THE DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM EALEY (?-1793)

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AT least three generations of Ealeys worked for the Royal Household (see here). The earliest seems to be Abraham, who was Queen Charlotte's postillion for twenty-two years and whose son Richard worked for the Duke of Kent from boyhood. In a letter of 1837 Richard Ealey states that his brother "was twenty eight years with His R.H. the Duke of Sussex", while James Ealey (c1786-1854) affirms in court that until 1838 he "had lived a period of three-and-twenty years in the service of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex", and since then a further three years. The dates don't quite add up, but the two pieces of evidence are suggestive of a sibling link between Richard and James. This link seems to be confirmed by the daybooks of St-Martin-in-the-Fields Workhouse, which record the admittance of Elizabeth Ealey and her sons Richard, James and Abraham for a week in 1796. It makes sense that the family would be in difficulties after father Abraham's death, and the age of James (nine) tallies with his age as given in the 1851 census. The family has been referred from the parish of New Windsor, which again tallies with James's birthplace as noted in the census. So I think it is now okay to connect Abraham to our family tree as a direct ancestor. The family group (in grey text) from the parish register of St Martin-in-the-Fields could belong to Abraham in an earlier marriage, or to a cousin.

Abraham ELAY
+Mary

├──Richard ELAY, born 9 Nov 1772, baptised St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster.

├──Mary EALEY, born 30 Sep 1774, baptised St Martin-in-the-Fields.

└──Abraham EALEY, born 16 Sep 1777, baptised St Martin-in-the-Fields.




Abraham EALEY, died 7 Mar 1793, buried St Martin in the Fields, Westminster. Postillion to Queen Charlotte for 22 years, until his death.
+Elizabeth, born about 1766.

├──Elizabeth ELEY, baptised 9 February 1784 New Windsor Parish Church (St John the Baptist);
buried 10 May 1784 at St John's.

├──Richard EALEY, born about 1785, baptised St John's Windsor; works for the Duke of Kent from a
boy, becoming head groom in 1820. By 1837 is out of work.


├──James EALEY, baptised 3 February 1788 St John's Windsor; works at Kensington Palace from at
least 1818 (postillion to the Duchess of Kent from 1829 to 1835);
dies 31 Dec 1854
at Wellington Arch Lodge, where he is Queen Victoria's gate-
keeper; buried in Brompton Cemetery.


+Mary Ann SMITH, born about 1781 Quebec; married 11 February 1812 St George's, Hanover
Square; died 29 June 1872 Mayfair. †

──George EALEY, baptised 28 June 1812 St Mary Abbots Kensington; Princess Victoria's
postilion from a young
age, then stable work in the Royal Mews, then poverty, and finally a labourer at the Western Gas Works, Kensal Green, where he
accidentally drowns in a gas basin 21 January 1854;
buried 29
January 1854 Kensal Green Cemetery.


+Euphemia Elizabeth HUDSON, baptised 16 Apr 1820 St Martin-in-the-Field; married 15
March 1842 St George's, Hanover Square;
died 1891 Kensington.

──Mary Ann EALEY, born about 1843 Middlesex.
+Robert James OFFORD, born about 1842; married 28 Jun 1868 Paddington

──George EALEY, born 13 Jul 1846 Lying-in Hospital, Lambeth.

──Sarah EALEY, born 28 Jan 1850 Chelsea; died 1910 Kensington Registration District.
+Thomas TWINE, born c1848 Islington; married 29 Jul 1866 Paddington; died 1922 Uxbridge, Middlesex.

──James Thomas EALEY, born 8 Mar 1852 7 Kents Cottages, South Row, Kensal New Town; died 1 Jan 1896 40 Walmer Road, Notting Dale. Carman.
+1) Jane ASHBY, born 9 Jan 1857 Streatham; married 25 Dec 1875 Willesden; died 28 April 1942 5 Mill Street, Armthorpe,
Doncaster. Laundress.

──James George EALEY, born 2 December 1876 at 4 Treverton Street, Notting Hill.

──George EALEY, born 24 January 1878 39 Walmer Road, Kensington.
+Amy Louisa WORKMAN, born about 1887; married 25 Dec 1907 St John the Evangelist, Kilburn (George's cousin).

──George Charles EALEY, born 1909 Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire

──Ivy Mary EALEY, born 1912 Cairo

──Daniel Patrick EALEY, born 29 Jul 1880 Kensal Town; baptised at home (3, York Mews, Bramley Road, Notting Hill)
into the Roman Catholic faith;
died 31 Aug 1948 Lyallpur. Bandsman with the Kings Own Royal
Lancasters & Conductor of the Viceroy's Band.
+Una Mabel ROSS, born 25 Jun 1894 Lahore; married 3 Apr 1918 Lahore; died 8 Apr 1984 Hounslow.

──Mary Jane EALEY, born 23 Jan 1884 19 Blechynden Mews, Notting Dale, Middlesex.

──Eliza Amy EALEY, born 28 Dec 1886, 73 Pembroke Road, Kilburn.

+2) Charlotte Elizabeth HALL (widow, née CHEEK), born 1851 Strand, Middlesex; married 15 May 1892 Kensington; died 1935 Brentford Registration District.

──William EALEY, born 6 June 1888 18 Fowell Street, Notting Dale.

──Frederick James EALEY, born 20 February 1890, 17 Talbot Grove, Notting Dale.

──Euphemia EALEY, born 13 Feb 1854 7 Kents Cottages, South Row, Kensal New Town; died 1888 Kensington Registration District.
+Henry WICKWAR, born 1851 Chelsea; married 13 Oct 1872 Hendon.

──Elizabeth, baptised 17 Apr 1814 Kensington

──James EALEY, baptised 25 Dec 1814 Kensington; died 7 Oct 1884 Slough, Buckinghamshire.
Coachman in the Royal Mews.
+Sarah OWEN, born 1816 Shrewsbury, Shropshire; married 1842 Westminster St Margaret's; died 1909 Atcham, Shropshire.

──Thomas EALEY, born 27 Sep 1816, baptised Hammersmith.

──Richard EALEY, baptised 15 Nov 1818 Kensington.

──Sarah Ann EALEY, baptised 16 Apr 1820 Kensington.

──William EALEY, baptised 10 Feb 1822 Kensington; died 1865, registered Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
+Eliza BROOKS, baptised 29 Nov 1829 Surrey; married 31 Oct 1853 Paddington; died 1903 Market Harborough. *

──Frederick BROOKS, baptised 7 Mar 1852 Beddington with Wallington, Surrey; died 1879 Leicestershire. *

──Mary Ann EALEY, baptised 27 Jan 1855 Bawtry, Yorkshire. *
+Thomas GRANT, born 1847 Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire; married Market Harborough, Leicestershire. *

──William EALEY, baptised 29 Jun 1856 Bawtry; died 1895 Leicestershire. *
+Mary Ann Lacey DEVONPORT, born c1856 Crich; married Barrow on Soar, Leicestershire. *

──Lily Eliza EALEY, born 1877 Leicestershire; died 1914 Leicester. *

──Elsie Daisy EALEY, born 1880 Leicestershire. *

──Gladys Rose EALEY born c1881 Leicestershire. *

──Flossie Rosa EALEY, born 1885 Leicester. *

──Ivy Verena EALEY, born Jun 1895 Leicester. *

──Charles EALEY, born c1862 Billesdon; died c1924 Market Harborough, Leicestershire. *
+Sarah Ann CHAPMAN, baptised 3 Aug 1861 Great Houghton, Northamptonshire; married Market Harborough; died 1949
MarketHarborough. *

──William EALEY, born c1882 East Langdon; died Leicestershire. *
+Beatrice M WHITE married Ampthill, Bedfordshire. *

──Frederick G EALEY, born c1891 Billesdon; died 1968 Newport, South Wales. *
+Rose Ellen CARROLL born c1894 Leicester; died 1966 Newport, South Wales. *

──Horace Percival EALEY, born 1894 Billesden, Leicestershire. *
+Sarah CARROLL born 1895 Biaton Overy, Leicestershire; married Market Harborough. *

──Elizabeth EALEY, born Mar 1862 Market Harborough; died 1862 Market Harborough. *

──Emma EALEY, born 1865 East Langton, Leicestershire; died 1893 Market Harborough. *
+George Henry WELLS, born c1868 Queniborough, Leicestershire; married Jun 1886 Market Harborough. *

──Charles Abraham EALEY, baptised 18 Apr 1824 Kensington.

──Mary Ann EALEY, baptised 21 May 1826 Kensington. (Twin)
+James BILLETT, born c1817 Bridport, Dorset; married 1848 St Martins, London. *

──Edward EALEY, baptised 21 May 1826 Kensington; died 1906 Fulham, London. Groom. (Twin)
+Mary Ann GEPP, born 1834 Petersfield, Hampshire; married 25 Jun 1854 St George, Hanover Square; died 1905 Fulham. *

──Louisa Augusta EALEY, born 1855 Pimlico. *

──James EALEY, born 1858 St George, Hanover Square. *

── Elizabeth Mary Ann EALEY, born 1860 St Georges, Middlesex *

──Helen Jane EALEY, born 1862 Marylebone. *
+Alfred John BUSS, born c1873 Weybridge, Surrey; married 1894 Chelsea, London. *

──Emily Ann EALEY, born 1865 Margam, Glamorgan. *

──Amelia Emma EALEY, born c1866 Margam. *
+George James MORRISS, born 10 Apr 1865 Cwmavon, Glamorgan; married 23 Oct 1887 Margam. *

──William HOWELLS, born 1867 Margan. *

──Herbert Gepp EALEY, born Sep 1868 Margam. *
+Emily SCOTCHER, born c1860 Birmingham; married Sep 1889 St Pancras. *

──Emily EALEY, born Dec 1890 St James, London. *

──John H EALEY, born 1895 Bury St Edmunds. *

──Winifred EALEY, born 1873 Margam. *

──Jane EALEY, baptised 27 Jul 1828 Kensington.

──Augusta EALEY, baptised 2 May 1830 Kensington, named after Augustus Frederick Duke of Sussex; died 1909 St Marylebone.
+Lewis DEACON, born c1830 Trowbridge, Wiltshire; married 1855 St George, Hanover Square; buried 1888 St George. *

──Jane EALEY, born 1831 Regents Park, London. *
+John W BAILEY, born c1832 Regents Park, London. *

──Henry EALEY, baptised 30 Mar 1834 St Mary Abbots, Kensington.

──Frederick EALEY, baptised 6 Apr 1836 Kensington; death registered 1908 Chelsea Registration District.
+Catherine GEARING, born about 1837 Chelsea; married 31 Jul 1860 St Margaret's Westminster.

── Frederick George EALEY, born 1859 Chelsea. *
+Sophie WILCOX, born 1861 Clerkenwell, London; married Islington. *

── Frederick John EALEY, born 1888 Battersea. *

──William James EALEY, born 1891 Islington. *

──Arthur George EALEY, born 1894 Islington *

──Ernest Edward EALEY born 1898 Wood Green, Middlesex. *
+Ivy Lillian WENHAM born 28 Nov 1897 Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire; married 22 Dec 1923 Castle Camps. *

──Alfred Martin EALEY born 1901 Wood Green. *

──Catherine EALEY, born Dec 1860 Chelsea; died 1934 Chelsea. *
+James ECKLEY, born c1861 Chelsea; married 1885 Chelsea; died 1939 Chelsea. *

──Jane EALEY, born Dec 1864 Chelsea; died 1898 Wandsworth. *
+John GOODRAM, born 1864 Ditchingham, Norfolk; married 1885 Chelsea. *

──Ellen EALEY, born Sep 1866 Bath, Somerset. *

──Elizabeth EALEY, born Jun 1868 Bath. *

──James EALEY, baptised 9 Apr 1871 Datchet, Buckinghamshire. Coachman. Alive in Chelsea 1901.
+1) Elizabeth, born c1870 Chelsea; married c1890, died c1899 Chelsea. *
+2) Sofia ALLEN, born c1871 Marylebone, London; Domestic Servant 1891; married Dec 1900 Chelsea. * Alive Chelsea 1901.
──Elizabeth J EALEY, born 1891 Fulham. Alive in Chelsea 1901.

──William EALEY, born 1873 Brompton, Middlesex. *

──Charles EALEY, born Mar 1876 Chelsea; died 1885 Chelsea. *

└──Abraham EALEY, born 27 June 1791, baptised St John's Windsor.
* Details reproduced with kind permission of Lynda Fitzgerald.
† See here for a convincing argument regarding the correct Mary Ann.