Jonathan HassallAge: 361798–1834
- Name
- Jonathan Hassall
- Given names
- Jonathan
- Surname
- Hassall
 Birth | 31 January 1798 29 31 , , , Tahiti
Source:
Smee, C.J. and Provis, J. Selkirk, comp., The 1788-1820 Association's Pioneer Register, second edition - volume I. Sydney, N.S.W., The Association, 1981
Text: Matavai, Tahiti
Source:
Parramatta Family History Group (comp)., Parramatta pioneer register volume 2: settlement to 1920. Parramatta: the Society, 2003
Text: Born British House, Venus Point, Tahiti
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 Immigration | 1798 Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Source:
Tuxford, Bob, [various titles] email messages to Marion Purnell, Aug 2010
Text: Jonathan travelled to Tahiti on the ship 'Duff' with his parents and brother Thomas. In 1798 the family arrived at Sydney aboard the 'Nautilus' and settled at Parramatta. Samuel Hassall received a land grant in 1818 at O'Connell Plains, Bathurst, and also managed his father's property 'Macquarie Grove', on the Nepean River at Camden.
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 Birth of a sister | 12 December 1799 (Age 22 months) Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Mary Cover Hassall
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| Birth of a brother | 25 October 1802 (Age 4) , Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
James Hassall
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| Birth of a sister | 2 October 1804 (Age 6) , Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Elizabeth Cordelia Hassall
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| Birth of a sister | 28 July 1806 (Age 8) Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Susannah Marsden Hassall
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| Birth of a sister | 14 October 1808 (Age 10) Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Ann Hassall
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| Birth of a sister | 1810 (Age 11) Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Elizabeth Hassall
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| Death of a sister | 9 July 1812 (Age 14) Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Elizabeth Hassall
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| Burial of a sister | 11 July 1812 (Age 14) Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister -
Elizabeth Hassall
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 Property | Cowpastures, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia after 1816 (Age 17)
Source:
Journeys in Time: 1809-1822 [database online] Macquarie University, 1998-2000
Text: In 1816 Jonathan had received from Governor Macquarie a grant of 200 acres at the Cowpastures near Camden (present-day: Cobbitty) which he called Matavai.This was consolidated later by a second grant of 230 acres.
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 Marriage | Mary Rouse - View family 22 November 1819 (Age 21) Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Address: St Johns
Source:
Journeys in Time: 1809-1822 [database online] Macquarie University, 1998-2000
Text: This was the famous triple wedding where three of Rowland Hassall's children were married in the same ceremony: Samuel Hassall married Lucy Mileham, Mary Cover Hassall married Rev. Walter Lawry and Jonathan Hassall married Mary Rouse.
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| Death of a father | 28 August 1820 (Age 22) Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
father -
Rowland Hassall
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| Birth of a son #1 | 29 August 1820 (Age 22)
son -
Rowland Hassall
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| Birth of a son #2 | 22 April 1822 (Age 24) Cowpastures, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
son -
Richard James Hassall
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| Birth of a son #3 | 1824 (Age 25) Field of Mars, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
son -
Jonathan Lawry Hassall
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| Property | Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia after 1823 (Age 24)
Source:
Journeys in Time: 1809-1822 [database online] Macquarie University, 1998-2000
Text: In 1823, Jonathan and his three brothers, Thomas, Samuel, and James, received grants of land west of the mountains. Governor Thomas Brisbane granted Jonathan 800 acres at O'Connell Plains, south-east of Bathurst. The grant became known as Newberry Farm and in 1828 its location was listed as being at Macquarie Plains. The 1828 Census records that Jonathan's Matavaiholding now totalled 700 acres; he also owned an additional 1100 acres at Bathurst known as Junction Farm.
However, it is clear that Mary's husband Jonathan lacked the managerial skills needed to successfuly meet the challenges of early colonial enterprise. His personal debts, and the mismanagement of the assets of other family members, increased progressively over the years. Despite the best efforts of his brothers and brothers-in-laws he became deeply indebted and was clearly troubled by his personal situation. He sold his Matavaiproperty to his brother James, and Jonathan, Mary and their six children moved to Berkshire House,near Riverstone. Berkshire Housewas a 10-roomed house that had been built by Mary's father, Richard Rouse, on 320 acres located at the junction of South Creek and the Richmond Road, close to the Rouse Hillestate. It was from here that Mary wrote to her brother-in-law, Thomas, on 27 March 1834, indicating that her husband's physical and mental state was in decline: "I am sorry to inform you that my poor Jon'n is very ill he has keep his bed for several days an is growing very week [sic] an at intervils [sic] very delirious he wishes to converse with some pious friend I have rote [sic] Mr Scoufield at Whindsor [sic] he has promised to come an see him I trust the first time you come near us that you will please to pay us a visit of love to his presious [sic] soul who can tell that a worde [sic] or two in season might have the desired affect.[sic] O' that his dear departed Mothers petitions may be heard an answered before it is two [sic] laite, [sic] I was in hopes to have the pleasure of meeting you with my Sister on Easter Thursday I fear that Jon'n health will not permitt [sic] my leaving home Jonathan joines [sic] me in sincer [sic] love to Ann yourself an family hoping you enjoyed your trip to Oconale [sic: O'Connell] plaines [sic] from your Sincer [sic] an anxious Sister." |
| Death of a sister | 24 December 1825 (Age 27) , Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
younger sister -
Mary Cover Hassall
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| Birth of a son #4 | 8 April 1826 (Age 28) The Cowpastures, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
son -
Edwin Otoo Hassall
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| Birth of a son #5 | 3 January 1827 (Age 28)
son -
James Hassall
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| Death of a son | between 3 January 1827 and 31 December 1827 (Age 28)
son -
James Hassall
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 Census | November 1828 (Age 30) , , New South Wales, Australia
Source:
Census of New South Wales November 1828, ed. by Malcolm R. Sainty and Keith A. Johnson. Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1985 ie. 1980
Text: Hassall, Jonathan, 31, came free, Nautilis, 1798, Protestant, farmer, Mattavi, Cooke
Hassall, Mary, 30, came free, Nile, 1803, Protestant Hassall, Rowland, 8, born in the colony Hassall, Richard James, 6, born in the colony Hassall, Jonathan Lawry, 4, born in the colony Hassall, Edwin Otoo, 2, born in the colony |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | 12 December 1828 (Age 30)
daughter -
Mary Cover Hassall
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| Death of a brother | 25 July 1830 (Age 32) Cobbitty, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
elder brother -
Samuel Otoo Hassall
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| Birth of a son #7 | about 1831 (Age 32)
son -
Charles Hassall
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| Death of a mother | 11 February 1834 (Age 36) Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
mother -
Elizabeth Hancox
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 Death | 13 December 1834 (Age 36) The Cowpastures, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Source:
Journeys in Time: 1809-1822 [database online] Macquarie University, 1998-2000
Text: On 13 December, at his former property of Matavai, Jonathan's troubled life came to an end, when he apparently took his own life by drowning. The Sydney Gazette of 16 December recorded the events preceding his death, and the probability of his suicide:
"We regret to state that Mr. Jonathan Hassall of Matavia,[sic] Cowpastures, who has been in a deranged state of mind for the last three months, put a period to his existence on Saturday last. He left home early on the morning of that day with a determination, as he stated, of shooting some person who had offended him: but as he was in the habit of behaving in this strange manner, no particular notice was taken of his threat. However, he not returning at the usual hour, search was made, when his hat and stick were discovered floating in a lagoon near his farm. We had not heard of the body being discovered at the time we went to press." At the time, Mary was pregnant with their eighth child. This infant, Elizabeth, was born in 1835, but only lived for six days. |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | 23 May 1835 (5 months after death)
daughter -
Elizabeth Hassall
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 Burial | Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Cemetery: St Matthews |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Rowland Hassall
Birth 31 March 1768 Coventry, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Death 28 August 1820 (Age 52) Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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-15 months mother |
Elizabeth Hancox
Birth about 1767 Death 11 February 1834 (Age 67) Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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Marriage: 15 July 1793 — Coventry, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom |
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10 months #1 elder brother |
Thomas Hassall
Birth 29 May 1794 26 27 Coventry, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Death 29 March 1868 (Age 73) Cobbitty, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia |
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23 months #2 elder brother |
Samuel Otoo Hassall
Birth 13 May 1796 28 29 Coventry, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Death 25 July 1830 (Age 34) Cobbitty, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia |
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21 months #3 himself |
Jonathan Hassall
Birth 31 January 1798 29 31 , , , Tahiti Death 13 December 1834 (Age 36) The Cowpastures, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia |
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22 months #4 younger sister |
Mary Cover Hassall
Birth 12 December 1799 31 32 Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death 24 December 1825 (Age 26) , Cornwall, England, United Kingdom |
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3 years #5 younger brother |
James Hassall
Birth 25 October 1802 34 35 , Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death 28 October 1862 (Age 60) , , Victoria, Australia |
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23 months #6 younger sister |
Elizabeth Cordelia Hassall
Birth 2 October 1804 36 37 , Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death 6 July 1835 (Age 30) O'Connell Plains, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia |
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22 months #7 younger sister |
Susannah Marsden Hassall
Birth 28 July 1806 38 39 Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death 15 August 1890 (Age 84) Bowral, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia |
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2 years #8 younger sister |
Ann Hassall
Birth 14 October 1808 40 41 Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death November 1891 (Age 83) Burrowa, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia |
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15 months #9 younger sister |
Elizabeth Hassall
Birth 1810 41 43 Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death 9 July 1812 (Age 2) Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Family with Mary Rouse - View family |
| himself |
Jonathan Hassall
Birth 31 January 1798 29 31 , , , Tahiti Death 13 December 1834 (Age 36) The Cowpastures, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia |
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11 months wife |
Mary Rouse
Birth 13 January 1799 24 26 , , England, United Kingdom Death 15 December 1883 (Age 84) Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia |
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Marriage: 22 November 1819 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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9 months #1 son |
Rowland Hassall
Birth 29 August 1820 22 21 Death 1904 (Age 83) |
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20 months #2 son |
Richard James Hassall
Birth 22 April 1822 24 23 Cowpastures, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia Death 1900 (Age 77) |
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20 months #3 son |
Jonathan Lawry Hassall
Birth 1824 25 24 Field of Mars, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death 1899 (Age 75) Ashfield, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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2 years #4 son |
Birth 8 April 1826 28 27 The Cowpastures, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia Death 1898 (Age 71) |
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9 months #5 son |
James Hassall
Birth 3 January 1827 28 27 Death between 3 January 1827 and 31 December 1827 |
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23 months #6 daughter |
Mary Cover Hassall
Birth 12 December 1828 30 29 Death 1858 (Age 29) |
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2 years #7 son |
Charles Hassall
Birth about 1831 32 31 Death 1863 (Age 32) |
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4 years #8 daughter |
Elizabeth Hassall
Birth 23 May 1835 37 36 Death about 29 May 1835 (Age 6 days) |
| Birth | Smee, C.J. and Provis, J. Selkirk, comp., The 1788-1820 Association's Pioneer Register, second edition - volume I. Sydney, N.S.W., The Association, 1981 Text: Matavai, Tahiti |
| Birth | Parramatta Family History Group (comp)., Parramatta pioneer register volume 2: settlement to 1920. Parramatta: the Society, 2003 Text: Born British House, Venus Point, Tahiti |
| Immigration | Tuxford, Bob, [various titles] email messages to Marion Purnell, Aug 2010 Text: Jonathan travelled to Tahiti on the ship 'Duff' with his parents and brother Thomas. In 1798 the family arrived at Sydney aboard the 'Nautilus' and settled at Parramatta. Samuel Hassall received a land grant in 1818 at O'Connell Plains, Bathurst, and also managed his father's property 'Macquarie Grove', on the Nepean River at Camden. |
| Property | Journeys in Time: 1809-1822 [database online] Macquarie University, 1998-2000 Text: In 1816 Jonathan had received from Governor Macquarie a grant of 200 acres at the Cowpastures near Camden (present-day: Cobbitty) which he called Matavai.This was consolidated later by a second grant of 230 acres. |
| Marriage | Journeys in Time: 1809-1822 [database online] Macquarie University, 1998-2000 Text: This was the famous triple wedding where three of Rowland Hassall's children were married in the same ceremony: Samuel Hassall married Lucy Mileham, Mary Cover Hassall married Rev. Walter Lawry and Jonathan Hassall married Mary Rouse. |
| Marriage | Journeys in Time: 1809-1822 [database online] Macquarie University, 1998-2000 Text: This was the famous triple wedding where three of Rowland Hassall's children were married in the same ceremony: Samuel Hassall married Lucy Mileham, Mary Cover Hassall married Rev. Walter Lawry and Jonathan Hassall married Mary Rouse. |
| Property | Journeys in Time: 1809-1822 [database online] Macquarie University, 1998-2000 Text: In 1823, Jonathan and his three brothers, Thomas, Samuel, and James, received grants of land west of the mountains. Governor Thomas Brisbane granted Jonathan 800 acres at O'Connell Plains, south-east of Bathurst. The grant became known as Newberry Farm and in 1828 its location was listed as being at Macquarie Plains. The 1828 Census records that Jonathan's Matavaiholding now totalled 700 acres; he also owned an additional 1100 acres at Bathurst known as Junction Farm. However, it is clear that Mary's husband Jonathan lacked the managerial skills needed to successfuly meet the challenges of early colonial enterprise. His personal debts, and the mismanagement of the assets of other family members, increased progressively over the years. Despite the best efforts of his brothers and brothers-in-laws he became deeply indebted and was clearly troubled by his personal situation. He sold his Matavaiproperty to his brother James, and Jonathan, Mary and their six children moved to Berkshire House,near Riverstone. Berkshire Housewas a 10-roomed house that had been built by Mary's father, Richard Rouse, on 320 acres located at the junction of South Creek and the Richmond Road, close to the Rouse Hillestate. It was from here that Mary wrote to her brother-in-law, Thomas, on 27 March 1834, indicating that her husband's physical and mental state was in decline: "I am sorry to inform you that my poor Jon'n is very ill he has keep his bed for several days an is growing very week [sic] an at intervils [sic] very delirious he wishes to converse with some pious friend I have rote [sic] Mr Scoufield at Whindsor [sic] he has promised to come an see him I trust the first time you come near us that you will please to pay us a visit of love to his presious [sic] soul who can tell that a worde [sic] or two in season might have the desired affect.[sic] O' that his dear departed Mothers petitions may be heard an answered before it is two [sic] laite, [sic] I was in hopes to have the pleasure of meeting you with my Sister on Easter Thursday I fear that Jon'n health will not permitt [sic] my leaving home Jonathan joines [sic] me in sincer [sic] love to Ann yourself an family hoping you enjoyed your trip to Oconale [sic: O'Connell] plaines [sic] from your Sincer [sic] an anxious Sister." |
| Census | Census of New South Wales November 1828, ed. by Malcolm R. Sainty and Keith A. Johnson. Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1985 ie. 1980 Text: Hassall, Jonathan, 31, came free, Nautilis, 1798, Protestant, farmer, Mattavi, Cooke Hassall, Mary, 30, came free, Nile, 1803, Protestant Hassall, Rowland, 8, born in the colony Hassall, Richard James, 6, born in the colony Hassall, Jonathan Lawry, 4, born in the colony Hassall, Edwin Otoo, 2, born in the colony |
| Death | Journeys in Time: 1809-1822 [database online] Macquarie University, 1998-2000 Text: On 13 December, at his former property of Matavai, Jonathan's troubled life came to an end, when he apparently took his own life by drowning. The Sydney Gazette of 16 December recorded the events preceding his death, and the probability of his suicide: "We regret to state that Mr. Jonathan Hassall of Matavia,[sic] Cowpastures, who has been in a deranged state of mind for the last three months, put a period to his existence on Saturday last. He left home early on the morning of that day with a determination, as he stated, of shooting some person who had offended him: but as he was in the habit of behaving in this strange manner, no particular notice was taken of his threat. However, he not returning at the usual hour, search was made, when his hat and stick were discovered floating in a lagoon near his farm. We had not heard of the body being discovered at the time we went to press." At the time, Mary was pregnant with their eighth child. This infant, Elizabeth, was born in 1835, but only lived for six days. |
| Burial | Journeys in Time: 1809-1822 [database online] Macquarie University, 1998-2000 |