David Poultney, Convict, transported to Tasmania - documentation relating to his descendants

David Poultney
Convict Number P565
Policeman, Milkman, Landowner
© Richard Carlaw. 2003-2006

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4. Descendants and related information

1837 - David Poultney and Annie Watt, Marriage Registration (72 Kb)
Source: Archives Office of Tasmania

"No 46. David Poultney of this Parish and Annie Watt of the Parish of Hobart Town
married in this Church by Banns with the consent of ....
this 19th day of January in the year 1837. J Beagly Naylor   Chaplain
This marriage was solemnized between us
{ The mark x of David Poultney   The mark x of Annie Watt }
In the Presence of
{ The mark x of George Watt of Hobart Town      The mark x of Margt Watt of Hobart Town }"

1839 - William Bent Poultney (son), baptism (78 Kb)
Source: Archives Office of Tasmania, NS 656/30 No 119

Page 9 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of St Johns at Newtown in the County of Buckingham in the Year 1839

When baptized	When born	Child's Christian Name	Parents Name Christian Surname	Abode	Quality or Profession
November 10th 1839 No: 119	28th March 1839	William Bent	David Poultney Annie	New Town	District Constable

Another key document. 3 years after his Conditional Pardon and appointment as District Constable, at the baptism of my gg-grandfather, David is still with the police force.

1842 - James White, Last Will and Testament
Source: Unknown, but probably Archives Office of Tasmania.
Transcript emailed to me by Carlene Smelt

Transcript

James White was a fellow convict aboard the Thames and appears in the Thames indent immediately after David Poultney. James was one of the Merevale Poachers that were tried immediately after the Newham Paddox poachers. James and David appear to have become close friends and in this transcript of James' will, David Poultney (milkman) is named as executor.

1844 - Sarah Mogford (Mugford, Mayford), formerly White, formerly ?, Marriage registration (256Kb)
Source: Unknown, but probably Archives Office of Tasmania.
Document emailed to me by Carlene Smelt

**1844 Marriages in the District of Hobart**
When Married	Name and Surname	Age	Rank	Signature and description of parties	Clergyman	Registered
17th September	John Mayford (sic) Sarah White	44 42	Farmer Widow	x the mark of John Mayford widower x the mark of Sarah White widow	P Palmer	17th September
Married in the Parish Church Trinity according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England by me
This marriage was solemnized between us { John Mayford Sarah White }
In the presence of us { x the mark of David Poultney ?Patrick? Heyward }

Note: In this document, the grooms' name is spelt "Mayford" - this is believed to be John Mogford, one of the Merevale Poachers transported to Hobart along with James White. Sarah is believed to be James' widow, who he was married to in England and who he brought out to Tasmania. On Sarah's death & burial documents (further down this page) we see alternate spellings of "Mugford" and "Mogford". The spelling variations, as well as substantial age variations on Sarah's (and John's) age, make it tricky to guarantee that this is one and the same person throughout. The "glue" that holds it all together, though, is the name of David Poultney, and it is in that light that these documents are presented here.

1853 - Sarah Mogford (Mugford, Mayford), formerly White, formerly ?, Death Registration (66 Kb)
Source: Unknown, but probably Archives Office of Tasmania
Document emailed to me by Carlene Smelt

**853 Deaths in the District of Hobart**
No	When Died	Name and Surname	Sex	Age	Rank or Profession	Cause of Death
2300	May 4th?	Sarah Mugford?	Female	fifty? six?	Labourer's wife	Enlargement of the Liver?

Signature Description and Residence of Informant	When Registered
David x his mark Poultney Friend. 144 Uppper Goulburn Street	May 5th

1853 - Sarah Mogford (Mugford, Mayford), formerly White, formerly ?, Burial Registration (97 Kb)
Source: Unknown, but probably Archives Office of Tasmania
Document emailed to me by Carlene Smelt

**Page 184 Burials in the Parish of the Holy Trinity in the County of Buckingham in the Year 1853**
Name	Abode	When Buried	Age	Ship's name	Quality or Profession	By whom ceremony performed
Sarah Mogford No 2602	Goulburn Street	7th May	56 years	2300	Wife of John Mogford farmer Hollow Tree

1863 - William Bent Poultney and Lydia Case Marriage Registration (96 Kb)
Source: Archives Office of Tasmania, RG037/22/181

**186- Marriages in the District of Hobart Town**
No	When married, and where	Name and Surname	Age	Rank	Signature and Description or Parties
432	7th February 1863. Brisbane Street Chapel	William Bent Poultney Lydia Case	Full age Full age	Shipwright -	William Bent Poultney Bachelor Lydia Case Spinster

Clergyman	Registered
Wm Robinson	7th February 1863

Married in the Independent Chapel Brisbane Street according to the Rites and Ceremonies of The Independents by License by me Wm Robinson Minister
This marriage was solemnized between us { William Bent Poultney Lydia Case }
In the Presence of Us { George Poultney Jessie Halkrow Case Henry Case Sarah Poultney }

1883 - Ann Amelia Poultney and John Rutherford, Marriage registration (52Kb)
Source: Unknown, but probably Archives Office of Tasmania.
Certificate emailed to me by John Rutherford

No	When Married	Name and Surname	Age	Rank	Signature and description of parties	Clergyman	Registered
714	May 28th 1883 Chalmers Manse Hobart	John Boyd Rutherford Ann Amelia Hauth	56 36?	Missionary? Widow	J B Rutherford widower A A Hauth widow	RU ?????	May 28th 1883
Married in the Chalmers Manse - Hobart according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Free Presby't Church by 23 Vic No 11 by me ????? Minister
This marriage was solemnized between us { J B Rutherford A A Hauth }
In the presence of us { ?W Webber? FA Hauth }

1889 - Annie Watt(s), Death Registration (82 Kb)
Source: Archives Office of Tasmania, RGD 35 No 614/1889

**1889 Deaths in the District of Hobart**
No	When Died	Name and Surname	Sex	Age	Rank or Profession	Cause of Death	Informant	When Registered
614	19 June 1889	Ann Poultney (Died Upper Goulburn Street) (Born England)	Female	74 years	Widow	1) ?Femural? Dropsy 2) Morbus Cordis	Alex J Clark Undertaker Collins Street	24 June 1889

1889 - Annie Watt(s), unknown Newspaper Death Notice
Source: Unknown newspaper, transcript emailed to me.

"POULTNEY - On June 19 at her late residence 165 Goulburn St, Ann relict of the late David Poultney in the 74^th year of her age. Vic arid NZ please copy."

1917 - George Poultney, Death Certificate (53 Kb)
Source: Unknown, but probably NZ BMD records
Certificate emailed to me by John Rutherford

Deaths in the District of Christchurch during the Quarter ending 30th of June 1917
	[No]
Description of Deceased	[1. When died] [2. Where died]	[(1) 1917 June 23] [(2) 76 Lower High Street, Christchurch]
	1. Name and Surname 2. Rank, profession or Occupation	(1) George Poultney (2) Carpenter
	1. Sex (M or F) 2. Age	(1) M (2) 76
Cause of Death	1. Cause of death 2. Duration of last illness 3. Medical Attendant 4. When last saw deceased	(1) Chronic Asthma, 40 years (2) Cardiac Syncope? (3) A.D. Anderson (4) April 23 1917
Parents	1. Father 2. Mother 3. Maiden name 4. Father's rank	(1) David Poultney (2) Annie Poultney formerly (3) Watts (4) Farmer
If Burial Registered	1. When buried 2. Where buried	(1) June 25 1917 (2) Linwood
If Burial Registered	1. Name of Minister 2. Religion of Minister	(1) Rev J Paterson (2) Presbyterian
Where Born	1. Where Born 2. How long in New Zealand	(1) Hobart Tasmania (2) 42 years
If Deceased was married	1. Where married 2. At what age married 3. To whom married 4. Age of widow, if living	(1) Hobart (2) 31 (3) Elizabeth Ann Steinmetz (4) 74
If Deceased was married	If issue living, state Ages each sex	M. 2 39 32 F. 2 41 35
Informant	1. Signature 2. Description 3. Residence 4. If entry a correction, signature of witness	(1) J Anderson (2) Undertaker (3) Christchurch (4)
Registrar	1. Signature 2. Date	(1) (2) 1917 June 26

Note: On the certificate in my possession, the first two columns (No. and When Died) have been truncated. The missing text, shown above in italics and [] brackets, has been reconstructed from information at http://librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/

1928 - Elizabeth Steinmetz (wife of George Poultney), Death Certificate (47 Kb)
Source: Unknown, but probably NZ BMD records
Certificate emailed to me by John Rutherford

Deaths in the District of Christchurch during the Quarter ending 30th of June 1928
	No	378
Description of Deceased	1. When died 2. Where died	(1) 1928 April 30 (2) 48 Ferry Road Christchurch
	1. Name and Surname 2. Rank, profession or Occupation	(1) Elizabeth Anna Poultney (2) Widow
	1. Sex (M or F) 2. Age	(1) F (2) 85
Cause of Death	1. Cause of death 2. Duration of last illness 3. Medical Attendant 4. When last saw deceased	(1) Old Age (2) Cardiac failure (3) W. Irving? (4) April 28, 1928
Parents	1. Father 2. Mother 3. Maiden name 4. Father's rank	(1) John Steinmetz (2) Agatha Steinmetz (3) Lauder (4) Carpenter
If Burial Registered	1. When buried 2. Where buried	(1) May 2, 1928 (2) Linwood
If Burial Registered	1. Name of Minister 2. Religion of Minister	(1) J McMonaghe (2) Roman Catholic
Where Born	1. Where Born 2. How long in New Zealand	(1) Germany (2) 54
If Deceased was married	1. Where married 2. At what age married 3. To whom married 4. Age of widow, if living	(1) Hobart Tasmania (2) 30 (3) George Poultney (4)
If Deceased was married	If issue living, state Ages each sex	M. 51 44 F. 53 46
Informant	1. Signature 2. Description 3. Residence 4. If entry a correction, signature of witness	(1) ?L D King? (2) Undertaker (3) Christchurch (4)
Registrar	1. Signature 2. Date	(1) (2) 1928 May 1

1930 - Ann Amelia Poultney, Death Certificate (40 Kb)
Source: Unknown, but probably NZ BMD records
Certificate emailed to me by John Rutherford

	[No]	299?
[Description of Deceased]	[1. When died] [2. Where died]	1930 December 6 Public Hospital Christchurch from Arnold Street Sumner
	1. Name and Surname] [2. Rank, profession or Occupation]	(1) Ann Amelia Rutherford (2) Widow
	[1. Sex (M or F)] [2. Age]	(1) F (2) 83
[Cause of Death]	[1. Cause of death] [2. Duration of last illness] [3. Medical Attendant] [4. When last saw deceased]	(1) Myocardial degeneration (2) - (3) L H Cordery (4) December 6, 1930
[Parents]	[1. Father] [2. Mother] [3. Maiden name] [4. Father's rank]	(1) David Poultney (2) Ann Poultney (3) Watt (4) Farmer
[If Burial Registered]	[1. When buried] [2. Where buried]	(1) December 8, 1930 (2) Linwood
[If Burial Registered]	[1. Name of Minister] [2. Religion of Minister]	(1) JM Simpson? (2) Presbyterian
[Where Born]	[1. Where Born] [2. How long in New Zealand]	(1) Hobart Tasmania (2) 29
[If Deceased was married]	[1. Where married] [2. At what age married] [3. To whom married] [4. Age of widow, if living]	(1) Hobart Tasmania (2) 35 (3) John Boyd Rutherford (4)
[If Deceased was married]	[If issue living, state Ages each sex]	F. 60 (2) M. 45 40
[Informant]	[1. Signature] [2. Description] [3. Residence] [4. If entry a correction, signature of witness]	(1) ?J Banell? (2) Undertaker (3) Christchurch (4)
[Registrar]	[1. Signature] [2. Date]	(1) ???? (2) 1930 December 8

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