Date:
1836 1 February (Burial)
Details:
Indicted for stealing a door and window frame. Taken in irons to Newcastle. Noted in Court that he was a very respectable young man. Found not guilty
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Premises occupied by Lee opposite the Rose Inn to be sold by auction
Place:
2 miles from Dunmore punt. 6 miles from Paterson
Details:
To sell by auction, 30 head horse stock at his residence
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Impounded bullock
Place:
Centre of the town of Maitland
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Occupied premises opp. Rose & Crown Inn. Commodious house of 6 rooms with shop front. Adjoining house with granary above
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Offering reward for return of missing horses
Place:
Collected at East Maitland
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Subscribed to Testimonial for E.C. Close
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Settler. Claim to Deed of Grant
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Signed Petition to the Governor requesting that Maitland prison cells be built on the north side of Wallis Creek
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Death of Thomas Frederick Lee on 9th July from tetanus. Died at the residence of his brother Edward Lee at West Maitland. Sixth son of Benjamin Lee of Parramatta. Age 28 years
Place:
St. Peter's Church, East Maitland
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Marriage of George, third son of Benjamin Lee Esq., of Parramatta and Mary Anne, third daughter of the late Samuel Clift Esq., on 19th March 1863. Minister Rev. Lovick Tyrrell
Source:
Biographical Register of the New South Wales Parliament 1856-1901 C.N. Connolly (Online)
Details:
Benjamin Lee - Country entrepreneur. B. 5 Nov. 1825 Ampthill, Bedfordshire, Eng., s. Benjamin and Lucy Ann, nee Poulton? m. 21 July 1856 Melb., Sarah Amelia Stephens; ls.8d. survived him. D. 15 July 1917 Annandale, NSW. C. of E. funeral. Arr. Syd. with parents, bounty immigrants, Jan. 1829, father becoming estate manager, later publican, landowner and pastoralist. Ed. The King s School, Parramatta. In early 1840s managed father s farms. To Eng. 1854; returned Aust. To Maitland 1857 and with brother, John, set up as general drapers. Chmn Hunter R New Steam Navigation Co. 1861-74. In 1860s held 3 squatting runs in NSW and, with his father, two in Qld. In financial difficulties 1874, and appointed police magistrate, Bathurst, by Parkes at £500 p.a.; also visiting justice to Bathurst gaol; local mining warden 1875; coroner 1881; later a guardian of minors. Transferred to Water Police Office, Syd., June 1889; stipendiary magistrate at £800 p.a. April 1890; retired on pension of£247 p.a. March 1893. JP 1861, omitted from list 1864, restored 1865. Comr international exhibition, Lond., 1873. First member of LA to punch another member on the nose in the house, 1868; normally even-tempered. Estate valued at £5000. Brother of C.A. Lee (q.v.) MLA for W. Maitland 13 Dec. 1864-20 July 1874
Source:
Maitland Burial Register p. 60
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Benjamin Lee, assigned to his wife, occupation shop keeper. Died aged 39. Buried 3 February 1836
Source:
Lee v. MacQueen - SC
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Indented servant to Thomas Potter MacQueen. Sent by MacQueen from England to be assistant Superintendent at Segenhoe under orders of P. McIntyre, Macqueens agent.
Source:
Lee v. MacQueen - SC
Details:
Took MacQueen to court to recover fund owing to him by MacQueen
First Name:
Benjamin and Amelia
Source:
Australian Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records
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Marriage of Sydney William Webb (b. 1859 in Bathurst, son of Edmund Webb and Selina Jane Jones Tom) and Lucy Ann Amelia Lee, (b. 1858 in Maitland, daugh of Benjamin Lee and Amelia Stephen)
First Name:
Benjamin and Lucy Ann
Source:
Australian Births and Baptisms - Family Search Historical Records
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Birth of William, son of Benjamin and Lucy Ann Lee
First Name:
Benjamin and Lucy Ann
Source:
Maitland Baptism Register
Details:
William, son of Benjamin and Lucy Ann born 25 February 1830. Baptised 28 January 1831. Occupation of Benjamin Lee, Superintendent of the Estate of Thomas Potter Macqueen
