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Charles was born about 1800 in Brewood Staffordshire. He was the son of Thomas Willets and Etty Jones of Wolverhampton. In his convict records Charles gave his trade as door locksmith. He and brother Thomas Willetts were convicted at the Stafford Quarter Sessions, 16 October 1822 for theft of wearing apparel and both sentenced to 7 yrs. They were transported to Van Diemen's Land on the Competitor, and arrived in August 1823. Charles was aged 23 at trial.
His first convict assignment after arrival was to Peter Bodacien in Nov 1823. In Jan 1826 he was assigned as convict worker at Pitt Water to Mr J Eidie and returned to S Hood Esq the following month on 12 Feb.
Despite a couple of incidences of absconding from his workplace in Jul 1828 and Feb 1829, he was granted his Certificate of Freedom 17 Nov 1829 at Hobart Town and married Elizabeth Scott (convict per ship 'Elizabeth' 1818) on 1 Jan 1834 at Hobart. They had only one known child - Henrietta Willett, b.2 Jan 1842 at Port Cygnet, named after Charles' mother Etty
According to the Jan 1842 census, Charles Willett lived in a wooden dwelling at Port Cygnet with his wife. In the Jan 1843 census he was at Three Hutt Point, Cygnet with his wife and their new born daughter and a single male
By the time of the 1852 Census, Charles Willetts lived at Gardners Bay with his wife and daughter. He bought 14 and a half acres of Crown Land at Gardners Bay in 1855, and was recorded 24 Apr 1856 there as a Freeholder of Land. He sold it later in 1856 before moving to Hobart where he ran the Seven Stars Hotel in Campbell Street. By the 1870's he had moved to Sale Victoria to be with his daughter Henrietta Cota who had married there in 1859.
Charles is thought to be the man of this name who died in Nov 1875, aged 75 at Sale Victoria.
Submitted by Researcher (4371) on 13 January 2024
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- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/5, p.6
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