George Best 1758–1836 – Australian Royalty: Genealogy of the colony of New South Wales

George Best, 1758–1836 (aged 78 years)

Name

George Best

Name: George /Best/
Given names: George
Surname: Best

Gender Male


Birth	about 1758 England, United Kingdom
Immigration	August 28, 1791 (aged 33 years) Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Source: Bateson, Charles. The convict ships 1787-1868. 2nd ed. Glasgow : Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd., 1985 ie 1969 Text: The ship William and Ann arrived in the colony 28 Aug 1791 Source: unknown Text: On 24 Nov 1789 he burglarised the home of William Cheeseman the elder in East Peckham, Kent, and stole a watch, its case, chain and key as well as a steel seal. The indictment records that he was a labourer of the Parish of East Peckham. He was tried at the Lent Assizes in Maidstone Kent in 1790 and sentenced to death. The sentence was commuted to transportation for life. He was transported aboard the ship William and Ann which sailed from Plymouth, Devon, England in 1791 and arrived in Sydney on 28 Aug 1791 as part of the Third Fleet. The master was Ed. Bunker. George received a conditional pardon in 1800 and an absolute pardon in 1804. Source: British Newspaper Archive [database online] Citation details: Kentish Gazette - Tuesday 23 March 1790 p. 3 Text: "George Best, Removed by habeas corpus from Surrey for a felony in this county. DEATH - Reprieved."
Occupation	Taskmaster/Overseer 1793 (aged 35 years) Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Employer: Government
Occupation	Farmer 1796 (aged 38 years) Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Note: In 1796 George received is first grant of land, 30 acres at Toongabbie.
Religious marriage	Martha Chamberlain — View this family September 17, 1797 (aged 39 years) Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 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: Year 1797 p. 15 No. 57 Text: George Best of the parish of Parramatta and Martha Chamberlain of the parish of Parramatta were married in this church by banns this seventeenth day of Se[ int he year one thousand seven hundred and ninty [sic] seven by me Samuel Marsden Both George and Martha signed the register with their X mark In the presence of Joseph Souter and Mary Phillips who both sighed the register.
Sheep straying on his land	November 15, 1806 (aged 48 years) Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, 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) Sun 16 Nov 1806 Page 1 Text: "ALL persons that have Sheep in the flocks of George Best, at Toongabbee, are required to take away the same within seven days from the present period; in failure whereof a weekly charge will be made to the owners of one shilling per head, of which they are to take notice. Nov. 15."
Referee	March 1809 (aged 51 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) Sun 26 Mar 1809 Page 2 Text: "WHEREAS a person of the name of John Bowman, did at the commencement of the present month mist grossly and scandalously abuse and misrepresent me as a man of bad character before divers Gentlemen of high respectability; all which assertions I declare to be false, malicious, and infamous in their tendency; and I do therefore stake my Character in Opposition to that of the said John Bowman, that all persons to whom our said characters are known may judge candidly between us. I at the same time appeal to the Public at large as to my conduct in the Colony during a residence of ten years, and refer to Mr. George Beesgt, who has been my only employer in the Country, for my justification in point of Character. I therefore lay, that the said John Bowman in representing me otherwise than as an honest man, was guilty of a voluntary falsehood which would have incurred my contempt alone, did not other concurrent circumstances evince that to injure my circumstances in life was the chief object of his malignity, which it is my full determination to pursue legal measures to redress. William Wood."
Entitled to a quantity of Cloth	July 14, 1810 (aged 52 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) Sat 14 Jul 1810 Page 2 Text: "Commissary's Office, Sydney, July 14th 1810. If the undermentioned persons will make application at this Office, on Monday the 16th of July inst. they will receive an order for such quantities of Cloth as they may be entitled to on account of wool delivered at the Factory at Parramatta. By Command of His Excellency, WILLIAM BROYGHTON, Acting Commissart. Nicholas Bayly, Esq. Mr. McArthur Mr. Lawson Capt. Kemp Rev. Mr. Marsden John Leadbeater Alex. McDonald A. Riley, Esq. James Horrex Edward Elliott Joseph Holt William Mobbs Lieut. Bell Doctor Luttrell W. Cox Esq. John Pye George Best Thos. Clowers Richard Partridge Thomas Hackett John Lickerish Andrew Nash R. Fitz, Esq. William Joyce William Haspin William McDougall John Jones Mr. Smith Simon Moulds Owen Martin Geo. Howell Doctor Harris William Sykes John Goodwin Mary Ward Joseph Gilbert
Petition to Governor	June 8, 1820 (aged 62 years) Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1825 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Citation details: Memorials To The Governor, 1810-1826 Text: "...The respectful memorial of George Best senr. Sheweth That memorialist came to the colony by the ship William and Ann in the year 1798 has a wife and nine children and resides at Toogabbee following agricultural pursuits and supporting an unblemished character. That memorialist begs further to represent to Your Excellency that he gave up a certain portion of land at Baulkham Hills for the use of Government to construct a road from the main Hawkesbury Road to the Interior parts of the country and never received any thing in lieu of it. That memorialist had a grant of 90 acres of land some years since and having now one hundred and forty head of horned cattle and a flock of six hundred sheep resides houses, humbly solicits Your Excellency to take his case into your favourable consideration and extend to him such additional grant of land as to Your Excellency's wisdom and goodness shall seem meet and for such mark of favor Memorialist as in duty bound will every pray. New South Wales June 8th 1820" [annotated in margin: "60 acres"]
Census	November 1828 (aged 70 years) Seven Hills, 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: Best, George 72, absolute pardon Wm & Ann, 1792 life, Protestant, settler, Seven Hills, 805 acres 340 cleared, 70 cultivated, 19 horses, 340 horned cattle and 1140 sheep. Best, Martha, 53, free by servitude, Indispensible, 1796, 7 years, Protestant Best, Sarah 20 born in the colony Best, John 17 born in the colony Best, Robert 16 born in the colony Best, peter 14 born in the colony Best, William 13 born in the colony
Occupation	Innkeeper 1832 (aged 74 years) Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Note: George was running an inn in his home at Toongabbie.
Death	July 3, 1836 (aged 78 years) Seven Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Source: Dunn, Judith, The Parramatta cemeteries: St John's. Parramatta: Parramatta and District Historical Society, 1991
Burial	July 6, 1836 (3 days after death) Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Cemetery: St. John's Cemetery Source: Dunn, Judith, The Parramatta cemeteries: St John's. Parramatta: Parramatta and District Historical Society, 1991 Text: Sacred to the Memory of GEORGE BEST who was unfortunately drowned in crossing the Whollindary River June 26th 1823 aged 22 years Also of MARTHA BEST who departed this life March 14th 1833 aged 55 years Also of GEORGE BEST who departed this life July 3rd 1836 aged 73 [78?] years Also of MARY BEST who departed this life December 2 1857 aged 56 years Also of SUSAN the beloved wife of WILLIAM BEST who departed this life December 26 1865 aged 43 & 5 months Also of SARAH PYE who departed this life May 11th 1882 aged 76 years Also WILLIAM BEST who departed this life 3rd October 1902 aged 86 years Peace perfect Peace Also HANNAH CARTER wife of H. CARTER and third daughter of WILLIAM and SUSAN BEST who departed this life 19th June 1927 aged 77 years Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Burials, 1790-1986 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Citation details: Vol 03, Baptisms, 1834-1838; Marriages, 1834-1838; Burials, 1834-1838 Text: George Best of Seven Hills, buried 6 Jul 1836 age 78 years, farmer Best, George (1801-1823), Chamberlain, Martha (1775-1833), Best, George 1758-1836), Beckett, Mary (1800-1857), Gilbert, Susan (1822-1865), Best, Sarah (1809-1882), Best, William (1816-1902), Best, Hannah (1850-1927) - gravestone Chamberlain, Martha (1775-1833) and Best, George 1758-1836) - plaque

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himself	Links Birth: about 1758 — England, United Kingdom Immigration: August 28, 1791 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Occupation: Taskmaster/Overseer — 1793 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Occupation: Farmer — 1796 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Religious marriage: September 17, 1797 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sheep straying on his land: November 15, 1806 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Referee: March 1809 — New South Wales, Australia Entitled to a quantity of Cloth: July 14, 1810 — New South Wales, Australia Petition to Governor: June 8, 1820 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Seven Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Occupation: Innkeeper — 1832 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: July 3, 1836 — Seven Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Burial: July 6, 1836 — Parramatta, 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 Martha Chamberlain Robert Best Thomas Best George Best Mary Best Elizabeth Best Sarah Best John Best Robert Holt Best Peter Best William Best George Best 1758–1836 Birth: about 1758 — England, United Kingdom Death: July 3, 1836 — Seven Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
wife	Links Birth: between 1775 and 1778 Immigration: April 30, 1796 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Religious marriage: September 17, 1797 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Seven Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: March 14, 1833 — Seven Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Burial: March 17, 1833 — Parramatta, 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 George Best Robert Best Thomas Best George Best Mary Best Elizabeth Best Sarah Best John Best Robert Holt Best Peter Best William Best Martha Chamberlain 1775–1833 Birth: between 1775 and 1778 Death: March 14, 1833 — Seven Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage	Religious marriage — September 17, 1797 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
-5 months son	Links Birth: March 14, 1797 39 22 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Robert Best 1797– Birth: March 14, 1797 39 22 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death:
2 years son	Links Birth: June 20, 1799 41 24 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: February 16, 1818 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Property: 210 acres — 1828 — Dural, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Application for liquor licence: Application for liquor licence — 1828 — Dural, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Event: Horse race — January 17, 1846 Marriage: after 1848 Death: January 26, 1874 — Tangmangaroo, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia Burial: Gunning, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Beckett Esther Best Mary Ann Best Thomas Samuel Best George Best Peter Best Sarah Best Elizabeth Best Eliza Best Sophia Hope Best Henry William Best Family with spouse Ellen Reynolds Allen Joseph Best Thomas Best 1799–1874 Birth: June 20, 1799 41 24 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: January 26, 1874 — Tangmangaroo, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
3 years son	Links Birth: November 29, 1801 43 26 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Petition to Governor: May 29, 1820 — New South Wales, Australia Death: June 26, 1823 — New South Wales, Australia Burial: June 29, 1823 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships George Best 1801–1823 Birth: November 29, 1801 43 26 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: June 26, 1823 — New South Wales, Australia
22 months daughter	Links Birth: October 3, 1803 45 28 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Religious marriage: June 22, 1818 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Religious marriage: 1823 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Seven Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: February 13, 1870 — Parramatta, 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 John Mills George Mills William Mills Family with spouse James Beckett James Beckett Martha Beckett Rebecca Beckett Samuel Beckett Mary Ann Beckett Esther Beckett Thomas Beckett Sarah Jane Beckett Henry William Beckett George Beckett Ann Beckett Mary Best 1803–1870 Birth: October 3, 1803 45 28 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: February 13, 1870 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 years daughter	Links Birth: about 1806 48 31 — Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: July 29, 1822 — Seven Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: about 1825 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Prospect, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Occupation: Midwife Death: November 24, 1875 — Seven Hills, 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 Timothy Power Morgan Hygmuss Power George Power Bridget Power Samuel Power Timothy Power Robert Power Sarah Power Timothy Power Eliza Jane Power Elizabeth Best 1806–1875 Birth: about 1806 48 31 — Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: November 24, 1875 — Seven Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
4 years daughter	Links Birth: June 26, 1809 51 34 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Seven Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: June 20, 1836 Marriage: about 1846 — New South Wales, Australia Death: May 11, 1882 — North Rocks, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Burial: May 13, 1882 — Parramatta, 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 James Pye George Robert William Pye Family with spouse John Robert Brien Harriet Brien Catherine Brien Peter Robert John Brien Sarah Best 1809–1882 Birth: June 26, 1809 51 34 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: May 11, 1882 — North Rocks, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
18 months son	Links Birth: December 11, 1810 52 35 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Seven Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: 1848 — Yass, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia Death: October 18, 1861 — Gunning, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia Burial: Gunning, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Whitehead John Best 1810–1861 Birth: December 11, 1810 52 35 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: October 18, 1861 — Gunning, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
21 months son	Links Birth: August 27, 1812 54 37 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Seven Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Religious marriage: December 26, 1836 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Occupation: farmer, carpenter — 1842 — Wagga Wagga, South West Slopes, New South Wales, Australia Death: September 26, 1853 — Wagga Wagga, South West Slopes, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Clara Brien Clara Best Martha Susannah Best Robert Holt Best Matthew William Best Adelaide Best Diana Elizabeth Best Amelia Ann Best Sarah Jane Best Francis George Best Benjamin Paul Best Robert Holt Best 1812–1853 Birth: August 27, 1812 54 37 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: September 26, 1853 — Wagga Wagga, South West Slopes, New South Wales, Australia
2 years son	Links Birth: November 8, 1814 56 39 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Seven Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: November 22, 1841 — Yass, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1878 — Gunning, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Lawless Jane Penelope Best Alfred Best James Frederick Best Henry Thomas Best Peter Best 1814–1878 Birth: November 8, 1814 56 39 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1878 — Gunning, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
17 months son	Links Birth: April 9, 1816 58 41 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Seven Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Religious marriage: August 11, 1840 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Occupation: Publican — 1847 Occupation: Pastoralist — after 1847 Death: October 3, 1902 — Seven Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Burial: October 5, 1902 — Parramatta, 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 Susannah Gilbert Susanna Best William Best John Thomas Best Samuel Best Hannah Best Mary Best Maria Jane Best George Best Robert Holt Best Martha Amanette Best Louisa Alberta Best Evalina Amelia Best William Best 1816–1902 Birth: April 9, 1816 58 41 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: October 3, 1902 — Seven Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Immigration	Source: Bateson, Charles. The convict ships 1787-1868. 2nd ed. Glasgow : Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd., 1985 ie 1969 Text: The ship William and Ann arrived in the colony 28 Aug 1791 Source: unknown Text: On 24 Nov 1789 he burglarised the home of William Cheeseman the elder in East Peckham, Kent, and stole a watch, its case, chain and key as well as a steel seal. The indictment records that he was a labourer of the Parish of East Peckham. He was tried at the Lent Assizes in Maidstone Kent in 1790 and sentenced to death. The sentence was commuted to transportation for life. He was transported aboard the ship William and Ann which sailed from Plymouth, Devon, England in 1791 and arrived in Sydney on 28 Aug 1791 as part of the Third Fleet. The master was Ed. Bunker. George received a conditional pardon in 1800 and an absolute pardon in 1804. Source: British Newspaper Archive [database online] Citation details: Kentish Gazette - Tuesday 23 March 1790 p. 3 Text: "George Best, Removed by habeas corpus from Surrey for a felony in this county. DEATH - Reprieved."
Religious marriage	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: Year 1797 p. 15 No. 57 Text: George Best of the parish of Parramatta and Martha Chamberlain of the parish of Parramatta were married in this church by banns this seventeenth day of Se[ int he year one thousand seven hundred and ninty [sic] seven by me Samuel Marsden Both George and Martha signed the register with their X mark In the presence of Joseph Souter and Mary Phillips who both sighed the register.
Sheep straying on his land	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) Sun 16 Nov 1806 Page 1 Text: "ALL persons that have Sheep in the flocks of George Best, at Toongabbee, are required to take away the same within seven days from the present period; in failure whereof a weekly charge will be made to the owners of one shilling per head, of which they are to take notice. Nov. 15."
Referee	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) Sun 26 Mar 1809 Page 2 Text: "WHEREAS a person of the name of John Bowman, did at the commencement of the present month mist grossly and scandalously abuse and misrepresent me as a man of bad character before divers Gentlemen of high respectability; all which assertions I declare to be false, malicious, and infamous in their tendency; and I do therefore stake my Character in Opposition to that of the said John Bowman, that all persons to whom our said characters are known may judge candidly between us. I at the same time appeal to the Public at large as to my conduct in the Colony during a residence of ten years, and refer to Mr. George Beesgt, who has been my only employer in the Country, for my justification in point of Character. I therefore lay, that the said John Bowman in representing me otherwise than as an honest man, was guilty of a voluntary falsehood which would have incurred my contempt alone, did not other concurrent circumstances evince that to injure my circumstances in life was the chief object of his malignity, which it is my full determination to pursue legal measures to redress. William Wood."
Entitled to a quantity of Cloth	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) Sat 14 Jul 1810 Page 2 Text: "Commissary's Office, Sydney, July 14th 1810. If the undermentioned persons will make application at this Office, on Monday the 16th of July inst. they will receive an order for such quantities of Cloth as they may be entitled to on account of wool delivered at the Factory at Parramatta. By Command of His Excellency, WILLIAM BROYGHTON, Acting Commissart. Nicholas Bayly, Esq. Mr. McArthur Mr. Lawson Capt. Kemp Rev. Mr. Marsden John Leadbeater Alex. McDonald A. Riley, Esq. James Horrex Edward Elliott Joseph Holt William Mobbs Lieut. Bell Doctor Luttrell W. Cox Esq. John Pye George Best Thos. Clowers Richard Partridge Thomas Hackett John Lickerish Andrew Nash R. Fitz, Esq. William Joyce William Haspin William McDougall John Jones Mr. Smith Simon Moulds Owen Martin Geo. Howell Doctor Harris William Sykes John Goodwin Mary Ward Joseph Gilbert
Petition to Governor	Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1825 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Citation details: Memorials To The Governor, 1810-1826 Text: "...The respectful memorial of George Best senr. Sheweth That memorialist came to the colony by the ship William and Ann in the year 1798 has a wife and nine children and resides at Toogabbee following agricultural pursuits and supporting an unblemished character. That memorialist begs further to represent to Your Excellency that he gave up a certain portion of land at Baulkham Hills for the use of Government to construct a road from the main Hawkesbury Road to the Interior parts of the country and never received any thing in lieu of it. That memorialist had a grant of 90 acres of land some years since and having now one hundred and forty head of horned cattle and a flock of six hundred sheep resides houses, humbly solicits Your Excellency to take his case into your favourable consideration and extend to him such additional grant of land as to Your Excellency's wisdom and goodness shall seem meet and for such mark of favor Memorialist as in duty bound will every pray. New South Wales June 8th 1820" [annotated in margin: "60 acres"]
Census	Source: Ancestry.com. 1828 New South Wales, Australia Census (TNA Copy) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Text: Best, George 72, absolute pardon Wm & Ann, 1792 life, Protestant, settler, Seven Hills, 805 acres 340 cleared, 70 cultivated, 19 horses, 340 horned cattle and 1140 sheep. Best, Martha, 53, free by servitude, Indispensible, 1796, 7 years, Protestant Best, Sarah 20 born in the colony Best, John 17 born in the colony Best, Robert 16 born in the colony Best, peter 14 born in the colony Best, William 13 born in the colony
Death	Source: Dunn, Judith, The Parramatta cemeteries: St John's. Parramatta: Parramatta and District Historical Society, 1991
Burial	Source: Dunn, Judith, The Parramatta cemeteries: St John's. Parramatta: Parramatta and District Historical Society, 1991 Text: Sacred to the Memory of GEORGE BEST who was unfortunately drowned in crossing the Whollindary River June 26th 1823 aged 22 years Also of MARTHA BEST who departed this life March 14th 1833 aged 55 years Also of GEORGE BEST who departed this life July 3rd 1836 aged 73 [78?] years Also of MARY BEST who departed this life December 2 1857 aged 56 years Also of SUSAN the beloved wife of WILLIAM BEST who departed this life December 26 1865 aged 43 & 5 months Also of SARAH PYE who departed this life May 11th 1882 aged 76 years Also WILLIAM BEST who departed this life 3rd October 1902 aged 86 years Peace perfect Peace Also HANNAH CARTER wife of H. CARTER and third daughter of WILLIAM and SUSAN BEST who departed this life 19th June 1927 aged 77 years Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Burials, 1790-1986 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Citation details: Vol 03, Baptisms, 1834-1838; Marriages, 1834-1838; Burials, 1834-1838 Text: George Best of Seven Hills, buried 6 Jul 1836 age 78 years, farmer

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Occupation	In 1796 George received is first grant of land, 30 acres at Toongabbie.
Occupation	George was running an inn in his home at Toongabbie.
Shared note	BURI: CEME St. John's Church of England Cemetery

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Burial	Best, George (1801-1823), Chamberlain, Martha (1775-1833), Best, George 1758-1836), Beckett, Mary (1800-1857), Gilbert, Susan (1822-1865), Best, Sarah (1809-1882), Best, William (1816-1902), Best, Hannah (1850-1927) - gravestone Chamberlain, Martha (1775-1833) and Best, George 1758-1836) - plaque

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Family with Martha Chamberlain
himself	George Best 1758–1836
wife	Martha Chamberlain 1775–1833
son	Robert Best 1797–
son Family Mary Beckett Esther Best Mary Ann Best Thomas Samuel Best George Best Peter Best Sarah Best Elizabeth Best Eliza Best Sophia Hope Best Henry William Best Family Ellen Reynolds Allen Joseph Best	Thomas Best 1799–1874
son	George Best 1801–1823
daughter Family John Mills George Mills William Mills Family James Beckett James Beckett Martha Beckett Rebecca Beckett Samuel Beckett Mary Ann Beckett Esther Beckett Thomas Beckett Sarah Jane Beckett Henry William Beckett George Beckett Ann Beckett	Mary Best 1803–1870
daughter Family Timothy Power Morgan Hygmuss Power George Power Bridget Power Samuel Power Timothy Power Robert Power Sarah Power Timothy Power Eliza Jane Power	Elizabeth Best 1806–1875
daughter Family James Pye George Robert William Pye Family John Robert Brien Harriet Brien Catherine Brien Peter Robert John Brien	Sarah Best 1809–1882
son Family Mary Whitehead	John Best 1810–1861
son Family Clara Brien Clara Best Martha Susannah Best Robert Holt Best Matthew William Best Adelaide Best Diana Elizabeth Best Amelia Ann Best Sarah Jane Best Francis George Best Benjamin Paul Best	Robert Holt Best 1812–1853
son Family Elizabeth Lawless Jane Penelope Best Alfred Best James Frederick Best Henry Thomas Best	Peter Best 1814–1878
son Family Susannah Gilbert Susanna Best William Best John Thomas Best Samuel Best Hannah Best Mary Best Maria Jane Best George Best Robert Holt Best Martha Amanette Best Louisa Alberta Best Evalina Amelia Best	William Best 1816–1902