Bennett, William Harrard

Convict tried at Surrey who settled in Parramatta and became a wealthy baker and landowner.

Milestone

Born

England

1786

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Arrived Sydney

14 Sep 1818

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Died

Parramatta

03 Jun 1860

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Name

Alternate

Bennett, William Habbard

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Alternate

Bennett, William Havvard

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Alternate

Bennett, William Hebbard

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Occupation

Convict

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Shopkeeper

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Landowner

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Position

Convict

Tottenham

1818

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Property

Owner of

Bennett's Bakery

1828 - 1860

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Owner of

Travellers' Rest Inn Parramatta

1830 - 1860

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Relationship

Parent of

Bennett, Elizabeth Ann

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Parent of

Bennett, William Harrard Jnr

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Spouse

Bennett, Elizabeth Agnes

1820 - 1847

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Elizabeth Agnes Miller

Michaela Ann Cameron

2015

Elizabeth Agnes Miller arrived in Sydney on the ill-famed 'floating brothel', the Janus, having received a 14-year sentence for possession of forged banknotes. She soon married William H Bennett and rose to become a respectable baker's wife and matriarch in the town of Parramatta in the second quarter of the nineteenth century

Michaela Ann Cameron

2015

Sentenced to seven years transportation for theft, William H Bennett progressed from being a convict in a 'town gang' at Parramatta to being a highly respectable baker and landholder. Like other upwardly mobile emancipists, William Bennett negotiated the degradations of the convict system while keeping sight of the opportunities the new colony offered.

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Bennett, William Harrard

Elizabeth Agnes Miller

William H Bennett

Tottenham

Bennett's Bakery

Travellers' Rest Inn Parramatta

Bennett, Elizabeth Ann

Bennett, William Harrard Jnr

Bennett, Elizabeth Agnes