THE PULLEN FAMILY OF
CASTLE COMBE, WILTSHIRE
(aka Pullin, Pulling, Poullin etc)
CASTLE COMBE
Castle Combe is a village in the heart of Wiltshire, England (picture above). The village was originally known as "Combe". The first houses were built during the 12th Century, when a Castle was built, and the village became known as "Castle Combe". The Castle was badly damaged during the 14th Century, so it was abandoned in favour of the new Manor House (see below). The village has a lot of history and was famous for being a film set for "Doctor Dolittle" in 1966.
The below picture was taken at the turn of the 20th Century
THE PULLEN FAMILY
The family goes back to JAMES PULLEN and SARAH. James was born c.1658. The couple married in 1683 in the village and had 9 known children:
William (abt 1684), Richard (abt 1686), Ann (abt 1689), James (abt 1693), Aaron (abt 1696), Rachel (abt 1700 ~ died 1701), Jane (abt 1702), Rachel (abt 1703), Moses (abt 1707)
THE AUSTRALIAN CONNECTION
At least one branch of the Pullen family decided to emigrate to Australia. THOMAS PULLEN ~ grandson of THOMAS & HANNAH ~ married ANN CHAPPEL in 1829. Ann's family also came from Castle Combe.
They had 11 children:
Josiah (b. 1830), Jemima (b. 1831), Ethan (b. 1833), Eli (b. 1837), Thomas (b 1840), Sarah (b. 1842), Kezia (b. 1845), Samuel (b. 1847), William (b. 1840), Rebecca (b. 1851) and Uriah (b. 1854)
Annie Pullen b. 11 Feb 1859 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
daughter of Josiah Pullen & Elizabeth Teague
A few of the above named children emigrated with their parents in January 1862 aboard THE CHARIOT OF FAME, namely Kezia, Rebecca, Samuel, Thomas, Uriah and William.
THOMAS & ANN's ages are given incorrectly on the ship's passenger list. We are certain that this was because people of a certain age were not allowed into Australia.
However, some of the other children had emigrated earlier than the rest of the family ~ most brave!
JOSIAH emigrated on THE WANDSWORTH in 1853
JEMIMA emigrated on THE METEOR in 1853
ETHAN emigrated aboard THE LORD ASHLEY in 1855
ELI emigrated aboard THE MORNING STAR in 1857
SARAH was left behind (we think in service) and didn't join the family until much later in 1872 aboard THE GREAT BRITAIN
Note: I have a great deal of information on the Australian branch, and I am in contact with the descendents of the above. Please contact me if you require details.
FASCINATING AUSTRALIAN DETAILS
JOSIAH PULLEN married ELIZABETH TEAGUE in a tent in Ballarat (the gold fields) on 18th August 1856. She had also emigrated with her parents and 6 brothers and sisters from the UK in 1852 aboardTHE MARCO POLO. Elizabeth was born in 1838 in Colford, Gloucestershire.
PULLEN DESCENDANTS
One of the children of THOMAS PULLING (gt grandson of JAMES PULLEN) and HANNAH LITTLE was RICHARD (the 2nd child of that name born to the family, as another Richard had died in infancy). He married RACHAEL HEAD.
RICHARD and RACHAEL had a son HENRY who married SOPHIA TAYLOR
ANN (born 12 Sep 1847, Castle Combe)
LAVINIA (born 9 Oct 1849, Castle Combe)
SUSANNAH (born 7 Apr 1852, Castle Combe)
MARY JANE (born 17 Oct 1854, Castle Combe)
AMELIA (born 20 Sep 1857, Castle Combe)
HENRY (born 5 Feb 1860, Castle Combe)
ALBERT (born 7 Dec 1862, Castle Combe)
JOHN (born 6 Jul 1865, Castle Combe)
EMMA (born 12 Jul 1868, Castle Combe)
RICHARD married ELIZABETH WATSON-TURNER GINGELL 10 Jun 1867, Bromham, Wiltshire & had 3 children: William Herbert, Charlotte Kate, Lavinia Elizabeth (see WHITE page for details)
LAVINIA married THOMAS BRINSDON 28 Nov 1874, Castle Combe & had 6 children: Annie, Ada Sophia, William Henry, Ernest, Agnes Lavinia, Herbert Thomas
MARY JANE married JOSEPH WICKS 6 Sep 1879, Castle Combe & had 2 children: Amelia & John
AMELIA (see below picture) married GEORGE JAMES DAVIES (see below photos) 20 Feb 1882, St Mary's Church, Edgehill, Lancashire & had 10 children: William Henry, George James, Lucy Jane, Florence Amelia, Lavinia Ann, John, Elizabeth Emma, Stanley Edward, Edward Stephenson & Lillian
HENRY married ELIZABETH? & had 7 children: Edward Thomas, Emily, Ella, Lena Irene, Herbert, Arthur & Archibald
ALBERT married STEVENIA ANN NEATE 10 Oct 1885, Castle Combe & had 7 children: Florence Sophia, Emmeline, Albert Richard, Walter John, Beatrice Alice, Roland Alphaeus & Beatrice Lavinia
JOHN married NAOMI SARAH PAYNE FARR 2 1 May 1893, Castle Combe & had 2 children: William Henry & Edith Margaret
EMMA married WILLAM GOODWAY
SUSANNAH (pictured below) married CHARLES WHITE (see White page for further details). They in turn had a daughter ELLEN who married WILLIAM THOMAS CREANEY, who were my gt grandparents) (see Creaney page)
Note: I have masses of information on the Pullen/Pullin family going back to the early 1600's, so if you require any further details please contact me on my e-mail address on my home page.