Brown Family

Researching:
Thomas Brown was a shepherd born in 1796 in Woodford, Wiltshire, England. His parents were Richard Brown and Ann Yeats(?). In 1825 he married Anna Ings. Anna was born in 1801 to John Ings and Hannah Yeates (or Yeats). In 1840 Thomas and Anna sailed for Adelaide with their family.

1. Elizabeth married William Abbott (7 children)
2. Solomon married Harriet Mills (8 children)
3. George died as an infant
4. Harriet married John Brock Fry (6 children) (see Fry family)
5. Henry married Elizabeth Ballangall Henderson (no children)
6. Ann died as an infant
7. Sarah married Henry Green (8 children)
8. Jesse died as an infant
9. Thomas died as an infant
10. Ellen
11. Joshua
12. Mary Rebekah married John Jennings (4 children)
13. John
14. David

Mine is the family of Harriet Brown and John Brock Fry (see Fry family). Brothers-in-law John Brock Fry and Henry Green puchased land in what is now known as Lenswood. Both establishing long lines of Brown descendents in the region.

I know that Thomas continued to be a shepherd when in Adelaide. But what of his parents, Richard Brown and Ann Yeats (?) They were from Wishford and Richard had died when Thomas was just 11.

More is known of the Ings family. John Ing's parents were William Ings and Mary Read. On the Ings side it is possible to trace back to 1515 (though Philip m Mary; William (Inges) m Anne; Thomas (Inges) m Joan; William (Inges); Thomas (Inges); m Elizabeth; John (Ings) born about 1515. The family was continuously in the Wiltshire region.

Less is known about Anna's mother, Hannah Yeates. Her parents may have been Thomas Yeats and Ann Pullen. Anna's father, John Ings, may have been previously married to Phoebe Dew.

Any information on Yeats, Yeates, Pullen or Brown families would be appreciated.

Fry Family

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See also http://fry2014.wordpress.com/

Philip James Fry was born to John Fry and Alice Richardson on 1 May 1789 in England. (Details of two baptisms can be found 2 May 1789 - St George in the East, Middlesex or Mulberry Gardens Pell Street Lady Huntingdons, Stepney, London. In October 1826 at St Dunstan's, Stepney, he married Sarah Harward Brock. Sarah was born 11 April 1804 and was the daughter of John Brock and Sarah Skeat. Philip had previously been married in 1819, to Martha Brock, Sarah's aunt. The family moved to Kent where Philip was clerk of the Chapel of Ease, Broadstairs for 7 years. He is also listed as a painter at one point.

1.  Sarah Elizabeth married Samuel Bartlett (4 children)
2.  James John married Christina Skether
3.  Alice Pruden
4.  Phillip James died as a child
5.  John Brock married Harriet Brown
6.  Martha Ann married a Groves (1 child)
7.  Caroline Fanny
8.  Rosa Susan married Edward James Bone (2 children)
9.  William Pruden did not marry
10. Nathaniel Pruden died as an infant

Mine is the family of John Brock Fry and Harriet Brown (see Brown family). Prior to moving to Australia John had been an apprentice baker and a sailor. John and Harriet married at St James Church of England (Australia), Blakiston in South Australia in 1859. They settled in the Forest Range area. John was a sawyer and Harriet farmed. He became teacher at the school in the district - Jerry's flat (later Forest School, now Lenswood Primary School) from 1 July 1871 to his resignation on 31 Dec 1900. Some of his many descendents have attended the school (my children being the 5th generation).

The family bible details Philip's children. But what of him and his life - an interesting character we should explore more?  And what of his first wife, Martha?  His father is listed as John Fry and his mother as Alice Richardson. She was born a Pruden (which explains the carrying of that name).  One of our family members has trolled along the Pruden line.  I have much information on the Fry's in the Adelaide Hills area, and knowledge of John's brother William who moved to Mildura in Victoria (he had no children). 

I also know that Sarah Brock's parents were John Brock and Sarah Skeat. John's parents were Joseph Brock and Martha Woods, which links into cousins in Victoria. Sarah Skeat's parents were Henry Skeat and Ann Harwood. 

Any information on any of these families is most welcome.