John Ebbott (1840 - 1920)

Born 11 Apr 1840 in Badharlick, Egloskerry, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Thomas) Ebbott — married 1868 in Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 28 Aug 1920 at age 80 in Chewton, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

John Ebbott was born in England.

John EBBOTT Baptised 3 May 1840, Launceston, Wesleyan Methodist Baptism Circuit in the Parish of Egloskerry^[1]

1841 Census Badharick, Egloskerry, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

1. John Ebbott aged 30 a Farmer
2. Sarah Ebbott aged 25
3. John Ebbott aged 1
4. Peter Ham, aged 25, Agricultural Labourer
5. Ann Caddy, aged 15, Female Servant
6. John Martin, aged 10, Agricultural Labourer
7. Celia Pearse, aged 12, Female Servant

His brother, Philip has gone to stay with his uncles William & Julius Bone, his other brother Julius has just died, and son John who is with them ha just turned one year old.^[2]

John Ebbott migrated from Cornwall, England to South Australia on “Gloucester ‘’ in 1852.

The move to Australia

John arrived in South Australia, with his parents, on the Gloucester which left Plymouth on the 30 April 1852 and arrived in Adelaide on the 12 August 1852. It was the 13th ship from England to arrive in South Australia with government passengers that year. ^{[3] [4]}

The whole family travelled together

1. John Ebbott, agricultural labourer aged 43 years
2. Sally Ebbott, aged 36
3. John Ebbott, aged 11
4. Phillip Ebbott, aged 8
5. Emma Ebbott, aged 5
6. William Ebbott, aged 1, (Died during the journey and was not amongst the passengers to disembark the ship at the end of the journey. He died of gastroenteritis on 12 August, the day of arrival. He is said to have been buried on the banks of the Torrens River.)

When the Gloucester arrived in Australia, 284 people disembarked, including 113 children and infants; these were made up of 277 English, 3 Scots, and 4 Irish. The horrendous voyage had taken three and half months in total. The Gloucester experienced 25 deaths on board, a particularly high number, as the average voyage death percentage rate was 1.8 for a journey such as this. History tells us it was in the top eight of vessels out of the seventeen vessels that suffered more than 16 deaths at sea, accounting for five per cent of all ships arriving after 1848.^[5]

After arriving in South Australia in May 1852 the family are next located in Victoria first to Glenuce and then on to Faraday in the Mount Alexander Shire, finally settling in Chewton, Victoria, Australia.

John died on 29 August 1920 at his residence in Chewton, Victoria, and buried in the local Chewton Cemetery.^{[6] [7] [8]}

His Epitaph reads

“In /Memory /of /MARGRET EBBOTT/ Died 28 Dec 1906/ A True Wife/ Devoted Mother /Also/ JOHN EBBOTT /Died 29th Aug 1920/ Aged 80// At Rest/Peace Perfect Peace” Further below “Also JOHN (Sen) /1808 1867 /Wife SARAH /interred Kew (Vic)/ 1814 – 1898” Click here to see a close-up of the gravestone

Sources

1. ↑ Ltd, Hidden. 2016. " Baptisms (Non-Conformist)". Cornwall-Opc-Database.Org. Accessed August 31 2016. http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/baptisms-non-conformist/ , Baptism Circuit Launceston, Wesleyan Methodist, 1840, John Ebbott
2. ↑ PRO HO107/134/6; Page: 7
3. ↑ Passenger List - Gloucester , London & Plymouth to Adelaide, 1852. (2018). Theshipslist.com. Retrieved 13 November 2021, from http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/gloucester1852.shtml citing State Library South Australia, official passenger lists, mainly of immigrants arriving in South Australia under United Kingdom assisted passage schemes, 1847-1886 GRG 35/48a (formerly ACC 313); Sydney Shipping Gazette; South Australian Register; The South Australian Government Gazette; Biographical index SA 1836-1885
4. ↑ The South Government Archives, Passenger list the Gloucester, 1852, https://archives.sa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documentstore/passengerlists/1852/GRG35_48_1_52-13_Gloucester.pdf : accessed 13 November 2021) [1845-1886 record emigrants selected by the Colonization Commissioners London, whose passage were paid for out of the Emigration Fund.]
5. ↑ Haines, Robin., Greg. Slattery, and Judith. Jeffery. Bound for South Australia [electronic Resource] : Births and Deaths on Government-assisted Immigrant Ships 1848-1885 / by Robin Haines, Judith Jeffery, and Greg Slattery. (2004): Findmypast.com.au. Print.
6. ↑ 1920 'Family Notices', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 30 August, p. 1. , viewed 13 Apr 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4587020
7. ↑ 1920 'Family Notices', The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 30 August, p. 1. , viewed 13 Apr 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203059755
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 13 April 2021), memorial page for John Ebbott (11 Apr 1840–24 Aug 1920), Find A Grave: Memorial #181852627 , citing Chewton Cemetery, Chewton, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia ; Maintained by Judy Biggs (contributor 48397106) .