Born in Newington, Kent, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Blaxland
and Harriott (de Marquet) Blaxland
Sister of
George Blaxland, Anna Elizabeth (Blaxland) Walker, Louisa A Blaxland, Elizabeth M (Blaxland) Breton, Mary Ellen (Blaxland) Molle, Arthur Blaxland, Gregory Blaxland and Walter Blaxland
Wife of
Alexander (Macdonald) Ritchie
— married
3 Jun 1816 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Wife of
James Dowling
— married
1 Sep 1835 in Parramatta, New South Wales (Australia)
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth Macdonald (Ritchie) Boydell, Arthur Macdonald Ritchie and Alexander Macdonald Ritchie Jr
Died
at age 82
in Bromley, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Feb 2019
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Biography
Harriet Mary Blaxland was born on 15th November 1798 in Newington, Kent, England. She was the eldest daughter of John Blaxland and Harriet de Marquet, and niece of Australian explorer, Gregory Blaxland.
Harriott (Blaxland) Dowling migrated from England to New South Wales.
The Blaxland brothers and their families migrated to the Colony of New South Wales (Australia) aboard John's ship, the Brothers, arriving in April 1807. Receiving a substantial grant of land by the Parramatta River, he name it Newington.
Harriet married Alexander Macdonald Ritchie at Calcutta, Bengal, India on 3 June 1816. [1] They had three known children.
Harriet married widower James Dowling, a judge, in 1835 in St John's Church of England (now Anglican Cathedral), Parramatta, New South Wales. [2] James was knighted in 1838; Harriet becoming entitled as Lady Dowling. James passed away in 1844, in Woolloomooloo, New South Wales. Harriet's father died in 1845 at Newington and mother in 1852 in Parramatta.
Aged 82 years, she passed away on 31 March 1881 in Bromley, Kent. [3][4]
Sources
- ↑ "India Marriages, 1792-1948 ", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGND-B83 : 5 February 2020), Harriet Mary Blaxland in entry for Alexander MacDonald Richie, 1816.
- ↑ New South Wales Marriage Index #1112/1835 V18351112 19
- ↑ UK FreeBMD Death Index Jun qtr 1881, vol 2a, page 207
- ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Harriott Mary Dowling, 1881 Ancestry.com sharing link
- Charles Boydell 1808-1869 and Camyr Allyn, Allyn River, Gresford by Jack Sullivan pubd by Paterson Historical Society 1999
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