Matthew Sedgwick [Thomas Sedgwick / Mary Airey]
b. 1811, Sedbergh, Yorkshire, England
d. 19 June 1852, Melbourne, Victoria1 (#5301)
m. bef 1843, England, Elizabeth Hawkeswell
immigrated to Port Phillip District (now Melbourne) 1844, ship "Dale Park"
Elizabeth Martha Hawkeswell [John Hawkeswell / Ann Frances Atkinson]
b. 5/18/1820, Hull, Yorkshire, England
d. 15 April 1854, Brunswick, Victoria1 (#2131)
Matthew Sedgwick and Elizabeth (Hawkeswell) Sedgwick immigrated to Australia in 1843. They sailed aboard the ship "Dale Park" from Liverpool to Port Phillip District (now Melbourne). The ship's manifest showing them was obtained by Mervyn Sclater (see "Descendants" below) from the Victorian Archives in Melbourne. They were assisted migrant and indebted to William Roadknight to work on his sheep property at Geelong(50 miles south of Melbourne) for a year at 15 pounds sterling cash plus rations. After this they returned to Melbourne, where he got a job with a beer brewer.
Matthew and Elizabeth both died young, leaving five orphans. Matthew's brother Thomas Sedgwick (1797 - 1884) raised these children, his nieces and nephews, along with his own.
Children:
b. 1844, Port Phillip District, Victoria1 (#15017)
m. 1863, John Coles1 (#2277)
Jane Ann Sedgwick
b. 1846, Port Phillip District, Victoria1 (#15018)
d. 1925, Chelteham, Victoria1 (#8913)
m1 1864, Stephen Sclater1 (#3436)
m2 1885 Melbourne, Victoria, Charles John Faux1 (#3471)
Maria Sedgwick
b. 1848, Melbourne, Victoria1 (#16617)
m. 1873, Thomas Brown1 (#3372)
Matthew Sedgwick
b. 1850, Melbourne, Victoria1 (#16618)
d. 1914, Granville, New South Wales3 (#2150)
m. 1872, Clara Letitia Evans1 (#)3379
John Atkinson Sedgwick (twin)
b. 1852, Melbourne, Victoria1 (#26703)
d. 1853, Melbourne, Victoria1 (#105)
Frances Sedgwick (twin)
b. 1852, Melbourne, Victoria1 (#)26703
d. 1881 Stratford, Victoria1 (*6116)
m. 1865, Mark Williams1 (#3536)
Through the five children who survived, Matthew and Elizabeth have many descendants.
Matthew's ancestry is on the page for brother Thomas Sedgwick
Ancestry of Elizabeth Martha Hawkeswell:
William Hawxwell [parents unknown]
m. 9.6.1784, Denby in Cleveland, Yorkshire, Hannah Unthank
had twelve children, John below the eldest
John Hawxwell [William Hawxwell / Hannah Unthank]
b. 11.9.1785, Denby in Cleveland, Yorkshire
m. 31.3.1822, Sculcoates(Hull), Ann Frances Atkinson
Elizabeth Martha Hawkeswell [John Hawxwell / Ann Frances Atkinson]
b. 5/18/1820, Hull, Yorkshire, England
d. 15 April 1854, Brunswick, Victoria1 (#2131)
m. bef 1843, England, Matthew Sedgwick
1. Victorian Government Registration Records
2. South Australia Government Registration Records
3. New South Wales Government Registration Records
4. West Australia Government Registration Records
Descendants / Researchers:
- Mervyn Sclater
- Matthew Sedgwick / Jane Ann / Alexander Sclater, grandson of Alexander
- Mervyn provided all the data on this family