Third Generation  

3. John LEWIS [969] (Peter², Peter¹) was born on 13 Oct 1799 and was baptised on 10 Nov 1799 in St Mary The Virgin, Burton Latimer, North Hants, England.

4. William LEWIS [970] (Peter², Peter¹) was born on 20 Apr 1802, was baptised on 6 Jun 1802 in St Mary The Virgin, Burton Latimer, North Hants, England, and died about 1820 aged about 18.

5. Joseph LEWIS [581] (Peter², Peter¹) was born in 1804 in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England, was baptised on 13 Jan 1805 in St Mary The Virgin, Burton Latimer, North Hants, England, died on 27 Dec 1884 in Cherry Gardens, South Australia at age 80, and was buried on 27 Dec 1884 in Clarendon, Kangarilla, South Australia.

General Notes:
1884 SA Death 143/253 LEWIS Joseph undefined Morphett Vale

Cemetery: Clarendon Kangarilla LEWIS Joseph 80y 1884 (courtesy of < http://dcw.onkaparingacity.com> )

Passenger List below for arrival in colony on 14 Dec 1840 Fairfield.

Quoted from: History of Cherry Gardens and its Early Families (published 1936)
"Mr and Mrs Joseph Lewis arrived in colony 30 April 1839 by the ship, Fairfield, the voyage occupying 6 mths. In 1846 they settled in Cherry Gardens purchasing their property from the afore-mentioned Mr. Hare paying £3 per acre. This land from the original settler is still occupied by a grandson Mr Harry Lewis; Mr & Mrs Joseph Thompson, also early settlers, lived directly west of Mr. Lewis, and during their residence here, Mr. Thompson was employed by Mr. Lewis, and reared a family of seven children on £1 per week."

The Fairfield made two arrivals in Port Adelaide - the first sailing left Liverpool 1 Nov 1838 arrived 4 May 1839 taking little over 6mths; the second sailing left Plymouth 30 July 1840 arriving 14 Dec 1840 taking approx 5mths. The captain of first voyage was Capt Abbott, the second voyage Capt Lee. It was thought by family that Joseph Lewis and family arrived on the earlier sailing as the first son born in colony was named Joseph Abbott Lewis in honour of Captain Abbott. However passenger records indicate they arrived in the second sailing.

Family memories were that they originally tried farming at Little Para nr Gawler, then rented land at Coromandel Valley before settling in the Cherry Gardens district in 1846.

After 1840 Joseph tried farming at Little Para, Nr Gawler, South Australia.
He rented land at Coromandel Valley.
Then in 1846 he purchased 80 acres at Cherry Gardens from Mr Hare paying £3 per acre; it was heavily wooded with red gums, wattles and native cherry trees. After clearing the land he grew crops of wheat, oaten hay, peas, potatoes, fruit trees, and dairying. Some years later a further 80 acres purchased which was divided between his sons Joseph Abbot Lewis and Caleb Lewis.

Passengers arriving 1840-12-14 in SA aboard the Fairfield
(434 t brq 1833) from London via Plymouth 40-07-30, Cape, Captain Jas Lee
AYERS Henry, Anne POTTS
AYLES Joseph, Elizabeth LANSLEY
BAKER William Batson, Ann MARKEY, Sam, My Ann, Jane, Eliza, Sabine, Louisa, Chlt, 2 ch (d@sea)
BALDOCK James
BALDOCK John, Sabina BEE, John Bee, Thos, 8 ch inc Eliz, Jas, Susannah, Sabina
BARNETT (Russel?)
BARTHOLOMEW Frederick
BARTON (Charles?)
BROMLEY Edward, Mary ATWOOD / ATTWOOD, My, 6 ch (Ed Wm, Ed Jas, Francis, Chas, My Ann, Alfred?)
BRYCE David, wife (Elizabeth DAWSON?), Geo, 2 dau inc Isabella
BRYCE James, wife, dau
BRYCE John, wife
COKE, wife
COLLINS James, Mary RUDDLE, dau
DUNN William H, Elizabeth HERD, 2 dau, son, 4 dau inc My, John, Thomasin
FARRANT Nathaniel, Elizabeth (wife)
GIBSON James, Prudence BROUGH nee LATIMER, Joshua Wm, Ann
GOODALL Thomas, Sarah NOYCE, dau
HANCOCK John, Jemima BROUGH, Wm (d@sea)
HANCOCK William, Elizabeth PARKHURST / PARKHOUSE
HARGREAVES Samuel, Isabella/Arabella (wife), Sam
HARWOOD Thomas
HENDERSON Peter
HILLAM John, Nancy HODGSON, Susannah, Cath, Priestly, Grace
HOLLY Daniel, wife, son (Wm?)
JERVIS Harry Cooper, Jane Edwards WESSON, dau
JERVIS John, Sarah DUTTON, Daniel, Thos, Elijah
JOHNS Samuel, Harriet STETTIFORD, Sam Stettiford, Ann Stettiford, David Stettiford, Jas Stettiford, Geo Cole
KING William, wife (Martha COWDREY?), dau, 2 sons, dau (inc Anna Maria, Jas, Thos Hy, Wm?)
LANG John, wife (Betsey ELLIOTT?), John, 2 sons (Chas Jas, Sam Carsley?)
LEWIS Joseph, Elizabeth NEWMAN, 2 dau, son (Sam?), dau (Crln?)
LUCAS Joseph (C?)
LUCAS Robert De Neufville, Jane MOON, Hrt, 2 dau, son, dau, son, dau inc Jane, My, De Neufville, Rbt
MCDONALD James, Anne (wife)
MILLER John, Ann (URE?)
MILTON James; possibly
PITMAN Benjamin Henry; possibly
POTTS Lawrence, Elizabeth LOCKETT (d@sea)
PRENTICE Golden, Harriet BARNBY, 3 sons inc Wm Keys, Chlt, Hy
RANSFORD Frederick
REID Thomas, Hannah ARCULUS, Hannah, John, Thos, James
ROBINSON
RYMER John, wife
SATCHELL Edward (Davey/Davis?), Ann (JACKSON?), son, dau, 2 sons
SELLICK William, Mary Ann PRIOR
THOMSON Robert, Mary CROCKETT (d@sea or aft arr), Rbt, My, John, Gray
THORPE Charles, Mary Ann GERNER nee KINGSFORD (2nd wife), Fdk Kingsford GERNER, Ellen Sparshit, Eliza GERNER, Chas Rbt, Clara Maria, John Fdk GERNER, (Ernest), Hy Luke
THORPE Thomas, Amelia WILTSHIRE, Oswald, Edgar Wiltshire, Albert, Amelia Wiltshire, dau (poss d@sea or aft)
VICKERMAN Charles, Ann HUTCHINSON, My Ann, Ellen Sarah (d@sea), Martha
WALTON Alfred Conrad (w), ch Crln, Frances Ann, Geo Fdk, Clara, Hannah Maria, Chas Alf, son
WARREN George, Mary Ann ROBERTSON, 3 sons, dau
WOOD William, Phoebe GRIFFITHS, son, dau
(Courtesy of Family History SA < http://www.familyhistorysa.info/shipping/passengerlists.html >)

Other Records

• Occupation: Farmer, After 1840, Little Para, Nr Gawler, South Australia. Tried farming here.

• Occupation: Farmer, Bef 1846, Coromandel Valley, South Australia. Rented land here before moving to Cherry Gdns.

Joseph married Elizabeth NEWMAN [582] about 1829 in England. Elizabeth was born in 1802 in Northamptonshire, England, died on 2 Mar 1903 in Cherry Gardens, South Australia at age 101, and was buried on 4 Mar 1903 in Clarendon, Kangarilla, South Australia.

Marriage Notes:
Elizabeth Newman was age 25 at marriage 1829 England.

General Notes:
1903 SA Death 293/16 LEWIS Elizabeth Joseph LEWIS (DH) Morphett Vale
Cemetery: Clarendon Kangarilla LEWIS Elizabeth 100 y (1157) 1903
< http://onkaparingacity.com/onka/discover/history_heritage/cemeteries/clarendon_kangarilla.jsp >

Elizabeth Lewis (nee Newman) outlived her husband by 19 years. She was determined to lived to be 100 yrs which she did (as per The Lewis Family of Cherry Gardens by Allan Lewis).

The Register Wednesday 4 Mar 1903
DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN.
CHERRY GARDENS, March 2.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis, widow of the late Mr. Joseph Lewis, died to-day. She had attained the age of 100 years and a day. Mrs. Lewis came to South Australia with her husband in the ship Fairfield, in 1840. They spent six years in Adelaide, and on the Little Para, prior to settling at Cherry Gardens, where they bought land. They engaged in wheat and hay growing, cattle raising, and dairying until about 18 years ago, when Mr. Lewis passed away at the age of 80. Mrs. Lewis, notwithstanding her great age, had a remarkably vivid memory of events, her sight and hearing were unimpaired until a few years since, but her understanding remained good to the last. Until, quite recently she had been able to get about. A fortnight ago signs of breaking up occurred. The children now living are Mrs. Bales, of Alberton; Mrs. James Mildwaters, of Scott's Creek and Messrs. Joseph and Caleb Lewis, of Cherry Gardens.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 9 M    i. John LEWIS [824] was born on 16 Apr 1830 in England and was baptised in 1830 in Burton Latimer Baptist Church, Nhants, England.

+ 10 F    ii. Eliza LEWIS [825] was born on 12 Jan 1832 in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England, was baptised in 1832 in Burton Latimer Baptist Church, Nhants, England, died on 28 Jun 1900 in Queenstown, Port Adelaide, South Australia at age 68, and was buried on 1 Jun 1900 in Woodville Cemetery, Adelaide.

+ 11 F    iii. Susanah LEWIS [826] was born on 5 Feb 1834 in Burton Latimer, Nhants, England, was baptised in 1834 in Burton Latimer Baptist Church, Nhants, England, died on 6 Feb 1885 in Kangarilla, South Australia at age 51, and was buried in Clarendon, Kangarilla, South Australia.

+ 12 M    iv. William LEWIS [827] was born on 10 Nov 1836 in England, was baptised in 1836 in Burton Latimer Baptist Church, Nhants, England, and died about 1839 aged about 3.

+ 13 F    v. LEWIS [985] was born in 1838 and died about 1839 aged about 1.

+ 14 F    vi. Mary Ann LEWIS [828] was born on 29 May 1842 in Norwood, South Australia, died on 6 May 1931 in Alberton, Port Adelaide, South Australia at age 88, and was buried on 7 May 1931 in Cheltenham, South Australia.

+ 15 M    vii. Joseph Abbott LEWIS [580] was born on 20 Aug 1844 in Little Para, Nr Gawler, South Australia, died on 12 Oct 1924 in Prospect, Adelaide, South Australia at age 80, and was buried in West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia.

+ 16 F    viii. Elizabeth LEWIS [843] was born on 1 Mar 1847 in Cherry Gardens, South Australia, died on 19 Feb 1920 in Hope Valley, South Australia at age 72, and was buried on 23 Feb 1920 in Cherry Gardens Cemetery, South Australia.

+ 17 M    ix. Caleb LEWIS [844] was born on 1 May 1849 in Cherry Gardens, South Australia, was baptised in Methodist Church, Cherry Gardens, South Australia, died on 3 Dec 1934 in Cherry Gardens, South Australia at age 85, and was buried on 4 Dec 1934 in Cherry Gardens Cemetery, South Australia.

6. Ephraim LEWIS [971] (Peter², Peter¹) was born about 1809 and was baptised on 11 Oct 1809 in St Mary The Virgin, Burton Latimer, North Hants, England.

Ephraim married Elizabeth FLECKNOWE [974] about 1934.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 18 F    i. Elizabeth LEWIS [975] was baptised on 16 Sep 1834 in Finedon Wesleyan Methodist.

+ 19 M    ii. Caleb LEWIS [976] was baptised on 29 May 1836 in Finedon Wesleyan Methodist.

7. Susannah LEWIS [972] (Peter², Peter¹) was born about 1813, was baptised in St Mary The Virgin, Burton Latimer, North Hants, England, and died about 1819 aged about 6.

8. Robert LEWIS [973] (Peter², Peter¹) was born on 23 Mar 1815 in St Mary The Virgin, Burton Latimer, North Hants, England, died on 30 Sep 1898 in Scott's Creek, South Australia at age 83, and was buried on 2 Oct 1898 in Cherry Gardens, South Australia. He was usually called Robin.

General Notes:
Robert and Mary LEWIS emmigrated to South Australia in 1854 on SS Nuggett and farmed at Scotts Creek.
Lewis Robert 38 Farm Labourer - Northampton
Lewis Mary 39
Lewis Emma 11
Lewis Elizabeth 9
Lewis William 7
Lewis Mary born en route 10 July 1854

South Australian Register Tuesday 4th July 1854
Monday July 3rd, 1854:- the ship Nugget, 1,128 tons, Benton, Master, from Liverpool April 1st (4th) 1854
-15th ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1854; 10 births and 12 deaths on the passage; Arthur D. White, surgeon-superintendent.

This Government emigrant ship arrived yesterday, in 90 days from Liverpool, having left that port on the 4th April. The numbers of souls about to be landed we find stated at 400. During the voyage the Surgeon Superintendent had as many as 30 young patients prostate; and the deaths chiefly from Measles and Croup, were no fewer than 12 in number. The names of the Emigrants will be found in the proper column, but the official classification has not reached us.

This first-class Clipper ship, which has just accomplished her first voyage from England, was built at Quebec by Messrs. Oliver and Co., and is the property of J. Bold, Esq., of Liverpool. Although the voyage from England has been performed in less time, under more favourable circumstances of wind and weather, the Nugget has fully maintained her high character, as having been known to make a distance of 310 Miles in 24 hours; for on her voyage to Port Adelaide, whilst under close reefed topsails, her average speed for three days in succession was twelve knots an hour. The weather was more than usually variable, with a remarkable succession of calms and head winds. the longitude of the Cape of Good Hope was passed on the 13th June.

Arrived here on the 3rd July, having been ninety one days on the passage, bringing to the Colony 402 souls. Ten births and fourteen deaths occurred at sea; measles prevailing during the early part of the voyage. Eight deaths were caused by that disease. This ship is admirably adapted for the conveyance of emigrants - it is lofty between the decks, and well lighted, and ventilated. Upwards of a hundred single girls arrived by this ship, but were not of the class most in demand in the colony. The surgeon-superintendent of the Nugget is of opinion that the system of berthing amidships might have been adopted with benefit in this vessel. He objects to the lying-in hospital being in the compartment appropriated to the young women, as it is the most noisy part of the ship, and also most difficult of speedy access at night.

The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922) Wed 5 Oct 1898
Death Notice:
LEWIS.-On the 30th September, at his son's residence (Wm. Lewis, Scott's Creek), Robert Lewis, aged 83 years. A colonist of 44 years. Arrived in the ship Nuggett, 1854. Formerly of Port McDonnell.

Research Notes:
The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922) Wed 5 Oct 1898
Death Notice:
LEWIS.-On the 30th September, at his son's residence (Wm. Lewis, Scott's Creek), Robert Lewis, aged 83 years. A colonist of 44 years. Arrived in the ship Nuggett, 1854. Formerly of Port McDonnell.

Robin married Mary STURGES [977] on 14 Nov 1840 in Burton Latimer Parish Church, U K. Mary was born on 26 Oct 1814 in Northamptonshire, England, died on 13 Feb 1890 in Scott's Bottom, Cherry Gardens, South Australia at age 75, and was buried on 14 Feb 1890 in Cherry Gardens, South Australia.

General Notes:
According to The Lewis Family of Cherry Gardens the Birth year for Mary Sturges was 1814

1890 SA Death 183/438 LEWIS Mary, Robert LEWIS (H) Adelaide

Children from this marriage were:

+ 20 F    i. Susan LEWIS [1908] was born on 15 Jun 1841.

+ 21 F    ii. Emma LEWIS [1909] was born on 10 Jul 1842 in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England, died on 16 Oct 1925 in Adelaide, South Australia at age 83, and was buried on 18 Oct 1925 in West Tce Cemetery, Adelaide.

+ 22 F    iii. Elizabeth LEWIS [1933] was born on 15 Aug 1844 and died on 21 Jan 1889 in Mount Gambier, South Australia at age 44.

+ 23 M    iv. William LEWIS [1934] was born in Oct 1846 in Northants., England, died on 23 Jul 1918 in Scott's Creek, South Australia at age 71, and was buried in Scott's Creek, South Australia.

+ 24 F    v. Mary LEWIS [1935] was born on 10 Jul 1854 in en route Australia.

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