Hannah (Pearson) Laycock (abt. 1757 - 1831)

Born about 1757 in Bristol, Somerset, England

Wife of Thomas Laycock — married about 1783 in London, England

Descendants

Died 5 May 1831 at about age 74 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Hannah (Pearson) Laycock came free to the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

Variations of spelling surname
Laycock, Leaycock

1757 Birth

1783 Marriage

1789 Arrival into the Colony
Hannah arrived into the colony on board the H.M.S. Gorgon in September 1791 with her husband Thomas Laycock (1756-1809).^[1] The H.M.S. Gorgon was a 44-gun frigate that was converted into a storeship. She left England on the 15th of March 1791 with 31 male convicts on board. The voyage took 190 days with stops at the following ports: - Teneriffe, St Jago, and finally at the Cape where she remained for 6 weeks whilst she picked up livestock to bring to the colony. She arrived in Sydney on the 21st of September 1791. Only one death was recorded during the voyage.^[2]

1805
Hannah returned to England.

1809
Hannah's husband Thomas died at his residence in Pitts Row on the 27th December 1809 after a long and painful illness. He was in his 53 years old.

1810
Hannah arrived back to Australia where she received a grant of 500 acres by Governor King. She named the property "Kings Grove" in honour of the Governor.

1831 Death
Hannah died on 5 May 1831 at Sydney. ^[3]

1831 Death Notice ^[4]
DIED - At her residence in Pitt-street, Mrs LAYCOCK, relict of Quarter-Master Thomas LAYCOCK, of the 102d Regiment, in the 74th year of her age, after a residence in this Colony of upwards of forty years. She was a lady universally respected for her urbanity and kindness of disposition.

1831 Burial ^[5]
Hannah was buried in the Elizabeth and Devonshire Streets Cemetery and later reinterred at Bunnerong Cemetery in Section 2S Number 110, when the government resumed that burial ground land to make way for the Sydney Central Railway Station in 1901. The description of her gravestone at the time of her reinterment to Bunnerong was that the stone was an "Altar" and in "Poor" condition. This stone is not still standing today. ^[6]

1831 Headstone Inscription ^[7]
Hannah Leaycock
Died 5th May 1831
Aged 73 years & 4 months.

Sources

1. ↑ Spurway, J. and Allen, A., 1992. Australian Biographical And Genealogical Record. Sydney: ABGR and the Society of Australian Genealogists, p.252.
2. ↑ Bateson, C., 2004. The Convict Ships, 1787-1868. Sydney [N.S.W.]: Library of Australian History, pp.131, 138.
3. ↑ Dictionary of Sydney. Accessed 20 Sep 2020 Hannah Laycock
4. ↑ "Family Notices" The Sydney Monitor (NSW : 1828 - 1838) 14 May 1831: 4 (AFTERNOON). Web. 22 Sep 2022 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32075449>.
5. ↑ Johnson, K. and Sainty, M., 2001. Sydney burial ground 1819-1901. Sydney: Library of Australian History, pp.229, 339.
6. ↑ 1988. Pioneer Memorial Park at Botany Cemetery. Maroubra, N.S.W.: Cape Banks Family History Society.
7. ↑ Johnson, K. and Sainty, M., 1973. Gravestone Inscriptions NSW. Volume 1 Sydney burial ground. Sydney: Genealogical Publications of Australia, pp. xix, 28, 179.

• 'Laycock, Thomas (1756–1809)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/laycock-thomas-2339/text3049, published first in hardcopy 1967, accessed online 28 May 2017.