William Darby

#610, (5 March 1809-1 July 1850)
FatherGeorge Darby (c 1779-4 Mar 1853)
MotherElizabeth Aylott (c 1777-Jan 1821)
ChartsAylott Family - descendants
Brett Family - descendants
Darby Family - descendants
Descendents of Richard Darby
Last Edited24 Apr 2022
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     (For a brief history and context on the Darby family see this page)

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William was born on Sunday, 5 March 1809 at Hertford.1 The city of Hertford dates back to at least 673, and was an important market town surrounded by agricultural land. From the late 16th century, it had access to the London corn markets via the Lea river.

He was the son of George Darby and Elizabeth Aylott. William Darby was baptised at Lady Huntingdon's Connexion on Tuesday, 21 May 1811 at Hertford. William was baptised on the same day as his sister Martha.2 Lady Huntingdon's Chapel was one a series of chapels founded in the 18th century by the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion as part of a Calvinistic movement within the Methodist church. She insisted that they should all subscribe to the doctrines of the Church of England and use only the Book of Common Prayer. It was apparently founded in 1800, and started keeping registers from 1806.



His mother died circa January 1821.3

At the age of 45 William Darby was indentured to Thomas Dew Boden as an apprentice ironmonger for a period of 7 years on 2 August 1824. William's father George had recently married Thomas Boden's sister.4

He may have attended the wedding of his sister in the marriage of Jerimiah Playl and Eliza Darby in a Church of England ceremony at St. Leonard's on Monday, 7 April 1828 at Shoreditch, London. Eliza was married on the same day as her older sister Lucretia, and they, along with their father, were witnesses for each other. Jerimiah and Eliza went on to have six children together.5

He may have attended the wedding of his sister in the marriage of John Warner and Lucretia Darby in a Church of England ceremony at St. Leonard's on Monday, 7 April 1828 at Shoreditch, London. Lucretia was married on the same day as her younger sister Eliza, and they, along with their father, were witnesses for each other.5

He may have attended the wedding of his sister in the marriage of John Speller Wright and Martha Darby in a Church of England ceremony at St. Pancras Parish Chapel on Wednesday, 11 January 1837 at St. Pancras, London. John and Martha went on to have two children together.6,7,8

He may have attended the wedding of his sister in the marriage of Joseph William Peck and Ann Darby in a Church of England ceremony at St. Leonard's on Monday, 1 April 1839 at Shoreditch, London. They married seventeen days before they set sail for South Australia.9,3 William sold his ironmongery and brazing business on 14 November 1840 to T. J. Cooper, no doubt in preparation to emigrate to South Australia to join his brothers and sister.10

He was found on a passenger list on the 'Dorset' on 18 February 1842 from Sydney to Port Adelaide, South Australia. He was bringing ironmongery for his business.11

William Darby contibutted some money towards the construction of the Torrens Bridge on 24 May 1842.12 He was active as an ironmonger in June 1842 at Birmingham and Sheffield House in Hindley Street, in Adelaide.13 He attended a public meeting against taxation on 18 August 1842 at Adelaide.14 He was found on a passenger list on 29 November 1842 from Adelaide travelling to Hobart or Sydney.15 He advertised as an ironmonger, successor to Roberts & Co. on 15 April 1843 at Adelaide.16

On an unknown place he shipped some ironmongery items to Sydney.17 He was the proprietor of the Birmingham and Sheffield Ironmongery House on 10 May 1843 at Hindley Street, in Adelaide. On 10 October 1844 he moved his business from one shop to another in Adelaide.18 He signed a memorial against the introduction of convicts to South Australia on 14 February 1845.19 He signed a petition against the introduction of royalties on 20 March 1846.20

On 9 September 1846 William sold his business to Boord Brothers, another ironmonger and became an employee of them.21 William was employed as a manager in an ironmongery (Boord Brothers) in February 1847.22 He ws a witness in a case before the Police Commissioner's Court, but who sometimes found it impossible to attend due to an 'indisposition', most likely due to an serious illness that rendered him an 'invalid'. Another newspaper report suggested that he was "suffering from debility arising from spitting of blood, and that travelling into town during the present hot weather would probably be attended with serious consequences." on 13 February 1847.23,22,24

He may have attended the wedding of his brother in the marriage of Thomas Darby and Jessie Nicholson in a Congregationalist ceremony conducted by Reverend Edward Knight Baker on Thursday, 23 November 1848 at Morphett Vale, South Australia. A week earlier at the same place, Thomas' brother John had married Mary Leonard. No parents of the bride and groom attended the ceremony.25,26

William lived in March 1850 at Morphett Vale, South Australia.27

William died on 1 July 1850 at Morphett Vale, South Australia, at age 41. William died in the house his brothers Thomas and John shared.28,29,30

Timeline

DateEventPlace
Family
Family
1809BirthHertford1
1811BaptismLady Huntingdon's Connexion, Hertford2
1824Apprenticed4
1840Note memo onlyPotton, Bedfordshire10
1842Passngr listPort Adelaide, South Australia11
1842Note CR CR12
1842OccupationBirmingham and Sheffield House in Hindley Street, in Adelaide13
1842NoteAdelaide14
1842Passngr list15
1843NoteAdelaide16
1843Note memo only CR CR17
1843OccupationHindley Street, in Adelaide
1844Note memo onlyAdelaide18
1845Note19
1846Note20
1846Note memo only CR CR21
1847Employment22
1847Note23,22,24
1849Occupation-hide31
1850ResidenceMorphett Vale, South Australia27
1850Occupation-hide32
1850DeathMorphett Vale, South Australia28,29,30

Citations

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  2. [S236] Parish Registers for Hertford Back Street Bethel - Lady Huntingdon, Batch/Film C066111 Serial/Sheet 0003.
  3. [S549] E-mails from Eve Mintern to Tim Hill, 2012- 22 Aug 2012.
  4. [S465] The National Archives, England Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies, (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk) http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx
  5. [S494] London. London Metropolitan Archives, London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 Guildhall, St Leonard Shoreditch, Register of marriages, Jul 1827 - Aug 1828, P91/LEN/A/01/Ms 7498/37 (http://search.ancestry.com.au/Browse/View.aspx).
  6. [S494] London. London Metropolitan Archives, London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Pancras Parish Church, Register of marriages, P90/PAN1, Item 069.
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  8. [S244] The South Australian Register, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1876 'Family Notices.', South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), 30 August, p. 4, viewed 14 January, 2012, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43008466
  9. [S1303] Kelly Dyer, Manuscript, 2021 p.158.
  10. [S541] The Hertford Mercury and Reformer, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, 'W. Darby' 14 Nov 1840 p.1.
  11. [S464] The South Australian, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 18 Feb 1842 p.2.
  12. [S244] The South Australian Register, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, "The Torrens Bridge" - 24 May 1843 p.1.
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  15. [S464] The South Australian, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, "Shipping Report" 6 Dec 1842 p.2.
  16. [S244] The South Australian Register, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, "Advertising" - 15 Apr 1843 p.1.
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  20. [S464] The South Australian, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, "The Royalty Imposition" 20 Mar 1846 p.2.
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  25. [S239] The Adelaide Times, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 27 Nov 1848 P.2 Col. C.
  26. [S1303] Kelly Dyer, Manuscript, 2021 p.160.
  27. [S244] The South Australian Register, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1850 'DECLARATION OF CONFIDENCE IN MR JOHN STEPHENS.', South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), 7 March, p. 1 Supplement: Supplement to South Australian Register., viewed 24 April, 2013, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38447147
  28. [S239] The Adelaide Times, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 2nd July 1850 p.3 col. A and 6 July 1850 p.3 col. A.
  29. [S6] South Australia, Death Certificate, Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages Vol. 3 p. 130.
  30. [S244] The South Australian Register, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Obituaries 2nd July 1850 p. 2 col. D.
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