Hill-William — Bothwell History

William Hill (1812-1884)

Born: Abt 1812, place unknown
Died: 24 May 1884, Bothwell, Tasmania
Parents: Unknown

Spouse:

Agnes Hamilton (1829- )

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William Hill.

Born: abt 1812, place unknown (RGD35: William Hill, no 57/1884, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-53p53j2k)
Convicted: 27 Jun 1836, Quarter Sessions, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England; stealing 2 sacks of coal, sentenced to life transportation (CON31: William Hill, no 2210, 'Blenheim,' https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-21/CON31-1-21p207)
Departed: 15 Mar 1837, Woolwich, Kent, England; on board the 'Blenheim' (BATE: p362/1837, 'Blenheim')
Arrived: 16 Jul 1837, Hobart, TAS; Surgeon's Report: good. Description: Height: 5' 3¼"; Complexion: fresh Hair: brown; Eyes: blue; Age: 31; Trade: farm labourer, ploughman, can reap, mow & thrash; Native Place: near Hertford, Hertfordshire (CON31: William Hill, no 2210, 'Blenheim,' https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-21/CON31-1-21p207) & (CON23: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON23-1-2/CON23-1-2-P088)
Muster: 21 Jun 1839, Bothwell, TAS; attended (CON31: William Hill, no 2210, 'Blenheim,' https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-21/CON31-1-21p207)
Muster: 14 Jun 1845, Bothwell, TAS; attended (CON31: William Hill, no 2210, 'Blenheim,' https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-21/CON31-1-21p207)
Ticket of Leave: 19 Aug 1845, approved (CON31: William Hill, no 2210, 'Blenheim,' https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-21/CON31-1-21p207)
Conditional Pardon: 14 Nov 1848, approved (CON34: William Hill, no 2210, 'Blenheim,' https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON34-1-7/CON34-1-7P21)
Permission to Marry: 10 Aug 1852, Agnes Hamilton, approved (CON52: Hill-Hamilton, p195/1852, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/con52-1-5p045j2k)
Married: 1 Oct 1852, Agnes Hamilton, St Luke's Church, Bothwell, TAS (RGD37: Hill-Hamilton, no 3/1852, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-11p1j2k)
Marriage Witness: 12 Aug 1853, William Lazarus & Hannah Bebe, St Luke's Church, Bothwell, TAS (RGD37: Lazarus-Belee, no 10/1853, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-12p4j2k)
Residence: 11 Jul 1854, Humby, Bothwell, TAS; farmer (RGD33: Margaret Hill, no 27/1854, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-32p244j2k)
Marriage Witness: 28 May 1855, John Blewitt & Elizabeth Creese, St Luke's Church, Bothwell, TAS (RGD37: Bluett-Creese, no 8/1855, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-14p3j2k)
Donated: 18 Jun 1855, 10s to the Patriotic War Fund (COUR: "Patriotic War Fund," 18 Jun 1855, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2485531)
Residence: 28 Mar 1856, Humby, Bothwell, TAS; farmer (RGD33: Jane Hill, no 7/1856, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-34p534j2k)
Residence: 14 Jul 1857, Humby, Bothwell, TAS; farmer (RGD33: William Hill, no 27/1857, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-35p711j2k)
Residence: 18 May 1858, Humby, Bothwell, TAS; Alexander Reid (owner), part of Humbie, farm, 70 acres, annual rateable value £30 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1858, p698-699, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898F-VZZ3)
Died: 24 May 1884, Bothwell, TAS; aged 72, decay of nature; informant: Thomas Perkins, Police Superintendent (RGD35: William Hill, no 57/1884, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-53p53j2k)

Spouse - Agnes Hamilton.

Born: abt 1829, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (CON41: Agnes Hamilton, no 903, 'Aurora,' https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON41-1-31/CON41-1-31p93)
Convicted: 17 Jun 1850, Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; theft, sentenced to seven years transportation (CON41: Agnes Hamilton, no 903, 'Aurora,' https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON41-1-31/CON41-1-31p93)
Departed: 26 Apr 1851, London, England; on board the 'Aurora' (BATE: p370/1851, 'Aurora')
Arrived: 10 Aug 1851, Hobart, TAS; Surgeon's Report: exemplary. Description: Trade: country servant & laundress; Height: 5; 4¼"; Age: 22; Complexion: ruddy; Head: large; Hair: brown; Visage: full; Forehead: medium; Eyebrows: brown; Eyes: hazel; Nose : medium; Mouth: small; Chin: medium; Native Place: Edinburgh; Remarks: arms very large; Religion: Presbyterian; can read (CON41: Agnes Hamilton, no 903, 'Aurora,' https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON41-1-31/CON41-1-31p93)
Convict Work: 16 Aug 1851, Bothwell, TAS, entered into service for Charles Octavius Parsons (CON41: Agnes Hamilton, no 903, 'Aurora,' https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON41-1-31/CON41-1-31p93)
Permission to Marry: 10 Aug 1852, William Hill, approved (CON52: Hill-Hamilton, p195/1852, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/con52-1-5p045j2k)
Married: 1 Oct 1852, William Hill, St Luke's Church, Bothwell, TAS (RGD37: Hill-Hamilton, no 3/1852, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-11p1j2k)
Marriage Witness: 12 Aug 1853, William Lazarus & Hannah Bebe, St Luke's Church, Bothwell, TAS (RGD37: Lazarus-Belee, no 10/1853, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-12p4j2k)
Ticket of Leave: 6 Dec 1853, approved (CON41: Agnes Hamilton, no 903, 'Aurora,' https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON41-1-31/CON41-1-31p93)
Certificate of Freedom: 17 Mar 1857, approved (CON41: Agnes Hamilton, no 903, 'Aurora,' https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON41-1-31/CON41-1-31p93)
No further research has been carried out at this time

Children of William Hill and Agnes Hamilton:

Margaret Hill.
Born: 1 Jul 1854, Bothwell, TAS; informant: William Hill, father, farmer (RGD33: Margaret Hill, no 27/1854, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-32p244j2k)
Baptised: 15 Jul 1854, Bothwell, TAS (PRES: Margaret Hill, baptism, NS592/1/1, no 165/1854)
No further research has been carried out at this time
Jane Hill.
Born: 7 Mar 1856, Bothwell, TAS; informant: William Hill, father, farmer (RGD33: Jane Hill, no 7/1856, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-34p534j2k)
Baptised: 4 Apr 1856, Bothwell, TAS (PRES: Jane Hill, baptism, NS592/1/1, no 200/1856)
No further research has been carried out at this time
William Hill.
Born: 16 Jun 1857, Bothwell, TAS; informant: William Hill, father, farmer (RGD33: William Hill, no 27/1857, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-35p711j2k)
Baptised: 1 Aug 1857, Bothwell, TAS (PRES: William Hill, baptism, NS592/1/1, no 220/1857)
No further research has been carried out at this time
Emily Hill.
Born: 1 Aug 1859, Hamilton, TAS; informant: William Hill, father, farmer (RGD33: Emily Hill, no 763/1859, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-37p464j2k)
Baptised: 21 Oct 1859, Bothwell, TAS (PRES: Emily Hill, baptism, NS592/1/1, no 248/1859)
No further research has been carried out at this time
Daniel Hunt Hill.
Born: 1 Aug 1859, Hamilton, TAS; informant: William Hill, father, farmer (RGD33: Emily Hill, no 763/1859, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-37p464j2k)
Baptised: 21 Oct 1859, Bothwell, TAS (PRES: Emily Hill, baptism, NS592/1/1, no 248/1859)
No further research has been carried out at this time

Bibliography of Sources

BATE - Bateson, Charles. The Convict Ships : 1787-1868. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Library of Australian History. 1985.
CON23 - Libraries Tasmania: Convict Male Alphabetical Registers (CON23). Images. Convict Department (TA60). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://www.libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
CON31 - Libraries Tasmania: Conduct Registers of Male Convicts arriving in the Period of the Assignment System (CON31). Images. Convict Department (TA60). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://www.libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
CON34 - Libraries Tasmania: Conduct Registers of Male Convicts Arriving under the Assignment System on Strength in Nov 1844 (CON34). Images. Convict Department (TA60). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://www.libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
CON41 - Libraries Tasmania: Conduct Registers of Female Convicts arriving in the Period of the Probation System (CON41). Images. Convict Department (TA60). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://www.libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
CON52 - Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Applications for Permissions to Marry (CON52). Images. Convict Department (TA60). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://www.libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
COUR - TROVE: The Courier (Hobart, TAS : 1840-1859). Images. National Library of Australia. https://trove.nla.gov.au : 2023.
PRES - Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592). Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office. Microfilm. Presbyterian Church of Tasmania (NG1965).
RGD33 - Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33). Images. Registrar-General's Department (TA85). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
RGD35 - Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35). Images. Registrar-General's Department (TA85). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
RGD37 - Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37). Images. Registrar-General's Department (TA85). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
TGG - FamilySearch: Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925. Images. Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, Hobart. https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2170647 : 2023.