Joseph Barritt

Joseph Barritt (1816 – 17 August 1881) was a pastoralist and politician in the colony of South Australia.

History

Barritt was born in Hazeleigh, near Maldon, Essex, and emigrated to South Australia on the Anna Robertson in 1839 with an introduction to John Barton Hack, a fellow Quaker for whom he ran a farm. He next ran a farm for John Richardson, later taking up his own properties "Woodlands" around 1856 then "Riverside" around 1859, both in the Lyndoch Valley.

He was for several years partner with Walter Duffield in a 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) pastoral lease adjacent to the Burra Special Survey.[1]

He was for many years a member of the Barossa East Council, and in 1859 succeeded Thomas Sandland as Chairman. There was a long association between the Barritts and Sandlands. Two Sandland boys married Barritt girls and in 1886 H. T. H. Morris,[2] W. E. Sandland and E. Barritt formed the auctioneering firm of Morris, Sandland and Barritt, which in 1888 was incorporated as Wilkinson, Dempsey and Sandland Ltd.

In November 1862 he was elected to the House of Assembly, as Duffield's associate for the seat of Barossa, but retired after little more than one year, owing to rapidly deteriorating eyesight,[3] and became almost totally blind. His wife died on 27 June 1881[4] and he died a few months later.

Family

He married Mary Ann Harrison (ca.1815 – 5 April 1848) on 7 March 1843, the first Quaker marriage in South Australia.[5] She died in childbirth.[6] He married again, to Hanna Sophia May (ca.1819 – 27 June 1881) whose father, Joseph May (1787 – 11 March 1878), was a prominent Mount Barker Quaker, on 12 May 1853. Their children were:

References

  1. "Rent of Private Runs". The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 28 January 1865. p. 2. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  2. Henry Thomas Hindmarsh Morris (ca.1858 – 10 September 1937) was eldest son of Henry Thomas Morris, nephew of Governor Hindmarsh, and one of his fellow passengers on HMS Buffalo.
  3. "Mr. Barritt, late M.P. for Barossa". South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 4 March 1864. p. 3. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  4. "Death of Mrs. Babbitt". South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 4 July 1881. p. 4. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  5. "Society of Friends in South Australia SRG 103". State Library of South Ausrtalia. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  6. "Adelaide Hills Council – State of the District, 2011". Adelaide Hills Council. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  7. "Society of Friends". The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 28 July 1928. p. 11. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Elizabeth, Jessie and Thomas Williams were children of Owen Williams of East Melbourne.
  9. "Mr. T. Sandland". Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 19 May 1932. p. 45. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  10. "Obituary". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 10 March 1941. p. 8. Retrieved 1 April 2015.