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CHARLES MANSFIELD

Charles Mansfield was born in the Colony and was christened 28^th March 1812 at St. David’s Church son of William Mansfield and Maria Tucker Nicholls and in later life his occupation is listed as Shoemaker and also farmer

Both the Mansfield and Porter families were resident at Black Snake, and Charles and Susannah Porter would have known each other from childhood. They remained in the same district all their lives.

In April 1857 the "Black Snake" Inn at Granton was badly damaged by fire, and Charles and John Mansfield were members of the jury called to the inquest, as was William Spriggs.

In 1858 Charles appeared in the Hobart Court of Requests, proceeded against for breach of contact by his neighbour, Mr Spriggs. The two men had come to some agreement to exchange carts and harness, but when Mansfield obtained possession of the Spriggs' cart, he refused to deliver up his own. He argued that the agreement had included a payment of five pounds by Spriggs, and he was keen to fulfill his part of the bargain once he received what he was owed. He lost the case, and had to pay 25 pounds damages.

Charles and Susannah suffered a sad loss on 8 November 1853 when their eight year old daughter, Alice died after a fire. The Inquest tells the story:

At Black Snake Bridgewater, house of Charles Mansield casually took fire and the said Alice Mansfield being then and there in bed, it so happened that the night dress which shad had on her body accidentally casually and by misfortune took fire, and she was severely burnt - taken to St Mary's Hospital Hobart Town, did languish and die on 9 November 1853

Charles, his brother William, and brother-in-law Thomas Stump were signatories on 13 June 1856 to an Election Notice requesting Thomas Yardley Lowes, Esquire, to stand for Buckingham in the Legislative Council elections. Lowes was a leading auctioneer and businessman in Hobart , who built " Lowestoft ", the grand home at Berriedale the land surrounding which has only recently been subdivided and built on. 1856 was the first election of the new bicameral parliament, and the Legislative Council seat of Buckingham was divided into two lower house electorates, one of which was Glenorchy. Lowes was elected unopposed.

He died 1876 in Victoria.

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