Born about in Portsea St Mary, Portsea, Hampshire, England
Daughter of Richard Stanfield
and Ann (Crisby) Stanfield
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Matthew Bowden
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
Richard Sargent
— married
23 Apr 1803 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Descendants 
Mother of
John Bowden (Sargent) Bowden, Matthew (Sargent) Bowden, William Henry (Sargent) Bowden, Ann Elizabeth Sargent and Thomas Sargent
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Maria Stanfield was baptised on 23 Jun 1782 in Portsea, St Mary Anglican, Hampshire, England. Father Richd Mother Ann. [1]
Richard Sargent of the Royal Marine Forces employed on board His Majesty's ship 'Calcutta' and Maria Stanfield of the parish of St Thomas Portsmouth were married on board HM Ship 'Calcutta' this twenty third day of April in the year of our Lord 1803 by me Robert Knopwood MA Assistant Chaplain to the Colony of Port Phillip. Banns published Parish of Winnaring April 3, 10, 17. Marriage recorded in Hobart. [2]
Dr Bowden and Maria Sergeant, the wife of a marine, were examples of the extent to which "adulterous" relationships could nevertheless be a loving and stable one. Their partnership lasted from the voyage from London in 1803 until Bowden's death in 1814. On his tomb in St David's Park, Hobart, Maria had inscribed that their two children were left "with a disconsolate mother to lament the loss of their dear protector who fulfilled the duties of an affectionate father, a tender husband and a faithful friend." [3]
Research
An interesting case here. Although Maria was married to Richard Sargent they do not appear to have had children - although the children Maria did have had the Sargent surname. It seems she had a relationship with the Assistant Surgeon Dr Matthew Bowden. See 4. MATTHEW BOWDEN - HIS SON MARRIED ELIZABETH JILLETT
Sources
- ↑ Register type Baptisms, marriages & burials 1763-1783 Archive reference CHU 3/1A/8 Archive Portsmouth History Centre Record set Hampshire, Portsmouth Baptisms © Findmypast https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FPORTSMOUTH%2FBAP%2F00123910
- ↑ TAHO marriages RGD36/1/1 no 1 https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD36-1-1$init=RGD36-1-1P1
- ↑ Tipping M. 1988 'Convicts unbound: The story of the Calcutta convicts and their settlement in Australia' Viking O'Neill, Melbourne p. 118 in James Boyce 2010 'Van Diemen's Land' Black Inc. pp127-128
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