The First Sheaffes in Australia

Capt William Sheaffe (1798 - 1860)

The existence of the Sheaffe family in Australia is due to William Sheaffe. Born in Dublin, the second son of William Sheaffe of Mallow and Mary O'Meara (or Wright). William is a nephew of General Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe. He came to Australia a Lieutenant of the 50th Regiment aboard the 'Surrey' in 1834, served in Wollongong NSW and Norfolk Island, was promoted to Captain in 1840 and retired in 1841.
	He purchased property known as "Stream Hill" at West Dapto NSW. The property still stands today (2001) & the local Heritage Society is keen to see it restored.
	William lies to rest at the Osborne Memorial Church, Dapto, where he was a prominent member.

Name	Birth/Death	Married	Children
Capt William Sheaffe	b. 11/9/1798 (or 1800 or 1801?) Dublin, Ireland d. 17/12/1860 Dapto, NSW Australia	31st May, 1825 Rosalie Danvers Earle, Isle of Wight	See below
Descendants of Capt William Sheaffe
Mary Susan	b. 26/7/1826 Isle of Wight d. 23/8/1905	26/9/1849 Graves Seawright	Frederick Sydney
William Liempriere Frederick	b. 25/11/1827 Newport,  Isle of Wight d. 31/10/1863 Bowen, Queensland	unmarried
Percy Hale Percy Hale Sheaffe at the grave of his grandparents, Percy Hale & Hannah Marie Sheaffe at Milton. Photo circa 1980's, Paul Sheaffe.	b. 11/11/1832 Galway Cork Ireland d. 1/6/1913 Milton NSW Australia	25/4/1859 Hanna Maria Ashmore Holy Trinity, Sydney Australia	William Ashmore 1860 Rosalie Emily 1861 Alfred Percy 1863 Agnes Talbet 1865 Roger 1866 Henry Percy 1868 Ellen 1869 Elizabeth Throsby 1871 George 1874
Roger Hale	b. 9/4/1837 Wollongong NSW d. 1/12/1895 Brisbane QLD	Isabel Maria Robertson	William Frederick Earle 1876 Roger Hale 1877 Isabel Lempriere 1879 Percy Lempriere 1883
Emily Margaret	b. 1839 Wollongong d. 1897 Lausanne, Switzerland	1864 Charles Wheeler	Henry 1865 Guy Danvers 1868 Hugh Portia
George Henry	b. 20/1/1841 Wollongong d. 1932	September 1873 Amy Caroline Gerard	Henry 1875 Rosalie Gerrard 1875 Annette Caroline 1876 Madeline Francis 1880 Edith Earle 1883 Amy Gertrude George Lempriere 1887 Carrie Danvers 1891
Rosabird	b. 1/1846 Wollongong d. 14/6/1913 London	unmarried
Ellen	b. 23/8/1845 Wollongong d. London	unmarried
Agnes	b. 7/8/1847 d. 20/8/1922 London	unmarried