Mussell Family History
John Mussell is the oldest Mussell Ancestor that goes back to 1749 in Downton, Wiltshre, England.
John Mussell.1749- Married 1780 Phoebe Yates in Winterbourne Wiltshire. 1761-1831. She died in Laverstock Wiltshire.
They had four Children:
1. James Mussell 1787- before 1841. He married in 1809 Anne Shelley 1785-1860 *
2. John Mussell 1790-1867
3. George Mussell 1792
4. Elizabeth Mussell 1795-1876
*NOTES for Anne Shelley. She was the daughter of James Shelley and Elizabeth Beacham.
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Children of James Mussell and Anne Shelley:
1. John Mussell abt 1808
2. John Mussell 1809 - ? He married in 1833 Ann Green abt 1816 -? in Downton Wiltshire
Children of John Mussell and Ann Green:
1. Harriot Mussell 1833 - ?
2. Mary Mussell 1835 - ?
3. Rosina Mussell 1839 - ?
4. James Mussell 1841 - 1868. He married in 1864 Margaret Christina Clarke 1837 - 1915. St Mary's Cathedral Sydney Australia *
5. Jane Muassell 1844 - ?
6. Sarah Mussell 1847 - ?
7. Louise Mussell 1851 - ?
8. Henry Mussel 1856
This image used only for effect. This is not the General Wool
*NOTES for James Mussell:
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It is thought that James arrived in Australia as a Cabin Boy.
He was Captain of the Barque “General Wool” which was lost at sea off Charlotte Bay, Cape Hawke, NSW on route to the port of Newcastle, north of Sydney on the 9th of February 1868, the day of his 4th wedding anniversary ,when a strong easterly gale wrecked the ship with the loss of all crew, there were no survivors. Reports of the shipwreck were printed in the Sydney Morning Herald.
The General wool was a three masted Barquentine of wood construction with a draught of 2.6 meters and a gross tonnage of 171 tons. It was built in Baltimore in the United States of America in 1849. Official number 40317. Registered number 46/1861. It’s cargo was “Ballast” and it carried a crew of seven.
*NOTES for Margaret Christina Clarke:
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Margaret was born in Ratoath, County Meath, Ireland to John Clarke and Mary Carr.
After the death at sea of her husband James Mussell a collection was taken up by the mariners in Sydney to purchase a "Mangle " for her so that she could make a living as a Laundress.
She arrived in sydney from Southhampton on the "British Trident" on 7th January 1861. She paid ten shillings for the passage.
In 1872 she married John Dingle Faulkner. This marriage did not last and she reverted to using her previous married name of Mussell and is buried at Rookwood cemetery under that name.
Children of James Mussell and Margaret Christina Clarke:
1. Annie Mary Mussell 1865 - 1953. She married in 1887 Richard William Hooper 1861 - 1951 *
2. John Zacharia Mussell 1866 - 1925. H e married in 1911 Catherine Sophia Gibbons. 1879 - 1941
*NOTES for Annie Mary Mussell
See Hooper family :-
Children of John Zacharia Mussell and Catherine Sophia Gibbons:
1. John Richard James Mussell 1912 - 1996. He married in 1940 Edith Ethel Irene Rathgeber
2. Catherine Elizabeth Mussell 1913 - 2004. She married in 1931 John Placid Alleyne 1908 - 1980
John Zacharia Mussell
Annie Mary Hooper,nee Mussell
Passenger List for the "British Trident" 1861
for Margaret Christina Clarke
The Family Tree can be found on this link: