A question ... how to link John Benjamin DAVIS to the chap on the 1845 voyage of the Elizabeth ...
Hi okkool,
A bit off-topic but there is a probate packet at NSW State Archives which I could photograph for you
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article132346719 A probate packet will have a will, should have a death cert and details of heirs - occasionally there are extra certs.
There are several obits for this man (which I presume you have?) but none mention his birthplace
His entry into the police force is too early for the records at the archives
I was cheating looking for an alternative source for the information - but no luck so far.
Ros
adding : some obits http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article144727974 and http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article132353315 and http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102112452
Rosball
Thanks so much for the offer. I do already have the information you have offered. Thanks for the thought.
okkool
In the cutting Ros quoted at
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/132353315 there's mention of that John DAVIS as being a sergeant of police during the old bushranging days ... From my understanding of NSW history, there were 'bushrangers' (labelled as such by government admin and newspapers etc) in the 1830s chasing the local residents for their cash, cheques, jewellery, etc ...
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12864016 6 Nov 1837 Sydney Herald
and
of course in the 1850s and 1860s etc chasing the gold escorts en route to Sydney.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/72811598 12 June 1867 SA Advertiser
St Michael’s Wollongong, Burial Register (C of E)
John Benjamin DAVIS,
died 19 December (1901), buried 20 December 1901, aged 83.
Burial Register notes he was Late Sergeant, (retiring rank Inspector) of Police, and his residence was Garden Hill, , W’gong. He was interred New Cemetery, W’Gong, (Rev’d) G D’Arcy read the Service.
There is no mention of your John DAVIS, per the Elizabeth, a Blacksmith in that 1901 burial entry. The NSW Archives index for police includes several named John
who joined in the early 1850s
https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/search_form?id=31 (you don't need to fill out all the boxes)
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=795815.0 JM