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Griese/Edwards/Deards Family

Lorrainecm — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:35:06 CST

John Griese,of Weisbaden in Heildlburgh,Germany,together with his young wife Sophie and two beautiful daughters(the girls were half sisters but lived their lives never knowing this),Henrietta aged about 18,her mother was Sophia Hibach who died not long after the baby's birth,and Wilhelmina aged about 15.The family left Germany for London in 1848 and then from there on the 8th March1849,sailed down the Thames to Graveshead where the ship S.S.Parland laid at anchor until 13th March from where they continued their voyage to Australia.The voyage wasn't without its problems,experincing bad weather and mutiny amongst the crew as well as an epidemic of a serious nature that broke out amongst all on board,took 6 months to reach Sydney. John Griese had been an officer of the Germany Army for 22yrs before retiring to bring his young family to Australia where he had accepted the position of Veterinary Surgeon at Camyr Allyn near Gresford.Unfortunately,he suffered a severe stoke on the voyage out which left him a complete invalid and he died about a year after his arrival in September 1850.Sophie remarried after many years to a widower,Peter Kohlner. Henrietta married Thompson Vernon Borham(he was the scrub boy on the SSParland and jumped ship to persue her),they lived at Hilldale,Mount Araratt near Patterson,and reared a family of 11 children.Wilhelmena married William Edwards at Patterson on the 23rd Dec.1850. William ,the eldest child of John and Sarah Edwards,was on reaching young manhooh,an excellent stockman,and took over his fathers position as head stockman and overseer at Camyr Allyn,and remained thereuntil about 1862/3 when heleft to acquire property of his own .Billy (as he was known) and his wife and by then,6 children ,first went to Gaylors Creek,Minni near Dungog and a short time later,bought from Sir Archibald Mossman,the Melbury estate(which still houses some of his descendents)to which he added further by selecting land and buying portions known as Whitehouses,and 53 acres of Cornwalls.This 53 acres later became the property of his eldest daughter,Henrietta,who married Henry Deards. He also bought and selected several properties on the Allyn River namely,Shellbrook,Morgans,Poultons and Watts. Billy and Wilhelmena had 3 more children at Melbury Oliver,Alberta and Albert.

John Griese,of Weisbaden in Heildlburgh,Germany,together with his young wife Sophie and two beautiful daughters(the girls were half sisters but lived their lives never knowing this),Henrietta aged about 18,her mother was Sophia Hibach who died not long after the baby's birth,and Wilhelmina aged about 15.The family left Germany for London in 1848 and then from there on the 8th March1849,sailed down the Thames to Graveshead where the ship S.S.Parland laid at anchor until 13th March from where they continued their voyage to Australia.The voyage wasn't without its problems,experincing bad weather and mutiny amongst the crew as well as an epidemic of a serious nature that broke out amongst all on board,took 6 months to reach Sydney.
John Griese had been an officer of the Germany Army for 22yrs before retiring to bring his young family to Australia where he had accepted the position of Veterinary Surgeon at Camyr Allyn near Gresford.Unfortunately,he suffered a severe stoke on the voyage out which left him a complete invalid and he died about a year after his arrival in September 1850.Sophie remarried after many years to a widower,Peter Kohlner.
Henrietta married Thompson Vernon Borham(he was the scrub boy on the SSParland and jumped ship to persue her),they lived at Hilldale,Mount Araratt near Patterson,and reared a family of 11 children.Wilhelmena married William Edwards at Patterson on the 23rd Dec.1850.
William ,the eldest child of John and Sarah Edwards,was on reaching young manhooh,an excellent stockman,and took over his fathers position as head stockman and overseer at Camyr Allyn,and remained thereuntil about 1862/3 when heleft to acquire property of his own .Billy (as he was known) and his wife and by then,6 children ,first went to Gaylors Creek,Minni near Dungog and a short time later,bought from Sir Archibald Mossman,the Melbury estate(which still houses some of his descendents)to which he added further by selecting land and buying portions known as Whitehouses,and 53 acres of Cornwalls.This 53 acres later became the property of his eldest daughter,Henrietta,who married Henry Deards. He also bought and selected several properties on the Allyn River namely,Shellbrook,Morgans,Poultons and Watts.
Billy and Wilhelmena had 3 more children at Melbury Oliver,Alberta and Albert.

jemima martin

Amandamac15 — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:45:05 CST

My English ancestors were amongst the earliest free settlers to come to Australia in 1801. Israel Rayner brought the family from England in 1801, settling in the Parrmatta district. His daughter Jemima, and convict (later ticket of leave) husband John Martin were a pioneering couple who lived in the Hawkesbury and then Paterson area, namely Martins Creek, New South Wales. Their farm at Martin's Creek was called Forest Wood.John Martin is buried at the Anglican Church in Paterson where, on his headstone, he is described as a good husband and a loving father.

Pictured here is Thomas Dodd, son of John Dodd and Emma Sophia Martin, who was John and Jemima's eldest daughter

church located at Martins Creek but John is buried in Paterson. Jemima is buried in the local graveyard.
Martin family cottage, called Forest Wood. Located near Paterson at Martin's creek. Some of the long line of descendants outside the cottage which is now used for horse equipment.

Cox Family

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Lee Family

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Singleton,s founder

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Ferguson Family Tree

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Glennie

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Timothy and Mary Kelly

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McJanneson/McJamieson/Jamieson Family

djsheave — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:35:12 CDT

John McJanneson, born 1796 Monkland, County Galloway, Scotland worked as a labourer in the Dumfries area until he joined the 26th Cameronian Regiment of Foot on 28 March 1818 ' for unlimited service" (life). He married Margaret Bell, born 1796 Dumfries, Scotland in 1814. He trained at Edinburgh Castle and disembarked at Gibraltar on 24 September 1818 on 6d per day. On 27 June 1821 John McJennison was transferred at his own request to the 80th Regiment of Foot where he remained until discharged on a pension from the Chelsea War Hospital, England in NSW on 31 December 1843. His first seven years with the 80th were spent in Malta. He is recorded as being 'Servant to the Quarter-Master General' and later 'Servant to the Chaplain of the Forces' suggesting John must have had some special qualities to be chosen to serve such senior officers. As of March 1828 while still in Malta John and eldest son James McJanneson surname spelling changed to McJemmison and remained so until the end of their military careers. In September 1828 the 80th rotated to Cephalonia and the Greek Islands and both John and James were stationed in Corfu but by March 1831 John was stationed in Portsmouth, England and for the next six years served throughout England and Ireland. On 15 August 1836 John was promoted to Corporal. Late 1837 the 80th embarked as guards aboard the convict ship MANGLES for NSW where their last child George Blyth McJamieson was born on 13 May 1837 shortly before arrival on 11 July 1837 in Sydney. On 1 September 1840 John was promoted to Serjeant. He was stationed at Springwood, Port Macquarie and Maitland, however, while at Maitland he spent some time on guard duty at Yass. John remained in the Maitland area working as a labourer until his death in the Singleton Benevolent Asylum in 1880. Mystery surrounds his later years after his wife's death and he appears to have become estranged from his family. His son John Matthew McJamieson / Jamieson never told his family about their grand-parents. James McJanneson, born May 1815 in Kelton, Scotland, was "specially" enlisted as a boy in the army as a musician on 4d a day at the age of 10. His surname was changed to McJemmison in March 1828 in Malta. James was a musician and arrived in Sydney, NSW with the 80th Regiment on 11 July 1837 aboard the convict frigate MANGLES from Portsmouth in a relatively short time of 109 days. The Mangles departed Portsmouth on 23 March with 303 male prisoners under the superintendence of Dr. Logan R.N., pasengers Major Nunn, 80th Regt., Lieut., Lockart, Ensign Kilson and 32 rank and file of the 80th Regt., seven women and four children. James suffered cephalagia and paralysis on the trip out and the surgeon recorded his surname as "McJamieson' in the log. On 22 February 1838 he appeared before a Regimental Board at Windsor, NSW to determine the nature, cause and severity of his illness. He was discharged on 25 July 1838 at 22 years of age. Two days after his hearing he embarked for England and thereafter his life is shrouded in mystery. He died prior to 1867 as he is shown deceased on his mother's death certificate. Next Mary McJanneson, born 1817 in Kelton, Scotland married Henry Muspratt in 1836. Mary died prior to her mother's death in 1867. At his death in 1838 Henry held the rank of Sergeant in the 80th Regiment of Foot. She next married John Harrison, who like her first husband Henry, was a soldier of the 80th Regiment of Foot. They had three daughters and three sons. Margaret McJanneson was born in 1820 in Gibraltar and married John Blyth on 24 April 1837. Their wedding was witnessed by her brother-in-law Henry Muspratt, another soldier. John was a soldier in the 4th Regiment of Foot. As the 4th Regiment departed for India late in 1837 no further trace of Margaret has been found. She was noted as deceased on her mother's death certificate in 1867. When in his teens William McJanneson enlisted in the 80th Regiment of Foot with his father John and brother James. He embarked at Cork, Ireland on 14 November 1836 for Sydney, NSW. The 80th's Quarter Muster for January-March 1837 lists him in the 'Australian Colonies' while April-September 1839 lists him at Norfolk Island where he remained until April 1841. He then appears in NSW in the 80th's band until he appears in Calcutta, India from October 1844 until March 1855, he sailed from Sydney on 16 August 1844. While in India he transferred to the 12th Regiment of Foot and ended up at the rank of Colour Sergeant. Witnesses to his marriage to Ann James were William James and John Harrison (brother-in-law). He and his wife had seven sons and two daughters and they stayed in India until he left the army in 1855, returning to Maitland, NSW. His surname was McJamison on their marriage certificate and Jamieson on his death certificate. Five of his sons were still living at his death in 1873. Jane McJanneson, born 1823 in Malta married James Irwin,a Private in the 80th Regiment of Foot at the time of their marriage. Witnesses to the marriage were her brother William and sister Mary Muspratt. By 1842 he was a farmer at Kiama, NSW. Her surname on the marriage certificate was McJennison. They had four daughters and one son. In February 1850 John McJamieson was listed as a clerk and by June 1851 as a labourer. Late in 1853 he took his first family from Maitland to the goldfields at Golden Gully, Tambaroora, NSW. There was an outbreak of typhoid at the time to which his wife Ann Parsons and new son Robert Jamieson succumbed. William James McJamieson, his eldest son born 13 December 1849 in Maitland, was given over to the care of his grand-father James Parsons on the death from typhoid of his mother Ann. James was a carpenter in West Maitland, NSW. William was accidentally drowned in the Hunter River at Maitland when he was 13 years old.In 1854 John left for Bathurst, with his surviving daughter Mary Ann Jamieson, born 13 May 1853 in Maitland, where he met his second wife Margaret O'Reilly. Mary Ann Jamieson married Thomas Allen on 18 May 1872 and they had three daughters. Another daughter Emily Jamieson was born on 14 June 1851 and died on 20 July 1852 in Maitland. On the second marriage certificate of 25 June 1856 he was now listed as a printer named John Jamieson. He and Margaret had twelve children. In 1861 the lure of gold drew him back to Tambaroora. He cut all ties with his family on the move to Tambaroora - was he ashamed of his father's admission to the asylum? By 1867 the census shows him at Dirt Hole Creek, Tambaroora as a miner. He is reported as wasting wealth by excessive drinking. They returned to Bathurst about 1882. John spent his later years in Lithgow with his eldest surviving son Charles. His final occupation shown on his death certificate was Railway employee. His death certificate used 'Jamieson'. Eliza McJamison, born 1826 in Malta married John Rose Cooper in 1842 in Maitland. They had six daughters and three sons. John Cooper was a soldier of the 80th Cameronian Regiment of Foot. John McJamieson her brother was a marriage witness. Her surname was shown on the marriage certificate as 'McJamison'. Janet McJamieson married Charles Priest on 2 May 1850 in Maitland. At the time of their marriage both lived in West Maitland and Charles was a tin smith. Witnesses to the marriage were John Matthew McJamieson (brother) and his wife Ann Parsons and her surname on the marriage certificate was 'McJamieson'. The family moved from Maitland to Singleton and eventually settled in Muswellbrook,NSW. They had seven sons and four daughters. The next daughter Emily McJamieson was born in England in 1833 and died in Maitland on 14 December 1846. Their last child George Blythe McJamieson married Eliza J (Unknown) in 1862 in Maitland.They had a son and a daughter. By his mother's death in 1867 George had ceased to add the prefix 'Mc' to his surname.

Cotterill Family

maxibel — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:57:54 CDT

John Isaac Cotterill

Daley/Daly Family of Dungog and Maitland

Mary-Anne — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:37:05 CDT

Peter Daley farmer born circa 1775 County Clare? Ireland

Spouse unknown

1.Patrick Daley born circa 1797 died 1859. Death cert states age as 59 years. Obit states as 62 years. Immigrants often lied about their age to be elligable for assisted passage.

Married
Jane Fahey Ireland
possible siblings of Jane were Walter,James and Anne of the Parish of Sixmilebridge County Clare

Issue
1.Mary b circa 1831 Sixmilebridge County ClareMarried Edward Egan 13 Nov 1844 ( possibly 1847)
2 Ellen bapt 12 feb 1832 Sixmilebridge County Clare died Walcha as Ellen Woods married Thomas Woods
3. Daniel bapt 27 oct 1833 " died Sydney Cove Quarratine station March 1838
4.Patrick bapt 12 April 1836 " died South Grafton (Glenragh) 1904
Married Mary Wall b 1841 Bundarra

sources Clare Heritage Centre Ireland.NSW Birth deaths Marriages.

Patrick and Jane immigrated to Australia on the Lady M'Naughten. A notorious Fever Ship which departed late 1837 from "The Cob" in Cork via England and South Africa to be quarantined in Port Jackson for three months due to Thyphus. See Quarantined! : the 1837 Lady Macnaghten immigrants / Perry McIntyre & Elizabeth Rushen.

Publisher Spit Junction, N.S.W. : Anchor Books Australia, 2007

Manly Quarantine stattion website:

1837 - The "Lady McNaughton" was quarantined for typhus. There were 444 people on board - 54 people had died of typhus on the journey to Sydney. 13 more died in quarantine. A burial ground was established above Quarantine Beach. Three weatherboard buildings were erected at Little Manly Beach to house the sick so that the ship could be properly cleaned. The passengers were in quarantine for 11 weeks in miserable conditions.Soon those three original buildings were moved to Quarantine Beach.
The Quarantine Station grounds were extended to include the whole of North Head.

Patrick was an overseer in the Paterson district by late 1838.By 1841 He was living with the family at Crooms Park owned by John Hooke. They later resided at Auchentorlie then owned by Capt Thomas Cook Magistrate and Coroner
Issue cont..
5.Anne b 1 oct 1838 Married Lorenzo Brachon in Narrabri NSW 2nd october 1865 death unknown
6.Margaret b 15 May 1840 Upper Williams River Married William Billingsley in Narrabri 1871 she died in Narrabri in 1915
7.John b 1842 Dungog m Charlotte Cecillia Russell Queensland 1895. Drover died Townsville Hospital 1922 buried Townville Cememtery.QLD
8.Catherine b.14 April 1844 poss death before 1857 no record

Jane Fahey was killed in a bullock accident while travelling to Dungog from Auchentorlie in 1851,leaving Patrick with a large family. ( see Maitland Mercury april 26 1851 "Melancholy Death")

Land purchase 1851/51 Dungog cnr Dowling and Myles Street ( 4 roods lot 8 and lot 9)
He remarried in 1856. Margaret McNamara spinster from Hinton they had one child
1.Jane Daley b29 Oct 1857 Monkerai
Jane Daley later entered the Convent of the Sisters of the Good Samaritans of 444 South Pitts Street in 1889. She was took the Religious name for Sister Etheldreda. The Sisters were then moved to 2 Avenue st Glebe "Toxteth House". She died in 1922 and is buried at Rookwood Cemetery
This may be her death reg as her step brother was Michael??

721/1922

DALY

JANE

MICHAEL

MARGARET

ROCKDALE

Patrick Died 9 Jan 1859 of Bronchitis at Monkerai. The family then moved to Ding a Dee owned by the Hooke family,where Pat junior was living already.
Margaret Daley nee McNamara married Cornelius Ryan of Hanleys Creek Dungog in 1862. They had no children of their own but Jane Daley did appear to live with this family as she was witness at her stepsisters wedding. After Cornelius's death in 1882 it may be that Margaret McNamara found herself in difficult circumstances as she was left nothing in the will of Cornelius Ryan. She put a cavet on the will but was unsuccessful in contesting it. Interestingly her daughter Jane Daley joined the sisters of the Good Samaritans whose mission was to assist the destiture women of the streets of Sydney.Perhaps they were taken in by the church??

Sources: Family Oral history; Hunter Valley Parish Register;NSW BDM; Maitland Mercury: Mary Ann Ballenden; Sandra Arrell; Newcastle family History Society; NSW State records Kingswood.Dungog Family History Soc and Museum.Mitchell Library NSW.NSW Government Gazette 1852 Dixon Library uni of New England

Many thanks to Sandra Arrell, Lynne Bone and Mick Reed

Clarke Family

Trishtj — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:06:35 CDT

Patrick Clarke transported 1816 from Ireland married Mary Lyons transported 1820 from Ireland. Married Parramatta NSW 1820. First was assigned to Airds, then moved to Maitland where they settled until Patrick died 4 weeks after the birth of there last child, a son, Michael born 1834. Mary died in Maitland in 1857 and is buried with some of her grandchildren at Campbell Hill cemetery. Most of the remaining family moved to Tamworth / Quirindi areas during the late 1800s .

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Kris33 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:17:01 CDT

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Williams/Mahoney

KayeHayes — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:54:10 CDT

John Williams born about 1822 married Hannah/Johanna Mahoney 3rd June 1874. At this time he was a Miner of Waratah which I presume was a coal mine. His parents are recorded as David Williams and Mary Davis and his birthplace as Carmathenshire, South Wales. As this marriage was many years after the birth of their children it might have been the first opportunity to obtain the blessing of the Catholic Church at the R.Catholic Guildhall in Newcastle.
Johanna Mahoney was one of the "Earl Grey Irish Famine Orphans" having left Millstreet County Cork in 1850, at age 17. She arrived in Sydney on 1st August 1850 aboard the" Maria".Her parents were Daniel Mahoney, shoemaker, and Catherine nee Sheehan.
It is not known how or when John Williams arrived in Australia.
The next record of this couple is the birth of their son John Mahoney 28th July 1856 at Ballarat, a daughter Hannah Mahoney born in Ballarat West in 1859, followed by the birth of my great grandmother Charlotte Mahoney on 28th August 1861.
According to her death certificate Hannah spent four years in Victoria and the remainder of her life in New South Wales.
Birth of a daughter Clara/Dinah about 1864, no record found
NSWbdm 12866/1867 Mary Williams
NSWbdm 15011/1869 David Williams
NSWbdm 14812/1872 George Williams

John Williams died of Influenza, acute pneumonia on 21st July 1894 a Gipp Street, Carrington age 72,parents unknown. Informant his youngest son George Williams. Children of the marriage
John 38
Hannah 36
Charlotte 34
Dinah 30
Mary 27
David 25
George 22
one male deceased
Hannah Williams diedd of Cerebral Haemorrhage having been in a coma 4 days, on 21st July 1905 at Laman Street, Newcastle, age 73 years. Informant George, her son of Laman Street. Her parents stated as John Mahoney, bootmaker, mother unknown. Birthplace Cork. States they were married in Ballarat 21 years ago. (Possibly an earlier non Catholic marriage). Children of the marriage
John 50
Hannah 48
Clara.D 40
Mary 38
David 36
George 34
living
1 male, 1 female deceased
Both Hannah and John were buried in Sandgate cemetery (Church of England). The headstone is no longer there but the name Williams is inscribed on the concrete kerbing.

Fagan Family

tiger31060 — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:51:17 CDT

Patrick Fagan

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Born: Parish of St Michen's City of Dublin, Ireland in 1880

Father's Name: Terence Fagan Mothers Name: Ann Gilsgay

Religion: Catholic

Marital status: Nil (from Convict Indent)

Born: 1800 Dublin Co

Convicted: 1815

Transported: 7.11.1821 "John Barry"

Sentence: Life

Ship: John Barry (2) [1821]

Crime: Burglary Larceny

Description: Robbed Thomas Tierney in Dublin

Remarks: Farming man

In Australia

Assigned to Archibald Bell, cheif magistrate of Windsor area.

Ticket of Leave: 1830

Occupation (from 1828 Census) Stockman

Conditional Pardon: 31.12.1836.

Married: Maitland 4 Jul 1838

Spouse: Honorah McMahon,

Died: 13 Dec 1880 East Maitland NSW,
Buried 14 Dec 1880 Hiland Crescent Cemetary, East Maitland (cnr Maize St)

Children;
Annie Theresa Born 1840 - 1926 Married Michael McMahon 19 Dec 1860 at St John's Church, Maitland, NSW ,
Mary Elizabeth 1841 to 15 Oct 1868

Terence Francis 1844 to 29 Feb 1903

Thomas Patrick 1 /4/1847-13 /4/1905, with wife Mary Ann Clarke

John Michael 1850 to 21 April 1915,
William 1852 21 July 1925,
Joseph 1855 - 29 April 1935
Joseph 1855 - 29 April 1935

Useful Links- Genealogy

tiger31060 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:15:45 CDT

St Peter's Anglican Cemetery at East Maitland, usually known as the Glebe Cemetery, is reputed to be one of the the oldest cemeteries in the Hunter Region. Already in use for about ten years, the burial ground was consecrated on St Peter’s Day 1843, when Bishop Broughton performed the ceremony in a tent erected on the ground.
(http://cemindex.arkangles.com/cemetery-inscriptions.php?id=158)
Hiland Crescent Cemetery, Hiland Crescent & Maize Street, Tenambit 2323 NSW
Inscriptions have been identified that date from as early as 1841 - in fact there is a considerable number of stones still standing from that decade. There is only a small number bearing dates after 1900. It is understood that the cemetery originally provided Catholic and Presbyterian portions with an Anglican portion being added later.
(http://cemindex.arkangles.com/cemetery.php?id=225)

Copy this to your browser, and it will show you the distance between the two cemetaries.
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Glebe+cemetary+east+maitland&daddr=Hiland+crescent+cemetary+east+maitland&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=55.47973,56.162109&ie=UTF8&ll=-32.746136,151.601715&spn=0.104098,0.109692&z=13

My relative's funeral notice said the funeral cortege left his residence in William St in East Maitland to Hiland Crescent Cemetary East Maitland, so I was able to use Streetview to "walk" the route and it was an experience !

Some convicts familys petitioned the Lord Lieutenant for clemency. http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/transportation/transp8.html
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(Fm Google Maps)
Walking directions to Cork, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland from Dublin (retracing convict route prior to transportation)
249 km – about 2 days 3 hours
you can type in Dublin then Cork in the Directions box
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?utm_campaign=en_GB&utm_medium=lp&utm_source=en_GB-lp-emea-gb-gns-svn

At the time the practice was in the cases of transportation the prisioners were marched to Cork and placed on prision hulks, decommissioned ships stripped of masts and rigging and used as floating prisions.

This is the website of the Society of Australian Genealogists referring to prision hulks

http://www.sag.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50#History)

Added 18Jul09 (if the link doesn't look active copy to your browser)

Link to explain the convict assignment system;
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~dcginc/editorials.html

Link to biography for Archibald Bell, cheif police magistrate of Windsor area, who was assigned master to Pat. Fagan,
http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010076b.htm

Added 19 July 09
Ireland-Australia transportation database
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/search/index.php?category=18

Irish Convicts to New South Wales 1788-1837 Database (very easy to use - good results)
http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/cgi-bin/irish/irish.cgi

NSW State Records Authority (excellent site to look for convict references such as ships tickets of leave etc)
http://srwww.records.nsw.gov.au/indexes/keyname_search.asp

Irish Convicts Transported to Australia link (Good background and mentions Windsor)

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fianna/oc/oznz/pasconau.html

Dungog Residents

Ballenden — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:39:47 CDT

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1820's
Berwick, George. Convict arrived per 'Prince of Orange' in 1821
Byrne, Edward. Convict arrived per 'Earl ST. Vincent' employed by John Hooke in 1828
Campbell, Dougall. Employed by John Hooke in 1828
Casey, Michael. Convict per 'Brampton' assigned to D.F. Mackay in 1828
Cox, John. Convict per 'Marquis of Huntley'. Assigned to John Hooke in 1828
Day, Thomas Convict per 'Mangles' assigned to John Hooke in 1828
Doyle, Patrick. Convict per 'Mangles' assigned to John Hooke in 1828
Hatton, Benjamin. Convict per 'Ocean'. Employed by John Hooke in 1828
Hooke, John. Granted 2560 acres of land at Dungog 1828. 'Bonago'
Mackay, Duncan Forbes. Arrived free per 'Orpheus' in 1826.
Maroney, John . Convict per Isabella' employed by D.F. Mackay in 1828
Murray, Thomas. Convict per 'Mangles' assigned to John Hooke in 1828
Pearsall, Samuel. Convict per 'Albion'. Assigned to D.F. Mackay in 1828
Spetch, William. Convict per 'Hercules' assigned to D.F. Mackay in 1832
Wood, John. Convict per 'Prince Regent' employed by John Hooke as overseer in 1828
Wood, Patrick. Convict per 'John Barry' assigned to D.F. Mackay 1828

1830's
Archer, George. Convict per 'Waterloo'. Assigned to C.L. Brown in 1837
Baddam, Benjamin. Convict arrived per 'Eliza in 1828. Died in 1838
Baker, Edward. Convict per 'Lady Harewood'. Granted Ticket of leave in 1835
Barry, John. Convict per 'Calcutta' assigned to Crawford Logan Brown in 37
Brady, Patrick. Convict per 'Royal Sovereign' assigned servant 1838 to John Verge
Brown, Crawford Logan. Landowner
Burrows, James. Convict assigned to C.L. Brown in 1832
Campbell, Donald. Landowner
Canham, John. Convict per 'Asia' Assigned to C.L. Brown 1837
Carroll, John. Convict arrived per 'Calcutta'
Carroll, Maurice. Convict arrived per 'Lady McNaughton' 1835
Chapman, Mathew. Landowner. 'The Grange'
Chitty, Robert. Convict assigned to Mathew Chapman
Clanvane, John. Convict assigned to Mathew Chapman1832
Daley Patrick and wife Jane Fahey with four children arrived per Lady McNaghten 1838 overseer for John Hooke and Capt Thomas Cook
Dollair, Joseph. Convict per 'Waterloo' assigned to D. Campbell
Edwards,John.arr 1836 overseer to convicts on Camyr Allyn
Ellis, Henry. Assigned to D.F. Mackay in 1837
Fry, Thomas. Convict per 'Norfolk' assigned to C.L. Brown in 1838
Gallaghan, B. Convict assigned to Mathew Chapman 1832
Grey, John. Convict per 'Planter' assigned to C.L. Brown in 1832
Harris, William. Convict assigned to C.L. Brown in 1832
Hay, James. Convict per Lady Harewood, ass. to Maj. Benj. Sullivan, Williams River,1831.
Hazlegrove, William. Convict per 'Adrian' assigned to D.F. Mackay 1832
Hill, William. Convict per 'Isabella'. Assigned to C.L. Brown in 1838
Holmes, Hirum. Convict per 'James Pattison' assigned to D.F. Mackay 1838
Ivory, Thomas. Convict assigned to D.F. Mackay 1832
Lawler, James. Convict assigned to D.F. Mackay 1832
McDonald, Magnus. Convict per 'Parmelia'. Assigned to John Verge 1837
McFadden, James. Convict per 'Heber' assigned to D. Campbell 1838
Minham, James. Convict assigned to Mathew Chapman 1832
Phelan, Patrick. Convict assigned to Mathew Chapman 1832
Reardon, Thomas. Convict per 'Heber' assigned to D. Campbell 1838
Stock, John. Convict per 'Recovery' assigned to D.F. Mackay 1838
Verge, John. Landowner. Architect
Wells, James. Convict per 'Hercules' assigned to Mathew Chapman 1832
Wootton, David. Convict per 'Prince George' assigned to C.L. Brown in 1838

1840's
Abbott, Thomas. Chief Constable
Andrews, James MacBrayne. Magistrate
Atkins, Joseph. Convict per 'Portsea' Ticket of leave Dungog 1845
Bannister, Ralph. Convict per 'Exmouth'. Ticket of leave for Dungog 1842
Barnett, George. Resided on Dowling's farm. Died in 1844
Burley, William. Convict arrived per 'Prince Regent'. Resided on Dowling's farm in 1844
Carlton, James 1845
Combron, Richard. Convict per 'Mary Ann'. Ticket of leave Dungog 1845.
Cotterell, Samuel. Convict per 'Barossa'. Ticket of Leave Dungog 1845
Dowling, Vincent. Son of Sir James Dowling
Egan (Eagan) Edward b 1816 Clonmel County Tipperary.Transported for Life 1834 on the Blenheim 1.

Griese, Heinrich arr.1849 settled on Camyr Allyn as Vet for Charles Boydell
Handratty, Arthur, Convict per Mangles 5 (alias Robert Hauratty alias Johnston) St Leonards District Dungong, 1841)
Hanna, Thomas. Auctioneer, poundkeeper
Heales, Joseph. Stockkeeper assigned to Mathew Chapman 1840

Lyall, Christopher. Convict per 'Lloyds'. Ticket of leave 1842
Macarthur, Donald Gordon. Clerk of Petty Sessions
Mackay, John
McIntyre, Margaret. Convict per 'Surry'. Ticket of Leave Dungog 1845
McKinlay, Ellar McKellar. Medical superintendent arrived per 'Portland' in 1840
O'Brien, John. Convict per 'Parkfield' 1839. Punished in Dungog 1844.
Quin, Dennis. Convict per 'Waterloo'. Ticket of Leave Dungog 1844

Redman, Samuel, Free Settler, settled 1840's Postmaster 1840's-1850's

Redman, Hannah Maria, wife of Samuel Redman, was a nurse /midwife assisting Dr Ellar McKellar McKinlay
Ross, George. Convict per 'John Barry' . Ticket of leave Dungog 1845
Shirley, John. Convict assigned to Mathew Chapman in 1840
Smith, Andrew. Convict per 'Lady McNaughton'. Ticket of Leave Dungog 1845
Verge, George. Landowner
Vine, Gorsham. Convict per 'Earl Grey'. Ticket of leave Dungog 1844
Walsh, John. Convict per 'Pekoe'. Ticket of leave Dungog 1844
Waters, Michael. Convict per 'James Laing'. Ticket of leave 1845
Woodbridge, Alice. Wife of John
Woodbridge, John. Convict per 'England'. Ticket of leave Dungog 1840's

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Hall Family

dchall — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:43:51 CDT

THE HALLS OF DARTBROOK

On Sunday 13th June 1802, George Hall, along with his wife Mary and the first four of their nine children, arrived at Port Jackson in the Colony of New South Wales on board the “ Coromandel ”. George noted in his diary – “...it is the finest river I ever saw and the harbour almost beyond comparison it would contain the whole Navy in the World if they could be assembled with safety …”.

George and fellow Presbyterian settlers from the Coromandel were allocated grants at Toongabbie but found the land rocky and unproductive. They protested to the Government and were granted land on the fringes of the Hawkesbury settlement. George Hall was given 100 acres and two sheep by Governor King on April 19th 1803. This grant became known as “Bungool” which was Aboriginal for echoing rock.

George and Mary raised nine children and by the time of his death in 1840 George had substantial land holdings from Sydney to the far North of NSW. In accordance with his will of 1836 a trust was established for his five youngest sons which was to remain in place until ten years after his death. The trust, (or “The Firm” as it would come to be known ), would use the earnings from the properties bequethed to the five brothers for future land acquisition. George and Mary’s son William managed The Firm well and the trust continued for many years beyond the required ten. There were some legal disagreements as to which land had been purchased by the brothers individually and which had been purchased in the name of the trust, so it was not until 1873 that the properties began to be broken up.

On the 14th April 1825 George Hall made his first application for Hunter River property. Surveyor Henry Dangar measured 3000 acres on the West bank of the Dartbrook, starting from the site of the future village of Aberdeen and extending three miles up the brook. The deed was signed by Governor Darling on March 18th 1831. The standard price of five shillings per acre was paid plus quit rent of three pounds per year for twenty years. Four of George’s sons William, John, Thomas Simpson and James were allotted free grants of 100,150,150 and 90 acres respectively and all had frontage on Dartbrook to the North. The 1828 census shows Thomas Simpson Hall living on Dartbrook which, by this time, was 4700 acres, had 700 head of cattle and eight convict workers. By the 1830’s the youngest three Hall brothers, Thomas Simpson, Matthew Henry and Ebenezer were all living on Dartbrook station which was home to about thirty people. By 1870 Dartbrook station had expanded to include 18000 acres.

DARTBROOK STATION - (BOTTOM CENTRE) 1837

Dartbrook lay midway between the Hawkesbury homelands and the Northern leases, so after George’s death the Hunter Valley became the centre of the Hall family’s pastoral enterprises. It was said that cattle could be moved from Queensland to the sale yards in Sydney and it would be possible to set up camp on Hall land every evening. It is believed that George Hall never needed to venture beyond the MacDonald Valley as he had seven sons and a willing band of grandsons to select the best runs for him.

The main house at Dartbrook was built by Samuel Harrison and convict labour sometime prior to 1840. It was a two storey Georgian style homestead built of sandstone sourced from nearby Sandy Creek Quarry. The main body of the house measured 36’ x 27’ with a chimney at each end which served fireplaces in the drawing and dining rooms. There was a six foot wide stone verandah on the ground floor at the front and a timber one at the rear with adjoining kitchen, laundry and servants’ quarters with a large toilet block at the rear. There were many other buildings on the station including cottages, a shearing shed, blacksmith’s and a school house. The lowlands near the main house would fill with water during rain and, at these times, would be home to many water birds as well as the local Tullong people. Thomas Simpson Hall’s widow Ann purchased the house and surrounding 5018 acres from the estate in 1880 for 20000 pounds and renamed the main house “Calthorpe”. Ann Hall lived at Calthorpe House, along with her unmarried daughters, until her death in 1893. Two daughters remained until Dartbrook was purchased by the government after WW1 for soldier settlement. The house was demolished in 1965 and the family cemetery is one of the few remaining physical indications of the bustling enterprise that was Dartbrook Station.

HALL FAMILY CEMETERY - DARTBROOK

THOMAS SIMPSON HALL

Of all the Hall brothers, perhaps, Thomas Simpson Hall was the most active in the Hunter region. He accepted magisterial duties, was a member of the first Scone District Council and committee member of the Scone Benevolent Association as well as contributing to the building of the first St Johns Presbyterian Church in Muswellbrook. From Dartbrook he controlled the breeding programme for stocking the huge Hall runs to the North with Lincoln and Marino sheep, Durham cattle and stock horses. Seeing a need for quality working dogs he developed the Hall’s Heeler dogs. These dogs were for use on Hall stations and very few were seen elsewhere until the break up of the Hall Estate in the 1870’s. These blue dogs were the foundation breed of the Australian Cattle Dog we know today. A cattle dog statue in Aberdeen commemorates Thomas Simpson Hall and his contribution to the breed.

BLUE HEELER STATUE - MUSWELLBROOK

Some other Hall land holdings in the Upper Hunter included BLAIRMORE - (2890 acres between Dartbrook & Holkham) , GUNDEBRI - (13601 acres near Merriwa ), HOLKHAM - (200 acres near Aberdeen), NANDOWRA - ( 900 acres formerly part of Dartbrook), RED HILL - (Formerly part of St Heliers), ROSEDALE - ( 730 acres at Murrurundi), ST AUBINS HOUSE - ( 50 acres at Scone) and ST HELIERS - (17946 acres at Muswellbrook).

Special thanks is expressed for the hard work and dedication of the Hall family historians who’s efforts in compiling the family history books listed below, (from which the material on this page have been sourced), are truly incredible.
All descendants of George and Mary Smith commend you.

OVER-HALLING THE COLONY - Edited by Russell Mackenzie Warner Published by Southwood Press 1990

THE COLONY OVER-HALLED - Edited by Russell Mackenzie Warner Published by Star Printery 1995

BOYD FAMILY

gmdunn — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:04:29 CDT

I am researching the family of John & Margaret Boyd who arrived in Newcastle aboard the ship "Libertus". I would appreciate any information.

Gunter - Cundy Family History

Brian_Gunter — Sat, 02 May 2009 03:39:37 CDT

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