Born in 1836 in Hobart Town, he was the son of a convict George PATTERSON and a free immigrant Mary HINGERTY. He had an infant sister when his father was killed in an accident in 1839. Their mother remarried in 1841 to George LUCAS, but she died in Hobart in 1850. George had probably gone out to work by then. He was working as a sawyer in the Sorell area , where he married Emily RICHARDSON in 1860 at Sorell. They were living at Cherry Tree Opening on land belonging to William HODGSON when their first children were born. Their first child, who died in infancy, was named after his sister who had moved to Victoria. They had six children but three died.
They later moved to Midway Point where he was employed in the construction of the Sorell causeway, then they moved across the Derwent to Southport in about 1876. Much of the timber for the causeway came from here. He later bought about 208 acres of land at Snake Plains and his three surviving sons worked as sawmillers.
He died in 1890 and was buried near his house.
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Frances KESWICK
Frances Keswick was born in Whitehaven in Cumberland in 1792. Her death certificate says that her parents were David and Mary Keswick. She married Edward HODGSON when she was nineteen years old and had borne him seven children, two of whom had died in infancy, when he was convicted and transported in 1827.
In August 1829, he applied for his wife and family to join him in Van Diemen's Land. It was eighteen months after he had arrived and two years after he had been convicted for uttering forged notes.On 3 May 1830, the Secretary of State's Office at Whitehall, sent a letter to Rev. Stanley at the Rectory House in Cumberland notifiying him that the family should be on board the ship Mellish at Woolwich on or before the 15th May, cleanly and properly clothed and with additional articles of wearing apparel for the voyage. The letter arrived on the afternoon of the 7th of May.
Rev. Stanley duly dispatched Frances and her five children aged from 3 to 15 years and they arrived in time for the ship's departure. They travelled on board with 115 female convicts, 13 other free women [convict wives] and 40 more children, arriving in Hobart four months later.
Her husband served as an overseer on the roads and may well have been transported for his road building experience.
Her husband received his Ticket of Leave in July 1832 and by 1834 they were farming near Glenorchy but by 1837 he had become insolvent. Her eldest son and daughter both married in 1836. The second son Joseph went to Victoria in 1838.
Once Edward received his full pardon in February 1841, it seems likely that the rest of the family moved to Victoria.
Frances died from asthma at Belfast [Port Fairy] in 1856. She was living with her daughters, one of whom had married a solicitor. She was a widow but all five children were still living.
In August 1829, he applied for his wife and family to join him in Van Diemen's Land. It was eighteen months after he had arrived and two years after he had been convicted for uttering forged notes.On 3 May 1830, the Secretary of State's Office at Whitehall, sent a letter to Rev. Stanley at the Rectory House in Cumberland notifiying him that the family should be on board the ship Mellish at Woolwich on or before the 15th May, cleanly and properly clothed and with additional articles of wearing apparel for the voyage. The letter arrived on the afternoon of the 7th of May.
Rev. Stanley duly dispatched Frances and her five children aged from 3 to 15 years and they arrived in time for the ship's departure. They travelled on board with 115 female convicts, 13 other free women [convict wives] and 40 more children, arriving in Hobart four months later.
Her husband served as an overseer on the roads and may well have been transported for his road building experience.
Her husband received his Ticket of Leave in July 1832 and by 1834 they were farming near Glenorchy but by 1837 he had become insolvent. Her eldest son and daughter both married in 1836. The second son Joseph went to Victoria in 1838.
Once Edward received his full pardon in February 1841, it seems likely that the rest of the family moved to Victoria.
Frances died from asthma at Belfast [Port Fairy] in 1856. She was living with her daughters, one of whom had married a solicitor. She was a widow but all five children were still living.
Sarah REYNOLDS
Was born, probably at Green Point near Bridgewater, in 1820, the second child and elder daughter of David REYNOLDS and Mary Ann STANFIELD. They lived at Somerville near Brighton.
She married William HODGSON in 1836 at Bourbon near Richmond and they lived at Burnside near Orielton. She had 13 children, losing three as infants.
She died at Burnside in 1879 and is buried at Richmond.
She married William HODGSON in 1836 at Bourbon near Richmond and they lived at Burnside near Orielton. She had 13 children, losing three as infants.
She died at Burnside in 1879 and is buried at Richmond.
Edward Wilson HODGSON
Born in about 1793 in the parish of Gilcrux in Cumberland, he married Frances KESWICK in her parish of Plumbland in 1813. They had 7 children, 2 dying in infancy. His occupation varied on the parish register of baptisms, being a labourer in 1813, a coal miner in 1819, husbandman in 1821 and 1824, and a farmer's labourer on his convict record.
In 1827, at the Westmoreland Assizes, he was convicted of uttering forged notes [a first offence], sentenced to life, and transported to Hobart Town on William Miles. As he said he had worked under Mr Macadam the roadmaster near Cockermouth, he became a sub-overseer on the roads in Van Diemen's Land. I wonder if this also influenced the life sentence he received, as road-building skills would have been very useful in Van Diemen's Land at that time?
In 1829, he applied for his family to join him and also volunteered to go out to reconcile the aborigines in 1830 during the Black War.
Edward received his Ticket of Leave in July 1832 and became free to make his own living although he still had to report to the authorities.
In March 1834, Edward and his elder son William advertised that they had rented a property called Abbotsfield, near Glenorchy, renaming it Ashburton. However Edward was declared insolvent in January 1837 and "all the growing crops on the farm occupied by Mr Edward Wilson Hodgson, at New Town, consisting of forty acres of potatoes, wheat, barley oats etc" were auctioned on the premises, New Town Road, opposite the Race Course.
He received a full pardon in February 1841 and moved to Victoria where he became involved with a Mrs Quarrie, fighting a duel and becoming a sensation at the time. He went to Adelaide in 1843 or 1844 and spent some time there, returning to Melbourne in 1848. He died there in January 1849 after being run over by a dray.
In 1827, at the Westmoreland Assizes, he was convicted of uttering forged notes [a first offence], sentenced to life, and transported to Hobart Town on William Miles. As he said he had worked under Mr Macadam the roadmaster near Cockermouth, he became a sub-overseer on the roads in Van Diemen's Land. I wonder if this also influenced the life sentence he received, as road-building skills would have been very useful in Van Diemen's Land at that time?
In 1829, he applied for his family to join him and also volunteered to go out to reconcile the aborigines in 1830 during the Black War.
Edward received his Ticket of Leave in July 1832 and became free to make his own living although he still had to report to the authorities.
In March 1834, Edward and his elder son William advertised that they had rented a property called Abbotsfield, near Glenorchy, renaming it Ashburton. However Edward was declared insolvent in January 1837 and "all the growing crops on the farm occupied by Mr Edward Wilson Hodgson, at New Town, consisting of forty acres of potatoes, wheat, barley oats etc" were auctioned on the premises, New Town Road, opposite the Race Course.
He received a full pardon in February 1841 and moved to Victoria where he became involved with a Mrs Quarrie, fighting a duel and becoming a sensation at the time. He went to Adelaide in 1843 or 1844 and spent some time there, returning to Melbourne in 1848. He died there in January 1849 after being run over by a dray.
William HODGSON
Born Cockermouth, Cumberland, England 1815. Eldest son of Edward Wilson HODGSON and Frances KESWICK.
Arrived in Hobart Town on Mellish in 1830 with his mother, brother and 3 sisters.
Married Sarah REYNOLDS in 1836 at Bourbon, near Richmond. They had 13 children.
Lived at Burnside near Orielton.
MHA for Sorell 1861-72, Richmond 1872-1881. MLC for Pembroke 1881 until his accidental death in 1891.
Fanny HODGSON
Born Burnside near Orielton, Tasmania 1851. Fifth daughter of William HODGSON and Sarah REYNOLDS.
Educated at Mrs Searle's [Claremont College?], Hobart 1867
Married Hector McRAE in 1883 - six children.
Lived at Forest Green, near Bothwell, Burnside and Kintail on Maria Island
Died Hobart 1930
Educated at Mrs Searle's [Claremont College?], Hobart 1867
Married Hector McRAE in 1883 - six children.
Lived at Forest Green, near Bothwell, Burnside and Kintail on Maria Island
Died Hobart 1930
Hector McRAE
Born Bothwell, Tasmania 1847. Eldest son of Duncan McRAE and Honoria BALDWIN of Selma near Bothwell.
Accompanied Julius Brockman in a Kimberley expedition in 1879 - ref. He Rode Alone by Joan Brockman.
Married Fanny HODGSON in 1883 - six children.
Farmer at Forest Green near Bothwell, Burnside near Orielton, and Kintail on Maria Island
He played the pipes "like a Gordon" and the sound wafted across to the mainland.
Died Hobart 1929.
Accompanied Julius Brockman in a Kimberley expedition in 1879 - ref. He Rode Alone by Joan Brockman.
Married Fanny HODGSON in 1883 - six children.
Farmer at Forest Green near Bothwell, Burnside near Orielton, and Kintail on Maria Island
He played the pipes "like a Gordon" and the sound wafted across to the mainland.
Died Hobart 1929.
Jean McRAE
Born Hobart, Tasmania 1888. Second daughter of HectorMcRAE and Fanny HODGSON.
Lived at Forest Green, near Bothwell, Burnside near Orielton, and Kintail on Maria Island
Married Charles CAWTHORN in 1910 - six daughters.
Foundation President of Ardlethan Red Cross branch 1914
Died Hobart 1973
Lived at Forest Green, near Bothwell, Burnside near Orielton, and Kintail on Maria Island
Married Charles CAWTHORN in 1910 - six daughters.
Foundation President of Ardlethan Red Cross branch 1914
Died Hobart 1973
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