John Pogson (1793 - 1867)

Born 1793 in Rishworth, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Holdsworth) Pogson — married 10 Nov 1817 in Almondbury, Yorkshire, England

Husband of Mary Ann (Howarth) Pogson — married 9 May 1825 in St John's, Parramatta, NSW, Australia

Husband of Mary Boylen — married 1859 in Parramatta, NSW, Australia

Descendants

Died 10 Nov 1867 at about age 74 in Pennant Hills, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

John Pogson was born in Yorkshire, England.

John was born John Pogson, in Rishworth, Yorkshire in 1793 & baptised John Pogson on 1 September 1793 Ripponden with Rishworth, St Bartholomew, Yorkshire the son of Henry Pogson (weaver) of Rishworth. ^[1]

Note

John POGSON was a textile worker from Yorkshire. He was sentenced to death for burglary in County of York. John was tried at York Assizes on 15 July 1820 and his death sentence was commuted to transportation for life. He was transported to Australia on the "Prince of Orange" in 1821 on a life term leaving his wife Sarah and 2 young sons in Huddersfield, Yorkshire. Two years later they were sent for but Sarah had died and the boys stayed in England. One of them, Henry came to Australia in 1830.

John POGSON received a Conditional Pardon in 1841. By 1828 he had purchased 45 acres of Laurence Halfpenny's grant in the area of New Line and Gumnut Roads, and later bought further land along Gumnut Road and on Purchase Road.

During the 1830s Wesleyan prayer meetings were held in the homes of settlers in Castle Hill and John Pogson is named as one of those.

In 1837 he was on a ticket-of-leave and by 1841 he was granted a conditional pardon.

In 1845 John and Mary Ann (nee HOWARTH) deeded, for the consideration of 10 shillings, half an acre of land opposite their home for the building of the Wesleyan Church and burial ground.

The church recently celebrated its 125 year anniversary. See the photo of an item in the Hornsby Advocate, 6 March 2014, p9

He passed away about 1867.

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812: New Reference Number: WDP21/3

Pioneers of Hornsby Shire 1788-1906

Author: Hornsby Shire Historical Society

Publication: Library of Australian History, 1979

"Early Wesleyans of Pennant Hills"

Author: Helen Barker & Ralph Hawkins

Publisher: Hornsby Shire Historical Society, 1986

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J715-3J6 : 30 December 2014, John Pogson, 01 Sep 1793); citing RIPPONDEN,YORK,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 100,095, 100,096.

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