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152 i. SUSAN (~1837-)
153 ii. SOPHIA (~1838-)
154 iii. SAMUEL (~1839-)
155 iv. ROBERT (~1841-)
156 v. JANE (~1843-)
157 vi. JOSEPH CLARK (~1846-)
158 vii. BENJAMIN C. (~1846-)
159 viii. SARAH (~1847-)
160 ix. MARTHA (~1850-)
50. JOHN CHAFFEY (JOHN 3, BENJAMIN 2, RICHARD 1). Born on 24 Aug 1811 in ENGLAND.
Occupation: FARMER. Religion: BAPTIZED 12/4/1811 WINSHAM INDEPENDENT CHURCH WITH
OLDER SISTERS.
51. GEORGE CHAFFEY (JOHN 3, BENJAMIN 2, RICHARD 1). 14 Born in 1814 in MEMBURY, DEVON,
ENGLAND. GEORGE died in CASTERTON, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, on 21 Sep 1863; he was 49. Buried
in Casterton, Old Cemetery. Occupation: Inn Keeper.
BURIED IN CASTERTON OLD CEMETERY.
On 10 Oct 1857 when GEORGE was 43, he married PHILLIPA LARK 14, daughter of JOHN LARK &
PHILLIPA BICKLE, in Portland, Victoria, AUSTRALIA St. Stephens Church Of England. Born in 1831
in Kelley, Devon, England. PHILLIPA died in Casterton, Victoria, Australia, on 17 May 1904; she
was 73.
BURIED IN CASTERTON OLD CEMETERY.
They had the following children:
161 i. WALTER CHARLES (1859-1860)
162 ii. EDWIN CHARLES (1860-1920)
163 iii. ROBERT LARK (1862-1928)
164 iv. GEORGE (1863-1935)
52. BENJAMIN CHAFFEY (JOHN 3, BENJAMIN 2, RICHARD 1). 14 Born in 1817 in MEMBURY, DEVON,
ENGLAND. BENJAMIN died in AT WOODLANDS, LITTLE RIVER, VICTORIA, on 16 Apr 1890; he was 73.
Occupation: CATTLE RAISER (GRAZIER).
BURIED 18/4/1890-EASTERN GENERAL CEMETERY, GEELONG, VICTORIA-DIED FROM ASTHMA
“GEELONG ADVERTIZER” 21 APRIL 1890 DEATH OF AN OLD COLONIST
“IT IS WITH GREAT REGRET WE HAVE TO RECORD THE DEATH OF ANOTHER OF OUR EARLY PIONEERS,
IN THE PERSON OF MR. BENJAMIN CHAFFEY, WHO DIED AT HIS RESIDENCE AT LITTLE RIVER ON
THURSDAY NIGHT LAST AT THE ADVANCED AGE OF 73 YEARS, AFTER A LINGERING ILLNESS
EXTENDING OVER SIX YEARS, BORNE WITH GREAT PATIENCE. HE WAS A NATIVE OF SOMERSETSHIRE,
ENGLAND, WHERE HE ENJOYED THE ADVANTAGE OF A LIBERAL EDUCATION AT THE GRAMMAR
SCHOOL OF MARTOCK, AND AFTER COMPLETING A COURSE OF STUDY IN PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC
FARMING, LEFT HIS NATIVE SHORES AT THE AGE OF 23 YEARS, WITH HIS YOUNG WIFE, TO WHOM HE
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