Bothwell Families

These pages offer a glimpse into the lives of the Bothwell families during the 1800s.
You’ll find family trees and timelines - while not exhaustive, they will continue to be updated as research progresses.
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John Bale (1788- )
Ann Hovell (1785)-1869)

🏠 Property History

John Bale was born about 1788 in Ketteringham, Norfolk, England. He married Ann Hovell (date and place unknown), and they had several children, including Emely (1818), Frances Elizabeth (1820), Rampling John (1822), Mary Ann (1825), and Sarah (1829), mostly born in Norfolk.

John worked as a husbandman and later as a publican and ostler. In March 1834, he was convicted of sheep stealing at the Norfolk Court of Assizes and sentenced to life transportation. He departed from Cork, Ireland in October 1834 and arrived in Hobart in February 1835. At arrival, he was described as a 46-year-old farm labourer, 5'6¼" tall, with pale complexion and brown hair.

By 1840, John was living near Bothwell and working as a shepherd. Despite charges in 1841 and 1842 for neglect and larceny, he was acquitted and subsequently granted a Ticket of Leave in 1843 and a Conditional Pardon in 1846. His wife Ann and daughter Sarah arrived in Tasmania in 1845.

John became a landowner in Bothwell, purchasing multiple plots between 1854 and 1857, including properties on Schaw St, Franklin St, High St, and cultivated land near Bothwell. He was active in local affairs, serving as a juror at an inquest in 1861 and witnessing his daughter Sarah’s marriage in 1867.

Ann Bale died in Bothwell in September 1869 at the age of 84. John Bale conveyed several parcels of his land to Simon Arnett in 1870, though the formal conveyances are not located. The date and place of John’s death remain unknown.

John Bale.

b: abt 1788, Ketteringham, Norfolk, England (1); d: date and place unknown.

Spouse - Ann Hovell.

b: abt 1785, place unknown (2); m: date and place unknown; d: 12 Sep 1869, Bothwell, Tasmania (2); bur: aft 12 Sep 1869, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (3).

Children of John Bale and Ann Howell:

  1. Emely Bale - b: 16 Oct 1818, Heigham, Norfolk, England (4); bap: 1 Nov 1818, Heigham, Norfolk, England (4).**

  2. Frances Elizabeth Bale - b: abt 1820, Heigham, Norfolk, England (5); bap: 9 Jul 1820, Heigham, Norfolk, England (5).**

  3. Rampling John Bale - b: 16 Aug 1822, Norwich, Norfolk, England (6); bap: 8 Sep 1822, Norwich, Norfolk, England (6); d: 18 May 1909, Bothwell, Tasmania (7); bur: 21 May 1909, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (8). Spouse - Rosanna Mills, b: abt 1826, Norwich, Norfolk, England (9); m: 1847, Norwich, Norfolk, England (10); d: 4 Jun 1886, Bothwell, Tasmania (11); bur: aft 4 Jun 1886, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (12).

  4. Mary Ann Bale - b: 7 Jun 1825 Norwich, Norfolk, England (13); bap: 19 Jun 1825 Norwich, Norfolk, England (13).**

  5. Sarah Bale - b: 7 Apr 1829, Norwich, Norfolk, England (14); bap: 24 May 1829, Norwich, Norfolk, England (15); d: 25 Feb 1911, Bothwell, Tasmania (16); bur: 27 Feb 1911, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (17). Spouse (1) - Richard Hill, b: abt 1800, place unknown (18); m: 10 Aug 1847, Bothwell, Tasmania (19); d: 10 Dec 1862, Bothwell, Tasmania (18); bur: aft 10 Dec 1862, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (20). Spouse (2) - Alfred Ainsworth, b: abt 1827, Hampshire, England (21); m: 15 Apr 1867, Bothwell, Tasmania (22); d: 2 Nov 1905, Bothwell, Tasmania (21); bur: 6 Nov 1905, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (23).

** No further research undertaken on this individual.

Sources

Properties in Bothwell purchased by John Bale

For more information click on the link under the map.
Complete maps located on the Property History page.
Tasmanian Archives: Bothwell B37, AF819/1/26 (modified) & Bothwell B38, AF819/1/27 (modified)

Sources

Family of John Bale

  1. Libraries Tasmania: Description Lists of Male Convicts (CON18), John Bale, no 2209, 'Lady Kennaway' (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON18-1-10/CON18-1-10p69).

  2. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Ann Bale, no 6/1869, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-38p37j2k).

  3. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, Ann Bale, 1869, site unknown.

  4. ancestry: Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935, Emely Bale, 1818, Heigham (https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/1228865:61636).

  5. FamilySearch: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Frances Elizabeth Bale, 1820, Heigham, Norfolk (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N6YG-XL4).

  6. England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Rampling John Bale, 1822, Norwich, Norfolk (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DRN9-B5T).

  7. Deaths in the District of Bothwell 1844-1938 (RGD17), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z1640, Ramplin John Bale, RGD17/1/2, no 762/1909.

  8. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Ramplin John Bale, 1909, section A28, site 19.

  9. FamilySearch: England and Wales Census, 1851, Rosana Bales, 1851, Lakenham, Norfolk (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGDL-V8H).

  10. FamilySearch: England and Wales Marriage Registration Index 1837-2005, Rampling Joh Bale-Rose Hannah Mills, 1847, Norwich, Norfolk (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26WY-48V.

  11. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Rosanna Bale, no 489/1886, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-55p50j2k).

  12. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Rosanna Bale, 1886, section A28, site 19.

  13. England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Mary Ann Bale, 1825, Norwich, Norfolk (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DRN9-BBY).

  14. ancestry: Public Member Family Trees, Sarah Bale - Hill Family Tree (https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/person/tree/30745614/person/12300606400/facts).

  15. Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935, Sarah Bale, 1829, Norwich (https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/1247708:61636).

  16. Deaths in the District of Bothwell 1844-1938 (RGD17), microfilm Z1640, Sarah Ainsworth, RGD17/1/2, no 773/1911.

  17. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Sarah Aneswearth, 1911, section A34, site 11-12.

  18. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Richard Hill, no 9/1862, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-31p27j2k).

  19. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Hill-Ball, no 578/1847, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-6p7j2k).

  20. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Richard Hill, 1862, section A13, site 20.

  21. Deaths in the District of Bothwell 1844-1938(RGD17), microfilm Z1640, Alfred Ainsworth, microfilm Z1640, RGD17/1/2, no 741/1905.

  22. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Aneswearth-Hill, no 97/1867, Bothwell (https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-26p68j2k).

  23. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Alfred Aneswearth, 1905, section A34, site 11-12.