Australian Royalty: Genealogy of the colony of NSW

Joseph Butler, 1767–1836 (aged 69 years)

Name
Joseph /Butler/
Given names
Joseph
Surname
Butler
Birth
about 1767
Immigration
June 28, 1790 (aged 23 years)
Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Text:

The ship Neptune arrived in the colony 28 Jun 1790

Citation details: Source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 44
Text:

Joseph Butler, one of 1063 convicts transported on the ship Neptune, December 1789.
Sentence details: Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years.
Vessel: Neptune, Scarborough and Surprize.
Date of Departure: December 1789.
Place of Arrival: New South Wales.

Citation details: Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 6.0, 19 July 2011), February 1786, trial of JOSEPH BUTLER (t17860222-4).
Text:

JOSEPH BUTLER, Violent Theft > highway robbery, 22nd February 1786.
195. JOSEPH BUTLER was indicted for feloniously assaulting Edward Poulton , on the King's highway, on the 16th day of February , and putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and feloniously taking from his person and against his will, one linen handkerchief, value 6 d. sixteen yards of black bombazeen, value 40 s. a black silk gown, value 40 s. a black silk petticoat, value 20 s. the property of Martha Robinson , spinster.
EDWARD POULTON sworn.
I am going on fourteen; on Thursday night last, I lost some things between nine and ten in Bond-street, I was going from Essex-street in the Strand; I was going to Brook-street, and from thence to Castle-street; going on Bond-street , I met three fellows just facing Cork-street, and they asked me what street it was, and I told them it was Bond-street, I was carrying a hare that I had, then two of the fellows took it away, and this man took my bundle, I held my bundle, and he dragged me along the street, he pulled me so, I was forced to let go, he did not say any thing to me, I called out murder! and he ran away, and dropped the bundle which another man picked up and brought me, the man was taken to the watch-house in about a quarter of an hour, I did not see him taken, he was taken at almost ten o'clock, I know it was the same man, for he dragged me so far along the street, that I looked at him all the time he was dragging me, the bundle was tied up in a white handkerchief, I do not know what was in it, it belonged to my mistress's sister, Martha Robinson ; the bundle was taken to the watch-house.
Was that the same bundle you had? - Yes.
How do you know that, if you do not know what was in it? - I knew it by the handkerchief.
Did not you see at the watch-house what things were in it? - I did not look to see what things were in it.
Mr. Peatt, Prisoner's Counsel. What time was this, my little fellow? - Between nine and ten.
A great many people passing? - No.
Was you on the foot path? - Yes.
Nobody offered to assist you? - No, Sir.
Was not you rather surprized when the hare was dragged from you? - Yes.
Was you frightened? - Yes.
I suppose you kept looking at your bundle with a wishful eye, for fear you should lose it? - Yes.
And I suppose, the person that got the bundle from you, run away? - Yes.
Then he turned his back to you? - Yes.
Then you saw no more of him, till you saw him him at the watch-house? - Yes, I saw him again before he was carried to the watch-house.
What sort of handkerchief was this? - A white handkerchief with a little red round the border.
And a mark in the corner? - I do not know.
Suppose you had seen that bundle in any other place, should you have known your handkerchief again? - Yes.
How would you have known it? - I should have known it by the silk gown in the handkerchief, I could see it in.
Court. Why you told me just now, you did not know what was in the bundle? - There was a black gown, I could see in the bundle, I saw it at one corner.
How could you see whether it was a gown, or a cloak, or what it was? - It looked like a gown.
Did you know any thing else that was in it? - No.
Was it a black gown? - Yes.
WILLIAM BENTLEY sworn.
I was standing in Cork-street, when I heard the alarm was given, I ran down Cork-street, and perceived a man with a bundle under his arm; I tried to stop him, as soon as he saw me, he dropped the bundle down.
What became of the bundle? - I stooped and picked the bundle up, the man went past me, Jonathan Oakes , who was standing by, pursued and took him within forty or fifty yards.
Was he ever out of your sight before he was taken? - Yes.
Can you say whether the man that was taken, was the same man that you saw with the bundle? - Yes.
How did you know him again? - I knew him by his person, I saw him before he came to me, by the shade of the lamp, I remarked his yellow buttons, I knew him more by his clothes than his face; I gave the bundle to the boy.
Mr. Peatt. The man was running? - Yes.
JONATHAN OAKES sworn.
I heard the cry, I pursued the prisoner, I did not see him drop any bundle, it was behind some trees in Cork-street; I saw the prisoner doing nothing only running up the street as fast as he could, he never was out of my sight, he never was above two yards from me, I took him to the watch-house; when I came up to him he blasted my eyes, and asked what I wanted, he said nothing else.
(Mr. Bentley produced the bundle.)
I brought it from my own house, I had it from Martha Robinson the owner.
Court. The bundle you picked up, was left at the watch-house? - Yes.
MARTHA ROBINSON sworn.
Where did you get the bundle that you gave to Bentley on Friday night? - I had it from the watch-house, it was locked up in a cupboard in the watch-house.
Have you any body here to prove that it was the same bundle that was left there by Bentley.
Oakes. I saw the boy carry it to the watch-house, and it was opened there that night, directly as it was taken in, the boy was there, I saw it contained a gown and petticoat, and some bombazeen.
Did not the boy see what it contained? No, Sir, I do not think he did, he was standing by the fire at the same time, it was tied up, and put in the cupboard with another bundle.
Was any mark put upon it? - No, that was the other bundle that the boy had, that was left at the watch-house the same time.
Court to Oakes. Now, can you say it is the same bundle? - Yes.
How? - I can tell by the handkerchief, I took notice of the border of the handkerchief at the time it was open.
Court to boy. Was this the bundle the prisoner took from you? - Yes, I am quite sure of that, because the other was in a cheque handkerchief, I stood by the fire at the watch-house, I did not see them open the bundle.
Court to Mrs. Robinson. Did you send the boy with this bundle? - Yes, he was going into Brook-street, he was to carry these bundles into Castle-street where I live; this is one of the bundles I gave him to carry, I am quite sure of it.
Prisoner. I leave it all to my counsel.
The prisoner called three witnesses who gave him a good character.
GUILTY, Death.
He was humbly recommended by the Prosecutrix to his Majesty's mercy.
Marriage
Mary Manderville — View this family
about January 1795 (aged 28 years)
New South Wales, Australia
Text:

By early 1795 Joseph Butler and Mary Manderville were living together in a common law relationship
Property
about 1798 (aged 31 years)
South Creek, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Citation details: p. 8
Text:

"Butler's time had expired by almost a year when he was given a grant of good land fronting McKenzie's Creek, which is a small branch of the South Creek...
Just how long Joseph Butler remained in the Windsor area is uncertain. He is shown as being there in the 1811 Muster but by 1828 he had 30 acres of land and was living at Lower Portland Head, aged 60."
Marriage
Mary Holland — View this family
about 1801 (aged 34 years)
New South Wales, Australia
Text:

Common law relationship
Death
January 25, 1836 (aged 69 years)
Sydney Town, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Address: Sydney Hospital
Burial
Sydney Town, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cemetery: Sydney Burial Ground
Address: Elizabeth Street
Family with Mary Manderville
himself
Birth: about 1767
Immigration: June 28, 1790 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: about January 1795 — New South Wales, Australia
Property: about 1798 — South Creek, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: about 1801 — New South Wales, Australia
Death: January 25, 1836 — Sydney Town, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Sydney Town, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Manderville Family with spouse Mary Holland James Butler Sylvester Butler
Joseph Butler
1767–1836
Birth: about 1767
Death: January 25, 1836 — Sydney Town, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
wife
Birth: 1766
Immigration: 1791 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: about January 1795 — New South Wales, Australia
Death: about September 1795 — New South Wales, Australia
Burial: September 2, 1795 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Joseph Butler
Mary Manderville
1766–1795
Birth: 1766
Death: about September 1795 — New South Wales, Australia
Marriage — about January 1795 — New South Wales, Australia
Family with Mary Holland
himself
Birth: about 1767
Immigration: June 28, 1790 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: about January 1795 — New South Wales, Australia
Property: about 1798 — South Creek, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: about 1801 — New South Wales, Australia
Death: January 25, 1836 — Sydney Town, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Sydney Town, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Manderville Family with spouse Mary Holland James Butler Sylvester Butler
Joseph Butler
1767–1836
Birth: about 1767
Death: January 25, 1836 — Sydney Town, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
wife
Birth: about 1775
Immigration: April 30, 1796 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: about 1796 — New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: about 1801 — New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: between 1806 and 1814 — New South Wales, Australia
Census: about 1825 — New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Lower Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1847 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Lachlan Ross Donnal Ross Mary Ann Holland Family with spouse Thomas Cooper Louisa Lucy Holland Family with spouse Joseph Butler James Butler Sylvester Butler
Mary Holland
1775–1847
Birth: about 1775
Death: 1847 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage — about 1801 — New South Wales, Australia
2 years
son
Birth: about 1802 35 27 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: 1827 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Lower Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death:
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Ann O'Donald Ann Butler Joseph Butler John Butler Mary Ann Butler
James Butler
1802–
Birth: about 1802 35 27 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death:
3 years
son
Birth: about 1804 37 29 — New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: 1822 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Lower Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: 1835 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: December 6, 1847 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ann Andrew Elkins Mary Ann Butler Elizabeth Butler Sylvester Butler Joseph Richard Butler Sarah Butler Ann Butler Matthew Andrew Butler Matilda Ann Butler Family with spouse Lydia Curl Thomas Butler Lydia Louisa Butler Jane Stacey Butler James Butler Matilda Butler Sarah Kezia Butler
Sylvester Butler
1804–1847
Birth: about 1804 37 29 — New South Wales, Australia
Death: December 6, 1847 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Lachlan Ross + Mary Holland
wife’s husband
Birth: about 1766 — Rain, Rossshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Immigration: June 28, 1790 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: about 1796 — New South Wales, Australia
Emigration: 1810 — England, United Kingdom
Death: June 23, 1815 — New Brunswick, Canada
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Holland Donnal Ross Mary Ann Holland
Lachlan Ross
1766–1815
Birth: about 1766 — Rain, Rossshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death: June 23, 1815 — New Brunswick, Canada
wife
Birth: about 1775
Immigration: April 30, 1796 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: about 1796 — New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: about 1801 — New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: between 1806 and 1814 — New South Wales, Australia
Census: about 1825 — New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Lower Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1847 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Lachlan Ross Donnal Ross Mary Ann Holland Family with spouse Thomas Cooper Louisa Lucy Holland Family with spouse Joseph Butler James Butler Sylvester Butler
Mary Holland
1775–1847
Birth: about 1775
Death: 1847 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage — about 1796 — New South Wales, Australia
23 months
stepson
Birth: November 15, 1797 31 22 — New South Wales, Australia
Emigration: 1810 — England, United Kingdom
Death:
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships
Donnal Ross
1797–
Birth: November 15, 1797 31 22 — New South Wales, Australia
Death:
21 months
stepdaughter
Birth: July 30, 1799 33 24 — New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: December 2, 1816 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: 1836 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1848 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Robert Wright Eleanor Wright Elizabeth Wright Joseph Wright Sarah Wright Mary Ann Wright Robert Wright Family with spouse James Floyd William Floyd Anne Floyd John Floyd
Mary Ann Holland
1799–1848
Birth: July 30, 1799 33 24 — New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1848 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Thomas Cooper + Mary Holland
wife’s husband
Birth: about 1770
Immigration: May 18, 1798 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: between 1806 and 1814 — New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1835 — St Albans, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Holland Louisa Lucy Holland
Thomas Cooper
1770–1835
Birth: about 1770
Death: 1835 — St Albans, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
wife
Birth: about 1775
Immigration: April 30, 1796 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: about 1796 — New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: about 1801 — New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: between 1806 and 1814 — New South Wales, Australia
Census: about 1825 — New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Lower Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1847 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Lachlan Ross Donnal Ross Mary Ann Holland Family with spouse Thomas Cooper Louisa Lucy Holland Family with spouse Joseph Butler James Butler Sylvester Butler
Mary Holland
1775–1847
Birth: about 1775
Death: 1847 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage — between 1806 and 1814 — New South Wales, Australia
3 years
stepdaughter
Birth: about 1808 38 33 — New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: January 27, 1823 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Lower Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1856 — MacDonald River, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Perkins Elizabeth Perkins Louisa Perkins Eleanor Perkins Sarah Lydia Jane Perkins Mary Ann E. Perkins William Perkins Thomas Perkins John Joseph Perkins
Louisa Lucy Holland
1808–1856
Birth: about 1808 38 33 — New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1856 — MacDonald River, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Immigration
Text:

The ship Neptune arrived in the colony 28 Jun 1790

Citation details: Source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 44
Text:

Joseph Butler, one of 1063 convicts transported on the ship Neptune, December 1789.
Sentence details: Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years.
Vessel: Neptune, Scarborough and Surprize.
Date of Departure: December 1789.
Place of Arrival: New South Wales.

Citation details: Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 6.0, 19 July 2011), February 1786, trial of JOSEPH BUTLER (t17860222-4).
Text:

JOSEPH BUTLER, Violent Theft > highway robbery, 22nd February 1786.
195. JOSEPH BUTLER was indicted for feloniously assaulting Edward Poulton , on the King's highway, on the 16th day of February , and putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and feloniously taking from his person and against his will, one linen handkerchief, value 6 d. sixteen yards of black bombazeen, value 40 s. a black silk gown, value 40 s. a black silk petticoat, value 20 s. the property of Martha Robinson , spinster.
EDWARD POULTON sworn.
I am going on fourteen; on Thursday night last, I lost some things between nine and ten in Bond-street, I was going from Essex-street in the Strand; I was going to Brook-street, and from thence to Castle-street; going on Bond-street , I met three fellows just facing Cork-street, and they asked me what street it was, and I told them it was Bond-street, I was carrying a hare that I had, then two of the fellows took it away, and this man took my bundle, I held my bundle, and he dragged me along the street, he pulled me so, I was forced to let go, he did not say any thing to me, I called out murder! and he ran away, and dropped the bundle which another man picked up and brought me, the man was taken to the watch-house in about a quarter of an hour, I did not see him taken, he was taken at almost ten o'clock, I know it was the same man, for he dragged me so far along the street, that I looked at him all the time he was dragging me, the bundle was tied up in a white handkerchief, I do not know what was in it, it belonged to my mistress's sister, Martha Robinson ; the bundle was taken to the watch-house.
Was that the same bundle you had? - Yes.
How do you know that, if you do not know what was in it? - I knew it by the handkerchief.
Did not you see at the watch-house what things were in it? - I did not look to see what things were in it.
Mr. Peatt, Prisoner's Counsel. What time was this, my little fellow? - Between nine and ten.
A great many people passing? - No.
Was you on the foot path? - Yes.
Nobody offered to assist you? - No, Sir.
Was not you rather surprized when the hare was dragged from you? - Yes.
Was you frightened? - Yes.
I suppose you kept looking at your bundle with a wishful eye, for fear you should lose it? - Yes.
And I suppose, the person that got the bundle from you, run away? - Yes.
Then he turned his back to you? - Yes.
Then you saw no more of him, till you saw him him at the watch-house? - Yes, I saw him again before he was carried to the watch-house.
What sort of handkerchief was this? - A white handkerchief with a little red round the border.
And a mark in the corner? - I do not know.
Suppose you had seen that bundle in any other place, should you have known your handkerchief again? - Yes.
How would you have known it? - I should have known it by the silk gown in the handkerchief, I could see it in.
Court. Why you told me just now, you did not know what was in the bundle? - There was a black gown, I could see in the bundle, I saw it at one corner.
How could you see whether it was a gown, or a cloak, or what it was? - It looked like a gown.
Did you know any thing else that was in it? - No.
Was it a black gown? - Yes.
WILLIAM BENTLEY sworn.
I was standing in Cork-street, when I heard the alarm was given, I ran down Cork-street, and perceived a man with a bundle under his arm; I tried to stop him, as soon as he saw me, he dropped the bundle down.
What became of the bundle? - I stooped and picked the bundle up, the man went past me, Jonathan Oakes , who was standing by, pursued and took him within forty or fifty yards.
Was he ever out of your sight before he was taken? - Yes.
Can you say whether the man that was taken, was the same man that you saw with the bundle? - Yes.
How did you know him again? - I knew him by his person, I saw him before he came to me, by the shade of the lamp, I remarked his yellow buttons, I knew him more by his clothes than his face; I gave the bundle to the boy.
Mr. Peatt. The man was running? - Yes.
JONATHAN OAKES sworn.
I heard the cry, I pursued the prisoner, I did not see him drop any bundle, it was behind some trees in Cork-street; I saw the prisoner doing nothing only running up the street as fast as he could, he never was out of my sight, he never was above two yards from me, I took him to the watch-house; when I came up to him he blasted my eyes, and asked what I wanted, he said nothing else.
(Mr. Bentley produced the bundle.)
I brought it from my own house, I had it from Martha Robinson the owner.
Court. The bundle you picked up, was left at the watch-house? - Yes.
MARTHA ROBINSON sworn.
Where did you get the bundle that you gave to Bentley on Friday night? - I had it from the watch-house, it was locked up in a cupboard in the watch-house.
Have you any body here to prove that it was the same bundle that was left there by Bentley.
Oakes. I saw the boy carry it to the watch-house, and it was opened there that night, directly as it was taken in, the boy was there, I saw it contained a gown and petticoat, and some bombazeen.
Did not the boy see what it contained? No, Sir, I do not think he did, he was standing by the fire at the same time, it was tied up, and put in the cupboard with another bundle.
Was any mark put upon it? - No, that was the other bundle that the boy had, that was left at the watch-house the same time.
Court to Oakes. Now, can you say it is the same bundle? - Yes.
How? - I can tell by the handkerchief, I took notice of the border of the handkerchief at the time it was open.
Court to boy. Was this the bundle the prisoner took from you? - Yes, I am quite sure of that, because the other was in a cheque handkerchief, I stood by the fire at the watch-house, I did not see them open the bundle.
Court to Mrs. Robinson. Did you send the boy with this bundle? - Yes, he was going into Brook-street, he was to carry these bundles into Castle-street where I live; this is one of the bundles I gave him to carry, I am quite sure of it.
Prisoner. I leave it all to my counsel.
The prisoner called three witnesses who gave him a good character.
GUILTY, Death.
He was humbly recommended by the Prosecutrix to his Majesty's mercy.
Marriage
Text:

By early 1795 Joseph Butler and Mary Manderville were living together in a common law relationship
Property
Citation details: p. 8
Text:

"Butler's time had expired by almost a year when he was given a grant of good land fronting McKenzie's Creek, which is a small branch of the South Creek...
Just how long Joseph Butler remained in the Windsor area is uncertain. He is shown as being there in the 1811 Muster but by 1828 he had 30 acres of land and was living at Lower Portland Head, aged 60."
Marriage
Text:

Common law relationship
Death
Burial