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Jane Elizabeth WESTON (1795 - 1886)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Lucy DAVIS
Mary DAVIS (1817 - 1883)
John DAVIS (1818 - )
Elizabeth DAVIS (1820 - 1890)
William DAVIS (1821 - 1910)
Henry DAVIS (1823 - )
Frances E DAVIS (1825 - )
Frederick James DAVIS (1827 - 1914)
Harold Mapletoft DAVIS (1831 - 1922)
Sydney Hodges DAVIS (1836 - )
Jane Elizabeth WESTON (1795 - 1886)

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William DAVIS (1787 - 1876)
John WESTON











Catherine BURFORD











Jane Elizabeth WESTON William DAVIS

Jane Elizabeth WESTON
Jane Elizabeth WESTON William DAVIS Jane Elizabeth WESTON
b. 1795 at Aynho, Northumberland, England
m. 1816 William DAVIS (1787 - 1876) at Cloughton, Yorkshire, England
d. 21 Sep 1886 at Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia aged 91
Near Relatives of Jane Elizabeth WESTON (1795 - 1886)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father in Law John DAVIS
Mother in Law Mary ELLIOTT

Father John WESTON
Mother Catherine BURFORD

Self Jane Elizabeth WESTON 1795 Aynho, Northumberland, England 21 Sep 1886 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 91

Husband William DAVIS 1787 Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England 23 Sep 1876 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 89

Daughter Lucy DAVIS England
Daughter Mary DAVIS 1817 Oxfordshire, England 1883 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 66
Son John DAVIS 1818 Oxfordshire, England
Daughter Elizabeth DAVIS abt 1820 England 02 Jul 1890 Manly, New South Wales, Australia 70
Son William DAVIS 1821 Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England 13 Jul 1910 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 89
Son Henry DAVIS 1823 England
Daughter Frances E DAVIS abt 1825 England
Son Frederick James DAVIS 1827 Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England 1914 Ryde, New South Wales, Australia 87
Son Harold Mapletoft DAVIS Oct 1831 Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England 1922 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 91
Son Sydney Hodges DAVIS 1836 England

Son in Law James WRIGHT abt 1796 Derbyshire, England 22 Apr 1879 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 83
Son in Law William Foxton HAYLEY 1812 England 09 Sep 1878 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 66
Daughter in Law Susan Adrianna 'Addie' PALMER 1825 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 25 Nov 1902 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 77
Son in Law Thomas S TOWNSEND
Daughter in Law Minna Close PALMER Jul 1843 Maitland, New South Wales, Australia 1928 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia 85
Daughter in Law Emmeline Mary LONGMORE 1862 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Daughter in Law Martha Annie GOWING 1883 Young, New South Wales, Australia

Granddaughter Mary Phoebe WRIGHT 1839 Lanyon, ACT, Australia 16 Jul 1920 Craigie, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 81
Grandson William Davis WRIGHT 1841 Lanyon, ACT, Australia 25 Sep 1924 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 83
Grandson John Edward WRIGHT 1843 Lanyon, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter Jane Emily WRIGHT 1845 Lanyon, ACT, Australia
Grandson Arthur Henry WRIGHT 1847 Lanyon, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter Lucy Ellen WRIGHT 1850 Cuppacumbalong, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Aubrey Murray WRIGHT 1853 Cuppacumbalong, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Frances Catherine Burford WRIGHT 1855 Cuppacumbalong, New South Wales, Australia 11 Feb 1881 Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia 26
Granddaughter Frances C HAYLEY 1843 Irishtown, New South Wales, Australia 1919 Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia 76
Granddaughter Alice Gertrude HAYLEY 1845 Irishtown, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Florence Jane HAYLEY 1847 Irishtown, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson William Foxton HAYLEY 1848 Irishtown, New South Wales, Australia 1924 Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia 76
Granddaughter Mary Madeline HAYLEY 1850 New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Frederick Ernest HAYLEY 1853 New South Wales, Australia 1879 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 26
Granddaughter Laura Emily HAYLEY 1855 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Herry Percy HAYLEY 1857 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1867 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 10
Grandson Alfred Reginald HAYLEY 1859 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1869 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 10
Granddaughter Elizabeth HAYLEY 1862 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1863 1
Grandson Sydney Victor HAYLEY 1862 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1864 2
Grandson Walter Harold HAYLEY 1865 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1950 Randwick, New South Wales, Australia 85
Grandson Henry William Ernest PALMER 1852 Canberra, ACT, Australia 26 Feb 1877 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 25
Granddaughter Marion J M (May) DAVIS 1862 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Ada Irena DAVIS 1864 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1936 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia 72
Granddaughter Lucy Eveline DAVIS 1865 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1946 Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia 81
Granddaughter Mabel Minna DAVIS 1874 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 1957 Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia 83
Granddaughter Marion J M (May) DAVIS 1862 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Events in Jane Elizabeth WESTON (1795 - 1886)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
Birth of daughter Lucy DAVIS England 2
1795 Jane Elizabeth WESTON was born Aynho, Northumberland, England 6
1816 21 Married William DAVIS (aged 29) Cloughton, Yorkshire, England 2
1817 22 Birth of daughter Mary DAVIS Oxfordshire, England 2
1818 23 Birth of son John DAVIS Oxfordshire, England 2
abt 1820 25 Birth of daughter Elizabeth DAVIS England 2
1821 26 Birth of son William DAVIS Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England 2
1823 28 Birth of son Henry DAVIS England 2
abt 1825 30 Birth of daughter Frances E DAVIS England 2
1827 32 Birth of son Frederick James DAVIS Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England
Oct 1831 36 Birth of son Harold Mapletoft DAVIS Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England 2
1836 41 Birth of son Sydney Hodges DAVIS England 2
1842 47 Immigration Sydney, New South Wales, Australia per "Palestine" 2
23 Sep 1876 81 Death of husband William DAVIS (aged 89) Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 2
1883 88 Death of daughter Mary DAVIS (aged 66) Bega, New South Wales, Australia 2
21 Sep 1886 91 Jane Elizabeth WESTON died Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 6
Source References:
2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Down Under, Title: Devon to Down Under, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997
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6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001
- Reference = 333 (Birth)
- Reference = 333 (Death)
80. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Hall Museum, Title: Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre, Locn: https://museum.hall.act.au/
- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/2169/elizabeth-jane-davis.html (Name, Notes)
- Notes: Born: 1795; Died: 1888; Married: William Davis (senior)

Elizabeth Jane Davis
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Palmerville estate
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Elizabeth Jane Davis (known as Jane) was born in Aynho, Northamptonshire in 1795. Her parents were John Weston and Catherine (nee Burford). In March 1816 she married William Davis (senior).

She had 13 children between 1817 and 1836. This meant that Jane bore a child on average every 18 months.

In the 1830s, a number of their older children travelled to Australia and were first associated with the wealthy Broughtons of the Goulburn district. Her eldest daughter, Mary, married James Wright who had settled at Lanyon.

In 1842, Jane, William and the remaining children arrived in the colony on the Palestine. They first stayed with their daughter at Lanyon and then settled at Booroomba (at Paddy's River), where Wright had built them a home and where they established a 4,500-acre cattle-and-sheep run. They also ran a small herd of horses built up from local brumbies.

In the 1840s the Davises struggled to make ends meet at isolated Booroomba and even diversified their operation to include a 'boiling-down works' for tallow production. Elizabeth and her family remained at Booroomba until 1859 when they sold out to Charles McKeahnie of Gudgenby.

After this, they lived with her son at one of the two Ginninderra cottages on the Palmerville estate. When William Davis (junior) sold Palmerville and Gungahlin to Edward Crace, she relocated to Auburn Street, Goulburn with her husband.

William (senior) died in 1876. Jane survived him until 1888.

References
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, Melbourne, 1967; and Supplementary Volume, Canberra, 2005
Gillespie, L. L., Ginninderra: Forerunner to Canberra, Campbell, 1992
Meyers D. (ed. K. Frawley), Lairds, Lags and Larrikins: an Early History of the Limestone Plains, Pearce, 2010
Moore, B., Cotter Country, Canberra, 1999
Shumack, S. An Autobiography, or, Tales and Legends of Canberra Pioneers (ed. J. E. and S. Shumack), Canberra, 1967

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