and Isaac Kirkbride are nominated and appointed provisional Trustees, with full power and authority to discover, collect, receive, and hold all and every the Estates and Effects of the said John Wigley, subject to the Order of a Judge or this Court respectively, until further Proceedings be had herein. Dated this 24th Day of May, 1830. EDWARD JOSEPH KEITH, Attorney for Plaintiff. There is also a story on John's son, Jedediah at : Colonial Secretary Papers: WIGLEY, John. Per "Indian", 1810 1816 Nov 21: On list of prisoners sent to Newcastle per "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6005; 4/3495 p.293) 1819 Nov 22: Shoemaker; servant of Mr Larken at Parramatta. Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3202; 4/1860 p.92) 1820 Sep 4,19: Re permission to marry at Parramatta (Reel 6007; 4/3502 p.247) 1823 Apr 5: On return of allotments in the town of Parramatta (Fiche 3265; 4/7576 p.7) 1823 c.Jul: Shoemaker. His wife Elizabeth Jones an assigned servant of John Palmer in 1819-20 (Reel 6056; 4/1765 p.182) 1824 Jul 3: On return of proceedings of the Bench of Magistrates, Parramatta; listed as Whigley (Reel 6023; 4/6671 p.39) 1820: Married Elizabeth Jones (Mary Anne 1816) at St Johns, Parramatta. - 2 children registered on the BDM: Susannan 1824 and John 1822. March 1823: COF 4/3/1830: Was in Parramatta. C1830: John seems to have died - not registered on the BDM. 27/5/1830 Sydney Gazette: In the Supreme Court ) of New South Wales) Plaintiffs Phillip Joseph Cohen and Laurence Joseph Spyer, and Joseph Wigley, Defendant. To Joseph Wigley, his Creditors und Debtors. PURSUANT to an Order of this Honourable Court, bearing date the Twenty-first Day of May Instant, you, the said Joseph Wigley, are hereby required to attend and be personally present at the said Court, in Castlereagh-street, Sydney, on Saturday, the Fifty Day of June, at Tem o'clock in the Forenoon, for examination and enquiry as to your alleged insolvency, and that in the mean time you, the said Defendant, be restrained from disposing of you Estate and Effects, and that Phillip Joseph Cohen and Isaac Kirkbride are nominated and appointed provisional Trustees, with full power and authority to discover, collect, receive, and hold all and every the Extates and Effects of the siad John Wigley, sufject to the Order of a Judge or this Court respectively, until further Proceedings be had herein. Dated this 24th Day of May, 1830. EDWARD JOSEPH KEITH, Attorney for Plaintiff. There is also a story on John's son, Jedediah at : Colonial Secretary Papers: WIGLEY, John. Per "Indian", 1810 1816 Nov 21: On list of prisoners sent to Newcastle per "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6005; 4/3495 p.293) 1819 Nov 22: Shoemaker; servant of Mr Larken at Parramatta. Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3202; 4/1860 p.92) 1820 Sep 4,19: Re permission to marry at Parramatta (Reel 6007; 4/3502 p.247) 1823 Apr 5: On return of allotments in the town of Parramatta (Fiche 3265; 4/7576 p.7) 1823 c.Jul: Shoemaker. His wife Elizabeth Jones an assigned servant of John Palmer in 1819-20 (Reel 6056; 4/1765 p.182) 1824 Jul 3: On return of proceedings of the Bench of Magistrates, Parramatta; listed as Whigley (Reel 6023; 4/6671 p.39) 1820: Married Elizabeth Jones (Mary Anne 1816) at St Johns, Parramatta. - 2 children registered on the BDM: Susannan 1824 and John 1822. March 1823: COF 4/3/1830: Was in Parramatta. C1830: John seems to have died - not registered on the BDM. 27/5/1830 Sydney Gazette: In the Supreme Court ) of New South Wales) Plaintiffs Phillip Joseph Cohen and Laurence Joseph Spyer, and Joseph Wigley, Defendant. To Joseph Wigley, his Creditors und Debtors. PURSUANT to an Order of this Honourable Court, bearing date the Twenty-first Day of May Instant, you, the said Joseph Wigley, are hereby required to attend and be personally present at the said Court, in Castlereagh-street, Sydney, on Saturday, the Fifty Day of June, at Tem o'clock in the Forenoon, for examination and enquiry as to your alleged insolvency, and that in the mean time you, the said Defendant, be restrained from disposing of you Estate and Effects, and that Phillip Joseph Cohen and Isaac Kirkbride are nominated and appointed provisional Trustees, with full power and authority to discover, collect, receive, and hold all and every the Estates and Effects of the said John Wigley, subject to the Order of a Judge or this Court respectively, until further Proceedings be had herein. Dated this 24th Day of May, 1830. EDWARD JOSEPH KEITH, Attorney for Plaintiff. There is also a story on John's son, Jedediah at : http://www.oldilkeston.co.uk/jedediah-wigley-and-the-market-tavern/

Level 1

Janet Pritchard on 25th June 2012

John Wigley married a Elizabeth kiddy on the 14/9/1795 Derbyshire England, she was left with 5 children, John,George,Jedediah,Elizabeth and Robert.