Genealogy Ashbury, Marsden » Henry (Samuel) DAVIS (RUSSELL) (LEVY) (1797-1843)

Données personnelles Henry (Samuel) DAVIS (RUSSELL) (LEVY) 

• Il est né en l'an 1797 dans Sheerness, Kent, England.
• Profession: Auctioneer, Publican.
• Il est décédé le 26 février 1843 dans Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, il avait 46 ans.
• Un enfant de Philip/Uri Feiss RUSSELL et Catherine/Keila LEVIN
• Cette information a été mise à jour pour la dernière fois le 2 juin 2014.

Famille de Henry (Samuel) DAVIS (RUSSELL) (LEVY)

Il est marié avec Hannah HOWELL.

Ils se sont mariés le 19 août 1823 à Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, il avait 26 ans.Source 1

Enfant(s):

1. Henry DAVIS  1823-1899
2. Louisa DAVIS  1824-1840
3. Sarah DAVIS  ± 1825-????
4. Elizabeth DAVIS  1827-1892
5. unnamed DAVIS  ± 1832-1832
6. Catherine DAVIS  1833-1856
7. Philip DAVIS  1834-1893 

Notes par Henry (Samuel) DAVIS (RUSSELL) (LEVY)

~1798 : Born Sheerness, Kent, England.
1822 : Arrived Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. (First free male Jewish settler in Tasmania, Australia.)
1823 : Married Hannah HOWELL.
1824 : Licensed Publican at the Commercial Tavern in Launceston.
1827 : Fled to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
1831 : Back in Launcerton; built GÅ ??????British HotelGÅ ??????à?????????????/
1832 : Death of infant child.
1836 : Became insolvent and moved to Oatlands to work as an Auctioneer.
1839 : Moved to Port Philip [later Melbourne], Victoria, Australia.
1942 : Bankrupted, and lost all his Victorian property.
1843 : Died in Launcerton, Tasmania, Australia.

Henry left England on 10 October 1821 on board the "Tiger", arriving in Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) on 22 January 1822 as the first free Jewish settler in the colony. He was said to have been inspired by the stories of the colony told by his relative Michael Michael, an ex convict who had returned to England. He brought with him drapery, jewellery and china worth ???2882 and also a sum of money for convicts, Judah and Joseph Solomon raised by the Jewish community in Sheerness. The Solomon brothers went on to become two of the wealthiest men in the colony.
Henry was initially an auctioneer and dealer in Liverpool Street, Hobart and was later granted 2000 acres of land at Saltpan Plains, near Launceston. In August 1823, he married Hannah Howell, who had been transported for burning down a barn in Oxfordshire. She was the sister of Elizabeth Howell, the mistress of Judah Solomon. Solomon was married to Davis' aunt, Esther Russell, who was still in England at the time.
In October 1824, Henry was granted a license to retail spirits, wine and beer at the Commercial Tavern on the corner of Cameron Street, Launceston which he described in the Hobart Town Gazette "a very commodious house...which is fitted up in the English style and has a superb coffee room, possessing cedar boxes after the same manner as respectable taverns in England. There is also an elegant long room, spacious square parlour, bar, three bedchambers, stabling and every other convenience either for residents or travellers. An excellent stock of wines, spirits, English porter and cordials on hand."
In 1827, Henry went to Sydney to escape creditors leaving his Launceston property in the hands of his brother, George Russell and Abraham Aaron who was related to Davis by marriage. He spent time in debtors prison in Sydney. In October 1827, the Commercial Tavern had burned down and Aaron suspected John Fawkner, an ex convict and associate of Judah Solomon, of arson. Aaron is said to have been the informer when Solomon was arrested and transported for burglary. Fawkner was the father of John Pascoe Fawkner, one of the founders of Melbourne. Aaron challenged Fawkner to a duel which, it would appear, was never fought. Aaron returned to England in 1829.
Henry unsuccessfully petitioned for a Jewish cemetery in Launceston when a daughter died in 1832. She was buried on Davis' private land off York Street. In 1836, Henry granted the land to the local Jewish community to be used as a cemetery.
He became insolvent again in 1836 and moved to Oatlands where he worked as an auctioneer. Henry and family then moved in 1839 to the newly established colony of Port Phillip (Melbourne) where he had auction rooms in Collins Street. In 1841 he mortgaged the premises to Judah Solomon: Colonial Times, 3 May 1845. He was later the hotelkeeper at the "Royal Exchange". Another of his daughters died at Port Phillip which led to the colony's first Jewish burial. In 1842 he again went bankrupt and lost all of his Victorian property. He returned to Launceston where he died, broke, in 1843. His wife, Hannah, had died a month earlier.

On 11 August 1846, Letters of Administration were granted to Henry Davis, eldest son of Henry Davis deceased who died intestate. Thomas Fall was a signatory to the adminsitration of the estate.

John Levi

In December 1832, Davis and Solomon took action against each other in the Supreme Court of Tasmania over a sum of money that Solomon alleged was owed to him by Davis. Davis took a cross action alleging that he had paid Solomon the money which had not been credited. Henry unsuccessfully petioned for a Jewish cemetery in Launceston when a daughter died in 1832. She was buried on Davis' private land. He became inslovent again in 1836 and moved to Oatlands where he worked as an auctioneer. Henry and family then moved in 1839 to the newly established colony of Port Phillip (Melbourne ) where he had auction rooms in Collins Street. He was later the hotelkeeper at the "Royal Exchange". Another of his daughters died at Port Phillip which led to the colony's first Jewish burial. In 1842 he again went bankrupt and lost all of his Victorian property. His wife, Hannah, died in 1843. He returned to Launceston where he died, broke, in 1847. John Levi, Solomon and Another v. Davis Supreme Court of Van Dieman's Land Pedder C.J., 13-15 December 1832[1] Source: Tasmanian, 21 December 1832
The following is from a list of names is for those people mentioned in advertisements from a Launceston newspaper for the year 1837: Davis Henry insolvency sale. -postponed sale/stock in trade
The following is from an Index of Names for people recieving cart licences in the Launceston District, 1826-1830: Davis Henry Launceston 21, Davis Henry Launceston 27.

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