William Prior 1782–1855 – Australian Royalty: Genealogy of the colony of New South Wales

William Prior, 1782–1855 (aged 73 years)

Name

William Prior

Name: William /Prior/
Given names: William
Surname: Prior

Name

William Pryer

Name: William /Pryer/
Given names: William
Surname: Pryer

Gender Male


Birth	about 1782 Source: Calculated from age at marriage Text: age given as 32 in 1814
Marriage	Eleanor Hobbs — View this family January 2, 1800 (aged 18 years) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom Source: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Familysearch. [database on-line]: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2008 Text: Name William Pryor Birth Date Birthplace Age Spouse's Name Eleanor Hobbs Spouse's Birth Date Spouse's Birthplace Spouse's Age Event Date 02 Jan 1800 Event Place Cambridge, Cambridge, England Indexing Project (Batch) Number I01814-9 System Origin England-EASy GS Film number 1818408
Immigration	January 18, 1812 (aged 30 years) Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Source: State Library of Queensland. Convict Transportation Registers Database 1787-1867 [database on-line]. Text: William Prior, one of 200 convicts transported on the ship Guilford [Guildford], August 1811. Sentence details: Convicted at Cambridge Assizes for a term of life on 19 March 1811. Vessel: Guilford [Guildford]. Date of Departure: August 1811. Place of Arrival: New South Wales. Source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 45(24) Source: British Newspaper Archive [database online] Citation details: Oxford Journal Sat 6 Apr 1811 p. 4 Text: ASSIZES. At Cambridge, Richard Beavis and William Prior, the former for a burglary at Stapleford, and the latter for stealing from a dwelling house at Granchester, were both capitally convicted, and received sentence of death, but were reprieved. Source: Bateson, Charles. The convict ships 1787-1868. 2nd ed. Glasgow : Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd., 1985 ie 1969 Text: The ship Guildford (1) arrived in the colony 18 Jan 1812
Religious marriage	Hannah Cooke — View this family July 29, 1814 (aged 32 years) Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Source: New South Wales. Department of Justice and Attorney General. NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages. [data-base on-line]. Sydney: the Registry. Text: V18141658 3A/1814 PRYER WILLIAM COOK HANNAH CB (St Johns Church of England, Parramatta) Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Marriages, 1790-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Citation details: No 424 Text: William Pryer, Prisoner per Guilford, 32 of the parish district of Airds and Hannah Cook of ditto, prisoner per Wansted age 20 were married in this church by banns this 29 of July 1814 by me Samuel Marsden William and Hannah both made their X marks in the presence of Joseph Phelps who signed the register and Margaret Phelps who made her X mark
Census	1822 (aged 40 years) Liverpool, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Source: Baxter, Carol, ed. General Muster and land and stock muster of New South Wales 1822. Sydney: Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record in association with the Society of Australian Genealogists, 1988 Text: Cooke, Hannah, convict Wanstead, 7 years, government servant, G. Percival, Liverpool 4 un-named children of H. Cooke (7,5,3,1,) Pryer, William, convict, Guildford, life, government servant, G. Percival, Liverpool
Memorial to the Colonial Secretary	September 3, 1823 (aged 41 years) New South Wales, Australia Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1825 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Text: ...the Humble Petition of William Prior a prisoner Most Humbly Sheweth That your Excellency's Petitioner arrived in this Colony per ship Guilford (1) in the year 1812. That he is a prisoner for life as is also his wife who arrived per Ship Wanstead in 1814. That Your Excellency's Petitioner has six young children whose support is dependent on Petitioner's manual labour, and being a prisoner without permission to work for settlers under existing Government Orders, Most Humbly implores your Excellency will be pleased to bestow upon him such an indulgence as will enable him to obtain a support for his family And Petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray William Prior
Census	November 1828 (aged 46 years) South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Source: Ancestry.com. 1828 New South Wales, Australia Census (TNA Copy) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Text: Prior, William, 47, ticket of leave, Guildford, 1812, life, Protestant, tenant, Illawarra, 240 acres, 20 acres cleared and cultivated Prior, Hannah, 32, Wanstead, 1813, life, Protestant Prior, Hannah, 14, born in the colony Prior, James, 12, born in the colony Prior, William, 11, born in the colony Prior, Benjamin, 9, born in the colony Prior, Betsy, 7, born in the colony Prior, Rachael, 5, born in the colony Prior, Mary, 3, born in the colony Prior, Matilda, born in the colony children of William and Hannah
Death	1855 (aged 73 years) New South Wales, Australia Source: New South Wales. Department of Justice and Attorney General. NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages. [data-base on-line]. Sydney: the Registry. Text: V18551280 43A/1855 PRIOR WILLIAM AGE 75

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Family with Eleanor Hobbs
himself	Links Birth: about 1782 Marriage: January 2, 1800 — Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom Immigration: January 18, 1812 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Religious marriage: July 29, 1814 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: 1822 — Liverpool, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Memorial to the Colonial Secretary: September 3, 1823 — New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1855 — New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Eleanor Hobbs Benjamin Prior William Prior Edward Hobbs Prior Family with spouse Hannah Cooke Hannah Prior James Prior William Prior Benjamin Prior Elizabeth Prior Rachel Prior Mary Prior Matilda Prior William Prior 1782–1855 Birth: about 1782 Death: 1855 — New South Wales, Australia
wife	Links Birth: Marriage: January 2, 1800 — Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Prior Benjamin Prior William Prior Edward Hobbs Prior Eleanor Hobbs – Birth: Death:
Marriage	Marriage — January 2, 1800 — Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
2 years son	Links Birth: about 1801 19 Christening: April 5, 1801 19 — Grantchester, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Benjamin Prior 1801– Birth: about 1801 19 Death:
3 years son	Links Birth: about 1803 21 Christening: February 20, 1803 21 — Grantchester, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships William Prior 1803– Birth: about 1803 21 Death:
6 years son	Links Birth: about 1808 26 Christening: September 4, 1808 26 — Grantchester, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Edward Hobbs Prior 1808– Birth: about 1808 26 Death:

Family with Hannah Cooke
himself	Links Birth: about 1782 Marriage: January 2, 1800 — Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom Immigration: January 18, 1812 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Religious marriage: July 29, 1814 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: 1822 — Liverpool, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Memorial to the Colonial Secretary: September 3, 1823 — New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1855 — New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Eleanor Hobbs Benjamin Prior William Prior Edward Hobbs Prior Family with spouse Hannah Cooke Hannah Prior James Prior William Prior Benjamin Prior Elizabeth Prior Rachel Prior Mary Prior Matilda Prior William Prior 1782–1855 Birth: about 1782 Death: 1855 — New South Wales, Australia
wife	Links Birth: about 1794 Immigration: January 9, 1814 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Religious marriage: July 29, 1814 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: 1822 — Liverpool, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1865 — Wollongong, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Prior Hannah Prior James Prior William Prior Benjamin Prior Elizabeth Prior Rachel Prior Mary Prior Matilda Prior Hannah Cooke 1794–1865 Birth: about 1794 Death: 1865 — Wollongong, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage	Religious marriage — July 29, 1814 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
7 months daughter	Links Birth: February 19, 1815 33 21 — New South Wales, Australia Census: 1822 — Liverpool, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: 1833 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1869 — Wollongong, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Edward Swan Hannah Prior 1815–1869 Birth: February 19, 1815 33 21 — New South Wales, Australia Death: 1869 — Wollongong, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia
23 months son	Links Birth: about 1816 34 22 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: 1822 — Liverpool, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1902 — Albion Park, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Burial: Albion Park, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships James Prior 1816–1902 Birth: about 1816 34 22 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1902 — Albion Park, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia
3 years son	Links Birth: November 16, 1818 36 24 — Airds, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Census: 1822 — Liverpool, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Religious marriage: 1840 — Dapto, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1860 — Kiama, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Ann Swan William Henry Prior Edward Prior George Prior Mary Ann Prior Sarah Prior Henry Prior Caroline Amelia Prior Richard Prior Ellen Prior Thomas Prior Emma Prior William Prior 1818–1860 Birth: November 16, 1818 36 24 — Airds, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1860 — Kiama, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia
23 months son	Links Birth: October 5, 1820 38 26 — Airds, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Census: 1822 — Liverpool, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1880 — Wollongong, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Benjamin Prior 1820–1880 Birth: October 5, 1820 38 26 — Airds, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1880 — Wollongong, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia
3 years daughter	Links Birth: 1823 41 29 — New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1878 — Burrawang, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Elizabeth Prior 1823–1878 Birth: 1823 41 29 — New South Wales, Australia Death: 1878 — Burrawang, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
2 years daughter	Links Birth: 1824 42 30 — New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1879 — Wollongong, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Rachel Prior 1824–1879 Birth: 1824 42 30 — New South Wales, Australia Death: 1879 — Wollongong, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia
3 years daughter	Links Birth: 1826 44 32 — New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1903 — Wollongong, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Mary Prior 1826–1903 Birth: 1826 44 32 — New South Wales, Australia Death: 1903 — Wollongong, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia
3 years daughter	Links Birth: 1828 46 34 — New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Matilda Prior 1828– Birth: 1828 46 34 — New South Wales, Australia Death:

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Birth	Source: Calculated from age at marriage Text: age given as 32 in 1814
Marriage	Source: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Familysearch. [database on-line]: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2008 Text: Name William Pryor Birth Date Birthplace Age Spouse's Name Eleanor Hobbs Spouse's Birth Date Spouse's Birthplace Spouse's Age Event Date 02 Jan 1800 Event Place Cambridge, Cambridge, England Indexing Project (Batch) Number I01814-9 System Origin England-EASy GS Film number 1818408
Immigration	Source: State Library of Queensland. Convict Transportation Registers Database 1787-1867 [database on-line]. Text: William Prior, one of 200 convicts transported on the ship Guilford [Guildford], August 1811. Sentence details: Convicted at Cambridge Assizes for a term of life on 19 March 1811. Vessel: Guilford [Guildford]. Date of Departure: August 1811. Place of Arrival: New South Wales. Source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 45(24) Source: British Newspaper Archive [database online] Citation details: Oxford Journal Sat 6 Apr 1811 p. 4 Text: ASSIZES. At Cambridge, Richard Beavis and William Prior, the former for a burglary at Stapleford, and the latter for stealing from a dwelling house at Granchester, were both capitally convicted, and received sentence of death, but were reprieved. Source: Bateson, Charles. The convict ships 1787-1868. 2nd ed. Glasgow : Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd., 1985 ie 1969 Text: The ship Guildford (1) arrived in the colony 18 Jan 1812
Religious marriage	Source: New South Wales. Department of Justice and Attorney General. NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages. [data-base on-line]. Sydney: the Registry. Text: V18141658 3A/1814 PRYER WILLIAM COOK HANNAH CB (St Johns Church of England, Parramatta) Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Marriages, 1790-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Citation details: No 424 Text: William Pryer, Prisoner per Guilford, 32 of the parish district of Airds and Hannah Cook of ditto, prisoner per Wansted age 20 were married in this church by banns this 29 of July 1814 by me Samuel Marsden William and Hannah both made their X marks in the presence of Joseph Phelps who signed the register and Margaret Phelps who made her X mark
Census	Source: Baxter, Carol, ed. General Muster and land and stock muster of New South Wales 1822. Sydney: Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record in association with the Society of Australian Genealogists, 1988 Text: Cooke, Hannah, convict Wanstead, 7 years, government servant, G. Percival, Liverpool 4 un-named children of H. Cooke (7,5,3,1,) Pryer, William, convict, Guildford, life, government servant, G. Percival, Liverpool
Memorial to the Colonial Secretary	Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1825 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Text: ...the Humble Petition of William Prior a prisoner Most Humbly Sheweth That your Excellency's Petitioner arrived in this Colony per ship Guilford (1) in the year 1812. That he is a prisoner for life as is also his wife who arrived per Ship Wanstead in 1814. That Your Excellency's Petitioner has six young children whose support is dependent on Petitioner's manual labour, and being a prisoner without permission to work for settlers under existing Government Orders, Most Humbly implores your Excellency will be pleased to bestow upon him such an indulgence as will enable him to obtain a support for his family And Petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray William Prior
Census	Source: Ancestry.com. 1828 New South Wales, Australia Census (TNA Copy) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Text: Prior, William, 47, ticket of leave, Guildford, 1812, life, Protestant, tenant, Illawarra, 240 acres, 20 acres cleared and cultivated Prior, Hannah, 32, Wanstead, 1813, life, Protestant Prior, Hannah, 14, born in the colony Prior, James, 12, born in the colony Prior, William, 11, born in the colony Prior, Benjamin, 9, born in the colony Prior, Betsy, 7, born in the colony Prior, Rachael, 5, born in the colony Prior, Mary, 3, born in the colony Prior, Matilda, born in the colony children of William and Hannah
Death	Source: New South Wales. Department of Justice and Attorney General. NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages. [data-base on-line]. Sydney: the Registry. Text: V18551280 43A/1855 PRIOR WILLIAM AGE 75

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Family with Eleanor Hobbs
himself	William Prior 1782–1855
wife	Eleanor Hobbs –
son	Benjamin Prior 1801–
son	William Prior 1803–
son	Edward Hobbs Prior 1808–

Family with Hannah Cooke
himself	William Prior 1782–1855
wife	Hannah Cooke 1794–1865
daughter Family Edward Swan	Hannah Prior 1815–1869
son	James Prior 1816–1902
son Family Mary Ann Swan William Henry Prior Edward Prior George Prior Mary Ann Prior Sarah Prior Henry Prior Caroline Amelia Prior Richard Prior Ellen Prior Thomas Prior Emma Prior	William Prior 1818–1860
son	Benjamin Prior 1820–1880
daughter	Elizabeth Prior 1823–1878
daughter	Rachel Prior 1824–1879
daughter	Mary Prior 1826–1903
daughter	Matilda Prior 1828–