Benjamin Saville

Benjamin Saville
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1814–1896 · 81 years old

Born 17 November 1814 in Hatfield Heath, Essex, EnglandDied 30 January 1896 in Lansdowne, New South Wales, Australia

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JS John Savell 1781–1815 father RP Rebecca Peacock 1780–1869 mother

Spouses

Mary Cook 1809–1859 m. 1845

Amelia Baker 1841–1883 m. 1860

Children with Amelia Baker

LS Lydia Amelia Saville 1866–1944 ES Edwin Charles Saville 1871–1958 LS Lucy Eliza Saville 1875–1964 FS Frederick Saville 1878–1965 CS Clara Adelaide Saville 1881–1969

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1810s
Born 17 November 1814

Hatfield Heath, Essex, England

Born 17 November 1814 and baptised at Hatfield Heath in Essex on 23 July 1815, the son of John Savell and Rebecca Peacock. The English family spelled the name SAVELL and baptised in a non-conformist congregation, which is why no Anglican parish register search found him: FreeREG's Essex coverage is Church of England only. His convict indent gives his native place as 'Essex' with no parish, and his conditional-pardon register agrees; the parish comes from the baptism, not from any Australian record. His father was buried on 8 March 1815, when Benjamin was four months old. He was 19 on arrival in March 1833 and 34 in 1848, both implying 1813-14, which is the usual overstatement. No place id: the tree has no Hatfield Heath row.

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Death of father John Savell before 8 March 1815

aged 34
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Baptised 23 July 1815

Baptised at Hatfield Heath, Essex, aged eight months, in a non-conformist congregation — which is why no Anglican parish register search ever found him. His father had been buried four months earlier. The English family spelled the name SAVELL; SAVILLE is the spelling he used in New South Wales. No place id: the tree has no Hatfield Heath row.

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1830s
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Trial and sentence 23 July 1832

Tried at Chelmsford — the Essex Assizes — for house breaking, and sentenced to transportation for life. He was 19, single, could read but not write, was Protestant, and gave his trade as farm labourer. No place id: the tree has no Chelmsford row.

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Immigrated 11 March 1833

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Arrived at Sydney Cove on 11 March 1833 as a convict per the ship Andromeda, on her second voyage, which had sailed 13 November 1832. Sentenced at Chelmsford, the Essex Assizes, to transportation for life for house breaking; he was 19, single, a farm labourer who could read but not write, and his indent gives his native place only as the county of Essex.

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Convict assignment March 1833

Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia

Assigned on arrival as a farm labourer to A. C. Innes — Major Archibald Clunes Innes — at Port Macquarie.

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1840s
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Ticket of leave 1843

Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia

Granted a ticket of leave for the district of Port Macquarie, gazetted 12 May 1843.

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Conditional pardon 1 June 1848

Conditional pardon granted 1 June 1848, register reference 48/1119, on condition that he not return to the country in which he was convicted during the remainder of his sentence. Notified in the New South Wales Government Gazette of 8 September 1848 and repeated in the Maitland Mercury five days later; the indent carries the same date in a later annotation beneath his entry.

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1850s
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Death of wife Mary Cook 2 March 1859

Lansdowne, New South Wales, Australiaaged 50
1860s
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Birth of daughter Lydia Amelia Saville 1866
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Death of mother Rebecca Peacock before 14 March 1869

aged 89
1870s
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Birth of son Edwin Charles Saville 1871
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Birth of daughter Lucy Eliza Saville 3 May 1875

Taree, New South Wales, Australia
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Birth of son Frederick Saville 1878
1880s
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Birth of daughter Clara Adelaide Saville 1881
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Death of wife Amelia Baker 18 October 1883

Lansdowne, New South Wales, Australiaaged 42
1890s
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Died 30 January 1896

Lansdowne, New South Wales, Australia

Died at Lansdowne on the Manning River, where he had lived for some forty years, and was buried in Lansdowne General Cemetery (plot 'Ang') under a plaque calling him 'First settler of Lansdowne'. His death was registered in the TAREE district, 4208/1896, and the index records both his parents as UNKNOWN. Taree is the registration district, not necessarily the place of death, and it covers Lansdowne; WikiTree's narrative says he died at Taree while its own data field says Lansdowne. Lansdowne is recorded here as the more likely of the two — reversible if a death certificate ever says otherwise.

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Buried 1896

Lansdowne, New South Wales, Australia

Buried in Lansdowne General Cemetery, plot 'Ang', with his first wife Mary and his second wife Amelia under a single memorial. The plaque reads 'FIRST SETTLER OF LANSDOWNE'.

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