Family Treeof Trudy Mae COWLEY
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DeathThomas died at Campbell Town on 10 March 1880 aged 80 years as a result of decay of nature. The informant was Thomas MCGEE, a labourer of Ross. MarriageThomas PRESNELL married Christiana PRESNELL on 11 July 1826, daughter of John PRESNELL Snr, at New Norfolk. Thomas was of the parish of Glenorchy and Christiana was of the parish of Melville. They were married in the Church of England at New Norfolk by Banns with the consent of Thomas PRESNELL Snr and John PRESNELL Snr by H R Robinson, Chaplain. Witnesses were Thomas PRESNELL (Thomas' father) and John PRESNELL (Christiana's father), both of Melville. Thomas Snr and John PRESNELL were brothers, which made Thomas and Christiana first cousins! OccupationsThomas' father was running the Halfway House at the Black Snake from about 1822 onwards. It would seem that Thomas junior took over or helped to run the inn which he called the Black Snake Inn circa 1826. In the Hobart Town Gazette of 6 October 1827, Thomas is listed as a licensed publican for the year 1827-1828: Thomas PRESNELL junr, Black Snake Inn, Black Snake. Then, some time around February/March 1828, Thomas and his family, including his father, moved to the Oatlands district, probably to help Christiana's father (and Thomas' uncle) to run the farm and Half Way House at Antill's Ponds. A notice in the Hobart Town Gazette of 1 March 1828 reads: Notice is hereby given that Special Meeting of the Justices of the Peace, will be held at Hobart Town, on Friday the seventh day of March next, for the purpose of considering the propriety of certifying in favour of the License granted to Thomas Presnell, the younger, to keep the Black Snake Inn, in Glenarchy, being transferred to Thomas Prangnall, of Hobart Town, as appointee of the said Thomas Presnell.
HENRY JENNINGS Acting Clerk of the Peace Thomas PRANGNALL was the nephew by marriage of Thomas PRESNELL senior, having married William PRESNELL's daughter, Sarah in 1826. So, it would seem, it was all kept in the family! Thomas was listed as a labourer living at Oatlands at the time of the baptisms of his children Charles in June 1836, Samuel in February 1840, Martha in October 1841, Christiana in June 1846, Diana in January 1849, Eleanor Amelia in August 1851. In 1840, Thomas tendered to the Government for the supply of firewood. His tender was accepted and published in the Hobart Town Gazette on 13 March 1840, the notice coming from the Commissariat Office dated 10 March 1840. The Tenders of the under-mentioned parties for the Annual Supplies at Hobart Town, and the Out-stations thereof, for the year commencing 1st of April next, having been accepted, they are hereby informed accordingly ...
OUT-STATIONS - Oatlands Accordingly, Thomas supplied firewood to the Government according to the tender, as notices from the Audit Office appeared in the Hobart Town Gazette on 24 July 1840, 14 August 1840, 23 October 1840 and 12 March 1841. These notices indicated that "Warrants for Contingent Expenses sent to the Colonial Treasury for Payment" were ready for collection.
PropertyThomas received a grant of land of 60 acres in the district of Methven on 20 June 1823 from Governor Brisbane. The land grant (LSD 354/7 p.102) reads: Know all men by these presents, that I, the said Sir Thomas Brisbane, in Pursuance of the Power and Authority so given and granted unto me as aforesaid, have Given and Granted, and by these Presents do Give and Grant, unto Thomas Presnell Junior his Heirs and Assigns, all those Sixty Acres of Land, situate, lying, and being in the District of Methven, Van Diemens Land: Bounded on the north west side by a line bearing South twenty five degrees West 32 chains commencing at the south west angle of a Grant to Thomas Stanfield; on the south west side by a line bearing South sixty five degrees East 20 chains; on the south east side by a line bearing North twenty five degrees East 32 chains; and on the north east side by Stanfield Grant. saving and reserving to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, such Timber as may be growing, or to grow hereafter, upon the said Land, which may be deemed fit for Naval Purposes; also such Parts of the said Land as are now or shall hereafter, be required, by the proper Officer of His Majesty's Government, for a Highway or Highways. To have and to hold the said land hereby granted to the said Thomas Presnell Junior his Heirs and Assigns, for ever; free from all Taxes, Quit-Rents, Services, and Acknowledgements whatsoever, for the period of five years from the date of these Presents; but from and after the expiration of the said Term or Time, yielding and paying therefore to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, the Quit-Rent or Sum of One Shilling of lawful Sterling Money, yearly, and every Year, for ever. Provided always, and it is hereby expressly stipulated, that so much of the aforesaid Fifty Acres of Land hereby granted, as exceeds the Quantity I am enabled to Grant the said Thomas Presnell Junior under the before-recited Instructions, is to be considered as granted subject to the Approbation of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors: And Provided always, and it is hereby expressly stipulated, that the said Thomas Presnell Junior and his Heirs, shall in no Wise either directly or indirectly sell, aliene, assign, transfer, or set over the said Land hereby granted, or any Part of Parcel thereof, within the said Term of Five Years: And provided always, that the said Thomas Presnell Junior and his Heirs, shall clear and cultivate, or cause to be cleared and cultivated, within the said Term of Five Years, the Quantity of Sixteen Acres of the said Land hereby granted: Otherwise the Whole of the said Land hereby granted shall become forfeit and escheat to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, and these Presents shall be held and deemed null and void. Thomas applied for a grant of land on 12 May 1827. In support of the application he stated he had capital to the value of £700 00. Thomas was granted 500 acres of land on the express condition of residence and cultivation. (LSD 1/8 p.616) Also in 1827, Thomas ran the Black Snake Inn at what is now Granton. In 1838, Thomas took out a caveat against the application of Thomas LEARMOUTH Esq for grants of land in the County of Somerset, his claim to the title derived from the right of his wife, daughter of John PRESNELL Snr. Caveat was withdrawn on 18 January 1838. (SC 285/36) ReligionOn 19 July 1838, Thomas was a signatory on a petition for a Minister's presence and church at Oatlands. Other signatories included his wife and his and his wife's siblings, all of Antills Ponds, 9 miles distant from the proposed church (CSO 5/194 p.116). Signatories included:
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