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John Wilkinson (1810 - 1863)

John Wilkinson
Born in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australiamap
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 20 Aug 1832 in Parramattamap
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Died at age 53 in Penrith, New South Wales, Australiamap
Profile last modified | Created 14 Sep 2016
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Biography

John Wilkinson was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

John (II) Wilkinson was born on 5 August 1810[1] and was christened on 4th Nov 1810 at St John's (Anglican) Church, Parramatta, by the Reverend Samuel Marsden.[2][3]

John's father John (I) Wilkinson married Ann Downes in 1815; what happened to John's mother Sarah is not known. John (I) died in March 1818 when John (II) was aged about 7½. In July 1818, His step-mother Ann married Robert Foulcher, a blacksmith, but it would seem that the resources of the couple were limited, as on 1st January 1819 she (in her new married name of Ann Foulcher) committed her step-son to an orphan school.[4] John appeared in the records during his time there on two matters: "Complaint of ill usage at Male Orphan Institution", and "ordered to land boats & take boats to Kissing Point". Both entries in the Index of the Colonial Secretary's Papers are dated 22 August 1822.[5]

However after John had spent seven years and eight months at the Orphan School, Ann and her husband Robert wrote the following letter:

Parramatta 30th Aug 1826
Sir,
We, the undersigned, do hereby Certify, that John Wilkinson, a Boy in the Male Orphan House, at Liverpool, to be our Son in law, and that owing to its having been intimated to us that several of those Children were about to be placed out to Masters to learn Trades have in consequence been induced to make this application for our Boy for the purpose of his Father teaching him his Busineſs / a Blacksmith / and who is much inconvenienced for the want of a Lad, humbly trusting, Sir, you will do us the kind Act of representing the same to the Gentlemen of the above Institution at their first meeting,
By so doing, you will
Confer a lasting obligation
on Your Most Obdt & Very
Humble Servants,
Robert Foulcher
Ann Foulcher[6]

John John Wilkinson(II) Wilkinson married Esther Byrnes on 20th August 1832, also at St John's Church, Parramatta. The marriage was performed by the Reverend Samuel Marsden.[7]

John passed away in 1863[8] and his remains are buried at St Mark's Anglican Cemetery, Greendale NSW.[9][10] St Mark's Burials Register records his occupation as being a Farmer.[11] The church was sold in 1980 and converted to a private residence. After the sale, all the churchyard's headstones but one were removed and the cemetery where John and other early settlers are buried is now a lawn.[12]

  • timeline[13]
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Sources

  1. NSW BDM Birth records 2243/1810 V18102243 1A, and 668/1810 V1810668 148 .
  2. Facsimile of the relevant page from the Baptisms Register of St John's Parramatta is online at https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/60622/images/44132_1831101454_0699-00431 (subscriber login required).
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Marsden
  4. Colonial Secretary's Papers 1788-1825. See Index at http://colsec.records.nsw.gov.au/w/F61c_wil-02.htm#P894_29996
  5. Colonial Secretary's Papers 1788-1825. See Index at http://colsec.records.nsw.gov.au/w/F61c_wil-02.htm#P894_29996
  6. Facsimile of this letter is online at https://www.ancestry.com.au/interactive/1676/30517_081768-00447/1590 (subscriber login required).
  7. Facsimile of the Marriages Register of St John's Parramatta is online at https://www.ancestry.com.au/interactive/60735/44132_1831101454_0700-00231/5060 (subscriber login required).
  8. NSW BDM death 5507/1863.
  9. https://austcemindex.com/inscription?id=15796272
  10. Find A Grave: Memorial #184789394
  11. Burials Register of St Mark's Greendale is online at https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/61177/images/45578_gre^co18501924-00027 (subscriber login required).
  12. https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=1970171
  13. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/timeline/LZYQ-PC2

See also: Australia Royalty website: John Wilkinson, 1810–1863





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P M
Wilkinson-5735 and Wilkinson-5920 appear to represent the same person because: profile creator has created many other dups, also with some inaccurate info and no sources. This merge is part of a clean-up.
posted by P M
Wilkinson-7207 and Wilkinson-5920 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicated profile
posted by Peter Jones
Wilkinson-5920 and Wilkinson-7207 are not ready to be merged because: Profiles have different fathers.
posted by Ian Sutton
Wilkinson-5920 and Wilkinson-7207 appear to represent the same person because: Reviewing primary sources these do appear to be duplicates needing to be merged
posted by Peter Jones
Relevant:
  • birth record is per 2243/1810 V18102243 1A and 668/1810 V1810668 148 which was to parents John and Sarah
  • death record here is NSW BDM 5507/1863 showing father’s name JOHN and mother SARAH.

This suggested that this profile does need to be merged with that of Wilkinson-7207.

posted by Peter Jones
Wilkinson-5920 and Wilkinson-7207 do not represent the same person because: These profiles have different fathers
posted by Ian Sutton
Wilkinson-7207 and Wilkinson-5920 appear to represent the same person because: The same person I think
posted by Ian Sutton
b. 5 Aug 1810 - d. 18 Nov 1863 Greendale.
posted by Rebecca Coombes