Medwin

Generation: 1

1. Medwin was born 25 Apr 1866, Horton, Tasmania, Australia (daughter of Edwin Medwin and Elizabeth Nettleton).

Generation: 2

2.	Edwin Medwin was born 1824 (son of William Medwin and Elizabeth Sarah Cook); died 20 Dec 1895, Stanley, Tasmania, Australia. Other Events: AFN: 9XJ3-FJ Edwin married Elizabeth Nettleton 8 Nov 1852, Horton, Tasmania, Australia. Elizabeth was born Abt 1831. [Group Sheet]

Elizabeth Nettleton was born Abt 1831.

Other Events:

AFN: 9XJ3-GP

Children:

Hester Maria Medwin was born 26 Oct 1853, Horton, Tasmania, Australia.
Elizabeth Medwin was born 3 Sep 1855, Tasmania, Australia; died 2 Feb 1923, Forest, Tasmania, Australia; was buried 4 Feb 1923, Forest, Tasmania, Australia.
Charlotte Medwin was born 26 Sep 1857, Horton, Tasmania, Australia.
Susan Eliza Medwin was born 16 Sep 1859, Horton, Tasmania, Australia; died 4 Jan 1893, Circular Head, Tasmania, Australia.
Matilda Patience Medwin was born 15 Feb 1862, Horton, Tasmania, Australia.
Medwin was born 15 May 1864, Horton, Tasmania, Australia.
1. Medwin was born 25 Apr 1866, Horton, Tasmania, Australia.
Annie Victoria Medwin was born 11 Jan 1868, Horton, Tasmania, Australia.
Henry Charles Edwin Medwin was born 9 Apr 1870, Horton, Tasmania, Australia.
Georgina Frances Medwin was born 29 Mar 1875, Horton, Tasmania, Australia.
Marian Catherine Medwin was born 18 Aug 1876, Horton, Tasmania, Australia.

Generation: 3

William Medwin was born 1798, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom; died 26 Apr 1869, Horton, Tasmania, Australia; was buried Stanley, Tasmania, Australia.

Other Events:

Emigration: 1841, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Notes:

Came to Launceston 1841 on the 'Ullswater' with their 8 children (mentioned in Launceston Advertiser (5/8/1841) and Cornwall Chronicle (7/8/1841)). William Medwin and his family were the first independent settlers in the Black River area.

From http://home.cogeco.ca/~jcosgrave/wycombe_barton.htm - Richard Barton married Sarah Medwin on 01 Dec, 1787, at High Wycombe

NOTE: Van Diemans Land - Part of NSW until 14 Jun 1825 renamed Tasmania 1 Jan 1856

BIOGRAPHY: From http://www.thecorys.com/sayer/d11052.htm - William (1798-1869) his wife Elizabeth Sarah (Cock) (1793-1868) and his eight children arrived at Wellington NZ from Wycombe, England on the Slains Castle in 1841. Conditions were not what they expected, so the Medwins boarded the Ullswater and arrived in Launceston later that year. The family settled on the east bank at Black River, where they farmed for many years. Their five sons, Edwin, John, Mathias, William and Thomas were all farmers as well, though Thomas later became a storekeeper in Church St. Stanley, in 1871. Thomas was born in 1837 in London and died in 1904. He had seventeen children; George, Mary, David, Charlotte, Rachel, Rachel, Herbert, Alice, Annie, Minnie, Lemuel, Arthur, Eliza, Thomas, Andrew, Philip and Leslie. Elizabeth Medwin must have been a resourceful woman: once when bushrangers Bradley and Connor called, planning revenge on William for having replaced Bradley services with the more reliable ones of a ticket-of-leave man, Elizabeth calmly tied up 60 pounds in her skirts, keeping 2 pounds visible. Since William was not at home, the bushrangers took food and the two pounds and went away, leaving the bulk of the family savings safe in Elizabeth's skirts. William, Elizabeth, their grandson Mathias and one of their daughters are buried at Stanley. This Mathias bought 310 acres of land from his grandfather, William, and settled with his Irish wife, Mary, and their ten children. One of their sons was named Luke. His property at Black River was called "Mayura" His wife Annie was well known for her bonnet and boots: on one occasion she walked from Flowerdale to Black River with a goose under one arm and a cow and a calf behind her. Luke andAnnie's son Allan had property at Mawbanna where he lived with his wife Mary Ellen "Mollie" and nine children. Mollie was born in Cork and after serving with the Womenï's Army in France during WWI, she came to Tasmania with her husband to take up farming at Mawbanna, where she helped the local bush nurse. During her lifetime she built no fewer than five houses. During the 1940's the family moved to Black River, where the property had been left to Allan by Luke. Mayura is now known as Gateforth. 150 people turned up to the Medwin Reunion held at Wynyard in 1987.

BIOGRAPHY: FROM: http://www.fairbrassfamily.com/new_zealand.htm - The family came to New Zealand aboard the "Slains Castle" ship. This was the 11th Immigration ship sent out by the New Zealand Company, and the first to arrive at Port Nicholson in 1841. It had left Gravesend on 14 September 1840, and reached port on 25 January 1841. It weighed 500 tons and carried 6 cabin and 218 steerage passengers. The captain reported the journey as follows: 'I am happy to inform you of the safe arrival here on the 25th inst. of the Slains Castle - all well - having only lost four infants under 12 months old and having 5 births.'

BIOGRAPHY: FROM: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ourstuff/SlainsCastle.htm -
Slains CastleShip:Captain: James PetrieSurgeon Superintendent: J SheridanSailed Deal 18th September 1840 - arrived Port Nicholson 25th January 1841
Medwin William 37 Agricultural Labourer Elizabeth 45 Edwin 15 Agricultural Labourer John 13 Eliza 12 Mathias 9 Elizabeth 7 Sarah 5 Thomas 4 William 1

William married Elizabeth Sarah Cook 1824. Elizabeth was born 1793; died 30 Nov 1868, Horton, Tasmania, Australia; was buried Stanley, Tasmania, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Elizabeth Sarah Cook was born 1793; died 30 Nov 1868, Horton, Tasmania, Australia; was buried Stanley, Tasmania, Australia.

Other Events:

Emigration: 1841, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Notes:

POSSIBLY 'SARAH COOK' - born 1 Sep, 1793, Ravenstone, father William Cook, mother Martha?

BIOGRAPHY: Came to Launceston 1841 on the 'Ullswater' with their 8 children (mentioned in Launceston Advertiser (5/8/1841) and Cornwall Chronicle (7/8/1841)). Last name was noted as 'Cock' in some places, 'Cook' in others. From http://www.thecorys.com/sayer/d11052.htm - Elizabeth Medwin must have been a resourceful woman: once when bushrangers Bradley and Connor called, planning revenge on William for having replaced Bradley services with the more reliable ones of a ticket-of-leave man, Elizabeth calmly tied up 60 pounds in her skirts, keeping 2 pounds visible. Since William was not at home, the bushrangers took food and the two pounds and went away, leaving the bulk of the family savings safe in Elizabeth's skirts.

Children:

2. Edwin Medwin was born 1824; died 20 Dec 1895, Stanley, Tasmania, Australia.
John Cock Medwin was born 1832; was christened 2 Aug 1826, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom; died 20 Aug 1911, Montumana, Tasmania, Australia; was buried Church of England Cemetery, Forest, Tasmania, Australia.
Eliza Medwin was born 1828; died 1882.
Matthias Medwin was born Abt 1831; died 15 Apr 1898, Emu Bay, Tasmania, Australia; was buried Stanley, Tasmania, Australia.
Elizabeth Medwin was born 1831; died 1851, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Sarah Medwin was born Abt 1833.
Thomas Medwin was born 1837, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom; died 14 Oct 1904, "Ninevah", Esplanade, West Devonport, Tasmania, Australia; was buried 15 Oct 1904, Don Cemetery, Tasmania, Australia.
William Medwin was born 1840.