Emily Royes

1817 - 1875  (58 years)

• Name	Emily Royes
  Born	3 Aug 1817	St Botolph without Aldersgate, London, England   [1]
  Baptized	15 Oct 1817	St Botolph without Aldersgate, London, England   [1]
  	St Botolph's
  Gender	Female
  Migration/Travel	23 Jan 1838	Sydney, NSW, Australia
  On "Bencoolen"
  	Misses Royes arrive in Sydney This record raises the question as to whether Edward sailed with his sisters, or was already in Sydney where he was cabin boy on the Surry 26 Nov 1831 (aged 15). A vessel named the Bencoolen of 416 tons was built in 1818 and wrecked in 1844 near Liverpool, England, with the loss of at least 13 lives. Is this the same Bencoolen on which Maria, Edward and Emily Royes sailed to Sydney in 1838? [Looking for images and more information.]
  Residence	Abt 1839	Botany, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  "Prospect House"
  Migration/Travel	Aft 1847	Islington, London, England
  After death of husband Hutchinson Bell
  Migration/Travel	1849-1850	Islington, London, England
  when son Mark was an "infant", after Ann's birth and husband's death 1847 in Sydney
  Census	30 Mar 1851	5 Red St, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
  head with five children and two servants
  	Census Channel Islands 1851 - Bell Name Age R'ship Status Occupation Born Notes Address: 5 Red St, St Heliers, Jersey Emily Bell 32 head widow   England Emily ditto 11 daughter u scholar at home Australia   Hutchinson ditto 9 son ditto ditto Australia Mark ditto 7 ditto ditto ditto Australia John ditto 5 ditto ditto ditto Australia Ann ditto 3 daur ditto   Australia Betsy Ingram 24 serv mar house servant Jersey, St Heliers Martha Couley 20? serv   ditto England
  Census	7 Apr 1861	17 Endsleigh St, St Pancras, London, England
  widow, head of household, landed proprietor - niece Ellen Turner aged 12 in household
  	Census England 1861 - Bell Name R'ship Condition Age Rank, Profession or Occupation Where Born Notes Address: 17 Endsleigh St, St Pancras Emily Bell head Widow 42 Landed Proprietor Middlesex, London Hutchinson Bell Son un 19 Student Kings College Sydney, Australia Emily Elizabeth Bell Daughter un 21   Sydney, Australia   John H. Bell Son un 15 Scholar Sydney, Australia Anne M. Bell Daughter un 13 Scholar Sydney, Australia Ellen Turner Niece un 12 Scholar St Helier, Jersey Frederick Williams Visitor un 25 Student ... College ... Liverpool, Lancashire Anne Dabom Serv un 32 General Serv Guildford, Surrey Francis[?] Middleton Serv un 25   do    do Shoreham, Norfolk Mary Finch Serv un 22   do    do Hampton Wick, Surrey
  Census	2 Apr 1871	82 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, England
  head of household but described as married (Smith), daughters Elizabeth and Ann (Bell), 4 step-children (Smith), 2 lodgers (Pegler) and 5 servants
  Died	25 Nov 1875	Marylebone, London, England   [2]
  Buried	3 Dec 1875	Islington, London, England   [3]
  Notes	23 Jan 1838 arrived Sydney on the Bencoolen with sister Maria. The Wikipedia article on Mark Bell states: "...his family travelled to England when he was an infant." The move would have taken place after 30 Oct 1848 when she acquired land at Botany, and before the 1851 Channel Islands census when the family is at St Helier, Jersey - so 1849-50 - when Mark is aged 6-7? In the 1861 census her household included son Hutchinson, daughter Emily Elizabeth, son John, daughter Anne and niece Ellen Turner, with one visitor (probably a fellow student of Hutchinson) and three servants. Note the absence of George and Mark. In the 1871 census an Emily Smith aged 47 has two daughters Elizabeth 26 and Anne 22 Bell, born in Australia. She also has step children: Fanny Smith 14, Howard Smith 12, Agnes Smith 11 and Ernest Smith 9. There is a reference in Yseult Bridges' How did Charles Bravo Die? to Mary Hougham (Royes) Bravo having a sister married to Henry Smith.
  Person ID	I2260	Roy~Royes | Royes Jamaica
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	Solomon Royes,   b. Bef 27 Oct 1774, Canterbury, Kent, England ,   d. 6 Sep 1842, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands  (Age > 67 years)
  Mother	Mary Hougham,   b. 16 Oct 1782, Chapple, London, England ,   d. Bef Jun 1842, Hackney, Middlesex, England  (Age < 59 years)
  Married	25 Feb 1804	St Botolph without Aldersgate, London, England
  Family ID	F205	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hutchinson Bell,   b. Bef 25 Aug 1793, Leconfield, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 20 Feb 1847, Sydney, NSW, Australia  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Married	3 Feb 1838	St James Church of England, Sydney, NSW, Australia   [4, 5]
  	Emily is married within two weeks of arriving in Sydney. She must have know Hutchinson previously or perhaps they met on the journey.
  Children	1. George Hougham Bell,   b. 9 Nov 1838, Sydney, NSW, Australia ,   d. Aft 9 Nov 1838, Sydney, NSW, Australia  (Age 0 years)   2. Emily Elizabeth Bell,   b. 1840, Sydney, NSW, Australia ,   d. ?   3. Hutchinson Royes Bell,   b. 1841, Sydney, NSW, Australia ,   d. Jun 1886, Elham, Kent, England  (Age 45 years) + 4. Colonel Mark Sever Bell, VC CB ADC,   b. 15 May 1843, Sydney, NSW, Australia ,   d. 26 Jun 1906, Easthampstead, Berkshire, England  (Age 63 years)   5. Dr John Hougham Bell,   b. 1845, Sydney, NSW, Australia ,   d. 8 Jul 1910, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England  (Age 65 years)   6. Anne Maria Bell,   b. 1847, Sydney, NSW, Australia ,   d. Aft 1881  (Age 35 years)
  Overviews		1817 ROYES-BELL Emily Emily Royes married Hutchinson Bell in Sydney in 1838 but returned to England with her children after her husband died. She subsequently married Henry Smith in London.
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2012
  Family ID	F835	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Henry Smith,   b. 1823,   d. 1894  (Age 71 years)
  Married	Abt Jun 1865	St Giles, London, England   [6]
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2014
  Family ID	F692	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 3 Aug 1817 - St Botolph without Aldersgate, London, England Baptized - 15 Oct 1817 - St Botolph without Aldersgate, London, England Migration/Travel - 23 Jan 1838 - Sydney, NSW, Australia Married - 3 Feb 1838 - St James Church of England, Sydney, NSW, Australia Residence - Abt 1839 - Botany, Sydney, NSW, Australia Migration/Travel - After death of husband Hutchinson Bell - Aft 1847 - Islington, London, England Migration/Travel - 1849-1850 - Islington, London, England Census - 30 Mar 1851 - 5 Red St, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands Census - 7 Apr 1861 - 17 Endsleigh St, St Pancras, London, England Married - Abt Jun 1865 - St Giles, London, England Census - 2 Apr 1871 - 82 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, England Died - 25 Nov 1875 - Marylebone, London, England Buried - 3 Dec 1875 - Islington, London, England  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents

  Miss (Emily?) Royes arrives in Sydney This report refers to just one Royes arrival and has to be either Maria or Emily. If accurate, this challenges our current data that Maria, Emily and Edward arrived the same day.

  
  

  Histories

  Will of Solomon Royes (1774-1842) transcribed summary table included

  
  

  Overviews

  1700 ROYES The earliest known Royes - John We had previously identified John Royes 1752-1832 as our earliest Royes. We then identified his father as William Royes - no information about birth or marriage. We have information that a William Royes was born in 1723 in Lincolnshire. But John 1752 was born in, worked, married and died in Canterbury, Kent. So this link is uncertain though not impossible. Lincolnshire William's wife is Sarah Taylor and his parents were John and Mary Royes.

  
  

• Sources

  [S93] St Botolphs Aldersgate Parish Records 1466-1890. [S135] England and Wales FreeBMD, Death 1875 Q4 Pancras 1b 147. [S49] Death at the Priory, James Ruddick, (New York: Grove Press, 2001), p 151. [S45] NSW Pioneers Register Marriage, vol ref v18381626 22. [S47] Sydney Morning Herald, 8 Feb 1838. At St James Church on the 3rd inst by special licence, Mr Hutchinson Bell of Woolloomooloo to Emily, third daughter of S. Royes, late of Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London. [S247] Victoria Cross Research (Aman), Doug Aman.