William Henry Jones

1798 - 1881  (~ 83 years)

• Name	William Henry Jones
  Born	Aug 1798	Dunany, County Louth, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Dec 1881	Wellington, New Zealand
  Buried	14 Dec 1881	Pioneer Cemetery, Bolton Street, Wellington, New Zealand   [1]
  Notes	William Henry Jones enlisted in the army on the 7/12/1816, at the age of 18. This was a year after the end of the Napoleonic Wars in which his regiment had fought in many battles. The next year (1817) his first duty was to accompany a convict ship to Sydney. In 1821 he requested his commanding officer permission to marry Mary Gowen, who is the daughter of John Gowen, onetime Corporal of Marines on HMS Sirius of the First Fleet and later shopkeeper in Liverpool New South Wales Australia. In 1824 he petitioned Sir Thomas Brisbane, to be allowed to stay in the colony and not travel with his regiment to India. He asked to be given the vacant position of Sargent in the Colonies cavalry. It appears this did not happen and he and his wife go to India where the next year they have a daughter, Frances and 5 years later in 1829 a son, William Henry. Whether his wife died in India or Gibraltar is unclear but the Date of Discharge was 11/3/1840 in Gibraltar, and he was paid out in Sydney New South Wales, Australia. His rank at discharge was Sergeant (shown as Barack Sargent on his gravestone) William arrived on the ship 'Matilda'. During 1851 his pension was being paid to him in New Zealand. It seems William and his son and daughter came to New Zealand in 1848 and settled at Petone, a seaside village across the harbour from Wellington. The Jones'es had a large landholding in the centre of what is now the Wellington CBD.
  Person ID	I2751	Omundsen
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2021

  
  

  Family	Mary Gowen,   b. 17 May 1806, Liverpool, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 22 Sep 1900, Menangle, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 94 years)
  Married	17 Aug 1821	Liverpool, Sydney, NSW Australia
  Children	1. Frances Jones,   b. 29 Jul 1823, Poonamalee, India ,   d. 1907, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia  (Age 83 years) + 2. William Henry Jones,   b. 29 Jul 1827, Trivhinopoly, Madras, India ,   d. 01 Oct 1899, Wellington, New Zealand  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2021
  Family ID	F876	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  William Henry Jones 1798-1881

  
  

  Headstones

  William Henry Jones 1798-1881 & son William Henry Jones 1827-1899 Father & Son are buried in the Old Pioneer Cemetery, Boulten Street, Wellington, New Zealand

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] Pioneer Cemetery Bolton Street Wellington New Zealand.