Hawkesbury on the Net: Lists Register ~ Information on the Hawkesbury

The Hawkesbury Benevolent Society was established in 1818 with "the sole object of which shall be the support and relief by voluntary contributions of all real objects of charity within the districts of Windsor, Richmond, Wilberforce, Portland Head and Pitt Town." The first committee were elected in 1819 consisting of William Cox, Rev Robert Cartwright, James Mileham, John Brabyn, Archibald Bell, John Jones, Henry Baldwin, Thomas Pitt & George Hall. The Committee was to meet monthly & to provide "some permanent relief in aid of the poor, aged & infirm" in the district. The Society also hoped to assist families distressed from floods. The Hawkesbury Benevolent Society later took over the running of the Windsor Hospital in the 1840s and the society was disbanded only recently (in the 1980s) when the Western Area Health took over. The Society published Annual Reports from the early 1830s and listed subscribers and persons making donations of money & goods in kind which are a good source for family historians. These reports are in the Mitchell Library (as well as other miscellaneous papers) and the Windsor Library has an incomplete set of Annual Reports.

List of persons making a donation to the Hawkesbury Benevolent Society and listed in the "Annual Report of the Hawkesbury Benevolent Society & Windsor Hospital for the year 1886". The following people subscribed to the Society, raising much needed sums of money for needy people in the Hawkesbury district. As well as subscribers (or members) there were persons who made donations to the society either financial or by way of goods such as produce.

SURNAME	FIRST NAME(S)	SUBSCRIPTION
A FRIEND		£1
ARNDELL	Thomas	£1
ARNDELL	George	£1
BENTEL*	J.	£1
BENNETT*	John	£1
BUTLER	Patrick	£1
BOWD*	Edward	£1
BENNETT	John	£1
BOWMAN	Late Mrs Elizabeth	£100 (Legacy)
BOWMAN	Miss	£1
BOWMAN	A. C. M.	£1
COMMERCIAL BANK		£1
BALLARD	Edward	£1
BLOMFIELD	G. V.	£1 - 1 - 0
BUSHELL	Isabella	£1
BEVERIDGE	Peter	£1 - 1 - 0
BOWLIN	John Edward	£1
BEARD	William	£2
BOWD	Edward	£1
CROWLEY	John senior	£1
CORNWELL	Isaac	£1
CAMERON	Rev. James D.D.	£1
CUNNEEN	Daniel	£1
COX	Samuel	£1
CONLAN	Bernard J. P.	£1
COMRIE	Mr & Mrs	£2 - 2 - 0
COLEY	Richard	£1
COOPER*	J. R.	£1
CAREY*	Edward	£1
CRADDOCK*	P. C.	£1
CAMERON*	Rev. James D.D.	£1
DUNSTAN	J. S. J.P.	£2 - 2 - 0
DIGHT	Arthur J.P.	£1
DARGIN	William J.P.	£1
DOUGLASS	George	£1
DOUGLASS	W. W.	£1
DUNSTAN	Robert	£1
DONKIN	Rev. Thomas	£1
DUNSTAN	John junior	£1
DICKSON	George	£1
DICK	Robert J. P.	£1 - 1 - 0
DEAN	W. H.	£1 - 1 - 0
DUNSTON	Mrs Elizabeth	£1
EDWARDS	Richard	£1 - 1 - 0
FIASCHI	Thomas M. D.	£1 - 1 - 0
FLEMMING	J. H. J. P.	£1
FITZGERALD	Rev. Patrick	£1 - 1 - 0
FITZGERALD	Late Robert	£50
FORRESTER	R. H.	£1
GUEST	Chas. S.	£1
GEEHAN	James	£1
GOSPER	J. T.	£1
GALLOWAY	John	£1
GREENWELL	Smith T.	£1
GOUGH	John	£1 - 1 - 0
GORDON	G. A. J.P.	£1 - 1 - 0
GADEN	Charles	£1 - 1 - 0
HIGHLAND SOCIETY (SYDNEY)		£2 - 2 - 0
HALL	J.	£1
HOLBOROW	W. H. J.P. MLA	£1
HOLMES	James	£1
HANCOCK	John	£1
HALL	W. S. J.P.	£1
HALL	Mrs James	£1
HOLLAND	William	£1
HOLLAND	Daniel J. P.	£1
HOSKISSON	Samuel	£1 - 1 - 0
HAYES	Rev . Dean	£2
HOZIER	C. H. S. Esquire FRCS	£1 - 1 - 0
HOWLEY	William	£1
IRELAND*	George	£1
JURD	John	£1
JOHNSTON	W. H. J. P.	£1
JOHNSTON	J. B. Esquire J.P.	£1
JOHNSTON	J. B. junior	£1
JOHNSTON	John	£1
JOHNSTON	J. H.	£1
JOCKEL	Louis C. Esquire LRCP	£1 - 1 - 0
LAMROCK	William J.P.	£1
LAMROCK	John senior	£1
LINSLEY	W. F. J. P.	£1
LEACOCK	Dr.	£4 - 4 - 0
LEPHERD*	J. J.	£1
LAWS*	A. W.	£1
MANNING	George	£1
McGUIRE	Late Thomas	£50 (legacy)
McDONALD	Mrs (Glenmore)	£1
MORGAN	Rev. John	£1
MASONIC LODGE	Per Sgt Fitzpatrick	£1 - 1 - 0
MOSES	Henry Esquire MLC	£1 - 1 - 0
NICHOLLS	William senior	£1
NICHOLLS	William junior	£1
NICHOLLS	Mrs Jane	£1
NEILSON	Mrs	£1
O'DONOVAN	Miss	£1
ONUS	Joseph senior	£1
ONUS	Joseph J. P.	£1
O'HARA	Peter	£1
PARKER	Charles	£1
POWELL	Edward J. P.	£1
PENDERGAST	William	£1
PRIMROSE	Thomas J. P.	£1
PYE	Eobert (sic) A.	£1
PICKUP	Laurence	£1
PENDERGAST	John J.	£1
PARRINGTON*	Joseph	£1
RICHARDS	Thomas senior	£1
RICHARDS	Thomas junior	£1
RICHARDS	Benjamin J.P.	£1
RIDGE	Richard J.P.	£1
ROBINSON	Mrs Jane	£1
ROUSE*	Edwin	£1
ROBERTSON*	Samuel	£4
RYAN	R.	£1
RIVERSTONE CONCERT		Proceeds £6 - 5 - 1
SIMPSON	Alexander	£1
SHEEN	Thomas senior	£1
STUBBS	Joseph	£1
SOUTH	Mrs	£1
SKUTHORPE	Richard senior	£1
SKUTHORPE	Richard junior J.P.	£1
STEPHENSON	Henry	£1
STILES	Mrs E.	£1
SMITH	John Dick	£1
SIMPSON*	Alexander	£1
SEATH*	John	£1
SCHOFIELD*	John	£1
SAUNDERS*	William	£1
SMITH*	John Dick	£1
TURNBULL*	Ralph	£1
TURNBULL	Andrew	£1
TOWN	Andrew J.P.	£1
TOWN	John	£1
TEBBUTT	John F.R.A.S.	£1 - 10 - 0
TEBBUTT	Mrs	£1 - 10 - 0
TURNBULL	Ralph	£1
WALKER	William	£1
WOOLLS	Rev. Dr.	£1
WITHYCOMBE*	J.	£1
YE0	G. S.	£1

Abbreviations include J.P. Justice of the Peace & F.R.A.S. Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. * = paid subscription the previous year but did not appear in the printed Annual Report.

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Transcribed by Michelle Nichols - December 2006.