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WAS MARRIED ONLY A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE DATE OF SAILING. THERE BEING NO VESSEL AT THAT
TIME LAID ON TO THIS PORT, THEY TOOK SHIP TO SYDNEY, AND WERE EXACTLY SIX MONTHS ON THE
VOYAGE, LEAVING HOME IN JULY, AND ARRIVING AT SYDNEY BY THE END OF DECEMBER.
AFTER SPENDING SIX MONTHS IN SYDNEY THEY RESHIPPED ALL THEIR COMPLETE OUTFIT
NECESSARY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMFORTABLE HOME IN A NEW LAND AND ARRIVED IN
VICTORIA IN THE YEAR ‘41. .....IN THE YEAR 1843 [THEY] REMOVED TO LAND ON THE LITTLE RIVER,
AND SETTLED DOWN TO THE LIFE OF A SHEEP FARMER, WHICH HE HAS FOLLOWED UP TO THE TIME
OF HIS DECREASE, DIRECTING THE WHOLE WORK OF THE ESTATE FROM HIS SICK-ROOM, AND
TAKING A MOST LIVELY INTEREST IN THE PROCEEDINGS.
MR. CHAFFEY WAS OF A VERY QUIET AND UNOBTRUSIVE DISPOSITION AND TOOK NO PUBLIC PART
IN POLITICS, BUT COMMANDED THE HIGHEST RESPECT OF HIS NEIGHBOURS, FOR MILES AROUND,
AND POSSESSED CONSIDERABLE INFLUENCE IN THE SHIRE OF THE COUNCIL OF WHICH HE MIGHT
HAVE BEEN A LEADING MEMBER HAD HE SO DESIRED. HIS HOME WAS ALWAYS A CENTRE OF
INFLUENCE FOR GOOD, AND FOR YEARS A DIVINE SERVICE WAS CONDUCTED THERE, FOR THE
BENEFIT OFTHE PEOPLE OF THE RIVER, NEVER MORE HIGHLY APPRECIATED BY ANY THAN BY THE
MASTER OF THE HOUSE, WHO WOULD SIT IN HIS QUIET CORNER AND WITH A CHEERY WORD WOULD
SMILE WELCOME TO EVERY VISITOR. DURING THE LONG AND TEDIOUS ILLNESS HE WAS MOST
ASSIDUOUSLY NURSED BY HIS ONLY DAUGHTER MARY, AND BOTH PATIENT AND DOCTOR, AS WELL
AS THE NEIGHBOURS AFFIRM THAT THE GENTLE AND LOVING ATTENTION PAID HIM, PROLONGED
HIS DAYS AND LIGHTENED HIS SUFERINGS VERY MUCH. HIS BODY WAS INTERRED IN THE OLD
CEMETERY ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON THE REVEREND ALFERED CAFFIN AND HENRY KELLY OFFICIATING
AT THE GRAVE.” 32
On 7 Jul 1840 when BENJAMIN was 23, he married ELIZABETH VILE 14, daughter of JOHN VILE &
ELIZABETH WALTERS, in STOKE -SUB-HAMDON,SOMERSET. Born in 1818 in STOKE -SUB-
HAMDON,SOMERSET. ELIZABETH died in VICTORIA on 25 Apr 1875; she was 57.
ELIZABETH DIED AS A RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT. SHE WAS IN A CART WHEN THE HORSE BOLTED,
UPSETTING THE CART AND SHE DIED FROM A HEAD INJURY. AN INQUIRY WAS HELD ON APRIL 26TH,
1875 BY ROBERT CHURNSIDE JP. 14
They had the following children:
165 i. MARY ELIZABETH (~1841-1854)
166 ii. HARRIET (~1841-1841)
167 iii. MARY (1842-1925)
168 iv. JOHN (1844-1931)
169 v. JAMES (1847-1860)
170 vi. THOMAS (~1848-1850)
171 vii. ELIZABETH (~1851-1854)
172 viii. BENJAMIN (1853-1936)
173 ix. ROBERT (Twin) (1856-1856)
174 x. WILLIAM (Twin) (1856-1856)
175 xi. ANNIE JANE (1858-1863)
53. ROBERT CHAFFEY (JOHN 3, BENJAMIN 2, RICHARD 1). 14 Born in 1819 OR 1821 in MEMBURY,
DEVON, ENGLAND. ROBERT died in 1866; he was 47.
ROBERT married HONOR ELIZA SHORE.
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