Patience (Keene) Pratt (abt. 1782 - abt. 1832)

Born about 1782 in Somerset, England

Wife of William Bennett — married 1806 in Somerset, England

Descendants

Died about 1832 at about age 50 in VDL (Tasmania), Australia

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Biography

PATIENCE KEENE (Keene-1063)

PARENTS. George Keene & Nancy (Gage) Keene

BIRTH. Abt. 1782, Somerset, England

CHRISTENING. 24 Dec 1782, Banwell, Somerset, England

MARRIAGE (1). 1806, Somerset, England

MARRIAGE (1). 1806, William Bennett, son of George Bennett & Betty (Raines) Bennett

Children:

(1) William Bennett, b. abt. 1814, d. 24 Jun 1878, m. 14 Nov 1833, Lavinia Zenobia Hassell Brodribb, daughter of William Adams Brodribb Snr & Prudence Jane (Keene) Brodribb

(2) Harold Bennett, b. abt. 1817, d. 29 Aug 1872

IMMIGRATION. 1823. On the BERWICK. Departed Gravesend ??, Arrived Hobart Town 21 Jun 1823.

(1823). IMMIGRATION. SHIP NEWS. Passengers per the Berwick, that arrived from England on the 21st instant. - William Kermode, Esq. (who visited this Colony about 18 months ago, as supercargo of the Mary), Mr. John Abbot (son of the Deputy Judge Advocate of this Island), Mr. and Mrs. Sutherland, Miss Galloway, Mrs. Turnbull. Miss Davice, Miss Turnbull, Mr. Shand, Mr. Mrs. and Miss Hill, Mrs. Foster and 2 sons, Mr, Dalrymple, Mr. Allen, Mr. and Master Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Till, Mr. Farquharson, Mr. and Mrs. Anstrey, and 3 children, Mr. and Mrs. Diprose, and 8 children, Mr, and Mrs. Gattenby, and 7 children, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, and 2 children, Mr. and Mrs. Romney, and 5 children, together with several steerage passengers, making in all 108.

IMMIGRATION. Tas Gov Archives:

Name: Bennet, Given Name Not Recorded

Record Type: Arrivals

Title: Mr & Mrs

Arrival date: 21 Jun 1823

Ship: Berwick

Remarks: with 2 children

Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:405427

Resource HTG 28 JUN 1823

GOVERNMENT & GENERAL ORDER. Government House, Hobart Town, August 18, 1825. MR WILLIAM BENNETT is appointed Chief District Constable and Poundkeeper for the District of Methven, vice Mr. ARNOLD FISK, appointed to the District of Caledon, &c. By His Honor's Command, JOHN MONTAGU, Secretary. Hobart Town Gazette (Tas. : 1825 - 1827) Saturday 20 August 1825, Page 1: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/8791002

Death of Spouse (1): 22 Oct 1827, VDL (Tasmania), Australia

MARRIAGE (2). 18 Jul 1831, Parish Church, Hobart Town, VDL (Tasmania), Australia

MARRIAGE (2). 18 Jul 1831, Edward Pratt, (Lieut., Bombay Marines), son of ??

MARRIAGE (2). 18 Jul 1831

Name: Bennett, Patience

Marital status: Widow

Record Type: Marriages

Gender: Female

Spouse: Pratt, Edward

Gender: Male

Marital Status: Widower

Date of marriage: 18 Jul 1831

Registered: Hobart

Registration year: 1831

Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:819214

Resource RGD36/1/2 no 1596

Location: Parish Church, Hobart Town

Witnesses: Lionel R. Parson, S. Liner

DEATH. Abt. 1832, VDL (Tasmania), Australia

WILL OF PATIENCE PRATT

Name: Pratt, Patience

Record Type: Wills

Year: 1832

Will number: 58

Page: 95

Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:639061

Resource AD960/1/1

William Adams Brodribb, the elder, named as sole executor, and guardian of her two sons, William Bennett & Harold Bennett

About Spouse (2):

Jan. 30.—Arrived the schooner Eagle, 107 tons, Captain Sinclair, from Swan River 11th January, with wine and baggage.—Passengers, Mr. J. Adams, Mrs. Adams and family ; Mr. Oliver Adams and servant ; Mr. Atkinson, Mrs. Atkinson, family, and servant ; Mr. Percy Earl, Mrs. Earl, and servant ; Mrs. Boulger and family, Mr. and Mrs. Baudinet, and family ; Mr. T. Dudley, and 2 children,; Lieutenant Martin Leake, R. N., Lieutenant Edward Pratt, Bombay Marine, Mr. L. R. Pearce, free mariner, Mr. James Day, ditto ; Mr. John Mundy, Charles Rawlings, wife and children ; Mrs. Cato and children ; John Miles and wife ; James Kelly, John Simmons, Robert Vincent, John Moir, Alexander Scott, Thomas Perry; Joseph Coules, William Slater, Richard Whitten, John Moore, Francis Blaskill, Ezekiah Long, Frederick Lipscombe, Alexander White, Thomas Jones, George Jennings. Colonial Times (Hobart, Tas. : 1828 - 1857) Tuesday 1 February 1831, p2 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/8645565

Sources

• (1823). IMMIGRATION. SHIP NEWS: The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) Thursday 10 July 1823, Page 2: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/2182009

• Immigration. Tas Gov Archives: http://bit.ly/1KugdCL

• Marriage (2): https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD36-1-2p7j2k

• Will of Patience Pratt: https://stors.tas.gov.au/AD960-1-1-58