2.

George Marshall ROBINSON¹ married Martha HILTON in 1858 in Balmain, New South Wales, Australia.¹

3.

Martha HILTON, daughter of John HILTON and Esther SLATER, was born c. 1831.¹ She died on 19 Jun 1894 in Bourke, New South Wales, Australia.¹ Paralysis. Martha was buried on 20 Jun 1894 in Cemetery, Bourke, New South Wales, Australia.¹ She and George Marshall ROBINSON had the following children:

4.

John HILTON^{2 1} was born c. 1802.¹ He was a Beer Retailer/Victualler, engraver, shopkeeper.¹ He married Esther SLATER on 13 Oct 1823 in St. Michael, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England.¹

5.

Esther SLATER,³ daughter of James SLATER and Mary MAYALL, was born c. 1803 in Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire.³ She was baptised on 20 Nov 1803 in Mossley, Lancashire, England.¹ She married James DAVISON on 26 Dec 1853 in St. Michael's, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire.¹ She died on 21 Apr 1876 in Harris and John St., Pyrmont, New South Wales.^{4 1 1} Informant son James Hilton, Pyrmont. Reg. No. 76 00939. Esther was buried on 22 Apr 1876 in Balmain Cemetery, C of E Sect.¹ Witnesses: James Hilton (son), James Hall (nephew).

Came to Sydney 1854.

Father James " left his house to his daughter Esther Hilton, a widow whose passage to Sydney had been paid by her sister Mary Hall. (Mary Porter's mother). Esther came to Sydney in 1854 accompanied by her adult children, Martha and James and

three children by the name of Pickering, the offspring of her deceased sister Miriam.²"

John HILTON and Esther SLATER had the following children:

James DAVISON¹ was born in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland.¹ He was a Gardener.¹

6.

James SLATER,⁵ son of Daniel SLATER and Mary STANSFIELD, was born c. 1778.² He was baptised on 21 Jun 1778 in ST. Michael's Church, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire. IGI. James was a Convict,pile Driver, Weaver,engineer, machine maker,cabinet maker. He married Mary MAYALL on 26 Sep 1797 in Cathedral, Manchester, England.⁶ IGI By Banns. James died in 1862.² senility. 1406/1862. James was buried on 23 Mar 1862 in Camperdown Cemetery.^{6 7 8} Date of death agrees with SAG transcription for James SLADE, age 26 No. 1485. Coincidence?

According to the Camperdown cemetery records he was buried there on 24 mar 1862, age 85, and his grave was close to graves of the Spence family.

James Slater was born in 1778 and baptised in Ashton-under-Lyne. He married Mary Mayall in 1797 at Manchester and they produced 11 children. James died in 1862 in Sydney after Mary's death in 1847.

This summary is from the file 'James Slater and Mary Mayall' written by Virginia Stokes, updated in 2004.

"James Slater who came to Sydney aboard The Surry on 28 July 1814. In the convict indent James Slater is described as Age- 33, Occupation- engineer and cotton manufacturer, Hair- black, Complexion- ruddy, Eyes- brown. Height- 5'6". James in his early days of residence in Sydney made significant contributions towards the development of the cotton industry. Before he was imprisoned for stealing a weaver's sack he worked in a cotton mill in Manchester as an engineer and had the knowledge to make the first steam power driven carding machine, spinning jennies and looms in Australia. James would have been freed after serving 7 years as a convict. He lived in Sydney for some time, later moving to Balmain in 1843 where he bought a weatherboard cottage which stood on Lot 18, Duke Street.

James Slater was born in Lancashire about 1778 and married Mary Mayall in 1797 at the Cathedral in Manchester. James' father, Daniel was the clerk in the Anglican church at Ashton Under Lyne. His signature is found on many marriage certificates between 1803 and 1834."

"On 20 January 1813 James Slater was tried at Lancaster Quarter Sessions and found "guilty of stealing one twilled sack, at Ashton Under Line, the property of Samuel Howard." He was imprisoned in Lancaster Castle which is still used as a prison. The family was split up amongst various relatives, some quite wealthy. It is possible that young Mary Slater (Mary Porter's grandmother) went to live with her father's parents Daniel Slater and Mary Stanfield as the name Stanfield (see Stanfield Holliday) was used as a Christian name in subsequent generations."

"1844. Two years previously, James Slater's youngest son Moses had migrated to Sydney and immediately went to work in Kent Street, Sydney for his father whose main occupation was doing carpentry.

The Hall family settled in Balmain not far from James Slater. In fact as James Slater was building a house in 1844 on the site of 17 Duke Street, the Hall family probably lived next door in the house that James built." However " I haven't located them next door though they were certainly in Balmain. There were no numbers to the houses in the early years. Next door to James house in Duke St. was "Dale Cottage" which members of the family occasionally I thought rented. Early days this cottage was owned by the Dales - "Mrs. Dale, Dressmaker" and son. James Hilton and family were living in it for a while (1869-1873) but by 1886 "Mrs. Wheeler" has it. I guess there is nothing to say that James didn't build the house but I don't think he owned it. All records from 1888 record the house they own as 19 Duke St. James Slater left it to his daughter Esther, who left it to her daughter-in law, Jane Hilton. There was no disposal of a second house in the wills. Jane paid the rates for 19 Duke St. in 1908 according to the Balmain rate books but by 1919 the street numbering has changed and she now pays the rates for 17 Duke St."

"James Slater died of old age in 1862. He had at least two defacto wives whilst living in New South Wales. One of these also called Mary was the informant on James' death certificate. However, he left his house to his daughter Esther Hilton, a widow whose passage to Sydney had been paid by her sister Mary Hall. (Mary Porter's mother). Esther came to Sydney in 1854 accompanied by her adult children, Martha and James and three children by the name of Pickering, the offspring of her deceased sister Miriam."

This information is from the James Slater Ry file by Joyce Gardiner. It gives a timeline of his life and tries to make sense of the information available.

"Marriage to Mary Mayall was by Banns, Sept. 3rd, 10th and 17th - 26th September 1797, at Manchester Cathedral. James shown as of the Parish of Town of Manchester, weaver and Mary Mayall of New Munster. Mary signed with an X. Witnesses ? Harrison and Henry Aspinall.

1807 at christening of Daniel, recorded at Lane Head, weaver.

Marianne bpt 1820 Father James Slater and Mother Mary probably does not belong to this family as James was in NSW by 1814 though other members of the family were baptised long after he was gone. There is no Marianne listed in James d/c though there is a Marian listed as living with no birth date. Only two children are listed as living after Moses, Marian and Maria, and it is thought that that Marian is Miriam who died in 1840. Though why was she listed as living?

Convict: Trial occurred at Lancashire Quarter Sessions on 20.1.1813. 1813 January 30th, Wheeler's Manchester Chronicle, Saturday, p.4. At the quarter sessions held at the new Bayley Court House in Salford, James Slater was sentenced to be transported for seven years for stealing a sack at Ashton-under-Lyne.

Calendar of all the Prisoners in the New Bailey Prison at Salford Manchester this 20th day of January 1813.

No. 73 James Slater 26 years

By whom and when committed: R. Wright Esq 7th Jan.

Charged on the oath of William Staning and others, with stealing one twilled sack, at Ashton-Under-Line, the property of Samuel Howard.

Event of Trial: Transported 7 years.

The Order Book 20/1/1813 (film)

...Court being until Wednesday to wit the twentieth day of the same month of January in the fifty-third year of the reign of King George the third at the New Bailey Court House within Salford...

"Whereas James Slater late of Ashton under Line in the said County Laborer hath at this session been convicted of felony. This Court doth therefore order and adjudge that the said James Slater shall be sent and transported to some part beyond the seas for the space of seven years next pursuant to the Statute in such care made and provided."

"Like order for Pounds 47/19/- payable to Mr. John Meine (or Milne?) the costs he has been put unto in the prosecution of James Robinson, William James, William Williamson, James Robinson, James Slater, Andrew Indle and Thomas Pritchard and Benjamin Duckworth at this session for felony for doing the same."

A Calendar of the Crown prisoners confined in His Majesty's gaol, the Castle of Lancaster the Saturday 20th March 1813.

James Slater is listed under convicts to be transported for seven years. (This means that he was transferred from New Bailey Gaol after sentencing to Lancaster Castle Gaol waiting for transportation).

Information 3/12/02 Lancaster Castle Project Team.

"James Slater was indeed held as a prisoner at Lancaster Castle, following his conviction at Salford Quarter Sessions in January 1813. Lancaster was the principal gaol for the county of Lancashire at the time, and it would be normal practice for him to be sent here after conviction, to await his removal. I think it unlikely that he would have remained here until February the following year - the normal practice would have been to remove him to the Hulks, where he would have been put to hard labour, until he was assigned to a transport. Unfortunately our Removal Orders for the period 1811-15 are few and I have been unable to ascertain the date he was removed from the Castle - our sole reference to him is in a copy of the gaol delivery which you have already found."

1814 February 22nd Sailed from England in the Convict Ship "Surry" arriving Sydney 28 July,1814. It was a first class 2 decker built in Harwick in 1811. Carrying 200 male convicts, left England 22/2/1814 and travelled via Rio. March 7 the first well-defined case of typhus made its appearance. 156 days from England when she arrived in Port Jackson her death-toll stood at 51 - 36 convicts, her master, the first and second mates, the boatswain, six seamen, the surgeon and four soldiers. Ships Master : James Paterson. For full details of voyage see item under Surry in Works.

On the trip to NSW the ship had a detachment of the 46th Regiment (South Devonshire) aboard which was to be used guarding against aborigines, escaped convicts and bushrangers in the Sydney and Newcastle area.

Inf. Ian Brothers, 2002

"Broxbornebury" 1814

Jeffrey Hart Bent, sent from England to become the Colony's first Supreme Court Judge and carrying the Charter of Justice, wrote a private account of the voyage (206 pages) N.L.A., Canberra ref. mfm 24752. Material in this diary relates to "Surry" 1814 which left England at the same time as "Broxbornebury". The latter ship had wives and children of some of the "Surry" convicts. "Log of Logs" Vol 1 by Ian Hawkins Nicholson gives two refs for "Broxbornebury" inf from the Nat.Lib -MS 195 and FM 3/21

Shipping documents - Convict Ships, Surrey, Fiche 634, p. 541: Native Place - Lancashire. Occupation - Engineer and Cotton Manufacturer. Age - 33. Height 5'6". Complexion - Ruddy. Hair - Black. Eyes - Brown. Disposed of to John Allen on arrival. On the left of the above fiche is the number 2407 which could refer to a T/L or Pardon

(Some discrepancy in age - 26 years in the Calendar of Prisoners, 33 years in shipping documents. If death certificate to be believed (85 in 1862) he'd have been about 36 years)

North Head Quarantine Station.

The first known use of North Head as a quarantine site was in August 1828 with the detaining of the convict ship Bussorah Merchant when a number of crew became infected with smallpox...it remained in operation until the early 1980s. During its life 58- ships were detained at North Head and more than 13,000 people were quarantined.

1814, 9th March daughters Miriam (born 20/5/1810) and Maria (born 20/6/1812) are baptised at St. Michael's, Ashton-under-Lyne. Abode is given as Botany and Father's trade is a weaver.

1814 Colonial Secretary: convict ships: Musters and other Papers. Transportation Agreement for Surry I Reel 2428, 1814, p.1.

1814 At this time Governor was "His Excellency Lt. Col. Lachlan Macquarie, Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Territory of NSW."

1814 General Muster of N.S.W.

Status: Convict. Stores: Off. To Mr. Lord. (Simon Lord was a magistrate. Convicts were sent to Magistrates who distributed them to settlers requiring labourers, eg. some of the men aboard the Surry were sent to Windsor to be distributed amongst the settlers whose men were sent to the mountains.) However, about this time Simeon Lord had a woollen mill in Sydney and it is possible James' talent as a weaver (cotton engineer) was put to use there.

No Ticket of Leave found for James Slater but there is one for John Slater Surry 1814 Life Carpenter Sydney No. 40385. Check this.

1815, 24th or 29th September, Moses Slater is baptised at St. Michael's, Ashton-under-Lyne, with the abode given as Botany and the father's trade as weaver. Why was he not baptised with his sisters? Was he living with grandparents or other members of the family?

1810-1875 No James Slater recorded with Tickets of Leave.

1810 1875 No James Slater recorded in Convict Pardons.

1795-1825 Register of Conditional Pardons No James Slater, Sarah Slater or Sarah Blandy

1821 recorded as purchasing 25 acres of land in Sydney. (SAG card index)

1822 General Muster and Land and Stock Muster.

Slater, James Status: Free by servitude. Ship: Surry. Sentence: 7 yrs. Occupation: Householder, Sydney.

Kay, Jonas Status: Free by servitude. Ship: Atlas. Sentence: 7 years. Lodger at J. Slater, Sydney.

Slater, James Residence Sydney. Purchase Non resident 25 acres 2 hogs.

Also listed in this muster was a Slater, James Convict, FBS Hindostan Life Govt. Employ Emu Plains.

Which James Slater purchased the 25 acres?.

1810-1821 there were no land grants to James Slater.

Colonial Secretary's papers pre 1825.

1821 Jan 1 Slater, James. Juror at inquest on Edward Herard held at Sydney (Reel 6021; 4/1819 pp.303-4).

"New South Wales

County of Cumberland.

An Inquisition in ? taken at Sydney in the County aforesaid the first day of January One Thousand eight hundred and Twenty one in the first year of the reign of His present Majesty George the Fourth before me Edward Smith Hale Coroner for the Territory aforesaid upon the view of the body of Edward Herard then and there lying dead upon the oaths of - Edward Frankes Thomas Malpus? James Hanks William Lees James Moss Joseph Davis James Slater Martin Bryant Edward McDermott William Payne James Connel Christopher Flood

Good and lawful men of the Town and Country aforesaid who being sworn and charged to enquire on the part of our said Lord? the King when where how and after what manner the said Edward Herard came to his death and do say upon their oaths that the said Edward Herard being sickly and ailing on the night of Saturday the thirtieth day of the last month of December One Thousand Eight hundred and Twenty being in his bed died by the Visitation of God. In witness where of as well the aforesaid Coroner and the Jurors aforesaid have to this inquisition affixed their hands and seals the day and year first above written."

Seals and fingerprints of Jurors.

Can James read and write? He can sign his name

1822 Feb. 22 - 1823 Feb 14 James Slater of Castlereagh St. On list of persons receiving assigned convicts. (Fiche 3290, 4/4570D pp. 1, 8, 45; Fiche 3291 4/4570D p. 110. (C.S. Papers)

"Alphabetical List of Assigned Prisoners where not ? ".

p.1 1922 Anderson, John "Prince Regent" to J. Slater, Castlereagh St.

p.8 June 18 Shaw, James "Dromedary" to J. Slater, Castlereagh St.

p.45 Aug. 15 Dally, John "Shipley"(4) to J. Slater,Castlereagh St. 6th May, 1923 Transferred to Hay(?). (Ship could be something like "Haprey 4")

1823 Feb. 14 Grimes, James "Malabar" to James Slater, Castlereagh St. 14th May 1823 transferred to Hargraves.

1822 Aug. 20 (from Colonial Secretary's papers) Slater, James. Arrived 1812; carpenter. Machine maker; made first carding machine in Colony, spinning jennies and looms. Memorial for position in the Government Factory at Parramatta (Fiche

3053; 4/1832 No. 351).

"To Frederick Goulburn, Esq.(?)

Colonial Secretary.

The Humble Memorial of James Slater

Most obediently setteth-forth:-

That Memorialist was brought up under the eye of his father to the Business of a Machine Master; that Memorialist's said Father carried on a most extensive Staple Trade and that the Memorialist has a general knowledge thereof - that Memorialist most respectfully states that he made the first Carding Engine(?) in this Colony, and that he also made several Spinning Jennies and Weaving Looms, of which he can give satisfactory testimony:-

That Memorialist has been near 10 years in the Colony, is free by Servitude, and can produce unquestionable recommendations for honesty, sobriety and industry - and Memorialist is a present in good employ as a Carpenter:-

Therefore - Should it transpire that such-a-one as Memorialist might be required in the service of the Government Factory at Parramatta, Memorialist in offering himself, most respectfully promises unremitting attention to business, and implicit obedience to all placed in authority over him, And as in duty bound,

Will ever Pray

August 20th 1822.

The above James Slater is Free by Servitude and has been in the Colonly for nearly 10 years in 1822, making his arrival date approx 1812. Our James Slater's death certificate says "50 years in N.S.W" which puts his arrival at 1812 - However, the only convict and only person named James Slater listed in the early musters arrived 1814.

1824 October 2 A James Slater is fully committed for stealing a gold watch ring. Administration of Fines and Punishments in the Police Office for the Quarter ending 31 Dec 1824. Reel 6023, 4/6671, p. 94. No further information on Reel. Is this our James Slater?

1825 General Muster of N.S.W. of all Inhabitants arranged alphabetically.

Slater, James Status: Free by servitude. Ship: Surry 1814 Sentence: 7 yrs. Cabinet Maker, Parramatta.

Also listed in this muster are Slater, Catherine, wife of J. Slater, Parramatta plus three children, but the 1828 census reveals them as the wife and children of a John Slater, who arrived on the Larkin, sentence: life, occupation: Constable, residing Parramatta..

1828 Census

Slater, James. Status: FBS. Ship: Surry 1815. Sentence: 7 yrs. Rel.: Presbyterian. Occupation: Carpenter. Res. Pitt St., Sydney.

In the printed version of this census held by State Library of N.S.W.is additional information as follows:

Slater, James F 50 (age) and the above information followed by Slater, Sarah G 33 Status: FBS. Ship: Minstrel 1815. Sentence 7 yrs. Rel: Protestant. Plus a reference S1128 to additional information in Appendix 1. The information listed in Appendix 1 comprises the data that was contained in the original PRO and AONSW vols but which could not fit into the main text of the printed volume on account of line space.

Ref. Column PRO copy AONSW copy

S1128 Surname alias Blendey same

A check of the convicts on the Minstrel which arrived Port Jackson 25/10/1812 reveals a Sarah Blandy. (Also a Sarah Slater sentenced Middlesex for Life on 15/1/1812)

Information at beginning of volume says that the beginning of a family or household begins with an F and the end of the group has a G. Sarah and James appear to be a family unit. See Sarah Blandy.

Blackburn, John 31 yrs. Status: FBS. Ship: John Barry 1819. Weaver. Employed James Slater, Pitt St., Sydney.

Taylor John. Status: convict. Ship: Morley I 1817. Sentence 14 yrs. Protestant. Servant James Slater, Pitt St., Sydney. (This is the only James Slater listed in 1828.) State Library vol Appendix Ref. T225 says CF (came free - doesn't seemlikely - writing in the original may not have been clear, it was probably CP - conditional pardon.)

1834 Sydney Directory. Carpenter, Sussex St.

1835 Mentioned in his father's will of 17th May, 1832

"I give devise and bequeath unto my son James Slater All that my other before mentioned messuage or Dwelling-house in the occupation of Henry Mason together with the plot of land forming the site thereof and so much of the land as lies on the back thereof with liberty and privilege at all times of a road or way on foot or with wheelbarrow through and across the Yard or land lying on the back of another of my said Dwelling houses in the occupation of Robert Lyon and by me hereinafter given to my Son Matthew Slater To hold the same unto him my said son James his executors administrators and assigns for and during all my estate term and interest therein as aforesaid But subject to one fourth part or share of the before mentioned chief rent and to one fourth part or share of all leys taxes and assignments as aforesaid.

This land was at High Knowles and Daniel had a lease for nine hundred and ninety nine years commencing 23rd October 1785 subject to the yearly rent of one pound and five shillings payable to the heirs and assigns of the late Joseph Pickford Esq. deceased.

1836 N.S.W. Calendar and Gen. P.O. Directory. Carpenter, West Goulburn St., Sydney.

1837 Sytdney Directory. Carpenter, West Goulburn St., Sydney.

1837 General Muster of Convicts.

James Slater listed as employer of Ellen Croford, 29 yrs. who arr. Ship Mary 1835.

1842 Moses Slater's Shipping Documents. James Slater of Kent St., Sydney employed Moses on his arrival.

1842/43 and 1850/51 Citizen's Roll. Gipps Ward, City of Sydney. Dwelling house, Kent St., Sydney. Nature of the Property: Rated. Where the property is situated: (not listed - presumably Kent St.)

1843 A Legislative Council of 36 members, which included 24 members elected by colonists was constructed. This was the first time the colonists had been able to vote for members of the Legislative Council. Men owning freehold property to a value exceeding £200, or leasing property with an annual value exceeding £20 had the vote.

1844-5 James Slater, Carpenter, Duke St., Balmain

1851 Men owning freehold property to a value exceeding £100, or leasing property with an annual value exceeding £10 were permitted to vote in this election

1854 James Pickering's Shipping Documents. James Slater (grandfather) Builder, Balmain.

1858-9 Sands Directory. Duke St., Balmain.

1859-60 N.S.W. Electoral Roll, Div. of Glebe. James Slater Freehold house and land, Balmain.

By 1858 the vote had been widened to possessors of freehold estates of the clear value of £100 within the electorate, people holding licences from the government to depasture livestock within the electorate, occupiers of houses of the clear annual value of £10 in the electorate, possessors of leasehold estates of the annual value of £10 and all adult males who had lived in the electorate for the preceding six months,and were British subjects by birth, or had been naturalised for five years and had lived in the colony for the preceding two years could vote. A man could vote in every electorate where he held the necessary property. Police, serving members if the armed forces, paupers and prisoners could note vote. (State Archives "Archives in Brief, No. 5")

1861 Sands Directory. Duke St., Balmain. (Another James Slater is shown as living 146 Elizabeth St. (East side, Cnr. Liverpool and Eliz.) but I don't think this is our J. Slater. By 1863 this Elizabeth St. address is owned by Josiah Slater, coachbuilder.)

1862 March 23 Died of old age. No medical attendant. 85 yrs. Carpenter. Information given by wife Mary. (?) (First wife Mary supposed to have died 1847?).

1862 March 24. Buried Camperdown Cemetery. 50 years in Australia. Children listed as Sarah 65, Mary 62, Ann 60, Esther 58, Miles 56 (all living), Daniel died at the age of 3 yrs., Moses 50, Marion and Maria all living. (No age given for Marian and Maria - Miriam not listed - mother of James Pickering who gave James Slater as his grandfather and indicated that his mother was dead in his Shipping docs. (4 Pounds Remittance Reg. paid by Aunt Mrs. Mary Hall. Grandfather Slater builder in Balmain).

Was second (?) wife Mary unfamiliar with Marian and Maria. A Marianne was christened 4/2/1820 Bolton, St. Peter. James Slater in Sydney by 1812 or 1814. Miriam and Maria were christened after his departure but what about Marianne. No J. Slater in passenger departures from Australia in 1819 (convict's term would have been served 1819). Passenger and Crew departures checked Jan. 5, 1819 - Dec. 1819. The above Moses would have been born in 1812 but was not baptised until 24/9/1815. Perhaps Marianne had a late baptism or perhaps she does not belong to this family.

Baptismal records for St. Michael's, Ashton-under-Lyne indicate that Miriam and Maria were christened 9th March, 1814 but that Miriam was born on 20th May, 1810 and Maria on 20th June, 1812, prior to his conviction in 1813. The baptism record gives his trade as weaver and his abode as Botany. Botany is part of Ashton where Esther Hilton was living at the birth of her daughter Maria in 1824. Could wife Mary have been living in Botany with the family once James was transported? Perhaps the children were scattered to various relatives.

Sands Sydney and NSW Directory, 1858-9 and 1861

James Slater Duke St., Balmain

James Slater's will dated 30.1.1858 gives his address as Duke St., Balmain. I think it is possible that his daughter Esther Hilton was looking after him at this stage (and his wife Mary?) because he left all he had to her (Esther).

Probate was granted 4.8.1863 to the value of 10 Pounds. Daughter Esther Hilton was executrix and sole beneficiary. Esther lived at Duke St., and on her death bequeathed the house to her daughter-in-law Jane Agnes Hilton (nee Tucker) wife of her son James.

1882 In daughter Mary Hall's d/c James' Occupation is given as Pile Driver."

James Slater was buried in Camperdown Cemetery and his grave is next to various members of the Spence family^2,6,9,10.

7.

Mary MAYALL,⁵ daughter of Thomas MAYALL and Mary ANDREW, was born in 1776 in Saddleworth, yorkshire, England.³ She was baptised on 11 Jun 1776 in Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England.^{3 4} She died on 17 Jul 1847 in Balmain.^{3 2 4} V18471187 32B/1847. Mary was buried on 19 Jul 1847 in Old Burial Ground, later reinterred at Bunnerong.^{2 4}

Her surname is according to daughter Mary's death cert.

Mary Slater was living at Katharine Street, Ashton Under Lyne at the 1841 census. She was then described as a housekeeper, aged 60. Also in the household were Moses Slater, 30, Boot Maker; James Pickering, 25, Spinn?, Maria Pickering, 11, Labourer;James Pickering, 5; Mary PIckering, 2. Also James Walker, 25 and Ann Walker, 20, occupations unreadable. All household born in Lancashire except James Walker.

"The convict's wife, Mary Slater only lived for three years in the colony. She died in Balmain on 17 July 1847, just two months before the couple's 50th wedding anniversary, aged 71 and was buried at the Old Burial Ground and later reinterred at Bunnerong cemetery with the husband of her eldest daughter, Sarah Bradford. There is some speculation that Sarah may also have been a convict but so far no death certificate can be found to verify that."

The Slaters and the Mayalls were farmers and weavers for many centuries in England and embraced the new industrial technology of the 1800s. The ancestors of Mary Mayall can be traced back to the 1500s. Some of the towns they lived and worked in were Mossley, Ashton Under Lyne, Saddleworth and Botany. These towns were located in the Pennines on the border of Yorkshire and Lancashire. I have recently been in contact with the wife of a descendant of the Hall family who still lives in

Ashton Under Lyne. Some of the Mayalls became quite wealthy and one branch of the family established the first cotton mill in the USA. There is quite an interesting story attached to that and they still celebrate Mayall Day in Maine USA."

Research by Joyce Gardner:

"Mary Mayall confirmed as mother of Esther Hilton on her d/c but Mary's baptism, place and date and identification of parents are a conjecture. (IGI).

There is a burial recorded in the St.Michael's, Ashton-under-Lyne for a Mary Slater of the town, on 29th November,1840, 63 years. (1840, 2341) However, the entry in the burial register doesn't say "wife of" and descendants of her daughter Mary Hall say that Mary came to NSW with the Hall family in 1844.

Mary was alive in 1844 on migration of daughter Mary Hall to N.S.W.

Listed as unassisted arrival 26/6/1844 per Briton from Liverpool. (Archive Reel 1271 - sheet listing Mary's name p. 157 Report of a Barque arrived in Port Jackson, this 26 day of June, 1844.).

Report of the Barque Briton arriving Port Jackson 26 June, 1844

Tonnage 776

Master's Name: Hale

From whence: Liverpool

When sailed: 15 March

Lading: Merchandise

Agent: A. Smith

Steerage Passengers: 9 including Mary Slater

Daughter Mary Hall and family also travelled as bounty passengers on the same ship.

Leonie Stanley and Marianne McGowan say she only lived a few years in the colony. Death of a Mary Slater Entry No. 792, Vol. No. 32. Slater, Mary Abode: Balmain. Died 17/7/1847. Buried 19/7/1847. Age: 71 yrs. Status: Married. By whom ceremony performed: Rev. J.G. Grylls. (Is this our Mary?)

The above Mary was removed from the Old Burial Ground when it became the proposed site for the Central Railway Station. According to Glenn Bradford the exhumation was obtained by her daughter Sarah Bradford and she was re-interred at Bunnerong Cemetery with Sarah's husband John Bradford.

Monumental Inscriptions at Bunnerong: 639 Mary Slater died 17th July 1847 aged 71 years. also John Bradford died 9th September 1847 aged 52 years. (Upright/fair)

(Ref. 305 Bunn 4S/87 Bradford and Slater) John Bradford would have been born c.1795

There is no proof that this Mary Slater is the wife of James Slater, though from family stories it appears likely. It is difficult to prove that the wife of John Bradford is Sarah, the daughter of Mary and James Slater.

Check further for a death of this Sarah and her parents may be listed. No death of Sarah Bradford can be found but she may have remarrried. Marriages of Sarah Bradford to Charles King, Cecil Pearson and Marshall F. Green (1899-1918) would be too old.

1. There is a Sarah Slater daughter of James Slater listed in the "1825 General Muster of N.S.W. of all Inhabitants Arranged Alphabetically". James is shown as Free by Servitude, arr. Surry 1814, sentence 7 years, cabinet maker, Parramatta with

a wife Catherine and two daughters and a son. However on checking the "1822 General Muster and Land and Stock Muster Lists" this Catherine and children (Samuel, Sarah and Elizabeth) who arrived on the Providence in 1822, belong to John Slater who

arrived on the Larkin with a life sentence. His occupation in 1822 is given as Constable residing at Parramatta. It seems the details have been mixed up as there is no mention of Catherine and the children belonging to James in 1828.

2. In the 1828 census James Slater and Sarah Slater are bracketed as a family. Sarah is 33 years of age in 1828 (b.c.1795) which means she was born before the marriage of Mary Mayall and James Slater. Their first Sarah was bpt. in 1797 and their second Sarah was bpt. in 1798. Sarah is shown as 65 in the d/c of James in 1862 (b.c.1797). Appendix 1 of the Census indicates the Sarah was recorded as Sarah Blendy in the original PRO and AONSW vols which seems to indicate that rather than a daughter she is probably shacked up with James and has adopted the Slater name. Sarah Blandy arrived on the Minstrel 25/10/1812 (sentenced at Middlesex to 7 years).

3. Another Sarah Slater arrived on the Minstrel who was sentenced at Middlesex for life on 15/1/1812. Glen Bradford suggests that John Bradford arrived as a convict on the Minerva on 16 December 1821.

4. Esther Davison paid for Sarah Slater (widow) and her daughter and children to come to NSW on the Fitzjames in 1860. She was aged 51 at that time (b.c.1809) so she was probably not her sister but some other relation. Esther's brother Miles was alive in 1862 so Sarah was not his widow and Moses Slater never married. John Bradford had died in 1847 so it is unlikely that Sarah was his widow who had reverted to her maiden name. Could she have come to NSW ahead of the family - perhaps as the convict in 1821?

5. There were no Sarah Slater's arriving in Sydney 1844-1859 or Port Phillip 1839-1851.

6. No death for Sarah Bradford, 1788-1888. No death John Bradford Pioneer Index.

7. Check shipping 1844-1859

John Bradford 30 and wife Sarah 18 Agincourt 1852 (2136, 2463)

John Bradford 9 with W. Hines David McIvor 1853 (2136, 2464)

John Bradford 30 and fam. Lord Hungerford 1855 (2137, 2470)

All above too young for the one buried with Mary Slater.

Only marriages recorded in Pioneer index for John Bradford

To Mary Driscoll 1837 Entry No. 2917 Vol 74

To Mary Driscoll 1837 208 76?

To Mary Seckings 1924? 3434 3

To Teresa Barratt 1851 490 97

Buried in the Parish of Balmain, Co. of Cumberland in year 1847. There is a Mary Slater still alive at James Slater's death. Information on d/c certified by Mary Slater, wife, Balmain. 23/3/1862. (A second Mary as her mother is recorded as dead on Esther's arrival in 1854)

Other Mary Slater deaths N.S.W. 1864-1879:

Mary A Aged 46 Died Concord 65 02036

Mary A F. William M. Mary Reg. No. 67 03384

Mary William J.T. Mary 67 01810

Mary J - Sarah 64 00981

Mary William Rosannah 75 02467

Mary A John Matilda 73 050125

Mary A Thomas Margaret 79 08463

Baptism of Mary Mayall, dau of Thomas and Mary Andrew 11/6/1776 Saddleworth, Yks Batch P005841 Series 9175 ^1,2,6,11"

James SLATER and Mary MAYALL had the following children:

8.

Daniel SLATER, son of Moses SLATER and Sarah MAYALL, was born in 1756 in Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire.^{3 1} He was baptised on 8 Aug 1756 in Mossley, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire. IGI. Daniel was a Weaver/Clerk of St. Michael's Church,Ashton-under-Lyne.¹ He married Mary STANSFIELD on 8 Sep 1776 in Ashton under Lyne.³ He married Nancy MORT on 26 Jan 1824 in St. Michael's, Ashton-under-lyne, Lancashire, England.¹ He died on 11 Jun 1835 in Ashton under Lyne.¹ He was buried on 13 Jun 1835 in St. Michael's Church, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire.¹ 'In 80th year of his age.'.

"Daniel was the clerk in the Anglican church at Ashton Under Lyne. His signature is found on many marriage certificates between 1803 and 1834." He was born in 1756 in Ashton-under-Lyne, married Mary Stansfield in 1776 and they produced 6 children.

Joyce Gardiner, a Slater descendant, put together a self-published book "Gardner Roots A family history The English Connection Slater/Hilton/Gardner" in 2004. It is on CD for family only useage, and is the essential research document on the Slater and Mayall families. Various other reports have now been produced, mainly based around the children of Moses Slater and Sarah Mayall, the conjunction of the 2 families².

9.

Mary STANSFIELD was born c. 1745 in Ashton under Lyne.^{3 1} She died in 1821.¹ She and Daniel SLATER had the following children:

10.

Thomas MAYALL,⁶ son of Robert MAYALL and Mary GREAVE, was born on 28 Dec 1735 in Lawton Fold, Yorks., England.¹ He was baptised on 28 Dec 1735 in Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England.¹ He married Mary ANDREW on 8 Oct 1761 in Saddleworth Parish Church St. Chads.¹

11.

Mary ANDREW⁶ was born on 16 Sep 1739 in Yorkshire.^{4 1}

Member of the Earnshaw Head branch of the Mayall family⁴

Thomas MAYALL and Mary ANDREW had the following children:

12.

Moses SLATER, son of John SLATER and Mary HULME, was born in 1716 in Broadcarr, Lancashire, England.¹ He was baptised on 2 Dec 1716 in St. Michael's, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England.¹ He was a Check weaver.¹ He married Sarah MAYALL on 25 Jul 1745 in St. Michael's.¹ He died on 20 Mar 1796 in Broadcarr.^{1 1} He was buried on 22 Mar 1796 in St. George's, Mossley, Lancashire, England.¹ Moses was buried in the same grave as his brother Matthew.

Moses Slater was born in Broadcarr, Lancashire in 1716. He married Sarah Mayall in 1745 and they produced 9 children. Moses died in Broadcarr in1796.

Joyce Gardiner, a Slater descendant, put together a self-published book "Gardner Roots A family history The English Connection Slater/Hilton/Gardner" in 2004. It is on CD for family only useage, and is the essential research document on the Slater and Mayall families. Various other reports have now been produced, mainly based around the children of Moses Slater and Sarah Mayall, the conjunction of the 2 families.^1,2

14.

Robert MAYALL,¹ son of John MAYALL and Joanna GARTSIDE, was born in 1707 in Yorkshire?.¹ He was a clothier.¹ He married Mary GREAVE on 11 Dec 1731 in St. Chad's, Saddleworth.¹ He died on 25 Dec 1788.¹ He was buried in Dec 1788 in Saddleworth Church Old (Upper) Yard.¹

15.

Mary GREAVE¹ was born in 1706.¹ She died on 25 Apr 1804.¹ She and Robert MAYALL had the following children:

16.

John SLATER,¹ son of John SLATER and Jane HEMPSON, was born in 1671 in Broadcarr, Lancashire, England.¹ He was baptised on 29 Sep 1671 in St. Michael's, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England.¹ He was a Weaver.¹ He married Mary HULME on 30 Sep 1697 in St. Michael's.¹

17.

Mary HULME¹ was born in 1684.¹ She and John SLATER had the following children:

18.

Robert MAYALL, son of Robert MAYALL and Mary MAYALL, was born in 1684 in Shelderslow, Saddleworth, YKS, ENG. He was baptised on 2 Feb 1684.¹ He was a Clothier. He married Elizabeth MAYALL c. 1705 in Lancs.¹ He died in Aug 1729.¹ He was buried on 23 Aug 1729 in St. Michael's Church, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire.¹ 'Robert Mayall of Broadcar'.

19.

Elizabeth MAYALL was born in 1680. She died in 1739.¹ She was buried on 24 Dec 1739.¹ She and Robert MAYALL had the following children:

21.

Joanna GARTSIDE was born in 1684.¹ She died on 16 Mar 1730.¹ She and John MAYALL had the following children:

22.

John SLATER,¹ son of Edward SLATER and Martha SLATER, was baptised on 1 Oct 1637 in St. Michael's, Ashton, Lancashire, England.¹ He was a Linen weaver.¹ He married Jane HEMPSON on 10 Apr 1656 in St. Michael's, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England.¹ He married Mary WOOD on 11 Nov 1673 in St. Michael's.¹ He died in Apr 1713 in Broadcarr, Lancashire, England.¹ He was buried on 25 Apr 1713 in St. Michael's.¹ 'John Slater of Broadcar'

Joyce Gardiner, a Slater descendant, put together a self-published book "Gardner Roots A family history The English Connection Slater/Hilton/Gardner" in 2004. It is on CD for family only useage, and is the essential research document on the Slater and Mayall families. Various other reports have now been produced, mainly based around the children of Moses Slater and Sarah Mayall, the conjunction of the 2 families.

Mary WOOD¹ and John SLATER had the following children:

23.

Jane HEMPSON¹ was born c. 1626.¹ She died on 29 Oct 1673.¹ She and John SLATER had the following children:

24.

Robert MAYALL, son of Miles MAYALL and Sarah LEES, was born in 1650 in Lees, Yorkshire, England.¹ He married Mary MAYALL c. 1675.¹ He died on 26 Jun 1721 in Shelderslow, Saddleworth, YKS, ENG.¹ He was buried on 28 Jun 1721 in Saddleworth Church, Old (upper) Yard.¹

25.

Mary MAYALL died on 2 Apr 1721 in Shelderslow.¹ She was buried in Apr 1721 in Shelderslow.¹ She and Robert MAYALL had the following children:

26.

Edward SLATER,¹ son of Henry SLATER and Mary SLATER, was born c. 1594 in Lancashire, England.¹ He married Martha SLATER c. 1625.¹ He died in 1643.¹ He was buried in 1643 in St. Michael's, Ashton, Lancashire, England.¹

27.

Martha SLATER¹ died c. 1679.¹ She and Edward SLATER had the following children:

28.

Miles MAYALL, son of Robert MAYALL and Judith HOBKYNE, was born c. 1610. He was a Yeoman.¹ He married Sarah LEES on 27 Jan 1634 in Saddleworth.¹ He died on 8 Aug 1674 in Mossley, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire.¹

29.

Sarah LEES was born c. 1615. She died in Dec 1701. She was buried on 20 Dec 1701.¹ She and Miles MAYALL had the following children:

30.

Henry SLATER¹ died in 1619.¹ He was buried on 2 Oct 1619 in St. Michael's, Ashton, Lancashire, England.¹ 'Henrye Sclater of Hartshead'

Joyce Gardiner, a Slater descendant, put together a self-published book "Gardner Roots A family history The English Connection Slater/Hilton/Gardner" in 2004. It is on CD for family only useage, and is the essential research document on the Slater and Mayall families. Various other reports have now been produced, mainly based around the children of Moses Slater and Sarah Mayall, the conjunction of the 2 families. Henry married Mary SLATER.

31.

Mary SLATER¹ died in Nov 1618.¹ She and Henry SLATER had the following children:

32.

Robert MAYALL was born c. 1580.¹ He was a Carrier. He married Judith HOBKYNE on 8 Aug 1603 in St. Michael's Church, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire.¹ He died on 12 Feb 1638.¹

33.

Judith HOBKYNE¹ has few details recorded about her. She and Robert MAYALL had the following children: