John Palfrey 1764– – Australian Royalty: Genealogy of the colony of New South Wales

John Palfrey, 1764–

Name

John Palfrey

Name: John /Palfrey/
Given names: John
Surname: Palfrey

Name

John Poulfrey

Name: John /Poulfrey/
Given names: John
Surname: Poulfrey

Gender Male


Birth	about 1764 Source: Calculated from age at marriage Text: age given as 50 in 1814
Immigration	June 12, 1801 (aged 37 years) Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Source: State Library of Queensland. Convict Transportation Registers Database 1787-1867 [database on-line]. Text: John Palfrey, one of 296 convicts transported on the Earl Cornwallis, August 1800 Convicted at Hereford Assizes for a term of 7 years on 19 March 1799 Sentence term: 7 years Ship name: Earl Cornwallis Departure date: August, 1800 Place of arrival: New South Wales Source: Bateson, Charles. The convict ships 1787-1868. 2nd ed. Glasgow : Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd., 1985 ie 1969 Text: Arrived in the colony 12 Jun 1801 Source: British Newspaper Archive [database online] Citation details: Oxford Journal Sat 6 Apr 1799 p. 4 Text: At Hereford...John Palfrey, for stealing 11 sheep, the property of Mary James;...were also capitally convicted, but were all reprieved.
His vicious dog is killed	June 1805 (aged 41 years) Pennant Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Source: National Library of Australia. Trove: one search...a wealth of information. [database on-line]. Text: "On Friday se'nnight, at the above settlement, John Palfrey was accused of keeping a dog, long known to be injurious to stock and detrimental to all persons possessed of such, but more especially so to the general interests of the Colony. The voracious animal has been surprised and killed by a Gentleman's stockman, after having glutted himself with the blood of the innocent, and the owner being traced, he was ordered to make good every damage proved to have been sustained from the vicious propensities of his departed ally."
Religious marriage	Mary Goodman — View this family October 17, 1814 (aged 50 years) Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Source: New South Wales. Department of Justice and Attorney General. NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages. [data-base on-line]. Sydney: the Registry. Text: V18141684 3A/1814 PALFREY JOHN BEST MARY CB V1814668 147B/1814 POULFREY JOHN BEST MARY CB (St Johns, Parramatta) Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Marriages, 1790-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Citation details: No 432 Text: John Poulfrey, free, age 50 of the parish of St John Parramatta and Mary Best per Wansted age 37 were married in this church by banns this 17th day of October 1814 by me Samuel Marsden Both John and Mary made their X marks in the presence of Richard Jones who made his X mark amd Elizabeth Jones who made Her X mark
Separation	Mary Goodman — View this family January 25, 1822 (aged 58 years) New South Wales, Australia Source: National Library of Australia. Trove: one search...a wealth of information. [database on-line]. Citation details: The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) Fri 25 Jan 1822 Page 4 Text: "ALL Persons are hereby Cautioned against giving Trust or Credit to my Wife Mary Palfrey, on my Account, she having left her home without any just cause or provocation; all persons found harbouring her after this Public Notice will be prosecuted for the Offence. JOHN PALFREY."
Notice	February 1822 (aged 58 years) New South Wales, Australia Source: National Library of Australia. Trove: one search...a wealth of information. [database on-line]. Citation details: Sydney Gazette Fri 8 Feb 1822 p. 4 Text: ALL Persons are hereby Cautioned against giving Trust or Credit to my Wife, Mary Palfrey, on my Account, she having left her home without any, just cause or provocation. All Persons found harbour- ing her after this Public Notice, will be prosecuted for the Offence. John Palfrey.
Census	November 1828 (aged 64 years) Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Source: Ancestry.com. 1828 New South Wales, Australia Census (TNA Copy) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Text: Palfrey, John, 80, free by servitude, Cornwallis, 1798, 7 years, householder, Princes Street
Death	yes

Date differences

Family with Mary Goodman
himself	Links Birth: about 1764 Immigration: June 12, 1801 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia His vicious dog is killed: June 1805 — Pennant Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Religious marriage: October 17, 1814 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Separation: January 25, 1822 — New South Wales, Australia Notice: February 1822 — New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Goodman John Palfrey 1764– Birth: about 1764 Death:
wife	Links Birth: about 1778 Marriage: about 1798 Immigration: January 9, 1814 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Religious marriage: October 17, 1814 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: 1822 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Separation: January 25, 1822 — New South Wales, Australia Notice: February 1822 — New South Wales, Australia Census: 1825 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Davis Best Maria Davis Best Family with spouse John Palfrey Mary Goodman 1778– Birth: about 1778 Death:
Religious marriage	Religious marriage — October 17, 1814 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

William Davis Best + Mary Goodman
wife’s husband	Links Birth: Ireland Marriage: about 1798 Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Goodman Maria Davis Best William Davis Best – Birth: Ireland Death:
wife	Links Birth: about 1778 Marriage: about 1798 Immigration: January 9, 1814 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Religious marriage: October 17, 1814 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: 1822 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Separation: January 25, 1822 — New South Wales, Australia Notice: February 1822 — New South Wales, Australia Census: 1825 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Davis Best Maria Davis Best Family with spouse John Palfrey Mary Goodman 1778– Birth: about 1778 Death:
Marriage	Marriage — about 1798 —
2 years stepdaughter	Links Birth: about 1799 21 Immigration: January 9, 1814 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: May 28, 1816 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: March 18, 1872 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Andrew Byrne Hannah Byrne William Andrew Byrne Mary Byrne Cavan Byrne Elizabeth Byrne Maria Byrne Andrew Luke Byrne Anne Amelia Byrne Henry Rupert Byrne Terence James Byrne Maria Davis Best 1799–1872 Birth: about 1799 21 Death: March 18, 1872 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Birth	Source: Calculated from age at marriage Text: age given as 50 in 1814
Immigration	Source: State Library of Queensland. Convict Transportation Registers Database 1787-1867 [database on-line]. Text: John Palfrey, one of 296 convicts transported on the Earl Cornwallis, August 1800 Convicted at Hereford Assizes for a term of 7 years on 19 March 1799 Sentence term: 7 years Ship name: Earl Cornwallis Departure date: August, 1800 Place of arrival: New South Wales Source: Bateson, Charles. The convict ships 1787-1868. 2nd ed. Glasgow : Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd., 1985 ie 1969 Text: Arrived in the colony 12 Jun 1801 Source: British Newspaper Archive [database online] Citation details: Oxford Journal Sat 6 Apr 1799 p. 4 Text: At Hereford...John Palfrey, for stealing 11 sheep, the property of Mary James;...were also capitally convicted, but were all reprieved.
His vicious dog is killed	Source: National Library of Australia. Trove: one search...a wealth of information. [database on-line]. Text: "On Friday se'nnight, at the above settlement, John Palfrey was accused of keeping a dog, long known to be injurious to stock and detrimental to all persons possessed of such, but more especially so to the general interests of the Colony. The voracious animal has been surprised and killed by a Gentleman's stockman, after having glutted himself with the blood of the innocent, and the owner being traced, he was ordered to make good every damage proved to have been sustained from the vicious propensities of his departed ally."
Religious marriage	Source: New South Wales. Department of Justice and Attorney General. NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages. [data-base on-line]. Sydney: the Registry. Text: V18141684 3A/1814 PALFREY JOHN BEST MARY CB V1814668 147B/1814 POULFREY JOHN BEST MARY CB (St Johns, Parramatta) Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Marriages, 1790-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Citation details: No 432 Text: John Poulfrey, free, age 50 of the parish of St John Parramatta and Mary Best per Wansted age 37 were married in this church by banns this 17th day of October 1814 by me Samuel Marsden Both John and Mary made their X marks in the presence of Richard Jones who made his X mark amd Elizabeth Jones who made Her X mark
Separation	Source: National Library of Australia. Trove: one search...a wealth of information. [database on-line]. Citation details: The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) Fri 25 Jan 1822 Page 4 Text: "ALL Persons are hereby Cautioned against giving Trust or Credit to my Wife Mary Palfrey, on my Account, she having left her home without any just cause or provocation; all persons found harbouring her after this Public Notice will be prosecuted for the Offence. JOHN PALFREY."
Notice	Source: National Library of Australia. Trove: one search...a wealth of information. [database on-line]. Citation details: Sydney Gazette Fri 8 Feb 1822 p. 4 Text: ALL Persons are hereby Cautioned against giving Trust or Credit to my Wife, Mary Palfrey, on my Account, she having left her home without any, just cause or provocation. All Persons found harbour- ing her after this Public Notice, will be prosecuted for the Offence. John Palfrey.
Census	Source: Ancestry.com. 1828 New South Wales, Australia Census (TNA Copy) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Text: Palfrey, John, 80, free by servitude, Cornwallis, 1798, 7 years, householder, Princes Street

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Family with Mary Goodman
himself	John Palfrey 1764–
wife	Mary Goodman 1778–

William Davis Best + Mary Goodman
wife’s husband	William Davis Best –
wife	Mary Goodman 1778–
stepdaughter Family Andrew Byrne Hannah Byrne William Andrew Byrne Mary Byrne Cavan Byrne Elizabeth Byrne Maria Byrne Andrew Luke Byrne Anne Amelia Byrne Henry Rupert Byrne Terence James Byrne	Maria Davis Best 1799–1872

Descendants

John Palfrey(1764–)
- Mary Goodman1814
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