Lucretia (Blackman) Elphick (1796 - 1842)

Born 1796 in Maidstone, Kent, England

Wife of James Elphick — married 11 Nov 1816 in Hastings, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 25 Aug 1842 at about age 46 in Lane Cove, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Lucretia Blackman was born at Maidstone, Kent, England, in 1796, and christened 27 NOV 1796 at Rochester, Kent. She was christened as Letty Blackman, daughter of William Blackman & Mary.

She married James Elphick at Hastings, Sussex, England, on 11 NOV 1816^[1] Their children included:

1. Mary Ann Elphick
2. James Elphick
3. Stephen Elphick
4. Sarah Louise Alfick
5. Richard Elphick

James aged 41 and Lucretia aged 42 came to Australia as assisted immigrants on the ship 'Juliana'. The Juliana was shipwrecked on 19 Jan 1839 off Capetown, South Africa. The ships Mary Hay and Morayshire were contracted to transport the immigrants the remainder of the voyage.

James and Lucretia, their son James ?(21)? and his wife Frances ?(20)?, their other son Stephen ?(18)? and daughter Sarah ?(16)? were passengers on the Morayshire which arrived in Sydney on 20 April 1839.^[2]

She died at Lane Cove, New South Wales, on 25 Aug 1842.

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com, England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940
   Marriage date: 11 Nov 1816, Marriage place: Hastings, Sussex, England
2. ↑ Ancestry.com, New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896
   Birth date: abt 1797, Residence place: New South Wales, Australia, Arrival date: 20 Apr 1839

• WikiTree profile Blackman-228 created through the import of errandall 20 Jun.ged on Jun 19, 2011 by Eddy Randall.
• NRS5313/4_4780/Juliana-Mary Hay_19 May 1839/ from the Assisted Immigrants (digital) Shipping Lists on the New South Wales State Archives and Records website at: http://indexes.records.nsw.gov.au/ebook/list.aspx?series=NRS5313&item=4_4780&ship=Juliana-Mary%20Hay
• "Australia, New South Wales, Index to Bounty Immigrants, 1828-1842," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL29-MMN : 9 March 2018), Lucretia Elphick in entry for James Elphick, 1839; citing Ship Morayshire, volume 21, Western Sydney Records Centre, Kingswood; FHL microfilm 416,872.
• "Australia, New South Wales, Index to Bounty Immigrants, 1828-1842," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL29-MMC : 9 March 2018), Lucretia Elphick in entry for James Elphick, 1839; citing Ship Morayshire, volume 21, Western Sydney Records Centre, Kingswood; FHL microfilm 416,872.
• "Australia, New South Wales, Index to Bounty Immigrants, 1828-1842," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL29-MM1 : 9 March 2018), Lucretia Elphick, 1839; citing Ship Morayshire, volume 21, Western Sydney Records Centre, Kingswood; FHL microfilm 416,872.
• Lucretia Blackman 1796–1842 from the Australian Royalty website at: https://australianroyalty.net.au/individual.php?pid=I43767&ged=purnellmccord.ged
• Lucretia (Blackman) Elphick [Free Settler "Morayshire" 1839] from GENI at: https://www.geni.com/people/Lucretia-Blackman-Elphick-Free-Settler-Morayshire-1839/6000000056760565052
• Lucretia BLACKMAN 1798–1842 from Mid North Coast Pioneers at: Was a reference to stuart.scss.dyndns.info/FamilyTree/individual.php?pid=I14283&ged=Gregory-Hudson.ged which no longer exists

• BDM NSW: Death index 472/1842 V1842472 26B Lucretia ELFICK