George Best and Mary Bateman

George Guest (Gess)

and

Mary Bateman

1. George^{1
Guest(Gess), born 1765 in England Glouc Minchampton; died
1841 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; son of George Guest and Mary Day. He
married in 1790 in Norfolk Island Mary
Bateman, born 1773; died 1829 in Liverpool, NSW, Australia (Insane
Asylum); buried in St Lukes, Liverpool.}

Notes for George Guest(Gess)

Sentenced at Gloucester in for 1784 theft of 10 pigs and theft of chestnut mare. Arrived on the Alexander.

Notes for Mary Bateman

Mary Bateman and Elizabeth Durand, teenage prostitutes, met a tipsy biscuit maker's servant at Wellclose Square, London, on the evening of 19 Apr 1788 and took him back to their lodgings at Long Alley off Cable Street in the East End.

The man admitted at the trial that he had been so drunk that he did not remember exactly what happened or when he left the house. He later missed his watch, valued at 3 pounds, and a constable was sent to the house the next morning. The timepiece was found hidden in the bed of the landlady Elizabeth 'Bet') Sully ¿(also Second Fleet)¿, who was convicted at the same trial for receiving stolen property. Durand gave evidence against Bateman in return for immunity from prosecution. She said they had 'decoyed' the man to Sulley's residence which was a 'house of ill fame'. Mary Butler and Mary Randall had been sentenced to transportation for months previously for an offence committed in similar circumstances at Bet Sully's house. The watch stolen by Bateman was deliberately undervalued at 39 shillings by the court to avoid the imposition of a death sentence. She was sentenced to seven years' transportation. At the time of committal she had signed a statement with a mark X denying her guilt. Age given as 15, she was sent from Newgate Gaol to the ship 'Lady Juliana' on 12 Mar 1789.

Source: Flynn, Michael. The Second Fleet: Britain's grim convict armada of 1790. Sydney : Library of Australian History, 1993

Source: Bateson, Charles. The convict ships 1787-1868. 2nd ed. Glasgow : Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd., 1985 ie 1969

Children of George Guest and Mary Bateman were as follows:

2 i Edward2 Guest, born 1791 in Norfolk Island.

+ 3 ii Sarah2 Guest, born 1792; died 1868 in Australia Tas Hobart. She married (1) Dr. Thomas William Birch; (2) Edmund Hodgson.

+ 4 iii George2 Guest, born 1794; died 1845 in Australia Tas Hobart. He married (1) Catherine Bennett? (Cooling); (2) Elizabeth Young.

5 iv John2 Guest, born 1798 in Norfolk Island; died 1863 in Australia Vic. He married Elizabeth Hall, born 1804c; died 1856 in Australia Vic.

6 v Mary2 Guest, born 1802 in Norfolk Island; died 1804 in Norfolk Island.

+ 7 vi William C2 Guest, born 1804 in Norfolk Island; died 1835 in Australia Tas Hobart. He married Charlotte Mary Ann Young.

Generation 2

3. Sarah2 Guest (George1), born 1792; died 1868 in Australia Tas Hobart. She married (1) in 1808 in Australia Tas Hobart Dr. Thomas William Birch, born 1774 in England York Kingston Upon Hull; died 1821 in Australia Tas Hobart, son of John Birch and Mary Thompson; (2) in 1823 in Australia Tas Hobart Edmund Hodgson, born 1791c; died 1884.

Notes for Dr. Thomas William Birch

Surgeon/ Merchant shipowner. Arrived on whaler Dubuc

Built the Henrietta - the first ship to be built in Van Dieman's Land

Children of Sarah Guest and Dr. Thomas William Birch were as follows:

8 i Samuel3 Birch, born 1809 in Australia Tas Hobart.

9 ii Ann Riley3 Birch, born 1810 in Australia Tas Hobart.

+ 10 iii Sarah3 Birch, born 1814 in Australia NSW Sydney; died 1892 in Australia NSW Sydney. She married (1) John Hall; (2) Simeon Lord.

11 iv Eliza3 Birch, born 1816 in Australia Tas Hobart; died 1900 in Australia Tas Hobart. She married (1) Charles Watkins; (2) in 1836 in Australia Tas Hobart Arthur Wellesley Sutcliffe, born 1815 in England York; died 1849 in Australia Tas Hobart.

12 v Henry3 Birch, born 1818 in Australia Tas Hobart.

13 vi George3 Birch, born 1820 in Australia Tas Hobart; died 1854 in Australia Tas Hobart. He married Susannah Clara Atkinson, born 1820c.

4. George2 Guest (George1), born 1794; died 1845 in Australia Tas Hobart. He married (1) in 1832 in Australia Tas Hobart Catherine Bennett? (Cooling), born 1805c; died 1847; (2) in 1818 in Australia Tas Hobart Elizabeth Young, born 1798c in Australia NSW Parramatta, daughter of Samuel Young(Convict - Royal Admiral) and Ann Eades.

Children of George Guest and Catherine Bennett? (Cooling) were as follows:

+ 14 i George3 Guest, born 1832 in Australia Tas Hobart; died 1897 in Australia Tas Hobart. He married Dina Bateman.

15 ii Maria Catherine3 Guest, born 1834.

16 iii William3 Guest, born 1837 in Australia Tas Hobart.

17 iv Nathaniel3 Guest, born 1839 in Australia Tas Hobart.

Children of George Guest and Elizabeth Young were as follows:

18 i John3 Guest, born 1823 in Australia Tas.

19 ii Eliza3 Guest, born 1826.

7. William C2 Guest (George1), born 1804 in Norfolk Island; died 1835 in Australia Tas Hobart. He married in 1826 in Australia Tas Hobart Charlotte Mary Ann Young, born 1809 in Australia NSW Parramatta; died 1838 in Australia Tas Hobart, daughter of Samuel Young(Convict) and Ann Eades.

Children of William C Guest and Charlotte Mary Ann Young were as follows:

20 i Frances (Fanny)3 Guest, born 1827 in Australia Tas Hobart.

21 ii George William3 Guest, born 1828 in Australia Tas Hobart. He married in 1856 in Australia Tas Hobart Sophia Reeves, born 1826 in Australia Tas Hobart.

22 iii Mary Elizabeth Ann3 Guest, born 1830 in Australia Tas Hobart; died 1831 in Australia Tas Hobart.

Generation 3

10. Sarah3 Birch (Sarah2 Guest, George1), born 1814 in Australia NSW Sydney; died 1892 in Australia NSW Sydney. She married (1) John Hall; (2) in 1831 in Australia Tas New Norfolk Simeon Lord, born 1810 in Australia NSW Sydney; died 1892 in Australia Qld Brisbane.

Children of Sarah Birch and John Hall were as follows:

+ 23 i Eliza Harriett4 Hall, born 1829; died 1870. She married John Baxter.

Children of Sarah Birch and Simeon Lord were as follows:

24 i Francis4 Lord.

25 ii Alfred Percy4 Lord.

26 iii Emma4 Lord, died 1918.

27 iv George4 Lord, born 1837 in Australia Tas; died 1841 in Australia Tas.

28 v Robert Stuart4 Lord, born 1844; died 1878 in Australia Qld.

29 vi Louisa4 Lord, born 1844; died 1866 in Australia Qld.

14. George3 Guest (George2, George1), born 1832 in Australia Tas Hobart; died 1897 in Australia Tas Hobart. He married in 1854 in Australia Tas Hobart Dina Bateman, born 1836 in Australia Tas Trinity, daughter of William Bateman and Sarah Reeves.

Children of George Guest and Dina Bateman were as follows:

30 i Sarah4 Guest, born 1855 in Australia Tas Hobart; died 1926 in Australia Tas Hobart.

31 ii Eliza Jane4 Guest, born 1857 in Australia Tas Hobart. She married in 1877 in Australia Tas Hobart William Charles Haig, born 1851 in Australia Tas.

32 iii John4 Guest, born 1859 in Australia Tas Hobart; died 1919 in Australia Tas Hobart.

+ 33 iv William George4 Guest, born 1862 in Australia Tas Hobart. He married Annie King.

34 v Charotte Ann4 Guest, born 1865 in Australia Tas Hobart.

+ 35 vi Fanny Louisa4 Guest, born 1868 in Australia Tas Hobart. She married Nathaniel Bird.

+ 36 vii Isabella Mary4 Guest, born 1872 in Australia Tas Hobart; died 1944 in Australia Tas Hobart. She married George Henry Bird.

37 viii Charles Henry4 Guest, born 1874 in Australia Tas Hobart.

38 ix Arthur Albert4 Guest, born 1877 in Australia Tas Hobart; died 1922.

Generation 4

23. Eliza Harriett4 Hall (Sarah3 Birch, Sarah2 Guest, George1), born 1829; died 1870. She married in Oct 1849 in Australia NSW Sydney John Baxter, born 1813; died 1890 in Australia NSW Nowra, son of John Matthew Hunter Baxter and Susannah Williams.

Children of Eliza Harriett Hall and John Baxter were as follows:

39 i Emily Agnes E5 Baxter, born 1853. She married (1) in 1876 in Australia NSW Kiama William Grey; (2) in 1876 in Australia NSW Kiama William Grey.

40 ii Ada Malvina5 Baxter, born 1859. She married (1) in 1879 in Australia NSW Kiama Thomas Edwards; (2) in 1879 in Australia NSW Kiama Thomas Edwards.

41 iii Ephraim5 Baxter, born 1861; died 1903.

42 iv Julia Rebecca5 Baxter, born 1867. She married (1) in 1884 in Australia NSW Greta John Douglass.

33. William George4 Guest (George3, George2, George1), born 1862 in Australia Tas Hobart. He married in 1887 in Australia Tas Hobart Annie King, born 1865 in Australia Tas Gordon, daughter of Samuel King and Ann Corney.

Children of William George Guest and Annie King were as follows:

43 i Ethel Philima5 Guest, born 1889 in Australia Tas Hobart.

44 ii George5 Guest, born 1891 in Australia Tas Hobart; died 1914.

45 iii Eva5 Guest, born 1894 in Australia Tas Hobart; died 1900.

46 iv Jane Winifred5 Guest, born 1897 in Australia Tas Hobart.

47 v John5 Guest, born 1899.

48 vi William5 Guest, born 1888 in Australia Tas Hobart.

49 vii Charles5 Guest, born 1892.

50 viii George Frederick5 Guest, born 1895 in Australia Tas Hobart.

35. Fanny Louisa4 Guest (George3, George2, George1), born 1868 in Australia Tas Hobart. She married in 1890 in Australia Tas Hobart Nathaniel Bird, born 1860 in Australia Tas Oatlands, son of John Bird and Mary Ann Howes.

Children of Fanny Louisa Guest and Nathaniel Bird were as follows:

51 i Charles Nathaniel5 Bird, born 1891 in Australia Tas Hobart.

52 ii Isabel Dinah5 Bird, born 1893 in Australia Tas Hobart.

53 iii George August5 Bird, born 1895 in Australia Tas Hobart.

54 iv Albert5 Bird, born 1897 in Australia Tas Clarence.

55 v Arthur William5 Bird, born 1898 in Australia Tas Hobart; died 1966. He married in 1918 Olive Grattidge, died 1979.

36. Isabella Mary4 Guest (George3, George2, George1), born 1872 in Australia Tas Hobart; died 1944 in Australia Tas Hobart. She married in 1897 in Australia Tas Hobart George Henry Bird, born 1858 in Australia Tas Oatlands; died 1934 in Australia Tas Hobart, son of John Bird and Mary Ann Howes.

Children of Isabella Mary Guest and George Henry Bird were as follows:

56 i Charles George5 Bird, born 1901 in Australia Tas Hobart; died 1966 in Australia Tas Hobart.

57 ii Charles Arthur5 Bird, born 1904 in Australia Tas Hobart.

58 iii William Arthur5 Bird, born 1907 in Australia Tas Hobart; died 1944.

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