Edward Botfield [8695]

  Noted events in his life were:

• Immigration: as Convict per "Katherine Stewart Forbes", 1830 Feb 18, Sydney Cove, Cumberland County, New South Wales. ²

• Pardon: Conditional, 1847 Dec 21, New South Wales. ³ Government Gazette. (1848, March 1). The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), p. 4. Retrieved September 14, 2011, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article713143>
His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified, that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to authorise the issue, in conformity with the provisions of the Act of Parliament, 6 Vic, cap. 7, of pardons to the undermentioned persons, on condition that they do not return to the countries or colonies in which they were respectively convicted, during the remainder of the term of their respective sentences : -
(Dated 31st December, 1847 )
Pardons available everywhere except in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
… Botfield Edward…

• living, 1849, Tambaroora District, New South Wales.

• Newspaper, 1849 Oct 8. ⁴ Advertising. (1849, October 8). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved September 14, 2011, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12912678>
Advertising. (1849, October 15). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved September 14, 2011, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12911195>
NOTICE-The public are cautioned not to purchase any of the Cattle now running in charge of James Blackman, sen:, or of Edward Botfield; for Thomas Blackman, the same having been purchased by me. Per- sons doing so will be prosecuted. The cattle are branded BI over T on the off hip, and some are branded TB.
M. A. SAMPSON.
Mudgee, September 21. 5503

• Newspaper, 1849 Dec 1. ⁵ Advertising. (1849, December 1). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved September 14, 2011, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12911853>
Advertising. (1849, December 3). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 2 Supplement: Supplement to Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved September 14, 2011, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12909569>
NOTICE AND CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.
HAVING observed in the Herald of the 21st of October, 1849, an adver-tisement signed M. A. Sampson, I now hereby caution the public not to pay any attention to the same, as no cattle are in my charge, or the charge of Edward Botfield, branded BI over T, for Thomas Blackman, but that the whole of the cattle branded BI over T, which have been sold by me, are alone and bona fide the property of me the undersigned, and that no person had, or has, any legal authority to dis-pose of any of the cattle above alluded to.
JAMES BLACKMAN, SEN.
Nugal, October 27. 9064

• Court Notice, 1850 Oct 21. ⁶ Advertising. (1850, October 21). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved September 14, 2011, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12921896>
300 HEAD CATTLE.
SMITH V. SAMPSON.
MR. ROBERTS will sell by auction,
at his Mart, 336, George-street,
this DAY,
At 11 precisely,
All the right, title, and interest, of the de- fendant, in and to 300 head of cattle, more or less, branded BI/T, now or lately depas-turing on the Castlereagh River border, dis- trict of Bligh, under the charge of Edward Botfield, and levied upon in the above cause ; unless this execution be previously satisfied. Terms at sale . 7215

Edward married Mary Ann Blackman [743] [MRIN: 3313], daughter of James Blackman [316] [KGY7-6VQ] and Mary John [711], on 1848 Sep 6 in Mudgee, Wellington County, New South Wales.⁷ (Mary Ann Blackman [743] was born on 1831 Jan 21 in Richmond, Cumberland County, New South Wales ⁸, christened on 1831 Mar 27 in Richmond, Cumberland County, New South Wales ² and died in 1864 in Bourke, Cowper County, New South Wales ².)

  Marriage Notes:

Mudgee, St John The Baptist.