Richard
Venfield
aka Venwell, Venvall, Venville
Born in Great Rissington, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Son of John Venville
and Mary Beacham
Brother of
Anne (Venfield) Browning, Edith (Venfield) Pollard, Sarah Venfield, David Venfield, Mary Venfield and Susanna Venfield
Husband of
Eliza Brown
— married
13 Oct 1840 in Melbourne, Port Phillip District, Colony of New South Wales
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Venville, Edith Venville, Susan (Venville) Vurlow, George Venvill, Maria (Venvill) Britton, Charlotte (Venville) Palmer, John Venville, David Venville, James Venville, Veannah (Venville) McKenzie, Alexander Venville and William Venville
Died
at age 86
in Mount Egerton, Colony of Victoria
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Sep 2018
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Biography
Richard Venfield was a convict after the Third Fleet transported to Van Diemen's Land
Richard was born in 1810, the son of John Venville and Mary Beacham. He was baptised on the 11 March 1810 at Great Rissington, Gloucester, England.[1]
Richard was convicted in the Gloucester Quarter Session of "Machine Breaking" in 1831. He had participated in the Swing Riots in Gloucestershire in 1830. The Swing Riots were a widespread uprising in 1830 by agricultural workers in southern and eastern England, in protest of agricultural mechanisation and other harsh conditions.[2]
He was transported (recorded as Richard Venwell) from Gloucestershire on the 4 January 1831, and aboard the Eliza, arrived in Van Diemen's Land on the 28 May 1831. Richard received a free pardon (number 360) on the 3 February 1836.[3][4] The Description List gives his age as 22.[5]
A machine breaker who was "passed on" by one master to another for the Port Phillip adventure was the Gloucestershire ploughman Richard Venwell. He had worked out his period of assignment on the northern property of James Grant and when he received his freedom he went to work for John Wallace, who was Grant's nephew. In 1836, he accompanied Wallace across Bass Strait to manage `Ballark', a large sheep run that Wallace had acquired. [6]
In 1840, Richard Venfield (recorded as Richard Venvall) married Eliza Brown in the Port Phillip District, Colony of New South Wales.[7]
He (recorded as Richard Venville) passed away in 1896, recorded age 90. [8]
His descendants in Australia have the surname Venville.
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Sources
- ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NP11-14R : 11 February 2018, John Venfield in entry for Richard Venfield, 11 Mar 1810); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 417,154, 857,053.
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_Riots
- ↑ https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/eliza/1831
- ↑ http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON31-1-44,180,153,F,60
- ↑ https://talis.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/names/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fNAME_INDEXES$002f0$002fNAME_INDEXES:1442356/one
- ↑ THE MACHINE BREAKER CONVICTS FROM THE PROTEUS AND THE ELIZA page 154 https://eprints.utas.edu.au/19178/1/whole_BrownBruceW2004_thesis.pdf
- ↑ Victorian marriage registration 1840: 04288,F,Brown,Eliza,Venvall,Richard,,denom(Church of England)parish(St James Melbourne) 1840: 04288,M,Venvall,Richard,Brown,Eliza,,denom(Church of England)parish(St James Melbourne)
- ↑ Victorian death registration 1896: 14663,,Venville,Richard,,,Mt Egerton,90,
- "The Venville Family Tree - Five Generations - From 1774 to 1909", compiled by Bob Pugsley for the Venville Family Reunion on 2011-10-30.
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