Rapley

[pammi*]

i have a sarah rapley 1764 and a william HERSEY 1760 they have 3 children william 1788
james 1791
sarah 1793

[pammi*]

also my direct line was amy selina rapley married richard otto ayling does any one else have a rapley/ ayling link there hard to find

[janet21]

Hi

I am Janet Tillman my husband Mark is descended from Joseph Jesse and Sarah Elizabeth Woodford.

Here are some random facts I have in my Rapley records.
Looks like Michael died at sea but I cannot varify this.

kind regards
Janet Tillman


William Rapley
Born 1800 Ockley Surrey UK
Buried St Pauls Papanui Chch NZ
Arrived Wellington NZ on 2.2.1853 on the Minerva
Farmed now Sanitarium Land, Papanui, Christchurch
Home on land now Helene Curtis Factory (Main North Rd, Papanui Chch)
Walked to Burwood to Geo. King Estate to work as a gardener. Worked from 6am to 6pm each day there.

Earlier researchers have traced the family back to a Thomas Rapley who was born in Ockley, Surrey around 1680. For nearly 200 years the family lived in the village of Ockley and their births and marriages appear in the local Parish Records. Some family members believe that that the family was of Huguenot origins. The earliest Thomas was described in the Parish Records as a sojourner, which simply means that he was not born in that Parish. William Rapley and possibly 11 of their 13 children came to New Zealand from Ockley aboard the Minerva in 1853. Their eldest child, James, had already been in New Zealand for some years with the Imperial forces before the family followed to New Zealand. There is some doubt whether a son named Michael ever came to New Zealand and the last-born of the family, Joshua, was not born until after their arrival. They now have hundreds if not thousands of descendants. Arthur was number five in the family and John, was number seven.


Hi Janet,
I dont have ful access so cant view your tree, have allowed you access to mine though.

William b.1765 married Ann Longhurst in Dec 1789.

williams parents were Thomas Rapley, b. Mar 1741 in Ockley Surrey, Thomas married Elizabeth Lipscombe.

Thomas' parents were Thomas Rapley b.1707 in Ockley Surrey, Thomas married Elizabeth Upfold.

Thomas' parents were THomas Rapley b. 1680, thomas married Elizabeth Unk.

Hope that helps?

Kind regards
Nicki

First name:   William   Known as:   
Middle name:       Occupation:   
Surname:   Rapley   Date of birth:   28/09/1800
Year of birth:   1800   Date of baptism:   
Gender:   Male   Year of death:   1866
Date of death:   14/06/1866   Source of data:   
    
Place of birth:   Ockley, Surrey, England
Place of baptism:   
Place of death:   Papanui Christchurch
Notes:   


Spouse name:   Mary Hersey
Place of marriage:   Ockley Green, Surrey, UK
Date of marriage:   3 DEC 1826
Divorced:   No
Source English GR

Mary Hersey m. William Rapley
03 Dec 1826
Ockley, Surrey
Mary - d. 14 Jun 1866

Arrived Wellington NZ on 2.2.1853 on the Minerva
arrived lyttleton on the Shepherdess 4.4 1853
Children
James bapt 13.5.1827 Ockley UK married Jane Nathan 5 ch
William bapt 21.12.1828 Ockley married Kezia Marsh 6 ch
Michael bapt 2.1.1831 Ockley drowned at sea
Emily b 1832 Ockley married William Rudd
Arthur bapt 18.8.1833 Ockley married Lavinia Wallace m 4.9.1866
Ann bapt 30.8.1835 Ockley married Harry Godfrey 12 ch
John bapt 21.1.1838 Ockley married Margaret Buggy 4 ch
Barbara bapt 2.8.1840 Ockley married William King
Martha bapt 7.8.1842 Ockley married William Richmond
Mary bapt 7.7.1844 Ockley married Thomas Blay 5 ch
Rhoda bapt 1.3.1846 Ockley married Albert Phillpott
Joseph Jesse bapt 6.8.1848 Ockley married Sarah Elizabeth Woodford 1874
Jemima bapt 12.8.1850 Ockley married William Henry Broad
Joshua bapt b 1855 NZ  married  Mary Jane Hill 7ch


Papers Past - Death notice
Monday 4  January 1886
RAPLEY   -   on  3 January at her residence,  Briggs Road, Shirley,   Mary Rapley,  in her  78th year.