My ancestor John Webb was born on 27 May 1798 in Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire, Eng. He died on 27 Nov 1873 in Sorell, Tasmania, Australia. He married Eliza Alomes on 10 Mar 1829 in Sorell, , Tasmania, Australia, daughter of Robert Alomes and Elizabeth Billett. She was born on 03 Mar 1812 in Sorell Tasmania. She died on 18 Mar 1902 in Runnymede, Tas.
John Webb was tried on the 21 Jul 1819 at Oxford in England. Transported on the 'Guilford' which departed from Portsmouth,England on the 14 May 1820 and arrived at Hobart Town on the 28 Oct 1820. Transported for 14 year's,aged 21 year's old.John Webb is described as being 5'8" tall,brown hair,grey eyes and no marks or scars on his body.
He worked for a Mr Petchey,who was a farmer,as a servant. In 1822 Petchey complained to the authorities that Webb had stolen three bushels of wheat. The charge could not be proved so John still had his freedom. Eighteen months later Petchey again complained of improper conduct and Webb was sentenced to 50 lashes. Two year's later John Webb was again sentenced to another 50 lashes for escaping from custody,this time he was sent to Maria Island. Four months later while being at the island,he was accused of being a bushranger. Later on he escaped from Maria Island but was recaptured by two men and sentenced to another 50 lashes and was sent then to Macquarie Island.His convict records are incomplete and no pardon's are listed,just a referal to the Free Certificate Office.
In the 1842 Census,John was listed as a farmer at Pittwater,Sorell. He was married and had 5 children: 2 Males & 3 Females. They lived in a house owned by Sarah Wood.
Children of John Webb and Eliza Alomes are:
i. James Webb, B: 07 Jul 1829 in Sorell, D: 29 Feb 1904 in Westbury, , Tasmania, Australia, M: Ellen Radford, 1860.
Notes for James Webb:
Died under suspicious circumstances, and his body was never found. He was living apart from Eliza and one night in 1904 went to borrow a loaf of bread from his son and disappeared.
ii. Susannah Webb, B: 08 Nov 1830 in Sorell, Tasmania, Australia, D: 30 Aug 1907 in Sorell, Tasmania, Australia, M: Thomas Lincoln, 22 Jul 1867.
iii. John Webb, B: 11 Jan 1832 in Sorell, Tasmania, Australia, D: 20 Sep 1887 in Spring Bay, Tasmania, Australia, M: Emma Radford, 27 Oct 1856 in John Radford's House"Muirlands" At Swanport, Tas..
John Webb, farmer was granted 48 acres of land on the 20 Nov 1862 in the County of Pembroke,vicinity of Little Swanport. John paid the sum of 54 pounds for the Crown land. It is described as being in the area of Little Swanport,at Ravensdale and crossing the Ravensdale Rivulet, southerly along a road named "Green Hills"
iv. Emmeline Elizabeth Webb, B: 08 Nov 1832 in Sorell, Tasmania, Australia, D: 09 Jun 1865.
v. Elizabeth Ann Mary Webb, B: 08 Oct 1833 in Sorell, Tasmania, Australia, D: 09 Jun 1865 in Sorell, Tasmania, Australia, M: Thomas Lincoln, 04 Apr 1859 in St Georges Church, Sorell, Tas.
vi. Eliza Webb, B: 08 Dec 1839 in , , Tasmania, Australia, D: 08 Apr 1840 in Sorell, , Tasmania, Australia.
3. vii. Frederick Edward Webb, B: 17 Jan 1848 in Richmond, , Tasmania, Australia[4], D: 18 Jun 1918 in Deloraine, , Tasmania, Australia, M: Ann Duncan, 07 Jun 1871 in Sorell, , Tasmania, Australia.
viii. Amelia Maria Webb, B: 06 Sep 1850 in Spring Bay, Tasmania, Australia, D: 17 Jul 1920 in Hobart Tasmania Australia, M: Jacob William Bellette, 02 Aug 1871 in Sorell, Tasmania, Australia. Amelia and Jacob were cousins.
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JOHN WEBB
Convict Number 81223
Ship Name “Katherine Stewart Forbes”
Departure Port London
Conduct Record Con 31/46
Description List Con 18/10
John Webb arrived in Van Diemen’s Land per ship “Katherine Stewart Forbes” 16 July 1832, having been convicted at Warwick 3 August 1831 of housebreaking and sentenced to transportation for life. He received a ticket of leave 1 Jan 1840 and a conditional pardon 12 May 1846 (1)
In February 1876 a free pardon for John Webb was received from the Secretary of State for the Home Department after one unsuccessful application. The Colonial Secretary ( Tasmania ) advising the Governor to re submit the application stated that John Webb had arrived in 1832 when aged 20. For the last 30 years, he added “Mr Webb has held his conditional pardon free from any stain upon his character, he has brought up and educated a large family in a creditable manner, and several of his children are married to highly respectable citizens, while he himself is proprietor of one of the largest hotels in the city”. (2)
John Webb’s description when he arrived in 1832 stated that he was a cook and house servant aged 20, height 5 ft 5 ½ inches with reddish brown hair and hazel eyes (3)
He applied for permission to marry Clarissa Godson, free in May 1835 (4) and they were married in St. David’s Church by banns 8 June 1835, witnesses being Robert Bell and William Holdship.
Children (all WEBB)
Godson William Chiddery, 20 Dec 1835 Trinity Church Hobart
Bryant born 28 Feb 1839 Trinity Church
Edwin 28 May 1841 Trinity Church
Mary 30 Nov 1843 Trinity Church
Alfred 9 June 1846 St. David’s Church Hobart
Clarissa’s death was registered at St. David’s Church Hobart Tasmania 6 April 1848 aged 38
John Webb remarried 5 July 1848 at Bethseda Chapel Hobart Town his second wife being Elizabeth Ballantyne of Hobart Town , widow. She was probably the widow of Robert Ballantyne who died 20 Feb 1844 and was buried in the Scotch cemetery
Children born were
Rosina Ballantyne 29 June 1849
Emily Alice
Elizabeth must have died shortly after the birth of Emily because John Webb remarried 4 March 1853 Emma Garth (Minor) in the Congregational Church Hobart (5)
John Webb died on 8 Jan 1881 at his residence Webbs’s Hotel Murray Street Hobart in his 67th year. (6) His obituary said that he had been born at Leamington (which is in Warwickshire) 29 May 1814 and had come to Tasmania at an early age. He was a skilled cook and confectioner who had no equal.
He had built the ‘stately pile which now bears his name and is the locale of the principal balls in the city. Possessed of a rough exterior, he nevertherless was very charitable to poor people. He left a widow and several adult children.
1 Con 31/46
2 CSO 10/32/503
3 NS 282/10/30
4 Con 52/1
5 NS 650/2
6 The Mercury 10 January 1881
The John Webb who some people have mistakenly put down as being married too Eliza Alomes is, I believe the person whose information is above who arrived on the Katherine Forbes in 1832 and when he arrived he stated he was a cook, this plus the fact that John Webb and Eliza Alomes first child was born in 1830, two years before the John Webb who married Emma Garth and Eliza Garth would suggest that the two John Webb's were in fact two separate people
Im sure there will be disagreements over my theory but if you sit down and analyse the dates for all the marriages and births and places these events took place my theory makes sense but ill leave it open for discussion ..thanks for reading :)
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