Benjamin Warby

  General Notes:

Records show Benjamin and Elizabeth were married by the Rev Thos Reddall and the witnesses were Jane Warby and Robert Lack. They had one son and eight daughters, all the daughters were still born and are buried in St Peters Cemetery Campbelltown with their parents. Benjamin moved from Prospect in 1825, down to the Gundagai area and he was North Gundagai's first settler. On the 22/05/1975 a cairn was unveiled at Mingay in memory of Benjamin. The Inscription on the Cairn reads as follows -
This cairn was erected by the
Gundagai Historical Society, Apex
Club and Gundagai Shire Council
in memory of
BEN WARBY
North Gundagai's first settler
unveiled by
T.W. SHEAN L.L.B. MLA
22.05.1975

In 1847 Benjamin moved again, this time south over the Murray River. He took up an area near where Wangaratta now is, approximately 23000 acres which was Gazetted on 26/07/1848. The property remain his until 01/06/1858, it was then taken over by his son Benjamin. The now Warby Ranges which can be seen from the homestead were named after the Warby family.
The Inscription on the Cairn reads as follows -
This cairn was erected by the
Gundagai Historical Society, Apex
Club and Gundagai Shire Council
in memory of
BEN WARBY
North Gundagai's first settler
unveiled by
T.W. SHEAN L.L.B. MLA
22.05.1975

In 1847 Benjamin moved again, this time south over the Murray River. He took
up an area near where Wangaratta now is, approximately 23000 acres which was
Gazetted on 26/07/1848. The property remain his until 01/06/1858, it was then
taken over by his son Benjamin. The now Warby Ranges which can be seen from
the homestead were named after the Warby family.

Major Mitchell originally named the Warby Range "Futters Range" during his travels through the area in 1836. It was later renamed after Ben Warby, who took up the 9300ha Taminick Run in 1844. http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/warby-ovens-national-park/culture-and-heritage
The Warby Ovens National Park is located 10km west of Wangaratta. Access is directly off the Hume Freeway with entry points from either Warby Range Road, Yarrawonga Road or Glenrowan-Boweya Road.
The area was first settled by Ben Warby (after whom the park is named) in 1844. It achieved a brief moment of notoriety when, for a time during the 1870s, it was thought that Ned Kelly was hiding in the ranges and observing the goings-on at Glenrowan from the top of Mount Glenrowan.
http://www.silentrangeestate.com.au/about-us/warby-range-history/
First taken up by overlanders from New South Wales in 1837 to 1840. In the early 1850s by Benjamin Warby(23,000 acres). In 1865 Taminick was still owned by Ben Warby. http://www.kellygang.asn.au/places/plS_T/taminckSR1.html

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. Lorna Sharf from "Warby Book - My Excellent Guide" by Michelle Vale
& Dannielle Smith @ genes who writes:
Benjamin and Elizabeth had nine children together Benjamin was the only surviving, the other eight were stillborn.

• connection. The connection between Bridget Haylock and Les is as follows:
Bridget Haylock (1963)
Her father was Robert Haylock (1927) who married Janice Edgar (1933)
Her father was Hector Edgar (1903) who married Margaret Cooper (1903)
Her father was Charles Cooper (1862) who married Sarah Sharp (1868)
Her father was Robert Sharp (1868) who married Elizabeth Warby (1847)
Her father was Benjamin Warby (1825)
His father was Benjamin Warby (1805)
His father was John Warby (1767) & he also had Elizabeth Warby (1802) who married James Layton (1804)
They had Eleanor Layton (1821) who married James Keighran (1808)
They had John Keighran (1845)
He had Joseph Keighran (1879)
He had Leslie Keighran (1904)
He had Mary Keighran (1927) who married Mervyn Collins (1924)
They had Les Collins (my ex husband) who married Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

Benjamin married Elizabeth Hunt on 13 Sep 1824 in St Davids Presbyterian Church, Campbelltown, Sydney, NSW Australia which is in the Parish of St Peters. (Elizabeth Hunt was born in 1808 in England UK, died on 26 Nov 1835 and was buried in Nov 1835 in St Peters C of E, Campbelltown, Sydney, NSW Australia.)

Benjamin next married Frances Judith Bent, daughter of John Bent and Frances Moyer, circa 1836 in Campbelltown, Sydney, NSW Australia. (Frances Judith Bent was born in Feb 1820 in Liverpool, Sydney, NSW Australia, died on 14 Oct 1880 in Campbelltown, Sydney, NSW Australia and was buried in Oct 1880 in St Johns Cemetery, Campbelltown, Sydney, NSW Australia Plot A.)