Keziah Lockyer, Free Settler “Hooghly” 1830

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Keziah Lockyer (Brooks), Free Settler “Hooghly” 1830

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Paulton, Bath and North East Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Death: TAS, Australia
Immediate Family:

Wife of William Temple Graham, Free Settler “Warrior” 1830 and Paul Stoakes Lockyer, Free Settler “Hooghly” 1830
Mother of James Lockyer; Eliza Clark; Joseph Lockyer; John Lockyer; Maria Lawson and 2 others

Managed by: Peter James Davidson
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About Keziah Lockyer, Free Settler “Hooghly” 1830

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This person was sent to Launceston, Van Diemen's Land after being ordered to leave Western Australia in 1839 and disappeared. I have been unable to find any record of her leaving for England

Keziah Brooks was born in 1786, in Paulton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom as the daughter of "James Brooks" and "Bettey". She married Paul Stoakes Lockyer on 5 January 1804, in Paulton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brookes-313

Keziah was born about 1785. There are a few Kezia Lockyers born in different counties around that time but as the family was in Somerset I think this is the most logical place of birth.[1]. -

She was married To Paul Stoakes Lockyer in Paulton, Somerset in 1804 [2]

She was forced to leave Swan River with "The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal, Saturday 13 April 1839" reporting : " Keziah Lockyer, the female who was found guilty of perjury at the last quarter sessions of the peace, has been allowed the same indulgence as that extended to a Mr Turner, namely, that she should leave the colony in the first vessel, never again to be allowed to visit these shores. " She arrived in Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, on the "Socrates", May 6 1839.[3]

She was notorious as a "high class whore to the Army Officers". Paul disowned her debts in 1838.[4]

As with her birth, her death is found in various trees in varying counties. I have found no record of her leaving Tasmania and as she was reportedly destitute I question her going back to England. I have hit a brick wall with this one.

Sources
↑ A possible Baptism? Her sex is given here as male but is this a transcript error? The name Keziah is a girl’s name of Hebrew origin meaning “cassia tree”. - County Somerset Place Paulton Church name Holy Trinity Register type Parish Register Register entry number 67 Birth date Baptism date 02 Jan 1786 Person forename Kezsiha Person sex m (????????) Father forename James Mother forename Bettey Father surname BROOKS
↑ Parish registers
↑ The Colonial Times (Hobart, Tasmania) 14 May 1839
↑ The Bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888. [compiled by Rica Erickson], http://www.friendsofbattyelibrary.org.au/the-bicentennial-dictionar...

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Keziah Lockyer, Free Settler “Hooghly” 1830's Timeline

1786
January 2, 1786
Paulton, Bath and North East Somerset, England, United Kingdom
January 2, 1786
1805
January 6, 1805
Paulton, Bath and North East Somerset, England, United Kingdom
1806
1806
Paulton, Bath and North East Somerset, England, United Kingdom
1813
1813
Paulton, Bath and North East Somerset, England, United Kingdom
1818
July 8, 1818
Paulton, Bath and North East Somerset, England, United Kingdom
1821
July 8, 1821
Paulton, Bath and North East Somerset, England, United Kingdom
1823
1823
Paulton, Bath and North East Somerset, England, United Kingdom
1826
1826
Paulton, Bath and North East Somerset, England, United Kingdom