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Mary Ann FREEBODY (1799 - 1899)
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Mary Ann FREEBODY (1799 - 1899)

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Daniel SEARCH ( - 1839)
 Simon Clarkson FREEBODY (1753 - 1856)











Mary WELLS (1767 - 1855)











Mary Ann FREEBODY
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b. 26 Dec 1799 at New South Wales, Australia
m. abt 1819 Daniel SEARCH ( - 1839)
d. 21 Oct 1899 at Richmond, New South Wales, Australia aged 99
Near Relatives of Mary Ann FREEBODY (1799 - 1899)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father Simon Clarkson FREEBODY 04 Jun 1753 Enfield, Middlesex, England 27 Dec 1856 Windsor, New South Wales, Australia 103
Mother Mary WELLS abt 1767 York, Yorkshire, England 17 Feb 1855 Windsor, New South Wales, Australia 88

Self Mary Ann FREEBODY 26 Dec 1799 New South Wales, Australia 21 Oct 1899 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia 99

Husband Daniel SEARCH abt 1839

Brother John FREEBODY abt 1796 Windsor, New South Wales, Australia 11 Nov 1890 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 94
Sister Ann FREEBODY 22 Dec 1796 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia 11 Jan 1882 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia 85
Sister Sarah Wells FREEBODY 1798 Hawkesbury District, New South Wales, Australia 02 Jul 1881 Windsor, New South Wales, Australia 83
Brother Simon J FREEBODY 1798 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia 22 Oct 1878 Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 80

Nephew William Gabriel FREEBODY 1833 Kurrajong, New South Wales, Australia 30 Oct 1910 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 77
Nephew Simon FREEBODY 1837 Kurrajong, New South Wales, Australia Sep 1918 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 81
Niece Matilda FREEBODY 1839 Kurrajong, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Sarah FREEBODY 1840 Kurrajong, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew John Joseph FREEBODY 1843 Kurrajong, New South Wales, Australia 21 Oct 1927 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 84
Nephew James FREEBODY 1850 New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Peter FREEBODY 1852 New South Wales, Australia
Niece Elizabeth FREEBODY 21 Nov 1825 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia 10 May 1910 Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia 84
Nephew Robert FREEBODY 11 Jan 1827 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia 16 Jan 1877 Gegedzerick, Berridale, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 50
Nephew Edward FREEBODY 28 Oct 1830 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia 09 Jan 1921 Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 90
Niece Mary Ann FREEBODY 1833 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia 19 Jul 1924 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 91
Nephew John Miles Myles FREEBODY 14 Aug 1835 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia 07 Sep 1915 Dalgety, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 80
Niece Martha FREEBODY 20 Sep 1840 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia 30 Oct 1876 Arable, Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 36
Nephew Joseph FREEBODY 17 Aug 1842 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia 07 Oct 1913 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 71
Niece Emma FREEBODY 17 Dec 1845 Kurrajong, New South Wales, Australia 17 Oct 1901 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 55

Sister in Law Sarah CONNELLY abt 1800 Windsor, New South Wales, Australia 08 Nov 1898 Arable, Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 98
Sister in Law Mary Anne KERWAN
Brother in Law Daniel HENSHAW 1773 Bethnal Green, London, England 14 Jan 1848 Menangle, New South Wales, Australia 75
Brother in Law James William KISS 1806 Minto, New South Wales, Australia 15 Feb 1853 Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia 47
Brother in Law Daniel HANSELL 1820 1888 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia 68
Brother in Law John HOSKISSON 14 Sep 1799 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 20 Jan 1874 Windsor, New South Wales, Australia 74
Sister in Law Susannah MILES abt 22 Jun 1804 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia abt 10 Aug 1883 Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 79
Events in Mary Ann FREEBODY (1799 - 1899)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
26 Dec 1799 Mary Ann FREEBODY was born New South Wales, Australia 76
abt 1819 20 Married Daniel SEARCH 76
abt 1839 40 Death of husband Daniel SEARCH 76
17 Feb 1855 55 Death of mother Mary WELLS (aged 88) Windsor, New South Wales, Australia 76
27 Dec 1856 57 Death of father Simon Clarkson FREEBODY (aged 103) Windsor, New South Wales, Australia 76
21 Oct 1899 99 Mary Ann FREEBODY died Richmond, New South Wales, Australia 76
Personal Notes:
Born at Cornwallis, NSW.
Daughter of Simon and Mary A Freebody.
Wife of Daniel Search.

OBITUARY

Another of the links which bind us to the irrevocable past has been snapped, for death has taken one who for close upon a century has lived in the Hawkesbury district, and who has been a familiar figure to each succeeding generation. Regarding the exact age of the late Mrs. Mary Ann Search, who died at Bosworth Street, Richmond, at 6 a.m. on Saturday last, there are conflicting statements. According to her own testimony she was born at Cornwallis on Boxing Day in the year 1799. Thus, at the time of her death she would be in her 100th year. Her surviving relatives also claim that she had passed her 99th year, and presumably their impressions were received from the old lady herself, who in 1897 informed a reporter from this office that she was born in the year given above. But there is reason to believe that she was born two years later. The Rev. J. Howell Price, rector of St. Peter's, Richmond, is in possession of definite information which throws some light on the subject of her age. He states that the late Mrs Search was 97 in December last, and this version may be accepted as authentic. But there is no question that she was a native of the Hawkesbury. She knew all about Windsor and Richmond, and, possessing a retentive memory, some of the stirring incidents of the early settlement of the Hawkesbury were, up to within a few months of her death, as fresh upon her mind as though they occurred but twelve months ago. For many years the deceased had lived in Richmond with her unmarried daughter, Charlotte. Six months ago Mrs. Search was a hale and hearty woman, and in full possession of all her faculties. Á little later there appeared premonitions of a general collapse, and she gradually became weaker until life ebbed away. According to her own statement, she married at the age of 20. She survived her husband some 60 years. Of the issue of the marriage little is known concerning the majority. Among her long list of direct descendants are 4 daughters and one son : Mrs. Stranger (who was twice married and is better known in Richmond as Mrs Kelly), born January 16, 1823; Daniel Search (born in 1830) ; Charlotte Search (born December 4, 1834) ; Annie Search (born in 1838) ; Mary Ann Search (date of birth not known). The relatives present at the funeral were : Miss Charlotte Search, Mrs. Douglass, from Sydney, and a grand-niece from Windsor (a daughter of the late Mr. William Holland). The burial took place on Monday afternoon. At the graveside a short address touching upon the life of the deceased was delivered by the Rev. J. Howell Price, rural dean. The remains were interred beside those of a niece, this spot having been chosen by the deceased as her last resting place. Before she became bed ridden Mrs. Search was in the habit of making frequent visits to the cemetery, and often pointed out to friends the piece of ground where she intended that she should be buried. The funeral was attended by a number of townspeople, and Mr. Arthur Price carried out the arrangements.
We understand that the Rector of St. Peter's Church is collecting some facts concerning the life of Mrs. Search, and will refer to them on Sunday.
The following reference to the late Mrs. Search appeared in the GAZETTE Christmas issue of 1897 :
" Mrs Search was born at Cornwallis, near Windsor, on December 26th, 1799, Her maiden name was Freebody, her father, Simon Freebody, being the owner of land adjoining Mr J Upton's farm at Cornwallis. He died at the age of 103, his remains being interred in St Matthew's Church of England Cemetery. The husband of Mrs Search was named Daniel ; he was a native of England, and married at the age of 21 (his bride being 20). but at 50 died in Sydney Hospital from the effects of a critical operation. He was a carpenter by trade, and did most of the joining work in connection with St Matthew's (Windsor) and St Peter's (Richmond), residing on land then owned by him, and now the site of the Windsor Wesleyan Sunday school. Mrs Search witnessed the funeral of Mr Andrew Thompson, JP, a prominent , Windsor figure in the early part of this century, and a close friend of Governor Macquarie. Though she has gone far beyond the limits of the three-score-and-ten, which we are assured is a very reasonable age to attain, Mrs Search is much more active than the average woman of 50, and her mind is even more vigorous than her body. Strange incidents the old lady witnessed in the early days - when British soldiers occupied Windsor Barracks, and men in broad arrow marked garments formed a large proportion of the population ; when traffic between the Hawkesbury and the Metropolis was carried on by teams ; when the horrors of " the System" were perpetrated day after day with such unerring regularity that even the softest-hearted amongst the people began to grow callous and indifferent. Mrs Search was the mother of 14 children ; two of her family are married, and are living in N S W., whilst a third, a single daughter aged 62, is residing with her at her residence in Bosworth Street, Richmond.
The whereabouts of the fourth, Mr Ham Search (or Freebody, which is the name he is known by) was disclosed through the medium of a paragraph which appeared in the GAZETTE some consider- able time since, and which was copied by a number of provincial papers-eventually finding its way into a Victorian journal, where it caught the eye of the gentleman named. He immediate- ly wrote to his mother, and acquainted her of the fact that he was still in the land of the living, being a farmer in a good way of business at Sale (Victoria). Mrs Search's descendants are legion, and comprise an almost unlimited number of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, and great-great-great-grandchildren. She reads with ease, and oftentimes without the aid of spectacles, sews readily, and walks to old St Peter's on Sundays to take part in the service."

Source: Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 - 1954), Saturday 28 October 1899, page 6
Source References:
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