Descendants of Bethia HARLOW FIRST GENERATION 1. Bethia HARLOW was born about 1746 in probably the Island of Thanet, Kent, England. From death information. She was buried on 22 Mar 1830 in St Nicholas at Wade, Island of Thanet, Kent, England. LDS Film. Aged 84 years therefore born about 1746. This information on Bethia Page nee Harlow needs confirmation. She was married to Edward PAGE on 12 Oct 1775 in St Nicholas at Wade, Island of Thanet, Kent, England. Confirmed by records on the LDS IGI. Also from the Chislet Parish Records of Marriage held at Canterbury Cathedral Archives. Edward PAGE was buried on 13 Dec 1799 in St Nicholas at Wade, Island of Thanet, Kent, England. The details of Edward Page and Bethia Harlow need confirmation. Research done by Gwen Stinton provided to Mrs Margaret Diggerson in 1989 plus research on the IGI and some work of LDS Films has provided the current data to be confirmed. Bethia HARLOW and Edward PAGE had the following children: +2 i. Bethia PAGE. +3 ii. Edward PAGE. 4 iii. John PAGE was christened on 30 May 1779 in Birchington Parish, Kent, England. IGI information, Parents Edward Page and Bathia, Batch Number 9017949, Source Call No 1553821, Sheet 1. He died before 1783 in on the island of Thanet, Kent, England. 5 iv. Ann PAGE was christened on 22 Oct 1780 in Birchington Parish, Kent, England. IGI Information, Parents Edward Page and Bethia, Batch Number 9017949, Source Call No 1553821, Sheet 1. 6 v. John PAGE was christened on 23 Feb 1783 in Birchington Parish, Kent, England. IGI Information, Parents Edward Page and Bethia, Batch Number 9017949, Source Call No 1553821, Sheet 2. SECOND GENERATION 2. Bethia PAGE was christened on 31 Mar 1776 in St Nicholas at Wade, Island of Thanet, Kent, England. IGI data, Parents Edward Page and Bethia. Batch number 9027030, Source Call No 1553828, Sheet 4. She was married to James HARLOW (son of John HARLOW and Mary SMALL) on 7 Oct 1804 in Chislet, Kent, England. Marriage taken from the IGI, Batch Number 9022732, Source 1553825. This lines needs confirmation. Bethia would have been about 27 years old. James HARLOW was christened on 16 Jan 1780 in Chislet, Kent, England. IGI Batch Number 9017536, Source 1553821. Bethia PAGE and James HARLOW had the following children: +7 i. James HARLOW. 8 ii. Laurence HARLOW was christened on 27 Jan 1808 in Canterbury, Kent, England. This was at the St Peters Street formerly King Street, Wesleyan Church. Source IGI Batch Number C068071, Film 6906471. 9 iii. Jesse HARLOW was christened on 12 Mar 1809 in Margate, Kent, England. At St Johns Hawley Square Wesleyan Church. Name might be Jessie and therefore a female. 10 iv. Bethia HARLOW was christened on 4 Sep 1810 in Margate, Kent, England. At Saint Johns Hawley Square Wesleyan Church. She died before Sep 1812 in Margate, Kent, England. here are no death records available at this time. Bethia would have died before the birth of her younger sister Bethia. 11 v. Bethia HARLOW was christened on 16 Sep 1812 in Margate, Kent, England. At Saint Johns Hawley Square Wesleyan Church. +12 vi. Ann Page HARLOW. 3. Edward PAGE was born about 1776 in on the island of Thanet, Kent, England. He was christened on 29 Jun 1777 in Birchington Parish, Kent, England. IGI Information, Parents Edward Page and Bathia, Batch No 9018032, Source Call No 1553821, sheet 10. He died on 9 Jun 1846 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Certificate 808. Occupation given as labourer. Age given as 70 and agrees with other Sources. Historical data from Isaac Batey advises that he died at the Duke of Kent Hotel in Melbourne of Dropsy. He was buried on 11 Jun 1846 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The place of Burial was probably the old Melbourne Cemetery now under the Victoria market He was buried in the Parish of St James in the County of Bourke. The ceremony was conducted by A C THOMPSON Chaplain. He was given as a Labourer aged 70 years. The Isaac BATEY data suggests he was buried near a Mr John Hogben. In 2000, the site of the Victoria market was to be redeveloped and since it was Melbournes first european cemetery, an archeologist was to be employed to ensure remains were treated with respect. Up to 10,000 early settlers were thought buried there betwen 1837 and 1854. About 100 bodies were exhumed in previous work in 1922 and these were interred elsewhere. The wouldbe a need to remove additional bodies during excavtaion for this later work, to be supervised by the archeologist and done with the most care and respect. Transcript from the Melbourne Sun, page 7, March 31st 2000. Edward Page was born about 1776 and Christened in Birchington Parish. Edward and family were alive during the years of the long 100 Years War against the French and their allies the Spanish and others. All able bodied men were liable for Service. In the 17th and 18th centuries, Margate was the main port of embarkation for the low countries. Several Kings used the port for this purpose including Charles II, William III and George III. Birchington too was once a member of the Cinque Ports Federation being a limb of Dover. The village of Sarre was also a thriving port and a limb of Sandwich in the Federation. At Sarre was the ferry to the mainland across Wantsum Channel which was 700 yards wide in the 8th century but able to be bridged in the reigh of Henry VII. The road from Upstreet into Sarre is partly built on an ancient wall, a causeway built in the 15th century after the Wantsum Channel dried up. Ships under Admiral Hawke would have left from the local ports in a general engagement wth the French Navy on October 14th 1747. Another major engagement was off Toulon under Boscawen in 1759. There was also service in the Fleets when taking the Dutch Fleet in 1779. In 1754, the first Jacobs Ladder was erected at Ramsgate Harbour to facilitate communications with the West Pier which was an important moorings for major ships both trading and Ships of the Line. Thanet, and its Ports, was indeed a very important place strategically and for trade by sailing ships. Ultimately, the Page and Harlow families were called up or Listed for Service in the early years of the long war against France and its Allies. The Militia List for the village of St Nicholas, Thanet in the lower Hundred of Ringslow listed all those persons... who are lyable to be Drawn to Serve in thge Militia from the age of 10 to forty five years. November the 26:1795 In the Street Borough... Labourers:.. Edwd. PAGE, ... The meeting of the Deputy Lieutenants will be holden at Wingham on Tuesday the First Day of December Nex 1795 wher any person who thinks himself agrievd may then and there Appeal and no Appeals will be heard Afterwards. This would be Edward Page then aged 16 years old. Also listed was John HARLOW in the Borough of All Saints. His father died in 1799 and soon married in 1802, may have been exempt from service. During the Napoleonic years, a Naval Signalling system from Broadstairs could send a message from the Church of St Peters to London in 2 minutes to warn of Invasion by France. These were serious times indeed. Kent and Thanet were in the front line of risk. By then, the war against France and its allies involved all of Europe. British Naval power, its Ports and sailors protected the nation and its Army was mobilised. He married Margaret Bourne on the 27th of December 1802 at the village and Parish of St Nicholas at Wade on the Island of Thanet, Kent. Their first three children were baptised at St Nicholas , Eliza on April 24 1803, Anne on October 16 1808 and Edward on 29 August 1813. Edward was born August 7 at Herne Bay according to his records. John William Page was baptised July 7th 1818 at the Parish of St Laurence or St Lawrence also on the Island of Thanet. In 1808, a great and terrible storm did untold damage around the island including the Ports and Margate Pier was damaged. Subsequent work saw the rebuilding of Margate Harbour and the new Margate Pier was completed in 1813. In the Spring of 1815, thousands of troops were in the Ramsgate region and were taken from Ramsgate in large rowing boats with sails to fight at the Battle of Waterloo. News of the victory were bought by Major Percy who unable to land at Dover due to inclement weather, was forced to land at Broadstairs. He came up to the beach and stopped at the pubs at the top of Harbour Street, where he was supplied with horses. He carried on up Crow Hill, through St Peters, then on to London. Along the way, the news was greeted with great acclaim, and the fact that his journey took some two days, suggests that celebratory refreshments may have featured more than once on the route. No doubt, the Page family and all its relatives were all involved in the celebrations of the Victory at Waterloo and the end of a very long War. King George IV decreed Ramsgate Harbour to be a Royal Harbour during a visit in 1821. Edward and Family were residents at Acol or Eccles in 1823 and had probably been so for several years. They would have been living in the local Labourers Houses. Edward was a farm Labourer working locally. At that time, Acol was under the jurisdiction of the Parish of Birchington. It is a very small place now and then, a crossroad with one road leading to Birchington and one to Manston. A small Wesleyan Chapel openned in 1830 and eventually St Mildreds in 1870. There is an old Hotel called the Crown and Sceptre. Acol today is a small village comprising a cluster of houses and is famous for being near the chalk pit where Exciseman Gill and Smuggler Bill met their death in a well known poem, the Smugglers Leap by Richard Barham. The two bodies and that of only one horse are said to haunt the area to today. Its origins go back to before the Black Death in 1347 and the original village was burnt down to stop the contagion and then shifted to the current site. It was variously known as Ville in the Oaks, Ville in the Woods later becoming Acoli then Acol being a Saxon word for Oak Trees. Acol first appeared on maps in 1412. The celebrated William Cobbett, an MP and Radical Publicist and Agricultural Critic visited Thanet in September 1823 and recorded hsi impressions in his Rural Rides of 1823. The aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars was a cruel time for small farmers and farm workers. Starvation wages, low prices and crippling taxes drove many to desperation and caused social upheavals on the land. Cobbett described his visit... At first, he was most impressed... When I got upon the corn land of Thanet, I got into a garden indeed. However as he travelled, he changed his mind. He avoided the Margate as being full of Stockjobbing Cuckolds at this time of year... He breakfasted at a little Hamlet (Acol)... But could get no corn for my Horse, and no Bacon for myself.... Regarding the local conditions, Cobbett was moved to comment, ... The Labourers houses, all along, through this Island are beggarly in the extreme. The People dirty, poorlooking, ragged, but particularly dirty. It is impossible to have any idea of anything more miserable than the state of Labourers in this part of the country. This gives some idea of the plight of the people and conditions. Unrest increased until the Swing Riots in 1883/84. At the same time, many labourers left Kent often with the grateful asistance of their Parishes who did not want to keep supporting them, to take up new lives in the Colonies in North America and particularly, Australia and New Zealand. Many also went as Convicts for minor crimes. For Edward Page and family, things were grim and had been so for years. Aged 47, he was Tried on the 31st of July, 1823 at Kent and received a Life Sentence. The Felony was Housebreaking from a Mr Burnby of Canterbury. According to the Maidstone Journal probably 31st July 1823, Edward Page, and his two daughters Elizabeth Page and Ann Page, were indicted for feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling house of Wm Burnby, at Hearne, no person being therein, and stealing therefrom a feather bed and other property, to the value of Five Pounds. From the evidence adduced, it appears that the house in question, which was only inhabited at stated periods, was found, on the 30th of March, to have been broken open, and property consisting of a bed, hangings, pillows etc stolen thereout. The constable, in consequence of information, went to the house of the the prisoner, with a search warrant. He found there concealed beneath the bed, the stolen bed covered with beach; he found several other articles of the stolen property near to the hut, covered with beach. The pillows and bolsters were pledged at two shops at Canterbury, by the female prisoners. The case being completely made out against the prisoners. The Jury found them Guilty, but recommended the daughters to mercy. Edward Page was sentenced to be transported for life, and his daughters to be imprisoned three calendar months at the House of Corrections, and kept to hard labour. The girls would have gone to the Herne Workhouse which stands today and is being renovated and improved to form a small estate on the edge of the village of Herne. The Convict records provide the following. In 1823, Edward Page was resident at Eccles (otherwise known as Acol) near Margate in the Parish of Hearne at Hearne Bay, East Kent. Edward was a Farm Labourer doing work as a Ploughman and Shepherd. He was described as 55, Brown Hair and Grey eyes. The little finger on his left hand was Crippled. His eyes were rather weak. He may also have had buck-teeth. Edward Page was Transported from Portsmouth departing on March 29th, 1824 on the Phoenix arriving at Hobart in Van Diemans Land or Tasmania after a passage of 114 days via Tenerife, on July 21st, 1824. The ship Phoenix was referred to as the Phoenix II eg the second voyage as a Convict ship. The Phoenix was a ship of 589 ton built at Thames in 1798, Class E1, Master Robert White, Surgeon Chales Queade. 204 Convicts embarked, 202 landed at Hobart. 1 died of hepatitis the other of diarrhoa. There were 49 Confinements in the sick bay on the way, with conditions for the Convicts under deck and confined very difficult particularly with the effects of weather and comditions on such a small vessel. The Phoenix after disembarking these its passengers at Hobart, sailed to Sydney and after picking up the Pilot, John M Gray, passed safely through the Sydney Heads but soon struck rocks known as the Sow and Pigs and was grounded. After being refloated, the Phoenix was found to be much more badly damaged than thought and condemned. She remained in Sydney Harbour as a Convict Hulk to hold prisoners awaiting transport to Norfolk Island, Moreton Bay and other penal settlements. The Phoenix was a regualr site inthe bay first called Hulk or Phoenix Bay but later called Lavendar Bay named after the boatswain of the Hulk, George Lavender. Edward was Assigned to a Mr Beust in the Launceston area. His family was allowed to join him when they arrived. His Family followed on the Grenada, departing London September 10th 1826 as Free Passengers arriving 13 January 1827 or thereabouts. These were Wife Margaret and four childen, Eliza aged 23, Ann 18, Edward 13 and John William 8. Ann became sick with Dysentry and died on the 14th of September, 1826 and would have been Buried at Sea. Eliza also went down with Fever but was Cured and Discharged form the Sick List 27th October 1826. The Transport Ship Grenada of 408 Tons was built at Hull in 1810 Class E1, Master J Tracey and Surgeon Dr Alexander Nisbet. It was a female Convict ship carying female 83 Convicts and 10 women and their 28 children, wives of prisoners in Van Diemens and New South Wales, where she travelled to after Tasmania. In 1830, Edward Page from the Phoenix II, was Assigned to his Wife. While Edward was a Convict, his behaviour must have been good as no offences or troubles were recorded against him. He was on the Government list of Payments receiving 10 pounds per year, 1st September 1835, 1836, 1839 and listed as the Convict Department Flagellator or the one who whipped the prisoners. Edward received a Conditional Pardon, No 1088, 0n the 10th of October, 1836 aged 60 and a Free Pardon No 718 on the 18th of May 1842 aged 66. His wife Margaret Page nee Bourne had died in 1839. Edward migrated to the mainland in 1846 to join his sons at the Saltwater. He was known to the Batey family and died shortly after this in 1846 at the Duke of Kent Hotel in Melbourne of dropsy aged 70. The Duke of Kent was owned and managed by other Tasmanians and well known to the Pages. He was married to Margaret BOURNE on 27 Dec 1802 in Saint Nicholas At Wade, Island of Thanet, Kent, England. Marriage taken from IGI, Edward Page and Margaret Bourne. Confirmed on LDS Film 47390107, St Nicholas at Wade on the Island of Thanet. Edward Page and Margaret Bourne both of the Parish were married by Banns according to the Rites of the Church of England. Margaret BOURNE was born about 1782. She died on 5 Aug 1839 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. Certificate 142. The Informant was the Undertaker James Ferguson. Her reported age appears to be fifty six years which would suggest a birth year of 1783. According to the Tasmanian Archivist, it appears reasonable that to assume that this is the wife of Edward Page. She was buried on 6 Aug 1839 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. Edward PAGE and Margaret BOURNE had the following children: +13 i. Eliza PAGE. 14 ii. Anne PAGE was born about Sep 1808 in Wade, Kent, England. Ann or Anne was aged 18 when she died 14/9/1826. She would have been born shortly before 14/9/1808. She was baptised on 16 Oct 1808 in St Nicholas at Wade, Island of Thanet, Kent, England. Given on the IGI. Confirmed on LDS Film 47390107. Parents Edward and Margaret Page. No birth date but assumed late Septemeber. She died on 14 Sep 1826 in the Sickbay of the Grenada on the way to Tasmania, Australia. She was buried in Sep 1846 in the Sea. It was the custom to bury the dead at sea. Anne Page was Convicted on the 31st of July, 1823 with her Father Edward and Sister Eliza of Theft but recommended to mercy and sentenced to three months in the House of Corrections and kept at hard labour. Anne departed England with her mother and brothers on the Grenada but died on the journey. +15 iii. Edward PAGE. +16 iv. John William PAGE. 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