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Born at Wissett, Suffolk, s/o Thomas Emmerson or Everson and Mary (Nee Rouse). Bapt. at Rumburgh, Suffolk, 9 Aug. 1801. Married Margaret Smith d/o Benjamin Smith & Elizabeth Pearce on 21 July 1823 at Redisham, Suffolk. David & Margaret Everson had 8 children.
IPSWICH JOURNAL - Sat. Jan. 5, 1833
BECCLES QUARTER SESSIONS on Monday last, Sir T. S. Gooch, in the Chair.
David Everson (21)(sic) and Thomas Goodings, (37), were indicted for stealing corn and meal from the mill of Mr. Haward, of Wrentham, on the 19th Nov. last. It appeared that Mr. Haward's mill had been robbed several times, and his servant, Caleb Dennington, having reason to believe that his master suspected him, determined to watch in the mill, and,if possible, detect the thieves: he accordingly concealed himself amongst the sacks, and very early in the morning he heard a noise as of a ladder placed against the mill, and presently two men entered at the window, lighted a candle, and took a quantity of corn and meal, which they carried out; one of the men remained in the mill, fastened the door, put out the light, and went out again by the window, leaving all things in order. Dennington, by means of the candle could distinctly see the prisoners, in whose houses the stolen property was found. They were sentenced to be transported for 7 years.
IPSWICH JOURNAL - January 26th, 1833
COUNTY COURT AND HOUSE OF CORRECTION.
The following convicts were removed from the above Gaol, on Thursday last, viz. Thomas Goodings, David Everson, William Goodwin, James Cane, and Henry Dawley, each for seven years transportation, to be put on board the Leviathan hulk, at Portsmouth.
UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849.
Ship "CAPTIVITY" Moored at Portsmouth
EVERSON, David: Report: In prison before. Character Indifferent. Good in Gaol.
Transported on the "Aurora III" on 3 July 1833. Description:5 ft. 4 & three quarter inches tall, dark ruddy complexion. Dark brown hair mixed with grey. Hazel eyes. Scar on the outer corner of left eyebrow. Mark of a burn on his right jaw. Several marks of biles below calf of right leg. Aged 33, could read, Protestant. Married with 3 male & 4 female children. Occ. Farm Servant & Shepherd.
Arr. Sydney 3 Nov. 1833. Disembarked 21 Nov. & taken to Hyde Park Barracks where assigned for service in the Bathurst area. Granted Ticket of Leave by the Bathurst Bench in Sep. 1837 having served 4 yrs of his sentence. His residence was with Mr. A Keer. Granted his Certificate of Freedom in March 1842.
His wife, now calling herself Mira Everson, was Transported to Tasmania in 1845 for several incidents of theft. We do not know whether David ever knew of his wife's transportation.
In March 1845, David was granted a Land Lease of 640 acres in the Bathurst area, County of Roxborough parish, unnamed at the Running Stream one Section. Bounded on the East by William Lawson's 640 acres. Purchases on the North & South by the Westerly continuation of the section line forming the North & South boundaries of that Land, and on the West by a section line. The grant was later cancelled, almost certainly due to his following conviction for sheep stealing.
David Everson offended again in October 1845 & charged with stealing hundreds of sheep. In March 1846 he was convicted at Bathurst & was sentenced to 3 years in irons on the public roads and sent to the Stockade at Blackheath in the Blue Mountains. The newspaper report is very long & is in the Sydney Morning Herald 3rd April 1846 page 2 via Trove Newspaper database trove.nla.gov.au
David Everson died on the 27th January 1860 at Lime Kilns, Roxborough, in the Bathurst region. He died of injuries accidentally received by a fall from his horse.
The informant on the Death Certificate was Thomas Hamond, a neighbour. He was buried at Lime Kilns on the 30th January, 1860.
Submitted by Researcher (10955) on 26 April 2019
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- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/9, p.158
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