Robert William Hepburn (1782 - 1866)

Born 28 Jan 1782 in Parish of St. Dorothy Jamaica

Ancestors

Husband of Jacobina (Hosie) Hepburn — married 19 May 1805 in South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland

Descendants

Died 7 Feb 1866 at age 84 in Hepburn Point, Great Oyster Bay, Tasmania Australia

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Biography

Robert William Hepburn was born on 28 January 1872 in the Parish of St. Dorothy, Jamaica, the son of Mary Ann Roy and William Hepburn.^[1]

He was a captain in the Royal Navy.^[1] He was employed in the suppression of smuggling in the German Ocean.^[2]

He married Jacobina Hosie on 19 May 1805 at South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland.^[1] Their children were:^[1]

• William Hepburn (1806–1880)
• Elizabeth Hepburn (1809–1904)
• James Hepburn (1810–1892)
• Harriet Hepburn (1813–1898)
• Mary Anne Hepburn (1815–1894)
• Lillias Hepburn (1817–1913)
• Robert Hepburn (1819–1891)
• Jacobina Hepburn (1822–1890)
• Thomas Edward Hepburn (1824–1826)

Robert migrated from Scotland to Tasmania, Australia on the "Greenock", departing in 1827, arriving 24th January, 1828, with his wife and eight children.^{[1] [3][4][5]}

He died on 7 February 1866 in Tasmania.^[1]

Deaths

Hepburn—At his residence in Roy's Hill, St. Paul's, in the 85th year of his age, Captain Robert Hepburn, R.N., J.P.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Lundy, Daryl. "Captain Robert William Hepburn" The Peerage Retrieved 8 March 2017 by Clare Spring from http://www.thepeerage.com/p50202.htm#i502014.
2. ↑ "Death of a very old colonist." 21 February 1866. The Cornwall Chronicle, p. 7. Retrieved 7 July 2019 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/72361945/6952733.
3. ↑ Libraries Tasmania - Names Index - Robert Hepburn

   Name: Hepburn, Robert

   Record Type: Arrivals

   Title: Mr & Mrs

   Arrival date: 24 Jan 1828

   Ship: Greenock

   Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:435392

   Resource: CUS29/1/1 P141

4. ↑ 1828 'TRADE AND SHIPPING.', The Hobart Town Courier (Tas. : 1827 - 1839), 2 February, p. 3. , viewed 22 Jul 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4224699

   Among the passengers by the Greenock, who remain in this colony we have remarked, Mr. and Mrs Hepburn, and eight children, ..

5. ↑ 1828 'SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.', The Tasmanian (Hobart Town, Tas. : 1827 - 1839), Friday 25 January, p. 2. , viewed 22 Jul 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article233095368

   ARRIVED

   On Wednesday evening, the Australian Company's ship Greenock, (Captain J. Miller,) from Leith, which she left the 20th of August, calling at Rio de Janeiro on her way hither with a general cargo; see extract from Manifest. Passengers—in the cabin, Robert Hepburne Esq. and Lady, Misses Betsey, Harriot, Mary Anne, Lilias and Jacobina Hepburne, Masters James and Robert Hepburne, ...

6. ↑ "Deaths." 10 February 1866. Launceston Examiner, p. 4. Retrieved 8 March 2017 by Clare Spring from http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36632752.