Private William Heath (1795......1873.)
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Born :
22nd January
1795
Where Born : Warminster,
Wiltshire, England
Occupation : Soldier /
Tailor
Date Arrived :(First)
: 7th
September 1815 with the 46th Regiment
Ship Arrived on :"Baring"
Date Arrived :
( Second) : 24th
February1828
Ship Arrived on :
" Hooghley"
Rank on Discharge : Private
Date of Enlistment :10th September 1813 46th
South Devonshire, 1st Battalion
Where Enlisted : Chatham,
Kent, England
Date of Discharge : 14
Dec 1820
Where Discharged :
Re-Enlisted : 1st
/ 3rd Foot. The
Buff's The East Kent Regiment ; at on 10th Feb 1824
Where Enlisted : Newport,
Isle of Wight
Transfered : Royal New South Wales Veteran Corps,
No. 1 Company 15 September 1827
Date of Discharge : 24th March 1830
Where Discharged : Sydney
Died : 14th
September 1873, age 78 years
Where Died /
Buried : :16 September 1893 at St
Peter's Cemetery, Richmond, NSW
Parents Names : William
Heath (b........d.) and Mary Heath(b........d.)
Spouse's Name : Elizabeth
Giles
Born :
1803
Where Born : Frome
Occupation : Home Duties
Date Arrived :
24th
February 1828
Ship Arrived on :
"Hooghley"
Died : 25th
September 1879
Where Died /
Buried : Richmond, NSW, buried at
St Peter's Cemetery, Richmond, NSW
Date Married : 7th
June 1824
Where Married :Frome,
Somerset, England
Spouse 's Parents
: Jonathon Giles
(b........d.) & Mary
Barber (b........d.)
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- Descendants
- Area Settled :
- Richmond
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- Children :
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- 1 . Jane Heath (b.7/8/1826, England
......d.16/10/1883) married 1 William Baker, married 2
William Aston
- 2 . John Heath (b.30/5/1831, Windsor.....d
19/5/1901)married Mary Shand
- 3 . Elizabeth Heath (b.27/11/1832,
Windsor....d.9/7/1895) married James Thomas Ward
- 4 . Frances Heath (b.21/1/1836,
Richmond...d.12/8/1900) married 1 Frederick Boyle,
married 2 William Pratt
- 5 . Harriet Heath (b.28/5/1837, Yallamundi.....d.
28/7/1918) married William Charles Dean
- 6 . George Heath (b.16/10/1840, Yallamundi....d.
30/6/1908) married Alice Ingham
- 7. Mary Ann Heath (b.1843, Yallamundi….d.30/7/1843)
- 8. Emily Heath (b.8/7/1844, Yallamundi….d.7/11.1900)
married Robert William Farlow
History
& Achievements :
William
was born in 1795 at Warminster in Wiltshire in England. In
1813, at the age of 18, he enlisted in the army at Chatham and
from 10.9.1813 to 14.12.1820 he was a private in the 46th,
South Devonshire Regiment. In February 1814 this Regiment served
in Australia and William was stationed in Hobart, VDL. On
8.9.1817 the regiment embarked for the voyage to Madras in India,
arriving on the 25.9.1818. He was discharged on 22.5.1820 at
Poonamallee in India and returned to England.
Back in
England, William transferred to the 3rd Regiment of Foot - known
as the 'Buffs' on the 10.2.1824. Later that same year
(7.6.1824) he married Elizabeth Giles at Frome in Somerset.
Two years later (7.8.1826) William and Elizabeth had a daughter
Jane in Frome. During 1826 and 1827 it appears William was
promoted to Corporal and then Sergeant. In one of his daughter's
obituaries, it mentions her father's military career and says
that he had been a Colour Sergeant.
About
this time William and Elizabeth must have decided to come to
Australia with a view to settling here, because on 15.9.1827,
William transferred to the NSW Veterans Corps. One of the
conditions of joining this corps was that he could bring
his family with him to Australia. They departed from London on
5.11.1827 aboard the "Hooghley" and arrived in Sydney
on 24.2.1828. He was stationed in Sydney. He would have been
contracted for 2 years and on the 24.3.1830 he was discharged
from the Army. William's actual time in the Army was calculated
as being 14years and 129 days. He would then have become eligible
for a grant of 100 acres of land. However he did not make an
application until 1847. In 1854 William was granted 100 acres at
Kurrajong. The land is on Bells Line of Road west of Bilpin. It
seems doubtful that he farmed the land himself or lived there.
The land was considered not suitable for farming and was passed
down to his son John and then to grand son George Robert Heath.
The land was eventually sold in 1901.
Between
1831 and 1844 William and Elizabeth had seven more children. They
lived at Yallamundi (or Yellowmundi ) Lagoon near Agnes
Banks where William worked as a station hand and where several of
the children were born. The family also lived in Bosworth Street
and Lennox Street Richmond for many years . William worked
as a tailor, a skill he apparently learnt prior to enlistment in
the army. In 1837 William became a licensee of the "Rising
Sun Hotel" in Windsor.
On 14.9.1873 William Heath died
in Richmond and was buried two days later at St Peter's Church of
England Cemetery in Richmond. He was 78 years old and he was
survived by his wife and 7 of the children.
- References:
- Army records, PRO, London
- Births Deaths and Marriages - NSW
- Mitchell Library - Army musters and pay lists
- Hawkesbury Library -NSW Land grants
- Army Discharge Papers
- License to Retail Wines and Spirits
- NSW Census 1841
- "The British Army in Australia" Vol. 1
1788-1820 by James Hugh Donohoe
- "Early Days of Windsor" by Jas. Steele
- "Some Ups and Downs of an Old
Richmondite" by Alfred Smith
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(QLD) Australia
- Last revised: February 22, 2004.