Giles Abbott
Privacy Level: Open (White)

Giles Thomas Abbott (1806 - 1870)

Giles Thomas Abbott
Born in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdommap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 28 Aug 1826 in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdommap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 64 in Port Elliot, South Australia, Australiamap
Problems/Questions Profile manager: Peter Copland private message [send private message]
Profile last modified | Created 26 May 2011
This page has been accessed 756 times.

Biography

Flag of England
Giles Abbott migrated from England to Australia.
Flag of Australia
Giles Abbott was baptised in 1806 in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England. He was the son of Giles Abbott and Hannah Frost.[1]

In 1826 Giles married Sarah Bews in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire.[2][3]

Giles (aged 30) sailed from Spithead, Hampshire, England, on 11 Jul 1836, with his wife, Sarah (30), and children – Ann (10), Anna (8), John (5) and Giles (1) – aboard the HMS Buffalo. They arrived at Port Lincoln on 24 Dec and at Holdfast Bay (now Glenelg) on 28 Dec 1836. His parents and at least three siblings arrived the following year aboard the John Renwick:[4]

"[Giles Abbott, jun]... placed his hut in Buffalo row at [his parents'] disposal on their arrival, and built a new one." [5]

Queen's Head Hotel, Kermode Street, North Adelaide, 1845

A 1935 newspaper article said that it was Giles Abbott junior who was the first licensee of the Queen's Head Hotel on Kermode Street, North Adelaide: "records show that Giles Abbott, sen., was a general dealer, living at Pennington terrace, North Adelaide, and that Giles Abbott, jun., was licensee of the hotel in Kermode street." [6]

An article in the South Australian Register from 1839 describes a theft that took place at the Queen's Head, and mentions that Giles Abbott senior was the landlord of the pub, and that Giles junior and his brother Thomas pursued the thief.[7]

On 5 March 1846, Emily, the daughter of Giles and Sarah, was born at Kensington in the district of Adelaide, South Australia.[8]

Giles died in 2 Dec 1870[9] and was buried in Port Elliot Anglican Cemetery.[10]

Sources

  1. Burton Latimer parish registers. Abbot Giles, son of Giles and Hannah [baptised] 13 Oct 1806.
    Ancestry.com. Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Northamptonshire Anglican Parish Registers and Bishop’s Transcripts. Textual records. Northamptonshire Record Office, Northampton, England.
  2. England Marriages, 1538–1973. Name Giles Abbott; Spouse's Name Sarah Bews; Event Date 28 Aug 1826; Event Place Burton-Latimer, Northampton, England. "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNGK-CPN : 10 February 2018), Giles Abbott and Sarah Bews, 28 Aug 1826; citing Burton-Latimer, Northampton, England, reference 1999035, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,999,035.
  3. Burton Latimer parish register. Giles Abbott of this parish a bachelor and Sarah Bews of this parish a spinster were married in this church by banns, 28 Aug 1826. Neither signed. Witnesses Edward Quincey and Joseph Henman.
    Ancestry.com. Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1912 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Northamptonshire Anglican Parish Registers and Bishop’s Transcripts. Textual records. Northamptonshire Record Office, Northampton, England.
  4. State Library of South Australia, Bound for South Australia, Presented by Diane CUMMINGS. HMS BUFFALO 1836 Departed Spithead, England on July 11th 1836, Arrived Pt Lincoln December 24th and Holdfast Bay (now Glenelg) on December 28th 1836. Master: John Hindmarsh (Governor of the new colony of South Australia)
    ABBOTT Giles aged 30 Mason from Burton Latimer Nth Stone
    ABBOTT Sarah nee BEWS aged 30 (wife of Giles)
    ABBOTT Ann aged 10
    ABBOTT Anna (Hannah) aged 8
    ABBOTT John aged 5
    ABBOTT Giles aged 1
    http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1836Buffalo.htm
  5. Mr. Norman Abbott, of Knoxville. and his sister, Mrs. R. S. Sladdin, of Mount Gambier, are the fifth generation descended from Giles Abbott, sen., who arrived here in 1837. They came in yesterday to tell me about that interesting family.
    Their father, Mr. Edwin Abbott (77) said recently that his grandfather, Giles Abbott, jun., built the Queen's Head Hotel. He was a brother of Pastor Abbott. Becky Abbott, well known sportsman, and John Abbott, of Strathalbyn, are Edwin's brothers. Sisters are Miss Abbott, who lives with another sister. Mrs. Ludlow at East terrace, Forestville, and Miss Jessie Abbott, of Middleton. Miss Ludlow has a table from the Buffalo, and a candlestick from the John Renwick, and Miss Abbott has a chest of drawers from the latter ship.
    Giles Abbott, jun. came out in the Buffalo, and his parents in the John Renwick, a few weeks later. He placed his hut in Buffalo row at their disposal on their arrival, and built a new one.
    "Cut among the People". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) 19 February 1935: 17. Web. 20 Jan 2018 .
  6. Queen’s Head Hotel. APROPOS the State Centenary, an interesting link with early Adelaide history is the Queen’s Head hotel at the corner of Kermode and Abbott streets, North Adelaide. It was first licensed in March, 1839, and business is still being conducted in the original building, which is thus nearly 96 years old.
    Records in the Archives Department show that the original licensee was Giles Abbott, jun. He apparently was the owner of the property as well, for, although he disposed of the licence in 1841 to Richard Hardiman, he came back to the hotel in 1845. Hardiman held the licence for one year only, selling out to James Critchell, who kept the hotel from 1842 to 1845, when Abbott took over from him. Two years later Abbott again disposed of the licence to James Ferdinand Schmidt.
    There were two Giles Abbotts in Adelaide in 1839. One came out in the Buffalo with his wife and child, landing in 1836. The other arrived at Port Adelaide in the John Renwick in February, 1837. Which of these two was the original licensee of the hotel it is hard to say. The records show that Giles Abbott, sen., was a general dealer, living at Pennington terrace, North Adelaide, and that Giles Abbott, jun., was licensee of the hotel in Kermode street; but which of them came out in the Buffalo and which in the John Renwick the records do not disclose.
    Trove. National Library of Australia. The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954). Thu 14 Feb 1935. Page 17. Out among the People. Accessed 15 Dec 2019
  7. South Australian Register, Saturday 24 August 1839, p6. See transcript
  8. South Australia State Birth Index: DAUGHTER's BIRTH, 5 Mar 1846 BIRTH, ABBOTT Emily, Adelaide b1, p149
  9. South Australia State Death Index: Death. 2 Dec 1870; b40, p42; ABBOTT, Giles; John ABBOTT (PR); Encounter Bay.
  10. Billion Graves record for father and son Giles Abbott
    Name Giles ABBOTT
    Birth Date 1806
    Marriage Date 1826
    Death Date 1870
    Cemetery Name Port Elliot Anglican Cemetery
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202820763/giles-abbott : accessed 15 February 2022), memorial page for Giles Abbott (1806–2 Dec 1870), Find a Grave Memorial ID 202820763, citing Port Elliot-Goolwa Anglican Cemetery, Port Elliot, Alexandrina Council, South Australia, Australia ; Maintained by J (contributor 50048377) .




Is Giles your ancestor? Please don't go away!
 star icon Login to collaborate or comment, or
 star icon contact private message the profile manager, or
 star icon ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com

DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Giles by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Giles:

Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.



Comments: 1

Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Hi Christine I have added 3 sources. Sorry I can't get me head around the different formats
posted by Amanda Myers