John Smith (1787 - 1853)

Born 21 Jan 1787 in England

Husband of Frances (Jackson) Smith — married 21 Oct 1815 in Saint James, Westminster, London, England

Descendants

Died 15 Jun 1853 at age 66 in Marchington, Tasmania, Australia

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Biography

John was born in 1787. John Smith ... He passed away in 1853. ^[1]

JOHN SMITH (Smith-74035)

PARENTS.

BIRTH. 21 Jan 1787, England

MARRIAGE. 21 Oct 1816, Saint James,Westminster,London,England

MARRIAGE. 21 Oct 1816, Frances Jackson, daughter of Magnus Jackson & Frances (Lowe) Jackson [Frances Lowe was baptised Sept 8th 1760 St Micheals Parish, Derbyshire to parents Thomas Lowe and Anne (Wilde) Lowe]

MARRIAGE. 21 Oct 1816

Name John Smith

Spouse's Name Frances Jackson

Event Date 21 Oct 1816

Event Place Saint James,Westminster,London,England

Children (born in England):

(1) George Jackson Smith, b. abt 1816, d. 26 May 1876, m. 28 Feb 1846, Fanny Louisa Burgess, daughter of James Burgess and Martha (Medwin) (Burgess) (Clark) Lowe

IMMIGRATION. 1817. On the HARRIET. Departed England 17 Nov 1816, via Rio, and arrived Hobart Town 21 Mar 1817. Arrived Port Jackson, Sydney, 10 May 1817.

IMMIGRATION. On Sunday last arrived from England, via Rio and the Derwent; the ship Harriet, Captain Jones, of 450 tons, with a valuable and extensive cargo of British and other goods. She left England the 17th of November, remained 24 days at Rio, and reached Hobart Town the 21st of March, having on board 45 passengers, among whom were Lieutenant Rolfe R. N. who we are informed intends proceeding shortly for India; five Gentlemen, with their families, to join the Missionary Establishment at Otaheite, namely, Messrs. Darling, Platt, Threilkill, Bourne, and Williams; Mr.Joseph Underwood, owner of the ship and cargo, and Mrs. Underwood; Mrs. Underwood senior, and Mr. Francis Underwood; also several Gentlemen who have arrived as settlers either here or at the Derwent; among, whom are Mr. Thrupp, who has left Mrs. Thrupp and family at Hobart Town, Mr. Smith, Mr. Whittaker, Mr. Foster, Mr. Clarke, and Mr. Emmett. During the passage she intombed in the deep one man, a native of Otaheite, who was shipped with another of the same description by his Majesty's Government, for the purpose of being returned to his native country, but who died of extreme debility shortly after leaving England. When within a fortnight's sail of the River Derwent, Mr. Missionary Bourne was complimented by his lady with a son, who with the mother is in perfect health.

PARENTS. John Smith & Frances (Jackson) Smith

Children (born in New South Wales):

(2) Frances L. Smith, b. abt. 1818, d. 5 May 1851, m. 26 May 1847, Skelton Buckley Emmett, son of Henry James Emmett & Mary Elizabeth Thompson (Townsend) Emmett

(3) Magnus Smith, b. 1819, d. 6 Jan 1846

(4) Twin Isabelle Smith, b. 4 Sep 1820, chr. 1820, d. 10 Oct 1820 294/1820 V1820294 156 SMITH ISABELLA JOHN FRANCES

5250/1820 V18205250 1B SMITH ISABELLA JOHN FRANCES

(5) Twin Isabella Smith, b. 4 Sep 1820, d. 22 Jul 1857, m. 29 Jan 1850, Henry James Emmett (III), son of Henry James Emmett (II) & Mary Elizabeth Thompson (Townsend) Emmett

(1821). Mr. John Smith came out with his wife and two children, intending to take up residence in New South Wales, but owing to the effect-of the heat upon his wife's health, and hearing of the salubrious climate of Tasmania, they came on to Tasmania, where he bought a property, "Marchington," near the Cocked Hat, now known as Breadalbane. ^[2]

TO VAN DIEMANS LAND. On the QUEEN CHARLOTTE. Departed Port Jackson 5 Jan 1821. Arrived Port Dalrymple Jan 1821.

Request by Simeon Lord & Smith for permission to engage the GENERAL GATES to convey Smith & his family, and merino rams and ewes, to Port Dalrymple; John and Frances Smith were unsuccessful in gaining permission to use the American vessel "General Gates" to transport themselves and merinos to VDL, however, on the 3rd of January 1821, John and Frances Smith with children George, Frances and Magnus along with 3 convict servants (James Cole, John Warne ^[3] and Mary Usher or Murtagh, who were given special permission to proceed as servants to Mr smith) were aboard the brig Queen Charlotte ready to proceed to VDL. {ref. Muster of the master, crew and passengers of the brig Queen Charlotte of Sydney bound to Port Dalrymple 3rd Jan. 1821, secretarys office Sydney}

Children (born in VDL (Tasmania)):

(6) John Smith, b. 24 Jul 1822, d. 2 Sep 1822

(7) John Lowe Smith, b. 6 Jul 1823, d. 13 Jun 1897, m. 30 May 1858, Eleanor Elizabeth Piddington, daughter of James Piddington & Lucy Eleanor (Killick) Piddington

(8) Female Smith, b.&d. Aug 1824

(9) Henry Smith, b. 12 Aug 1825, d. Jun 1826

(10) Rev. Richard Smith, b. 20 Oct 1826, d. ??, m. 30 jan 1863, Susanna Pitt, daughter of ??

BIRTH. 20 Oct 1826

Name: Smith, Richard

Record Type: Births

Gender: Male

Father: Smith, John

Mother: Smith, Frances

Date of birth: 20 Oct 1826

Registered: Launceston

Registration year: 1831

Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1081717

Resource RGD32/1/1/ no 4065

https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD32-1-1-p219j2k

CHRISTENING. 2 Nov 1831: https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD32-1-1-p219j2k Also Jane, b. 8 Jun 1829; Richard, b. 20 Oct 1826. W.H. Browne, chaplain

Children:

Richard Ernest Smith 1864–

Ada Frances Eliza Smith 1865–

Mabel Salome Smith

Alfred Valentine Smith 1869–

Dr Phillip Douglas Smith 1871–

Arthur John Smith

Grace Smith

(11) Margaret Ann Smith, b. 23 Jun 1828, d. 8 Dec 1915, Auburn, New South Wales, Australia, m. 20 Jan 1853, James Henry Burgess, son of James Burgess and Martha (Medwin) (Burgess) (Clark) Lowe

(12) Jane Smith, b. 8 Jun 1829, d. 23 Oct 1912, m. 5 Jul 1854, George Anderson of Circular Head

BIRTH. 8 Jun 1829

Name: Smith, Jane

Record Type: Births

Gender: Female

Father: Smith, John

Mother: Smith, Frances

Date of birth: 08 Jun 1829

Registered: Launceston

Registration year: 1831

Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1081717

Resource RGD32/1/1/ no 4065

https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD32-1-1-p219j2kCHRISTENING. 2 Nov 1831: https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD32-1-1-p219j2k

Also Jane, b. 8 Jun 1829; Richard, b. 20 Oct 1826. W.H. Browne, chaplain

Children:

Douglas Marr Anderson 1855–1806

Stuart James Anderson 1857–1930

Marion Isabella Anderson 1860–

Agnes Ellen Anderson 1862–

Frances Elizabeth Anderson 1864–

George Murray Anderson 1866–

Lilian Margaret Anderson 1869–1869

Jane Smith Afdrukken Geboren op 8 juni 1829 - Launceston,Tasmania,Australia Overleden op 23 oktober 1912 - Tasmania,Australia , leeftijd bij overlijden: 83 jaar oud Begraven - Stanley Old Pioneer Cemetery,Tasmania,Australia

Huwelijken en kinderen Gehuwd op 5 juli 1854, Horton,Tasmania,Australia., met George Anderson 1823-1895 en hun kinderen M Douglas Marr Anderson 1855-1906 M Stuart James Anderson 1857-1930 V Marion Isabella Anderson 1860-1935 V Agnes Ellen Anderson 1862-1955 V Frances Elizabeth Anderson 1864-1939 M George Murray Anderson 1866-1946 V Lilian Margaret Anderson 1869-1869 M Bruce Arnold Anderson 1871-1944

(13) Female Smith, b.&d. 7 Jun 1830

(14) Charles Thomas Smith, b. 9 Sep 1831, d. 10 Feb 1920, m (1). 11 Jan 1865, Sophia Ann Piddington, daughter of James Piddington & Lucy Eleanor (Killick) Piddington, m (2). 30 Jan 1878, Emily Collett, daughter of Arthur Thomas Collett & Sophia Sarah Jones (Huxtable) Collett

(15) Maria Evelyn Smith, b. 5 Mar 1833, d. 30 Jun 1924, m. 5 Jul 1854, Skelton Buckley Emmett, son of Henry James Emmett & Mary Elizabeth Thompson (Townsend) Emmett

(16) William Edmund Smith, b. 15 Jun 1834, d. ??, m. 6 Mar 1876, Sarah (II) Dobson, daughter of John Dobson & Elizabeth (Stokes) Dobson

William Edmund Smith Geboren op 15 juni 1834 - Tasmania Overleden op 6 april 1904 - Stanley,Tasmania , leeftijd bij overlijden: 69 jaar oud Begraven - Stanley Old Pioneer Cemetery

Huwelijken en kinderen Gehuwd op 6 maart 1876, Port Sorell,Tasmania, met Sarah Dobson 1847- en hun kinderen V Lillian May Smith 1876-1962 M William Harold Smith 1878-1968 V Eva Madeline Smith 1880-1968 V Olive Maud Smith 1882- V Myra Mabel Smith 1883- M Leslie Edmund Smith 1885- M Malcolm Cameron Smith 1887-

ABOUT MARCHINGTON About a mile before Breadalbane is reached, a drive lined with Oaks and Pines, the first road to Cocked Hat Hill, leads to Marchington. The property was originally granted to John Smith in 1821 and he settled there in 1823. The original house has been demolished and a new one built by the current owners, the Grubb family.

John Smith had vines which yielded 5 tons a year and he sent jams and conserves to the Great Exhibition in London in 1851. Mark Jeffrey, the notorious, hot tempered burglar, worked there as a harvest hand to Alex Stewart in the 1880’shttps://ehive.com/account/4357/object/188193

Marchington was granted to John Smith, who arrived in Van Diemans Land an intending settler in 1822. It then consisted of about 2,000 acres.

The house must have been built shortly afterwards and there was a good garden. It is recorded that five tons of graps were gathered yearly from his vineyard. John Smith's son, Richard, is the fathre of Dr. P. D. Smith, at present living in Launceston. Mr. C. B. Grubb purchased Marchington in '84.

DAYS AND WAYS IN OLD EVANDALE Compiled by K. R. VON STIEGLITZ (1946), p6: http://www.npntfh.org.au/assets/days-and-ways-in-old-evandale.pdf

Frances Jackson, b. abt. 1791, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England Death August 9, 1881 (Age 90) District Of Horton Tas.

DEATH. 15 Jun 1853, Marchington, Cocked Hat (now Breadalbane), VDL (Tasmania), Australia

DEATH. 15 Jun 1853

Name: Smith, John

Record Type: Deaths

Gender: Male

Age: 64

Date of death: 15 Jun 1853

Registered: Launceston

Registration year: 1853

Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1195477

Resource RGD35/1/22 no 931

Cause: Decay of nature

Informant: John Brown, undertaker, Launceston

WILL OF FRANCES (JACKSON) SMITH: https://stors.tas.gov.au/AD960-1-13-2469

Name: Burgess, Martha Record Type: Marriages Gender: Female Spouse: Clark, William Gender: Male Date of marriage: 04 Jan 1836 Registered: Hobart Registration year: 1836 Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:822680 Resource RGD36/1/3 no 3329 Location: Parish Church New Town Witness: James Rose Witness: Estil https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD36-1-3p28j2k

Name: Clark, Martha [widow] Record Type: Marriages Gender: Female Age: 36 Spouse: Lowe, George [widower] Gender: Male Age: 57 Date of marriage: 12 Mar 1842 Registered: Hobart Registration year: 1842 Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:828958 Resource RGD37/1/2 no 1532 Location: St David's Parish Church, Hobart Town Witness: Maria Burgess Witness: George Lowe Jnr https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-2p324j2k

Name Maria Burgess Gender Female Christening Date 01 Feb 1826 Christening Place SAINT MATHEW,BRIXTON,LONDON,ENGLAND Father's Name James Burgess Mother's Name Martha https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLB7-7N5

Name Elizabeth Burgess Gender Female Christening Date 26 Aug 1827 Christening Place SAINT MATHEW,BRIXTON,LONDON,ENGLAND Father's Name James Burgess Mother's Name Martha https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLB7-HMR

Name James Henry Burgess Gender Male Christening Date 22 Apr 1832 Christening Place SAINT MATHEW,BRIXTON,LONDON,ENGLAND Father's Name James Burgess Mother's Name Martha https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLB7-XCM

Name Fanny Louisa Burgess Gender Female Christening Date 14 Nov 1830 Christening Place SAINT MATHEW,BRIXTON,LONDON,ENGLAND Father's Name James Burgess Mother's Name Martha https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLB7-XR7

IMMIGRATION. On the HENRY PORCHER. Departed London 23 Sep 1832, via Rio de Janeiro, departed 8 Jan 1833, and Cape of Good Hope, departed 1 Mar 1833, Arrived Hobart Town 24 Apr 1833.

IMMIGRATION. Arrived, on Wednesday, the 24th instant, the bark Henry Porcher, 485 tons, Captain John Baxter, from London 23d September, Plymouth 21st October. Owing to the num- ber of passengers the Captain was obliged to put in to Rio de Janeiro for a supply of water and other refreshments, but being during the Christmas festival, the vessel was detained a fortnight longer than it ought to have been the case owing to the cessation of all secular trans- actions. She left Rio on the 8th of January, and arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on the 30th of February, where she remained until the 1st of last month. Her voyage was also prolonged by being becalmed for a fortnight at the equator. She brings a general cargo of goods - passengers, Mr. Harrington, Mr. Cooper, Miss Hearing, Mr. and Mrs. Bur- gess and four children, Mr. and Mrs. Ander- son and three children, Mr. and Mrs. Marsh and three children, Mr. and Mrs. Styles and two children, Mr. and Mrs. Boulter, Mr. and Mrs. Barker, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. Ollings, Mr. Joseph, Mr. and Mrs. Walker and two children, Messrs. Pil- grim, Blanchard, Pinro, Burgess, Knight, Mr. Dean and two children, Mr. and Mrs. Tyler; also for Sydney, Mr. Atkins, Mr. Taylor, Miss Witton, Mr. and Mrs. Garty and three children, and 27 others - in all 81 passengers. The Hobart Town Courier (Tas. : 1827 - 1839) Friday 26 April 1833, p3 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4193226

Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Scott Fulkerson, Friday, December 12, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
2. ↑ MR. MAGNUS SMITH. Eightieth Birthday Article: Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954) Tuesday 26 November 1929, p5 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/51634028
3. ↑ The convicts James Cole and John Warne are recorded in Tas Gov Archives as having arrived at Port Dalrymple per the QUEEN CHARLOTTE on 1 Jan 1821

Marriage: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKNX-CTT

• Immigration: The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) Saturday 17 May 1817, p1 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/2177222

• Death: https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-22p46j2k