William Cameron and Margaret Robertson

William Cameron (1790-1850?) and Margaret Robertson (1797-1869)

William Cameron (30) married Margaret Robertson (23) on 19 December 1820 in the parish of Kingussie and Insch, Inverness, Scotland.

Willam and Margaret Cameron's children were Isabella Cameron (b. 1825), James Cameron (b. 1828), Margaret Cameron (b. 1831), Annie Cameron (b. 1833), John Robertson Cameron (b. 1835), Sarah Cameron (b. 1837) and Christina Cameron (b. 1838). 

On the 1841 census, William (44) and Margaret (40) and six of their eight children, James (11), Margaret (9), Ann (7), John (5), Christian and Sarah (2) were living at Lynchat Village in the parish of Alvie in Invernessshire. 

On 20 December 1848 their eldest daughter Isabella married James McIntosh in the parish of Kingussie and Insch, Inverness.

On the 1851 census, Margaret (54) widow and her four younger children were living at Lynchat Village. It would seem William Cameron passed away by 1851 and he was survived by his wife Margaret, two sons and five daughters. 

Soon after Margaret and her children decided to migrate to Tasmania where Margaret's four brothers and sister had emigrated previously. In 1822, Margaret's brothers John Robertson (27) and William Robertson (24) traveled aboard the passenger ship Regalia to Hobart, Van Diemens Land (later Tasmania) where they were granted 1400 acres near Campbell Town and also took up a large cattle run. Their younger brother James Robertson had arrived earlier and Daniel Robertson joined the Robertson Brothers business by 1833. Their sister Christiana Robertson had arrived too.

In 1855 Margaret's elder brother Duncan Robertson, wife Margaret and eight children were ten of the 360 immigrants that sailed aboard the clipper ship Storm Cloud from Glasgow to Hobart Town, a journey of seventy-one days.

Margaret's brothers, William and John Robertson, were influential in setting up the Port Phillip Association which was established to explore and open up new grazing land around Port Phillip Bay with John Batman leading the first expedition. By the early 1840s William Robertson had taken up land around Lake Colac and by the 1860s had built 'The Hill', a splendid mansion overlooking the lake. [ref: Brothers on farms by Malcolm Robertson]

1854 was a year for weddings in the family! Margaret's second eldest daughter Margaret Cameron married Thomas Henry Chapman at St. James Church, Melbourne on 14 September 1854. Her third eldest daughter Annie Cameron married David Mackay in Victoria and her eldest son James Cameron married Jane McDonald at Collingwood on 19 December 1854.

Margaret's youngest daughter, Christina Cameron married William Bedford Nolan at Melbourne on 18 March 1856 however they were only together for three years when William Nolan, aged 29, sadly died 3 October 1859.

Margaret's second youngest daughter, Sarah Cameron married Thomas Dudley on 9 April 1856 at Kalkallo. Sarah Dudley nee Cameron would reside at Kilmore for the rest of her life.

Sadly, Margaret's younger son, John Robertson Cameron, aged 21, died from severe injuries received by a fall from his horse at the Friend-in-Hand on 5 November 1856.

Margaret had moved to Kilmore by 1861 where she hosted the wedding of Christina to her second husband Louis Magloire Le Nepveu on 10 September 1861.

Margaret's eldest daughter, Isabella McIntosh nee Cameron, died 2 September 1861, aged 36 and was buried at Lancefield Cemetery, Macedon Ranges shire survived by her husband James McIntosh and six of their seven children.

Margaret moved from Kilmore to Bylands, about midway between Wallan and Kilmore, to a house named Swinton.

Sadly in 1869, Margaret's eldest and last surviving son, James Cameron, died 7 April aged 41 years at his residence Spring Vale, Merri Creek.

Margaret Cameron nee Robertson was 72 years old when she died 24 November 1869 at Swinton. She was buried at the Melbourne General Cemetery on 27 November 1869. The funeral notice advised the funeral procession would move from her late residence, Swinton, Bylands, about 9 a.m. passing through Wallan Wallan and Donnybrook to Craigieburn and then at 2 p.m. through Campbellfield and Pentridge to the Melbourne General Cemetery, around a 50 km journey.

Margaret was survived by her daughters Margaret Chapman, Sarah Dudley and Christina Le Nepveu and grandchildren.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND MARGARET CAMERON
Isabella Cameron (1825-1861) married James McIntosh, 1848, Alvie, Inverness-shire.
James Cameron (1828-1869) married Jane McDonald, 1854, Collingwood, Victoria.
Margaret Cameron (1831-1888) married Thomas Henry Chapman, 1854, Melbourne, Victoria.
Annie Cameron (1833-1869) married David Mackay, 1854, Victoria.
John Robertson Cameron (1835-1856)
Sarah Cameron (1837-1921) married Thomas Dudley, 1856, Kalkallo, Victoria.
Christina Cameron (1838-1906) married 1) William Bedford Nolan, 1856, Melbourne, Victoria. 2) Louis Magloire Le Nepveu, 1861, Kilmore, Victoria.

REFERENCES:
Brothers on farms by Malcolm Robertson, 1 October 2011
https://www.portrait.gov.au/magazines/41/brothers-on-farms

William Robertson (1798-1874) pastoralist
Australian Dictionary of Biography, 1976, by J. Ann Hone.
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/robertson-william-4491

Parish of Alvie
https://www.scottish-places.info/parishes/parhistory349.html 

ship Regalia - immigrant ship in 1822
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~tcowley/family/Ships.htm#Regalia

Ship Arrivals from England:
Per Regalia, 70 in number viz. James Ross, Esq., L.L.D. and family, F.J. Lampriere, Esq., Mr Fletcher and family, Mr Smith and family, Miss S A Gresley, Mr Gill, Mr Danvers, Mr Atkinson, Mr Curling and family, Mr Shennan, Mr J Robertson, Mr W Robertson, Mr Evans and family, Mr Seal, Mrs S Presnell and family, Mr Barker, Mr Browning, Mr Westley, Mr Bainton, Mr Casper, Mr Lancester, Mr Perriman, Mr & Mrs Field, and Mr Martinger. [Source: Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser Sat 4 Jan 1823, p. 2 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1089828]

SHIP NEWS. On Monday last arrived from England with merchandize, the ship Lusitania, Captain Langdon. This vessel left England some few days before the Malabar, now lying in this port ; and brings 37 passengers, among whom are, John Campbell, Esq. Lady and family, Mr. and Mrs. Archibald McLeod and family, Mrs. Langdon, Mr. George Purcell, Mr. John Rotton, Mr. and Mrs. George Ranken, and Mr. James L. Robertson. 
[source: Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser, Sat 3 Nov 1821 p. 2 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1089570

Arrival of the Storm Cloud. [Captain James Campbell] This splendid clipper ship arrived from Glasgow on Sunday afternoon, with 360 immigrants, after an unprecedented run of SEVENTY ONE days. 
source: The Tasmanian Daily News (Hobart Town) Wed 29 Aug 1855 p. 2
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203385237

David White and Elizabeth Gould Tucker

David White (1730-1797) and Elizabeth Gould Tucker (1754-1793)

David White (45) married Elizabeth Gould Tucker (21) on 9 May 1775 at New Jersey, North America.

From his burial memorial, David White was a Scotsman born 1730. He may have been baptised 11 October 1730 at Sorn, Ayrshire to Georg White and Lanet Langwill. Another son Georg White was also baptised at Sorn on 8 June 1840 to Georg White and Janet Langwell. No further details about Georg and Janet have yet been found. A search of White/Langwill burials at the Sorn Churchyard Cemetery found Jean Longwell Thomson 10 Apr 1859 and Thomas White 6 Nov 1874 but no connection has yet been found.

From her burial memorial, Elizabeth Gould Tucker was born 24 December 1754 at New Jersey, North America.

Elizabeth Gould Tucker had inherited from her father's estate, a house and garden in Trenton, New Jersey and £2000 Sterling and at the time of her marriage to David White, the inherited property and money passed to her husband's control. Unfortunately Elizabeth's father's name has not been recorded in the documents so far found.

David and Elizabeth married in May 1775 and they were living in the County of Somerset in New Jersey when Britain's thirteen colonies in North America made their Declaration of Independence on 4 July 1776.

Their first son, James Clayton White was born in 1776, probably in New Jersey because David would later give testimony that on 8 December 1776 he went to Trenton and joined the British Army. David would have been caught up in the Battle of Trenton which occurred on Christmas night 1776 when General George Washington led his men against Hessian soldiers garrisoned at Trenton.

David was taken prisoner into Morris Town by the American Army and held for six days when he was released on parole. He made his way to New York and departed in January 1777 for Jamaica to a plantation he had purchased in March 1776 from Cornelius Lowe leaving the title deeds and mortgage documents with Mr Skelton in New York. The original mortgage was to Delpratt.

For the next five years (Feb 1777-Feb 1783) David and Elizabeth lived at White Hall, Trelawny, Negril, Jamaica and their family increased with the arrival of George White (1778), John Gould White (18 Jul 1779), David White (1780) and their first daughter Mary White on 4 July 1781.

In February 1783, David and Elizabeth were on passage to England from Jamaica when their ship was intercepted by two Danish frigates and some of their belongings (containing papers and letters) were thrown into the sea. David presented his case to the Royal Commission on the Losses and Services of American Loyalists on 7 October 1783 and gave his address as Stoke Bishop, Westbury parish, near the city of Bristol.

It would seem Elizabeth and David stayed at Stoke Bishop till May 1784 and during that time their baby son, David White, died. On 26 May 1784, their two youngest children John Gould White, aged 4 and Mary White, aged 2, were baptised at St Augustine the less, Bristol, Gloucester, England.

Elizabeth was back at White Hall when their second daughter, Frances White, was born in 1784, followed two years later by Elizabeth Gould White in 1786.

In October 1787 Elizabeth received a bequest from the will of her aunt, Elizabeth Tucker nee Gould (1729-1787) of Trenton. Also named in this will as a niece was Sarah Phillips Margatroyd. Were Elizabeth Gould White nee Tucker and Sarah Phillips Margatroyd sisters?

By October 1788, Elizabeth and David were back in Trenton when their fourth daughter (and eighth child) Sarah White was baptised at St Michaels Church, Trenton, New Jersey. 

Historical events were evolving in newly-constituted United States and by this time, New Jersey had become the third state to ratify the Constitution. It is probable that David and Elizabeth were making plans to leave Jamaica permanently and settle back in England.

In January 1789, Elizabeth and David received a small bequest from the will of Elizabeth's uncle, Samuel Tucker (1721-1789).

Their youngest daughter, Catherine Longville White was born at White Hall, Trelawny, Negril, Jamaica in 1790 and their youngest son, William White, was born in 1791 probably back in England because Catherine and William were baptised at St Augustine the Less, Bristol on 29 January 1792 as can be seen in the entry below (note the clergyman's spelling of Longville as Longueville). On David White's will [Prob11/1299 signed 18.10.1797] is written Catherina Longville White. It is possible the middle name was Longwill after David White's mother's maiden name.

Baptismal record for Catherine Longville White and William White, 29 January 1792.
St Augustine the Less, Church of England, Bristol.
Note the clergyman's spelling of Longville as Longueville.
Source: Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812. Via Ancestry.

However it would not be a long settled family residency in Bristol for Elizabeth who died 4 June 1793, aged 38 years, 5 months and 11 days. She was survived by her husband David (63) and nine children James (17), George (15), John (14), Mary (12), Frances (9), Elizabeth (7), Sarah (5), Catherine (2) and baby William.

David and the children stayed on at their house in College-green, Bristol after Elizabeth's death, though his eldest son, James Clayton White would take over the reigns of the Trelawny plantation in Jamaica.

On 27 November 1797, aged 67, David White died at his house in College-green, Bristol. He was survived by his nine children: James Clayton White (21), George White (19), John Gould White (18), Mary White (16), Frances White (13), Elizabeth Gould White (11), Sarah White (9), Catherine Longville White (6) and William White (4).

A monument for David and Elizabeth was placed on the east wall of east cloister in Bristol Cathedral.

Bristol Cathedral. East wall of east cloister.  A female standing over an urn, resembling the Alleyne monument.  David is buried with his wife Elizabeth.  

"Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Gould White, a Native of New Jersey, North America, who departed this life June 4 1793, aged 38 years, 5 months, 11 days."

"Also Sacred to the memory of David White, Esq Husband of the said Elizabeth, a Native of Ayrshire in Scotland, many years resident in the Island of Jamaica but late of this City.  Who departed this life on the 27th day of November Anno Domini 1797 in the 67th year of his Age leaving behind him to lament his loss Nine Children.

DETAILS ABOUT CHILDREN OF DAVID AND ELIZABETH
James Clayton White (1776-1834) and Rosanna Richards lived at Jamaica.

George White (b. 1778). No further details known.

John Gould White (1779-1851). No further details known.

Mary White (1781-1819) married Edward Collins Wright on 26 December 1808 in Pitsford, Northamptonshire, England. Their second eldest son, William Gaven Wright (1813-1868) emigrated to Australia in December 1852 and was land officer at Rutherglen, Victoria where he died 23 June 1969 aged 55.

Frances White (1784-1827) married William Marlton in 1805 in Jamaica, when William was a Major in the 60th Foot. By 1814 he was Lieut Colonel, HM 1st Batt 60th Foot.

Elizabeth Gould White (1786-1808) died at Brighthelmstone, England on 23 September 1808, aged 22.

Sarah White (1788-1832) married William Gaven on 21 July 1806 at St Margaret, Leicester, England. Sarah died at Bodegroes, the home of her sister Catherine Griffiths and was buried in the Llannor Church cemetery.

Near this Tablet repose the remains of 

SARAH the wife of William Gaven Esqr of Park Square London

it pleased God to release her from her sufferings 

After an illness of many months. 

She died at Bodegroes on the 11th day of December 1832 

in the 44th year of her age. 

This monument is erected by her Afflicted Husband 

In grateful remembrance of her many virtues and amiable qualities.

Catherine Longville White (1790-1837) married William Glynne Griffith on 1 November 1810. Catherine and William lived at Bodegroes, Llannor, Caernarvon, North Wales. Their longest living son was James Glynne Griffith (1820-1887) who emigrated to Moreton Bay in 1854.

Plas Bodegroes, Gwennyd, North Wales.
Georgian, Grade II Listed Building.

Catherine and William's eldest daughter, Catherine died 30 May 1835, aged 23 and was buried in the Llannor Church Cemetery.

Catherine Longville Griffiths nee White died 3 April 1937, aged 47, survived by her husband William and six children. A Memorial to Catherine and her daughter Catherine was placed in Llannor Church.

Underneath 

Are interred the remains of 

CATHERINE ANN 

eldest daughter of William Glynne Griffith Esq re

 of Bodegroes

 and Catherine Longueville, his wife; 

She died on the 30th May 1835 aged 23 years. 

Her amiable disposition and moral excellence 

will ever be a source of soothing remembrance 

to her afflicted fond parents, 

and affectionate relatives and friends, 

whose pious hope is that she now dwells 

in heavenly joy, and moves in eternal glory.

William White (b. 1792). No further details known.

REFERENCE:
Memorial of David White. Read 7th October 1783. The Royal Commission on the Losses and Services of American Loyalists 1783 to 1785, being the notes of Mr Daniel Parker Coke, M.P. one of the commissioners during that period. Edited by Hugh Edward Egerton, Beit Professor of Colonial History in the University of Oxford. Oxford: The Rorburghe Club, 1915. page 6.

Memorials at Llannor Church. From: Gleanings from God's Acre: Within the Hundred of Lleyn and Commot of Eiffionydd. Via Ancestry.