Susannah MAYDWELL

1815 - 1893  (78 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Susannah MAYDWELL  [1, 2, 3]
  Relationship	with Rodney VOJVODICH
  Born	11 Feb 1815	Somerby, Leicestershire, England
  Gender	Female
  Immigration: Arr.	5 Aug 1829	Western Australia, Australia
  	Per "Calista" with parents.
  Died	18 Sep 1893	Guildford, Western Australia, Australia
  Person ID	I516	MyBradyTree | PMJ
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	Robert MAYDWELL,   b. Between 1791 and 1794, Leicestershire, England ,   d. 1861  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Mother	Susannah SERGEANT,   b. 1792,   d. 17 Jun 1832, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 40 years)
  Married	26 Apr 1816	Lambeth, Surrey, England
  	St Mary's
  Children	3 children
  1. Susannah MAYDWELL,   b. 11 Feb 1815, Somerby, Leicestershire, England ,   d. 18 Sep 1893, Guildford, Western Australia, Australia
  2. Mary Anne MAYDWELL,   b. 14 Dec 1820, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 21 Mar 1821
  3. Mary Ann MAYDWELL,   b. 12 Mar 1826, Finsbury, London England ,   d. 11 Mar 1827, Bunhill Fields, London, England
  Notes	MAYDWELL, Robert & Susannah Welcome Walls Panel: 78 Origin: England Departed from: Portsmouth UK Arrived: 5 August 1829 Aboard: Calista Accompanied by: Susannah Maydwell - Wife, & Susannah Maydwell - Daughter (Married William Lewington 27/08/1832) First settled in: Fremantle Occupation in Australia: Servants (Gardener) (see notes) The Maydwell family were servants to Mr George Leake. It is believed that Robert was a Gardner. Apparently 1831-1832 he was appointed as a local Constable then 1832-1837 became a Parish Clerk within the Church of England in Fremantle. He also conducted burial services. In 1832 on the 17th June his wife Susannah died. His daughter Susannah (about 1815-18/09/1893) married William Lewington (about 1802-16/07/1869) who was also an early settler arriving on the Lotus on 23/10/1829. They married on 27/08/1832.
  Family ID	F283	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Henry LEWINGTON,   b. 11 Aug 1800, Gosport, Hampshire, England ,   d. 16 Jul 1869, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 68 years)
  Married	27 Aug 1832	Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
  	Anglican Church
  Children	+ 1. Harriet LEWINGTON,   b. 1 May 1833, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia ,   d. 30 Mar 1927, Rockingham, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 93 years) 2. Robert William LEWINGTON,   b. 30 Mar 1835,   d. DECEASED + 3. Sarah Mary LEWINGTON,   b. 17 Apr 1838, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia ,   d. 30 Jul 1918, Perth, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 80 years) + 4. Mary Ann LEWINGTON,   b. 20 May 1840, Perth, Western Australia, Australia ,   d. 30 Jul 1918, Guildford, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 78 years) + 5. Jessey LEWINGTON,   b. 16 Aug 1843, Western Australia, Australia ,   d. 8 Apr 1874, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 30 years) + 6. Edward Henry LEWINGTON,   b. 30 Mar 1846,   d. 1929  (Age 82 years) + 7. Susannah LEWINGTON,   b. 17 Apr 1848, Perth, Western Australia, Australia ,   d. 18 Oct 1906, Cossack, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 58 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F282	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 11 Feb 1815 - Somerby, Leicestershire, England Immigration: Arr. - Per "Calista" with parents. - 5 Aug 1829 - Western Australia, Australia Married - 27 Aug 1832 - Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia Died - 18 Sep 1893 - Guildford, Western Australia, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
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• Ships

  Calista Unknown, Susannah - 5 Aug 1829 Per "Calista" Maydwell, Susannah - 5 Aug 1829 Per "Calista" with parents. Maydwell, Robert - 5 Aug 1829 Per "Calista" with wife.

  
  

• Notes

  Susannah, who became Mrs William Lewington, at the age of 17, did nor fare at all well. In 1869, her sixty seven year old husband died. In 1881 she was described in court as a prostitute and was sentenced to 21 days hard labour for being drunk. Numerous arrests for drunkenness, vagrancy and stealing continued over the years. By September, 1891 the old woman had made her 96th court appearance. In December 1892 she was sentenced to three month's imprisonment without hard labour. On the 18th October, 1893 Mrs W. Lewington, aged 78, died in Guildford at the residence of her grand-daughter, Mrs Oaten. She had arrived in the colony in the very early days and left behind two sons, four daughters and 37 grand-children. "Mrs Oaten" was Mary Teresa Aguilar the daughter of Sara Mary Lewington born to Susannah and William in 1838. BDM WA has no birth registration for Sara Mary. In March, 1854 Mrs Lewington was imprisoned for seven days for being drunk and disorderly. Robert "Medwell" was fined seven shillings for the same offence. (Mercia Ion - 2013)

  
  

• Reference

  Darryl Brady. (2019, August 18). Susannah MAYDWELL. Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. Retrieved from https://www.bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I516&tree=BRADY2008