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There are currently 2 researchers who have claimed George Beavis
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Biographies
George was born about 1802 in London to William and Sarah Beavis (probably Case)
George was convicted and sentenced to death at the Old Bailey on the 25th of June 1823 for stealing eighteen yards of woolen cloth.
He arrived in Hobart on the Pheonix in 1824 and married Margaret Wright in Hobart on the 9th February 1836. They had three children, George, John and Margaret. George received a pardon in 1838.
In 1846 he moved his family to Maitland where his sister Maria lived.
Maria's daughter Sarah Greenland was a witness at the wedding of his daughter Margaret to Richard Ayris at Lochinvar in 1855.
George died on the 10th June 1860 after being run over by his dray while collecting firewood from Mr Hungerford's paddock.
Submitted by Researcher (8402) on 20 August 2017
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- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/5, p.131
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