Hi Len, FindMyPast (with images) have the following baptisms to William and Jane, all in Okehampton 1836 - William George - William given as Innkeeper 1839 - George Drew - William given as Innkeeper 1841 - Elizabeth Drew - William given as Auctioneer? Probable Marriage 1834 - Exeter St Mary Arches, between William Nosworthy and Elizabeth Drew Quite a few possibility's for William's baptism, the two most likely look to be 1810 - Chagford 1816 - Exeter, St Sidwell But without attempting to trace every William Nosworthy, then could get hard as you don't know his place of Birth. Tim Treeby DFHS 13926. On 10/06/2016 11:47, Len Heyward via wrote: > Hi Listers; > > For some time now I have been attempting to track down a William NOSWORTHY, born c1811, in Devon. William emigrated c1846 to South Australia. He had married Jane (born c1805) presumably sometime before 1846, and together with at least two of his three sons, sailed for Australia. William died in 1872 at Bald Hills, South Australia. Jane died in 1879, also at Bald Hills. > > I have searched my NOSWORTHY database and cannot locate a match for William. Have also tried the other spelling variants of NOSWORTHY without success. The info known for the three sons may provide some clues. > > 1) William George NOSWORTHY, born c1837, died 1912 Bald Hills, South Australia > > 2) George Drew NOSWORTHY, born 1838 Okehampton, Devon, died 1907 Lucindale, South Australia. George had his 8th. birthday on the ship on the way to Australia. Unfortunately I don't have the ship's name. > > 3) John NOSWORTHY, married Catherine GARDNER, and had at least 7 children. > > William has been the stumbling block to linking this family with the major Devon NOSWORTHY family lines. I have considered that perhaps William was not his first name, but instead the name he was known by (perhaps a middle name). However, as his first son was also named William, seems to provide supporting evidence that William was probably his correct name. > > The most often first name used in the NOSWORTHY family through the years was by far, John. The second was definitely William. This makes the task even more difficult! > > If there is anyone on the list who could possibly assist, or provide lookups for Okehamption, it would be great to hear from you. > > Len Heyward --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Hi Len - It looks like Tim is on the right track. You have probably found this Okehampton auctioneer, his wife and their two eldest children in the 1841 census where he has a rounded down age of 30, implying birth between 1805 and 1811 (so quite possibly 1810 in Chagford). One would expect to find press advertisements by auctioneers and sure enough a free search of FMP/BNA finds a few for property auctions by William NOSWORTHY at the White Hart in Okehampton, and elsewhere, between September 1842 and November 1845, prior to your tentative emigration year of 1846. But then there is another auctioneer of that name selling a public house in Shaldon in October 1859, so perhaps there were indeed two of them, though I do not find another after 1841. No NOSWORTHY is listed in White's 1851 Directory of Okehampton (GENUKI). FMP has the baptism of John NOSWORTHY in 1844, that of Elizabeth Drewe NOSWORTHY in 1841 and her burial in 1843, and the baptism of Elizabeth Jane NOSWORTHY in 1846, all events at Okehampton. I don't have a paid FMP so cannot view the actual PR images, but expect John and Elizabeth Jane to be children of William and Jane.. FamilySearch has the 1874 marriage of John NOSWORTHY and Catherine Howard GARDNER at Campbelltown, SA, father's name William NOSWORTHY, and Trove has several NOSWORTHY events including John's death in 1928: Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) Saturday 22 December 1928 p 20 Mr. John Nosworthy died at his residence, York-street, Kensington, on Monday morning. He was 85 years of age, and was born in Okehampton http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=23782 so this must be the John NOSWORTHY born Okehampton in Q1 1844 (FamilySearch, FreeBMD, etc). Searching Ancestry for that John NOSWORTHY yields a public tree of the Hoskinson Family (apparently his descendents) which sources the 1846/7 emigration of this family as: PRINCESS ROYAL 1847 from London 5 - 11 1846 via Plymouth 15/11/1846 arrived Port Adelaide on 16-03-1847 NOSWORTHY, William and wife and 4 children [transcription, not image] http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/1847PrincessRoyal-Passengers.htm Another related website gave no further information except that the actual passenger list had not yet been found. (Ignore the tree owner's erroneous term "Transportation Vessel" - this was a regular emigrant ship and the NOSWORTHY family were certainly not felons!) For a lengthy description of this vessel, see http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/1847PrincessRoyal-Report.gif I recall reading that article before, perhaps in connection with the Plymouth Emigration Depot discussed on this list a couple of years ago http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/devon/2014-03/1394965805 So the four emigrant children were evidently the three sons, William George, George Drew and John, and the infant daughter Elizabeth Jane. That Hoskinson tree looks a bit suspect: William born ca 1811 has 10 siblings, all born to an unidentified NOSWORTHY father. John appears with split personalities in two other Ancestry trees. Ancestry has a several other public trees for other descendents of William and Jane NOSWORTHY, which I have not investigated. Regards - Martin Beavis -----Original Message----- From: Tim Treeby (Genealogy)via Sent: Friday, June 10, 2016 1:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DEV] Nosworthy Hi Len, FindMyPast (with images) have the following baptisms to William and Jane, all in Okehampton 1836 - William George - William given as Innkeeper 1839 - George Drew - William given as Innkeeper 1841 - Elizabeth Drew - William given as Auctioneer? Probable Marriage 1834 - Exeter St Mary Arches, between William Nosworthy and Elizabeth Drew Quite a few possibility's for William's baptism, the two most likely look to be 1810 - Chagford 1816 - Exeter, St Sidwell But without attempting to trace every William Nosworthy, then could get hard as you don't know his place of Birth. Tim Treeby DFHS 13926. On 10/06/2016 11:47, Len Heyward via wrote: > Hi Listers; > > For some time now I have been attempting to track down a William > NOSWORTHY, born c1811, in Devon. William emigrated c1846 to South > Australia. He had married Jane (born c1805) presumably sometime before > 1846, and together with at least two of his three sons, sailed for > Australia. William died in 1872 at Bald Hills, South Australia. Jane > died in 1879, also at Bald Hills. > > I have searched my NOSWORTHY database and cannot locate a match for > William. Have also tried the other spelling variants of NOSWORTHY without > success. The info known for the three sons may provide some clues. > > 1) William George NOSWORTHY, born c1837, died 1912 Bald Hills, South > Australia > > 2) George Drew NOSWORTHY, born 1838 Okehampton, Devon, died 1907 > Lucindale, South Australia. George had his 8th. birthday on the ship on > the way to Australia. Unfortunately I don't have the ship's name. > > 3) John NOSWORTHY, married Catherine GARDNER, and had at least 7 children. > > William has been the stumbling block to linking this family with the major > Devon NOSWORTHY family lines. I have considered that perhaps William was > not his first name, but instead the name he was known by (perhaps a middle > name). However, as his first son was also named William, seems to provide > supporting evidence that William was probably his correct name. > > The most often first name used in the NOSWORTHY family through the years > was by far, John. The second was definitely William. This makes the task > even more difficult! > > If there is anyone on the list who could possibly assist, or provide > lookups for Okehamption, it would be great to hear from you. > > Len Heyward ----------------------------