Charles Chilcott and Mary
Strout
Parents : Langford Chilcott and Ann Medling
John Strout and Susanna
Trout (sus, see Research Notes)
John Strout's father was Aaron Strout (Also sus, See Clem Edward's
email if it becomes an issue)
Charles Chilcott (b 1802 Tintagel, m
Mary
Strout 1822 Tintagel, d 1869 Launceston
Tas) Stay
in Perth
Mary
Strout (b 1806 St Endellion Tintagel, d 1877 Franklin Village
Tasmania)
Charles Chilcott (b
1823 Cornwall, m Sarah Ann Graham 1851 Evandale Tas, d 1910 Ulverstone
Tas)
Langford Chilcott
(b 1825 Tintagel, d 1825 Tintagel)
Langford Chilcott
(b 1826 Tintagel, d 1847 Longford Tas)
Mary Chilcott
(b
1827 Tintagel, m John Cubit 1845 Longford, d
1889 Deloraine Tas)
Ellen Adelaide Cubit
(1856 Westbury, m William
Mitchell 1880 Sandridge, Melb, d 1937 Wodonga, Vic)
Ernest Harold Mitchell
(b 1887 Whiteford, m 1914 Liela
Muriel Roach, d 1960 Wodonga)
William Chilcott (b
1831 Longford, d 1912 New
Norfolk Tas)
Archibald Chilcott (b 1832
Longford, m Lavinia Graham 1852 Launceston,
d 1898 Longford)
Anne Chilcott (b 1834
Longford, m Samuel Wright 1854 Launceston, d 1861 Longford)
Rebecca Chilcott (b 1836
Longford, m William Brumby 1856
Launceston, d 1916 Cressy Tas)
m John William Reading 1876 Longford
Tas)
Christopher Chilcott (b 1837
Longford, m Mary Anne
Crocker 1858
Launceston, d 1912 Dannevirke NZ)
m Elizabeth
Page
Susannah Chilcott (b 1838
Launceston, m John Brumby
1857 Launceston, d 1911 Cressy Tas)
Elizabeth Chilcott
(b abt 1839, m Henry Crocker 1858 Launceston)
John Chilcott (b
1842 Launceston, m Isabella McVicar 1861 Launceston, d 1903 Ulverstone)
Arthur Chilcott (b 1845
Launceston, m Mary Ann Main
1866 Launceston, d 1921 North Motton Tas)
Joshua Chilcott (b
1852 Morven Tas, m Emma Ellen Jupp 1884 Ulverstone, d 1932 Ulverstone)
Val Trickett Documrnt
Perth Miscellaneous notes
Photo of Mary Strout
Chronology
1802 Charles born Tintagel
1806 Mary born Tintagel
1822 Married in Tintagel (Charles and Mary will have a total of 15
children)
1827 4th child Mary born Tintagel
1829 Family arrives Perth on August on "Marquis of Anglesea", with
their four children (One had died as an infant)
1830 Family arrives Hobart aboard "Eagle" in Sep.(steerage)
1842 census, Charles Senior shows an establishment of 17 people,
including only 2 children
under 14 at Brumby Creek. Charles Junior (19 years
old, and then unmarried) answered the census at Annandale. The family
was 12, and total household 20, including three convicts. Annandale
house is timber and unfinished. The young children were here. You do
wonder a little how such a distribution of the family could occur
between the two houses
1845 Mary, the eldest girl marries John Cubit
1869 Charles dies in Launceston
Mary marries William
Grace, date unknown
1877 Mary dies Franklin Village Tas Burnt to death at the home of
a stepdaughter.
A good read to get a feel for what the Chilcotts expected and
possibly found in Tasmania is a book "An Account of the Colony of Van
Diemen's land, principally written for the use of Emigrants"
Selected
extracts
Extract from Document
from Val
Trickett
(Received via Jenny Mitchell).
Charles Chilcott
an agriculturalist,
and his wife Mary (nee Strout, were born at Tintagel, Cornwall, Eng1and
...Charles came from a very old established family, which had lived in
the Tintagel area for at least three or four hundred years past.
Tintagel is the mythical home of King Arthur... The family left England
in 1829, when aged 28 and 24, with their children Charles, Langford 4,
and Mary aboard the "Marquis of Anglesea", and arrived at the Swan
River Settlement, Western Australia, on Aug 23 of that year. They were
amongst the earlier settlers to reach there, having arrived on only the
fourth ship to put is to the colony, the first having arrived only in
June of that year. They brought with them the following goods: -
"a dog, assorted
fowls, farm
implements and machinery; garden and field seeds, beef, pork, bread,
flour, sugar and sundries, clothes, gun ammunition, furniture and
sundries."
These commodities were valued at 209
pounds, 19 shillings and 1 pence, thus entitling them to a grant o!
2800 acres anywhere is the Colony. Charles took up
his grant end lived there for 12 months, before leaving for Tasmania.
It is believed that an attack by aborigines could have hastened their
leaving, and perhaps news of Tasmania's (Van Diemans Land as it was
then called) fertile farming land.
Charles and Mary
and their children
were accompanied from England by Charles's brother, William. An
interesting point taken from the book "Land Looking West"… in a
letter from Sir James Stirling to his brother on September 7, 1829, he
mentioned that his household consisted of a "Mr & Mrs Kelly, Mr
& Mrs Chilcott and their brother and three children for outdoor
work; a black cook, a white servant as steward, and a woman to take
care of the children"
The family left Swan
River for V.D.L.
aboard "Eagle", and arrived in Hobart Town on Sep 14, 1830.
William followed on the following year, in 1831.
Charles must have applied for and
received a grant of land, and as Archibald at born at Cressy in 1832,
two years later, it can be presumed that it was there they first
settled. An Assessment Roll of 1858 listed the Chilcott family as
haying acquired quite a deal of land in the interim, nearly 2000 acres.
Charles Snr, was shown as owning and occupying 1000 acres near Perth,
also as tenant 130a at Cressy; Charles jnr as tenant of 130a at
Bishopsbourne and 190a at Springs; William as tenant of 155a at Cressy;
Archibald as tenant of 153a at "Trafalgar", near Evandale. Charles Snr.
and his family lived at "Trafalgar" (home of the Hart family since
about 1860), till about 1856-57, and most of the older children were
married there. They then moved to Breadalbane, to his
property "Meadowlands", at Cocked Hat. Charles Snr: died there in 1869,
at the age if 69, and was buried at the Charles Street Cemetery,
Launceston. Mary remarried after Charles' death, to a William Grace,
She died a very tragic death on 9 Dec 1877, when she was burnt to death
at the home of a step-daughter, whilst her husband was away up country.
Full Document - The Chilcott Family
Tree -
by Val Trickett
Comments Les Rowley:
James Stirling was the first govenor of the Swan
River Settlement. On
the WAGS website (see Perth
below) he is a passenger arriving on the Parmelia on 31 May
1929 (listing is Captain Stirling, Govenor).This seems to be telling us
that our Chilcotts were both well off and well connected - they were
staying at Government House.
William is not on the passenger list of the Marquis
of
Anglesea, which according to the above he should be. He is not on
the Eagle in 1930, but that is consistent with the notes above. I
cannot find William
as a passenger on other ships either. But perhaps he came out as crew
on the Marquis of Anglesea. He would have stayed in Perth when it was
wrecked.
I love those names: Breadalbane, Bishopsbourne, Meadowlands, Cocked Hat. Breadalbane
is 13 km south of Launceston, Perth and Evandale about 6 km further
south and Cressy is about 19 km south of Perth. Bishopsbourne is about
20 km west of Perth, nearly halfway to Deloraine. Some of the family lived at
Perth in Tasmania, which can be confusing if you are not careful. .
Perth (Swan River Settlement)
The Perth settlement was established 1 June 1829. The
Marquis of
Anglesea arrived 23 August 1829. One child born on board on the 12
August 1829. The ship carried 95 passengers which seems to include 20
children and 16 servants
From Dr Alexander Collie's Journal
"September 7, 1829. During a
gale from the westward on the night of September 3, the ship Marquis of Anglesea (352 tons) which had lately arrived (on
August 23rd under the command of Captain W Stewart) with 130 settlers
on board and anchored in Gage Roads close to the mouth of the Swan
River, drove on shore, bilged and filled with water; all hands were
saved with part of the cargo that remained unloaded. This with
the previous driving of the Calista shows that Gage Roads, at this season is
not safe and may occasion the establishment of another sea-port in
Cockburn Sound."
Source : West
Australian Genealogical Society
(Also has a list of what was saved from the ship)
What would their year in
Perth have been like?
Perth can be very hot, and it must have been a shock people used to
Cornwall's cooler climate.Did they move because of the climate, or was
Perth struggling, or were they attracted to Hobart by cheap
convict labour? Later:: Jenny Mitchell recalls reading somewhere
that the Perth settlement did not work out well, and some of the
settlers moved on, which fits.
Information from Sue Royce suggests that the chilld born on board could
have been the Chilcott's: "There
were 15 children. A daughter was
born in WA in 1829 - Lavinia I think - she died abt 1830 in WA."
Update from Val Trickett
I was looking through the Chilcott
info on your Internet site again recently, and noticed one little
snippet that I can help you with, concerning the Chilcotts at Swan
River in 1829, and you mention a child born there and who also died. I
also thought it was a Chilcott child, but in correspondence with an
Edgecombe ancestor, it appeared that the child was actually LYDIA
CHILCOTT EDGECOMBE, twin of Richard who also died within days of her.
Sara (my correspondent) and I feel that as the Chilcotts and the
Edgecombe's both arrived in Swan River the same year, and Edgecombes
also came to Tas. In 1831, and settled not far from the Chilcotts
(actually at Deloraine, where they had a big property granted to them),
that they must have been known to each other before they came to W.A,
especially as one child was named Lydia Chilcott Edgecombe. They were
an affluent family, and their titled family lived at Mt. Edgecombe in
Cornwall.
Swan River Settlement Background:
In Australian Heritage Autumn 2007 edition om p30 .. is an
article ‘Settlement of the Swan: the Birth of Perth’ by Ruth Marchant
James. Some information abstracted from that article.
On his return to England in 1828, Stirling
negotiated leave of
absence from the Navy on half pay, and lost no time in trying to
persuade the Colonial Office to support the proposed settlement.
A doubtful British Government only acquiesced after it became
clear that the intended settlement would be established as a private
enterprise. In accepting the appointment as Lieutenant-Governor
of the new colony James Stirling undertook to follow the orders
issued to him by Sir George Murray, Secretary for the Colonies.
The Government does not intend to incur any expense
in conveying
settlers, or in supplying them with necessaries after their
arrival. Persons proceeding at their own risk before the end of
1829, parties of no less than five females and six males, as settlers,
will receive land grants in proportion to the capital they may invest
at the rate of 40 acres (16 hectares) for every three pounds invested.’
Stirling then set about attracting private investors in
the new
colony, publicising the venture in newspapers and through his own
connections. Swan River became something of a sensation, its
virtues and opportunities for British farmers exaggerated and
embellished by its promoters, journalists and shipping agents to
suggest a paradise on earth.
Foundation of the Swan River Colony began with the
arrival at
Cockburn Sound of the 26-gun frigate HMS Challenger on 25 April 1829 ,
under the command of Captain Charles Howe Fremantle and, on 2 May
1829 the Union Jack was hoisted on the south head of the river in a
brief ceremony to claim the whole of the western coast of New Holland
in the name of King George IV. The Parmelia’s long journey
from Plymouth was completed on 31 May 1829 when the vessel rounded
Rottnest Island. Foundation Day, the first day of June which marked the
initial sighting of the Parmelia by officers from the Challenger dawned
bleak and blustery.
Realising that the barque was about to make an
imprudent run for
Cockburn Sound, Fremantle immediately dispatched a cutter to warn
Stirling against such a decision. An over-confident Captain
Stirling, anxious to settle his passengers on shore, chose to ignore
the advice and in “five minutes the ship was floundering towards the
shore”. A major effort was made to force the Parmelia over the
bank, but to no avail, and as the winds strengthened there was every
chance the vessel would break up.
To lighten the load and ensure the safety of
those on board, the
officials’ wives. A number of settlers and children were transferred to
the Challenger while a further 28 women and children were accommodated
on the tiny wind-swept Ille Bertollet (Carnac Island) and placed under
the protection of John Morgan, Colonial Storekeeper. Unaware of
the Parmelia’s fate, the group huddled under canvas in wintry
conditions and. According to Morgan, “subsisted almost entirely on salt
beef and biscuit one knife and one drinking mug for the whole party.
Rough conditions made the task of relocating the
settlers to the
mainland too risky and Stirling decided to establish the first
settlement of Isle Buache. The marooned party on nearby Carnac
Island was transferred, On 9 June 1829, Stirling anglicised
the name of the island, renaming it Garden Island -
meanwhile more settlers arrived aboard the Calista and St Leonard on
5 and 6 August, and the original group of Swan River settlers were
transferred to the mainland camp. By September all passengers
from the Parmelia, with the exception of John Morgan, the Colonial
Storekeeper, had left the island.
Conditions were far from ideal for these and the
hundreds more
new arrivals over the next few months who found themselves deposited
with their possessions and stock on the shore and left to make what
shelter they could against the elements.”
Charles Will
His will, drawn up in 1869 left:
Charles Jnr "Meadowlands" Breadalbane
wife Mary northern wing of 'Meadowlands' and £52 pa for the rest
of her life
John "Green Rises" (131a) at Cressy
William 100a farm at Leven
Arthur 120a east of Gawler
Joshua 84a of allottments on the township of Ulverstone togethe rwith
buildings and cottages thereon
"Annandale" property together with stock and implements to be sold and
divided into seventh shares between sons Archibald, Christopher and
daughters Mary Cubit, Susan and Rebecca Brumby, Elizabeth Crocker, and
the children of the late Ann Wright.
Death also recorded at Morven 35/1869/318
Notes on the Children
Charles
Settled at Bishopbourne but later moved to Forth and then probably
Gawler and finally North Motton. At the time of his death wa s
said to be of unsound mind.
Tasmanian Colonial Index of 1816 - 1889 has the follwing entry
1839 Van Diemans Land
Jury Lists Reel P3-12
Sctn ML176-2 frm 089
Film CY 2142
This is the same reel as the entry for John Cubitt, & Archibald
Chilcott
Langford
South Esk River Death from drowning. ? Death 28 Dec 1846 35/1847/646?
Notice from the ‘Examiner’ 16 Dec 1846 - Missing. Left his home on Wed
25th november. langford Chilcott aged 21. 5’10” tall. Fair. Hair
brown, eyes blue. Dress, cord trouseers, kangaroo blucher boots,
striped shirt, no coat, black hat. At time of departure, in state of
unsound mind. Expenses willingly defrayed.
Inquest held 28 Dec 1846 SC195/20 #1614.
William
Died at the mental hospital New Norfolk.
Archibald
Assessment roll 1858 has him as tenant of 153 acres at 'Trafalgar'
near Evandale.
Lived at Kindred in 1850s, and then farmed a property at Cocked Hat
Breadalbane. ?"Meadowlands"
Tasmanian Colonial Index of 1816 - 1889 has the following entry For
Archibald Chilcott
1858 Van Diemans Land
Jury Lists Reel P3-11
Sctn ML176-2 frm 180
Film CY 2142
Christopher
Launceston ‘Examiner’ notice 10 June 1858. “ June 3, by special
licence at Independent Chapel, St John Square Launceston by Rev Law,
Christopher, 6th son of Charles Chilcott to Mary Ann - eldest daughter
of Mr H Crocker (sen), coach builder.
10 April 1869 emigrated to NZ from Melbourne on ship ‘Our Hope ’ as
Christopher Chilcott Wilson with a woman claiming to be Elizabeth Page
- to Auckland.
1870 occupation farmer, 1874-77 appears on the electoral roll for
Selwyn district, South Island, New Zealand at rural section 38 42
Irwell. 1878-81 post office directory has a CC Wilson at Leeston. 1885
lived in Caledonian Road, St Albans, Christchurch Ne w Zealand - in
1887/8 post office directory at that address.
However, 31 Jan 1885 daughter Annie was married at the home of
Christopher in Palmerston North, North Island, New Zealand.
1893 - on electoral roll for Palmerston North. 1902-3 farmer Pal
merston North in post office directory. 1905 Otaki electoral rol l
shows him as a farmer at Kereru, Levin, North Island, New Zeal and.
1912 -- dies at Ruaroa Dannevirke North Island New Zealand of heart
failure. Registered by son AC Wilson of Levin.
Elizabeth if her records in NZ are accurate would have been born about
1842/43. Found her death at last. She died in 1919 and stated that her
parents were Robert and Mary Page of Norfolk, England, farmers. All NZ
records show her as claiming to be born in Norfolk. Age at time of
death shown as 77 years 11 months. No record on the IGI either.
Notes give no indication of when or if he married Elizabeth Page.
Email from Denise Maidment
I am .....(a descendant) of
Christopher Chilcott Wilson and Elizabeth Page. This couple are
referred to on your website. ....(A Relative) has ..... come to
the conclusion that Christopher Chilcott Wilson was actually
Christopher Chilcott from Tasmania and that possibly Elizabeth Page was
not who she says she was. Through my research I have come to the
same conclusion as it has not been possible to find actual confirmation
of their true identities as oral history had them from England or
Scotland. Christopher’s birth in Tasmania is recorded on his
death certificate by his son however, which has led to the conclusion
that he is possibly a Chilcott not a Wilson and because Elizabeth’s
history is hard to trace – who are they? I am aware of
Christopher Chilcott’s history and possibly Elizabeth’s family from
Norfolk but cannot find out anything about her own life except that she
was reared by an aunt.
Elizabeth
Married same day as brother Christopher - who married Mary Ann Crocker;
Henry’s sister.
Henry lived at 20 Claremont St Launceston at the time of his death.
John
In 1918 shown as a farmer
at North Motton,
Arthur
Lived at ‘Meadowlands’, Breadalbane, Tasmania.
In 1906 at daughter Eva’s marriage, he lived at Allison Road, North
Motton, which is inland from Ulverstone Tasmania.
In 1913 Leven electoral roll shown as a farmer at North Motton.
A chart of decsendants of Arthur Cubits was supplied by James
Barron (USA). The relationship is distant, but the chart includes a lot
of the Rutherglen Cubits. (Reference 9)
Joshua.
Descendant information hardcopy on file
Miscellaneous Notes
Charles had been a farmer at Camelford, a small
village on the Camel
River, inland from Tintagel.
Lived at 'Trafalgar' near Evandale till about 1856-57, and
most of the
children were married there. They then moved to Breada lbane, to
his property 'Meadowlands' at Cocked Hat.
Tasmanian Electoral Role 1856 for Legislative
Council for Longford gives
Chilcott Charles Snr Cocked Hat Hill
Freehold Landowner.
Chilcott William
Evansdale Freehold
Landowner
Assessment roll of 1858 listed the family as having
2000 acres. Owned
1000 acres near Perth, also a tenant of 130 acres at Cre ssy.
1842 Census, Charles Senior shows an establ;ishment of 17 people,
including only 2 children under 14 at Brumby Creek. Charles
Junior (19 years old, and then unmarried) answered the census at
Annandale. The family was 12, and total household 20, including
three convicts. Annandale house is timber and unfinished.
The young children were here.
Acknowlegements:
Researchers on the Cubits and Chilcotts have shared their work
generously, and I have not been good at noting sources. However, much
is owed to Val Trickett, Sue Royce, Jenny Mitchell and Fred Mitchell.
Sue
Royce is happy to be contacted by email at
<sroyce@xtra.co.nz>. Another source was Beris Wilkinson.
Karen Paul's tree on Genes Reunited also filled in some gaps
Research Notes
Genes Reunited checked for Charles and Mary, plus John and Aaron
Strout, Susanna
LDS has several Mary Strouts, christened Saint Endellion. Saint
Endellion is about six miles south of Tintagel
(1) 20 May 1804 daughter of John and Susannah Strout.
(2) 16 Sep1792 daughter of James and Mary Strout.
(3) 17 Oct 1802 daughter of William and Thomasin Strout
Clem Edwards has a PDF of descendants of Jacob Strout born 1702
and
marrying Ann Lark 1729 in Saint Endellion,. including the 1802 and 1792
Marys above. It sheds no light on which Mary married Charles
Chilcott. So my bookie has John and Susannah as 5 to 4 at best as her
parents .A connection would be hard to prove, but Mary's death
or marriage(x2) certificates may help by giving her age
Clem Edwards comments on Susannah Trout According to Pallots her name is Prout and
I think that far more likely.
Pam Brown (GR) has Aaron Strout as a brother of her ancestor Digory
Strout (parents Digory and Beatrice Strout). This Aaron vas born in
Laneast, 12 miles E of Tintagel. But we are not confident of
Mary's parents, so the relationship is uncertain.
LDS has a William death as 14 Sep 1884, but this is Charle's brother,
not his son?
Charles Chilcott Check out the letter re his mate
Research - Miscellaneous Stuff
Unassisted Immigrants & Coastal Passengers
Hobart Tasmani 1829 -1865 lists Mr & Mrs Chilcoff and 4 children
arriving on the Eagle Sep
1830 from Swan River. It is on Film 1 p112 (SLTX-AO-MB-1)
Papers at the uni of tassie
Chilcott,Charles 1846,1849
Jellico e estate L1/G265-6
Inquest was held 1 Nov 1869 SC 195/53 #18]
Archives Office of TAS provided a page of
inform'n in correspondence 88/1873.
Also see: General Muster Swan R. 30 Jan 1830;
HRA Ser.III Vol.VI; Statham,
P.(1979)"Dict'y of WAns 1829-1914" Vol.1.1829-1850
(UWA Press)
Archives Office of TAS provided a page of inform'n in correspondence
88/1873.
1833 Notice in Cornwall Chronicle Launceston Tasmania : Chilcot t
Charles overseer/Richard White
Tasmanian Colonial Index of 1816 - 1889 has the follwing entries For
Charles Chilcott
1839 Van Diemans Land
Jury Lists Reel P3-12
Sctn ML175 frm 089
Film CY 878
1840 Van Diemans Land
Jury Lists Reel P3-12
Sctn ML175 frm 169
Film CY 878
1842 Van Diemans Land
Jury Lists Reel P3-12
Sctn ML175 frm 290
Film CY 878
1843 Van Diemans Land
Jury Lists Reel P3-12
Sctn ML175 frm
364 Film CY 878
1839 Van Diemans Land
Jury Lists Reel P3-12
Sctn ML175 frm 426
Film CY 878
There is also an entry for Mr Chilcott
1826 New Castle Courts
Witnesses etc Reel
P3-8 Sctn ML-MSS2 frm P22
Film CY 36
Charles Chilcott (GR : Bronwyn Hughes)
To
Process : material from Roberta Wagner 29/3/08, re Chales
Chilcott's bigamous mate William
Henry Rosevear
I am hoping you have updated
passengers on "Marquis of Anglesea". Like you , I have
William Henry Rosevear and his 4 children missing on the passenger
list. I know he was definitely on board and a close friend of Charles
back in Cornwall.
Charles testified in a 2 court
cases that were reported in Launceston Examiner on 31st May 1845
against William Henry Rosevear. William had left his wife Sara and his
eldest daughter Lydia back in Cornwall. He was in love with his house
servant Mary Burton who is mentioned on the shipping manifest. Charles
testified conversations he had with William on board coming out here to
Oz, regarding this and why he had left Sara his wife destitute in
Cornwall. William went to great lengths to hide his relationship. He
even changed the spelling of his last name "Rosiere" when he instead of
staying in Swan River Colony he went on board the "Calista"to Hobart.
Mary Burton became Mrs Rosiere. On
arrival in Hobart he claimed his wife Sara had died and committed
bigamy. Sara came out to Oz in 1845 and took William to court. The
court case hit headlines as William had betrayed himself as a very
righteous God fearing man.
I have a link to the passenger list,
but while Mary Burton is on the list, William and his family are
not. See webpage.
Roberta also commented
came across some
interesting information re Rosevar family in Cornwall, John
Rosevear (b. 18.12.1661married Rovena Chibbbos ??? .3.1692 They had a
John Chibott Rosevear 25.3.1698 married Mary Luney??they had a son John
Rosevear 1724. Spelling a bit out but considering they all lived in the
same area and there is some changes on spelling and gravehead stones
crumbling.
This is also interesting as it is about three generations back from
Charles
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