William
Rutter was born in 1766, in Lymington. He was the son of
John Rutter who was born 1737 and Joan Trickey who died
18/3/1808 in Lymington.
He married Elizabeth Kitchingham in 1788 at St James Church, Isle Of Grain; she
had three children by him.
He then married Sarah Jewell in 1797. She had a son and daughter by him; the
son John Obadiah Newell Rutter had 14 children.
He worked as salt maker and in 1807 a Mr Blaxland arranged for him and other
salt people to emigrate to Australia. On board the ship he met Blaxland’s
new governess, they married and had three daughters.
We had a family reunion in 2006 to celebrate 200 years since William arrived
in Australia. If any of your readers are related to any of the above or have
stories or photographs etc I would be grateful to hear from them.
John Browne
Great grandson of William’s great-granddaughter
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