Timeline: Sarah Ann Ward and family
The following timeline provides information and source-references for Sarah Ann Ward and her family. More information would no doubt be found with more exhaustive research. For copies of birth/baptism, marriage and death/burial certificates relating to many of those mentioned below, see Sarah Ann Ward and her family.
1816 circa Sarah Ann Ward born to Michael & Sophia (see Timeline: Michael and Sophia Ward and their family), probably in the Hawkesbury district of New South Wales; no baptism located; illiterate[1]
1832 Aug 31 Sarah (aged 16) applied to marry convict William Aswell (aged 22 per Florentia) who said that “his name was taken down in the muster roll of the Florentia as John instead of William” (so his details were crossed out and replaced with John Haswell aged 24); permission “not allowed”[2]
1833 circa Son James born to Sarah Ann Ward; presumably fathered by John Haswell (for further information and source-references see James Garbutt); probably born before Aug 1833 when Sarah applied to marry Morgan Carroll
1833 Aug 28 Sarah Anne (aged 17) applied to marry Morgan Carroll, aged 34, convict per Recovery 2; 13 Sep: “no objection” noted on 13 Sep 1833; 17 Sep: “allowed” (but evidently not pursued)[3]
1833 late Sarah formed relationship with ticket-of-leave constable John Garbutt (born c.1791; arrived Agamemnon 1820). John Garbutt – 1826: appointed town constable at Windsor; 1828: appointed district constable at Pitt Town; 1829: pound-keeper, Caddie (and also 1833); 1829: ticket-of-leave; 1835: labourer)[4]
1834 Sep 12 Son John born to John Garbitt and Sarah Ann Ward (see John Charles Garbutt)[5]
1834 Dec 22 Sarah Ann Ward (aged 19, Born in colony, resident of Wilberforce) and John Garbett apply to marry; 23 Jan 1835: “allowed”[6]
1835 Dec 7 Sarah Ann Ward married John Garbitt at Pitt Town; their son John was baptised the same day[7]
1836 Daughter Maria born to John Garbutt and Sarah Ann Ward; 11 Jan 1856: married in Presbyterian cemetery at Hinton to James Dewson (c1827-1889), ceremony witnessed by Sophia Ward (grandmother) and Susan Sheppard (half-sister), both of West Maitland, suggesting that Maria was living with them rather than her mother (who was living in Warialda at that time); entries located for offspring in the birth certificate indexes are as follows: Henry James (1858), Roland (1859), Henrietta (1872), Myallas Maud (1875); more children are listed on James Dewson’s death certificate but the details do not fully tally with the above[8]
1837 Sarah deserted John Garbutt for William Shepper/Shepherd who paid Garbutt off with a horse so he would not try to take her back; Garbutt, however took custody their two children (evidently John and Maria, as indicated by other sources - see Was Frederick Ward the son of his "sister"?)[9]
1838 Aug 30 Sarah and William Shepper had a daughter Susannah born this day[10]
1839 Aug John Garbutt drowned (perhaps late in July); inquest held by 5 Aug 1839[11]
1839 Dec 15 Sarah married William Shepper in Presbyterian ceremony at Patrick’s Plains (Singleton); their daughter Susannah was baptised on the same day; they were listed as residents of Jerry’s Plains at the time[12]
1841 Jul 20 Sophia born to William, a labourer of Windsor and Sarah Ann Shepherd; baptised 11 Oct 1842 in Wesleyan Methodist ceremony at Windsor; 1863: Sophia resided with her half-brother John Charles Garbutt at Cooyal and called herself Sophia Jane Elizabeth Ann Garbutt (aged 20, daughter of Charles Garbutt, grazier, and Sarah Ann Jane Ward, according to her marriage certificate); 6 Nov 1863: married gold-digger Matthew Large; had family; 14 May 1903: died Linbourn (Mudgee district); 15 May 1903: buried St John’s CE Mudgee [13]
1843 Sarah formed relationship with Edward Sackville Edwards, settled in the Warialda district, and had at least another six children: Amelia (1844), Harriet (1846), Esther (1848), George (1850), Matilda (1852), William Henry (1855) and Thomas Henry (c1861); Edwards married Mary Briggs in 1870 (listing himself as a bachelor) and had further children; Edwards died 13 Nov 1893 at Levenstrath, Orara, NSW[14]
1864 Dec 21 Police Gazette reported: "A warrant has been issued by the Inverell Bench for the arrest of Sarah Ann Edwards, wherein she is charged with stealing the horse No.12 in this week's list, the property of Edward Edwards. She is about 5 feet 9 inches high, brown hair and eyes, the two front teeth wide apart; had with her a little boy 3 years old; when last seen they were in company with one James Barr, alias "Jim the Fiddler"; 5 feet 8 inches high, dark complexion; they had five horses with them. Supposed to have gone to Rockhampton, or Peak Downs, Queensland[15]
1867 Bushranger Fred Ward listed as having a sister living near Inverell (a reference to Sarah)[16]
1874 Listed as Norah on her mother’s death certificate and as living; no further references have been found and descendants do not know what happened to her[17]
Sources:
[1] Baxter, Carol (ed.) General Muster List of New South Wales 1823, 1824, 1825, ABGR, Sydney, 1999, Entry 44233; Sainty, M.R. & Johnson, K.A. Census of New South Wales, November 1828, Library of Australian History, Sydney, 1985, Entry W0410; Marriage: John Garbitt & Sarah Ann Ward [SRNSW ref: Vol.19 No. 1341; Reel 5004];Death Certificate: Hanley Thompson Ward [RBDM ref: 1859/3745] & Sophia Jane Ward [RBDM ref: 1874/5858] (NB. Listed as Norah in the latter; the informant, her brother Joshua, was illiterate and presumably didn’t realise that Sarah’s name was recorded incorrectly)
[2] List of persons applying for publication of banns at Sackville Reach and Pitt Town, 31 Aug 1832: William Aswell & Sarah Ward [SRNSW ref: 4/2151.2; Reel 722]
[3] Registers of persons applying for the publication of banns: Morgan Carroll & Sarah Ann Ward, 1833 [Ref: Index compiled by Joan Reese and Norma Tuck (Fiche No. 6, 1833 p. 26) from SRNSW ref: 4/2175.1; Reel 724]; Convict applications to marry (granted) – Pitt Town, 1833: Morgan Carroll & Sarah Ann Ward, 28 Aug 1833 [SRNSW ref: 4/4509 p.26 No.20; Fiche 782][4] Convict Indent – Agamemnon 1820: John Garbutt [SRNSW ref: 4/4007 p.220; Fiche 644]; Ticket of Leave – John Garbutt, 1829 [SRNSW ref: 4/4070 No.29/278; Reel 912]; Sydney Gazette 14 Jun 1826 p.1, 14 Nov 1828 p.1, 3 Nov 1829 p.4, 24 Jan 1833 p.1, 7 Jan 1839 p.2S;Butts of Ticket of Leave Passports: John Garbutt, 1838 [SRNSW ref: 4/4236 No.38/182; Reel 966]; Conditional Pardon – John Garbutt, 1839 [SRNSW ref: 4/4436 No. 39/61; Reel 777]
[5] Baptism: John Garbitt [SRNSW Vol.19 No.717; Reel 5004]
[6] Registers of persons applying for the publication of banns: John Garbett & Sarah Anne Ward, 1835 [Ref: Index compiled by Joan Reese and Norma Tuck (Fiche No. 6, 1835 p. 12) from SRNSW ref: 4/2269.92; Reel 727]; Convict applications to marry (granted): John Garbett & Sarah Anne Ward, transmitted 23 Jan 1835 [SRNSW ref: 4/4509 Year 1835 p.76; Fiche 783]
[7] Marriage: John Garbitt & Sarah Ann Ward [SRNSW ref: Vol.19 No. 1341; Reel 5004]; Baptism: John Garbitt [SRNSW Vol.19 No.717; Reel 5004]
[8] Marriage: James Dewson & Maria Garbitt, 1856 [SRNSW ref: Vol.82 No.238; Reel 5032]; Birth Certificates: Henry James Dewson [RBDM ref: 1858/9715] & Roland Dewson [RBDM ref: 1859/0010097]; Death Certificate: James Dewson [RBDM ref: 1889/0010061]
[9] Intestate Estate Papers: John Garbutt, 1839 [SRNSW ref: 6/3492 No.291]
[10] Sources: Baptism: Susannah Shepper [SRNSW ref: Vol. 121 No.8045; Reel 5046]
[11] Register of Inquests: John Garbutt [SRNSW 4/6612 No.517; Reel 2921]; Intestate Estate Papers: John Garbutt, 1839 [SRNSW ref: 6/3492 No.291]
[12] Sources: Marriage: William Shepper & Sarah Ann Garbutt [SRNSW ref: Vol 123 No.583; Reel 5047]; Baptism: Susannah Shepper [SRNSW ref: Vol. 121 No.8045; Reel 5046]
[13] Baptism: Sophia Shepherd [SRNSW ref: Vol. 54 No.494; Reel 5019]; St John’s CE Mudgee – Marriages: Matthew Large & Sophia Jane Elizabeth Ann Garbutt, 6 Nov 1863 & Burial: Sarah Elizabeth Ann Large, 15 May 1903 [SAG ref: Reel 339]
[14] See Sarah Ann Ward and her family for copies of certificates relating to Sarah Ann Ward’s children with Edward Sackville Edwards; Death Certificate: Edward Saxvill Edwards [RBDM ref: 1893/6557]; see also Edwards family [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=barrysinclair34&id=I332]
[15] NSW Police Gazette 21 Dec 1864
[16] Special bundle – Bushrangers: List of Offenders guilty of Offences – bushranging – from the time of Peisley’s depredations (March 1862) to June 1867: No.150 Frederick Ward [SRNSW ref: 4/1880 No.67/4659; Reel 2282]
[17] Death Certificate: Sophia Jane Ward [RBDM ref: 1874/5858]
1816 circa Sarah Ann Ward born to Michael & Sophia (see Timeline: Michael and Sophia Ward and their family), probably in the Hawkesbury district of New South Wales; no baptism located; illiterate[1]
1832 Aug 31 Sarah (aged 16) applied to marry convict William Aswell (aged 22 per Florentia) who said that “his name was taken down in the muster roll of the Florentia as John instead of William” (so his details were crossed out and replaced with John Haswell aged 24); permission “not allowed”[2]
1833 circa Son James born to Sarah Ann Ward; presumably fathered by John Haswell (for further information and source-references see James Garbutt); probably born before Aug 1833 when Sarah applied to marry Morgan Carroll
1833 Aug 28 Sarah Anne (aged 17) applied to marry Morgan Carroll, aged 34, convict per Recovery 2; 13 Sep: “no objection” noted on 13 Sep 1833; 17 Sep: “allowed” (but evidently not pursued)[3]
1833 late Sarah formed relationship with ticket-of-leave constable John Garbutt (born c.1791; arrived Agamemnon 1820). John Garbutt – 1826: appointed town constable at Windsor; 1828: appointed district constable at Pitt Town; 1829: pound-keeper, Caddie (and also 1833); 1829: ticket-of-leave; 1835: labourer)[4]
1834 Sep 12 Son John born to John Garbitt and Sarah Ann Ward (see John Charles Garbutt)[5]
1834 Dec 22 Sarah Ann Ward (aged 19, Born in colony, resident of Wilberforce) and John Garbett apply to marry; 23 Jan 1835: “allowed”[6]
1835 Dec 7 Sarah Ann Ward married John Garbitt at Pitt Town; their son John was baptised the same day[7]
1836 Daughter Maria born to John Garbutt and Sarah Ann Ward; 11 Jan 1856: married in Presbyterian cemetery at Hinton to James Dewson (c1827-1889), ceremony witnessed by Sophia Ward (grandmother) and Susan Sheppard (half-sister), both of West Maitland, suggesting that Maria was living with them rather than her mother (who was living in Warialda at that time); entries located for offspring in the birth certificate indexes are as follows: Henry James (1858), Roland (1859), Henrietta (1872), Myallas Maud (1875); more children are listed on James Dewson’s death certificate but the details do not fully tally with the above[8]
1837 Sarah deserted John Garbutt for William Shepper/Shepherd who paid Garbutt off with a horse so he would not try to take her back; Garbutt, however took custody their two children (evidently John and Maria, as indicated by other sources - see Was Frederick Ward the son of his "sister"?)[9]
1838 Aug 30 Sarah and William Shepper had a daughter Susannah born this day[10]
1839 Aug John Garbutt drowned (perhaps late in July); inquest held by 5 Aug 1839[11]
1839 Dec 15 Sarah married William Shepper in Presbyterian ceremony at Patrick’s Plains (Singleton); their daughter Susannah was baptised on the same day; they were listed as residents of Jerry’s Plains at the time[12]
1841 Jul 20 Sophia born to William, a labourer of Windsor and Sarah Ann Shepherd; baptised 11 Oct 1842 in Wesleyan Methodist ceremony at Windsor; 1863: Sophia resided with her half-brother John Charles Garbutt at Cooyal and called herself Sophia Jane Elizabeth Ann Garbutt (aged 20, daughter of Charles Garbutt, grazier, and Sarah Ann Jane Ward, according to her marriage certificate); 6 Nov 1863: married gold-digger Matthew Large; had family; 14 May 1903: died Linbourn (Mudgee district); 15 May 1903: buried St John’s CE Mudgee [13]
1843 Sarah formed relationship with Edward Sackville Edwards, settled in the Warialda district, and had at least another six children: Amelia (1844), Harriet (1846), Esther (1848), George (1850), Matilda (1852), William Henry (1855) and Thomas Henry (c1861); Edwards married Mary Briggs in 1870 (listing himself as a bachelor) and had further children; Edwards died 13 Nov 1893 at Levenstrath, Orara, NSW[14]
1864 Dec 21 Police Gazette reported: "A warrant has been issued by the Inverell Bench for the arrest of Sarah Ann Edwards, wherein she is charged with stealing the horse No.12 in this week's list, the property of Edward Edwards. She is about 5 feet 9 inches high, brown hair and eyes, the two front teeth wide apart; had with her a little boy 3 years old; when last seen they were in company with one James Barr, alias "Jim the Fiddler"; 5 feet 8 inches high, dark complexion; they had five horses with them. Supposed to have gone to Rockhampton, or Peak Downs, Queensland[15]
1867 Bushranger Fred Ward listed as having a sister living near Inverell (a reference to Sarah)[16]
1874 Listed as Norah on her mother’s death certificate and as living; no further references have been found and descendants do not know what happened to her[17]
Sources:
[1] Baxter, Carol (ed.) General Muster List of New South Wales 1823, 1824, 1825, ABGR, Sydney, 1999, Entry 44233; Sainty, M.R. & Johnson, K.A. Census of New South Wales, November 1828, Library of Australian History, Sydney, 1985, Entry W0410; Marriage: John Garbitt & Sarah Ann Ward [SRNSW ref: Vol.19 No. 1341; Reel 5004];Death Certificate: Hanley Thompson Ward [RBDM ref: 1859/3745] & Sophia Jane Ward [RBDM ref: 1874/5858] (NB. Listed as Norah in the latter; the informant, her brother Joshua, was illiterate and presumably didn’t realise that Sarah’s name was recorded incorrectly)
[2] List of persons applying for publication of banns at Sackville Reach and Pitt Town, 31 Aug 1832: William Aswell & Sarah Ward [SRNSW ref: 4/2151.2; Reel 722]
[3] Registers of persons applying for the publication of banns: Morgan Carroll & Sarah Ann Ward, 1833 [Ref: Index compiled by Joan Reese and Norma Tuck (Fiche No. 6, 1833 p. 26) from SRNSW ref: 4/2175.1; Reel 724]; Convict applications to marry (granted) – Pitt Town, 1833: Morgan Carroll & Sarah Ann Ward, 28 Aug 1833 [SRNSW ref: 4/4509 p.26 No.20; Fiche 782][4] Convict Indent – Agamemnon 1820: John Garbutt [SRNSW ref: 4/4007 p.220; Fiche 644]; Ticket of Leave – John Garbutt, 1829 [SRNSW ref: 4/4070 No.29/278; Reel 912]; Sydney Gazette 14 Jun 1826 p.1, 14 Nov 1828 p.1, 3 Nov 1829 p.4, 24 Jan 1833 p.1, 7 Jan 1839 p.2S;Butts of Ticket of Leave Passports: John Garbutt, 1838 [SRNSW ref: 4/4236 No.38/182; Reel 966]; Conditional Pardon – John Garbutt, 1839 [SRNSW ref: 4/4436 No. 39/61; Reel 777]
[5] Baptism: John Garbitt [SRNSW Vol.19 No.717; Reel 5004]
[6] Registers of persons applying for the publication of banns: John Garbett & Sarah Anne Ward, 1835 [Ref: Index compiled by Joan Reese and Norma Tuck (Fiche No. 6, 1835 p. 12) from SRNSW ref: 4/2269.92; Reel 727]; Convict applications to marry (granted): John Garbett & Sarah Anne Ward, transmitted 23 Jan 1835 [SRNSW ref: 4/4509 Year 1835 p.76; Fiche 783]
[7] Marriage: John Garbitt & Sarah Ann Ward [SRNSW ref: Vol.19 No. 1341; Reel 5004]; Baptism: John Garbitt [SRNSW Vol.19 No.717; Reel 5004]
[8] Marriage: James Dewson & Maria Garbitt, 1856 [SRNSW ref: Vol.82 No.238; Reel 5032]; Birth Certificates: Henry James Dewson [RBDM ref: 1858/9715] & Roland Dewson [RBDM ref: 1859/0010097]; Death Certificate: James Dewson [RBDM ref: 1889/0010061]
[9] Intestate Estate Papers: John Garbutt, 1839 [SRNSW ref: 6/3492 No.291]
[10] Sources: Baptism: Susannah Shepper [SRNSW ref: Vol. 121 No.8045; Reel 5046]
[11] Register of Inquests: John Garbutt [SRNSW 4/6612 No.517; Reel 2921]; Intestate Estate Papers: John Garbutt, 1839 [SRNSW ref: 6/3492 No.291]
[12] Sources: Marriage: William Shepper & Sarah Ann Garbutt [SRNSW ref: Vol 123 No.583; Reel 5047]; Baptism: Susannah Shepper [SRNSW ref: Vol. 121 No.8045; Reel 5046]
[13] Baptism: Sophia Shepherd [SRNSW ref: Vol. 54 No.494; Reel 5019]; St John’s CE Mudgee – Marriages: Matthew Large & Sophia Jane Elizabeth Ann Garbutt, 6 Nov 1863 & Burial: Sarah Elizabeth Ann Large, 15 May 1903 [SAG ref: Reel 339]
[14] See Sarah Ann Ward and her family for copies of certificates relating to Sarah Ann Ward’s children with Edward Sackville Edwards; Death Certificate: Edward Saxvill Edwards [RBDM ref: 1893/6557]; see also Edwards family [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=barrysinclair34&id=I332]
[15] NSW Police Gazette 21 Dec 1864
[16] Special bundle – Bushrangers: List of Offenders guilty of Offences – bushranging – from the time of Peisley’s depredations (March 1862) to June 1867: No.150 Frederick Ward [SRNSW ref: 4/1880 No.67/4659; Reel 2282]
[17] Death Certificate: Sophia Jane Ward [RBDM ref: 1874/5858]