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- Researcher (Ted Wilkinson)
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Biographies
Boyfield Wormersley(also spelt Wormsley)was the son of John and Sarah (nee Paget). His father was born in Halifax in 1761 and joined the Royal Horseguards as a groom. On demob in Nottingham he married Sarah Pagetof Muston, Leicestershire. Boyfield was christened on 21st June 1801 in Skillington, Lincolnshire.
From the Hull Packet and Original Weekly Commercial, Literary and General Advertiser (Hull, England) Tuesday, March 27, 1827. “In Nottingham Town Gaol, Boyfield Wormersley and Wm. Piggins, for stealing six sheep the property of Mr John Lufton, of Syston, Lincolnshire, on the 7th Nov. last, and driving them to Nottingham, where the prisoners lived as butchers, had sentence of death recorded against them.” The death sentence for both was commuted to transportation for life. The Australian "Convict Arrivals in New South Wales" records show him arriving on the 27th September 1827 on board the ship "Prince Regent" (his surname shown as Womersley"). The Prince Regent sailed on 8th June 1827 with 181 convicts on board. William Piggins was despatched to NSW on the ship "John" along with another 187 convicts, leaving England on 18th July 1827. Boyfield married Sarah Jane Swan on 16th October 1832 in Paterson. He was pardoned on 1st October 1842. In 1846 he married Elizabeth Cummins.
From the Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser 24 Jul 1850: A MAN BURNT TO DEATH IN HIS HUT. On Monday an inquest was held at the Paterson Hotel, Paterson, before J. S. Parker, Esq., Coroner, on the body of John Ryan. It appeared from the evidence of John Buckley, Charles Robins, and Boyfield Wormersly, that Ryan and Buckley lived in adjoining rooms or huts, both being shoemakers in the employ of Mr. Wormersly. On Saturday about mid-day Mr. Wormersly took Buckley some work, and afterwards Mr. Wormersly accompanied Ryan to the Paterson Hotel, where Ryan drank three glasses of rum, and then went to see the doctor; he again returned to the hotel, and took one more glass of rum, and then appears to have gone home again. In the course of the afternoon Buckley heard Ryan talking and "going on" in his room, and heard him call his (Buckley's) wife improper names ; as this was the first time such a thing had happened, Buckley concluded that Ryan was intoxicated; Ryan, it appears, bore the reputation of being " a cranky character," and Buckley did not go to him. After dark Ryan called to Buckley to lend him a blanket or some bags, but Buckley replied that he had neither to lend; again, later, Ryan called out to ask Buckley to come in and cover him with a rug, and Buckley called out that he would if Ryan would open his door ; Ryan at first said he would, but then said "I cannot get up"; Buckley told him he could not get in if he did not open the door. After this Buckley heard Ryan talking to himself for some time, but nothing more occurred to attract his attention. The next morning Buckley rose as usual, between seven and eight o'clock, and went outside to walk up and down ; he was surprised to see no smoke issuing from Ryan's chimney, as was usual, and having learnt from his wife that she had seen nothing of Ryan that morning, Buckley looked through a crack in the door, and saw Ryan lying still, and apparently dead and much burnt, in the fire-place ; Buckley called to another neighbour to look, who said that Ryan was evidently dead, and then went for Mr. Wormersly and the chief constable ; the chief constable opened the door, on his arrival, and Ryan was found lying dead in his fire-place. The jury returned a verdict that Ryan came to his death from injuries received from fire by falling into the fire-place in his hut some time on Saturday night ; they also found that he had been drinking during the day, but that there was no evidence to show how his clothes caught fire, or that he was in an unfit state to take care of himself.
Submitted by Researcher (Ted Wilkinson) on 30 July 2021
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- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/6, p.196
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