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 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 1741, aged 11 years, and was buried at Littleliampton, aforesaid. II. William. I. Sarah, b. June, 1734 ; buried at Little- bampton. Tbe second son, William Hentt, Esq. of Littlebampton, CO. Sussex, b. February, 1731 ; m. Jane, third daughter of William OUiver, Esq., of Little- bampton, by Mary, his wife. Mrs. Henty was b. August, 1737; d. 17th April, 1820, aged 82 years, and was buried at Little- bampton. He d. 24th April, 1796, aged 65 years, and was buried at Littlebampton, having had issue, I. William, h. 1761 ; d. 16th April, 1786, aged 25 years, buried at Littlebamp- ton. II. John, b. October, 1/63 ; buried 5th December following, at Littlebampton. III. Samuel, h. April, 1765 ; d. an infant, and was buried at Littlebampton. IV. George, of Ferring, co. Sussex, banker, b. December, 1766 ; m. 10th June, 1790, Ann, daughter of the Kev. James Penfold, vicar of Ferring, Goring, and Preston, co. Sussex (she was b. 5th May, 1771 ; d. 6th Novem- ber, 1832, aged 61 years, and was buried at Ferring, aforesaid), and d. 25th August, 1829, aged 62 years, and was buried at Ferring, leaving, amongst other issue, George, of Northlands, city of Chichester, co. Sussex, J. P., third son, to whom arms were esta- blished ; b. 1803 ; m. 1833, Maria, daughter of the late Cornthwaite John Hector, Esq., of Stodham, Hants, and has, with other issue, Douglas, b. 1838 ; m. 1867, Julia, daughter of Robert Martin, Esq., of Overbury Court, co. Worcester. Edwin, of Ferring Grange, Worth- ing, CO. Sussex, J. P., b. 1805 ; m. 1838, Lavira Frances, daughter of Philip Boghurst, Esq., of Worth- ing, CO. Sussex, J. P., and has, with other issue, Edwin, b. 1844 ; educated at Kugby ; in. 1875, Georgiana Laura Alma Henrietta Eliza- beth, second daughter of the Eev. William Somerset, rector of Woolastone, co. Glovicester. T. James, h. 1769 ; d. 10th February, 1794, aged 25 years, buried at Little- bampton. VI. Thomas. Tli. Henry, b. 1777 ; d. 20th May, 1786, aged 9 years, buried at Littlebampton. I. Ann, b. June, 1759 ; d. 21st February, 1773, aged 13 years, buried at Little- bampton. II. Sarah, b. March, 1772 ; d. 3rd Octo- ber, 1780, aged 8 years, buried at Littlebampton. III. Mary, b. May, 1780 ; d. an infant, and was buried at Littlebampton. The sixth son, Thomas Hentt, Esq. of West Tarring, CO. Sussex, England, banker and farmer, was born January, 1775 ; left England in the ship " Forth of Alloway," for Launceston, Tas- mania, and arrived at that place, April, 1831. At the commencement of the present century there were but six breeders of the merino sheep in England, of which Mr. Thomas Henty was one, having secured his blood at the sale of the flock of King George III, which were jDresented to that monarch by the King of Spain. Mr. Henty became very celebrated for his excellent breed of merino sheep, many from his flock having been sent to New South Wales. He m. Frances Eliza- beth, daughter of Joseph Hopkins, Esq., by Philadelphia, his wife (she was b. at Poling, CO. Sussex ; d. 8th May, 1848, aged 72 years, and was buried at Launceston, Tasmania), and d. 25th October, 1839, at Launceston, Tasmania, aged 64 years, buried there. He bad issue, James (Hon.), member of the Legislative Council of Victoria, eldest son, b. at West Tarring, co. Sussex, 24th Septem- ber, 1800. Dviring the early part of his life be was engaged in farming pursuits on his father's property, subse- quently joined the family banking firm of Henty & Co., at Arundel, Worthing, and Steyning, all co. Sussex (which business is still carried on by members of the same family), and in May, 1829, with his brothers John and Stephen George, emigrated to Swan River, Western Australia, in tbe ship " Caro- line," taking with them a number of their father's merinos, the thorough- bred horses, "Wanderer" and "Sir John," and other cattle, and purchased a small estate near Perth. After re- maining in that colony for eighteen months they proceeded to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), where they were joined, a few months later, by their father and the rest of the family. After a short visit to Europe, Mr. James Henty returned to Launces- ton, where he commenced business as a merchant, and from 1851 was the bead of the well-known firm of James Henty & Co., of Melbourne and Gee- long. In 1844 he was offered a seat in the Nominee Council of Tasmania, which honour he declined. In 1851 he settled in Victoria, and represented Portland in the Legislative Council in 1852. Mr. Henty took, in 1855, bis seat in the Upper House for the South- Western Province, which he held for many years. Mr. James Henty was sometime Chairman and Director of the Melbourne and Hob- son's Bay Railroad, of the Liverpool and London Insurance Company, and held similar positions with the Com- missioners of Savings Banks. He »;., 1830, Miss Carter, of Worthing, co.