Bothwell Families

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William Reid (1789-1873)
Margaret Aldridge ( -1834)

William Reid.

b: abt 1789, Gloucestershire, England (1); d: 23 Apr 1873, Bothwell, Tasmania (2); bur: aft 23 Apr 1873, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (3).

Spouse - Margaret Aldridge.

b: abt 1788, place unknown (4); m: 23 Aug 1819, Old Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England (5); d: May 1834, Green Ponds, Tasmania (3); bur: 29 May 1834, Green Ponds, Tasmania (3).

Children of William Reid and Margaret Aldridge:

  1. Sarah Ann Reid - b: abt 1819, Old Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England (6); bap: 23 Jan 1820, Old Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England (6); d: 23 Dec 1870, Bothwell, Tasmania (7); bur: 25 Dec 1870, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (8). Spouse - William Taylor, b: abt 1809, Southwark, London, England (9); m: 2 May 1836, Bothwell, Tasmania (10); d: 23 May 1887, Hobart, Tasmania (11).

  2. Jane Reid - b: abt 1821, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England (12); bap: 5 Aug 1821, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England (12); d: 24 Apr 1898, Hobart, Tasmania (13). Spouse - Thomas Hale, b: abt 1808, St Leonards, Gloucestershire, England (14); m: 22 Jan 1838, Bothwell, Tasmania (15); d: 13 Oct 1884, Bothwell, Tasmania (16).

  3. Mary Ann Reid - b: 8 Mar 1827, Bothwell, Tasmania (17); bap: 17 Oct 1827, Hobart, Tasmania (17); d: 5 Sep 1915, Queenstown, Tasmania (18). Spouse - Benjamin Jackman, b: abt 1808, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England (19); m: 27 Jun 1844, Bothwell, Tasmania (20); d: 24 Nov 1879, Bothwell, Tasmania (21); bur: aft 24 Nov 1879, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (22).

  4. Matilda Reid - b: 12 Mar 1828, Bothwell, Tasmania (23); bap: 18 May 1828, New Norfolk, Tasmania (23); d: 9 Jun 1892, Taranna, Tasmania (24). Spouse - James Beeston Lemon, son of Beeston Henry Lemon and Elizabeth Unknown, b: abt 1814, Winchester, Hampshire, England (25); bap: 19 Jun 1814, Winchester, Hampshire, England (25); m: 8 May 1846, Bothwell, Tasmania (26); d: 8 Oct 1890, Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania (27).

  5. John Reid - b: abt 1829, Tasmania (28); bap: 26 Nov 1829, Bothwell, Tasmania (28); d: 27 Dec 1829, Bothwell, Tasmania (29); bur: 29 Dec 1829, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (29).

  6. Eliza Reid - b: abt 1831, Tasmania (30); bap: 27 Apr 1831, Bothwell, Tasmania (30); d: 20 Aug 1858, Bothwell, Tasmania (31); bur: aft 20 Aug 1858, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (32). Spouse - William Maskell, b: abt 1812, place unknown (33); m: 31 Dec 1851, Bothwell, Tasmania (34); d: 28 Aug 1880, Bothwell, Tasmania (33); bur: 31 Aug 1880, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (35).

  7. William Reid - b: abt 1833, Tasmania (36); bap: 25 Jul 1833, Bothwell, Tasmania (36).**

** No further research undertaken on this individual.

Sources

Sources

Family of William Reid

  1. Libraries Tasmania: Conduct Registers of Male Convicts arriving in the Period of the Assignment System (CON31), William Reed, image 348, no 364 'Asia' (https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-34).

  2. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), William Reid, no 4/1873, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-42p37j2k).

  3. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, William Reid, 1873, site unknown.

  4. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Burials, Tasmania (RGD34), Margaret Reid, no 3809/1834, Green Ponds (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD34-1-1p165j2k).

  5. ancestry: Gloucestershire, England, Church of England marriages and Banns, 1754-1938, Reed-Aldridge, no 26/1819, Old Sodbury (https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/5156/images/43138_633870_4587-00011).

  6. ancestry: Gloucestershire, England, Church of England baptisms, 1813-1913, Sarah Reed, no 131/1820, Old Sodbury (https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/12759566:5066).

  7. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Sarah Ann Taylor, no 11/1870, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-39p36j2k).

  8. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Sarah Ann Taylor, 1870, section A2, site 6.

  9. Libraries Tasmania: Indents of Male Convicts (CON14), William Taylor, no 389, 'Asia' (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON14-1-50/CON14-1-50P18).

  10. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Taylor-Reid, marriage, 2 May 1836.

  11. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), William Taylor, no 704/1887, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-11p88j2k).

  12. Gloucestershire, England, Church of England baptisms, 1813-1913, Jane Reed, no 284/1821, Chipping Sodbury (https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/5066/images/43138_636897_2145-00122).

  13. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Jane Hale, no 316/1898, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-68p351j2k).

  14. Libraries Tasmania: Description Lists of Male Convicts (CON18), Thomas Hale, no 1267, 'Larkins' (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON18-1-12/CON18-1-12p92).

  15. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Hale-Read, marriage, 22 Jan 1838.

  16. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Thomas Hale, no 62/1884, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-53p55j2k).

  17. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Baptisms, Tasmania (RGD32), Mary Ann Reid, no 2438/1827, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD32-1-1-p135j2k).

  18. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Jackman, 8 Sep 1915, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10428150).

  19. Libraries Tasmania: Appropriation Lists of Convicts (CON27), Benjamin Jackman, no 1062, 'Neptune' (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON27-1-7/CON27-1-7P144).

  20. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Jackman-Reid, no 1444/1844, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-4p85j2k).

  21. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Benjamin Jackman, no 12/1879, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-48p39j2k).

  22. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Benjamin Jackman, 1879, site unknown.

  23. Registers of Baptisms, Tasmania (RGD32), Matilda Reed, no 2858/1828, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD32-1-1-p159j2k).

  24. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Matilda Lemon, no 763/1892, Tasman Peninsula (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-61p187j2k).

  25. FamilySearch: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, James Beeston Lemon, 1814, Winchester, Hampshire (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWMH-7Q7).

  26. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Lemon-Reid, no 533/1846, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-5p299j2k).

  27. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), James Beeston Semon, no 1271/1890, Tasman Peninsula (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-59p224j2k).

  28. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, John Reid, baptism, 26 Nov 1829.

  29. Registers of Burials, Tasmania (RGD34), John Reid, burial, no 2358/1829, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD34-1-1p103j2k).

  30. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Elizabeth Reid, baptism, 27 Apr 1831.

  31. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Eliza Maskell, no 16/1858, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-27p4j2k).

  32. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Eliza Maskell, 1858, section A2, site 4.

  33. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), William Maskell, no 3/1880, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-49p38j2k).

  34. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Maskell-Cecil, no 1/1851, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-10p1j2k).

  35. Bothwell Cemetery Records, William Maskell, 1880, section A25, site 2.

  36. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, William Reid, baptism, 25 Jul 1833.