The Morley Family


In 1844 ...

Barque On 15 April 1844, Jesse Morley, his wife Hannah (Courtnage) and their four small children, James (8), Jane (6), George (4) and Jesse (1) arrived in Melbourne on the barque “Sea Queen” from England.



In 2005 ...

More a family web than a family tree! This web site was established to assist in compiling the history of Jesse, his family, their ancestors and descendents.




Into the future ...

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Before exploring this Morley family, two naming conventions I have used in parts of this web site in an attempt to avoid confusion.

Immigrant Jesse
As Jesse is a reasonably common given name for males in this Morley family, the term 'Immigrant Jesse' is sometimes used to refer to the Jesse Morley (1815 - 1892) that migrated from Sussex to Port Phillip in 1844.

M-(numeral)
As a way of identifying particular descendents of Immigrant Jesse, on occasions I have used M-(numeral) with perhaps more -(numeral)s to signify children; for example M-4 would be Immigrant Jesse's fourth child (also Jesse); M-1-3 would be one of Immigrant Jesse's grandchildren - specifically, the third child (Susan) of Immigrant Jesse's first child (James); and so on.

To go back to the early 19th century and meet Jesse and his family, click here