Hill-William — Bothwell History

Bothwell Families

These pages offer a glimpse into the lives of the Bothwell families. You’ll find family trees and historical events specific to the area. While not exhaustive, the information will continue to be updated as research progresses. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the material presented.

William Hill (1812-1884)
Agnes Hamilton (1829- )

William Hill.

Born: abt 1812, place unknown (RGD35: William Hill, no 57/1884, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-53p53j2k)
Convicted: 27 Jun 1836, Quarter Sessions, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England; stealing 2 sacks of coal, sentenced to life transportation (CON31: William Hill, no 2210, 'Blenheim,' https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-21/CON31-1-21p207)
Departed: 15 Mar 1837, Woolwich, Kent, England; on board the 'Blenheim' (BATE: p362/1837, 'Blenheim')
Arrived: 16 Jul 1837, Hobart, TAS; Surgeon's Report: good. Description: Height: 5' 3¼"; Complexion: fresh Hair: brown; Eyes: blue; Age: 31; Trade: farm labourer, ploughman, can reap, mow & thrash; Native Place: near Hertford, Hertfordshire (CON31: William Hill, no 2210, 'Blenheim,' https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-21/CON31-1-21p207) & (CON23: https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON23-1-2/CON23-1-2-P088)
Muster: 21 Jun 1839, Bothwell, TAS; attended (CON31: William Hill, no 2210, 'Blenheim,' https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-21/CON31-1-21p207)
Muster: 14 Jun 1845, Bothwell, TAS; attended (CON31: William Hill, no 2210, 'Blenheim,' https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-21/CON31-1-21p207)
Ticket of Leave: 19 Aug 1845, approved (CON31: William Hill, no 2210, 'Blenheim,' https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-21/CON31-1-21p207)
Conditional Pardon: 14 Nov 1848, approved (CON34: William Hill, no 2210, 'Blenheim,' https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON34-1-7/CON34-1-7P21)
Permission to Marry: 10 Aug 1852, Agnes Hamilton, approved (CON52: Hill-Hamilton, p195/1852, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/con52-1-5p045j2k)
Married: 1 Oct 1852, Agnes Hamilton, St Luke's Church, Bothwell, TAS (RGD37: Hill-Hamilton, no 3/1852, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-11p1j2k)
Marriage Witness: 12 Aug 1853, William Lazarus & Hannah Bebe, St Luke's Church, Bothwell, TAS (RGD37: Lazarus-Belee, no 10/1853, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-12p4j2k)
Residence: 11 Jul 1854, Humby, Bothwell, TAS; farmer (RGD33: Margaret Hill, no 27/1854, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-32p244j2k)
Marriage Witness: 28 May 1855, John Blewitt & Elizabeth Creese, St Luke's Church, Bothwell, TAS (RGD37: Bluett-Creese, no 8/1855, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-14p3j2k)
Donated: 18 Jun 1855, 10s to the Patriotic War Fund (COUR: "Patriotic War Fund," 18 Jun 1855, https:/trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2485531)
Residence: 28 Mar 1856, Humby, Bothwell, TAS; farmer (RGD33: Jane Hill, no 7/1856, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-34p534j2k)
Residence: 14 Jul 1857, Humby, Bothwell, TAS; farmer (RGD33: William Hill, no 27/1857, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-35p711j2k)
Residence: 18 May 1858, Humby, Bothwell, TAS; Alexander Reid (owner), part of Humbie, farm, 70 acres, annual rateable value £30 (TGG: "Valuation Roll," 1858, p698-699, https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-898F-VZZ3)
Died: 24 May 1884, Bothwell, TAS; aged 72, decay of nature; informant: Thomas Perkins, Police Superintendent (RGD35: William Hill, no 57/1884, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-53p53j2k)

Spouse - Agnes Hamilton.

Born: abt 1829, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (CON41: Agnes Hamilton, no 903, 'Aurora,' https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON41-1-31/CON41-1-31p93)
Convicted: 17 Jun 1850, Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; theft, sentenced to seven years transportation (CON41: Agnes Hamilton, no 903, 'Aurora,' https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON41-1-31/CON41-1-31p93)
Departed: 26 Apr 1851, London, England; on board the 'Aurora' (BATE: p370/1851, 'Aurora')
Arrived: 10 Aug 1851, Hobart, TAS; Surgeon's Report: exemplary. Description: Trade: country servant & laundress; Height: 5; 4¼"; Age: 22; Complexion: ruddy; Head: large; Hair: brown; Visage: full; Forehead: medium; Eyebrows: brown; Eyes: hazel; Nose : medium; Mouth: small; Chin: medium; Native Place: Edinburgh; Remarks: arms very large; Religion: Presbyterian; can read (CON41: Agnes Hamilton, no 903, 'Aurora,' https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON41-1-31/CON41-1-31p93)
Convict Work: 16 Aug 1851, Bothwell, TAS, entered into service for Charles Octavius Parsons (CON41: Agnes Hamilton, no 903, 'Aurora,' https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON41-1-31/CON41-1-31p93)
Permission to Marry: 10 Aug 1852, William Hill, approved (CON52: Hill-Hamilton, p195/1852, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/con52-1-5p045j2k)
Married: 1 Oct 1852, William Hill, St Luke's Church, Bothwell, TAS (RGD37: Hill-Hamilton, no 3/1852, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-11p1j2k)
Marriage Witness: 12 Aug 1853, William Lazarus & Hannah Bebe, St Luke's Church, Bothwell, TAS (RGD37: Lazarus-Belee, no 10/1853, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-12p4j2k)
Ticket of Leave: 6 Dec 1853, approved (CON41: Agnes Hamilton, no 903, 'Aurora,' https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON41-1-31/CON41-1-31p93)
Certificate of Freedom: 17 Mar 1857, approved (CON41: Agnes Hamilton, no 903, 'Aurora,' https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON41-1-31/CON41-1-31p93)
No further research has been carried out at this time

Children of William Hill and Agnes Hamilton:

Margaret Hill.
Born: 1 Jul 1854, Bothwell, TAS; informant: William Hill, father, farmer (RGD33: Margaret Hill, no 27/1854, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-32p244j2k)
Baptised: 15 Jul 1854, Bothwell, TAS (PRES: Margaret Hill, baptism, NS592/1/1, no 165/1854)
No further research has been carried out at this time
Jane Hill.
Born: 7 Mar 1856, Bothwell, TAS; informant: William Hill, father, farmer (RGD33: Jane Hill, no 7/1856, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-34p534j2k)
Baptised: 4 Apr 1856, Bothwell, TAS (PRES: Jane Hill, baptism, NS592/1/1, no 200/1856)
No further research has been carried out at this time
William Hill.
Born: 16 Jun 1857, Bothwell, TAS; informant: William Hill, father, farmer (RGD33: William Hill, no 27/1857, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-35p711j2k)
Baptised: 1 Aug 1857, Bothwell, TAS (PRES: William Hill, baptism, NS592/1/1, no 220/1857)
No further research has been carried out at this time
Emily Hill.
Born: 1 Aug 1859, Hamilton, TAS; informant: William Hill, father, farmer (RGD33: Emily Hill, no 763/1859, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-37p464j2k)
Baptised: 21 Oct 1859, Bothwell, TAS (PRES: Emily Hill, baptism, NS592/1/1, no 248/1859)
No further research has been carried out at this time
Daniel Hunt Hill.
Born: 1 Aug 1859, Hamilton, TAS; informant: William Hill, father, farmer (RGD33: Emily Hill, no 763/1859, https:/libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-37p464j2k)
Baptised: 21 Oct 1859, Bothwell, TAS (PRES: Emily Hill, baptism, NS592/1/1, no 248/1859)
No further research has been carried out at this time

Bibliography of Sources

BATE - Bateson, Charles. The Convict Ships : 1787-1868. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Library of Australian History. 1985.
CON23 - Libraries Tasmania: Convict Male Alphabetical Registers (CON23). Images. Convict Department (TA60). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://www.libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
CON31 - Libraries Tasmania: Conduct Registers of Male Convicts arriving in the Period of the Assignment System (CON31). Images. Convict Department (TA60). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://www.libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
CON34 - Libraries Tasmania: Conduct Registers of Male Convicts Arriving under the Assignment System on Strength in Nov 1844 (CON34). Images. Convict Department (TA60). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://www.libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
CON41 - Libraries Tasmania: Conduct Registers of Female Convicts arriving in the Period of the Probation System (CON41). Images. Convict Department (TA60). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://www.libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
CON52 - Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Applications for Permissions to Marry (CON52). Images. Convict Department (TA60). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://www.libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
COUR - TROVE: The Courier (Hobart, TAS : 1840-1859). Images. National Library of Australia. https://trove.nla.gov.au : 2023.
PRES - Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592). Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office. Microfilm. Presbyterian Church of Tasmania (NG1965).
RGD33 - Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33). Images. Registrar-General's Department (TA85). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
RGD35 - Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35). Images. Registrar-General's Department (TA85). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
RGD37 - Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37). Images. Registrar-General's Department (TA85). Tasmanian Government, Australia. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives : 2023.
TGG - FamilySearch: Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925. Images. Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, Hobart. https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2170647 : 2023.