Australian Royalty: Genealogy of the colony of NSW

Richard Lewis, 1784–1828 (aged 44 years)

Name
Richard /Lewis/
Given names
Richard
Surname
Lewis
Birth
about 1784
Immigration
June 13, 1802 (aged 18 years)
Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Citation details: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 311 (155)
Text:

Richard Lewis, one of 272 convicts transported on the Perseus and the ship Coromandel, January 1802.
Sentence details: Convicted at Surrey Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 14 January 1800.
Vessel: Perseus and Coromandel.
Date of Departure: January 1802.
Place of Arrival: New South Wales.

Text:

The ship Coromandel arrived in NSW 13 Jun 1802
Census
1806 (aged 22 years)
New South Wales, Australia
Citation details: 1806 muster
Text:

Richd. Lewis, 1 Coromandel, disposed to G.W. Evans, an intended prisoner
Occupation
Superintendent, Westward of Blue Mountains
June 1, 1815 (aged 31 years)
Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Employer: Government
Citation details: The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) Sat 10 Jun 1815 Page 2
Text:

GOVERNMENT AND GENERAL ORDERS.
Government House, Sydney,
Saturday, 10th June, 1815.
CIVIL DEPARTMENT.
His Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint Richard Lewis to be a
Superintendant in the new-discovered Country to
the Westward of the Blue Mountains, under the
Orders of William Cox, Esq. with a Salary of
Fifty Pounds Sterling per Annum, and the usual
Indulgencies attached to the Situation of a Super-
intendant; his Salary, as such, commencing from
the 1st of the present Month of June, and to be
paid from the Police Fund.
By Command of His Excellency
The Governor
J. T. CAMPBELL, Secretary.
Grant of horned cattle
July 5, 1815 (aged 31 years)
Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Citation details: The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) Sat 24 Jun 1815 Page 1
Text:

"WHEREAS HIS EXCELLENCY the GOVERNOR in CHIEF has been pleased to grant to the several Persons undernamed a Proportion of Horned Cattle, as a Donation for their Service in constructing a Road across the Blue Mountains to the new-discovered Country. This is to give Notice that on Wednesday the 5th July next, at Ten o'clock in the Morning, Attendance will be given at the Eastern Creek Stockyard, where the following persons are requested to attend in Person, or send written Orders, upon which the Cattle will be delivered without Delay, viz...
Mr. Richard Lewis..."
Land grant
January 16, 1816 (aged 32 years)
New South Wales, Australia
Citation details: Special Bundles, 1794-1825
Text:

Richard Lewis of Richmond
Recommended by Mr. Cox, 200 acres, in reward for services
Accompanied John Oxley
April 28, 1817 (aged 33 years)
Lachlan River, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Citation details: Special Bundles, 1794-1825
Text:

Name: Richard Lewis
Event Date: 28 Apr 1817
Event Description: Superintendent at Bathurst. Accompanied John Oxley on part of his expedition along Lachlan River
Comments: Superintendent of New Road; superintendent and overseer, Bathurst
Page: 181
Donation to the poor of Hawkesbury
December 6, 1819 (aged 35 years)
Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Citation details: The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) Sat 11 Dec 1819 Page 2
Text:

"WINDSOR COURT-HOUSE, 6th Dec. 1819.
AT a MEETING of the COMMITTEES of the WINDSOR
CHARITABLE INSTITUTION, held this Day at the
Stock-yards belonging to the said Charity, at the new
Township at Windsor, the undermentioned Subscribers
delivered the several Head of Cattle affixed against
their respective Names, which were taken Possession of
and branded for the Benefit of the Poor of the Hawkes-
bury Districts...
Mr. Richard Lewis of Bathurst, two head..."
Memorial to Governor requesting grant at Bathurst
September 10, 1821 (aged 37 years)
Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Citation details: Memorials To The Governor, 1810-1826
Text:

"The humble Petition of Richard Lewis of Bathurst
Respectfully sheweth
That Petitioner was employed some years for Government in exploring the Interior of the Country under the direction of Mr. Evans, Deputy Surveyor General and afterwards in forming Depots on the Lachlan River and on the Wellington; the better to enable John Oxley Esq. the Surveyor General, to proceed on his tour of discovery which service being compleated, Your Excellency was pleased to say that you would locate a Farm to Petitioner at or near Bathurst.
Petitioner having lived at Bathurst upwards of six Years with his family humbly prays Your Excellency to grant him a Grazing farm at or near Bathurst to make him to near his Stock and maintain his family...
Bathurst 10 Septr. 1821"
Census
1822 (aged 38 years)
Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Citation details: 1822 Muster
Text:

Lewis, Richard, free by servitude, Coromandel, 7 years, Bathurst
Lewis, Mary, born in the colony, wife of above
5 un-named children of above, all born in the colony
Memorial to Governor for additional grant
1822 (aged 38 years)
Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Citation details: Memorials To The Governor, 1810-1826
Text:

"That Your Excellency's Memorialist Received the Indulgence of a Grant of Ground from Major General Macquarie of 100 acres, but at the time the Land Surveyors were measuring Ground at Bathurst Your Memorialist requested to take his Grant 12 miles Distant from the Settlement solely for a Stock Run which request could not be completed with, the surveyors having no directions to measure my Ground distant fromt he Settlement.
Your Excellency's memorialist having a considerable stock viz Three Breeding Mares, 180 Head of Horned Cattle and 1100 sheep, and is confident that Memorialist Grant is inadequate for Pasturage, Your Excellency's Memorialist Most Humbly craves you will be graciously pleased to give memorialist an additional Grant for a Stock Run at the distance from the settlement above stated, under such regulations as in Your Excellency's wisdom may seem necessary..."
Deponent at trial
August 1824 (aged 40 years)
Citation details: The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) Thu 12 Aug 1824 Page 3
Text:

"Mr Richard Lewis, a resident of Bathurst, deposed, that he left home about 14 days since. His estate is 29 miles from Rainsville, and is called the Mill post. He had one man killed by the natives. One of his neighbours, a Mr. Tyndall, had 3 men slain, two of whom were burnt to death in their hut. Within 8 years 19 Europeans had been killed by the natives, and 7 of that number had met with a premature destiny from this cruel source, within as many months.""
Religious marriage
Mary Ann Roberts — View this family
January 3, 1825 (aged 41 years)
Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Citation details: Licenses for Marriages, 1813-1835
Text:

Licence dated 29 Dec 1824
Richard Lewis of Bathurst a grazier and Mary Ann Roberts of the same place, spinster
Solemnized at Sydney 3 Jan 1825 Revd. Hill

Text:

Name: Richard Lewis
Spouse Name: Ann Roberts
Marriage Date: 1825
Marriage Place: New South Wales
Registration Place: Sydney, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1825
Volume Number: V

Text:

Cohabiting from at least 1809

Citation details: No 3467 Vol 3b
Text:

Richard Lewis and Ann Roberts
Married 3 Jan 1825 at St James Sydney by Licence

Citation details: Special Bundles, 1794-1825
Date of entry in original source: March 29, 1824
Text:

"Richard Lewis of Bathurst, Grazier maketh Oath and Saith that he is single and unmarried and under no promise or Contract of marriage to any person except to Mary Ann Roberts of Bathurst, Spinster, to whom this Deponent is desirous of being united according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England.
[signed] R. Lewis...
Mary Ann Roberts of Bathurst, Spinster, Native of the Colony maketh oath and saith that she is single and unmarried, and under no contract or promise of marriage to any person except to Richard Lewis of Bathurst, Grazier, to whom the Deponent is desirous of being united in marriage according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England.
[signed] Mary Ann Roberts X her mark.."
Census
about 1825 (aged 41 years)
Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Citation details: 1825 muster (1823-1825)
Text:

Lewis, Richard, convict, Coromandel, 1804, 7 years, landholder, Bathurst
Lewis, Mary Ann, 1792, born in the colony, wife
Lewis, Richard, 15, born in the colony, child of above
Lewis, Mary, 13, born in the colony, child of above
Lewis, Henry, 11, born in the colony, child of above
Death
1828 (aged 44 years)
Kelso, Central Western Slopes and Plains, New South Wales, Australia
Text:

Name: Richard Lewis
Death Date: 1828
Death Place: New South Wales
Registration Year: 1828
Registration Place: Kelso, New South Wales
Volume Number: V18287713 2C
Burial
Kelso, Central Western Slopes and Plains, New South Wales, Australia
Text:

Richard Lewes
BIRTH unknown
DEATH 25 Jan 1828
BURIAL
Kelso Anglican Cemetery
Kelso, Bathurst Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia
MEMORIAL ID 216238033
Family with Mary Ann Roberts
himself
Birth: about 1784
Immigration: June 13, 1802 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: 1806 — New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Superintendent, Westward of Blue Mountains — June 1, 1815 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Grant of horned cattle: July 5, 1815 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Land grant: January 16, 1816 — New South Wales, Australia
Accompanied John Oxley: April 28, 1817 — Lachlan River, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Donation to the poor of Hawkesbury: December 6, 1819 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Memorial to Governor requesting grant at Bathurst: September 10, 1821 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Census: 1822 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Memorial to Governor for additional grant: 1822 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Deponent at trial: August 1824
Religious marriage: January 3, 1825 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: about 1825 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1828 — Kelso, Central Western Slopes and Plains, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Kelso, Central Western Slopes and Plains, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Ann Roberts Richard Lewis James Lewis Mary Ann Lewis Henry Lewis Louisa Lewis William Lewis Elizabeth Esther Lewis
Richard Lewis
1784–1828
Birth: about 1784
Death: 1828 — Kelso, Central Western Slopes and Plains, New South Wales, Australia
wife
Birth: 1792 — New South Wales, Australia
Census: 1822 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: January 3, 1825 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: about 1825 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: 1829 — Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1868 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Leichhardt, 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 Richard Lewis Richard Lewis James Lewis Mary Ann Lewis Henry Lewis Louisa Lewis William Lewis Elizabeth Esther Lewis Family with spouse James Evans James Evans John Evans Edward Evans
Mary Ann Roberts
1792–1868
Birth: 1792 — New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1868 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage — January 3, 1825 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
-14 years
son
Birth: estimated 1810 26 18 — New South Wales, Australia
Census: 1822 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Census: about 1825 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Death:
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Richard Lewis
1810–
Birth: estimated 1810 26 18 — New South Wales, Australia
Death:
8 months
son
Birth: August 30, 1810 26 18 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death:
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James Lewis
1810–
Birth: August 30, 1810 26 18 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death:
2 years
daughter
Birth: 1812 28 20 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Census: 1822 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Census: about 1825 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death:
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Mary Ann Lewis
1812–
Birth: 1812 28 20 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death:
3 years
son
Birth: 1814 30 22 — New South Wales, Australia
Census: 1822 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Census: about 1825 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1875 — Orange, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
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Henry Lewis
1814–1875
Birth: 1814 30 22 — New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1875 — Orange, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
4 years
daughter
Birth: 1817 33 25 — New South Wales, Australia
Census: 1822 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Census: 1828 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1851 — Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
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Louisa Lewis
1817–1851
Birth: 1817 33 25 — New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1851 — Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
4 years
son
Birth: about 1820 36 28 — New South Wales, Australia
Census: 1828 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: 1841 — Gulgong, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1870 — Mudgee, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Susannah Ford Jane Lewis Emma Lewis Kate Lewis Hannah Lewis Alice Lewis Henry Cox Lewis William Richard Lewis Ada May Lewis Herbert Vivian Lewis Alfred John Lewis
William Lewis
1820–1870
Birth: about 1820 36 28 — New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1870 — Mudgee, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
5 years
daughter
Birth: 1824 40 32 — New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: January 14, 1843 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1893 — 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 Jacob Foster
Elizabeth Esther Lewis
1824–1893
Birth: 1824 40 32 — New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1893 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
James Evans + Mary Ann Roberts
wife’s husband
Birth: about 1802
Immigration: April 5, 1818 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: 1829 — Central Tablelands, 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 Roberts James Evans John Evans Edward Evans
James Evans
1802–
Birth: about 1802
Death:
wife
Birth: 1792 — New South Wales, Australia
Census: 1822 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: January 3, 1825 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: about 1825 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: 1829 — Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1868 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Leichhardt, 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 Richard Lewis Richard Lewis James Lewis Mary Ann Lewis Henry Lewis Louisa Lewis William Lewis Elizabeth Esther Lewis Family with spouse James Evans James Evans John Evans Edward Evans
Mary Ann Roberts
1792–1868
Birth: 1792 — New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1868 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage — 1829 — Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
15 months
stepson
Birth: March 31, 1830 28 38 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: 1851 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: April 29, 1895 — Penrith, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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James Evans
1830–1895
Birth: March 31, 1830 28 38 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: April 29, 1895 — Penrith, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
21 months
stepson
Birth: 1831 29 39 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Death:
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John Evans
1831–
Birth: 1831 29 39 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Death:
4 years
stepson
Birth: 1834 32 42 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1871 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Rookwood, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Edward Evans
1834–1871
Birth: 1834 32 42 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1871 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Immigration
Citation details: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 311 (155)
Text:

Richard Lewis, one of 272 convicts transported on the Perseus and the ship Coromandel, January 1802.
Sentence details: Convicted at Surrey Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 14 January 1800.
Vessel: Perseus and Coromandel.
Date of Departure: January 1802.
Place of Arrival: New South Wales.

Text:

The ship Coromandel arrived in NSW 13 Jun 1802
Census
Citation details: 1806 muster
Text:

Richd. Lewis, 1 Coromandel, disposed to G.W. Evans, an intended prisoner
Occupation
Citation details: The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) Sat 10 Jun 1815 Page 2
Text:

GOVERNMENT AND GENERAL ORDERS.
Government House, Sydney,
Saturday, 10th June, 1815.
CIVIL DEPARTMENT.
His Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint Richard Lewis to be a
Superintendant in the new-discovered Country to
the Westward of the Blue Mountains, under the
Orders of William Cox, Esq. with a Salary of
Fifty Pounds Sterling per Annum, and the usual
Indulgencies attached to the Situation of a Super-
intendant; his Salary, as such, commencing from
the 1st of the present Month of June, and to be
paid from the Police Fund.
By Command of His Excellency
The Governor
J. T. CAMPBELL, Secretary.
Grant of horned cattle
Citation details: The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) Sat 24 Jun 1815 Page 1
Text:

"WHEREAS HIS EXCELLENCY the GOVERNOR in CHIEF has been pleased to grant to the several Persons undernamed a Proportion of Horned Cattle, as a Donation for their Service in constructing a Road across the Blue Mountains to the new-discovered Country. This is to give Notice that on Wednesday the 5th July next, at Ten o'clock in the Morning, Attendance will be given at the Eastern Creek Stockyard, where the following persons are requested to attend in Person, or send written Orders, upon which the Cattle will be delivered without Delay, viz...
Mr. Richard Lewis..."
Land grant
Citation details: Special Bundles, 1794-1825
Text:

Richard Lewis of Richmond
Recommended by Mr. Cox, 200 acres, in reward for services
Accompanied John Oxley
Citation details: Special Bundles, 1794-1825
Text:

Name: Richard Lewis
Event Date: 28 Apr 1817
Event Description: Superintendent at Bathurst. Accompanied John Oxley on part of his expedition along Lachlan River
Comments: Superintendent of New Road; superintendent and overseer, Bathurst
Page: 181
Donation to the poor of Hawkesbury
Citation details: The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) Sat 11 Dec 1819 Page 2
Text:

"WINDSOR COURT-HOUSE, 6th Dec. 1819.
AT a MEETING of the COMMITTEES of the WINDSOR
CHARITABLE INSTITUTION, held this Day at the
Stock-yards belonging to the said Charity, at the new
Township at Windsor, the undermentioned Subscribers
delivered the several Head of Cattle affixed against
their respective Names, which were taken Possession of
and branded for the Benefit of the Poor of the Hawkes-
bury Districts...
Mr. Richard Lewis of Bathurst, two head..."
Memorial to Governor requesting grant at Bathurst
Citation details: Memorials To The Governor, 1810-1826
Text:

"The humble Petition of Richard Lewis of Bathurst
Respectfully sheweth
That Petitioner was employed some years for Government in exploring the Interior of the Country under the direction of Mr. Evans, Deputy Surveyor General and afterwards in forming Depots on the Lachlan River and on the Wellington; the better to enable John Oxley Esq. the Surveyor General, to proceed on his tour of discovery which service being compleated, Your Excellency was pleased to say that you would locate a Farm to Petitioner at or near Bathurst.
Petitioner having lived at Bathurst upwards of six Years with his family humbly prays Your Excellency to grant him a Grazing farm at or near Bathurst to make him to near his Stock and maintain his family...
Bathurst 10 Septr. 1821"
Census
Citation details: 1822 Muster
Text:

Lewis, Richard, free by servitude, Coromandel, 7 years, Bathurst
Lewis, Mary, born in the colony, wife of above
5 un-named children of above, all born in the colony
Memorial to Governor for additional grant
Citation details: Memorials To The Governor, 1810-1826
Text:

"That Your Excellency's Memorialist Received the Indulgence of a Grant of Ground from Major General Macquarie of 100 acres, but at the time the Land Surveyors were measuring Ground at Bathurst Your Memorialist requested to take his Grant 12 miles Distant from the Settlement solely for a Stock Run which request could not be completed with, the surveyors having no directions to measure my Ground distant fromt he Settlement.
Your Excellency's memorialist having a considerable stock viz Three Breeding Mares, 180 Head of Horned Cattle and 1100 sheep, and is confident that Memorialist Grant is inadequate for Pasturage, Your Excellency's Memorialist Most Humbly craves you will be graciously pleased to give memorialist an additional Grant for a Stock Run at the distance from the settlement above stated, under such regulations as in Your Excellency's wisdom may seem necessary..."
Deponent at trial
Citation details: The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) Thu 12 Aug 1824 Page 3
Text:

"Mr Richard Lewis, a resident of Bathurst, deposed, that he left home about 14 days since. His estate is 29 miles from Rainsville, and is called the Mill post. He had one man killed by the natives. One of his neighbours, a Mr. Tyndall, had 3 men slain, two of whom were burnt to death in their hut. Within 8 years 19 Europeans had been killed by the natives, and 7 of that number had met with a premature destiny from this cruel source, within as many months.""
Religious marriage
Citation details: Licenses for Marriages, 1813-1835
Text:

Licence dated 29 Dec 1824
Richard Lewis of Bathurst a grazier and Mary Ann Roberts of the same place, spinster
Solemnized at Sydney 3 Jan 1825 Revd. Hill

Text:

Name: Richard Lewis
Spouse Name: Ann Roberts
Marriage Date: 1825
Marriage Place: New South Wales
Registration Place: Sydney, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1825
Volume Number: V

Text:

Cohabiting from at least 1809

Citation details: No 3467 Vol 3b
Text:

Richard Lewis and Ann Roberts
Married 3 Jan 1825 at St James Sydney by Licence

Citation details: Special Bundles, 1794-1825
Date of entry in original source: March 29, 1824
Text:

"Richard Lewis of Bathurst, Grazier maketh Oath and Saith that he is single and unmarried and under no promise or Contract of marriage to any person except to Mary Ann Roberts of Bathurst, Spinster, to whom this Deponent is desirous of being united according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England.
[signed] R. Lewis...
Mary Ann Roberts of Bathurst, Spinster, Native of the Colony maketh oath and saith that she is single and unmarried, and under no contract or promise of marriage to any person except to Richard Lewis of Bathurst, Grazier, to whom the Deponent is desirous of being united in marriage according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England.
[signed] Mary Ann Roberts X her mark.."
Census
Citation details: 1825 muster (1823-1825)
Text:

Lewis, Richard, convict, Coromandel, 1804, 7 years, landholder, Bathurst
Lewis, Mary Ann, 1792, born in the colony, wife
Lewis, Richard, 15, born in the colony, child of above
Lewis, Mary, 13, born in the colony, child of above
Lewis, Henry, 11, born in the colony, child of above
Death
Text:

Name: Richard Lewis
Death Date: 1828
Death Place: New South Wales
Registration Year: 1828
Registration Place: Kelso, New South Wales
Volume Number: V18287713 2C
Burial
Text:

Richard Lewes
BIRTH unknown
DEATH 25 Jan 1828
BURIAL
Kelso Anglican Cemetery
Kelso, Bathurst Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia
MEMORIAL ID 216238033