SA LANDS OFFICE
All the relevant Edmonds "Memorials" from the old South Austn colonial Land Office records, which was used to formalise agreements between parties, primarily concerning real estate.
I transcribed these in about 1968.
The format is...
(# Book / No – date and
time recorded)
1 = Date of Instrument
2 = Names of Parties (person holding the land always stated
first?)
3 = Names of Witnesses
4 = Nature of Instrument
5 = Description of
Property (always Real Estate?) Conveyed
6 = Payment - If
Conveyance or Mortgage, Consideration and how paid, if lease the amount of
rent, plus interest terms etc.
7 = Any comments
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(# 182/159 –
10/4/1842 2pm) (see also 182/160)
1 – 2 Feb 1842
2 – William Slater, late
of Kensington, Gentleman, and Robert Beevor residing near Onkaparinga,
Gentleman (of first part); and, Thomas Gilbert of Adelaide Esq, and William
Bennett Edmonds of Adelaide Esq (of second part).
3 – For Slater and Beevor,
J H Fisher, Adelaide
4 – Conveyance in fee by
William Slater and Robert Beevor, to Thomas Gilbert and William Bennett
Edmonds, upon the (trusts?) and for the ends intents and purposes mentioned and
expressed or referred to in and by an Award therein recited and to and upon
which Real and Personal Estate propery and effects of the late Co-Partnership
between the said Wm Slater and Robert Beevor were by the said Award directed to
be conveyed and held.
5 – All Sect 80 acres
situate near Onkaparinga No 753 in Province Survey B, and granted or conveyed
unto William Slater and Robert Beevor by a certain Deed Poll or Land Grant
dated 8 May 1841 under seal of Gov Gawler, together with messuages, tenements,
buildings, & fences since erected, and also all those several pieces of
land in the village of Kensington No 15,16,17,18,19,42,43 and (etc etc) erected
and built and now standing and being on No 17.
6 – The premises, and the
sum of 10/- to William Slater and Robert Beevor, paid by Thomas Gilbert and
William Bennett Edmonds
7 – (nothing)
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“No 753” is an 80 acre section just south of Clarendon, and the
other seems to be seven blocks in the newly subdivided Kensington. Slater &
Beevor seem to be transferring both lots to Gilbert & WBE for a nominal fee
of 10/-, but no idea why. Debts? (See also 182/160 of 1846)
Thomas Gilbert was an original 1836 settler and acting
Postmaster.
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(# 2/236 – 7/9/1842) (ref also 2/450)
1 – 6/7 Sept 1842
2 – William Bennett Edmonds
of Onkaparinga near Adelaide, Settler, and John Baker of Adelaide Esq, chairman
of directors of Adelaide Auction Co.
3 – Abraham Scott,
Accountant. King Wm St
4 – Conveyance in trust
(Conveyance to trustees?
In relation to some other Deed or Agreement which
may or may not be mentioned in a Memorial?)
5 – The western half of
Lot 696 (one of their blocks on South Tce) together with the messuages
or tenements, fences, and other erections and buildings erected thereon with
their appertenances.
6 – Conveyance in trust to
secure the due payment by William Bennett Edmonds, to John Baker as chairman of
aforesaid, of £76-18-4 upon a certain Prommisory Note for £150 dated 25 April
1842, made by William Bennett Edmonds and payable to the order of John Baker as
chairman, 3 months after the date thereof.
7 – (nothing)
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Seems like
WBE put up half of one of his South Tce blocks (the half that had the dwelling
on it) as bond to pay Baker a £76 portion of £150 IOU. John Baker was an early
immigrant, successful dealer/trader, eventual big landowner.
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(# 2/293 – 11/11/1842 2.30pm)
(refer also 2/294)
1 – (a) Bargain and Sale for a year dated 7
Oct 1842
(b) Release dated 8 Oct 1842
2 – (a) Robert George Montgomery Conway of
Onkaparinga District near Adelaide Esq, and William Bennett Edmonds of
same place Esq.
(b) RCMG and William Bennett Edmonds, and Edw Castres Gwynne
of Gawler Pl Adelaide
3 - (a) Wm Edmonds, Gawler Pl
(b) E C Gwynne
4 – Conveyance in fee, by
way of lease and Release.
5 – All Sects 756 and 757
in Province Survey B each 80 acres
6 – All Sects 761 and 762
in Province Survey B each 80 acres
7 – (nothing)
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These are
four 80 acre sections on the Onkaparinga just below Mt Bold. This appears as
though Conway and WBE are using two blocks each to set up their farming
partnership. Conway came out on the “Fairlie” with them. Gwynne was a
solicitor. (See the “other side” of this
arrangement below in 2/294)
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(# 2/294 – 11/11/1842 2.30pm)
(ref also 2/293)
1 – (a) Bargain and Sale for a year dated 7
Oct 1842
(b) Release dated 8 Oct 1842
2 – (a) William Bennett Edmonds of Onkaparinga
District Esq, and Robert George Montgomery Conway of same place Esq.
(b) Said William Bennett Edmonds and RCMG, and Edw Castres
Gwynne of Gawler Pl, Gentleman
3 - Wm Edmonds, Gawler Pl
4 – Conveyance in fee, by
way of lease and Release.
5 – All Sects 761 and 762
in Province Survey B, each 80 acres
6 – All Sects 756 and 757
in Province Survey B, each 80 acres
7 – (nothing)
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(See 2/293 above)
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( # 2/450 – 8/3/1843 12 noon)
(ref also 2/236)
1 – 4 March 1843
2- John Baker of Adelaide
Esq; and William Bennett Edmonds of Onkaparinga, Settler, & George
Morphett of Adelaide Esq
3 – Alfred Hardy of
Adelaide Esq for (execution of?) John Baker, and John Morphett of Adelaide Esq
for (execution of?) William Bennett Edmonds
4 – Conveyance to the said
George Morphett in fee
5 - The western half of
Lot 696 (one of their blocks on
South Tce) together with the messuages or tenements, fences, and other
erections and buildings erected thereon with their appertenances, which were
late in the occupation of William Bennett Edmonds.
6 – In consideration of
£78/8/6 cash paid by George Morphett to John Baker [in full for the mortgage
for the said John Baker] and of £6/11/6 cash paid by George Morphett to William
Bennett Edmonds
7 – Here is a bargain and
sale for a year indorsed dated 3 March and duly executed.
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This seems
to be the handing over (forfeit?) by WBE to John Baker the west half of his
South Tce property, as referred to in 2/236.
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(# 3/101 – 26/6/1843
11.30am)
1 - 24 June 1843
2 – William Bennett
Edmonds of the Onkaparinga District near Adelaide Esq, and Edward Stephens
3 – Wm Bakewell, clerk to
Mr Bartley, Solicitor, Adelaide
4 – An absolute converyance
by way of appointment from Mr William Bennett Edmonds to Edw Stephens Esq
5 – All Sects 80 acres No
756 in Province Survey B and all Sect 80 acres No 757 in Province Survey B with
the rights, members and appertenances thereunto belonging.
6 – In consideration of
£160 to William Bennett Edmonds paid by Edw Stephens at or before the execution
of the deed.
7 – (nothing)
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This looks like WBE selling out to Stephens, of his half of the
Conway farm land partnership (set up in 2/293 and 2/294) for £160
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(3/262 – 13/12/1843 1.45pm)
1 – 2 Dec 1843
2 – Thomas Gilbert of City
of Adelaide Esq, and William Bennett Edmonds of the same place Esq, of
the one part; and Wm Kitching of the barque Madras Pt Adelaide Esq of
the other.
3 – For Thomas Gilbert,
Rbt John Alexdr Hall of Adelaide, Gentleman for William Bennett Edmonds, R
Boucher James of the Inman, farmer for Wm Kitching, George Fredk Shipster of
Adelaide, Solicitor
4 – Conveyance in fee from
Thomas Gilbert and William Bennett Edmonds, to Wm Kitching
5 – All those several
pieces of land situate being at and now forming part of the village of
Kensington Adelaide, numbered 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 42, 43, in village being part
of Prelim Country Sect 289 in Province Survey B
6 - £70 cash paid by Wm
Kitching, to Thomas Gilbert and William Bennett Edmonds
7 – (nothing)
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This seems
to be the sale of the Kensington blocks (ref 182/159)
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(# 4/162 – 23/10/1844 1pm)
1 – 19 Oct 1844
2 – William Bennett
Edmonds of Adelaide Esq, and Wm Fredk Fergusson of Calcutta in East India.
3 – For William Bennett
Edmonds, Henry Ayers, clerk to Mssrs Smart & Bayne for W F Fergusson, Fredk
Bayne, Solicitor, Adelaide
4 – Surrender of lease
dated 12 Jan 1842, to the intent and purpose that the Term in the lease
mentioned may merge and be extinguished in the reversion freehold and
inheritance of the same land, hereditaments and premises.
5 – All 3 Sects No 741,
742, 749, in Province Survey B, each containing 80 acres more or less, situate
on and near the Onkaparinga River.
6 – Nominal consideration
of 10/-
7 – (nothing)
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These are
three 80 acre sections (downstream a few kms downstream from the prev
Edmonds/Conway joint farm) taking in the modern Clarendon weir and the town
oval, apparently leased from Fergusson back in Jan 1842, now being surrendered.
These
adjoin Sect 753 mentioned in 182/159 and 182/160.
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(# 4/193 – 8/11/1844)
1 – 6 Nov 1844
2 – William Bennett
Edmonds of Adelaide Esq, and James Philcox of Adelaide Esq
3 – Percival Woodsmith of
Adelaide, Gentleman
4 – Conveyance to James
Philcox in fee
5 – All that Eastern
moiety or equal half of 697 Town Acre on South Tce together with rights,
members, and appertenances to the said hereditaments belonging (etc etc)
6 - £25 paid in cash by
James Philcox to William Bennett Edmonds
7 – (nothing)
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Selling the eastern half) of his other Town Acre (697) on South Tce
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1 – 6 Oct 1846
2 – Thomas Gilbert & William Bennett
Edmonds of first part; William Slater & Robert Beevor of second pt;
Robert Beevor of third pt
3 – As to execution thereof by all parties
– JH Fisher Nth Tce
4 – Conveyance in fee by Thomas Gilbert and
William Bennett Edmonds by direction of Wm Slater & Robert Beevor to Robert
Beevor [endorsed on an Indenture dated 2 Feb 1842 – Reg Book 182, No 159]
5 – All Sect 80 acres at or near
Onkaparinga No 753 etc granted 8 May 1841 together with (etc etc)
6 – The sum of 10/- to
each of them the said Thomas Gilbert and William Bennett Edmonds paid by the
said Robert Beevor
7 – This Deed recites that
the objects and purposes of the (therein) within mentioned Indenture had been
satisfied without resorting to a Sale of 80 acres Sect 753 (B) and it had been
agreed that such Sect should be conveyed to the said Robert Beevor
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This is
the first Sect at Clarendon, and seems to be some sort of “reverse” of 182/159
back in 1842 (??)
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(# 18/365 – 5/12/1849 2.30pm)
1 – 1 Dec 1849
2 – John Bernie of
Noarlunga, Gentleman of first part, and William Bennett Edmonds of
second pt, and Edw James Fredk Crawford of Hindmarsh, brewer of third pt.
3 – Henry Gilbert,
Solicitor, Adelaide.
4 – Assingment by (way?)
of mortgage of lease for residue of term of 7 years, from John Bernie, by
direction of William Bennett Edmonds, to EJF Crawford to secure payment to EJF
Crawford on 1 Nov 1850 of the sum of £104-11-10 of lawful English money, and
the sum of £54-10-0, and of £110 on the 1 Nov 1851 with interest in the
meantime for the same after the rate of £15 per centum per annum by quarterly
payts on 1 Feb, 1 May, 1 Aug, and 1 Nov each year, the first quarterly payment
to be made on 1 Feb next (1850) with Power of Sale to the Mortgagee in
case of default.
5 – All Sect 71 of PCS in
District C as now laid out as and for a town called Noarlunga, and such piece
of land forms plot No 66 on plan of town, abutting north on other land same
Sect 132 feet, south on other part same Sect 122 feet, east on Onkaparinga
River 80 feet, and west on the public road there 80 feet, together with brewery
thereon and utensils as mentioned in a certain Indenture of Lease dated 8 Jan
1847, between Edw Castle and William Bennett Edmonds.
6 - £104-11-5 (s/b
10d?) and £54-10-0 paid by EJFC for William Bennett Edmonds, and £110 due
from William Bennett Edmonds to EJF Crawford
7 – (nothing)
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WBE seems to have taken a 7 year lease of this, the Noarlunga
brewery property, from Edw Castle on 8 Jan 1847.
Here he is now mortgaging the balance of the lease (?) (now held
by a John Bernie? – a farmer of Kingston Farm Noarlunga), to secure new
borrowings of about £158 (on top of £110 due for repayment 1/11/1851) from
Crawford, at 15% pa.
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( # 21/187 – 15/4/1850
) (ref also 186/56 – 1856)
1 – 28 March 1850
2 – Wm George Glover Esq
of England, and Sarah Dutton of Adelaide, widow
4 – Lease from Wm Glover
to Sarah Dutton, for 17 years
5 – All 80 acres south of
the Onkaparinga No 122 on Province Survey C (etc)
6 - £10 per annum payable
half yearly
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(There are also several other Memorials relating to the above,
and Sects 657 and 658 in H of Myponga. Sarah Dutton is Edw Dutton’s mother?)
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(# 62/494 – 1/2/1854 11am)
1 – 22 Aug 1853
2 – Edward Castle of
Hackham Esq, and William Bennett Edmonds of Noarlunga, Brewer.
3 – E Klingender
4 – Lease for the term of
14 years from 1 June (last?) (presume 1853?)
5 - All Sect 71 of
Province Country Survey in District C as now laid out as and for a town called
Noarlunga, and such piece of land forms plot No 66 on plan of town, abutting
north on other land same Sect 132 feet, south on other part same Sect 122 feet,
east on Onkaparinga River 80 feet, and west on the public road there 80 feet,
and also all part Sect 71 included between the said piece of land above
described the public road and a private road running from thesaid public road
to the first described land, together with all that brewing house and premises
erected on first described land, and rights (etc etc).
6 – The clear yearly rent
of £40 during the first 7 years, and £60 during the reside of terms.
7 – (nothing)
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This is a 14 year lease of the Noarlunga Brewery from Castle - see also 64/318)
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(# 64/318 – 6/3/1854 1.30pm)
1 – 17 Feb 1844 (s/be 1854)
2 – William Bennett
Edmonds of Noarlunga Brewer, and Henry Gilbert of Adelaide, Gentleman
3 – Francis Polhill,
Adelaide
4 – Assignment for the
residue of a term of 14 years (wanting the last 7 days thereof?) computed from
1 March 1853 for securing payment by William Bennett Edmonds on 13 Aug
1854, of sum of £440 and also such other sums and money as Henry Gilbert may at
any time hereafter advance to William Bennett Edmonds with interest at rate of
£15 per cent per annum payable quarterly.
5 - All Sect 71 of
Province Country Survey in District C as now laid out as and for a town called
Noarlunga, and such piece of land forms plot No 66 on plan of town, abutting
north on other land same Sect 132 feet, south on other part same Sect 122 feet,
east on Onkaparinga River 80 feet, and west on the public road there 80 feet,
and also all part Sect 71 included between the said piece of land above
described the public road and a private road running from thesaid public road
to the first described land, together with all that brewing house and premises
erected on first described land, and rights (etc etc).
6 – £240 due and owing
from William Bennett Edmonds to Henry Gilbert, and £200 of lawful English money
to the said William Bennett Edmonds paid by Henry Gilbert at or upon execution
of these presents.
7 – (nothing)
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WBE seems
to be mortgaging the new 14 year lease of the brewery property (see 62/494) to
Henry Gilbert, to cover previous borrowings of £240, and an additional £200, at
15% pa.
(See also 138/26 – 1858)
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(# 70/103 – 19/5/1854 3pm)
(also ref 523/75 - 1925)
1 – 7 June 1854
2 – Fredk Castle of
Morphett Vale Esq, and Mary Elizabeth Edmonds of Noarlunga, Spinster.
3 – For Fredk Castle,
Talbot Baines Bruce
4 – Conveyance in fee to
ME Edmonds
5 – All piece land of 80
acres Sect 315 in Hund of Noarlunga in County of Adelaide, part of which laid
out as township called “Castleton” and is allotment No 80 in plan of said
township.
6 – Nominal consideration
of 10/-
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This seems to be WBE’s
eldest daughter, who would’ve only been 13 years old at the time, buying a
block for 10/- in “Castleton” (modern day Pt Noarlunga).
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( # 108/56 ) (ref also 21/187 – 1850)
1 – 24 Sept 1856
2 – Sarah Dutton, widow
formerly of McL Vale but now in Myponga, and Edward Dutton of Myponga,
farmer
5 – 157 acres Sects 657,
658 in H of Myponga
6 – £40
7 – (nothing)
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This Edward Dutton’s father
is a George Dutton, so presume Sarah above is Edward’s mother. Edw is the
husband of William Bennett Edmonds’s eldest dau, and the father of Edward
Ernest Dutton in #404/117, and there’s many more related Memorial entries for
this region through to the 1858 one below.
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( # 138/26 ) (ref also 64/318 – 1854)
1 – 18 May 1858
2- Henry Gilbert of
Adelaide Gent, and Edward Dutton of Noarlunga, Gent
3 – (nothing)
4 – Assignment (endorsed
on an Indenture of Assignment by way of mortgage dated 17 Feb 1854, Regn 318
Book 64)
5 – All premises assigned
by above Indenture (also written in is “part of Country Sect No 71 in District
C Noarlunga”)
6 - £70 paid by Edw Dutton
to Henry Gilbert
7 – (nothing)
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This looks like Edw Dutton, the son-in-law to be, taking over
the brewery (see 64/318 of 1854).
The Edward Dutton entries after this one are for Goolwa, and
then they go on into the South East.
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(# 404/117 –
11/6/1890 2pm)
1 – 5 June 1890
2 – Mary Louisa Edmonds
of Nth Adelaide, widow, and Edw Ernest Dutton of Ardune near Lucindale,
sheep farmer, the executor under the last Will and Testament of John Hinton
Edmonds, late of Minburra deceased, to “The Eukaby Blocks Silver Mining Co Ltd”
of Adelaide.
3 – For ML Edmonds, ER
Colton Solicitor Adelaide; for EE Dutton, Mary E Dutton of “Ardune”.
4 – Transfer (by
endorsement on Certif No 148 of an application for a Mineral Lease) of all the
right title and interest of the said ML Edmonds and EE Dutton as such execs as
aforesaid and all the right title and interest of the said JHE in Certif 148
which JH Edmonds held in trust for the “EBSMCL” and in the mineral lease to
which JH Edmonds was entitled by virtue of the application mentioned and
referred to in the said certif.
5 – All right title and
interest of ML Edmonds and EE Dutton as execs and all right title and interest
of JH Edmonds in Certif 148 issued by Surveyor-Gen of an applic for Mineral
Lease of a Sect of land No 10680 situated near Eukaby Hill est to contain 80
acres which certif JH Edmonds held in trust for said Co and in the mineral
lease (for a?) was entitled by virtue of applic.
6 – 10/-
7 - £1 duty stamp affixed
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Looks like
JHE had some shares in Eukaby, sold back now to the Co after John’s death.
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(# 523/75 – 11/1/1949 noon)
(ref also 70/103 - 1854)
1 – 7 Feb 1925
2 – Mary Elizabeth
Dutton of Beaumont, widow, formerly Mary Elizabeth Edmonds of Noarlunga
Spinster, to John Clark Marr of Pt Noarlunga Farmer
3 – For ME Dutton,
Elizabeth Dutton
4 – Indenture of
conveyance in fee
5 - All piece land of 80
acres Sect 315 in Hund of Noarlunga in County of Adelaide, part of which laid
out as township called “Castleton” and is Allotment No 80 in plan of said township,
together with all timber, minerals, edifices, etc etc
6 - £2-10-0 cash paid by
JC Marr to ME Dutton on execution.
7 – The now memorialising
presents one marked “Adjudged duly stamped”, and “Penalty has been paid and
stamped with 2 SA Duty Stamps to 10/- each”.
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Mary
Dutton (WBE’s eldest) selling her block in “Castleton” (Pt Noarlunga) to a
local farmer.
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