Elinor Bessonett

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Greg Fromyhr on 14th November 2023

I have adjusted the surname because I have seen and have a copy of the baptism record for this person and it is Elinor Bassnett. Father was Pat Bassnett and mother Cathe Maara, witnesses were Arthur Bassnett and Marg(are)t Connolly. Registered on 12 February 1797.

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 22nd September 2021

1817 - New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records. Age; 20 Offence; Felony of Looking Glass

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Greg Fromyhr on 23rd January 2018

I am a direct descendent of this person. I had a close look at the handwritten baptism records from SS Michael and John Church in Dublin (no longer operating as a church) - the handwritten records indicate that the surname written down in the parish baptism record of Elinor was Bassnett. This is also the surname written for the witness who was her father's brother by the look of it. In 1797 in the British Isles and some other northern countries the letters "ss" in the middle of a word were written in most records with a long "s" a bit like an "f" as the first "s" and a short "s" for the second "s". This practice seems to have ceased by about 1830 in most formal written language. There are clearly variations with this name through all the records since the baptism. Originally I thought EB was from a Huguenot background but now I don't. Kind regards...Greg Fromyhr, Brisbane

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Barbara Mann on 29th October 2017

Elinor Phillips nee Bessonett married Richard Worthing 14 Jan 1862 after her husband Thomas Phillips died on the 12 Jun 1860 at Homebush. Elinor was originally buried at Devonshire Street. Her granddaughter Mary Ann Radcliffe nee Smith gave permission for her body to be exhumed and placed at Rookwood Cemetery Mortuary 1 Section K. 187b Written on the plaque. "In Loving Memory of" Elinor Bessonett 1797-1869 transported 1818 Dublin. Sarah Smith daughter 1832-1877, Thomas Smith grandson 1854-1867, Joseph Smith son-in-law 1828-1905, Descendants of Elinor & Thomas Phillips. R.I.P

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Denis Pember on 20th February 2017

In 1862, a further marriage was registered. Name: Eleanor Phillips Spouse Name: Richard Worthin Marriage Date: 1862 Marriage Place: New South Wales Registration Place: Concord, New South Wales Registration Year: 1862 Registration Number: 1128 Not sure how this works.. Thomas was still alive at the time! Richard Worthing was also a transported convict, 1821, "Speke".

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Denis Pember on 20th February 2017

Eleanor appears in the 1828 Census, Under her own name. [Ref B1252] Bissenet, Elnr, 28, free by servitude, Elizabeth, 1818, 7 years, Catholic, housekeeper to Thomas Phillips, Sydney. [Ref P0751] Phillips, Thomas, 26, free by servitude, Dick, 1821, 7 years, Protestant, silver plate worker, Philip Street Sydney. [Ref P0752] Phillips, John, 6, born in the colony. [Ref P0753] Phillips, William, 4, born in the colony. [Ref P0754] Phillips, Edward, 18m, born in the colony.

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Denis Pember on 20th February 2017

In the colony, Eleanor married Thomas Phillips. They married in 1823 at Sydney. Name: Eleanor Basnett Spouse Name: Thomas Phillips Marriage Date: 1823 Marriage Place: New South Wales Registration Place: Sydney, New South Wales Registration Year: 1823 Volume Number: V B Thomas was a transported convict, "Dick" 1821. His father, William Phillips (Convict, 1820, "Coromandel") and step mother, Sophia Phillips (Convict, 1820. "Janus") were also transported. They had been jointly tried for coining offences (forgery). His step-siblings also came on "Janus" and Thomas had been left at home, prior to committing a crime himself. Thomas and Eleanor had 5 children between 1822 and 1832.