John Davis born abt 1820 son of James Davis Spelsbury parish?

[majm]

    

Here’s sightings for your Chief Constable … as John DAVIES and as John DAVIS, but no mention of any middle given name… and I still cannot see how you have determined the chap arriving in 1845 on the Elizabeth is confirmed as this Chief Constable…


https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12900402   27 January 1847
WELLINGTON
His Excellency the Governor has appointed Mr John DAVIES to be Chief Constable at Wellington.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230674867 NSW Govt Gazette 12 March 1847 … Wellington as Davies

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230675216 Govt Gaz 2 April 1847
Wellington … Job enlarged to include Inspector of Distilleries…  as Davies


https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230675463     GG 23 April 1847
Wellington … and Inspector Weights and Measures as Davies

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230150260  GG 17 Oct 1848
Wellington

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230151330  GG 15 Dec 1848
Bathurst

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/228775814   GG 7 May 1850
Bathurst … CPS absence, so he issues public notice re Henry KABLE to be poundkeeper at O’Connell Plains…

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230771252   GG 23 Sept 1851
Wollongong

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230771526  GG 10 Oct 1851
Wollongong

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230771953  GG 31 Oct 1851 
Wollongong John DAVIS

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/229759559   GG 11 July 1854
Molong John DAVIS


https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/gazette?q=

I have searched right through until mid 1890s, not found him using Benjamin... sorry... BUT ... 

JM

[majm]

1836
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/32150963
The Sydney Monitor, 19 March 1836
INVERMEIN,
Timothy Ferry, to be chief constable
John Davis, holding a ticket of leave, to be constable from the 5th ultimo in the room of James Boland, dismissed…


JM

[okkool]

Here is my source for name connection as confirmation of info from great grand child.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/132353315?searchTerm=John%20Benjamin%20Davis%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&searchLimits=#

and
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/132346719?searchTerm=sarah%20Emily%20Davis%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&searchLimits=l-australian=y|||l-state=New+South+Wales|||l-decade=190|||l-year=1902|||l-month=1|||l-title=669

okkool

[majm]

Yes, and  likely at least one of those links were given by Ros on your other current thread ... but how do you link your chap back to the one in the title of this thread, John DAVIS, born abt 1820, son of James DAVIS, Spelsbury Parish ... 

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=795576.msg6524001#msg6524001

His 1901 dc should give you what the informant knew at that time as to 'how long in the colonies' and as that informant knew all those given names for John's dad, I think there's likely to be reliable info on that dc...

JM