Samuel Heard (1816 - 1882)

Born 7 Jan 1816 in Clawton, Devon, England

Ancestors

Husband of Louisa (Parsons) Heard — married 1 Jul 1842 in St Leonards Clawton Devon, England

Descendants

Died 19 Aug 1882 at age 66 in Noradjuha, Shire Wimmera, County Borung, Colony of Victoria

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Biography

Samuel was christened 7 JAN 1816 at Horslott, Clawton, Devon, England

In 1841 worked for William Furze as an Agricultural Labourer at Horslett Lane in 1841. and as a servent ^[1]

Samuel, aged 29, & Louisa with their daughter Elizabeth sailed with Thomas, Samuel's brother and his sister Elizabeth & her husband John on the "Lord William Bentinck" a barque arriving at Pt Henry,Victoria on the 22nd of August 1844. They were assisted migrants and their amount of bounty was £18-14/- ^[2]

In 1847 Samuel arrived in the land of the Wadawurrung Balug people, at the time in the process of colonization and the location of significant conflict. ^[3][4] He took up farming leasing the property "Westcot" at Barrabool on the Merrawarp Estate and "Shamrock Vale Farm" on Strathlachlan Estate from Captain Swanston & Edward Willis. The terms were that the owners reserve the right for any ingress or egress for any cows, horses, bullocks or wagons at any time. All minerals such as gold, copper etc. remain the property of the owners. ^[5] "Westcot" was purchased in 1850 which included stables built by Isaac Westcott in 1843 ^[6]

The property at Barrabool was sold in 1875 and the Heard family moved to Mt Arapilies or Djurite in the Lowan District, near Horsham, shortly after the last of the Djurid Balud people had been relocated to mission stations ^[7][8] . They named their property "Henford Barton", Henford being the village in Devon where Louisa was living when she married Samuel.

Samuel died on 17 or 19th AUG 1882 at "Henford Barton", Lowan, Victoria in the Noradjuha shire, Wimmera county Borung ^[9]

He is buried at Nurrabiel Cemetery, Vic. Australia

Note

Some of the above information was sourced from the My Heritage Family Tree of Heard-Levitzke. The creator of this tree is the great grandaughter of Samuel Heard and Louisa Parsons.

Profile managers are also direct descendants of Samuel Heard

Sources

1. ↑ 1842 Marriage Cert.
2. ↑ (Heard Family Book 2/3 - Page 199)
3. ↑ https://www.torquayhistory.com/our-collections/first-austsralians/frontier-conflict/
4. ↑ http://nationalunitygovernment.org/pdf/2014/IanDClark-Scars_in_the_landscape.pdf.pdf pg1
5. ↑ Rental shall be 7/6 per acre for the first 3 years, 10/- for the fourth year at 12/6 for the remaining 6 years of the 10 year term. No part of the property shall be cropped for more than 3 years or barns or otherbuildings be erected on the property, the values of these shall be taken into consideration at the end of 10 years and the lessee recompensed. No portion shall be sublet without the consent of the owners, no public house shall be built on the land without the consent of the owners. Every chain of fence or good posts the lessee may erect will be deducted from rental at the rate of 14/- per chain.
6. ↑ ...from whom the title Westcott's Stables is erroneously derived. It was built in a rectangular plan with gable roof, stalls and loft from locally quarried Barrabool sandstone is located on a property established by Isaac Westcott in 1843. It is classified in the Geelong Regional Commission Register. In October 1872 tenders were called to reinstate the house following a fire.A stone cellar still remains behind a more recent weatherboard residence. This cellar could be all that remains of Wescott's original homestead.
7. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Arapiles
8. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shire_of_Lowan
9. ↑ Death registration number 8945.