Samuel Playsted Jeston (1802 - 1856)

Born 31 Oct 1802 in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

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Died 4 Aug 1856 at age 53 in Crown St. Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Samuel Jeston was a convict after the Third Fleet transported to New South Wales

He was christened 2 December 1805 at Avon Dassett, Warwickshire.

Samuel Playsted Jeston was a surgeon and bigamist. He was promised marriage to Miss Sarah Prudence Arrowsmith, married Miss Pelling.^[1] and then married Miss Arrowsmith on 29 March 1837 at St Giles, Cripplegate^[2] according to the court case reporting^[3], He married Jane Pelling, daughter of Thomas Wager Pelling in Lambeth on 2 December 1836.^[4]

On 29 June 1837, he was sentenced to 7 years transportation at Kent Quarter Sessions. ^[5]

His father Humphrey Jeston wrote a letter to the prime minister pleading for clemency for his recently transported son. He stated that none of his "friends" attended the trial because they condemned his behavior, but if they had known the sentence he was facing they would have attended the trial and attested to his character.^[6]

On 2 October 1837, he was transported to New South Wales Australia on the Waterloo.

Life in Australia

After his release, as "Samuel P Jesson" he married Mary J Jessop in 1854 at Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales.

Shareholder in Fitz Roy Iron Mine.^[7][8][9]

Licensed to practice medicine, 1857^[10]

Death and Legacy

"Samuel Plaisted Jeston" died 4 August 1856, after a decline of four years and is buried in Camperdown Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ West Kent Guardian - Saturday 29 April 1837
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NV1V-3MC : 13 March 2020), Sarah Arrowsmith in entry for Samuel Jeston, 1837.
3. ↑ West Kent Guardian - Saturday 13 May 1837
4. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJ9L-LTP : 12 March 2020), Samuel Playsted Jeston, 1836.
5. ↑ Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser - Tuesday 04 July 1837
6. ↑ "Prisoner name: Samuel Jeston. Prisoner age: 34 years. Court and date of trial: Kent..." HO 17/131/96. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16475714. Scanned copy purchased from National Archives, copy in possession of H. Husted
7. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=qoU0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA374&lpg=PA374&dq=Fitz+Roy+Iron+Mine+Company+jeston&source=bl&ots=7azJ6s-kFF&sig=ACfU3U1ij_2TXHs2q3MbWDk-a-DSkZGTSQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjYs4rbnM_nAhVXknIEHbK8C-oQ6AEwAXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Fitz%20Roy%20Iron%20Mine%20Company%20jeston&f=false
8. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=LTg1AQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA2-PA140&ots=0ABnJ4DYQb&dq=Fitz%20Roy%20Iron%20Mine%20Company%20jeston&pg=RA2-PA140#v=onepage&q=Fitz%20Roy%20Iron%20Mine%20Company%20jeston&f=false
9. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12988144#
10. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=080zAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA156&ots=6KvxqSiZTg&dq=samuel%20playsted%20jeston%20australia&pg=PA156#v=onepage&q=samuel%20playsted%20jeston%20australia&f=false
11. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 May 2018), memorial page for Samuel Plaisted Jeston (1802–4 Aug 1856), Find A Grave Memorial no. 188071209, citing Camperdown Cemetery, Newtown, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by Stombell (contributor 48335209).

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