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BUTCHER, Elias
1810 - Has 6 ancestors and 21 descendants in this family tree.
Abt 1770 - 1841 (71 years)-
Name BUTCHER, Elias Birth 1810 Martock, Somerset, England 
Gender Male Death Tasmania, Australia Person ID I3498 Edgoose Last Modified 30 Jan 2026
Father BUTCHER, William, b. 1772, Martock, Somerset, England d. 1836, Martock, Somerset, England (Age 64 years) Mother ASHELFORD, Mary, b. Abt 1770 d. 1841, Yeovil, Somerset, England (Age 71 years) Marriage 25 Dec 1797 Martock, Somerset, England Family ID F2845 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 GARLAND, Mary, b. Abt 1810, Martock, Somerset, England d. 1851, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (Age 41 years) Marriage 25 Mar 1834 Martock, Somerset, England Children 1. BUTCHER, Matilda, b. 1834, Somerset, England d. Yes, date unknown2. BUTCHER, James, b. 1837, Martock, Somerset, England d. 25 Sep 1924, Tasmania, Australia (Age 87 years)3. BUTCHER, William, b. 1840, Yeovil Registration District, Somerset d. Yes, date unknown4. BUTCHER, M., b. Abt 1843, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia d. Yes, date unknown5. BUTCHER, Elias, b. Abt 1844, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]6. BUTCHER, John, b. Abt 1847, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia d. Yes, date unknown7. BUTCHER, Eliza, b. 1849, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F1679 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 ASHLEY, Ann, b. Abt 1815, Tasmania, Australia d. 1 May 1873, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (Age 58 years) Marriage 12 Jan 1852 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Family ID F1680 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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ELIAS BUTCHER 1810-
Twins Eli & Elias BUTCHER were baptised at Martock, Somerset, on 10 May 1812 aged 2, i.e. born circa 1810, sons of William BUTCHER and Mary.
Elias BUTCHER married Mary GARLAND at Martock, Somerset, on 25 March 1834. Witnesses were James BARBER and Thomas YARD.
Note: The Martock Genealogist has GAYLARD.
Matilda, daughter of Elias BUTCHER from Martock, labourer, and his wife Mary, was baptised at Martock, Somerset, on 9 November 1834.
(FreeReg)
James, son of Elias BUTCHER, labourer, and his wife Mary, was baptised at Martock, Somerset, on 9 April 1837.
(FreeReg)
William, son of Elias BUTCHER, labourer, and Ann (sic), was baptised at Martock, Somerset, on 25 February 1840.
(FreeReg)
From the 1841 census of North Street, Martock, Somerset:
*Elias BUTCHER, aged 25, agricultural labourer, born in Somerset;
Mary BUTCHER, aged 25, born in Somerset;
Matilda BUTCHER, aged 8, born in Somerset;
James BUTCHER, aged 4, born in Somerset;
William BUTCHER, aged 1, born in Somerset.
At the age of 29 Mr. (sic) Elias BUTCHER sailed from London on or about 10 June 1842 on the ship Bolivar, arriving in Tasmania on 5 October. With him were his wife Mary (no age given), his 7 year old daughter Matilda, his 5 year old son James, and his youngest son William aged 2.
(Tasmanian Archives CB7/9/1/1 P67)
No trace of the family has been found in the Tasmanian censuses for 1842, 1843, 1851 and 1857 but in early 1848 they were living at Stephenson Farm, Launceston, with three unnamed additions to the family. Elias was described as a farmer living iin a wooden house owned by Mr. STUBBS. The family consisted of 7 persons: one adult male and one adult female aged between 21 and 45, and 5 males and 1 female aged between 2 and 7 years. Three of the male children were stated to have been born in the colony. Their religion was Church of England.
(Tasmanian Archives CEN1/1/103)
The death of Mary BUTCHER is listed under Mary GARLAND, born 1811, died 1851. The record refers to her husband Elias BUTCHER and lists the four children she had by him after their arrival in Tasmania.
(http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?detail=1&type=P&id=146550 )
He married Ann ASHLEY on 12 January 1852
(http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid =32337587&lds=0®ion=-1®ionfriendly=&frompage=99)
Elias BUTCHER, (free) was fined 5s. for being drunk.
(www.trove.nla.gov.au, date unknown)
NOTES & QUERIES:
Were Eli and Elias in fact twins? Elizabeth GRAY said so, but FreeReg does not make it clear.
(revised 09.11.2015)