Born in 1816, the fifth child of John VINCENT and Susannah RIVERS, she arrived in Hobart Town with her family from London in 1823. In 1832 she married Henry Mylam COCKERILL. He was granted a licence for the Castle Inn, built by her father, from October 1836 to 1846.
Life with Henry was not dull as some people in Bothwell objected to his convict origins. They moved to the New Norfolk area in 1851.
They had 15 children so it is perhaps not surprising that she died in 1864 at 47 of a liver complaint. They were living at the Cawthorn property, Arundel, at Macquarie Plains at the time.
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Penelope PITT
- a possible ancestor - I have not done this research but it is a good story.
Penelope Pitt born 23 Feb, 1749 1st married to Edward, Earl Ligonier on 16 Dec, 1766, at the British Embassy in Paris.
She was divorced by Act of Parliament 7 Nov, 1771 (The cause was her adultery with Vittorio Amadeo, the well-known Count Alfieri with whom the Viscount accordingly fought a duel, 7 May, 1771, in the Green Park, with a sword which he borrowed from a cutler in Bond Street.
Later she had an intrigue with a postilion (man riding one of a pair of horses drawing a carriage). I wonder if this is my ancestor?
Her daughter[source?] Susannah RIVERS was born about 1779.
Penelope PITT was the eldest child of George PITT, Esq of Strathfieldsaye, MP for the Co Dorset. A diplomatist of the first grade, who was elevated to the peerage of Great Britain, 20 May, 1776, by the title of Baron Rivers of Strathfieldsaye. His Lordship obtained a second patent, 1 April, 1802, creating him Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle, Co Gloucester. George PITT died in 1803 and was succeeded by Penelope's brother, one of the Lords of the bedchamber, who died unmarried in 1828.
Penelope Pitt born 23 Feb, 1749 1st married to Edward, Earl Ligonier on 16 Dec, 1766, at the British Embassy in Paris.
She was divorced by Act of Parliament 7 Nov, 1771 (The cause was her adultery with Vittorio Amadeo, the well-known Count Alfieri with whom the Viscount accordingly fought a duel, 7 May, 1771, in the Green Park, with a sword which he borrowed from a cutler in Bond Street.
Later she had an intrigue with a postilion (man riding one of a pair of horses drawing a carriage). I wonder if this is my ancestor?
Her daughter[source?] Susannah RIVERS was born about 1779.
Penelope PITT was the eldest child of George PITT, Esq of Strathfieldsaye, MP for the Co Dorset. A diplomatist of the first grade, who was elevated to the peerage of Great Britain, 20 May, 1776, by the title of Baron Rivers of Strathfieldsaye. His Lordship obtained a second patent, 1 April, 1802, creating him Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle, Co Gloucester. George PITT died in 1803 and was succeeded by Penelope's brother, one of the Lords of the bedchamber, who died unmarried in 1828.
Susannah RIVERS
Susannah was born around 1779 and it has been suggested that her parentage related to the PITT family. She married John VINCENT in about 1803 and their first child was born at Gloucester in 1804. They emigrated with 8 children to Hobart Town in 1823 as free settlers with £869 in assets.
The Rivers name has been passed down through the descendants, including my grandfather Charles Frederick Rivers CAWTHORN, but no fortune or title accompanied it. Perhaps her share was a passage to the other side of the world with her family?
She had nine children, the youngest one being born in Tasmania.
She died at Green Ponds in 1860.
The Rivers name has been passed down through the descendants, including my grandfather Charles Frederick Rivers CAWTHORN, but no fortune or title accompanied it. Perhaps her share was a passage to the other side of the world with her family?
She had nine children, the youngest one being born in Tasmania.
She died at Green Ponds in 1860.
John VINCENT
Born about 1779, possibly near Callington in Cornwall, John VINCENT married Susannah RIVERS around 1803. Their first child was born in Gloucester in 1804.
They had eight children when they arrived in Hobart Town on Elizabeth in 1823 as free settlers from London. He was granted a town allotment in Bridge Street and set up trade as a builder.
In ensuing years he applied for land grants and built at houses at Browns River and Sorell Springs, the Castle Inn at Bothwell, the London Inn at Spring Hill and the Callington Mill at Oatlands.
He died at Green Ponds in 1857.
They had eight children when they arrived in Hobart Town on Elizabeth in 1823 as free settlers from London. He was granted a town allotment in Bridge Street and set up trade as a builder.
In ensuing years he applied for land grants and built at houses at Browns River and Sorell Springs, the Castle Inn at Bothwell, the London Inn at Spring Hill and the Callington Mill at Oatlands.
He died at Green Ponds in 1857.
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