Descendants
of
Richard Ellem
First Generation
1. Richard Ellem was born in 1800 in Warrington Lanc England. He died in 1857 in Mangrove Creek . He was buried in St Thomas Cem Upper Mangrove Creek.
Richard was convicted of larceny at Cheshire, England and arrived on the Isabella.
Richard married Charlotte Huxley daughter of Thomas Huxley and Ann Forbes in 1842. Charlotte was born in 1801 in Windsor . She died in 1885 in Grafton . She was buried in Grafton.
A Mother of the People.
Mrs. Charlotte Ellem, who recently died at Alumney Creek, may truly
be said to have been a remarkable woman. A native of the Hawkesbury,
she was born as far back as 1802, and was, therefore, in her 84th
year ; and two brothers are still living there. She had a family of
nine sons and two daughters, and at the time of her death had
eighty-eight grandchildren, and sixty-five great grandchildren and
the large number of forty-six relatives were present at her funeral.
Source: Evening News 12 Dec 1885
Richard and Charlotte had the following children:
+ 2 M i George Ellem + 3 F ii Mary Anne Ellem + 4 M iii Richard Ellem + 5 M iv John Ellem + 6 M v James Ellem + 7 M vi Frederick William Ellem + 8 M vii Thomas Ellem + 9 M viii Samuel Henry Ellem + 10 F ix Eliza Ellem
Some other convicts related to the Ellem Family
Rachel Atkinson
Ann Bradwell
David Brown
Thomas Chaseling
Joseph Craft
Joseph Davis
William Dixon
William Douglass
John Durrington
Matthew Everingham
Ann Forbes
Benjamin Gawthorne
Mary Groves
Eleanor Holland
Thomas Huxley
Elizabeth Jackson
Henry Jackson
Daniel Jurd
Susannah Lallement
Thomas Lisson
Mary McMahon
Griffith Parry
Aaron Pearce
James Peaulet
Samuel Perkins
Elizabeth Rimes
Sarah Robinson
Mary Ann Rogers
William Smith
James Sommerville
Richard Woodbury
Eleanor Williams