We have been very fortunate in finding my great grandfathers bible (1872) with some fantastic writings of his ancestors where we have traced the family into Co. Wexford and even back into Cromwell's Army in the 1600's. After the battles in the south of this county Captain William Bayly was given two areas of land for his servces to Cromwell. The first was the Townland of Upper Fearns and Aynemoe (Askinamoe) together with a John White. The second was the Skeahanagh or Farmley Estate in the Union of Enniscorthy and Shilelagh, Co Wexford. There was a gap of history for a while, but on the same estate William's great grandson John Bayly (1745) was born. We are missing 3 generations of family names. John married Anne of the Enniscorthy area who was born in 1747 - they both lived on the Skeahahagh Estate. Of their 14 children only 6 lived to be men and women. Towards the end of the 1700's the Bayly family were evicted fom their estate by the Crown because they failed to enforce harsh penal laws on their tenants which were in force during the 1700's. They moved up the River Slaney 15km into Co Carlow and lived at Moneygrath in the Parish of Barragh on the banks of the Clashovey River. John's son William was one of the surviving children (1774-18/12/1839) who married Elizabeth Griffith (1787-11/10/1859) and they had 11children, one of which is Richard Griffith Bayly was my great great grandfather. RGB was born 14/3/1815 at Moneygrath in Co Carlow who in 1847-1852 was a registered auctioneer in Wexford. At the age of 34 he married Rebecca Charlotte Roe of the city of Wexford on 13/12/1849. It was the first marriage at the Wexford Wesleyan Church - officiated by Revs HJ Giles and James Keys. RCR was born 27/5/1822 in Wexford city - her grandmother was French and her maternal name was Harmon. Richard and Charlotte (as she was called) had two sons born in City of Wexford. They were William Roe Bayly 15/10/1850 and Robert Griffith Turner Bayly 18/6/1852. The family then emigrated from Ireland for Australia sometime after 19/9/1852 and before 23/3/1854. Can anyone help me trace their movements in that time(18months)? Did they travel to Liverpool first before going to Australia?. What ship did they travel in? When did they leave the UK and when did they arrive in Australia? Hope someone can help. Kind Regards Geoff Bayly Port Lincoln South Australia