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Family of John Ayerst and Elizabeth Betts

Husband: John Ayerst

  • Name:

  • John Ayerst

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • William Ayerst (1749-1791)

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Pope (1747-1818)

  • Birth:

  • 1774

  • Horsmonden, Kent

  • Baptism:

  • 23 Feb 1774 (age 0)

  • St Margaret, Horsmonden, Kent

  • Residence:

  • 1805 (age 30-31)

  • Sutton Valence, Kent

  • Occupation:

  • 11 Jun 1817 (age 42-43)

  • Farmer (son Francis's baptism)

  • Death:

  • bef 1841 (age 66-67)

  •  

Wife: Elizabeth Betts

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Betts

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • c. 1783

  •  

  • Census:

  • 1841 (age 57-58)

  • Living with son Francis

Child 1: Eliza Ayerst

  • Name:

  • Eliza Ayerst

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1807

  • Sutton Valence, Kent

  • Baptism:

  • 1 Jul 1807 (age 0)

  • St Mary the Virgin, Sutton Valence, Kent

Child 2: Edward Ayerst

  • Name:

  • Edward Ayerst

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Elizabeth Ayerst (c. 1812- )

  • Children:

  • Edward Ayerst (1830-1882)

  •  

  • Jane Ayerst (1831-1917)

  •  

  • Ann Ayerst (1833- )

  • Note 1 (shared):

  • Marriage register, Gillingham, 20.5.1829:

    Edward Ayerst of St Mary Newington, bachelor, and Elizabeth Ayerst of this parish, spinster, by licence

    Witnesses: Thomas Ayerst, D Bensted

  • Note 2:

  • Evidence for Edward Ayerst's move to Australia:

     

    Missing Friends: Information is requested respecting Edward Ayerst, whose brother, John Ayerst, resides in Water Lane, Lower Thames Street, London, and whose uncle, William Ayerst, resides in Sutton, Kent. He left England for Australia about 16 years ago and is said to have been connected with a steam mill in Melbourne.

    Tasmania, Reports of Crime for Police Information, 1866; from the Victoria Police Gazette, 27.9.1866

     

    Missing Friends: A second enquiry has been made respecting Edward Ayerst, and the following additional particulars are now given. He had been employed as clerk by Messrs. Wilkin & Walker, Benet’s Place, Gracechurch Street, London. His first employment was that of clerk to a Mr. Parsons, owner of a steam mill. There is a possibility of his having assumed the name of Austin.

    Tasmania, Reports of Crime for Police Information, 1867; from the Victoria Police Gazette, 27.12.1866

     

    Missing Friends: Information is requested respecting Edward Ayerst, who left England for Australia in the year 1844. Prior to leaving England he was employed as employed as clerk to Messrs. Wilkin & Walker, of London. An Englishman. This inquiry is made at the instance of his son, Edward Ayerst, who is now serving in the 3rd Battalion 60th Rifles, Madras.

    The South Australian Police Gazette, 20.9.1867

  • Birth:

  • 1809

  • Sutton Valence, Kent

  • Baptism:

  • 8 Feb 1809 (age 0)

  • St Mary the Virgin, Sutton Valence, Kent

  • Occupation (1):

  • 12 Mar 1830 (age 20-21)

  • Clerk, Hoxton Square, Shoreditch

  • Occupation (2):

  • 11 Sep 1833 (age 23-24)

  • Ship agent, Earle Street, Shoreditch

  • Census:

  • 1841 (age 31-32)

  • Clerk, King Row, St Mary Newington, Lambeth

  • Emigration:

  • 1844 (age 34-35)

  • from Moved to Australia (see notes)

  • Occupation (3):

  • 25 Dec 1852 (age 42-43)

  • Ship agent (on Jane's marriage certificate)

  • Death:

  • aft 1867 (age 57-58)

  • Australia

Child 3: John Ayerst

  • Name:

  • John Ayerst

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 13 Feb 1811

  • Sutton Valence, Kent

  • Baptism:

  • 19 Mar 1811 (age 0)

  • St Mary the Virgin, Sutton Valence, Kent

  • Death:

  • 1811 (age 0)

  • Sutton Valence, Kent

  • Burial:

  • 3 Apr 1811

  • St Mary the Virgin, Sutton Valence, Kent (infant)

Child 4: John Ayerst

  • Name:

  • John Ayerst

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Mary Susannah Ayerst (1810-1888)

  • Children:

  • Thomas Ayerst (1834-1875)

  •  

  • Eliza Ayerst (1835-1908)

  •  

  • John Ayerst (1837-1900)

  •  

  • Francis Ayerst (1840-1893)

  •  

  • Edward Ayerst (1842-1916)

  •  

  • Henry Ayerst (1845-1883)

  •  

  • Charles Ayerst (1847-1848)

  •  

  • William Ayerst (1851-1854)

  • Note:

  • AYERST John, 27 May 1887. The Will of John Ayerst formerly of 13 Kent Street Southwark in the County of Surrey and of 12 Water Lane Thames Street in the City of London but late of the Woodlands Hither Green Lane Lewisham in the County of Kent and of 70 Lower Thames Street in the said City Carman who died 23 April 1887 at the Woodlands was proved at the Principal Registry by Mary Susannah Ayerst of the Woodlands Widow the Relict the sole Executrix. Personal Estate £1,051 14s. 4d.

  • Birth:

  • 11 Mar 1812

  • Sutton Valence, Kent

  • Baptism:

  • 22 Apr 1812 (age 0)

  • St Mary the Virgin, Sutton Valence, Kent

  • Occupation (1):

  • 4 May 1834 (age 22)

  • Clerk, Hackney Road, Shoreditch (son Thomas's baptism)

  • Occupation (2):

  • 3 Dec 1837 (age 25)

  • Carman, Hackney Road, Hackney, Middlesex

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 28-29)

  • Carman, Kent Street, Southwark

  • Census (2):

  • 1851 (age 38-39)

  • Carman, 13 & 14 Kent Street, St George, Southwark

  • Residence:

  • 27 Sep 1866 (age 54)

  • Water Lane, Lower Thames Street, London

  • Census (3):

  • 1871 (age 58-59)

  • Carman, 13 Kent Street, Southwark, Surrey

  • Census (4):

  • 1881 (age 68-69)

  • Master carman, The Woodlands, Lewisham, Kent

  • Death fact:

  • 1887 (age 74-75)

  • GRO Reference: 1887 J Quarter in LEWISHAM Volume 01D Page 621 (aged 75)

  • Death:

  • 23 Apr 1887 (age 75)

  • The Woodlands, Hither Green Lane, Lewisham, Kent

Child 5: William Ayerst

Child 6: Francis Ayerst

  • Name:

  • Francis Ayerst

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Louise Rosine Unknown (c. 1827- )

  • Children:

  • Louisa Ayerst (c. 1853- )

  •  

  • Edward Ayerst (c. 1854- )

  •  

  • Charles Ayerst (c. 1856- )

  •  

  • Leontine Ayerst (1864-1940)

  •  

  • Emily Ayerst (c. 1867- )

  •  

  • Frederick Ayerst (c. 1869- )

  • Note:

  • AYERST Francis, 25 April 1888. Administration of the Personal Estate of Francis Ayerst late of 4 The Drive West Brighton in the County of Sussex Gentleman who died 26 March 1888 at 4 The Drive was granted at the Principal Registry to Louise Rosine Ayerst of 4 The Drive Widow the Relict. Personal Estate £8,817 12s. 9d. Resworn July 1889 £1,200.

  • Birth:

  • 1817

  • Sutton Valence, Kent

  • Baptism:

  • 11 Jun 1817 (age 0)

  • St Mary the Virgin, Sutton Valence, Kent

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 23-24)

  • Custom House agent, Carlton Cottages, Newington, Surrey

  • Census (2):

  • 1871 (age 53-54)

  • Dealer of works of art, 10 Hanover Crescent, Brighton, Sussex

  • Census (3):

  • 1881 (age 63-64)

  • No occupation, 2 The Drive, Tisbury Road, Hove, Sussex

  • Death:

  • 26 Mar 1888 (age 70-71)

  • 4 The Drive, West Brighton, Sussex

Child 7: Mary Elizabeth Ayerst

  • Name:

  • Mary Elizabeth Ayerst

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1820

  • Sutton Valence, Kent

  • Baptism:

  • 5 Mar 1820 (age 0)

  • St Mary the Virgin, Sutton Valence, Kent

  • Census (1):

  • 1861 (age 40-41)

  • 7 Hatcham Terrace, Old Kent Road, Camberwell (boarder, unmarried, birthplace Langley, Kent)

  • Census (2):

  • 1871 (age 50-51)

  • Living with brother William, Kent Street, Southwark (unmarried, birthplace Sutton)

  • Death fact:

  • 1875 (age 54-55)

  • 1875 D Quarter in SAINT SAVIOUR SURREY Volume 01D Page 55 (aged 56, Elizabeth Ayerst)

  • Death:

  • 4 Oct 1875 (age 54-55)

  • 198 Great Dover Street, Newington, Surrey

Additional Information

  • Death:

  • Elizabeth Ayerst, daughter of John Ayerst a farmer (deceased). Present at the death: Mary Ayerst, niece, 198 Great Dover Street

Note on Child 2: Edward Ayerst (1) - shared note

Marriage register, Gillingham, 20.5.1829:

Edward Ayerst of St Mary Newington, bachelor, and Elizabeth Ayerst of this parish, spinster, by licence

Witnesses: Thomas Ayerst, D Bensted

Note on Child 2: Edward Ayerst (2)

Evidence for Edward Ayerst's move to Australia:

 

Missing Friends: Information is requested respecting Edward Ayerst, whose brother, John Ayerst, resides in Water Lane, Lower Thames Street, London, and whose uncle, William Ayerst, resides in Sutton, Kent. He left England for Australia about 16 years ago and is said to have been connected with a steam mill in Melbourne.

Tasmania, Reports of Crime for Police Information, 1866; from the Victoria Police Gazette, 27.9.1866

 

Missing Friends: A second enquiry has been made respecting Edward Ayerst, and the following additional particulars are now given. He had been employed as clerk by Messrs. Wilkin & Walker, Benet’s Place, Gracechurch Street, London. His first employment was that of clerk to a Mr. Parsons, owner of a steam mill. There is a possibility of his having assumed the name of Austin.

Tasmania, Reports of Crime for Police Information, 1867; from the Victoria Police Gazette, 27.12.1866

 

Missing Friends: Information is requested respecting Edward Ayerst, who left England for Australia in the year 1844. Prior to leaving England he was employed as employed as clerk to Messrs. Wilkin & Walker, of London. An Englishman. This inquiry is made at the instance of his son, Edward Ayerst, who is now serving in the 3rd Battalion 60th Rifles, Madras.

The South Australian Police Gazette, 20.9.1867

Note on Child 4: John Ayerst

AYERST John, 27 May 1887. The Will of John Ayerst formerly of 13 Kent Street Southwark in the County of Surrey and of 12 Water Lane Thames Street in the City of London but late of the Woodlands Hither Green Lane Lewisham in the County of Kent and of 70 Lower Thames Street in the said City Carman who died 23 April 1887 at the Woodlands was proved at the Principal Registry by Mary Susannah Ayerst of the Woodlands Widow the Relict the sole Executrix. Personal Estate £1,051 14s. 4d.

Note on Child 6: Francis Ayerst

AYERST Francis, 25 April 1888. Administration of the Personal Estate of Francis Ayerst late of 4 The Drive West Brighton in the County of Sussex Gentleman who died 26 March 1888 at 4 The Drive was granted at the Principal Registry to Louise Rosine Ayerst of 4 The Drive Widow the Relict. Personal Estate £8,817 12s. 9d. Resworn July 1889 £1,200.