Descendants of Thomas Flight - the Family of Elizabeth Moore and William Vinecombe

Here we are continuing our series of posts for FLIGHT family researchers. For this research we are indebted to VINECOMBE and MISKIN and MATTHEWS descendants in Australia and USA. Thank you all for your generosity.

The fourth child born to Stephen MOORE and Elizabeth Flight was named after her mother.
Elizabeth Moore, granddaughter of Thomas Flight, was born in St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands 11 March 1805.
She married William VINECOMBE on Christmas Day 1827 at St Peter Port. For the first twelve years of their life together William and Elizabeth continued to live on Guernsey. Five of their children were born there:

Elizabeth - born 1828 St Peter Port. She died in the Coromandel Valley, South Australia 4 July 1848 after being thrown from a bullock dray in an accident.

John Thomas - born 12 December 1831 St Peter Port. John died in 1915.

William Richard - born 17 July 1833 St Sampson, Guernsey. He later married Mary Thompson MARTIN, in 1862 at McCallum's Creek, Victoria, Australia. Mary's parents were Andrew Martin and Isabella DABBY. She was born at Talbot, Victoria, Australia in 1841.
William and Mary had a family of ten children, all born in Victoria, Australia.
 Mary died at Talbot in 1883. William died in 1897.

Rosanna- born 21 December 1835, St Peter Port. She died in 1917.

Henry William - born 4 March 1838 St Peter Port.

In February 1840 the family were aboard the SS Orleana under Captain CAMERON. The travelled under the Free Passage Emigrant Scheme promoted by South Australian government. The ship arrived at Port Adelaide on 10 June of that year. Four more children were born in Australia:

Caroline Harriet - born 24 October 1840, Adelaide, Australia. She married George MATTHEWS in 1857 at Kincraig, South Australia. George was born in Sussex, England. Together they raised a family of eleven children in Victoria, Australia. Caroline died in 1903.

George Henry - born 31 July 1843, Adelaide, Australia. He married Sarah MARTIN at Goodwood, South Australia. George died in 1922.

Stephen Moore - born September 1845 Adelaide, Australia. He died in 1913.

Thomas Joseph - born March 1850, Adelaide, Australia. He died as an infant in 1851.

More Descendants of Thomas Flight - the Family of Jean Flight and Judith Robin

Jean FLIGHT, son of Thomas, was born on 28 June 1777 in St Peter Port, Guernsey.
He married Judith ROBIN 25 January 1799 at the Town Church there.

They had the following children:

Judith - born 14 June 1799 St Peter Port. She married Arnold NEEDHAM 29 November 1820 at St Peter Port.
Catherine- born 14 February 1802 St Peter Port, Guernsey
Jean Bartley - born 10 April 1803 St Peter Port
Jean Robin - born 14 October 1805 St Peter Port
Nancy - born 6 October 1808 St Peter Port
Mary Anne - born 24 October 1812 St Peter Port
Jean - born 3 August 1817 St Peter Port
Henry John - born 14 May 1819 St Peter Port.

Judith Robin died about 1830 at St Peter Port.

On 25 August 1831 Jean married for a second time to Sophia LANGLOIS. The couple were married at Sophia's home parish of St Sampson, Guernsey.
She was born 18 Novemebr 1794, a daughter of James Langlois and Rachel LE HURAY.

 Jean and Sophia had the following children:

Thomas - born about 1828
Elizabeth - born about 1833, she died in 1877
John - born about 1834. He died 29 May 1919 at Newark, Essex, New Jersey.

Thomas Flight and Jeanne Letocq

From Fort George Guernsey, Book of Guernsey Views Bartley Family Archive

More data for FLIGHT family researchers concerning Thomas, son of Thomas Flight and Anne ROBERT

Thomas FLIGHT was born 24 June 1772 in St Peter Port, Guernsey. He married Jeanne LETOCQ on 3 May 1794 at the Town Church in St Peter Port. This couple had the following children:

Ann - born 4 February 1798 at St Clement, Cornwall, England. She married William CLARKE in St Peter Port on 27 January 1833. She died 13 November 1858 in Haut Pave, Guernsey ( Death Register Guernsey #2683)

Henry - born 27 April 1800 at St Clement, Cornwall. He married Elizabeth DE LA RUE on 6 September 1823 at St Peter Port. He died 9 March 1867 Guernsey. (Death Register Guernsey #40)

Jane - born about 1802. She married Thomas LE CHEMINANT on 26 November 1838 at St Peter Port.

Mary- born 4 August 1805 at St Clement, Cornwall. She married Thomas GALLIENNE on  20 January 1834 at St Peter Port. She died there in 1862.

Betsey - born 18 October 1807 in St Peter Port

Kitty - born 29 December 1809 in St Peter Port

Sophia - born 22 July 1812 in St Peter Port. She married Samuel WHITFORD 11 July 1839 at St Peter Port. She died after 1841.

Moore and Flight families of Guernsey

The Harbour at St Peter Port.
Image from the album of Guernsey Pictures belonging to George Bartley

One of the functions of this Archive is to connect family members across time and space.

Tim, a Newfoundland researcher has expressed interest in the connection between the FLIGHT and MOORE families. In particular he is tracing the link between James Flight of Newfoundland ( b abt 1760) and the Channel Islands.

The bulk of our information on these families has been contributed by VINCOMBE and MISKIN descendants in the USA and Australasia. If anyone is able to add depth to our knowledge of these families please feel free to comment, or to email the archivist directly.

Our MOORE connection begins in Northumberland, England with John Moore born in 1745. His son Stephen (b 1761 St Alex parish Northumberland) married Elizabeth FLIGHT 28 Jan 1797 at St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands.(source IGI) We have no record of his death. The Elizabeth Moore and William Moore mentioned in the parish records may have been Stephen's siblings.
William Moore married Marie LE RETILLEY 11 March 1800 at St Peter Port (IGI 7215723 99)

We can positively affirm then, Moores had settled at St Peter Port by 1796.
Elisabeth Flight, daughter of Thomas Flight and Anne ROBERT was born 9 June 1767 at St Peter Port. She married Stephen Moore 28 Jan 1797 at the Town Church there. They had four children:

Thomas- born 12 Jan 1798 St Peter Port. He married Elizabeth RENOUF and died 1867.
James- born 19 March 1801 St Peter Port, who died 29 April 1804 St Peter Port.
Elizabeth- born 11 March 1805 St Peter Port. She married William VINECOMBE 25 December 1827 at St Peter Port. This couple emigrated to Australia. Elizabeth died 4 November 1880 at St Arnaud, Victoria, Australia.
Richard- a sea captain, was born 4 September 1807 St Peter Port,  married Sophia HENRY on 28 January 1841 possibly at St John, Stafford, KS,USA. He died there 30 July 1888. Sophia was from St Sampson, Guernsey. Her children were born there. She died at home in St Sampson 16 May 1852.

Scenic view of St Peter Port
Image from the album of Guernsey Pictures belonging to George Bartley

Emelius Joseph Le Roy

This previously unidentified image was produced by Crombie Photographers, a studio operating in Auckland between 1855 and 1872. It was taken after the Industrial Exhibition of 1862, as their honorable mention award is referred to on the reverse of the carte visite. Part of a group of loose images found at the home of George BARTLEY, it is believed to have once belonged to Edward Bartley.

We can now identify the subject as Emelius LE ROY. The Le Roy and Bartley families both came from St Peter Port Guernsey. They are also linked by family connections to GUILLE and HAMON of Sark, Guernsey and Jersey.

Research at the Auckland Naval Museum reveals that Le Roy, born in Guernsey about 1827, was a sailmaker who joined the Royal Navy before settling in Auckland in 1850. He established a sail making business in that town, as well as operating a schooner between Sydney and Auckland.

Robert and Edward Bartley were early members of the Auckland City Rifles, established to defend the population and property in the event of hostile incursions. Le Roy also joined the organisation in late 1857 in preparation for its official establishment in 1858. The force was intended both to support the garrison and take part in active service.

This carte visite was probably produced in 1868,the year the Rifles were disbanded. In February of that year Le Roy was  promoted lieutenant of the Auckland Naval Volunteers

Auckland Star 16 April 1901

Image from The Cyclopedia of Auckland p33

For further information on Le Roy's service and awards refer: http://navymuseum.co.nz/medals/index.php/78-display-numbers/217-1001

Emelius Le Roy married Catherine Tabel in Auckland, in 1855 (refer Sydney Morning Herald 15 March 1855). Extensive genealogical information on the ancestors and descendants of this couple is available on line at: http://www.thebarrier.co.nz/History/LeRoyFamily.htm
and: http://www.taylor-thomas.org.uk/familytree/family.php?famid=F1233&ged=Taylor-Thomas%20family.ged

Edward Bartley

Edward Bartley and Elizabeth Hannken in 

New Zealand

Edward was born on the 23rd of February 1839 and baptised at St Helier on the 17th of March.

He was the tenth child of Robert BARTLEY and Betsy BENEST.

At the time of the 1851 census Edward was a student living at home, aged 12. From about the age of 13 he worked in the building trade with his Father and his eldest  brother Robert. He left Jersey at the age of 15, travelling as part of the family of Robert and Esther Bartley.

Once in New Zealand, Edward worked first as a builder’s labourer and later with contractor Mr E.I.Matthews. In February 1859 he married Elizabeth HANNKEN. She was a daughter of the  German settler Frederick Hannken and his wife Eliza OTTO (nee NICOLLE). The young couple lived first in Union Street Auckland, on part of the Hannken property. They later moved to the The Strand, North Shore at Devonport.

Early Map showing the parishes on the North Shore

In the 1870’s Edward gradually shifted from building and cabinetmaking into architecture. 

During his long career Edward served as architect to the Anglican Church, the Auckland Savings Bank and the Auckland Hospital & Charitable Aid Board. By the time he was asked to supervise the construction of Saint Matthew's in the City in 1901, he had already designed more than 20 churches for various denominations. Today, his most familiar designs are his Jewish Synagogue, Princes Street; Saint John's, Ponsonby; ASB, Queen Street; and the Blind Institute Building in Parnell. All of these surviving buildings are designated Category One by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.

 Edward’s wife Elizabeth was born in Sydney, Australia in October 1838 and came to New

Zealand in 1840 with her mother. The family settled first in the Coromandel, later moving to Auckland. She probably met Edward through the Auckland Choral Society. They were both amongst the foundation members in 1856.

Elizabeth died in December 1921 and was buried with Edward, and their sons Claude and Percy,  at the O’Neill’s Point Cemetery, North Shore.

Children of Edward Bartley and Elizabeth Hannken

Arthur Edward  (1859- 1940)

Frederick Adolphous (1862- 1899)

Alfred Martin (186?- 1929)

Matilda Louisa  (1867-1868)

Emily Bertha  (1869-1944)

Harold Edgar (1871- 1872)

Mabel Theresa  (1872-1873)

Albert Ernest  (1873- 1940)

May Elizabeth  (1875- 1951)

Eva Rosine  (1877- 1954)

Percival Leonard  (1878- 1908)

Amy Zealandia  (1879- 1880)

Claude Victor  (1881- 1919)

The Bartley Home in Victoria Rd Devonport

For those interested in more detail on Edward's career, his biography has been published: 
M.W.Bartley, Colonial Architect, The Career of Edward Bartley 1839 - 1919, Wellington, 2006 ISBN 1877391727. 
It is now out of print but we do intend to post excerpts on this blog in the future. If you are researching or have a particular building you are interested in please do email or post a comment to let us know how we can help you.

William Bartley and Anne Flight

The Children of William Bartley and Anne Flight of St Peter Port Guernsey.

Robert John Bartley, son of William BARTLEY and Anne FLIGHT was born in St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands on the 18th of October 1798. He was baptised at the Town Church on the 28th of October. His Godparents were his Father, his Aunt Elizabeth Flight, and Etienne Martin. A little brother William James Bartley arrived in 1801. Shortly afterwards their father died. Their mother Anne remarried to Nicholas CAPELAIN 23 April 1806 in the Town Church at St Peter Port. A step sister Judith Capelain was born the following year.

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Town Church, St Peter Port, Guernsey

Robert John Bartley marries Betsey Benest

Robert trained as a builder. The end of the war with France had meant an end to Guernsey’s privateering opportunities, with a reduction in spending power for those who had no agricultural interest. It is likely that Robert moved to Jersey about 1820.

He married on 1st July 1822, at St Helier, Jersey. His bride was Betsy BENEST, daughter of Amice BENEST and Elizabeth MARETT. She was born at Trinity, Jersey and baptised on the 27th of December 1801.  On both sides of her lineage, Betsy’s family had been in the Islands since at least the fourteenth century. Robert built houses in Union Court with his friend and business partner Robert Laurent GUILLE, who was also from St Peter Port. They traded as Bartley & Guille.[1] The two families lived as neighbours in Union Court for many years. Both partners had sons named Robert of a similar age and these youngsters joined the firm as apprentices at age 14.[2] Edward Bartley would also train with his father for a short time before emigrating. Betsy died in March 1856 and Robert followed her a year later. Both rest in the Bartley plot 180 at the Green Street Cemetery, St Helier.

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[1] Jersey Archives L/A/20/A/1 West of England Insurance Co Fire Insurance Register 1823-1829

[2] 1841 Census St Helier, Jersey District 14 Folio 47 page 21- Film 0464353 Piece H.O.1071461

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St Helier Harbour

The Parents of Robert BARTLEY of St Helier, Jersey

Transcript of parish records Town Church St Peter Port Guernsey:

Town Church Marriage

William Bartley the son of John Bartley of St.Austell in Cornwall and Ann Flight the daughter of Thomas Flight of this parishwere married together on 22 April 1797.

 Town Church Baptisms

Robert son of William Bartley and of Ann Flight his wife was born on 18^th. and baptised on 28^th. October 1798 had for sponsors William Bartley, Stephen Martin and Elizabeth Flight.

William James son of William Bartley and  Ann Flight his wife was born on the 5^th. and baptised on 18^th.May 1801 had for sponsors James Belhache, Mary Allez and William Barrett.

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Guernsey View

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St Peter Port from Fort George

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Guernsey Harbour