William Blyton
Monaro c1840
(Last changed Thursday May 31, 2012)

Genealogy

The following photo was supplied by Joye Walsh [joye_walsh-at-yahoo.com]

William Blyton was born in Mansfield near Nottingham in 1804. His parents were William Blyton and Charlotte Poinder. On March 26 William aged 16 and Thomas Redfern were committed for trial on the charge of “feloniously and burglariously breaking open the dwelling house of John Parkins of Mansfield, and stealing one pound note, eight shillings in silver and ten shillings in copper, 2 bottles of rum, 1 bottle gin, some bottles of wine, and a quantity of sugar, tea , tobacco and candles”

The sentence for this was life, but commuted to deportation on the maiden voyage of the “Mangles”, and arrived in Australia on 26 January 1820.

By 1822 William was at Appin, and in 1828 he was employed by Mrs Jemima Jenkins to look after her cattle at The Airds (Campbelltown). 1831 saw the notice in the Sydney Morning Herald of the intended marriage of William Blyton, of Blyton Grove Illawarra to Miss Eliza Jane Smith, Illawarra, niece of John Patrick of St Peters Campbelltown.

Eliza was the daughter of Jeremiah Smith and Sophie (nee Akers), daughter of Thomas Akers (First Fleet)

William and Eliza’s children were William 1832, John 1834, Eliza Ann 1836, Charles 1839, George 1841, Charlotte 1843, James 1846, Thomas 1848, Henry 1851. Joseph 1853 and Jeremiah 1855. From George onward the children were born on the Monaro

The family worked on several of the runs on the south-western side of Monaro, mainly doing leather work. Eliza died in 1870 after that William married Susan Jackson. The children of this marriage were Maryann, Eliza and Robert

William died in 1877 as a result of an accident, and Susan remarried to George Sims. In 1875 William lived at Eagle Vale but owned the Horse and Jockey Inn in Commissioner Street Cooma,  

From these two marriages came all the Blyton’s in Australia. Research has not come up with any Blytons who have not come from this William Blyton

He is buried at Christ Church, Cooma.

For more information contact: Ian and Rae Blyton <blyton10-at-bigpond.net.au>

WILLIAM BLYTON:

William Blyton was a convict. He arrived in the colony of New South Wales aboard the ship "Mangles" on 7th August 1820. It was the first trip by the "Mangles" which had departed from Falmouth in England on 2nd April 1820. On the 29th July 1819 at the Nottingham Assizes, William, aged just 16 years,  together with Thomas Redfern, were convicted of " feloniously and burglariously breaking open the dwelling house of John Parkins of Mansfield, and stealing one pound note, eight shillings in silver, and ten shillings in copper, 2 bottles of rum, 1 bottle of gin, some bottles of wine, and a quantity of sugar, tea, tobacco and candles."  William was sentenced to life imprisonment, but this was commuted to transportation to New South Wales for life.

          By 1822 William Blyton was living in Appin NSW., and in 1828 he was employed by Mrs. Jemima Jenkins to look after her cattle at Bombaloon,  Airds near Campbelltown NSW. It is thought that while living at Airds, William Blyton met Miss Eliza Jane (Sophia) Smith who lived at Airds with her father and mother, Jeremiah and Sophia and her brothers and sisters, because in 1831 there was a notice in the Sydney Morning Herald notifying of the intended marriage of William Blyton of Blyton Grove Illawarra, to Miss Eliza Jane Smith, Illawarra, neice of John Patrick of St. Peter's, Campbelltown. William and Sophia were married by Reverend Reddall at Campbelltown.

          Eliza Jane, who was called Sophia, was the granddaughter of First Fleet convict Thomas Alers and his defacto wife Ann Guy. Her father Jeremiah Smith was a convict who arrived with the Third Fleet and who had served about 13 years with the NSW Corps in NSW and Tasmania. Her mother Sophia, nee Akers, was born in 1795 at Mulgrave Place near Windsor. Jeremiah and Sophia were married at St. John's Church of England in Parramatta.  

          William and Eliza Jane and their growing family moved to the Monaro in 1840 and they worked on several of the properties, or runs, on the south - western area of the Monaro, mainly doing leather work. Eliza Jane died in 1870 and William later married Susan Jackson and together they had 3 more children. In 1875 William and Susan lived at Eagle Vale and owned the Horse and Jockey Inn in Commissioner Street in Cooma.

          William was accidently killed in 1877 and was buried at Christ Church in Cooma. Soon after Susan married George Sims. William is buried in the same grave as Eliza Jane ( Sophia ) at Christ Church, Church of England which is located on the Bobunderah Rd., just out of Cooma NSW.   
Baptism: 8 February 1804, Mansfield, Nottingham England.
Burial: 9 September 1877, Christ Church, Cooma NSW. Grave 56.
Emigration: 7 August 1820, "Mangles"
Occupation: Farmer, stockman, settler, leather worker, shoemaker, overseer, labourer and publican.
Religion: Protestant. 

ELIZA JANE (SOPHIA) SMITH:
Sophia, also known as Eliza Jane, birth and baptismal Rec. No. V18123533 Vol.1A. Her marriage to William Blyton is recorded at St. Peter's, Church of England, Campbelltown NSW. Rec. No. V18311110 Vol. 15. Eliza Jane and William Blyton are buried together in the historic Christ Church cemetery along Bombala Street in Cooma. When I visited there in 2003 the graves and headstones were in very good order although the writing was a little hard to read. Their granddaughter Catherine is buried in an adjoining grave.
Baptism: 12 March 1815, St. Luke's, Church of England, Liverpool NSW.
Burial: 4 February 1870, Christ Church, Cooma NSW. Grave 56. 

SUSAN JACKSON:
          Susan Jackson arrived in New South Wales, with her family,  aboard the ship  " Beejapore " on the 9th January 1853. She came as an " assisted immigrant ".
          Susan died in 1925 and was buried in the cemetery at Christ Church, Church of England at Cooma. The informant of her death was her daughter Rachel Herlihy of Victoria St., Cooma and the witnesses to her burial were George Blyton and John Herlihy. The undertaker was James F. Allen. 

Descendants of William Blyton

Ian and Rae Blyton <blyton10-at-bigpond.net.au>
Louie Blyton, <coomacats-at-dodo.com.au> 28.02.06
Jan Reid <jan-at-reid-realty.com> 22.04.06
Kevin Browning <brownink-at-ideal.net.au> 22.04.06
Neville Blyton and Jan Reid. 23.04.06
Ian Blyton <blyton10-at-bigpond.net.au> 22.06.06, 1.12.06 
Narelle Triance <narellejt-at-optusnet.com.au>  9.03.07, 19.09.07
    Recompiled from the new Monaro Pioneers database: 18.12.07
with additional information supplied by:
Narelle Triance [narellejt-at-optusnet.com.au] 21.12.07
Kaye Wishart [kayeze-at-iprimus.com.au] 21.01.08
Shirley Schmierer [schmierers-at-bigpond.com] 20.02.08
Megan [frankmog-at-bigpond.net.au] 1.06.08
Cathy Nagy [c_nagy-at-optusnet.com.au]  14.02.10
Des Smith [des_pam-at-people.net.au] 4.06.10

Descendants Report