Private Evan Davis
(c 1776 .......1828 )
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Born :
c. 1776
Where Born :
England
Occupation :
Soldier
Date Arrived :
01 January 1810 in Sydney
Ship Arrived on :
" H.M.S, Dromedary"
Rank on Discharge :
Private
Date of Enlistment :
73rd
Where Enlisted :
England
Date of Discharge : Unknown
Where Discharged :
Sydney
Previous Regiment : 41st
Regiment of Foot: "Royal Invalids"
Died :
March 1828 at the age of 52
Where Died / Buried :
Parramatta
Parents Names
:
Unknown
Spouse's Name :
Grace Moyle
Born : c.
March 1769
Where Born :
Wendron, Cornwall, England
Occupation :
Homemaker
Date Arrived :
01 January 1810 in Sydney
Ship Arrived on :
" H.M.S, Dromedary"
Died : January
1850 at the age of 80
Where Died / Buried :
Parramatta
Date Married :
21 May 1801
Where Married :
Budock, Cornwall, England
Spouse's Parents :
John Moyle & Frances Tremaine
- Descendants
- Area Settled
:
Parramatta
Children :
James - arrived with parents (b. 1802 [Falmouth, Cornwall,
England].......d. NSW - date unknown)
Samuel - arrived with parents (b. c. 1805 [England].......d. 1855
[Parramatta])
Unknown - died on voyage to Australia (b. Unknown
[England].......d. 3 July 1809 [At Sea])
Mary (b. January 1810 [Sydney].......d. 1886 [Bungonia NSW])
Jemima (b. December 1811 [Port Dalrymple (Launceston)
Tasmania]........d. 1877 [Towang, Goulburn NSW])
Peter (b. 1813 [Tasmania or NSW]........d. 1869 [Albury NSW])
Thomas (b. 1814 [Tasmania or NSW]........d. NSW - date unknown)
History & Achievements :
Evan Davis was a soldier in the 73rd Regiment of Foot. He embarking on
board the H.M.S. Dromedary at
Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight on 7th May 1809, and sailed from Spithead
(near Portsmouth) on 19 May 1809 bound for
Sydney. He travelled with his wife Grace, 2 eldest sons James & Samuel, and a
child who died 2 months into the voyage. Evan arrived in Sydney on 31st
December 1809 with the rest of the 73rd Regiment of Foot.
Evan and Grace had 4 more children after arriving in Australia. The
first child born in Australia was Mary. She was born in January 1810 in
Sydney, where Evan was first stationed. Evan was next stationed in Port
Dalrymple (Lanceston) Tasmania where their next daughter Jemima was born in
December 1811. They then had two more sons, Peter in 1813 and Thomas in 1814,
but it is not known where these boys were born - no registration for their
births has been found. From 1811 it is not known where Evan Davis and his
family were living, but it is known that they were settled in Parramatta
by 1826 when Evan's daughter Mary married at the age of 16. He may have been
stationed in Parramatta before settling there.
In 1801 when Evan had married Grace in Cornwall, Evan had been a private
in the 41st Regiment of Foot, which he denoted as the "Royal Invalids"
(even though the regiment no longer contained invalids, and was no longer
known as such). Evan transferred his military service to the 73rd Regiment
of Foot to serve in NSW. In early 1809 the decision had been made to send
the 73rd Regiment to NSW, and the regiment had been converted from a
Highland regiment to a normal regiment of Foot. In early 1809 the 73rd
Regiment was also moved to Colville Barracks on the Isle of Wight, before
being embarked for the voyage to Port Jackson (Sydney). Prior to this it
had been stationed in Perth, Scotland. Evan would have joined the regiment
at Colville Barracks, transferring to the 73rd Regiment of Foot in 1809
when the Government recruited a Second Battalion for service in NSW.
It is not known when Evan Davis ceased military service. He did not
sail with the 73rd Regiment of Foot to Ceylon in 1814, the year his
youngest son was born. He either resigned from the military at that time,
or transferred to the 46th Regiment of Foot (the replacement for the 73rd
Regiment). If he remained in the military he may even have transferred to
one or more of the regiments that followed.
Evan Davis died in Parramatta in March 1828 at the age of 52
References
Family Members, Military records ,Pay rolls, Pay Musters, Cemetery Records, Church
Records & General Muster Records, Mitchell Library ,Sydney Australia
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Last revised: November 19, 2008.