Australian Royalty: Genealogy of the colony of NSW

Elizabeth Rimes, 1774–1841 (aged 67 years)

Name
Elizabeth /Rimes/
Given names
Elizabeth
Surname
Rimes
Name
Elizabeth /Everingham/
Type of name
married name
Name
Elizabeth /McGahy/
Type of name
married name
Name
Elizabeth /Rymes/
Given names
Elizabeth
Surname
Rymes
Name
Elizabeth /Rhymes/
Given names
Elizabeth
Surname
Rhymes
Name
Elizabeth /Everingham/
Type of name
married name
Birth
1774
Immigration
1790 (aged 16 years)
Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Text:

At the October 1789 Old Bailey sessions, Elizabeth was convicted for stealing and pawning bedclothes from lodgings in Spitalfields which she shared with her lover, intending, she protested, to restore them. She was sentenced to 7 years at the Old Bailey and transported on the ship Neptune in 1790.

Text:

Old Bailey transcript 28 Oct 1789:
JOHN MOORE and ELIZABETH RYMES were indicted for stealing, on the 11th of September last, one woollen blanket, value 3 s. and one linen sheet, value 4 s. the property of Richard Williams, in a lodging room.
(The witnesses examined separate.)
MARY WILLIAMS sworn.
I am wife of Richard Williams; I let a ready furnished lodging to the woman prisoner; a room on the first floor; Moore was not with her; he came the same night. he paid three shillings a week; they were there rather better than three weeks; I took them to be man and wife; but I since find they are not; the room joining their room, was stripped: I made a great outcry, and sent for an officer: I missed a bed-gown, a sheet, and a blanket: the duplicates were found in the woman's pocket; I saw them taken out by the officer.
MARY JOLLY sworn.
I know both the prisoners very well, by seeing them at our shop; a blanket and a sheet were pledged at our house; I did not take them in; I do not know who brought them.
JOHN ELLINGHAM sworn.
I am a carpenter; I went to apprehend the prisoners, by information; I took the prisoners the 12th of September, at No. 5, Rose-lane, Spital-fields; I searched her, and found eleven duplicates on her; and two of which led to the discovery, one of a blanket and the other on a sheet.
THOMAS HUCKWELL sworn.
I am a constable: on the 12th of September, I took the woman, and found on her these duplicates.
(Produced.)
Mrs. Jolly. These are our duplicates; my master's name is printed upon them.
JOHN LODWICH sworn.
I went with the constable to find out the prisoners: the woman was at home; she said to Mrs. Williams, you need not turn down the bed, there is a blanket and a sheet missing; she said they were pawned; and I saw eleven duplicates taken out of her pocket.
PRISONER RYMES's DEFENCE.
I proposed to get the things out; I did not mean to let the things lay in.
PRISONER MOORE's DEFENCE.
I went out about eleven in the forenoon, with intent to get some work; I had been out of work for a long time; I went and got a job; and with the money, I had intention to get out the sheet and blanket, and pay the rent, which was not due for fifteen hours.
How came she to pass as your wife? - She is not so by law, Sir, but we cohabit together.
JOHN MOORE, NOT GUILTY.
ELIZABETH RYMES, GUILTY,
Transported for seven years.
Tried by the London Jury before Mr. Justice HEATH.
Religious marriage
Matthew James Everingham — View this family
March 13, 1791 (aged 17 years)
Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Text:

Matthew James Everingham and Elizabeth Rhymes were married 13 Mar 1791
by Richard Johnson, chaplain
In the presence of Thomas Barnsby and Peter Stewart
Census
1814 (aged 40 years)
Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Text:

Elizabeth Rainsner per the ship Neptune, free, 8 children off stores, wife to M. Everingham
Property
, New South Wales, Australia
1825 (aged 51 years)
New South Wales, Australia
Text:

At the time of Matthew's death in 1817, the family was living on a 15 acre rented farm at Sackville Reach. The original grant was sold in 1820. In January 1825, Elizabeth addressed a memorial to the Governor asking for the 15 acres she had been occupying for some years to be granted to her; she stated that she had reared a large family to 'habits if Industry'. The land was eventually granted to her and later passed to her children.
Marriage
Patrick McGahy — View this family
August 20, 1827 (aged 53 years)
Wilberforce, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Text:

Patrick was aged 23 and was about 28 years the junior of Elizabeth. He had not completed his sentence and was a former peddler, 5'3" in height with dark brown eyes and hair and dark, ruddy complexion (described as 'quiet').
Census
1828 (aged 54 years)
Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Text:

In 1828, Elizabeth and Patrick were recorded living on a 15 acre farm at Portland Head with Elizabeth's youngest son.
Death
December 12, 1841 (aged 67 years)
Hawkesbury River, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Burial
Hawkesbury River, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Note: Elizabeth was buried in a family plot in the 15 acre farm that she and her husband Patrick were living on. A headstone was later erected by her grandchildren.
Family with Matthew James Everingham
husband
Birth: 1768 — Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Baptism: August 22, 1768 — Bloomsbury, London, England, United Kingdom
Immigration: January 26, 1788 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: March 13, 1791 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Property: Everinghams Farm — February 22, 1792 — Prospect Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: between 1800 and 1802 — Ermington, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Property: between 1803 and 1806 — Sackville Reach, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Clerical/Liquor Licencee — between 1806 and 1812
Petition: January 26, 1810 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Licence to sell spiritous liquors and wines: February 1810 — New South Wales, Australia
Farm advertised: March 1811 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: December 25, 1817 — Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: December 27, 1817 — Wilberforce, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Rimes Mary Everingham Sarah Elizabeth Everingham Matthew James Everingham William Everingham George Everingham Ann Everingham Elizabeth Everingham James Everingham Maria Everingham John Everingham
Matthew James Everingham
1768–1817
Birth: 1768 — Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Death: December 25, 1817 — Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
herself
Birth: 1774
Immigration: 1790 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: March 13, 1791 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: 1814 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Property: , New South Wales, Australia — 1825 — New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: August 20, 1827 — Wilberforce, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Census: 1828 — Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: December 12, 1841 — Hawkesbury River, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Hawkesbury River, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Matthew James Everingham Mary Everingham Sarah Elizabeth Everingham Matthew James Everingham William Everingham George Everingham Ann Everingham Elizabeth Everingham James Everingham Maria Everingham John Everingham Family with spouse Patrick McGahy
Elizabeth Rimes
1774–1841
Birth: 1774
Death: December 12, 1841 — Hawkesbury River, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage — March 13, 1791 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
10 months
daughter
Birth: December 23, 1791 23 17 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: January 1792 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: January 24, 1792 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships
Mary Everingham
1791–1792
Birth: December 23, 1791 23 17 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: January 1792 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
18 months
daughter
Birth: June 9, 1793 25 19 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Baptism: June 30, 1793 25 19 — New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: December 17, 1810 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Census: between October 17, 1814 and November 16, 1814 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Lower Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: March 29, 1874 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Wisemans Ferry, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Richard Woodbury Richard Woodbury Elizabeth Woodbury William Woodbury Jeremiah Woodbury Sarah Ann Woodbury Rebecca Woodbury John Woodbury Ann Woodbury Jane Woodbury Matthew James Woodbury George James Woodbury
Sarah Elizabeth Everingham
1793–1874
Birth: June 9, 1793 25 19 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: March 29, 1874 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
son
Birth: May 23, 1795 27 21 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: February 17, 1817 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: November 22, 1884 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Sackville, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ann Chaseling Matthew James Everingham Elizabeth Everingham George Everingham William Everingham James Everingham John Thomas Everingham Richard Everingham Anna Maria Everingham Andrew Everingham Jane Amelia Everingham Christian Everingham
Matthew James Everingham
1795–1884
Birth: May 23, 1795 27 21 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: November 22, 1884 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
son
Birth: August 8, 1797 29 23 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: 1820 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: 1850 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: September 6, 1859 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: 1859 — Ebenezer, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jane Chaseling William Everingham Elizabeth Everingham Thomas William Everingham Henry Everingham Charlotte Everingham Matthew Everingham Archibald Everingham Jane Everingham Cyrus Everingham Stephen Everingham Louisa Everingham Joshua Everingham Family with spouse Frances Dunn
William Everingham
1797–1859
Birth: August 8, 1797 29 23 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: September 6, 1859 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
son
Birth: December 9, 1799 31 25 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: 1821 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Lower Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: April 15, 1881 — Grafton, Northern Rivers, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Keturah Stubbs James Matthew Everingham George Everingham Elizabeth Everingham Sarah Everingham William Everingham Sophia Everingham Mary Everingham Josiah Everingham George Henry Everingham Cyrus Everingham Ann Everingham
George Everingham
1799–1881
Birth: December 9, 1799 31 25 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: April 15, 1881 — Grafton, Northern Rivers, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
daughter
Birth: November 7, 1802 34 28 — Hawkesbury River, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: July 6, 1818 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: March 19, 1849 — Sackville North, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Sackville, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Chaseling James Chaseling John Chaseling Margaret Chaseling Louisa Chaseling Mary Chaseling Thomas Chaseling Elizabeth Chaseling Maria Chaseling Matthew James Chaseling Joshua Watsford Chaseling
Ann Everingham
1802–1849
Birth: November 7, 1802 34 28 — Hawkesbury River, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: March 19, 1849 — Sackville North, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
daughter
Birth: June 10, 1805 37 31 — New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: June 24, 1822
Marriage: May 4, 1827 — Sackville Reach, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Lower Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: August 29, 1837 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: July 24, 1856 — Wilberforce, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: September 18, 1879
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Charles Butler Charles Butler William Butler Family with spouse John Harman Samuel Harman Elizabeth Harman Sarah Harman Family with spouse Joseph Ladd Joseph Ladd Hannah Ladd Maria Ladd Mary Ann Ladd Family with spouse George Bowd
Elizabeth Everingham
1805–1879
Birth: June 10, 1805 37 31 — New South Wales, Australia
Death: September 18, 1879
3 years
son
Birth: November 25, 1807 39 33 — New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Lower Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: March 2, 1833
Marriage: October 27, 1859
Death: July 25, 1895 — Leichhardt, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: July 27, 1895 — Rookwood, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Cologne Goddard James Henry Everingham Selina Everingham Sarah Everingham Jonathan Everingham Elizabeth Everingham Timothy Everingham Nathaniel Everingham Lydia Ann Everingham Matthew James William Everingham Family with spouse Lavinia Maria Musgrove George Richard Everingham Arthur Thomas Everingham Emily Everingham Lavinia Maria Everingham Enoch Ernest Everingham
James Everingham
1807–1895
Birth: November 25, 1807 39 33 — New South Wales, Australia
Death: July 25, 1895 — Leichhardt, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
4 years
daughter
Birth: August 6, 1811 43 37 — Sackville, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: January 1, 1827
Death: February 24, 1835 — Sackville, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Sackville, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Cotton Jabez Cotton Alfred Cotton Hephzibah Cotton Anna Maria Cotton
Maria Everingham
1811–1835
Birth: August 6, 1811 43 37 — Sackville, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: February 24, 1835 — Sackville, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
son
Birth: July 29, 1814 46 40 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Baptism: May 21, 1815 47 41
Marriage: Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: May 29, 1875 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mildred Saunders Ephraim Everingham
John Everingham
1814–1875
Birth: July 29, 1814 46 40 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: May 29, 1875 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Family with Patrick McGahy
husband
Birth: about 1780 — Ireland
Immigration: about 1825 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: August 20, 1827 — Wilberforce, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Census: 1828 — Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Census: 1841 — Cumberland Reach, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death:
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Rimes
Patrick McGahy
1780–
Birth: about 1780 — Ireland
Death:
herself
Birth: 1774
Immigration: 1790 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: March 13, 1791 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: 1814 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Property: , New South Wales, Australia — 1825 — New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: August 20, 1827 — Wilberforce, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Census: 1828 — Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: December 12, 1841 — Hawkesbury River, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Hawkesbury River, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Matthew James Everingham Mary Everingham Sarah Elizabeth Everingham Matthew James Everingham William Everingham George Everingham Ann Everingham Elizabeth Everingham James Everingham Maria Everingham John Everingham Family with spouse Patrick McGahy
Elizabeth Rimes
1774–1841
Birth: 1774
Death: December 12, 1841 — Hawkesbury River, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage — August 20, 1827 — Wilberforce, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Birth
Immigration
Text:

At the October 1789 Old Bailey sessions, Elizabeth was convicted for stealing and pawning bedclothes from lodgings in Spitalfields which she shared with her lover, intending, she protested, to restore them. She was sentenced to 7 years at the Old Bailey and transported on the ship Neptune in 1790.

Text:

Old Bailey transcript 28 Oct 1789:
JOHN MOORE and ELIZABETH RYMES were indicted for stealing, on the 11th of September last, one woollen blanket, value 3 s. and one linen sheet, value 4 s. the property of Richard Williams, in a lodging room.
(The witnesses examined separate.)
MARY WILLIAMS sworn.
I am wife of Richard Williams; I let a ready furnished lodging to the woman prisoner; a room on the first floor; Moore was not with her; he came the same night. he paid three shillings a week; they were there rather better than three weeks; I took them to be man and wife; but I since find they are not; the room joining their room, was stripped: I made a great outcry, and sent for an officer: I missed a bed-gown, a sheet, and a blanket: the duplicates were found in the woman's pocket; I saw them taken out by the officer.
MARY JOLLY sworn.
I know both the prisoners very well, by seeing them at our shop; a blanket and a sheet were pledged at our house; I did not take them in; I do not know who brought them.
JOHN ELLINGHAM sworn.
I am a carpenter; I went to apprehend the prisoners, by information; I took the prisoners the 12th of September, at No. 5, Rose-lane, Spital-fields; I searched her, and found eleven duplicates on her; and two of which led to the discovery, one of a blanket and the other on a sheet.
THOMAS HUCKWELL sworn.
I am a constable: on the 12th of September, I took the woman, and found on her these duplicates.
(Produced.)
Mrs. Jolly. These are our duplicates; my master's name is printed upon them.
JOHN LODWICH sworn.
I went with the constable to find out the prisoners: the woman was at home; she said to Mrs. Williams, you need not turn down the bed, there is a blanket and a sheet missing; she said they were pawned; and I saw eleven duplicates taken out of her pocket.
PRISONER RYMES's DEFENCE.
I proposed to get the things out; I did not mean to let the things lay in.
PRISONER MOORE's DEFENCE.
I went out about eleven in the forenoon, with intent to get some work; I had been out of work for a long time; I went and got a job; and with the money, I had intention to get out the sheet and blanket, and pay the rent, which was not due for fifteen hours.
How came she to pass as your wife? - She is not so by law, Sir, but we cohabit together.
JOHN MOORE, NOT GUILTY.
ELIZABETH RYMES, GUILTY,
Transported for seven years.
Tried by the London Jury before Mr. Justice HEATH.
Religious marriage
Text:

Matthew James Everingham and Elizabeth Rhymes were married 13 Mar 1791
by Richard Johnson, chaplain
In the presence of Thomas Barnsby and Peter Stewart
Census
Text:

Elizabeth Rainsner per the ship Neptune, free, 8 children off stores, wife to M. Everingham
Property
Text:

At the time of Matthew's death in 1817, the family was living on a 15 acre rented farm at Sackville Reach. The original grant was sold in 1820. In January 1825, Elizabeth addressed a memorial to the Governor asking for the 15 acres she had been occupying for some years to be granted to her; she stated that she had reared a large family to 'habits if Industry'. The land was eventually granted to her and later passed to her children.
Marriage
Text:

Patrick was aged 23 and was about 28 years the junior of Elizabeth. He had not completed his sentence and was a former peddler, 5'3" in height with dark brown eyes and hair and dark, ruddy complexion (described as 'quiet').
Census
Text:

In 1828, Elizabeth and Patrick were recorded living on a 15 acre farm at Portland Head with Elizabeth's youngest son.
Death
Burial
Burial

Elizabeth was buried in a family plot in the 15 acre farm that she and her husband Patrick were living on. A headstone was later erected by her grandchildren.