Charlotte Hancy was born 1811 in Baulkham Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia to William Hancy (1766-1830) and Sarah MacDonald (1768-1859) and died 20 June 1867 Baulkham Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia of unspecified causes.
Charlotte's birth
For a discussion of when Charlotte was born refer to Establishing who William Hancy's children were, and their years of birth on the Familypedia page of her father William Hancy (1766-1830).
Charlotte's marriage
Charlotte married William Ashton in about 1833. No marriage record has been found. It was possibly a Catholic service at St Patricks at Parramatta. Many of the early Catholic baptisms, wedding & burials were not included in the official records, just as her father's burial at St Patricks in 1830 had not been included in the records, even though his head-stone exists and his death was reported in the newspaper.
Charlotte's faith
Charlotte was raised Catholic. Charlotte and her children are recorded in the 1841 Census of NSW as Roman Catholic. Her husband William Ashton is recorded in the same census as either Roman Catholic or Church of England (Anglican). (Refer to the Familypedia page for her mother Sarah MacDonald (1768-1859).) Sometime after 1841 Charlotte and her husband converted to become Wesleyans.
Records for the birth of Charlotte's first 3 children
No birth records exist for Charlotte's first 3 children. This was because, just like her marriage, Catholic baptisms at Parramatta at that time were not yet included in the official records.
Charlotte's burial
In 1867 Charlotte Hancy was buried by her husband in Parramatta Methodist Cemetery (Wesleyan Cemetery) - established in the 1830s. Her son John was buried there, also in 1867. Charlotte had also had her mother buried there in 1859. This cemetery was converted to The Walter Lawry Methodist Memorial Park in the 1960s and many of the headstones were removed.
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Jane Ashton (c1833-1863) | |||
John Ashton (c1835-1867) | 1835 Baulkham Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 7 April 1867 Baulkham Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | Margaret McGuire (1837-1926) |
Ann Ashton (c1837-1926) | |||
Henriette Ashton (1840-1926) | |||
William Ashton (1842-) | |||
Charles Edward Ashton (1844-1905) | |||
Harriet Matilda Ashton (1846-1909) | |||
Alfred Ashton (1849-1899) | |||
Margaret Emmaline Ashton (1855-1901) |
Changes of surname by daughters:
- Ann Ashton married Henry Kentwell in 1861
- Henriette Ashton married John James in 1860, & as Henrietta Ashton married Thomas J Wyman in 1883
- Harriet Matilda Ashton married Thomas Edward Schofield in 1866
- Margaret Emmaline Ashton married Richard Harrowell in 1879