William Locke Brockman (1803 - 1872)

Born 18 May 1803 in Cheriton, Kent, England

Ancestors

Husband of Ann Frances Isabella (Hamersley) Brockman — married 22 Mar 1828 in Cheriton, Kent, England

Descendants

Died 28 Nov 1872 at age 69 in Herne Hill, Western Australia

Cheriton, Kent, 1803

Biography

William Locke Brockman ^[1] (1803-1872),
pastoralist and stockbreeder, was the fifth son of Rev. Julius Drake-Brockman (b.1768) of Cheriton, England. In 1827 he married Anne Frances Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh Hamersley, the rector of Pyrton, near Oxford. Soon afterwards he sold his Romney Marsh farm, Kent, to go to the Swan River settlement.

Minstrel 1829-1830

With his wife and son, Edmund Ralph (b.1828), he arrived at Fremantle in January 1830 in the Minstrel. Among his livestock he had three rams and forty-six pure merino ewes. He also brought a prefabricated house and seven servants, whose passage money he had advanced. Brockman became the original grantee of Location Nine, Herne Hill, Upper Swan. Crops were put in as soon as possible but milling presented a problem. In May 1832 he had wheat ground at Fremantle, but by 1837 his own horse-mill was operating. Agriculture was necessary in the infant colony but Brockman's main service was in the breeding of blood horses and pedigree sheep. With Margeaux, the dam of many fine horses, his stock soon commanded high prices and later he exported horses to India. He made a number of exploratory journeys seeking good pastoral land and at his death was one of the colony's largest landed proprietors. He bought Seabrook, near Northam, for his son Edmund to manage, took up Cheriton, near Gingin, as a large farm and fattening station, and leased other properties. . . . more . . adb.anu.edu

On the Cheriton estate at Gingin, the father of the present owner, Mr. Henry Brockman, 52 years ago planted, a small grove of orange and lemon trees along the banks of the brook. . . . . read on . . . (1897)

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PARENTS. Julius Drake Brockman & Harriet (Locke) Brockman

BIRTH. 18 May 1803, Cheriton, Kent, England

CHRISTENING. 5 Aug 1803

Name William Locke Brockman

Gender Male

Christening Date 05 Aug 1803

Christening Place Cheriton, Kent, England

Birth Date 18 May 1803

Birthplace Cheriton, England

Father's Name Julius Brockman

Mother's Name Harriet

MARRIAGE. William Locke Brockman & Ann Frances Isabella Hamersley were apparently "married at Gretna Green (Scotland) against the wishes of their parents. They were reconciled with their parents and Anne’s father being the Vicar of Oxford, conducted another marriage ceremony." ^[2]

MARRIAGE. 22 Mar 1828, Cheriton, Kent, England

MARRIAGE. 22 Mar 1828, Ann Frances Isabella Hamersley, daughter of Hugh Hamersley & Margaret (Bevan) Hamersley

MARRIAGE. 22 Mar 1828

Name William Locke Brockman

Spouse's Name Ann Frances Isabella Hamersley

Event Date 22 Mar 1828

Event Place Cheriton, Kent, England

Children:

(1) Edmund Ralph Brockman, b. 22 Oct 1828, d. 17 Sep 1908, m. 18 Mar 1852, Elizabeth Deborah Slade, daughter of Frederick Slade & Jane (Thomson) Slade

Swan River Colony 1832 Census #1138

IMMIGRATION. Jan 1830. On the Minstrel. ^{[3] [4]}

(2) Elizabeth Brockman, b. 28 Dec 1831,d. 22 Jul 1908, m. 18 Mar 1852, Gerald de Courcy Lefroy, son of Henry Lefroy & Dorothea (O'Grady) Lefroy

(3) William Locke Brockman, b. 20 Dec 1833, d. abt. Nov 1898, m. Flora Elizabeth Molloy, daughter of John Molloy & Georgiana (Kennedy) Molloy

(4) Frances Brockman, b. abt. 1836, d. 1910, m. Henry Huggins Jones, son of John Benjamin Jones & Frances (Palmer) Jones

(5) Edward Reveley Brockman, b. 2 Jul 1838, d. 18 Nov 1902, m. 17 Feb 1863, Capel Carter Bussell, daughter of John Garrett Bussell & Charlotte (Spicer) (Cookworthy) Bussell

(6) Margaret Brockman, b. abt. Jul 1840, d. 20 May 1862

(7) Julius Brockman, b. abt. 1842, d. 5 Jul 1860

(8) Henry Brockman, b. 21 Jun 1845, d. 6 Nov 1916, m. 1874, Anna Louisa de Burgh, daughter of Robert de Burgh & Clara (Wellerton) de Burgh

(9) Hugh Thomas Brockman, b. 4 Jun 1849, d. 6 Jan 1865, Guildford, Western Australia

DEATH. 28 Nov 1872, Herne Hill, Western Australia, Australia

DEATH. WA BDM Death Reg: #6475: 1872, Brockman William Locke; Age: 69

DEATH NOTICE. BROCKMAN.— At Herne Hill, Middle Swan, on the 28th November, in his 70th year, William Locke Brockman, J.P M.L.C. [Perth. Gazette and Herald, please copy.]

BURIAL. Middle Swan Cemetery, Middle Swan, Western Australia, Australia

Death of Spouse: 5 Mar 1876, Burlington Buildings, Redland, Bristol, England

Sources

1. ↑ Alfred H. Chate, Brockman, William Locke (1802–1872), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University,
   published first in hardcopy 1966, accessed online 24 August 2020.
2. ↑ Australia Family: https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/brockman-william-locke-1828
3. ↑ Captain Arckoll sailed from England on 20 September 1829 with settlers for the Swan River Colony. Minstrel arrived there on 20 January. She landed 46 settlers. W®
4. ↑ Bateson (1959), pp. 290–291. W®

• Christening: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNJM-2FD

• Marriage: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNFP-F5B

• Death: WA BDM Death Reg: #6475: 1872

• Death Notice: The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901) Wed 4 Dec 1872, Page 2: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/65933704

• Burial: http://www.ozburials.com/CemsWA/Swan/middleswan.htm