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ROWLEY, Patience Sarah
1801 - 1862 (61 years) Has 2 ancestors and 4 descendants in this family tree.
1771 - 1845 (75 years)-
Name ROWLEY, Patience Sarah Birth 1801 London, Greater London, England 
Christening 15 Nov 1801 St. Giles In The Fields, London, England Gender Female Baptism 15 Nov 1801 St. Giles In The Fields, London, England Death 22 Sep 1862 Ashfield, Cumberland, New South Wales, Australia Person ID I7764 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father ROWLEY, Thomas, b. Between 1770 and 1771 d. 1845, Walsall, Staffordshire (Age 75 years) Relationship natural Mother .........., Sarah, b. Abt 1776 d. 1835, Walsall, Staffordshire (Age 59 years) Relationship natural Marriage Bef 1795 Family ID F255 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family DUNNING, Joseph d. 1835, Durham, County Durham, England Marriage 25 Aug 1824 Walsall, Staffordshire Children 1. DUNNING, Theophilus Rowley, b. 11 Jan 1826, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. DUNNING, Caroline Rowley, b. 13 Jul 1828, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England d. Yes, date unknown3. DUNNING, Joseph Hodson, b. 4 Mar 1830, Leek, Staffordshire, England d. 1897, Hunters Hill, New South Wales, Australia (Age 66 years)4. DUNNING, William Henry, b. 30 Sep 1835, Durham, County Durham, England d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F2803 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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PATIENCE SARAH DUNNING née ROWLEY 1801-1862
Patience Sarah ROWLEY, daughter of Thomas and Sarah, was baptised at St. Giles-in-the-Fields, London, on 15 November 1801.
(www.ancestry.co.uk)
Patience Sarah ROWLEY married Joseph DUNNING at St. Mathew's Church, Walsall, Staffordshire, on 25 August 1824.
(Findmypast.co.uk)
Joseph DUNNING would appear to have died before the 1841 census, probably circa 1836 after the conception of his son William who was born in Durham. A Joseph DUNNING aged 43 of Church Street, Durham, was buried at St. Oswald's on 23 August 1835.
From the 1841 census of The Foreign of Walsall, Staffordshire:
*Patience DUNNING, aged 35, Ind., NOT born in Staffordshire;
Caroline DUNNING, aged 12, NOT born in Staffordshire;
Joseph DUNNING, aged 11, born in Staffordshire;
William DUNNING, aged 5, NOT born in Staffordshire
An Index to the Will of Thomas ROWLEY (circa 1770-1845), gentleman, made on 4 April 1843. Probate was granted at London on 9 July 1845.
01*Thomas ROWLEY, the Testator
Beneficiaries:
02*Patience Sarah DUNNING, daughter of the Testator
03 Mary Ann Caroline DICKENSON, daughter of the Testator, wife of Henry DICKENSON.
04 Henry DICKENSON, joint executor
05 Charlotte DICKENSON, daughter of the Testator, wife of John DICKENSON.
06 John DICKENSON, joint executor
07 Eliza EDGOOSE, daughter of the Testator, wife of the Reverend Jesse EDGOOSE
08 Reverend Jesse EDGOOSE, joint executor
09 William ROWLEY, son of the Testator
10 Thomas ROWLEY, son of the Testator
11 George ROWLEY, son of the Testator
Others:
12 William TOTTY, tenant
13 LEADBEATER, tenant
14 COX, tenant
15 OSBOURN, tenant
16 WEBSTER, tenant
17 BLACKAMORE, tenant
18 HOROBRIDGE, tenant
19 ALLEN, tenant
20 HUNNE, tenant
21 WILKINSON, tenant
22 George GALLOWAY, joint executor, gentleman, of Edmonton, London.
23 Saml. WILKINSON, clerk to Mr. FORSTER, solicitor, Walsall
24 Thomas MARLOW, clerk to Mr. FORSTER, solicitor, Walsall
25 Mr. FORSTER, solicitor, Walsall.
(Prerogative Court of Canterbury Will PROB 11/2021/0783)
From the 1851 census of 5 Chapel Terrace, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire:
*Patience S. DUNNING, head, widow, aged 49, annuitant, born in London Middlesex;
Caroline R. DUNNING, unmarried, aged 22, teacher of school, born at Macclesfield, Cheshire;
Joseph H. DUNNING, son, unmarried, aged 21, clerk in iron warehouse, born at Leek, Staffordshire;
William H. DUNNING, unmarried, aged 15, assistant in a school, born in Durham, Durham;
Jemima STILLYARD, servant, unmarried, aged 18, house servant, born at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.
(HO107/2018/503/23)
Her daughter Caroline Rowley DUNNING of full age spinster married Henry Charles BROOKES of full age, bachelor, merchant, by licence at the Wesleyan Chapel, Melville Street, Hobarton, Tasmania, Australia Hobart, Tasmania, on 24 August 1854. Witnesses were John DICKENSON, Joseph Hodson DUNNING and Susan Watchorn WATERHOUSE
(RGD37/1/13 No. 821)
"Patience Sarah DUNNING.
Effects under £50
21 July 1869
Letters of Administration of the Personal estate and effects of Patience Sarah DUNNING formerly of Walsall in the County of Stafford but late of Ashfield in the County of Cumberland New South Wales Widow deceased who died 22 September 1862 at Ashfield aforesaid wre granted at the Principal Registry to Joseph HODSON DUNNING of 531 George-street in the City of Sydney New South Wales Gentleman the Son and one of the Next of Kin of the said Deceased he having first been sworn."
(National Probate Calendar 1869)
William Henry DUNNING married Sarah MEDDING in 1863.
(GRO March Q 1863 Wolverhampton 6b 588)
Caroline Rowley BROOKES of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, daughter of Joseph and Patience Sarah [DUNNING], died in 1879.
(377/1879)
From the 1881 census of Addlethorpe House, Lincolnshire:
William Henry DUNNING, head, married, aged 45, perpetual curate of Mumby etc., born in Durham;
Elizabeth DUNNING, wife, married, aged 44, born at Rippingale, Lincolnshire;
Emma BIRD, servant, unmarried, aged 15, servant domestic, place of birth not stated.
(RG11/3257/34/1)
From the 1891 census of Sheen, Staffordshire:
William Henry DUNNING, head of family, widower, aged 55, curate of Sheen, Staffordshire, born in the City of Durham;
Fanny PARKER, servant, single, aged 35, servant domestic, born in Solihull, Warwickshire.
(RG12/2188/100/6)
William Henry DUNNING married Emma BIDDLECOMBE in 1891.
(GRO June 1891 Marylebone 1a 1000)
Reference to Rev. William Henry DUNNING curate of Sheen, Staffordshire.
(The Times, 6 August 1891)
William Henry DUNNING died in 1896 aged 60.
(GRO June Q 1896 Leek 6b 182)
"DUNNING the reverend William Henry of Sheen vicarage Stafforshire clerk died 3 June 1896 Probate Lichfield 6 July to Emma DUNNING widow.
Effects £6269 18s. 4d."
(National Probate Calendar 1896)
Joseph H. DUNNING of Hunters Hill, New South Wales, Australia, son of Patience S. and Joseph DUNNING, died in 1897.
(8447/1897)
Henry Charles BROOKES of Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, son of William Henry and Jane BROOKES died in 1907.
(9375/1907)
(revised 11.11.2019)