Family Treeof Trudy Mae COWLEY
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BirthJames was born on 27 June 1789 in Holbeton, Devon, England to Andrew HINGSTON and Honour BALSOM. Scott (1985) in his book Hagley gives James’ birthplace as Herodsfoot, Devon, a small town near Liskeard, Cornwall. HINGSTONs did live in this area, but this James was born at Holbeton, Devon. BurialJames was buried in July 1849 at the Bishopsbourne Nativity (Anglican) Cemetery. The tombstone inscription reads: Sacred James’ grandson, Frederick (son of Henry Thomas HINGSTON and Ann Sarah Maria BANNISTER) was buried in the same coffin. The following extract is from a letter from James’ son, John Balsom Thomas HINGSTON, to his cousin Sarah Robins HINGSTON in Devon. … the one before this last died and was buried in the same coffin as its grandfather.
ChildrenAn article on page 10 of The Examiner of 23 April 1942 read:
Early History of the Family Just to mention a few: According to page 10 of The Examiner of 23 April 1942, at the time of immigration to Launceston the ... … family consisted of James Hingston (a widower), five sons – Henry, William, John, James, and Robert – and one daughter, Elizabeth, who later married Frederick Frampton, who farmed at Stoke and Butleigh Hill, in the Longford district, and then purchased from the late Alexander Clerke the well-known Corn Hill estate, near Ulverstone, where their descendants still live. John purchased Hawthorn, Exton, and later moved to Sidmouth, West Tamar. James also purchased at Exton, and lived there all his life. Robert farmed at Maitland, in the Longford district, and there purchased Hawthorn, where his son, W R Hingston, still lives. The majority of descendants have been content with rural conditions, agriculture and stock receiving chief attention, and generally with success. Taken generally the family has not been ambitious for public life. Of the later generations the oldest male descendant of William Hingston, of Gawler, is William James Hingston, of the North-West Coast. The oldest male descendant of John Hingston, of Sidmouth, is Mr Thomas A Hingston, BA, Superintendent of the Riverina Welfare Farm for Boys, Wanko, New South Wales. The oldest male representative of the family at present is Henry T Hingston, of Woodvale, Bishopsbourne, who is celebrating the eighty-fifth anniversary of his birth to-day. DeathJames died on 18 July 1849 at Maitland Farm, Longford, Tasmania aged 62 years of dysentery. His death was registered in the district of Bishopsbourne on 1 August 1849. The informant was William HINGSTON, farmer, of Maitland – likely to have been James’ son, William Thomas HINGSTON. A year after James’ death, his son John Balsom Thomas HINGSTON wrote the following in a letter to his cousin, Sarah Robins HINGSTON, in Devon. …I have no doubt but that long before this time you have heard of the death of our Dear Father who departed this life twelve months ago the 18 of this month. It was a great comfort and consolation to us all to see him so resigned to the Lord’s will. I have heard him say he had always looked forward to death with dread, but said he, “if this is death it is a way in which I never expected to meet it”; the sting of death seemed quite taken away. He did not speak for some hours before he died, but seemed to be enjoying sweet sleep and so life departed without a sigh or a struggle. Later on in the letter, John discusses the medical costs for his father. …Dear Cousin, you must be aware that our expenses last year were very great, but it is a comfort for me to be able to say that we were able to meet it without much difficulty. Our doctor’s bill only and medicine was between £30 and £40 and then he told me he had taken off several pounds. Doctors’ charges here are very high and they do not find medicine, so it is only their labour. They write a prescription for you to go to the druggist and you have to pay very dear for your medicine. It is a great comfort to us all to be able to say that although our Dear Father has been called away from us he has left behind him a good name and I am sure if we had wanted to borrow £50 we could very soon have got it. So you see we are not without friends and I hope the Lord will direct our path so that we may walk in the right way and do the thing that is right for we are told that a good name is better than riches. EventsIn the early fifties, James' son, James Thomas HINGSTON, and his brother-in-law, Frederick Luke FRAMPTON, caught the gold fever, and went to Victoria in search of the precious metal, but their success was not phenomenal. On the return voyage in the sailing ship City of Melbourne they were wrecked on King Island. Some two hundred passengers were marooned there for about a fortnight with very little to eat. Ultimately the ship’s mate and two of the seamen volunteered to come across in one of the ship’s boats to Stanley, where they were arranged speedy relief. (The Examiner 23 April 1942 p.10) ImmigrationFollowing the death of his wife, Elizabeth, James immigrated with his family, with the exception of his son Andrew who remained in England, to Port Phillip, Victoria from Plymouth in 1841. They took up … …
positions on Roadwright’s sheep stations on the Barwon river, but the climate
and conditions were such a contrast to Devon, England, whence they came, and
where their ancestors are known to have lived for more than six hundred years.
A scorching climate, numbers of inquisitive, jabbering aboriginals, and
dingoes necessitated folding the sheep at night, so they decided to come to
Tasmania. In 1842 the family immigrated to Launceston. OccupationsEmployed on ROADWRIGHT’s sheep station on the Barwon River in 1841 after arriving in Victoria and prior to emigrating to Launceston. PropertyBy July 1850, a year after James' death, the family farm near Longford (Maitland Farm) had been divided up as follows:
Elizabeth HINGSTON had married and was living on a nearby farm, her house about 1 ½ - 2 miles from the family farm house, with William HINGSTON’s house about half-way between the two houses. Henry HINGSTON lived on a farm about four miles from the family farm house. WillAccording to John Balsom Thomas HINGSTON, James divided his property as follows:
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