Unfortunately we still do not know the origins of parents James WILD (WILDE/WYLD/WYLDE) and Margaret CROWLEY/CONNOLLY, though it appears James was a convict (and Margaret possibly so). We'd very much like to hear from anyone descended from the WILD family.
JAMES AND MARGARET WILD - Parents
Alternate spellings include WYLDE WYLD WILD
BDM NSW V1841629 123/1841 WYLD JAMES CROWLEY MARGARET
PN PRESBYTERIAN WHITTINGHAM (SOUTH SINGLETON - NEW ENGLAND HIGHWAY) NSW
Transcript:
PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES SOLEMNIZED IN THE PARISH OF WHITTINGHAM IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND, NEW SOUTH WALES IN THE YEAR 1841
#629 JAMES WYLD I, JAMES WYLD DO HEREBY DECLARE THAT I AM A MEMBER OF, OR HOLD COMMUNION WITH THE, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.
I, IRVING HETHERINGTON OF SINGLETON MINISTER OF SAINT ANDREW’S CHURCH DO HEREBY CERTIFY, THAT JAMES WYLD, BACHELOR OF JERRY’S PLAINS AND MARGARET CROWLEY, SPINSTER OF JERRY’S PLAINS WERE JOINED IN WEDLOCK BY ME, ON THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF OCTOBER 1841, AT SINGLETON IN THE PRESENCE OF
WITNESSES. MARGARET HETHERINGTON WILLIAM FARISH
PARTIES. JAMES WYLD MARGARET CROWLEY
MINISTER. IRVING HETHERINGTON
A number of newspaper articles were found by Michael on James and Margaret WILD:
THE MAITLAND MERCURY
WEDNESDAY 6 MAY 1846 PAGE 2
STEALING A HIDE.- On Saturday last a man named James Wylde was charged before the police bench with stealing a hide, the property of James Mitchell, of East Maitland. It appeared that the owner of the hide had salted it, and hung it on a fence near his house on the Tuesday previous. He had not seen the prisoner about the place, but after missing the hide he received information that it was in the possession of the prisoner. He therefore gave information to the police, and on Saturday, proceeded with Constable Walker, and a search warrant, to the prisoner's house, where he saw the hide, of which he had previously given a description to the constable, who found it to correspond. The part of the hip where the brand had been was cut away. There was another hide, and portions of two or three more in the same place. The prisoner could give no account of how he became possessed of this one. He said he had been cutting them into strips to make whips. The only defence the prisoner could make was, that he had bought the hide from a man whom he did not know. He was committed for trial.
THE MAITLAND MERCURY
SATURDAY 4 JULY 1846 PAGE 2
COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS.
The following persons have been warned for trial at the ensuing Court of Quarter Sessions, in Maitland, to commence on Monday next, the 6th instant : James Wylde, free by servitude, larceny.
THE MAITLAND MERCURY
WEDNESDAY 8 JULY 1846 PAGE 2
MAITLAND QUARTER SESSIONS.
This Court was opened on Monday last, the 6th instant. The Chairman, Samuel Raymond, Esq., took his seat on the bench at ten o'clock ; and in the course of the day the following magistrates were also on the bench : -Helenus Scott, Esq., G. Blaxland, Esq., A. Lang, Esq., Dr. West, and J. Pike, Esq. Mr. Callaghan acted as Crown Prosecutor; and Messrs. Holroyd and Dowling, barristers, were also in the court.
LARCENY.
James Wylde, freed, was indicted for having, at East Maitland, on the 28th April last, stolen one hide, of the value 01 5s., the property of James Mitchell.
James Mitchell, a farmer at East Maitland, deposed that he remembered losing a hide from his fence on the evening of the 27th of April ; he missed it the following morning ; he obtained a search warrant and searched the prisoner's house, in company with con- stable Walker ; they searched the premises, and found part of a hide, which he knew to be a portion of the one stolen from his fence by the way in which it had been cured ; there was a brand on the hide when taken from his fence, but the brand had been cut from the part of the hide found at the prisoner's. The hide was produced in court and identified by the witness.
Cross-examined by the prisoner : Swore to the hide from its having been cured with ashes ; never heard of any one else curing with ashes ; had heard, before obtaining the search warrant, that prisoner had a hide similar to the one he had lost in his possession ; prisoner told them they were welcome to search his place ; witness never saw prisoner near his house.
Constable George Walker .remembered searching prisoner's house between two and three o'clock on a Saturday; prisoner said he was quite welcome to search ; he found the hide produced, and called Mitchell in, who said it was part of the hide which he had lost ; Mitchell had given a description of the stolen hide to witness, which corresponded with that of the hide found ; he asked the prisoner what had become of the brand, when he said he never kept any.
The prisoner put in a written defence, in which he stated that he was in the habit of buying hides, and curing them, and that he bought the hide in question ; if he had stolen it, he would not have been likely to leave it in so conspicuous a place.
The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to three months in irons.
THE MAITLAND MERCURY
WEDNESDAY 8 MAY 1850 PAGE 2
CONJUGAL QUARRELS.-Yesterday a woman named Margaret Wylde appeared before the bench, charged by her husband, James Wylde, with threatening him and putting his life in danger. It appeared from Wylde's evidence that he and his wife have been living apart at different periods, during which he allowed her a separate maintenance, but that they had again lived together by mutual consent ; he said that it was her violent conduct that parted them on former occasions, and that now she had on one evening thrown hammers and soldering irons at him, and swore she would have his life ; he was in dread of personal injury from her. Mrs. Wylde accused her husband of bad conduct with women, and with other offences. The bench said as Mrs. Wylde had several young children they were very unwilling to send her to gaol it they could help it, and yet she could, it appeared, find no person who would give bail for her peaceable conduct; but at length they bound her in her own recognizance to keep the peace for twelve months, cautioning her as to the consequences of assaulting her husband.
THE MAITLAND MERCURY
WEDNESDAY 5 JUNE 1850 PAGE 2
INDECENT LANGUAGE.-Yesterday two charges of using obscene language in the streets were brought before the bench, the defendants being Jane Ashton and Margaret Wylde; one case was postponed for evidence in defence, and the other was dismissed, the evidence failing to prove that the language was used in the streets.
THE MAITLAND MERCURY
SATURDAY 8 JUNE 1850 PAGE 2
ASSAULT.-Yesterday Margaret Wylde appeared before the bench, charged by Thomas Arnell with assaulting' him. It appeared from Arnell's evidence that he had taken out a summons against Mrs. Wylde for using indecent language, and that Mrs. Wylde, provoked at this, came to him on the 30th May, as he was at work in his yard, and gave him a flowing specimen of her oratory, at the same time spitting in his face several times, till he was forced to run. A neighbour, Mrs. Eames, corroborated this, except that she was positive it occurred on the 31st. The bench convicted Mrs. Wylde of the assault, fining her 20s. and costs, or one month's imprisonment if the fine was not sooner paid.
THE MAITLAND MERCURY
SATURDAY 1 FEBRUARY 1851 PAGE 2
MAINTENANCE.-James Wylde yesterday was brought before the bench, charged with deserting his wife, Margaret Wylde ; he was ordered to allow her 10s a week, and her rent.
At some point following this article James and family moved to Sydney prior to his death:
NSW BDM
JAMES WILD (WYLD)(WYLDE) 1813 – 21/01/1853 AGED 40 YEARS (wife Margaret Crowley)
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
SATURDAY 22 JANUARY 1853 PAGE 5
FAMILY NOTICES. DEATHS.
On the 21st instant, Mr. James Wyld, leaving a wife and four children to deplore their loss.
BDM NSW V1853250 119/1853 WYLDE JAMES AGE 40 BURIED ???
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
SATURDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 1905 PAGE 16
FAMILY NOTICES. FUNERALS.
WILD - The Friends of Mr. and Mrs. THOMAS CONLON and FAMILY are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of their late dearly loved MOTHER and GRANDMOTHER, Mrs Margaret Wild: to leave their residence, 100 Glebe-street, Glebe, THIS AFTERNOON, at 1.30, for the Necropolis, COFFILL and COMPANY. Central Office- Rawson place.
WILD - The Relatives and Friends of Mr. M. J. CONLON and Family, of Broughton-street, Glebe, are respectfully requested to attend the Funeral of Mrs. MARGARET (Granny) WILD (an acquaintance of the family for 50 years): to leave the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. T. J. Conlon, Glebe-street, Glebe, THIS AFTERNOON at 1.30 p.m. J. T. COFFILL and CO.
BDM NSW 8768/1905 WILD MARGARET M A (CROWLEY) GLEBE
BURIED ROOKWOOD OLD CATHOLIC MORTUARY 1. SECTION 3 MONUMENTAL BLOCK 11 WITH DAUGHTER HARRIET CONLON
SMH
THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 1907 PAGE 6
FAMILY NOITCES. IN MEMORIAM.
WILD. - In loving memory of our dear mother and grandmother, Margaret Wild, who departed this life September 29, 1905. Inserted by her loving son and daughter, Thomas and Harriett Conlon, and grand-children, Emily, Herbert, Eveline, Ethel, and Fred.
Looking at the above data, we wondered whether we could determine where James and Margaret originated from. Looking at James, it is mentioned in the articles above that he was 'free by servitude' - in other words, he had likely been transported as a convict and served his term. There were a number of James WILD/WILDE/WYLDE possibilities in transport registers, but ancestry.com includes an index of tickets of leave and we checked this. Luckily a match was found for the James WILD above, thanks to an annotation referring to his sentence for larceny in 1846 (articles above):
TICKET OF LEAVE
No. 39/2102 - 11th November 1839
Prisoner's No 35/1617
Name: James WILD
Ship: Westmoreland
Master: Brigstock
Year: 1835
Place of trial: Derbyshire QS
Date of trial: 1 July 1834
Sentence: Seven years
Allowed to remain in the district of: Maitland
On recommendation of the Patrick's Plains Bench
Dated July 1839
Written in margin:
Altered to Patrick Plains 13th April 1840 per P M Maitland letter 14 Mar 1840 Reg No 40/2083
6 July 46 - 3 months - Larceny Maitland ??
This link allows us to learn the origins of James Wild, and Michael found his arrival indent from the ship 'Westmoreland':
Standing No. of Convict 35-1617 Indent No. 38 Name. James Wild. Age. 21 Education. Reads. Writes. Religion. Protestant.
Single. Native Place: Derbyshire. Trade or Calling: Cotton-spinner. Offence: Stealing tools. Tried. Where. Derbyshire quarter-session. Tried when: 1 July, 1834. Indent No. 38. Sentence. 7 Years.
Former Conviction: None. Height: 5 Feet. ¾ In. Complexion: Ruddy and slightly pockpitted. Hair: Light sandy. Eyes: Hazel. Marks or Scars: Nose thick.
A Derbyshire site (http://www.derbycourt.com/index/data/1834.html) also gives a summary that includes his crime and the hulk he spent time on:
James Wild/stealing a square & sundries/ 1834/Jul/hulk "Ganymede"/Woolwich/healthy/good behaviour/ New South Wales/ship "Westmoreland"/sailed 3 Mar 1835/sick on ship/10 Jun-13 Jun/erythmia ?/
If James Wild was 21 in 1835, then he was born abt 1814 (in Derbyshire), and there's probably lots to be done there now. We have not yet traced his wife's origins.
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Their children:
1. Mary Anne Kennedy (1864) nee WILD 7/10/1842 - 1919
Birth
BDM NSW V18421097 121A/1842 MARY ANNE BORN 7 OCTOBER 1842 BAPTIZED 9 JUNE 1844 PARENTS JAMES WILD MARGARET CONNOLLY SPONSOR MR GRANT
Marriage
BDM NSW 1635/1864 YOUNG MARRIED JOSEPH KENNEDY
Death
BURIED WITH HUSBAND AT SOUTH HEAD CEMETERY SYDNEY (NO HEADSTONE OR INFORMATION TO CONFIRM) BDM # BELOW
15647/1919 | KENNEDY | MARY A | JAMES | MARGARET | WOOLLAHRA |
2. Harriet CONLON (1869) nee WILD 7/04/1844 - 25/05/1936
Birth
BDM NSW V18441098 121A/1844 HARRIET BORN 7 APRIL 1844 BAPTIZED 9 JUNE 1844 PARENTS JAMES WILD MARGARET CONNOLLY SPONSOR MARY ANN LETT
Marriage
BDM NSW 1520/1869 ST GEORGE MARRIED THOMAS J CONLON
ROOKWOOD CATHOLIC 26/05/1936 SEC M1 3 MON BL11 29 CONLON FAMILY GRAVES
Death
BDM 9270/1936 PETERSHAM HARRIETT CONLON PARENTS (WILLIAM MARGARET)
3. James WILD (1864) 27/10/1848 - 1859
Birth
BDM NSW V1848161 66/1848 JAMES BORN 27 OCTOBER 1848 BAPTIZED 27 JANUARY 1849 PARENTS JAMES WILD PROFESSION TINMAN MARGARET CROWLEY
Death
BDM NSW V1848161 66/1848 JAMES BORN 27 OCTOBER 1848 BAPTIZED 27 JANUARY 1849 PARENTS JAMES WILD PROFESSION TINMAN MARGARET CROWLEY
Death
BDM NSW 1118/1859 SYDNEY DEATH JAMES WILD PARENTS JAMES MARGARET
BDM NSW 1591/1859 CHIPPENDALE DEATH JAMES WILD PARENTS JAMES MARGARET
BURIED ???
4. Agnes BIRD (1869) nee WILD 15/01/1850 - 24/05/1902
Birth
BDM NSW V18501740 67/1850 AGNES BORN 15 JANUARY 1850 BAPTIZED 6 DECEMBER 1850 PARENTS JAMES WILD PROFESSION TINMAN MARGARET CROWLEY
Marriage
BDM NSW 327/1869 SYDNEY MARRIED THOMAS JOHN BIRD
Death
7343/1902 BIRD AGNES JAMES MARGARET WATERLOO
BURIED CATHOLIC ROOKWOOD M1 SEC 5 ABOUT 50 METERS WEST OF CONLON FAMILY GRAVES (CONLON PLOT). NO HEADSTONE - FOUND USING SAG SURVEY GRID.
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