John Lee, Free Settler "Blenheheim" 1855

LEE John and Elizabeth Lee came from England with their family in 1856. Their intention was to settle in the Hunter district but after a short stay they decided on the Clarence, so they made their way overland by bullock dray and horseback. After arrival at Grafton, where they found the main street a thoroughfare of mud and cart tracks, they proceeded to Southgate where they leased land on the river bank not far from the present Ulmarra ferry. This untouched land had to be cleared and farming operations begun by planting corn and potatoes among the stumps and logs. Their family was Charles, John, William, Bess and Joseph, the latter born at sea. "The Daily Examiner" in reporting the Jubilee celebrations of Southgate School in May 1932 says "Mr. George Boothby told how fifty years ago John Lee had laid the foundation stone of the present building. Mr. Lee was selected to lay the foundation stone, and the old generation had a lot to thank Mr. and Mrs. Lee for. Mrs. Lee was the first lady to meet many of the present generation when they came into the world." The mallet and trowel presented to him to mark the occasion are still in the family, and were exhibited at the function. Son Charles worked on the farm and in the timber industry and, through his acquaintance with the river channels was often called on to navigate timber ships through the Lawrence crossing. He was among the first cane growers in the district. Later he pursued dairying, finally settling in the Cowper district. Joseph remained on the farm at Southgate. His son William lives retired at Ulmarra, and grandson Allan farms at Southgate. Of the family, William, Henry, Walter, Janet, Clarence, Bertha, Elsie, Fred, Elizabeth and Jessie, all but Jessie attended Southgate School.

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Individual Note

2nd great-grandfather
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MELDRETH, CAMBRIDGE 1851 CENSUS:
Schedule Name Relationship S Age Occupation Were Born
44b 21 John LEE head Married 34 Agriculture Labourer Meldreth, Cambridge
Elizabeth LEE wife Married 33 - Meldreth, Cambridge
William LEE son - 11 - Meldreth, Cambridge
John LEE son - 8 -
Meldreth, Cambridge
Charles LEE son - 4 -
Meldreth, Cambridge
Mary Ann LEE daughter - 1 - Meldreth, Cambridge
George UNWIN lodger un married 20 Agriculture Labourer Cambridge, Cambridge
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Surname Forenames Age Parish or Town Film Folio
LEE John 34 Meldreth HO107/1707 44B
LEE Elizabeth 32 Meldreth HO107/1707 44B
LEE William 11 Meldreth HO107/1707 44B
LEE John 8 Meldreth HO107/1707 44B
LEE Charles 4 Meldreth HO107/1707 44B
LEE Mary Ann 1 Meldreth HO107/1707 44B

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On the 27th October 1854 the 856 ton Shand, sailed from Plymouth England with Captain H Christie in command, on board were 332 passengers bound for Portland Bay Victoria, Australia, a voyage of 84 days.
Surgeon superintendent Dr Lightfoot reported seven deaths and fifteen births while at sea.
On Board among pioneers to this new land were skilled migrants which included masons, carpenters, wheelwrights, bricklayers, plasterers, tailors, sawyers, bakers and smiths.
The passengers that disembarked at Portland Bay on 20th Jan 1855, almost half of them boarded the steamer Champion for Port Fairy, arriving there on 29th Jan 1855.
The Shand sailed on 14th Feb 1855 for Madras with part of her original cargo.
Madras, the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu, is the fourth
largest city in the country of India. The city has a decidedly
British air to it, primarily due the fact that it was under British rule for most of its history. Madras is tropical by nature,located on the Bay of Bengal.
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On the 27th October 1854, the 856 ton Shand, sailed from Plymouth,England arriving at Portland,Victoria,Australia on the 20 January 1855. On board among other pioneers to this new land were, Amos Lee an agricultural labourer, his wife Harriet Walduck, whom he had married at Meldeth,Cambridge on the 15 October 1848 and their son William also Harriet's two brothers Simon and Charles. The ships log showed, Amos and Harriet, both of the age 28 and their son William 7 years were Methodist, able to read and write and natives of Cambridge. On arrival at Portland, Amos was engaged by Mr. Halhead, of Town Hill at the rate of 60 pounds per annum for a term of six months.
Five months and sixteen days later the Blenheim arrived in Sydney on the 6th of July 1855 from South Hampton, England. The Blenheim was built in 1845, a 689 ton ship owned by D Dunbar. The Blenheim arrived on Thursday afternoon after a fair passage. She had 306 immigrants, classified as follows, 38 single females, 60 single men and 103 married couples and their families, two births and two deaths (infants) occurred during the voyage, the passengers were in excellent health and the ship remarkably clean. On board was Amos's brother John Lee aged 38, his wife Elizabeth Rayner aged 37 (religious denomination Baptist) and family. William Lee aged 17 his wife Mary Farrant aged 22, (religious denomination Methodist). John Lee aged 12 years, Charles James Lee aged 8 years, MaryAnne Lee aged 5 years, Amos Lee one year. Amos died on the voyage out to Australia. Another son Samuel John Lee died while the family was still living in Meldreth, Cambridge. John later marries Amelia Jane Byrnes. Charles James marries Charlotte Jane Talbot and Mary Anne dies 7 years after arrival on 21st January 1862 at Ulmarra of inflamation, buried on 22nd of January 1862 at Grafton in the Church of England Cemetery. For a short period of time they settled on the Hunter River at Bowthorn where another son Joseph Lee was born to John and Elizabeth on the 22nd of May 1856. Later Joseph marries Jane Isabella Leeson half sister to Amelia Jane Byrnes. On Joseph birth certificate it gives previous child for marriage to John and Elizabeth with seven dead , two accounted for , Samuel John LEE born 1842 assumed deceased in England was not on board Ship, Amos Lee died on board ship .
Within two or three years John and Elizabeth's family move to the Clarence River a severe drought was thought to have forced them to leave. They traveled over land by bullock dray and horseback, some of the family traveled by the boat, ( SS Urara) . When reaching Grafton they found the main street a thoroughfare of mud and cart tracks.
They proceeded to Southgate where they leased land on the river bank not far from the present Ulmarra ferry, from William J Ensbey, William Ensbey, wife Ruth and three sons Charles CLERK/CARKE, 15 travelling with ENDERSBY, John and Alfred had also came out from Cambridge England on the Blenheim This land was occupied on a five year clearing lease by John. The land continued under lease to him and son Joseph until Joseph's death in 1908, in about 1859 another child was born to John and Elizabeth at Swan Creek. Elizabeth (Bess) Charlotte Lee who later marries Robert Leeson first cousin to Jane Isabella Leeson.
The untouched land had to be cleared and farming operations begun by planting corn and potatoes among the stumps and logs. After the Death of Joseph in 1908 the land was taken over by William Ensbey's grandson John Richard Ensbey.
John Lee passed from this world on the 18th March 1902 at Southgate at the age of 85 and was buried on the 19th March 1902 in the Baptist cemetery Grafton, alongside of his wife Elizabeth who had passed two years earlier, on the 7 September 1900 at Southgate, aged 81. The old generation had a lot to thank John and his wife Elizabeth for, Mrs Lee was the first lady to meet many children coming in to the world of colonial Australia in the Clarence region of New South Wales. May 7th 1932 celebration of the golden jubilee of Southgate school, a Mr.George Boothby proposing a toast, referred to the laying of the foundation stone by John Lee. The Mallet and Trowel presented to him, was in the family along time, it was than given to the Grafton Historical Society. John was also reputed to being the strongest man in the county of Cambridge.
There is claim that John and all his descendants are direct descendants of a Amos and Walter Leigh, two of Sir Francis Drake's captains. (Leigh is the old English spelling for Lee). The Reign of Elizabeth 1st also saw many brave voyages of discovery, including those of Sir Francis Drake, his "Famous Voyage" - the circumnavigation of the world in the sixteenth century, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth

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An Encata Encyclopedia Article Tiled " Drake, Sir Francis

Drake, Sir Francis (1540?-1596), English navigator and explorer, born near Tavistock. In 1570 and 1571 Drake made two profitable trading voyages to the West Indies. In 1572 he commanded an expedition against Spanish ports in the Caribbean Sea. During this voyage Drake first saw the Pacific Ocean.
In 1577 Drake was commissioned by Queen Elizabeth I of England to undertake an expedition against the Spanish colonies on the Pacific coast of the Americas. In 1578 Drake's ships entered the Strait of Magellan at the southern tip of South America. Sixteen days later they sailed into the Pacific Ocean. After losing the other ships in his fleet, Drake continued in his flagship, the Golden Hind. He sailed northward along the Pacific coast of South America, plundering several Spanish ports. He continued to sail north, seeking a passage back to the Atlantic Ocean. Unable to find a passage, Drake headed westward across the Pacific Ocean. He stopped at islands in Indonesia, rounded the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa, and reached England in September 1580. Bearing a rich cargo of spices and captured Spanish treasure, he was hailed as the first Englishman to sail around the world.
In 1585 Drake sailed again with a large fleet for the West Indies. He raided many Spanish settlements, including Saint Augustine in present-day Florida. In 1588 he served as vice admiral of the English fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada when Spain attempted to invade England.

http://www.records.New South Wales.gov.au/publications/immigration/introduction.htm
Assisted Immigrants Indexes
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Arrival of the Blenheim from Southampton England 31st Mar 1855 to Sydney 5th Jul 1855

Vessel: (Blenheim), Year: (1855)
SURNAME FIRST AGE EVENTS VESSEL YEAR REEL REMARKS
ABEL John 28 (single) Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 labourer, grantham. Lincolnshire, England, C/of England read and Write- both
ABRA Edward 34 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family Ag Labourer read or write- no , Oaten, Norfolk Religion C/of England parents Thomas and Mary . Father at Peel River Mother dead
ABRA Edward 9 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family son of Edward and Elizabeth read or write- reads- Swatham, Norfolk C/of England
ABRA Elizabeth 33 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family wife of Edward read or write- no Swatham, Norfolk C/of England Parents John and Maria Rose living at Swatham, Norfolk
ABRA Harriet 6 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family Daughter of Edward and Elizabeth read or write- no-Swatham, Norfolk C/of England
ABRA John 38 (Single) Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 ag labourer
ABRA John 3 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family son of Edward and Elizabeth, Swatham, Norfolk C/of England health good
ALLEN Mary 32 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and husband
ALLEN Phillip 33 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and wife Mary Farm Labourer
ANDERSON Ambrose 22 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
ASMUS Elizabeth 40 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
ASMUS Frederick 11 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
ASMUS John 44 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
ASMUS Justus W 8 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
ASMUS Matilda M 5 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
BADCOCK George 20 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
BALDWIN James 27 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
BALDWIN John 20 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
BALDWIN Rachael 19 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
BALDWIN Thomas 25 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
BALDWIN Thomas 50 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
BARNES Elizabeth 43 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
BARNES Frederick 11 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
BARNES George 31 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
BARNES Harry 9 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
BARTLETT Alfred 25 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
BARTLETT John A inft Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
BARTLETT Margaret 25 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
BARTLETT Martha 3 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
BENNETT Anne 25 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
BENNETT Bennett 24 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
BENNETT Bennett inft Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
BENNETT Charles 18 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
BENNETT William 20 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
BINGLE Samuel 32 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
BOOTH Elizabeth 39 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and husband
BOOTH Thomas 42 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and wife
BRABANT Mark 15 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
BREWER Anne 24 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and husband
BREWER George 24 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and wife
CASEY Emily 27 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and husband
CASEY Phillip 32 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and wife
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CATER Alice 12 from Soham Cambridge, reads, Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 parents Ephraim and Susan
CATER Ephraim 39 Farm labourer from Soham Cambridge, father William mother Frances both dead, does not read or write Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
CATER Frances 18 from Soham Cambridge, reads & a farm servant, Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 parents Ephraim and Susan
CATER Lydia 1 from Soham Cambridge, Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 parents Ephraim and Susan
CATER Richard 15 from Soham Cambridge, a farm labourer does not read or write, Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 Ephraim and Susan
CATER Susan 36 from Soham Cambridge, Father John mother Sarah in Soham father dead did not give maiden name but she has a brother and 3 sisters in Van Dieman's land, does not read or write. Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 wife of Ephraim and family
CATER William 10 from Soham Cambridge, Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 parents Ephraim and Susan
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CHAMBERLAIN Benjamin 34 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
CHAMBERLAIN Eleanor 28 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
CHAMBERLAIN Joseph 2 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
CHANDLER John 19 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
CHAPMAN Catherine 6 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
CHAPMAN Elizabeth 1 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
CHAPMAN Henry 9 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
CHAPMAN Jemima 11 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
CHAPMAN Mary A 33 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
CHAPMAN Samuel 34 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
CHARLEY Anne 36 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and husband
CHARLEY James 40 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and wife
CHERRY George 30 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
CHINNOCK Hannah 21 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and husband
CHINNOCK William 24 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and wife
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CLERK (CLARK) Charles 15 years from Croydon Cambridge, Farm labourer, mother Ruth ENSERSBEY, Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 travelling with ENDERSBY, W
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COFFIE Elizabeth 16 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
COLLINGS Joseph 39 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and wife
COLLINGS Sarah 35 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and husband
COOK John 25 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
COPELAND Alfred 24 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
COX Elizabeth 38 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
CRISFIELD William 20 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
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CRISP Betsey 28 from Soham Cambridge, reads & writes Father Henry mother Mary Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 husband William family
CRISP Catherine 1 from Soham Cambridge, Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and Parents William and Betsey
CRISP Ellen 8 from Soham Cambridge, Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 Parents William and Betsey
CRISP Emily 3 from Soham Cambridge, Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 Parents William and Betsey
CRISP Henry 10 from Soham Cambridge reads & writes, Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 Husband William family
CRISP William 32 Farm Labourer from Soham Cambridge, reads & writes, Father William mother Mary living at Soham Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 wife Betsey and family
CRISP William 12 reads & writes Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family

William and Betsy Crisp

William and Betsey Crisp had married in Soham 4th June 1842. William and Betsey were our only British migrants arriving in Sydney town with a family of five children on the “Blemheim” in 1855. The “Blenheim” was a large vessel of 808 tons vessel built in1845. It had been a convict ship in1849 and 1850 taking just over 100 days for the trips. The family was from Soham in Cambridgeshire. Even today Soham is a very pleasant but small rural village situated in beautiful countryside. William then 12 was the eldest son followed by Henry Malden, Ellen Julia, Vanity (Emily) and young Catherine then only a year old. In the next few years the family was to swell to twelve children.

On the passenger list it states that Betsey’s parents were Henry and Mary Malden. On Betsey’s death certificate it states that her father Henry Malden was a Miller in Soham.

William Crisp’s father was also called William and he had married a Mary White in 9th December, 1811. They had had nine children including two boys, William and Robert. William senior was a farmer from Soham. It is almost certain that they had been reasonably successful as they were able to raise a very large family and their children married very well.

In the year after their arrival that their first Australian child was born, Agness who was born in 1856.In the next few years others were to follow, David in 1858 Eliza in 1859. All in all they had twelve children all healthy and living to marriageable age. This points to the fact that the Crisps were more well off than other immigrant families as they needed good funds to support such a large family and have pleasant living conditions. After the death of Betsey in 1881 William married again to a Catherine May Reid having another child in 1886 but unfortunately he only survived four months after the birth of his new young son, also called William. He married Catherine in Goulbourn, the child William (2) was born in Young and William died in Young.

The Crisp Children.

Many of the children of William and Betsey also had large families.

The family must have done well in Mittagong and been fairly prosperous for several of the girls married very well into well-established local families. Our Emily married George Troy. (Catherine Crisp married George’s brother Thomas) Although George Troy’s father had been sent to an orphanage at 9 been indentured off at 10 he had made a real success of his life. Thomas married into another convict family, the Hanks who had been an incredibly successful family. By the time George married Emily he was well educated and very outgoing. George and Emily were to join quite a few of both families in moving west based around the Cootamundra area setting up very successful farms as the land around Cootamundra was very fertile and this district grew to be a highly populated and progressive area (even bigger at the turn of the nineteenth century than it is today).

William married Francis King at Wingecarribee the same day as his sister Ellen married George Stanford. William moved to the Wagga Wagga region but his daughter Grace had a son James Joseph (Alf) who was born at Cootamundra 18.8.1900. Grace married an Albert Spencer Troy and had four children and later moved to Rockdale. Her sister Emily had a son, Kenneth Frederick who was born in Cootamundra in1902.

Eliza Crisp married Joseph Corby and sister Mary Jane married his brother William Corby while sister Elizabeth married Archibald Hutchinson while brother Robert married Matilda Hutchinson and brother David married Ester Hutchinson. The Corbys and the Hutchinsons were well to do families.

From Pat Cuskies book on Cootamundra history 1901-1924 these families get frequent mentions. Joseph Corby in particular held important positions in the community. It appears he lived in Stockinbingal along with a number of relatives on nearby farms. Joseph was a committee member on the Stockinbingal Progress Committee. He was voted unopposed on the Permanent Councillors of Cowcumber, A Riding 1906 then Shire Councillor for Jindalee again voted unopposed all the way through to 1914 when he again was voted in unopposed. He was listed as a JP and on the list of Magistrates in 1901at the formal opening of the Court House in Stockinbingal and was on the planning of a School of Arts in 1911.

Eliza does get one mention as Mrs Joe Corby organising a Ball at Stockinbingal as a fund raiser for the local hospital. Joseph’s farm was called “Sunnydale.” At the farm in 1904 there was a dreadful fire which wiped out sheds and considerable farming equipment. (It may have been suspicious as there was a similar fire at a nearby farm.

William Corby, husband of Eliza was also a prominent local identity. He was president of the Narrandera Farmers and Settlers Association in1905. He was on the organising committee of the Jindalee Fire-fighters assn In 1903.He was one of the first to have a telephone and it was his warning by phone in 1919 with his warning of an approaching flood which alerted local townspeople. There was a demonstration of land clearing by explosion on his property in 1905. His son also William was a keen breeder of purebred Clydesdales and also selling trotting sulkies. Another son Vernie traded as a butcher in 1922.

Archibald Hutchinson gets a mention as on the Committee of the Muttima Racing Club.

In 1915 Arthur Crisp son of David Crisp and Ester Hutchinson was on the list of wounded soldiers in the Second World War.

John Crisp was on a jury in 1904. Most of the rest of the family lived in Berrima, Wagga Wagga, Murrumburrah (Where Besey Crisp died), and Yass.

William and Betsey Crisp were to have more than 80 grandchildren.

What brought the Crisp To The Colony of NSW? Maybe they had a convict relative.

Some Crisp convicts.

John Crisp 1838 TOL caught 1831 stealing watches. Came from Suffock bricklayer and weaver heavily tattooed.

John Crisp caught stealing money a merchant clerk born 1818 5’11” cross eyed, scar on bridge of the nose.

There was an Eliza Crisp who married a Richard Cartwright in Berrima in 1834 and a John Crisp from a Robert and Sophia Crisp who died in Berrima in 1862 who may have been relatives who came before our William and Betsey.

Probably not but they did extraordinarily well.

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CROFTS John 24 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and wife
CROFTS Lydia 22 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and husband
CROMWELL Charles 26 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
CUMMINGS George 25 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
CURRELL George 22 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
CURRY Catherine 36 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
DAVIS Caroline 28 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
DAVIS William 20 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
DAY Phillip 20 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
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ENDERSBY Alfred 10 years from Croydon Cambridge, Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 parent William and Ruth
EDERSBY John 12 years from Croydon Cambridge, Reads, Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 parent William and Ruth
ENDERSBY Ruth 33 years from Croydon Cambridge, does not read or write Parents Richard and Mary Clarke living at Croydon. Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 husband William and family
ENDERSBY William 33 years from Croydon Cambridge, Farm Labourer , Reads, Religion Independent Parents John and Mary both dead. Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 wife Ruth and family
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ENGLISH Eliza 26 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
ESSEX Richard 20 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
FARRAR Elizabeth 26 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
FEALEY Susannah 30 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and husband
FEALEY Thomas 30 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and wife
FENTON Ellen 27 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and husband
FENTON John 27 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and wife
FRANCIS Henry 22 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
FULLER Charles 18 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
GABB Richard 38 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
GIBBS Anne 30 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and husband
GIBBS James 20 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and wife
GIFFORD Rebecca 18 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
GILCHRIST Hannah 35 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
GILCHRIST Robert 34 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
GILCHRIST Robert 11 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
GREEN Anne 13 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
GREEN Charles 10 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
GREEN Emma 38 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
GREEN Emma 4 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
GREEN George 38 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
GREEN John 6 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
GREEN Thomas B 8 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
HAGGER Charles 23 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
HAMBLIN John 27 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
HAMBLIN Lucy 2 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
HAMBLIN Mary 30 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
HAMBLIN Walter inft Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
HARDING Eliza 21 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and husband
HARDING John 22 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and wife
HATHERILL Harriett 19 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
HAWKER Enos 19 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and brother
HAWKER William 21 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and brother
HEAL Isabella 23 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
HEAL John 25 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
HEAL William 1 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
HEALY Mary A 25 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
HENSOR Sarah 22 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
HILL Richard 22 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
HOWARD Elizabeth 49 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
HOWARD Esther 9 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
HOWARD James 53 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
HOWARD Jesse 11 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
HOWARD John 15 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
HOWARD Lydia 13 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
HOWARD Martha 4 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
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ILOTT Aaron 10 years Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 parents Thomas and Sarah
ILOTT George 5 years Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 parents Thomas and Sarah
ILOTT Mary A 7 years Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 parents Thomas and Sarah
ILOTT Sarah 33 born Gatby St George Cambridge, reads and writes, Parents George and Anne King parents both dead. Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 husand Thomas and family
ILOTT Thomas 33 years born Croydon Cambridge Farm Labourer, reads, religion Difector, Parents John & Sarah living at Croydon Cambridge . Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 wife Sarah and family
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IRONS Amy 34 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
IRONS David 33 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
IRONS Thomas 6 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
JEFFERS Abigail 28 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
JEFFERS Elizabeth 15 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
JEFFERS Jane E 53 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
JEFFERS Susan J 30 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
KEENE David 21 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
KENNELL Sophia 26 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
KIMBER Ann 19 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
KIMBER Asher 12 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
KIMBER Charles 14 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
KIMBER Emma 21 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
KIMBER Male inft bv Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
KIMBER Maria 23 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
KIMBER Thomas 49 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
KIMBER William 16 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
KING Elizabeth 21 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
KING Joseph 23 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
LAMB Elizabeth 24 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and husband
LAMB John 38 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and wife
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LEE Amos 1 dv Blenheim 1855 2468 and family
LEE Charles 8 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
LEE Elizabeth 37 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
LEE John 38 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
LEE John 12 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
LEE Mary 22 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and husband
LEE Mary A 5 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
LEE William 17 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and wife
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LIDDIARD Edward 1 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
LIDDIARD Edward 22 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
LIDDIARD Sarah 21 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
LUCKING Eleanor 29 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
LUCKING William 24 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
MALLYAN Jacob 18 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
MARSHALL Mary 23 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
MARSHFIELD Mary 19 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
MASON Emma 27 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and husband
MASON Thomas 26 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and wife
MCEVOY Martin 25 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
MEALE Elizabeth 48 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and husband
MEALE William 50 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and wife
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MEARS Catherine 1 year parents John and Miriam Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 parents John and Miriam
MEARS John 27 years Farm Labourer from Cambridge, reads and writes, Parents John dead and mother remarried Sarah Hutton living at Paddington Sydney she paid their 12 pound ten shilling passage. Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 wife Miriam and family
MEARS Miriam 25 years from Botsham Cambridge, reads and writes, Parents James & Mary Pamplin, father living at Botsham. Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
MEARS Sarah 5 years Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 parents John and Miriam
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MEDCALF John 25 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
MIDDLETON William 28 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
MILLETT Agnes 4 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
MILLETT Anna 27 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
MILLETT Catherine 2 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
MILLETT George 31 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
MILLS Jane 32 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
MITCHELL Elizabeth 19 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
MONK George 26 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
MONK George 3 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
MONK Mary A 27 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
MONK Thomas 1 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
ORCHARD Esther 41 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
ORCHARD Esther M 13 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
ORCHARD George 44 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PAGE Arthur 2 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PAGE Charles 4 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PAGE Eliza 22 years reads and writes, parents John and Jane Bates parents living at Ely Cambridge.
Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 Husband William
PAGE Godfrey 14 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PAGE James 40 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PAGE Joseph 12 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PAGE Mary A 9 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PAGE Robert 5 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PAGE Robert 2 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PAGE Susannah 38 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PAGE Thomas 11 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PAGE William 22 years a Farm Labourer from Ely Cambridge reads and writes, parents William & Sarah father dead, mother at Ely Cambridge. Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 wife Eliza
PARKER John 23 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PARKER Onesyfirus 4 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PARKER Samson 1 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PARKER Sarah 22 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PEARCE Alfred 18 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PEARCE Eliza 23 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and husband
PEARCE Emma 6 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PEARCE George 23 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and wife
PEARCE Miles 46 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PEARCE Priscilla 46 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PEARCE Reuben 13 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PEARCE Samuel 21 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PEARCE Tryphena 2 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PEARE Agnes 2 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PEARE Elizabeth 26 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PEARE George 22 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and wife
PEARE John 36 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PEARE Maria 22 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and husband
PICKETT James 20 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
PILE Keziah 34 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
PILGRIM Caroline 33 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PILGRIM George 28 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PILGRIM John 56 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
PILGRIM Mary 53 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
POTTER Caroline 25 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
POTTER Henry 26 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
POTTER Mary J 2 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
POTTER William B inft bv Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
POWLEY Frances 19 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
QUARMAN Charlotte 29 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
REEKS Richard 24 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
RICHARDSON Anne 34 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
RICHARDSON Emma 11 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
RICHARDSON John 33 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
RICHARDSON Joseph 9 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
RICHARDSON William 12 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
RIDDELL John 23 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 or RIDDLE, J
RIDDLE John 23 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 or RIDDELL, J
ROGERS Jane 26 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and husband Jane ROGERS [nee BALDWIN} a
ROGERS John 21 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and wife
ROWSELL Ellen 18 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
ROWSELL William 11 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
SAUL James 19 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
SAXSPEACH Emily 23 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
SEAMER Emma 41 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and husband
SEAMER John H 29 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and wife ___________________________________________
SHILLING Crane 15 years born at Ely Cambridge, Farm Labourer, Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
SHILLING Mary A. 44 years reads and writes, parents William and Harriet Crane both dead. has an Uncle John Crane living at Adelaide. Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 husband Robert and family
SHILLING Robert 44 years Farm labourer born Garworth Suffolk, reads and writes, parents Edward & Mary, mother living at Ely Cambridge paid seven pounds for passage. Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 wife Mary A. and family
SHILLING William C. 17 years born at Ely Cambridge Farm Labourer, Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 parents Robert and Mary A.
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SMITH Edward 5 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
SMITH Ellen 2 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
SMITH Sarah 29 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
SMITH William 30 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
SMITH William J 8 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
SNELGROVE Zillah 24 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
SPANSWICK Catherine 26 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
SPANSWICK George 26 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
SPANSWICK James 2 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
SPARKES Robert 21 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
SPIKENS John 21 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
STEELE William 29 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
STEPHENS William 23 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
STILGOE Elizabeth 32 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
THOMAS James 20 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
TOYER Elizabeth 7 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
TOYER Emma 26 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
TOYER Fanny 1 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
TOYER George 21 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
TOYER Reuben 24 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
TREDGETT George 32 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
TREDGETT Julia A 9 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
TREDGETT Matilda 30 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
WAIGHT Nathaniel 33 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
WARNER Anne 24 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
WARNER Arthur 6 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
WARNER Charles 26 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and family
WATTS William 19 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
WEBB Ann 28 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
WHITE Henry 19 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
WHITE John 11 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
WILCOCK Carmen 33 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and husband
WILCOCK Richard 36 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 and wife
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WILLIS James 11 years does not read or write ,Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 parents William and Sarah
WILLIS John 16 years farm labourer does not read or write.Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 parents William and Sarah
WILLIS Sarah 39 years reads, parents James and Elizabeth Nicholls living at Ely Cambridge. Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 Husband William and family
WILLIS William 41 years Farm Labourer from Ely Cambridge, Methodist, reads and writes, father Robert at Ely, Cambridge, mother Elizabeth dead. He has a brother John Willis in Colony. Passage two pounds. Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468 wife Sarah and family
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WILTSHIRE William 28 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
WINTER John 22 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
WOODHEAD Thomas 22 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
WRIGHT Marion 17 Blenheim 1855 2137, 2468
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Far away-oh far away-
We seek a world o'er the ocean spray!
We seek a land across the sea,
Where bread is plenty and men are free,
The sails are set, the breezes swell-
England, our country, farewell! farewell!
(Unknown author )

Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : Friday 6 July 1855, page 4
The Blenheim arrived yesterday afternoon from Southampton,'
after a fair passage. She has 300 immigrants,
classified as follows:- 38 single females, 60 single
men, and 103 married couples
and their families; two births, and two deaths (infants) occurred
during the voyage; the passengers are in excellent
health, and the ship remarkably clean.

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Northern Star (Lismore, NSW : Saturday 22 March 1902 Page 5
LATE TELEGRAMS.
GRAFTON. FRIDAY.
Mr. John Lee. of Southgate, aged 83 and Mr. Wm. Barnier. Racecourse, aged 78. both old
residents of the district, died this, week.
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Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW :
Saturday 22 March 1902, page 8
CLARENCE AND RICHMOND
On Tuesday Southgate lost one of
its oldest
and most respected residents, in the person of Mr,
John Lee. It is needless to enter into his history
as he was well known to many on the river.
The deceased was one who was loved by all, one
who was willing at all times to assist in anything
that tended to improve and develop the district.
Having attained the very mature age of 85 years,
it is needless to say that during his latter years
Mr. Lee lived a quiet, resigned and peaceful life.
He was an earnest member of the Baptist
church, and his vacant seat will be looked upon
with much regret. Mr. Lee was born at Cambridgeshire,
England,and came to the colony over 40
years since and first took up agricultural pursuits
on the Hunter River. From thence he came to
Southgate and had resided at his late home for
upwards of 35 years. Over 10 years ago Mr. and
Mrs. Lee celebrated their golden wedding. Mr.
and Mrs. Lee were entertained by their family
relations, and Mrs. Lee presented with a diamond
brooch, while Mr. Lee received a handsome walk
ing stick. The deceased's family consists of five
sons and one daughter, 41 grandchildren and 35
great grandchildren. The funeral took place on
Thursday, and was largely attended, Rev. S. T.
Pitman conducting the funeral service.
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Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 - 1915), Saturday 29 August 1891, page 8
Southgate.
THURSDAY.
DEBATE.-The debate between our Good Templars
and the Alumny Creek Debating Society came off. in the Union Hall as announced. The building was packed, and about two-thirds of the audience were ladies. Mr. Thomas Ellem occupied the Chair. Mr. C. Leeson opened the debate in favor of total abstinence in an able speech, detailing the misery and grief that was caused through drink, and claimed that two-thirds of the crimes committed could be traced to the evil effects of strong drink. Mr. Jas. Martin (Alumny Greek) contended that the fact that our Saviour made wine plainly showed that it was good for our use, and failed to see why we should all become total abstainers because a few people abused it. Mr. Joseph Lee believed it was the safest plan to abstain from all kinds of alcohol. Moderation always led in the end to drunkenness. Mr. C. Martin (AG.) advocated moderation. Mr. B. Payne (Q.T.) did not believe the wine our Saviour made was intoxicating, and challenged the mode- rate drinker to prove it was. Mr, VV. Martin (A.C.) argued it was. Mr. John Lee believed in total abstinence. Mr. C. Leeson briefly replied, and amidst great enthusiasm a division was taken, which resulted - total abstainers, 83 ; moderate drinkers, 29. The result surprised the Good Templars, as they evidently expected a larger majority.
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Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser (Grafton, NSW : 1859 - 1889), Tuesday 1
TO THE EDITOR OF THE CLARENCE EXAMINER.
Sir,-I noticed a paragraph in your Saturday's issue, concerning a wonderful freak of nature, viz., a three-legged heifer. I beg, for your information, to state that I am the breeder of the said heifer, having sold the same to Mr. Carlton.
JOHN LEE, Senr. Southgate, 25th October, I881.

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Clarence and Richmond Examiner Grafton NSW Saturday 11 April 1891 page 8
Could there be anything more absurd than to allow to remain idle, money voted for the approaches to the Cowper punt, when lives are imperilled and property destroyed. Take the case of Mr. John Lee of Ulmarra, last week, who, with his family in his buggy, when coming off this punt (although using exceptional care) came on the approach with a bump and crash, smashing the shafts and other parts of a valuable baggy. Had not the horse been a very quiet one, young lives would have been lost. Legal proceedings would terminate with heavy damages against the Government for damage of buggy and shock to nervous system of Occupants’, I pointed out some time since in the Examiner that the money voted for this approach was waiting for its legitimate expenditure
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Family Note

26 May 1838 LEE, John (X) bachelor, labourer, of town place, son of William Labourer RAYNER, Elizabeth (X) under age Spinster of town place daughter of Samuel labourer Witnesses: William Lee (X) Susan Reed (X) Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 - 1915), Saturday 16 July 1898, page 4 DIAMOND WEDDING.-Our Southgate cor- respondent writes : Mr. and Mrs. John Lee, of this village, "were married in England on 6th June, 1838, and they clebrated the event here on Thursday, The guests consisted of family relations, including 40 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. At 1 o'clock the family sat down to a sumptuous repast. Addressing the family circle, Mr. Lee said on landing in Australia his family numbered eight ; to-day they totalled about 80. It was one of the great blessings and comforts of his life to see his family such a happy one, and he thanked them for attending to do homage on this occasion. Mr. W. Lee, on behalf of the grandchildren, presented Mrs. Lee, senr., with a diamond brooch, and the recipient responded in suitable terms. Mr. Lee was also presented with a walking-stick,Fix this text which, he assured them, he would esteem very much.* Reference: Geneanet Genealogy - SmartCopy: Sep 4 2022, 9:54:52 UTC

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