Sydney TRAUTWEIN 1886 - 1963
Sydney was born in on 26 Nov 1886 at Marsden Street, Parramatta. His parents were Theodore TRAUTWEIN, an orchardist, born in Germany and Annie McCARTER, born Londonderry, Ireland. Theodore and Annie met and married in 1864 at Camperdown in Victoria. Five children were born there the family left Victoria about 1877 and travelled overland by horse/bullock and dray to Sydney. Augusta was born in Hay NSW in 1878 and baby John was born and died in Cobar NSW 16 Aug 1881. Theodore's occupation at that time was sawyer. Hilda was born in 1883 in St Leonards and when Sydney was born at Marsden Street, Parramatta on 26 November 1885, Theodore was 48 years old and Annie was 38. Sydney was the last of nine children. The family lived on an orchard named Persimmon Grove Grange Farm at Riverstone and when Sydney's father died in 1902 and he then moved to Great Buckingham St, Redfern with his mother. On the 1903 Electoral Roll Sydney's brother, William lived at 16 Great Buckingham Street, Redfern, with his mother, Annie. William's occupation was railway porter. Annie, William and Sydney are listed at the same address in the 1904 NSW Post Office Directory. Syd trained as a primary school teacher in Sydney and met 16 year old Ethel Ramage while teaching at a small country school at Conifer, Tingha, near Inverell. They married on 16 Apr 1914 at Redfern, Sydney. Their son Theo was born in 1915 in Sydney and daughter Hilda in 1921 in Tingha. Syd always dressed well and in a photo of Conifer School, taken in 1925 he is wearing a dark jacket, white trousers and shoes and a bow tie. His Teacher Record Card from State Records lists Syd’s teaching record: 1908 Watermark Salary 138 pounds 1909 Carara and Wandoba Salary 138 pounds 1911 Conifer Salary 192 pounds 1929 Kanwal Salary 358 pounds 1933 Jilliby Last day of Service 31st Dec 1949 Sydney taught at Kanwal School, Central Coast from 17 Jan 1929 until the end of 1932. During this time he wrote lots of letters to the Department of Education requesting repairs to the toilet block and trees to be planted for shade. He was teacher in charge at Jilliby School from 1933 until he retired in 1949. Ethel taught the girls sewing and the boys handicrafts. While he was at the school the buildings and grounds were well looked after. Garden beds of petunias, with ivy, bouganvilleas and geraniums covering the walls made a magnificent show. Sydney was presented with a gold watch inscribed "Presented to S. Trautwein as a mark of esteem from the residents of Jilliby 14.12.49." Syd and Ethel’s son Theo was tragically killed in motor vehicle accident at Emu Plains, west of Sydney, on 24 May 1947. Theo’s wife and daughter were also involved but survived. After his retirement Syd often worked for his brother, TC at Bellfields Hotel in Sydney and tutored local children in maths and English. After Ethel died he lived with his daughter, Hilda and her husband, Werner HEILBRUNN at MacPhersons Road, Mardi, near Wyong. Syd loved chocolate and his grandson Dennis remembers getting very ill from chocolate eggs brought home one Easter. He drove a Morris Minor and Dennis would have to find the car after a night out with his friends at the bottom pub, The Royal. While visiting family in Sydney Syd fell ill on the 21 Nov 1963 in Awatea Private Hotel in Sydney, the and died from myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease. An inquest was dispensed with and Syd was buried on the 25 Nov 1963 at Botany Cemetery, in Lot 686, Section 5, with his wife, Ethel, and son Theodore Charles Livingstone. The informant was Lee VAUX, his former daughter in law of 5/120 O'Donnell Street, North Bondi. Sydney’s usual residence was McPhersons Road, Wyong. Newspaper cutting found in daughter Hilda's diary: In Memoriam TRAUTWEIN, Sydney. Treasured memories of a wonderful person, our father and grandfather, called away 21.11.63. His memory is a keepsake, From which we will never part; God has him in his keeping, We have him in our hearts.Hilda, Werner, Dennis and Neil |
Monday, 17 June 2013
John McDONALD 1791 - 1874
John McDonald, convict, was transported on the 18 Jan1812, on the Guildford. His trial took place in Ayr, Scotland in 1810 and he was sentenced to 7 years. John became the owner of Mulgrave Park at Pitt Town, near Windsor, after marrying Lydia, the widow of his employer, John Benn. In 1848-50 John and his son William had a run of 64,000 acres on the Liverpool Plain, known as the Burrandown run, with a frontage on the Barwon River. William later married Susan TYRRELL, of the Tyrrell wine family from Pokolbin.
In the 1850's George was installed by his father on his 500 acre Glenmore at Black Creek, Pokolbin. George became the founder of the Glenmore branch of the family, and later the heir to the estate of his father, John McDonald of Mulgrave Park, Pitt Town. Source: Mines, Wine and People, A History of Greater Cessnock, by Parkes, Comerford and Lake.
John and Lydia's first three children, all born at Pitt Town, John, William and Margaret were all baptised on the same day, 2 Sep 1822 at St Mathews Windsor by John Cross. John's occupation occupation was given as farmer. Source St Matthews Windsor Baptisms Page 26
1835 NSW Govt Gazette
List of assignments of male convicts to private service from 31 Jan to 10 Feb 1835
Page 393 McDonald, John, Pitt town, 2 errand boys and 1 carter's boy.
His tomb at St Matthews, Windsor reads:
John McDonald
who died
December 19th 1874
Aged 83 years
Michael GRIFFIN 1750 - 1833
Michael Griffin was born in Galway, Ireland and was stationed in Gloucester,England in when his daughter Ann was baptised at St Nicholas Church on 4 Aug 1784. No marriage for Michael and Mary has been located in Gloucester. Their second child, Nathaniel was baptised at Dartford, Kent on 17 May 1788 after Michael was transferred there. Michael then enlisted in the NSW Corps at Chatham, Kent, on 28 September 1789 and sailed to Sydney on the Third Fleet ship Britannia in 1791. Thomas was born on the voyage out from England.
Michael's wife, Mary, died 1st of September 1794, six months after the birth of their youngest child, Lydia. Ann was then ten years old, and younger brothers, Nathaniel six, and Thomas three years old. There is no record of who looked after the children after Mary's death, but Nathaniel appears as Drummer on the 1798 pay list of Captain Johnston’s Company, NSW Corps. Thomas also enlisted as a Drummer in 1799 . Ann married emancipist, Thomas Bates, at St.Philip’s Sydney on the 12 May 1800.
Michael was present on Musters until 1796 for the NSW Corps, then on the 73rd Regiment, Invalid Company 1812 Pay List. He appears on the November 1828 Census as Griffen, M, aged 85, CF (Came Free) Britannia 1791, Protestant, Lodger with John McDonald, Pitt Town, reference G1469.
Michael died on the 20th of February 1833 and is buried at St Mathew's Anglican Church cemetery, Windsor, NSW, with his younger daughter, Lydia and her two husbands, John BENN and John McDONALD, the same cemetery as Dennis' Gt Grandfather, Theodore Trautwein.
Lydia McDonald nee Griffin 1794 - 1864
Lydia was the second daughter and final child for Michael GRIFFIN, soldier and his wife Mary. She was born on Sydney on 4 March 1794 when the early colony of NSW was barely beginning. She was baptised at St Philips at three weeks old on 25 March 1794 as Lydia GRIFFITHS. Lydia’s mother, Mary died on 1 Sep 1794 when she was only 6 months old. Lydia was Ann BATES nee Griffin, younger sister and the only surviving sibling. It’s believed that her brothers Nathaniel and Thomas, also died at a young age, but no burial record for either has been located in the church registers. Thomas married Sophia GRANDUE at St Philips, Sydney on 22 Mar 1810, but there were no children of the marriage.
Lydia GRIFFIN married John BENN, a seven year convict, by then a landowner of 90 acres in Mulgrave Place and Pitt Town, 16 August 1814 at St Matthews, Windsor under the name Eliza. The witnesses were Thomas ROSE, one of the first free settlers in the colony, Sarah BARTLETT, Charles WALKER and Elizabeth WARD. Lydia and John were only married for just over a year when John died from a fall from his horse on 10 Dec 1815 on his way home from Parramatta. John BENN, Alias Venham or Venman, commonly known as Big Ben was sentenced in New Sarum, Wiltshire, England 5 July 1789 to seven years servitude. He was transported on the Gorgon on the 15 March 1791, arriving in Sydney 21 Sep 1791.The HMS Gorgon was a frigate with 44 guns and commanded by Captain Parker RN, she sailed from England on 15 March 1791 with 31 convicts, all male on board. If allowance is made for six weeks she spent in Capetown to embark livestock, Gorgon was by far the fastest ship to leave England for Australia, taking 190 days to arrive in Port Jackson on 21 September 1791, having lost only one convict on the voyage.Ryan, R.J. The Third Fleet Convicts, Sydney, Gordon & Gotch Limited 1983
John’s obituary was published in the Sydney Gazette on 10 Dec 1815: DIED - On Sunday, evening last, at Hawkesbury, owing to a fall from his horse, which is supposed to have been instantly fatal, Mr JOHN BENN, Settler, and a resident of this Colony for the long space of 25 years. The deceased left Parramatta for his own farm, which is two miles from Windsor, between four and five in the evening of Sunday, and passed through the gate at Rouse Hill about an hour after, saying he had rode very quick. It did not appear that he was afterwards seen alive by any person. That same evening his horse was found in a corn field near his house, and a search was in consequence made for the rider, who was unhappily found dead upon the road leading to the farm: about a mile and half distant. The deceased always bore the character of a very respectable settler, and had accumulated by his industry a very considerable property, a part of which he latterly employed in maritime speculations, in which he was also fortunate. His remains were interred at Windsor on Tuesday: and were followed by a very numerous retinue of friends, many of whom came from Sydney and Parramatta.
On his Tomb at St Matthews Anglican Church, Windsor NSW, the following inscription can still be found:Sacred to the Memory of JOHN BENN Who Departed this lifeDecember 10th 1815Aged 46 Years.
Lydia and John McDonald were married at Castlereagh in August 1817, shortly before their first child was born. Lydia's first three children, John, William and Margaret were all baptised on the same day, 2 Sept 1822 at St Mathews Windsor by Reverend John Cross. In 1840 Margaret later married William CROSS, the son of John CROSS and Ann CROSS nee DAVIS at Port Macquarie. John stated his occupation was farmer. Lydia McDonald nee Griffin died 16th July 1866 aged 68yrs from Congestion of the Lungs and was buried at St Matthews Cemetery at Windsor on 21 July 1864. The inscription on her tomb at St Matthews, Windsor is inscribed with these words: Sacred to the Memory of LYDIA MCDONALD who died July 16th 1864 aged 68 years. Lydia's death certificate states that her children George and Margaret were living and she had two deceased male children, John Thomas (1830) and William James.
John McDonald 1791 - 1874, Lydia’s second husband, was transported on the Guildford on 18 Jan 1812, His trial took place in Ayr, Scotland in 1810 and he was sentenced to 7 years transportation. After being released from quarantine in January 1812, John was assigned as a labourer on a farm at Pitt Town NSW owned by John BENN, a former convict. John received the princely sum of £1/10 per week without rations, apparently as a wheelwright, which had been his previous profession. John became the owner of Mulgrave Park at Pitt Town, near Windsor, after marrying Lydia. The farm was later renamed Lynwood. The McDonald family, (also spelt MacDonald) one of the oldest families in the lower Hunter, founded one of the valley’s most famous vineyards and wineries, Ben Ean. But they sold it to Lindeman’s after owning it for only twenty seven years.
Little remains of the family’s identification with Ben Ean, except for McDonald Road which passes the winery. John explored the areas to the north and in 1822 selected in Black Creek in the Pokolbin area which he called Glenmore. In 1825 Governor Brisbane allowed him to purchase 1,000 acres at five shillings an acre. By the end of the 1820s he was described as ‘an opulent man’ and was deservedly respected for his moral worth. Some say that the MacDonald Valley and MacDonald River in the Hawkesbury area were named after him, but others claim they would never have been named after a convict.
In the 1830s he bought Phoenix Park Farms in the bend of the Hunter River, just below Morpeth, on the Hunter River, some of the richest agricultural land in Australia and cradle of the famous Hunter River lucerne. At this time he ventured into flour milling at Morpeth, as well as Windsor and Pitt Town. In 1840 he also became involved in the formation of a local bank and later sold fine furniture, antiques and farm equipment . John McDonald died 19 Dec 1874 Royal Hotel Sydney cause of death ‘fit during sleep’. The death certificate states that he was buried 21Dec 1874 at Rookwood, but the family tomb at St Matthews Windsor bears this inscription: Sacred to the Memory of John McDonald who died December 19th 1874,aged 83 years.
The old brick McDonald family home is still stands today, the current address of Lynwood is 41 Pitt Town Road, Pitt Town, NSW. Some of John and Lydia McDonald’s descendants moved to the Hunter Valley of NSW and became well known there. Their daughter Margaret married William CROSS, son of the Reverend John CROSS, at Port Macquarie on 5 Sep1840 and had five children. A notable descendant is the well known painter, Margaret Olley.
Lydia GRIFFIN married John BENN, a seven year convict, by then a landowner of 90 acres in Mulgrave Place and Pitt Town, 16 August 1814 at St Matthews, Windsor under the name Eliza. The witnesses were Thomas ROSE, one of the first free settlers in the colony, Sarah BARTLETT, Charles WALKER and Elizabeth WARD. Lydia and John were only married for just over a year when John died from a fall from his horse on 10 Dec 1815 on his way home from Parramatta. John BENN, Alias Venham or Venman, commonly known as Big Ben was sentenced in New Sarum, Wiltshire, England 5 July 1789 to seven years servitude. He was transported on the Gorgon on the 15 March 1791, arriving in Sydney 21 Sep 1791.The HMS Gorgon was a frigate with 44 guns and commanded by Captain Parker RN, she sailed from England on 15 March 1791 with 31 convicts, all male on board. If allowance is made for six weeks she spent in Capetown to embark livestock, Gorgon was by far the fastest ship to leave England for Australia, taking 190 days to arrive in Port Jackson on 21 September 1791, having lost only one convict on the voyage.Ryan, R.J. The Third Fleet Convicts, Sydney, Gordon & Gotch Limited 1983
John’s obituary was published in the Sydney Gazette on 10 Dec 1815: DIED - On Sunday, evening last, at Hawkesbury, owing to a fall from his horse, which is supposed to have been instantly fatal, Mr JOHN BENN, Settler, and a resident of this Colony for the long space of 25 years. The deceased left Parramatta for his own farm, which is two miles from Windsor, between four and five in the evening of Sunday, and passed through the gate at Rouse Hill about an hour after, saying he had rode very quick. It did not appear that he was afterwards seen alive by any person. That same evening his horse was found in a corn field near his house, and a search was in consequence made for the rider, who was unhappily found dead upon the road leading to the farm: about a mile and half distant. The deceased always bore the character of a very respectable settler, and had accumulated by his industry a very considerable property, a part of which he latterly employed in maritime speculations, in which he was also fortunate. His remains were interred at Windsor on Tuesday: and were followed by a very numerous retinue of friends, many of whom came from Sydney and Parramatta.
On his Tomb at St Matthews Anglican Church, Windsor NSW, the following inscription can still be found:Sacred to the Memory of JOHN BENN Who Departed this lifeDecember 10th 1815Aged 46 Years.
Lydia and John McDonald were married at Castlereagh in August 1817, shortly before their first child was born. Lydia's first three children, John, William and Margaret were all baptised on the same day, 2 Sept 1822 at St Mathews Windsor by Reverend John Cross. In 1840 Margaret later married William CROSS, the son of John CROSS and Ann CROSS nee DAVIS at Port Macquarie. John stated his occupation was farmer. Lydia McDonald nee Griffin died 16th July 1866 aged 68yrs from Congestion of the Lungs and was buried at St Matthews Cemetery at Windsor on 21 July 1864. The inscription on her tomb at St Matthews, Windsor is inscribed with these words: Sacred to the Memory of LYDIA MCDONALD who died July 16th 1864 aged 68 years. Lydia's death certificate states that her children George and Margaret were living and she had two deceased male children, John Thomas (1830) and William James.
John McDonald 1791 - 1874, Lydia’s second husband, was transported on the Guildford on 18 Jan 1812, His trial took place in Ayr, Scotland in 1810 and he was sentenced to 7 years transportation. After being released from quarantine in January 1812, John was assigned as a labourer on a farm at Pitt Town NSW owned by John BENN, a former convict. John received the princely sum of £1/10 per week without rations, apparently as a wheelwright, which had been his previous profession. John became the owner of Mulgrave Park at Pitt Town, near Windsor, after marrying Lydia. The farm was later renamed Lynwood. The McDonald family, (also spelt MacDonald) one of the oldest families in the lower Hunter, founded one of the valley’s most famous vineyards and wineries, Ben Ean. But they sold it to Lindeman’s after owning it for only twenty seven years.
Little remains of the family’s identification with Ben Ean, except for McDonald Road which passes the winery. John explored the areas to the north and in 1822 selected in Black Creek in the Pokolbin area which he called Glenmore. In 1825 Governor Brisbane allowed him to purchase 1,000 acres at five shillings an acre. By the end of the 1820s he was described as ‘an opulent man’ and was deservedly respected for his moral worth. Some say that the MacDonald Valley and MacDonald River in the Hawkesbury area were named after him, but others claim they would never have been named after a convict.
In the 1830s he bought Phoenix Park Farms in the bend of the Hunter River, just below Morpeth, on the Hunter River, some of the richest agricultural land in Australia and cradle of the famous Hunter River lucerne. At this time he ventured into flour milling at Morpeth, as well as Windsor and Pitt Town. In 1840 he also became involved in the formation of a local bank and later sold fine furniture, antiques and farm equipment . John McDonald died 19 Dec 1874 Royal Hotel Sydney cause of death ‘fit during sleep’. The death certificate states that he was buried 21Dec 1874 at Rookwood, but the family tomb at St Matthews Windsor bears this inscription: Sacred to the Memory of John McDonald who died December 19th 1874,aged 83 years.
The old brick McDonald family home is still stands today, the current address of Lynwood is 41 Pitt Town Road, Pitt Town, NSW. Some of John and Lydia McDonald’s descendants moved to the Hunter Valley of NSW and became well known there. Their daughter Margaret married William CROSS, son of the Reverend John CROSS, at Port Macquarie on 5 Sep1840 and had five children. A notable descendant is the well known painter, Margaret Olley.
Sunday, 16 June 2013
Ann BATES, nee GRIFFIN 1784 - 1864
Ann Griffin was an army brat. This unflattering description means that she was born into a military environment, and from her earliest years understood the army culture. She would have been aware of the status and duties of different ranks, and would have been accustomed to moving from one army post to another. No one would know how long the Regiment would be at one post, moves could be sudden, and there could be moves from one country to another. Every army has had its army brats. Ann’s father Michael was born in Galway, Ireland around 1750, and on 8 August 1762 joined the 42nd Regiment of the British Army, the Royal Highland Regiment. At the tender age of 12 he was already a cordwainer or leather shoe worker but enlisted as a drummer boy, a role that in action was every bit as dangerous as that of a private of the line. He served in all for an incredible sixty years, six of which were before the age of 18.
His service records show the different units he served in and the time he spent in each. Details of his service are shown in the table below:
His service records show the different units he served in and the time he spent in each. Details of his service are shown in the table below:
Regiment Date joined Date left Period of service
42nd Regiment 8 Aug 1762 12 Aug 1875 22 years 338 days
2nd Guard &17th 21 Jul 1785 28 Sep 1789 4 years 67 days
NSWCorps&102nd 28 Sep 789 26 Mar 1810 20 years 182 days
NSW Veterans 25 Mar 1810 24 Sep 1823 13 years 184 days
Unfortunately the records do not tell us of all the places where Michael was stationed, but other information tells us where he was at certain times. The NSW Corps was a unit of the British army raised in England in 1879 for service in the Penal Colony of NSW. It was later known as the ‘Rum Corps’ because many of its officers were involved in the NSW spirit trade and in 1809 it was renamed the 102nd Regiment. There is no record of Michael’s marriage to his wife Mary, whose surname and ancestry are not known, but their first child Ann was baptised on 4 August 1784 at St Nicholas Church, Gloucester. St Nicholas is a 12th Century church located near the river Severn. It is built of limestone and comprises a chancel, north chapel, nave, north aisle and transcript, south aisle with a porch, a west tower and spire, now leaning. The church is no longer in use, but is still consecrated and sometimes hosts special services. Gloucester was built on a Roman Fort and by the Norman conquest in 1066 Gloucester was a royal borough with an important commercial centre and port. Their marriage could have taken place here or in Ireland or elsewhere, but it seems certain that Michael was stationed in England at the time of Ann’s birth.
The family was still in England when their second child Nathaniel was born five years later. He was baptised in the Holy Trinity Church at Dartford, Kent on 18 May 1788. Dartford was then a market town on the river Darent, 25 kms east of London and close to the Thames River. The Romans built a road from Dover to London which crossed the river at Dartford by ford and the town developed there. By the time Michael was stationed there, there was a cotton mill and gun powder mill. Dartford had a fire engine and its first public street lamp outside the Parish Church.
Three years later on 27 March 1791 the family departed Portsmouth on the 520 ton Third Fleet ship, the Britannia, arriving in Sydney Cove on 14 October 1791 with 150 male convicts also on board, 21 had died on the journey. The Third Fleet consisted of eleven ships which sailed into Sydney Cove in 1791 with over 2000 convicts and much needed provisions for the settlement. At that time the military barracks were located closer to Sydney Cove and consisted of rough huts and tents, The Wynyard Barracks and Parade Ground were built from 1792 – 1818 and extended from St Philips in the north to Barrack St in the south. It was from here that the NSW Corps marched to Government House to arrest Governor Bligh in 1808, later known as the Rum Rebellion. Ann’s youngest brother, Thomas was born en-route to Australia on 2 April 1791. Ann and Nathaniel were the only soldier children on the 201 day journey on the Britannia, plus an unknown child, ten year old Ann Stoolorn. Two other soldier children were born on board other ships, William Jamieson was born on the Queen and Henry Flemming on the William and Ann. The early dwellings in the colony were made of cabbage tree palm and wattle and daub, boards and twigs plastered with clay.
By the time the Griffin family arrived there were many convicts employed making brick and tiles and more permanent housing was becoming available. Reverend Johnson and his wife Mary had established a school in the first St Philips. Droughts and disease caused many hardships, the lack of fresh vegetables and rampant small pox. Ann’s sister, Lydia was born on the 4 March 1874 but six months later on 1 Sep 1794, her mother Mary died. Mary’s death was also mentioned in David Collin’s Account of the English Colony in NSW. Michael was out fishing in the lower part of the harbour at the time in order to feed the family. The funeral service was held at St Phillips Church on 2 September 1793 for Mary Griffin, Soldiers wife and she was buried in the Old Sydney Burial Ground. The Old Sydney Burial Ground was Sydney’s first official cemetery. From 1792 to 1820 the principal burial ground for the colony was on the site where the Sydney Town Hall now stands, on the corner of George and Druitt streets. This cemetery is commonly called the Old Sydney Burial Ground, but it was also known as the George Street Burial Ground, the Cathedral Close Cemetery, and (retrospectively) the Town Hall Cemetery.
Ten year old Ann helped her father bring up her two brothers, aged six and three years and baby sister after her mother’s early death, which gave her the skills to manage a household in preparation for her own marriage as a sixteen year old in 1800. Michael was granted 25 acres at Petersham Hill on 14 Mar 1795, but soon sold it. Rent was only 1 shilling a year, commencing after 5 years. Thus keeping the family military connection solid Nathaniel and Thomas also enlisted in the army. Nathaniel appeared as a Drummer on the 1798 pay list of Captain Johnston’s Company in the NSW Corps and Thomas also enlisted in the corps as a Drummer in 1799. In 1808 they were described as: Nathaniel Griffin, 18 years, height 5ft 4 1/2 ins, long face, dark complexion, grey eyes, light brown hair. Thomas Griffin, 16 years, height 5ft 8in, round face, fair complexion, hazel eyes, light brown hair. Thomas married Sophia GRANDUE at St Philips on 22 Mar 1810, but died the following year. Nathaniel passed away in 1814 and the GRIFFIN family line was not carried on.
Michael was present on Musters until 1796 for NSW Corps, then on the102nd, 73rd Regiment, and Veteran Company pay Lists. On his discharge in 1823 he was described as about seventy three years of age, five feet eight inches in height, with sandy hair, grey eyes, fair complexion, and by trade or occupation a cordwainer. WO 97/1141/115. Michael appeared on the November 1828 Census as Griffen, M, (sic) aged 85 CF (Came Free) Britannia 1791, Protestant, Lodger with John McDonald, Pitt Town, reference G1469. On 20 Feb 1833 Michael died at Pitt Town and was buried at St Mathew's Windsor on 11 Sep Michael's age was given as 96 but should have been 83, profession, farmer. The funeral service was performed by the Reverend Joseph Docker. Later a large family tomb was erected and the memorial also lists his younger daughter, Lydia, one of her sons, and her two former convict husband's, John Benn (Gorgon 1791) and John McDonald (Guildford 1812).
From The Bates of Sussex Street © Marie Heilbrunn 2010
Maria GREEN, nee BATES 1808 - 1896
Maria was born in 1808 at Yorktown, Port Dalrymple on the western side of the Tamar River, Van Diemen's Land, now Tasmania, when Thomas was stationed there from 1808-1810. She was baptised at St Philips, Sydney after their return to Sydney, on April 1st, 1810. Maria married George Green at St Phillips on the 19th of April 1830 by William COWPER, in the presence of George's guardians, Thomas and Charlotte HYNDES.
George and Maria set up their home in Sydney. Maria gave birth to their first child George Amaziah on 26 Dec of that same year, followed by their first daughter, Mary Ann Maria born on 24 Dec 1832. More followed about two years apart and Maria would have been glad to have her mother Ann and sister Lydia living close by.
On 19 June 1834 George Green’s parents Amaziah and Mary Ann Green (nee Chapel), together with the rest of George’s siblings, travelled to Australia including his married sister Maria and her husband Thomas Costin and their infant child, Mary, Charlotte, Thomas and Sarah on the Minerva as steerage passengers. Not long after he arrived in Sydney Australia George’s father Amaziah was granted the first freehold title block of land (5 acres – about 2 hectares) on the peninsula later called Greenwich. A brickworks was constructed on one of the blocks of land owned by the Greens This could have been built by Amaziah to carry on his trade. Two years after buying this land he sold it to his son George. Amaziah only lived for four years after he arrived in Sydney, he died 11 Feb 1838.
Greenwich House was built in 1836 and still stands at George and St Lawrence Streets. It stood on a 20 acre grant originally owned by George Green, boat-builder active in the area in the 1830s. He had the property divided in allotments and sold in 1840. A punt service ran from the city to Greenwich in 1840s but lack of customers caused it to be cancelled. In 1850s, when the demand increased, it was reinstated. The young family moved from Sydney to Greenwich in 1837 and later to Milson’s Point on the acre of ground where the family grew up. George leased this land from Robert Campbell.
George GREEN, shipwright of Milson's Point and Maria nee Bates had six of their children baptised on the same day at St Thomas' Willoughby 10 June 1851 by Reverend WB Clarke. Robert Nathaniel, born 29 May 1838, James Absalom, born 7 May 1840, Agnes Martha born 22 May 1842, Sarah Harriet Hales, born 23 May 1844, Charlotte Lydia, born 23 Aug 1846, and William Joseph born 1 Jul 1849.
Maria obviously coped with George’s long absences in New Zealand and was kept busy with her growing family. George died 30 Aug 1872 in Dunedin New Zealand. Maria was a widow for 24 years. She died of senility at 24 Salisbury Road, Willoughby on the 16 Feb 1896 at the home of her daughter Charlotte Lydia and her husband John REID. Maria was buried on the 19th of February 1896 at the Church of England section of Gore Hill Cemetery.
George and Maria set up their home in Sydney. Maria gave birth to their first child George Amaziah on 26 Dec of that same year, followed by their first daughter, Mary Ann Maria born on 24 Dec 1832. More followed about two years apart and Maria would have been glad to have her mother Ann and sister Lydia living close by.
On 19 June 1834 George Green’s parents Amaziah and Mary Ann Green (nee Chapel), together with the rest of George’s siblings, travelled to Australia including his married sister Maria and her husband Thomas Costin and their infant child, Mary, Charlotte, Thomas and Sarah on the Minerva as steerage passengers. Not long after he arrived in Sydney Australia George’s father Amaziah was granted the first freehold title block of land (5 acres – about 2 hectares) on the peninsula later called Greenwich. A brickworks was constructed on one of the blocks of land owned by the Greens This could have been built by Amaziah to carry on his trade. Two years after buying this land he sold it to his son George. Amaziah only lived for four years after he arrived in Sydney, he died 11 Feb 1838.
Greenwich House was built in 1836 and still stands at George and St Lawrence Streets. It stood on a 20 acre grant originally owned by George Green, boat-builder active in the area in the 1830s. He had the property divided in allotments and sold in 1840. A punt service ran from the city to Greenwich in 1840s but lack of customers caused it to be cancelled. In 1850s, when the demand increased, it was reinstated. The young family moved from Sydney to Greenwich in 1837 and later to Milson’s Point on the acre of ground where the family grew up. George leased this land from Robert Campbell.
George GREEN, shipwright of Milson's Point and Maria nee Bates had six of their children baptised on the same day at St Thomas' Willoughby 10 June 1851 by Reverend WB Clarke. Robert Nathaniel, born 29 May 1838, James Absalom, born 7 May 1840, Agnes Martha born 22 May 1842, Sarah Harriet Hales, born 23 May 1844, Charlotte Lydia, born 23 Aug 1846, and William Joseph born 1 Jul 1849.
Maria obviously coped with George’s long absences in New Zealand and was kept busy with her growing family. George died 30 Aug 1872 in Dunedin New Zealand. Maria was a widow for 24 years. She died of senility at 24 Salisbury Road, Willoughby on the 16 Feb 1896 at the home of her daughter Charlotte Lydia and her husband John REID. Maria was buried on the 19th of February 1896 at the Church of England section of Gore Hill Cemetery.
George Howard GAUDIN 1841 - 1930
George Howard GAUDIN, born 1841 Restigouche, Dalhousie, New Brunswick, Canada, was the eighth and last child of Captain David GAUDIN 1783-1860, a Master Mariner, and his second wife Elizabeth de QUETTEVILLE. Both were born in Jersey, Channel Islands and immigrated to Canada in 1835 with their first six children, Elizabeth born 1815, William born 1816, Francis born 1818, John born 1829, Caroline 1832 and Amelia 1834. The family then settled in New Brunswick where Matilda was born in 1836. David was aged 68 years and his occupation in 1851 was farmer. (Source New Brunswick Census Returns 1851)
George immigrated to Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand on the Storm Cloud in 1863 and had three wives, Clara VINING 1853-1878 (her two sons, Henry Howard 1876-1903 and Arthur Hedley 1877-1969 were raised by her family in Melbourne, Australia), Annie BROWN nee RIGBY,1867-1916 (6 children, Wilkin, Albert, Ada, Sidney, Maud and Eric, plus two from relationships). They lived up the Wilkin River at Makarora, where George owned and operated a saw mill. Annie died in Dunedin in 25 Jun1916, aged 48, from diabetes. George married again to Elizabeth FREEMAN in 1924 at Gore, who was aged 54. Bessie lived over twenty years longer than George, passing away in 1951 in Dunedin and is buried together with George and Annie, his second wife at Andersons Bay Cemetery.
On 27 November 1876, George advertised an auction at his residence in Eden Street, Oamaru, selling his household furniture, plus fowls and a pair of poodle pups, in consequence of his leaving the district. His freight business had gone bankrupt. His first wife, Clara died in Dunedin in 28 Nov 1878 from phithis, now known as TB. George then moved inland to Central Otago. In Stone's 1890 Otago & Southland Directory he is listed twice: Gaudin, George, Labourer, Pembroke, now known as Wanaka and Gaudin, George H., Miner Mt Criffel.
In 1890, George GAUDIN, Settler is listed as living at Makarora:
GAUDIN, George, settler, Weekly steamer 40 miles (12/6); Vincent County
MAKARORA Otago 218 miles NW from Dunedin: rail to Lawrence, coach (50/-) Pembroke bi-weekly, thence.
In 1904, George Gaudin was granted a license to cut 1000 black pine posts in Cameron’s Bush, 3 miles from Templeton’s Creek, Makarora. In1906 George was granted a license for 8 acres in the Wilkin District for a rent of 5 shillings per annum.
Albert drowned at the age of 14 years on 23 Jul 1906. His father and older brothers were rafting timber from the saw mill down the Wilkin to Makarora and the raft overturned and he drowned. Albert's was the first burial in the Makarora Cemetery, but unfortunately the graves were lost in a later flood. His death was even reported in the North Island newspapers:
A lad, about 15 years of age, son of George Gaudin, a saw miller at Makarora, Central Otago, was drowned on Monday. He was rafting timber with his father, and when approaching Makarora, the raft upset and the boy drowned.
The family then moved nearby to Hawea and the younger children went to school there. George was retired and registered on the Dunedin West Electoral Roll in 1919 living at 111 Moray Place and then in 1922 he was on the roll for Dunedin Central and living at 1 Alexandra Street, Caversham.
George's death certificate states that he died on the 2 July 1930 at the Talboys Home, Benevolent Institution at Caversham, from Tapanui. His occupation was farmer, aged 90 years, he would have been 88. Cause of death was Cardiac Syncope, Cerebral Thrombosis, myocardial weakness and senility. George was buried on the 3 July 1930 at the Andersons Bay Presbyterian Cemetery and the Minister was D. Heggie. The certificate states that he was born in New Brunswick, Canada and had been in New Zealand for 68 years. Three marriages were listed as first to Clara VINING at Oamaru, second to Annie RIGBY at Makarora, aged 52 and thirdly to Elizabeth FREEMAN at Gore aged 84, her age was 61 years.
George GAUDIN”S obituary appeared in the Otago Daily Times:
George Gaudin, Dunedin (91), "Storm Cloud" 1863
Mr Richard Norman wrote: I notice with regret the death in Dunedin of Mr George Howard Gaudin at the advanced age of 91 years. Mr Gaudin was a colonial of many years standing. He was in the express business in Oamaru in 1875, and the country years before that.. His father and mother came from the Channel Islands to Dalhousie (New Brunswick), in Canada, when he was a boy. Early in 1875, Mr Gaudin married Miss (Clara) Vining (in Oamaru), who sometime afterwards died (1878), leaving him with two boys (Henry and Arthur), who are now prominent in the bicycle and motor trade. A few years afterwards he came to Wanaka and worked on Mt Criffel and other parts. At Makarora he married (1889) the widow (Annie Rigby, and had another six children) of the late William Brown, and resided on a 50 acre section he bought. The family is now grown up. He took over the Wilkin River sawmill and ran it for a while, but this ended in disaster as one of the boys of much promise, was drowned while rafting timber over the (Wilkin) river. He later sold everything out at Makarora, and went to live down Balclutha way, where Mrs (Annie) Gaudin died (1916). Mr Gaudin married again (1924 to Elizabeth Freeman) and lived in Tapanui for a few years, till his health failed and he went to Dunedin, where he died (2 July 1930)
References:
H. Cameron, The Gaudin Story, Toronto, Canada, n.p.1969
I. Vercoe, The Gaudins of Makarora, Dunedin, n.p. 2008
Department of Internal Affairs, New Zealand, Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates
PapersPast website
Dunedin Cemeteries online
From “The Gaudin Story” by Helena Gaudin Cameron 1969
Dear Brother John
I wrote to the postmaster in Dalhousie for tidings of any of my family, as I have not heard from home in over twenty years, having lost my letters and your addresses by fire. I got one answer, giving me your address, and saying that my dear mother and father were both gone to their eternal rest.
Dear John, you do not know how my heart yearns to see you all once more before I die, but I am afraid we shall not met here below. May we met in that land above where parting is no more. I trust you and your family are well. They must be all grown up and married by now with families of their own. I have been married twice, with two sons by my first wife and three sons and two daughters by my second wife. My eldest boys are grown up to be young men, one is twenty and the other nineteen years. The family at home are all young, the eldest is ten and the youngest one year old.
Dear John, you must write by return mail. Tell me about the past, and about dear old ‘Mountain Brook’. Oh how my memory flies back to the days of my childhood, those happy days at home. It seems like a happy dream of long ago. Oh I do so long to hear from you all. Give me Eva’s address. I would so like to hear from her, we used to write often to one another, until I lost her address (she married his brother Francis). How is brother William and all his family, and Caroline (who married an (John) Armstrong and moved to the States. Their descendants are in California), and Matilda (who married Thomas Hurlburt and whose descendants live in Toronto). Do give me their address, that I may write to them before we depart and are no more.
You will have a lot to tell me and when I have your news, I will then give you more particulars. I wish you could send me your porrtait, I would so like to have it. Give my love to your dear wife. Tell her I can remember her quite well as Mife Pratt. Give my love to William and Family and tell all my nieces and nephews, and my God bless you all.
Your affectionate brother, George.
P.S. Do not forget to write. Are you farming or what? Do you think I could do anything there? This is a poor place, only a bare living from month to month and working hard too.
George immigrated to Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand on the Storm Cloud in 1863 and had three wives, Clara VINING 1853-1878 (her two sons, Henry Howard 1876-1903 and Arthur Hedley 1877-1969 were raised by her family in Melbourne, Australia), Annie BROWN nee RIGBY,1867-1916 (6 children, Wilkin, Albert, Ada, Sidney, Maud and Eric, plus two from relationships). They lived up the Wilkin River at Makarora, where George owned and operated a saw mill. Annie died in Dunedin in 25 Jun1916, aged 48, from diabetes. George married again to Elizabeth FREEMAN in 1924 at Gore, who was aged 54. Bessie lived over twenty years longer than George, passing away in 1951 in Dunedin and is buried together with George and Annie, his second wife at Andersons Bay Cemetery.
On 27 November 1876, George advertised an auction at his residence in Eden Street, Oamaru, selling his household furniture, plus fowls and a pair of poodle pups, in consequence of his leaving the district. His freight business had gone bankrupt. His first wife, Clara died in Dunedin in 28 Nov 1878 from phithis, now known as TB. George then moved inland to Central Otago. In Stone's 1890 Otago & Southland Directory he is listed twice: Gaudin, George, Labourer, Pembroke, now known as Wanaka and Gaudin, George H., Miner Mt Criffel.
In 1890, George GAUDIN, Settler is listed as living at Makarora:
GAUDIN, George, settler, Weekly steamer 40 miles (12/6); Vincent County
MAKARORA Otago 218 miles NW from Dunedin: rail to Lawrence, coach (50/-) Pembroke bi-weekly, thence.
In 1904, George Gaudin was granted a license to cut 1000 black pine posts in Cameron’s Bush, 3 miles from Templeton’s Creek, Makarora. In1906 George was granted a license for 8 acres in the Wilkin District for a rent of 5 shillings per annum.
Albert drowned at the age of 14 years on 23 Jul 1906. His father and older brothers were rafting timber from the saw mill down the Wilkin to Makarora and the raft overturned and he drowned. Albert's was the first burial in the Makarora Cemetery, but unfortunately the graves were lost in a later flood. His death was even reported in the North Island newspapers:
A lad, about 15 years of age, son of George Gaudin, a saw miller at Makarora, Central Otago, was drowned on Monday. He was rafting timber with his father, and when approaching Makarora, the raft upset and the boy drowned.
The family then moved nearby to Hawea and the younger children went to school there. George was retired and registered on the Dunedin West Electoral Roll in 1919 living at 111 Moray Place and then in 1922 he was on the roll for Dunedin Central and living at 1 Alexandra Street, Caversham.
George's death certificate states that he died on the 2 July 1930 at the Talboys Home, Benevolent Institution at Caversham, from Tapanui. His occupation was farmer, aged 90 years, he would have been 88. Cause of death was Cardiac Syncope, Cerebral Thrombosis, myocardial weakness and senility. George was buried on the 3 July 1930 at the Andersons Bay Presbyterian Cemetery and the Minister was D. Heggie. The certificate states that he was born in New Brunswick, Canada and had been in New Zealand for 68 years. Three marriages were listed as first to Clara VINING at Oamaru, second to Annie RIGBY at Makarora, aged 52 and thirdly to Elizabeth FREEMAN at Gore aged 84, her age was 61 years.
George GAUDIN”S obituary appeared in the Otago Daily Times:
George Gaudin, Dunedin (91), "Storm Cloud" 1863
Mr Richard Norman wrote: I notice with regret the death in Dunedin of Mr George Howard Gaudin at the advanced age of 91 years. Mr Gaudin was a colonial of many years standing. He was in the express business in Oamaru in 1875, and the country years before that.. His father and mother came from the Channel Islands to Dalhousie (New Brunswick), in Canada, when he was a boy. Early in 1875, Mr Gaudin married Miss (Clara) Vining (in Oamaru), who sometime afterwards died (1878), leaving him with two boys (Henry and Arthur), who are now prominent in the bicycle and motor trade. A few years afterwards he came to Wanaka and worked on Mt Criffel and other parts. At Makarora he married (1889) the widow (Annie Rigby, and had another six children) of the late William Brown, and resided on a 50 acre section he bought. The family is now grown up. He took over the Wilkin River sawmill and ran it for a while, but this ended in disaster as one of the boys of much promise, was drowned while rafting timber over the (Wilkin) river. He later sold everything out at Makarora, and went to live down Balclutha way, where Mrs (Annie) Gaudin died (1916). Mr Gaudin married again (1924 to Elizabeth Freeman) and lived in Tapanui for a few years, till his health failed and he went to Dunedin, where he died (2 July 1930)
References:
H. Cameron, The Gaudin Story, Toronto, Canada, n.p.1969
I. Vercoe, The Gaudins of Makarora, Dunedin, n.p. 2008
Department of Internal Affairs, New Zealand, Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates
PapersPast website
Dunedin Cemeteries online
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George GAUDIN'S Letter Home to Canada 1894
Transcript of a letter written by George Howard Gaudin, supplied by descendant
Wendell GAUDIN.
Wendell GAUDIN.
From Makarora October 1 1894 to Canada.
From “The Gaudin Story” by Helena Gaudin Cameron 1969
Dear Brother John
I wrote to the postmaster in Dalhousie for tidings of any of my family, as I have not heard from home in over twenty years, having lost my letters and your addresses by fire. I got one answer, giving me your address, and saying that my dear mother and father were both gone to their eternal rest.
Dear John, you do not know how my heart yearns to see you all once more before I die, but I am afraid we shall not met here below. May we met in that land above where parting is no more. I trust you and your family are well. They must be all grown up and married by now with families of their own. I have been married twice, with two sons by my first wife and three sons and two daughters by my second wife. My eldest boys are grown up to be young men, one is twenty and the other nineteen years. The family at home are all young, the eldest is ten and the youngest one year old.
Dear John, you must write by return mail. Tell me about the past, and about dear old ‘Mountain Brook’. Oh how my memory flies back to the days of my childhood, those happy days at home. It seems like a happy dream of long ago. Oh I do so long to hear from you all. Give me Eva’s address. I would so like to hear from her, we used to write often to one another, until I lost her address (she married his brother Francis). How is brother William and all his family, and Caroline (who married an (John) Armstrong and moved to the States. Their descendants are in California), and Matilda (who married Thomas Hurlburt and whose descendants live in Toronto). Do give me their address, that I may write to them before we depart and are no more.
You will have a lot to tell me and when I have your news, I will then give you more particulars. I wish you could send me your porrtait, I would so like to have it. Give my love to your dear wife. Tell her I can remember her quite well as Mife Pratt. Give my love to William and Family and tell all my nieces and nephews, and my God bless you all.
Your affectionate brother, George.
P.S. Do not forget to write. Are you farming or what? Do you think I could do anything there? This is a poor place, only a bare living from month to month and working hard too.
Mary DINEEN 1858 - 1935
Mary's parents, William DINEEN and Bridget MURRAY were married in Kilworth, near Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland on 24 February 1846, witnesses being Daniel Murray and Garrett Burns. Mary lived with her family in Kilworth. "Kiluird". or Kilworth is situated on the main Dublin - Cork road and is three miles north of Fermoy. It is half a mile off the main road and is twenty four miles from Cork City. The village was a military post at one time and is also the site of a very old church. The English translation of "Kiluird" means "church of the order" and was the second church in Ireland to receive permission from the Pope to change the old Irish calendar to the church calendar. The village is largely agricultural and because of its proximity to the River Blackwater, fishing is now a popular pasttime in the area for locals and visitors.
'The Dinneen family were so poor that they lived by the roadside and had to run and hide when the gentry passed - they were whipped if seen.' Aunty Liz also claimed that the Dinneen family were originally well to do and had come from France - during a time of religious persecution.'
Mary was 23 years of age when she and her sister Bridget, 19 years, sailed from Gravesend on the 2nd of August 1883 on the 'Nelson' and arrived at Port Chalmers, near Dunedin, on the 20th October 1883. The fare was one guinea but Mary also worked on board as a general servant during the journey to New Zealand. The 'Nelson' was one of six clipper ships built in 1874 by 1874 by Robert Duncan for Patrick Henderson. She was specially built to carry passengers, and her accomodation was all that could be desired. The 'Nelson' was a vessel of of 1247 tons, and traded to the colony from 1874 until 1902. As late as 1916 she was in Sydney Harbour and altogether made 23 voyages carrying immigrants.
A few years later Mary met George Patterson, a musterer in the Otago/Canterbury areas. They married in Oamaru on the 25th September 1890 in the house of Rev. John Mackay. At the time of their marriage their usual place of residence was listed as Omarama, so Pattersons have lived around Omarama for well over 100 years.
George and Mary were listed in the NZ 1893 Electoral Roll:
Patterson, George, 2577
Electorate: Waitaki
Residential Address: Omarama
Occupation: Shepherd
Patterson, Mary, 3662
Residential Address: Hakataramea
Occupation: Domestic
They lived on a very small farmlet, about 2 miles into the Hakataramea Valley, near Kurow. The family then moved to dairy farm at Maerawhenua near Duntroon. George died in 1921 and Mary retired to Queenstown. At the time of her death, she was living in Camp Street, Queenstown and was buried in the Queenstown Cemetery, near the base of the gondola. Sources: Elizabeth Sainsbury interviewed in the Oamaru Mail 15 June 1991.
'The Dinneen family were so poor that they lived by the roadside and had to run and hide when the gentry passed - they were whipped if seen.' Aunty Liz also claimed that the Dinneen family were originally well to do and had come from France - during a time of religious persecution.'
Mary was 23 years of age when she and her sister Bridget, 19 years, sailed from Gravesend on the 2nd of August 1883 on the 'Nelson' and arrived at Port Chalmers, near Dunedin, on the 20th October 1883. The fare was one guinea but Mary also worked on board as a general servant during the journey to New Zealand. The 'Nelson' was one of six clipper ships built in 1874 by 1874 by Robert Duncan for Patrick Henderson. She was specially built to carry passengers, and her accomodation was all that could be desired. The 'Nelson' was a vessel of of 1247 tons, and traded to the colony from 1874 until 1902. As late as 1916 she was in Sydney Harbour and altogether made 23 voyages carrying immigrants.
A few years later Mary met George Patterson, a musterer in the Otago/Canterbury areas. They married in Oamaru on the 25th September 1890 in the house of Rev. John Mackay. At the time of their marriage their usual place of residence was listed as Omarama, so Pattersons have lived around Omarama for well over 100 years.
George and Mary were listed in the NZ 1893 Electoral Roll:
Patterson, George, 2577
Electorate: Waitaki
Residential Address: Omarama
Occupation: Shepherd
Patterson, Mary, 3662
Residential Address: Hakataramea
Occupation: Domestic
They lived on a very small farmlet, about 2 miles into the Hakataramea Valley, near Kurow. The family then moved to dairy farm at Maerawhenua near Duntroon. George died in 1921 and Mary retired to Queenstown. At the time of her death, she was living in Camp Street, Queenstown and was buried in the Queenstown Cemetery, near the base of the gondola. Sources: Elizabeth Sainsbury interviewed in the Oamaru Mail 15 June 1991.
William BROWN Circa 1842 - 1889
William was born in Port William, Wigtownshire, Scotland about 1843 to Thomas Brown, a labourer and his wife Anne, nee Erskine. He married Annie Rigby on the 16th of July 1887 at the house of Mr Ford at Pembroke, Wanaka. His profession given was Settler and he was a bachelor. Pembroke was his present residence, but usual was Head of Lake Wanaka. He was probably mining for gold there. The officiating Minister was Robert Morrison and witnesses were William Hagan, a miner at Mt Criffel and Janet McDougall, daughter of Mr McDougall of Pembroke.
William had been residing in Makarora for 16 years when he married Annie Rigby in 1887, but died two years later, of a stroke at Cromwell Hospital, New Zealand.
Wigtownshire is the southwest corner of Scotland and the Mull of Galloway is the southernmost point of Scotland.
John BENN 1768 - 1815
John BENN, (alias VENHAM Venman) was sentenced in Wiltshire, England in 1789 to seven years and was transported on the Gorgon on the 15 March 1791, arriving in Sydney 21 September 1791. He married Lydia GRIFFIN, daughter of Michael GRIFFIN, Soldier, and Mary nee AMOS, on the 16th of August 1814 at Windsor. They had no children.
His Obituarary 10 Dec 1815 in the Sydney Gazette:
DIED - On Sunday, evening last, at Hawkesbury, owing to a fall from his horse, whic is supposed to have been instantly fatal, Mr JOHN BENN, Settler, and a resident of this Colony for the long space of 25 years. The deceased left Parramatta for his own farm, which is two miles from Windsor, between four and five in the evening of Sunday, and passed through the gate at Rouse Hill about an hour after, saying he had rode very quick. It did not appear that he was afterwards seen alive by any person. That same evening his horse was found in a corn field near his house, and a search was in consequence made for the rider., who was unhappily found dead upon the road leading to the farm: about a mile and half distant. The deceased always bore the character of a very very respectable settler, and had accumulated by his industry a very considerable property, a part of which he latterly employed in maritime speculations, in which he was also fortunate. His remains were interred at Windsor on tuesday: and were followed by a very numerous retinue of friends, many of whom came from Sydney and Parramatta for the occasion.
On his Tomb at St Matthews Anglican Church, Windsor:
Sacred to the Memory of
JOHN BENN
Who Departed this life
December 10th 1815
Aged 46 Years
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