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| William SHELLEY (1774 - 1815) |
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William James SHELLEY (1803 - 1844) Mary Ann SHELLEY (1810 - 1865) George William SHELLEY (1812 - 1852) Rowland John SHELLEY (1814 - 1888) |
William SHELLEY (1774 - 1815) + Elizabeth BEAN (1782 - 1878) |
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Pic P1. Inscription Here lie the mortal remains of Mr. WILLIAM SHELLEY who departed this life on the 5th July 1815 aged 41 years. One of the first London Missionaries to the Island of Tonga Far from this world of toil and strife He is present with the Lord The labours of his mortal life End in a large reward. And also those of his Widow Mrs. ELIZABETH SHELLEY who departed this life on the 20th September 1878 in the 96th year of her age Having survived her beloved husband upward of 63 years Pic S1. Inscription Pic 1. Inscription Pic 2. Inscription |
| b. 29 May 1774 at Staffordshire, England |
| m. 07 Oct 1801 Elizabeth BEAN (1782 - 1878) at Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 06 Jul 1815 at Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia aged 41 |
| Near Relatives of William SHELLEY (1774 - 1815) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Self | William SHELLEY | 29 May 1774 | Staffordshire, England | 06 Jul 1815 | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | 41 |
| Wife | Elizabeth BEAN | 1782 | London, Middlesex, England | 20 Sep 1878 | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | 96 |
| Son | William James SHELLEY | 23 Dec 1803 | Tahiti | 18 Jan 1844 | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia | 40 |
| Daughter | Mary Ann SHELLEY | 28 Dec 1810 | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | 16 Nov 1865 | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | 54 |
| Son | George William SHELLEY | 1812 | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | 1852 | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 40 |
| Son | Rowland John SHELLEY | 1814 | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | 04 Jan 1888 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 74 |
| Daughter in Law | Susannah Marsden HASSALL | 1806 | New South Wales, Australia | 15 Aug 1890 | Bowral, New South Wales, Australia | 84 |
| Son in Law | George OAKES | 1813 | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | 10 Aug 1881 | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | 68 |
| Daughter in Law | Amelia Matilda WADDY | 1817 | 1896 | 79 | ||
| Daughter in Law | Maria Brilla Louisa PETERS | 18 Aug 1814 | Dublin, Ireland | 08 Mar 1877 | Echuca, Victoria, Australia | 62 |
| Granddaughter | Amelia Matilda SHELLEY | 21 Sep 1836 | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | 27 Aug 1922 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 85 |
| Granddaughter | Elizabeth Jane SHELLEY | 1838 | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | 1866 | 28 | |
| Granddaughter | Georgina Frederica SHELLEY | 1840 | Yass, New South Wales, Australia | 1918 | 78 | |
| Grandson | George Waddy SHELLEY | 1842 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1907 | 65 | |
| Grandson | William John SHELLEY | 1844 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1922 | 78 | |
| Grandson | Rowland Mansfield SHELLEY | 1847 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 31 Dec 1932 | Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia | 85 |
| Granddaughter | Jane Antoinette SHELLEY | 1849 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1907 | 58 | |
| Granddaughter | Emily Lucy Louisa SHELLEY | 14 Sep 1851 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 30 May 1937 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 85 |
| Events in William SHELLEY (1774 - 1815)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 29 May 1774 | William SHELLEY was born | Staffordshire, England | |||
| 07 Oct 1801 | 27 | Married Elizabeth BEAN (aged 19) | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 23 Dec 1803 | 29 | Birth of son William James SHELLEY | Tahiti | ||
| 28 Dec 1810 | 36 | Birth of daughter Mary Ann SHELLEY | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | 76 | |
| 1812 | 38 | Birth of son George William SHELLEY | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 1814 | 40 | Birth of son Rowland John SHELLEY | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 06 Jul 1815 | 41 | William SHELLEY died | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Source References: |
| 76. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find a Grave, Title: Find A Grave, Locn: https://www.findagrave.com/ |
| - Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87683122/william-shelley (Name, Notes) |
| - Notes: Australian Dictionary of Biography. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/shelley-william-james-2653
William Shelley (1774-1815), missionary and trader, was born on 29 May 1774 at Hanley, Staffordshire, England, where his family had long been associated with the local potteries. He was apprenticed to a cabinet maker at Leek, joined the Congregational Church in 1794 and volunteered as an artisan missionary to the (London) Missionary Society. He was one of the party which sailed in the Duff in 1796 with Rev J F Cover [q.v.] and was a member of the original mission to Tonga. When the Tongans killed three missionaries in 1799 he escaped and next year went to Sydney in the Betsy, in company with Anna Josepha, navigated by Rev John Harris [q.v.]. Shelley took up his residence with Rowland Hassall [q.v.] at Parramatta, commenced his own trade, and helped in the religious work of the settlement. In March 1801 he left for England in the Royal Admiral in the hope of rejoining the Tongan mission, but after arriving at Tahiti decided to join the mission there. He returned to Sydney to marry Elizabeth Bean, daughter of a free settler, which he did on 7 OCtober and returned to Tahiti next month. While in the colony he impressed Samuel Marsden [q.v.] with the dangers to the mission of establishing a government colony at Tahiti and proposed that the pork trade should be conducted by the Missionary Society. Shelley was deeply impressed with the need for a ship to support the mission trade and, being dissatisfied with the organisation of the mission, determined to work independently. He returned to Sydney in the Lucy in Aprol 1806, taking with him about 40 gallons of rum made secretly at the mission still to use for barter. Soon he entered into a commercial arrangement with John Macarthur and Garnham Blaxcell [q.v.] and engaged as supercargo in the Elizabeth, which had been bought to open trade in sandalwood with Fiji. However, Shelley sailed to Tahiti in the Harrington in January 1807. There he built the Halycon, which he sent to Sydney with a cargo of pork, and in May he joined the Elizabeth, returning to Sydney in June again in November, estimating that his own share was upwards of 1,000 pounds. Convinced that a trading ship was essential if the mission was to prosper, and with plans to reopen the Tongan mission, he sailed for London in the Albion in November 1908, but he could not convince the directors that he was right, even though he had the help of Marsden, who was then in England. Early in 1810 Shelley returned to New South Wales and next year opened a general store in York Street Sydney. In August 1812 he was granted 400 acres at Cabramatta and a town lease at Cockle Bay, but early in 1813 he closed his business and sailed from Sydney in May as master of the Queen Charlotte. In the Tuamotus the ship was seized by Raiatian pearl divers, three men were murdered and Shelley narrowly escaped with his life. He recovered the ship at Tahiti and return to Sydney in February 1814 with a large cargo of shells and 'as large a quantity of pearls as had ever yet been procured by a single vessel.' It was probably during this voyage that Shelley left a European artisan at Tongatapu preparatory to reopening the mission there. Resettling at Parramatta, Shelley conducted Congregational services in his house and commenced work among the aboriginals. He attempted to learn the language, took some children into his own family and addressed Governor Macquarie on the 'practicability of civilizing them'. He was invited to draw up plans and in December was appointed superintendent and principal instructor of the Native Institution at Parramatta, the first of its kind in the colony. However, after establishing the school, he died on 6 July 1815.According to Marsden, with whom he was on intimate terms, Shelley was a man of 'very comprehensive mind'. Macarthur described him as 'respectable and intelligent'. Captain House found him an 'over busy' person, whilst w. p. Crook [q.v.] said he was 'bustling and active with his heart set on the world'. Macquarie described him as well qualified and a 'Moral, Well Meaning Man'. Mrs Shelley continued the work of the institution, but despite Macquarie's interest it met with little success and was closed in 1826. Shelley's plans to reopen the Tongan mission were also abandoned, but later Mrs Shelley persuaded Rev. Walter Lawry [q.v.] to reopen it. She died on 20 September 1878. Two of their sons. William (1803-1845) and George (1812-1852) were among the pioneers of the Tumut district, taking their herds beyond the 19 counties in 1829. |