John Ainsworth Horrocks (1818 - 1846)

Born 22 Mar 1818 in Penwortham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

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Died 23 Sep 1846 at age 28 in Penwortham, South Australia, Australia

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Biography

John Horrocks was born in Lancashire, England.

John Horrocks is Notable.

John Ainsworth Horrocks ^[1] (1818-1846), pastoralist and explorer, was born on 22nd of March 1818 at Penwortham Lodge, near Preston, Lancashire, England, eldest son and one of eight children of Peter Horrocks, gentleman, and his wife Clara, née Jupp. John was educated at Chester and in London, then by a tutor when the family moved to Boulogne, France, in 1831. Sent to a school in Paris two years later, he ran away to Vienna, where the family had settled.
He arrived in South Australia in 1839—on his twenty-first birthday—with his 16-year-old brother Eustace, who later returned to Britain. John was 6 ft 2 ins (189 cm) tall, dark haired with blue eyes and possessed a rugged constitution. He brought with him a family servant, a blacksmith, a shepherd, four merino rams, sheepdogs, tools, sufficient clothing for five years, and a church bell.

Unlike many, Horrocks would not wait in Adelaide for the completion of land surveys. On the advice of Edward John Eyre, he explored land near the Hutt River, north of Adelaide and established Penwortham village. Other pastoralists followed him into the area. In 1841 the long awaited special survey gained a frustrated Horrocks title to only some of the fertile land he had been occupying.
Nevertheless, he built up a flock of 9000 sheep and is believed to have established the first vineyard in the Clare district. In 1842, following the death of his father, he went back to Britain, but returned to South Australia early in 1844 when his affairs faced financial difficulties. . . . more . . adb.anu.edu

People – LifeTree

• Samuel Thomas Gill (1818 - 1880)
• August 30 (Horrock's Expedition) 1846
• Clare Cemetery - Heritage Tree

100 Years of Penwortham.^[2] (1939, November 3). . . and Grave photo . .
Pilgrimage to the Grave of the Explorer, John Ainsworth Horrocks.
A service and ceremony of more than ordinary importance in the historical and traditional life of the community is to take place at St. Mark's Church, Penwortham, on Sunday next, November 5th, when the celebration of the founding of the village of Penwortham 100 years ago, will be marked by a special service at 3 p.m.

Sources

1. ↑ Jon Chittleborough, Horrocks, John Ainsworth (1818–1846), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University,
   published first in hardcopy 2005, accessed online 14 December 2019.
2. ↑ (1939, November 3). Northern Argus
   (Clare, SA : 1869 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved December 14, 2019

See Also:

• Wikipedia, John Ainsworth Horrocks