1757, 6/7 th July Marriage, Hampshire, England.
Hill Haggard of the Parish of Swindon in the County of Wiltshire, Batchelor and Margaret
Southby of South Marston in the Parish of Highworthey the County aforesaid, Spinster.
Married in this Parish by Licences, with consent of Parents.
Witness – Arth. Southby & Lucy Southby.
(In memory of Margaret Haggard widow of Anthony Hill Haggard Esq, late of Pall Mall died Dec. 1, 1805 aged 67years also of
Henry Haggard son of the above died 22 nd Han. 1821, aged 59 years, also of Elizabeth Haggard widow of the above died 6 th
October 1833 aged 71 years) – St Mary Newington, Surrey.
1769, 29 th March Baptism, Christ Church, Swindon, County of Wiltshire –
Duke, son of Hill HAGGARD & Margaret
1780,
1461/622 8 March 1780 Parch. 1m. Seal
These documents are held at Wiltshire and Swindon Archives. Contents: –
Feoffment by Joseph Cooper surgeon of Swindon to Hill Haggard wine merchant of London: a moiety of beast leases in
Wanborough Common.
1782, 8 th June Death, Swindon, Wiltshire.
Hill Haggard death Swindon, 8 June 1782, 55 years old, Surgeon of Swindon.
1782,
[June 1, Hill Haggard, efq; in the commiffion of the peace for Middlfex.]
[Obituary of confiderable Parfsons; with Biographical Anecdotes.] The Gentleman’s magazine (page, 310, )
1790, Duke Southby HAGGARD, (alias, Joseph HAGGARD), enlisted in the army.
1795, 4 th December Licence issued Parish of Chatham, County of Kent, Diocese of Rochester.
Joseph HAGGARD, of his Majesty’s 58 th Regiment, bachelor. Aged 21 years and above.
Intends to marry with Margaret HONUSTONS of the same Parish and a Widow.
Wit –
1795, 5 th December Marriage on the Parish of Chatham, County of Kent
Joseph Haggard & Margaret HONUSTONS, both of this Parish, by Licence.
Wit –
1796/7 Birth – Ellinor EDWARDS (nee Haggard) may have been born in Jersey, CI.
(1815, 31 st Dec. Elinor Haggard, spinster married to Thomas EDWARDS, bachelor at Saint MARY, Newington,
Surrey, England in church by Banns. Witness – Duke Haggard & Mary Ann ???)(page,212)
father: Joseph Haggard
mother: Margaret
Name Elianor Haggard
Gender Female
Christening Date 18 Sep 1796
Christening Place St. Mary, Cowes, Hampshire, England
Birth Date
Birthplace
Death Date
Name Note
Race
Father’s Name Joseph Haggard
Father’s Birthplace
Father’s Age
Mother’s Name Margaret
Mother’s Birthplace
Mother’s Age
Indexing Project (Batch) Number C16652-1
System Origin England-EASy
GS Film number 1470805
Reference ID
1797 & 1798 58 th Regiment was stationed in Jersey, CI. The right time frame for the birth Elizabeth
Spooner (nee Haggard) as stated on her Australian death certificate.
Baptism not located in the Jersey C.I. baptisms.
(Died 28 th March 1872– Elizabeth Snell, aged 74 at Little River, Vitoria, Australia. Father Duke Southby Staggard, Born
Island of Jersey)
1803
Joseph Haggard, aged 34, 6 months. W??? Maden – 29 th April. Size – 5 foot, 7 inches. Where – County of Wiltshire.
1804
Joseph Haggard, aged 35, 3 months. W??? Maden – 29 th April. Size – 5 foot, 7 ½ inches. Where – County of Wiltshire
??(National Archives, Kew, Surrey, England, WO25; 58 th Foot; Pice Number;436.)
1806
Description – Joseph Haggard, Aged 37, 5 foot, 77 inches, Parish Swindon. County of Wilts. Person – Stout. ?Markings on
Body – S??. Head – Large. Face – Oval, Eyes – Grey. Eyebrows – Light Brown. Eyes – Aquiline. Mouth – Large. Neck – Thick. Hair –
Light brown. Shoulders – Broad. Arms – Thick. Hands – Broad. Thighs – Stout. Legs – Large. Feet – Large.
1804, 4 th November Baptism Ste. Helier, Jersey, C.I. of –
Margaret Haggard, daughter of Joseph Haggard & Margaret.
1806, 22nd December Burial in Malta of – HAGGARD, Ann, daughter of Joseph Haggard & Margaret, 58th Regiment
1811 see 1804 Birth – Margaret HAGGARD, Jersey Channel Islands
(Died 7 th March 1876. Margaret Proud, Town of Hotham, Victoria, buried Melbourne General Cemetery)
Age?? Death??
1811 63 rd Regiment were in Alderney. Approx year of birth Margret Prouds (nee Haggard).
We don’t know at this stage exactly when Joseph was in each Regiment
1811 Joseph Haggard Born Swindon, Wiltshire Served in the 58 th Foot Regiment, 63 rd Foot
Regiment aged 42, after 21 years, 10 months of service, 1811.
(Military Pensions – WO 121/112/238)
(This makes Joseph HAGGARD born 1769, the same year as Duke Haggard. Duke had a brother Joseph born 1776, but he died
young.
A death was listed for Duke HAGGARD and a Joseph Duke HAGGARD, same quarter of same year.
Both were requested. The reply was –
‘The death certificate in the name of Joseph Duke HAGGARD was re-registered in the name of Duke Southby HAGGARD
apparently because a mistake was made by the person registered the death. The original entry was cancelled and cannot be
issued, the revised entry has been supplied’. )
JOSEPH HAGGARD Born SWINDON, Wiltshire Served in 58th Foot Regiment; 63rd Foot Regiment…
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Reference:
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Description:
JOSEPH HAGGARD
Born SWINDON, Wiltshire
Served in 58th Foot Regiment; 63rd Foot Regiment
Discharged aged 42 after 21 years 10 months of service
Date:
1811
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The National Archives, Kew
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Military General Service Medal
Obverse (top left) and reverse (top right) of the medal. Ribbon: 31mm, crimson edged with dark blue.
Awarded by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Type Campaign medal
Eligibility British Army.
Awarded for Campaign service.
Campaign French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 1793–1814, Anglo-American War of 1812.
Description Silver disk, 36mm diameter.
Clasps 29 authorised.
Statistics
Established 1 June 1847
Peninsula Medal Roll 1793-1814. 58 th Foot, Joseph Haggard, Sargent, Number of Clasps 1, Egypt.
Egypt_Medal_BAR.
1836, 15 Feb Duke HAGGARD, Widowed married Maria Murray, Widow at Whitechapel, Middlesex,
England
1846 –
Cause number: 1846 H20. Short title: Haggard v Anderdon. Documents: Bill and answer.…
Order in advance
Reference: C 14/534/H20
Description: Cause number: 1846 H20.
Short title: Haggard v Anderdon.
Documents: Bill and answer.
Plaintiffs: Duke Southby Haggard and others.
Defendants: James Hughes Anderdon.
Note: Details have been added from C 32/148, which also gives information about further process.
Date: 1846
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
1850, 8 th Nov Duke Southby HAGGARD aged 81, Chelsey Pensioner. Died 7 Somerset Place, Kensington in
the County of Surrey.
(Will – Duke Southby Haggard of No One Somerset Cottages, Kennington in the County of Surrey. Leaving everything including the
effects left to him from his late Sister Eleanor Smith of (Portland crescent) in the County of Middlesex and all other property to his
said wife Marie Haggard) PROB 11/2136/80
No mention of any of Dukes’ 3 daughters from the 1 st marriage!
1851, 19 th July Mary HAGGARD aged 75, Widow. 7 Somerset Place, Kensington in
the County of Surrey.
(Will –Mary HAGGARD leaves Bertha Smith, 2 Portland Place, Saint Marks Road widow 50 ponds and to Duke Edwards of
Peckham, Butcher, grandson of my late husband the sum of 5 pounds, to Betsy Haggard of No 1 (K..) Row, Walworth in the
County of Surrey , Spinster 100 pounds part of 250 ponds consolidated…., Edmund Haggard, etc.) – None of the 3 step daughters
are mentioned in either wills. PROB ??
1827, 19 th February Marriage by Banns, Parish of St Mary, Newington, County of Surrey
James SPOONER, of this Parish, Bachelor
Elizabeth HAGGARD, of this Parish, Spinster
In the Presence of Thomas Edwards & Margaret Haggard
1828, 24 th March ? Burial – Camberwell, Surrey, England
Joseph Robert Spooner
1828, 8 th June Baptism in the Parish of St Giles, Camberwell, County of Surrey
Joseph Robert SPOONER
Father – James SPOONER, Carpenter
Mother – Elizabeth
Abode – Peckham
(Camberwell St Giles formed an ancient, and later civil, parish in the Brixton hundred of Surrey. The parish covered 4,570 acres
(18.5 km 2 ) in 1831 and was divided into the liberty of Peckham to the east, the hamlet of Dulwich to the southwest, as well as
Camberwell proper. The width of the parish tapered in the south to form a point at what is now known as the Crystal Palace
area)
- 4 th June Baptism in the Parish of St John The Evangelist, Lambeth, Waterloo Street, County of Surrey
Margaret Eleanor SPOONER
Father – James SPOONER, Carpenter
Mother – Elizabeth
Abode – Peckham
(St John the Evangelist, Waterloo Street was created as a chapel of ease in the year 1824 and stood within the ancient parish of
Lambeth St Mary, a parish, and newly-enfranchised borough, in the E. division of the hundred of Brixton and of the county of
Surrey and annexed to Lambeth Palace.)
1834, ? Burial, Joseph Spooner, Lambeth, County of Surrey.
1834?, 1 st May Strathfieldsay departed from Gravesend
1834, 13 th August Arrived free Hobart Tasmania per ship Strathfieldsay, from Gravesend.
Elizabeth SPOONER, & 2 children
Elizabeth SPOONER, employed as a cook, by Mrs Falkner, Launceston, Tasmania.
(In the 1848 census, J J Falcorner, lived in Cameron Street, Launceston)
1835, 25 th Aug. Joseph Robert SPOONER. Aged 6, admitted to the Kings Orphanage, later Known as the
Queens Orphanage, New Town, Tasmania.
Notations – Father dead, mother living in Oatlands an immigrant.
Orphan Number: 5113
Orphan: Joseph Robert SPOONER
Mother: ,
Father: SPOONER, Robert
Mother’s ship:
Father’s ship:
Age when admitted: 6yrs
Date admitted: 25 Aug 1834
Date discharged: 31 Jul 1838
Institution(s): Queens Orphan School
Discharged to: parents
Remarks: father, free immigrant, dead – mother at Oatlands
References: SWD28, CSO5/93/2074, CSO5/86/1885
(The Orphan School and St John’s Park Precinct situated in St. John’s Avenue, New Town, Tasmania is a heritage site of local, state and national
significance. The Orphan School buildings, constructed between 1831 and 1833, and St John’s Church, built in 1834 form the nucleus of the
Precinct, which has expanded over the years to incorporate a number of late nineteenth- and twentieth century buildings in a range of
architectural styles. The precinct also comprises two disused burial sites and plantings of historic significance which date from the 1840s.
For more than 175 years sections of the Precinct have been associated with the provision of institutional care and services for Tasmanians in
need. Following the closure of the Orphan School in 1879 the buildings were operated for some years as the Male Division of the New Town
Charitable Institution. An Infant Orphan School, added in 1862 became the Female Charitable Institution in 1874. In the twentieth century
several buildings were constructed to provide care for war veterans, children with paralysis, the mentally impaired and elderly people suffering
from early dementia.
In recent times the Precinct has provided administrative welfare services and operated as an aged care facility. The significance of the Precinct
is architectural, historical, social, cultural and archaeological and while various individual buildings have heritage registration at either the
local, state or national level the significance of the site as a whole is not formally recognised, and no overall conservation plan has been
developed to ensure the long-term preservation of this important Precinct.)
(The orphanage is now incorporated into St Johns Park Nursing Home in Tower Road, Newtown)
1835, Orphanage records? – Elizabeth SPOONER, dress maker in Launceston.
1836, 22 nd Aug. 2 nd Marriage in the Parish of Trinity, County of Buckingham, Tasmania.
William SNELL, of this Parish, Widower and
Elizabeth SPOONER of this Parish, Widow
Witness – R. Hornhold of Hobart Town & W. Burton of Hobart Town.
1837, 5 th March Birth – Duke Southby SNELL, born 5 th Mar 1837, baptised 16 July 1837 at St John’s
Church, Ross.
Father William SNELL, Shoemaker
Mother – Elizabeth
1838, 31 st July Joseph Robert SPOONER, Discharged from the orphanage to his father Robert, free.
(If his father was dead how could he be discharged to his father or was this his step father posing as his natural
father, collecting Joseph on their way to Victoria?)
1838, Orphanage records? -Elizabeth SPOONER, dress maker, Launceston.
1838, 22 nd Sept. Margaret SPOONER. Aged 5, admitted to the Kings Orphanage
Orphan No: 5114
Orphan: Margaret SPOONER
Mother: SPOONER, Elizabeth
Father: ,
Mother’s ship: Strathfieldsaye
Father’s ship:
Age when admitted: 5yrs
Date admitted: 22 Sep 1835
Date discharged: 10 Jun 1838
Institution(s): Queens Orphan School
Discharged to: Mr M McBeth, Hobart
Remarks: mother dressmaker in Launceston
References: SWD28, CSO5/93/2074, CSO5/86/1885
1838, 10 th June Margaret SPOONER (Protestant) Discharged to Mr & Mrs McBeth of Hobart Town
(Only one family named McBeth in Hobart Town in 1838 when Margaret was discharged from the orphanage. Mr Peter McBeth
and his wife and family of six arrived in Hobart in 1834. In the 1842 census Mr Peter McBeth and family lived in Liverpool Street)