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Benjamin Bayly (1797 - 1850)

Benjamin Bayly
Born in Irelandmap
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Husband of — married 2 Nov 1826 (to 1850) in Kingston, Jamaicamap
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Died at age 52 in Maria Island, Tasmania, Australiamap
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Biography

Benjamin Bayly was born on 5 Nov 1797 in Ireland, son of Rev Henry O'Neale Bayley (1757 - 1826) and Anna Penelope (Grueber) Bayly (~1764 - 1837).

His siblings were:

  1. James Bayley (1784 - 1857)
  2. Henry Aldborough Bayly 1785–1840
  3. Peter Bayly 1787–1852
  4. John Bayly 1789–
  5. Jane (Bayley) Rathborne (1790 - 1849)
  6. Penelope Mary (Bayley) Rathborne (1794 - 1845)
  7. Charlotte Elizabeth (Bailey) Dana (~1795 - 1846)
  8. William Prittie Bayly 1798–1842
  9. Samuel Bayley 1800–
  10. Barbara Bayley 1800–
  11. Isabella Bayly 1802–1866
  12. Helen Maria (Bayly) Hamilton (1804 - 1869)
  13. Maria Bayly 1810–1851
  14. Amelia Bayly
  15. Humphry Bayly

Benjamin Bayly joined the 1st Garrison Battalion as an ensign on 25 June 1816. He was placed on half-pay on 2 December.[1]

From The London Gazette, 28 April 1821, Issue 17701, Page 939

21st Regiment of Foot.
To be Second Lieutenant. Ensign Benjamin Bayly, from half-pay 1st Garrison Battalion, vice Robert Nicolson Bruce, who exchanges.[2]

The 21st Foot served in the West Indies and Demerara (Guyana) from 1819 to 1827. This included dealing with an insurrection in the Maihaca District of Demerara.

From The London Gazette, 8 January 1825, Issue 18097, Page 41

21st Regiment of Foot Second Lieutenant Benjamin Bayly to be First Lieutenant, by puchase, vice Deare. Dated 30th December 1824.[3]

Benjamin (28) married Mary Ann Cameron Wylly (~15) (1811 - 1892) on 2 Nov 1826 in Kingston, Jamaica. Their children were:

  1. Eliza Matilda Bayly (1831 - 1899)
  2. Benjamin Peddie Bayly (1837 - 1909)
  3. Thirza Ellen (Bayly) Harris (1841 - 1904)
  4. William Chambers Bayly (1845 - 1884)
  5. Henry Vincent Bayly (1850 - 1903).

The 21st Foot returned to England and in Oct 1828, moved from Bath to Fermoy, Ireland. In Jun 1829 it was at Mullingar and in 1830 in Kilkenny. In Sep 1831 the regiment moved from Dublin to Warrington, Lancashire.

The 21st Foot went out to Australia in detachments in charge of convicts sent to the Australian colonies between 1832 and 1833. It was then stationed in Tasmania, with detachments in Perth and Swan River in Western Australia until 1839, when the regiment proceeded to India.

Lieutenant Bayly was on board the Roslyn Castle with the second detachment of the 21st Regiment and 194 male prisoners. The Roslyn Castle was a 450 ton ship which left Dublin on 8 October 1832. Bayly was commanding a guard of 30 rank and file. There were four wives and four children. There were 5 free settlers. They arrived in Sydney on 6 February 1833 and arrived in Van Diemen's Land on 24 February.[4]

In April 1834 Lieutenant B. Bayly J.P. was sitting on the Richmond, Quarter Sessions.[5]

From the Launceston Advertiser (Tas.), Thursday 8 December 1836, page 4 quoting in turn

FROM THE HOBART TOWN GAZETTE. Friday, December 2, 1836.
COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, Dec. 2, 1836.— Notice is hereby given that the following claims for grants will be ready for examination by the Commissioners appointed for that purpose, upon or immediately after the 2nd day of February, 1837, before which day any Caveat or Counter Claim must be entered : —
... Benjamin Bayly, 100 acres, Boomer Island, county of Pembroke, (originally located to George Brooks) ...[6]

Subsequently from the Launceston Advertiser, Thursday 4 May 1837, page 4:

FROM THE HOBART TOWN GAZETTE. Friday, April 28, 1837.
INTERNAL REVENUE OFFICE, April 26 1837. — Deeds of Grant in favour of those individuals whose names are hereunder mentioned are now ready to be issued on payment of the amount due thereon to the Crown :— Benjamin Bayly, 87 acres, Boomer Island ...[7]

In October 1837 Benjamin Bayly announced in several Tasmanian newspapers his intention to sell some cottages and land in George Street, Hobart. The properties had been conveyed to him for the purpose of securing the payment of £200 and interest by William Johnson in 1835.[8]

From the The Hobart Town Courier 5 October 1838:

The Lieutenant-Governor has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant Bayly, 21st Fusiliers, to be Assistant Police Magistrate at Waterloo point. The Lieutenant-Governor has been pleased to appoint Benjamin Bayly, Esquire, to be a Coroner for the Territory.[9]

From The London Gazette, 1 January 1839, Issue 19691, Page 1

21st Foot Lieutenant Benjamin Bayly to be Captain, vice Meade. Dated 28th December 1838.[10]

The 21st was posted to India in 1839 and Benjamin Bayly retired shortly afterwards, presumably choosing to not go with the regiment to India but to settle in Tasmania. From The Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemen's Land Gazette 5 July 1839:

The following changes in regiments now or lately stationed in these colonies have occurred :—
War Office, Feb. 1.
21st foot, Lieut. A. Blair, to be Captain by purchase, vice Bayly, who retires[11]

Land grants:

  • 1841 800 acres in County of Lincoln[12]
  • 1842 1 acre in Dunalley[13]
  • 1842 2 acres in Dunalley[14]
  • 1842 another acre in Dunalley[15]
  • 1847 87 acres Boomer Island[16]


At the time of the 1842 census Benjamin Bayly was in Desborough. His house was of wood and brick. There were 22 people in the household.[17]

In November 1842 B. Bayly, advertised for a tenant for a 1700 acre farm at Desborough, East Bay Neck. Bayly intended to move 17 kilometers east to Lagoon Bay.[18]

Benjamin died on 3 Mar 1850 in Maria Island, Tasmania, Australia aged 52.

From the Hobart Courier 27 March 1850

On the 3rd instant, at Maria Island, aged 55, BENJAMIN BAYLY, Esq., Visiting Magistrate, formerly Captain in the 21st Regiment R.S.F.[19]

Benjamin Bayly was buried in Maria Island Cemetery, Darlington, Glamorgan Spring Bay Council, Tasmania, Australia with a death date of 3 March 1850.[20]Benjamin was buried on 3 March 1850 in Darlington, Spring Bay, Maria Island, Tasmania.[21]

Benjamin Bayly, Esquire
Late Captain of the 21 Regiment
Royal Scotch Fusiliers
And
4 years visiting magistrate of this island
Died March 3, 1850. Aged 55.

Research notes

Benjamin Baylys diaries are held by the Tasmanian Archives

Sources

  1. A List of the Officers of the Army and of the Corps of Royal Marines published by the War Office, Great Britain, 1821. Page 624 retrieved through archive.org
  2. The London Gazette, 28 April 1821, Issue 17701, Page 939 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/17701/page/939
  3. The London Gazette, 8 January 1825, Issue 18097, Page 41 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/18097/page/41
  4. Smith, Kathleen Margaret Ellen (2004). A history of the 21st Regiment : the Royal North British Fusiliers in Van Diemen's Land, 1833 to 1839 including the life of some of the regimental soldiers. K. Smith, Liverpool, N.S.W. page 8.
  5. RICHMOND QUARTER SESSIONS, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1834. (1834, April 29). Colonial Times (Hobart, Tas. : 1828 - 1857), p. 6. Retrieved January 29, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8647557
  6. FROM THE HOBART TOWN GAZETTE. Friday, December 2, 1836. (1836, December 8). Launceston Advertiser (Tas. : 1829 - 1846), p. 4. Retrieved January 27, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84751344
  7. FROM THE HOBART TOWN GAZETTE. Friday, April 28, 1837. (1837, May 4). Launceston Advertiser (Tas. : 1829 - 1846), p. 4. Retrieved January 27, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84752064
  8. Advertising (1837, October 20). The Advertiser (Hobart, Tas. : 1837 - 1840), p. 2. Retrieved January 27, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article264501918
  9. Classified Advertising (1838, October 5). The Hobart Town Courier (Tas. : 1827 - 1839), p. 2. Retrieved January 8, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4162521
  10. The London Gazette, 1 January 18239, Issue 19691, Page 1 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/19691/page/1
  11. The Courier. (1839, July 5). The Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemen's Land Gazette (Tas. : 1839 - 1840), p. 2. Retrieved January 27, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8747859
  12. https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1740566 https://stors.tas.gov.au/RD1-1-10$init=RD1-1-10P096JPG
  13. https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1740568
  14. https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1740569
  15. https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1740567
  16. https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1740570
  17. Name: Bayly, Benjamin Record Type: Census Year: 1842 Census district: Richmond Page: 177 Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:472021 Resource: CEN1/1/41 from Libraries Tasmania https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/472021
  18. Advertising (1842, November 18). The Austral-Asiatic Review, Tasmanian and Australian Advertiser (Hobart Town, Tas. : 1837 - 1844), p. 1. Retrieved January 29, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232480852
  19. Family Notices (1850, March 27). The Courier (Hobart, Tas. : 1840 - 1859), p. 2. Retrieved January 18, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2963348
  20. Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
    Find A Grave: Memorial #175497109 (accessed 8 January 2023)
    Memorial page for Benjamin Bayly (unknown-3 Mar 1850), citing Maria Island Cemetery, Darlington, Glamorgan Spring Bay Council, Tasmania, Australia; Maintained by Shelo (contributor 48540639).
  21. Burial: "Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007"
    Compiler: Genealogical Society of Tasmania Inc
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 1266 #385733 (accessed 8 January 2023)
    Benjamin Bayly burial (died on 3 Mar 1850) on 3 Mar 1850 in Spring Bay, Tasmania.




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