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William Carlisle

b. about 1782, d. 27 July 1852

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William Carlisle's signature, 1821

Detailed biography

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Family surname

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Birth

Was born about 1782.^1,2,3 William Carlisle was birth2 about 1784 in England.^4,3

Parents

Father

William Carlisle (b. about 1765)

Family life

William Carlisle and Mary Ann Gordon were married on 11 September 1811 at St Matthew's Church in Windsor. C of E^5,6,7,4 He and Elizabeth Blackman were married about 1816.⁴

Child with Mary Ann Gordon (b. 24 November 1792, d. February 1813)

Daughter

Amelia Carlisle+ (b. 29 January 1813, d. 2 June 1876)

Children with Elizabeth Blackman (b. about 1791, d. 18 March 1849)

Son	James Carlisle (b. 6 October 1817, d. about 1863)
Son	John Carlisle (b. 16 May 1819, d. 1891)
Daughter	Henrietta Carlisle (b. about 1 October 1821, d. about 1856)

Residence information

William Carlisle immigrated on 24 June 1804 to Sydney, NSW, Australia. 'Experiment'^8,9,6,7,10,4 Traveled in Rangihoa, New Zealand, about February 1816. From Sydney⁴ Traveled to about December 1816. from Bay of Islands on SS "Active"^2,11,4 Charles, Maria, Elizabeth, and Amelia traveled on 12 April 1817. Aboard SS "Active". "(William Carlisle brought) his brother-in-law, Charles Gordon, employed as an agriculturist, accompanied by wives and families, back in April 1817." (D A Rae)
"The ranks of the women in New Zealand were swelling. Mr and Mrs Carlisle and Mr and Mrs Gordon came in 1817; the Butlers, the Kemps and the Puckeys arrived in 1819; the Shepherds in 1820; the Leighs in 1822; in 1823 Mr and Mrs Henry ..." (Simpson)^{2,12,13,10,4,14} William Carlisle lived in Rangihoa, New Zealand, on 9 January 1819.¹⁵ Charles, Maria, Elizabeth, James, and John traveled to on 9 November 1819.^16,4 William Carlisle travelled about 1822 in Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand. from Sydney⁴ He travelled about 1822 in Sydney, NSW, Australia. from Bay of Islands⁴

Involvement in crime

, then aged, was a witness when John McIntyre in 1844.¹⁷

Working life

In 1816 William Carlisle was an employed as an Assistant School Master. Assistant School Master^2,12,4
On 5 November 1816 William Carlisle was a schoolmaster and settler employed by the Church Missionary Society in Rangi Hoa.¹⁸
Was sacked by as in Rangi Hoa, New Zealand, on 10 February 1820.¹⁹
In 1828 William Carlisle was a painter.⁴
On 28 February 1832 William Carlisle owned a in Sydney, NSW, Australia.²⁰
In 1844 William Carlisle was a tutor. "Among those locked in this room (by bushrangers) was Mr Carlisle, the tutor."¹⁷
About 1845 William Carlisle was at Carwell in Rylstone.⁴

Death

William Carlisle died on 27 July 1852 at age ~70 in Rylstone.^1,4 He was buried about 28 July 1852 at the Old Carwell Cemetery in Rylstone.^1,4

Memorial

There is a memorial to William Carlisle at Carwell Creek Private Cemetery in Rylstone, New South Wales, Australian Colonies. Follow this link for information and images of his memorial.

Citations

[S299] Burial Register (or Dead Book) relating to Cemetery near Rylstone, NSW, Descent Vol 6 Part 2, by Mrs E Nevell, June 1973, p70.
[S300] William Carlisle and Charles Gordon, Auckland-Waikato Historical Journal, September 1982, pp 29-31.
[S1606] "Carlisle family origins", 2020, James Michael Fleming (Cammeray, NSW); Fleming Family History Archive, Sydney.
[S518] Carlisle William, Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record, p62.
[S313] Marriage Certificate, William Carlisle and Mary Ann Gordon, 11 September 1811, Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, NSW. Vol 3 No 1278.
[S409] Thomas Gordon, Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record, p161.
[S410] Mary Ann Gordon, Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record, p161.
[S361] Ship News, Sydney Gazette, 24 June 1804.
[S364] Experiment prisoners, Sydney Gazette, 1 July 1804.
[S411] Gordon, Charles Moltson, Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record, p159.
[S367] King George arrival, Sydney Gazette, 7 December 1816.
[S309] Helen M Simpson, "Before Waitangi," in The Women of New Zealand. (Wellington: NZ Department of Internal Affairs, 1940). Hereinafter cited as "Before Waitangi."
[S368] Committee Minutes, Society House Minutes June 8 1818, Church Missionary Society; FM4 1454, Archives Office of NSW, Kingswood. Hereinafter cited as Minutes: Church Missionary Soc.
[S1268] Various family historians, L: Correspondence re Carlisle, Gordon, Sydney: Fleming Family History Archive, 2 Aug 2020.
[S370] Active return, Sydney Gazette, 9 January 1819.
[S305] John Thomas Bigge, "Samuel Marsden," in The Bigge Commission of Inquiry. (London: House of Commons, 1822). Hereinafter cited as "Samuel Marsden."
[S308] Mrs Bertha Phelps, "Bushrangers at Carwell and Other Places," in An Australian Tells England. (Sydney: Robert Dey and Sons, 1935). Hereinafter cited as "Bushrangers at Carwell."
[S368] Committee Minutes, Society House Minutes 9 March 1818, Church Missionary Society; FM4 1454, Archives Office of NSW, Kingswood. Hereinafter cited as Minutes: Church Missionary Soc.
[S368] Committee Minutes, Letter from Marsden 10 February 1820, received 24 June 1820, Church Missionary Society; FM4 1454, Archives Office of NSW, Kingswood. Hereinafter cited as Minutes: Church Missionary Soc.
[S383] William Carlisle, Return of Manufactories, Mills & Machinery in town of Sydney and its vicinity 1832, (Kingswood NSW: Archives Office of NSW), 1832

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