Private Charles Bennett
(c.1794.....1861)
-
- Back to . . .Royal
New South Wales Veterans Regiment ,
- 50th Foot West Kent
Queen's Own Regiment.
Born :
circa.1794
Where Born : Derby
Occupation : Hosier / Painter / Soldier
Regimental Number
:
Date Arrived : 26
August 1826
Ship Arrived on : "
John Barry"
Rank on Discharge : Private
Enlisted : 50th Regiment
Date of Enlistment 50th : 1808
Where Enlisted 50th: Derby England
Date of Discharge 50th:
1815 discharged after
being shot at the Battle of Boyanne (?) in France at 21.
Where Discharged 50th: Boyanne
in France
Date of Enlistment Veterans
: 30.
December 1825
Where Enlisted Veterans:
Date of Discharge Veterans:
24. December.1829
Where Discharged Veterans: Launceston, Tasmania
Died : 7. November 1861. aged 67
Where Died /
Buried :
Launceston / Cypress St C of E Cemetery Launceston
,Tasmania
Parents Names : George
Bennett (b......d.) and Jane Newham. (b......d.)
Spouse's Name :
Elizabeth Wild
Date Married :
13. November 1815
Where Married : All Saints Church Derby
, Derby England
Born :
26. July 1797
Where Born : St Werburgh Derby England
Occupation :
Date Arrived : 26
August 1826
Ship Arrived on : "
John Barry"
Died :
Where Died /
Buried :
Spouse's Parents :
William Wild (b........d.) & Mary (b.......d)
- Descendants
This information was kindly
supplied by a descendant of Charles Bennett,
Tricia Sullivan E-mail
address.......... lsullivan@vtown.com.au
- Area Settled :
- Launceston,Tasmania
-
- Children :
- 1 . Charles Bennett (b.2/12/1819. Bapt 28/10/1821
St Alkmund Derby
England ......d.)
- 2 . Eliza Bennett (b.3/11/1822 St Werburgh Derby England
.......d.)
- 3 . Henry Bennett ( b. 18/10/1827.Bapt 31/1/1828 St Johns Church County of
Cornwall Port Dalrymple Launceston......d.)
- 4 . Caroline Martha Bennett (b. 6/4/1830. Bapt
31/1/1831 St St
Johns Church County of Cornwall Port Dalrymple Launceston
......d.) m 1st 20/9/1847 Matthew
Chandler (b.......d.)Turner
St Indpendent Chapel Launceston .
2nd 27/12/1888 Robert Milburn (b........d.) Manse of York St Baptist Church
Launceston
- 5 . Thomas Bennett (b.6/11/1831 Launceston . Bapt
7/12/1831 St Johns
Church County of Cornwall Port Dalrymple Launceston .....d.) m Rose Sophia Anthony
(b.1859.Launceston.....d.)
- 6 . Ellen Bennett (b.24/5/1834 .Bapt 24/12/1834 St Johns Church County of
Cornwall Port Dalrymple Launceston .....d.)
- 7 . Elizabeth Ann Bennett (b. 26/2/1837..Bapt
5/5/1837.St Johns
Church County of Cornwall Port Dalrymple Launceston .....d.) m
13/6/1854 John Henry Reed
(b........d.) Turner
St Indpendent Chapel Launceston
History
& Achievements :
Private Charles
Bennett began his military career as a member of the 50th Foot West Kent Queen's Own
Regiment . Charles would have discharged in
England and enlisted in the Royal New South Wales Veterans Company Regiment (; service in Australia ; 1810 -
1823 & 1826 - 1833) arriving
in Australia as part of the Number 3 Company Royal Veterans of
Tasmania 1826 - 1833 .
These men arrived in Van Diemans Land 26/8/1826 ship " John
Barry".
Following his discharge Charles applied for and recieved a grant
of land in the township of Launceston. These grants were
Wellington, Canning and Bathurst Streets . Charles is recorded as
travelling to the mainland , only to return and settle in
Launceston .
He joined the army at 14
and was discharged after being shot at the Battle of Boyanne (?)
in France at 21. He went back to Derby and became a hosier
where he married Elizabeth before joining the Royal veterans. He
had 2 chn in Derby Charlie and Eliza. Eliza married Watson
Prideaux. Other chn. henry committed suicide in 1899. Ellen
married a convict John Winrow. They temporarily moved to a
Warnambool where they had a daughter then back to Tas.
Thomas married Rose Sophia Anthony. Elizabeth married John Henry
Reed and moved to the Goldfields in Victoria.
- © Copyright B & M Chapman
(QLD) Australia
- Last revised: January 05, 2004.
