DICKSON, Bassett (2)

1784 - 1863  (78 years)

• Name	DICKSON, Bassett (2)  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Born	12 Oct 1784	Limerick, Ireland   [1]
  	'Ross Towers'
  Christened	12 Oct 1784	Saint John, Limerick, Limerick, Ireland   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Sep 1863	Richmond, Tasmania, Australia   [1]
  	'Glen Ayr'
  Buried	Richmond, Tasmania, Australia
  	St Lukes Cemetry
  Person ID	I5246	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	DICKSON, Samuel,   b. Bef 23 Apr 1762, Limerick, Limerick, Ireland ,   d. 1804, St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland  (Age > 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	MOORE, Anne,   b. 1760,   d. 1841  (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	1779
  Family ID	F3296	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	PORTER, Elizabeth,   b. 1786, Limerick, Ireland ,   d. 27 Nov 1843, Ross, Tasmania, Australia  (Age 57 years)
  Married	28 Sep 1811	Limerick, Limerick, Ireland   [2]
  	St. Munchins
  Children	1. DICKSON, Samuel,   b. 18 Jan 1813, Saint Johns, Limerick, Limerick, Ireland ,   d. 9 Sep 1895, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia  (Age 82 years)  [natural]   2. DICKSON, Thomas,   b. Abt 1814,   d. Bef 1829  (Age ~ 14 years)  [natural]   3. DICKSON, Bassett (3),   b. 17 Dec 1815, Limerick, Ireland ,   d. 19 Jan 1869, New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia  (Age 53 years)  [natural]   4. DICKSON, Mary,   b. Abt 1817,   d. 1829, Ross, Tasmania, Australia  (Age ~ 12 years)  [natural]   5. DICKSON, (Eliza) Elizabeth Charlotte,   b. 16 Apr 1819, St Johns, Limerick, Ireland ,   d. 5 Sep 1907, Ross, Tasmania, Australia  (Age 88 years)  [natural]   6. DICKSON, Anne,   b. Abt 1822,   d. 8 May 1888, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand  (Age ~ 66 years)  [natural]   7. DICKSON, Alicia,   b. Abt 1828, Limerick, Ireland ,   d. 28 Apr 1910, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand  (Age ~ 82 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F1386	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Dickson Bassett

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		The Mercury - 3 Sep 1863 - Funeral of B Dickson Snr
  		Ten Pounds Reward for Bullock
  		Bassett Dickson II

  
  

• Notes

  Bassett Dickson (ii) a cotton mill proprietor emigrated to Van Diemans Land on the ‘Medway’, a fully rigged ship of 435 tons, sailing from Cork 25th July 1829. Bassett Dickson and his wife, Elizabeth Porter, and 5 children arrived in Hobart Town after 131 days of travelling from Cork to Sydney. They spent 6 weeks in Sydney then sailed for Hobart on the 2nd February 1830, arriving 16th February 1830. On arrival Bassett Dickson deposited his capital of some 1200 pounds in gold with the Bank of Van Diemans Land and paid a courtesy call on Lieutenant Governor Colonel George Arthur. He applied for a grant of land which was approved 1 week later - 2000 acres in the Ross district. On the 17th March 1830 he travelled north by bullock wagon and chose a site for his home where he built a ‘sod’ hut and lived there for 7 years while building a substantial stone homestead. The property was named ‘PLASSY’. Mary Dickson, 10 years old, disappeared from Plassy, and was killed by bushrangers, as the body was found by searchers among their black haunts at the foot of the tiers. He later acquired further properties: Green Park, Lake Echo, Tervue (at eastern Marshes), Glen Ayr (Richmond), Ross Towers (Bruny Island), Meadowbank (Hamilton), Scottsdale (New Norfolk), Lawrenny and Campania Estate (Campania). Previous owner of Glen Ayr: Another who ran into difficulties was Major De Gillern, who bought the property of Glen Ayr in 1830 – already the third owner. He was ambitious; in 1841 the property contained barns, hop kilns and water laid on by pipes, and he invested heavily in a still to produce spirits, which he must have thought was a sure winner in such a hard-drinking colony. But he lost heavily when the government increased excise duty on locally-made spirits, and also suffered from bushrangers and a fire in 1840, so he too had to sell.

  
  

• Sources

  [S309] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;), Database online. Record for Thomas Samuel DICKSON http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=7805 [S12] Ireland, Select Marriages, 1619-1898, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;;). [S413] Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT; Date: 2011;;). [S308] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;;), Ancestry Family Tree.