David Jones 1827 - 1866

David Jones (1827 - 1866)

David Jones was born in Llangeinwen, Anglesey, Wales around December 1827, he was baptised in the parish at on 18 December 1827. He the second child of second son of <ac:link><ri:page ri:content-title=\"David Jones 1804\" /><ac:plain-text-link-body><![CDATA[David Jones]]></ac:plain-text-link-body></ac:link> and Margaret Morris.David parents were both agricultural labourers who were married at Llagfair yn Cwmwd (or Church of St Mary\'s) a small medieval parish church near the village of Dwyran that dates back to the 12th century.At the time of the 1841 census, David had moved out of the family home at Ty Coch ("the red house") and was living at the Stable House where he was living with two other youths - Roland Thomas and Owen Hughes and they are all recorded as being Agricultural workers. Based on its location in the census, it is most likely that the group worked for Robert Lewis 1, the master of Cae Mawr.In 1849 David left Wales and later the United Kingdom for Australia. It is unknown whether David boarded at London or Plymouth, irrespective, prior to his boarding, he he would have been interviewed by Agents to determine his eligibility under New South Wales Second Bounty Scheme2.David departed Plymouth on the 9th March 1849 aboard the "Emigrant"3, a 753 ton American build, Liverpool registered sailing ship mastered by a Captain Kemp. The ship made good time - despite poor weather, completely the often 17 week trip in 91 days (13 weeks). There are a number of passenger recollections of the trip, which include the following:"ship nearly foundered and one of the mates got at a rum barrel and got Delirium Tremens and had to be put in irons, leaving the ship short-handed. ... described an incident on one beautiful day when the ship was sailing along under full sail, when suddenly a terrific squall sprung up and rolled the ship to one side."The "Emigrant" arrived in Sydney Harbour (Port Jackson) on 8th June 1849 with 319 immigrants on board, with a significant proportion from Wales - indicating that the David may have been accepted prior to arriving in England. On his emigration record, David is noted as being a Farm Labourer, a baptists from Anglesea who could read and write with no relations in the colony.During the trip, there had been three births, 11 deaths and 38 cases of the Measles (including 1 death). Because of this, the Emigrant was quarantined from the 8th June through 18th June at which point it anchored in the stream. The following extracts from the Sydney Morning Herald indicate the fate of the passengers<ac:macro ac:name=\"panel\"><ac:parameter ac:name=\"titleBGColor\">LightGrey</ac:parameter><ac:parameter ac:name=\"title\">Sydney Morning Herald - 20 Jun 2949</ac:parameter><ac:parameter ac:name=\"borderColor\">LightGrey</ac:parameter><ac:rich-text-body>IMMIGRANTS PER EMIGRANT.- The ship Emigrant, with 319 immigrants, arrived on Monday in Port Jackson. The callings of the adult immigrants, and the number of each calling, are as follows, viz, : <ul><li>Males : The hiring of the male immigrants will be proceeded with this day, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M. <ul><li>Agricultural labourers, 42 married, 31 unmarried;</li><li>shepherds, 7 married, I unmarried;</li><li>Carpenters, I unmarried ;</li><li>wheelrights, 1 married ;</li><li>blacksmiths, 2 married, 2 unmarried ;</li><li>gardeners, 1 married;</li><li>shoemakers, 3 married, I unmarried;</li><li>masons, 1 married ;</li><li>tailors, 1 mar- ried ;</li><li>grooms, I married, 4 unmarried;</li><li>harness   makers, 1 married ;</li><li>grocers, 2 unmarried ;</li><li>plasterers, 1 unmarried ;</li><li>malsters, 1 unmar- ried ;</li><li>sawyers, I married, 2 unmarried ;</li><li>sta- tioners, 1 unmarried;</li><li>millers, 1 married.</li></ul></li></ul>The hiring of the male immigrants will be proceeded with this day, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M.The unmarried females (about   twelve in number) will be landed from the vessel, and lodged in the depot at Hyde Park Barracks, where they can be hired between the hours of 2 and 4 P.M., this day.</ac:rich-text-body></ac:macro><ac:macro ac:name=\"panel\"><ac:parameter ac:name=\"titleBGColor\">lightgrey</ac:parameter><ac:parameter ac:name=\"title\">Sydney Morning Herald - Saturday, 23 Jun 1849</ac:parameter><ac:parameter ac:name=\"borderColor\">lightgrey</ac:parameter><ac:rich-text-body>One hundred of the immigrants per ship Emigrant proceeded to the Hunder on Wednesday evening per steamer Maitland</ac:rich-text-body></ac:macro><ac:macro ac:name=\"panel\"><ac:parameter ac:name=\"titleBGColor\">lightgrey</ac:parameter><ac:parameter ac:name=\"title\">Sydney Morning Herald, 27 June 1849</ac:parameter><ac:parameter ac:name=\"borderColor\">lightgrey</ac:parameter><ac:rich-text-body>By the Emigrant, sent<ul><li> to Parramatta 47, </li><li>to Maitland 189, </li><li>to Port Macquarie 15: </li><li>received into depot 6, </li><li>into hospital 1, </li><li>hired from the ship 18, </li><li>left the ship on their own account 43 </li></ul>total, 319.</ac:rich-text-body></ac:macro>It has not been possible to determine David\'s exact fate, as there have been no identified references to him in colonial records. The next formal record for David is his marriage to Julia Willoughby in 1854. This marriage is recorded at the Church of England at Cooks River, Petersham. The Petersham estate (owned by Lieutenant-Governor, Major Francis Grose) along with other nearby farms alongside the Coosk River was the first land outside of the Sydney colony cultivated for food, and over time because the primary food production area for the inner city. By 1854 this area was had been sold off as large residential allotments that were purchased by the wealthy merchants of Sydney looking to escape the industrial city centre. In 1855 the railway line was extended through the area. In 1854 the area was semi rural with a number of large blocks and a number of industries like mills.David married <ac:link><ri:page ri:content-title=\"Julia Willoughby 1827\" /><ac:plain-text-link-body><![CDATA[Julia Willoughby]]></ac:plain-text-link-body></ac:link> in 1854 at St Peters Church of England, Cooks River Petersham.  Julia was the  2nd eldest child and second eldest daughter of <ac:link><ri:page ri:content-title=\"Charles Willoughby 1799\" /><ac:plain-text-link-body><![CDATA[Charles Willoughby]]></ac:plain-text-link-body></ac:link> and Anne Maria Butler of Gorey, Wexford, Ireland.David and Julia had five children (two sons and three daughters) between 1858 and 1864.<ul><li>David Jones Born 1858 died 1912. Married Mary J Miller in 1884</li><li>John Jones Born 1860. </li><li><ac:link><ri:page ri:content-title=\"Clara Jones 1863\" /><ac:plain-text-link-body><![CDATA[Clara Jones]]></ac:plain-text-link-body></ac:link> Born 1863. Married <ac:link><ri:page ri:content-title=\"John Darrough 1850\" /><ac:plain-text-link-body><![CDATA[John Darrough]]></ac:plain-text-link-body></ac:link> in 1882</li><li>Esther L Jones Born 1864 Berrima.</li><li>Mary Jones Born 1864 Berrima</li></ul>After David and Julia\'s marriage the family disappear for 4 years until they turn up in Tambaroora in 1858 where the birth of their eldest son is registered. Tambaroora was a major service town for the alluvial gold activities that were underway at Hill End. Australias first stamper battery was set up in Tambaroora in 1856 by the "Old Company" which employed Cornish equipment and miners. around this time the town had a population of about 2000 . In 1858 Tambaroora was in the middle of a drought and in the January had experienced significant bush fires. Its not known when the family arrived there, but they didnt stay for long.By 1860 the family was living in Campbelltown where their next two children - John and Clara - were born. By 1864 the family were living in Sutton Forest (a small village 5km south of Moss Vale in the Southern Highlands), where their youngest two children - Esther L and Mary - were born.Both David and Julia died in 1866 (cause at this point unknown), leaving 5 young children with no relatives in the colony to care for them. There is note of an Coroners inquest4 into David\'s death on 15 December 1866.It has been nearly impossible to determine the where about of the children over the following years <h4>Associated Documents</h4><ul><li>1841 Census Records - David Jones</li><li>Immigration Records - David Jones</li><li>1827 Baptism Record - David Jones</li></ul> <hr /><ol><li>The Lewis\'s have  long standing pedigree in the area, being documented in both "Welsh Medieval Database Primarily of Nobility and Gentry" and "Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families: with Their Collateral Branches in Denbighshire, Merionethshire" (1914), Griffith, John Edwards, (Horncastle, England: W.K. Morton, 1914), FHL book Folio 942.9 D2gr; FHL microfilm 468,334., p. 52*.The family had ownership of Cae Mawr back to the 1600s and the house has evidence of Roman fortifications dating from the Flavius period.</li><li>In 1847, the second Bounty system of immigration was set up.  The Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners were entrusted with the selection and conveyance of migrants, while the Immigration Board in Sydney decided whether or not shipping companies were entitled to payment for immigrants brought to the Colony.</li><li>Captain W.H. Kemp The last voyage to Australia of the Emigrant of Moreton Bay fame,  was to Port Adelaide in South Australia where it anchored on 23 October 1854. This ship Emigrant was registered in Liverpool, England.   In the Liverpool Shipping Register held by the Merseyside Maritime Museum, the final entry for the Emigrant is "Sold to Foreigners 1854".    No details of the sale are recorded in the Register.</li><li>Under the Coroners Act, inquests must be held "when the deceased person is not identified, when the cause of death is not determined, when the person died as a result of a homicide, or if the person died in or attempting to escape from police custody.</li></ol>',2261089,2),(2457687,'