Twelfth Generation

1488. Lieut. William Chatfield J.P. was born on 22 May 1815 in Clapham, London, England. He died on 16 November 1902 at the age of 87 in Concord, Sydney, NSW, Australia. He was buried in All Saints Cmtry., Parramatta, NSW, Australia. Australia, Cemetery Inscriptions, Sydney Branch Genealogical Library
name: William Chatfield
event: Burial
death date: 16 Nov 1902
event place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
cemetery name: All Saints
age: 87
spouse: Emma Colvin Chatfield
film number: 887476
digital folder number: 004117117
image number: 00395
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Find A Grave Memorial# 124660241
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Salsbury/Sweeney on stockbrokers, p. 84. William Chatfield arrives in NSW on barque 'Planter', in 1840, marries, then to India on barque 'Emerald Isle', to Madras, India with his regt, per Mowle's Genealogy.

Of Parramatta, NSW Australia. Entered the Madras Army 1836. Lt. 1838; resigned
1843, and settled in NSW at Ryana near Goulburn.
Founder of much of Chatfield dynasty in eastern Australia.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : Wednesday 10 September 1845
APPOINTMENTS.-His Excellency the Governor has appointed William Chatfield, Esq of Rhyana, Goulburn ; ............., to be magistrates of the territory and its dependencies.

9th August 1848 elected as a trustee of Goulburn Hospital.

13 Sep 1848 The Sydney Morning Herald
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CHATFIELD v. SINCLAIR. This was an action on promises. The declaration contained three special counts, setting out three agreements, entered into, by the defendant vith the plaintiff. Court hearing against builder of property he owned that was poorly built. The jury retired for about an hour, and on their return into Court found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £310.

16 Sep 1848 The Sydney Morning Herald
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District Councils.-It having been certified to the Governor, that the vacancies existing in the undermentioned District Councils were not filled up by election, on the first Tuesday in the month of May, in accordance with the terms of the Charter of Incorporation, His Excellency has directed it to bo notified that he has been pleased to appoint tho following gentlemen to be Councillors for tho districts specified in connexion with their names respectively, viz. :-Goulburn- Messrs. Ronald Campbell, William Chatfield, and William Hilton Hovell, to hold office till 1st May, 1851.

The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday 7 January 1850

RHYANA

The BEAUTIFUL ESTATE OF WILLIAM CHATFIELD, ESQ.,
SITUATE NEAR GOULBURN.
TOGETHER WITH 5000 A1 SHEEP.

MESSRS. MORT AND BROWN Have received instructions to submit the above property to public competition, at their Rooms, George-street, ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 1850, At 11 o'clock.
THIS delightful Estate is within a convenient distance of the town of Goulburn, and consists of TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ACRES of the finest agricultural land, upwards of one hundred acres being cleared and a large portion under cultivation, 25 acres of which are in wheat, about 20 acres in oats, and 1.5 acre in potatoes.
THE IMPROVEMENTS are very considerable, and adapted in every way for the accommodation and comfort of a large family, the principal of which are as follows, viz:
Seven-roomed verandah cottage, with kitchen and pantry, etc.
Brick-built stable, 4 stalls, with harness room and coach-house, and hay-loft overall.
Wool-shed and wool-house, with capital lever wool-press.
Large barn, shingled roof.
Four-roomed slab cottage, ditto. Two stores, shingled roofs.
Huts for men.
Tool-house, pigsties, fowl-houses, etc.
Paddock of 500 acres
Cultivation paddocks, in all about 60 acres. 40-acre white clover paddock.
Stock yards, milking yards, etc.
A magnificent garden, well stocked with English fruit of every description, and in a high state of cultivation.
An abundant supply of water both at the house and in the paddock.
THE EXCELLENT RUN, which is attached to this property (under the pre emptive right, and at the minimum Government rental), is capable of carrying about
EIGHT THOUSAND SHEEP, and has upon it all necessary huts and other improvements.
THE SHEEP, which are really fine woolled, perfectly healthy, and warranted sound, consist of:
2500 Ewes, one to four years 634 Aged ewes
2121 Wethers, one to four years
31 Choice rams
6186 More or less, besides lambs, which - will be given in.
N B.-The wool from these sheep, as can be shown by account sales, has always brought high prices.
The quit-rent upon the purchased land is redeemed.
The delicate health of the proprietor is the sole cause for this compact and remunerative property being brought into the market, and the opportunity therefore should not be lost Bight of by any one seeking for a delightful residence, with a most profitable pursuit attached thereto.
The certainty of a railroad to Goulburn ought to enhance this estate immensely, as there can be no question whatever but that rich agricultural -lands in the immediate vicinity of Goulburn will, in the course of a few years, be of great value and importance.
THIS SPLENDID ESTATE AND SHEEP PROPERTY WILL POSITIVELY BE SOLD, AND HALF THE PURCHASE MONEY MAY REMAIN UPON MORTGAGE, WITH INTEREST AT EIGHT PER CENT.

? Australian Biographical Index lists William as Captain in Mowle, F.52, 314.
Captain W. Chatfield, of the Honourable East India Company.

Lieut. William Chatfield J.P. and Ellen Matilda Hill were married on 21 June 1838 in Bellary, Madras, India. Ellen Matilda Hill, daughter of William M Hill and ? ?, died in January 1839 in Ghooty, Madras, India.

Lieut. William Chatfield J.P. and Emma Colvin Lamb were married on 13 November 1841 in St James, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Marriage:
Groom's Name: William Chatfield
Bride's Name: Emma Colvin Lamb
Marriage Date: 13 Nov 1841
Marriage Place: St. James, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Bride's Father's Name: John Lamb
Groom's Marital Status: Married
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M13536-2
System Origin: Australia
Source Film Number: 993953

The Australian (Sydney, NSW : Tuesday 16 November 1841)
MARRIED, On the 13th instant, at St. James's Church, by the Right Reverend the Bishop of Australia, William Chatfield, Esq., 10th Madras, N. I., to Emma Colvin, eldest daughter of John Lamb, Esq., of Spencer Lodge, Sydney.
Emma Colvin Lamb, daughter of John Lamb and Emma Trant Robinson, was born on 9 December 1823 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. She died on 12 February 1900 at the age of 76 in Bowral, NSW, Australia. She was buried in All Saints Cmtry., Parramatta, NSW, Australia. Eldest daughter.
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Australia, Cemetery Inscriptions, Sydney Branch Genealogical Library
name: Emma Colvin Chatfield
event: Burial
death date: 12 Feb 1900
event place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
cemetery name: All Saints
age: 77
spouse: William Chatfield
film number: 887476
digital folder number: 004117117
image number: 00395
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Find A Grave Memorial# 124661754

Lieut. William Chatfield J.P. and Emma Colvin Lamb had the following children: