Last Will and Tesrament dated the 21 september 1840
Reverend William of Ringwood Hants.
[1] Martha widow of Sir Thomas White.
[2] Sophia Louise Hynde of Hampstead.
Blandford Forum
Protestant Dissenters Births & Baptisms at Blandford Forum 1785 to 1808
Kindly transcribed for the OPC Project from LDS Microfilm #GS0917111 (RG4 1715) by Bob Stone
William, GELLIBRAND, son of Joseph & Elizabeth Gellibrand of Edmonton, was baptised, 13 Jun 1765, born, 20 May 1765
> Commercial Bank of Tasmania Ltd, Hobart : Bank passbook of Frederick William Gellibrand (1860-1931), buried in Cheltenham, Victoria. The grandson of Joseph Tice Gellibrand who operated the Tasmanian Bank with his father William Gellibrand in 1827-1829, the very first experiment in branch banking in Australia. The Commercial Bank of Tasmania commenced in 1829 with W Gellibrand as a director. He collapsed and died in that bank on 27/9/1840. J T Gellibrand served as Attorney-General in Tasmania in 1823-1824 and is said to have been killed by Aborigines near Geelong in 1837. Passbook finished on 2 June 1915.<>
The Early Settlers of South Arm
Following the settlement of Hobart Town 1804 Many settlers had been granted a parcel of land to which they could start a means of farming etc to which they could derive a living. One of these William Gellibrand was granted the land now known as the South Arm Peninsula. Land was granted to free Settlers and they were allowed several convicts to help clear and work the fields.In many cases the convicts being of good conduct and after several years were also allowed a small grant of land. As other settlers arrived Gellibrand leased land to them and later they were able to purchase their lot. By 1885 many had purchased land on the Peninsula some names are Musk, Alomes, Calvert, and the famly names are still in the district today.The grave site of William Gellibrand also his Grandsons Thomas Lloyd Gellibrand and Walter Angus Bethune Gellibrand To reach the grave site you need to drive to the end of the road at Opossum Bay From there its about 2 klm walk through heavy grassed paddocks to Mary Ann Bay and from there follow the shore line north for another 700 meters. Some of this is private property so care should be taken.
The Inscription on this Vault Reads
In Respectful Memory of WILLIAM GELLIBRAND ESQUIRE J.P. The original grantee of SOUTH ARM and father of the first Attorney General of this Colony. Who died at HOBART TOWN 21st Sept. 1840 aged 75 years.After an illness of acute pain and suffering which he bere with Christian Submission and resignation. His Mortal remains lie in this Vault beneath erected under his own direction and superintendence. He was courteous and affable in his disposition Benevolent and in his charge and generous in Generous his character and of uncompromising integrity of purpose.
Geroge and Agnus Alomes first leased land from George Gellibrand and later purchased several acres.They had three children Edward(Ted), Ethol, and Lelie.
Gellibrand Point
This site is north of Opossum Bay on the eastern shore of the Derwent estuary. The first inhabitants of the land are thought to have been the Moomairremener band of the Oyster Bay tribe. For thousands of years Aboriginals wintered in the area, where shellfish and marine vegetables were plentiful; in spring they returned inland to hunt. In 1824 the whole peninsula was granted to William Gellibrand to farm. In 1831 he was granted another 2,025 hectares (over 5,000 acres). In the 1940s the Gellibrands sold the land to the Calvert family, who continued to farm it. In 1995, 130 hectares (320 acres) of the land was declared a public reserve. On the site there are several middens, stone artefacts and an old Aboriginal campsite.