John Pye, 1769–1830?> (aged 61 years)
- Name
- John /Pye/
- Given names
- John
- Surname
- Pye
Birth
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Text: An alternative source puts his birth date as in the year 1768. |
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Immigration
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Text: John was a convict. He arrived in the colony on the ship Britannia with the Third Fleet in 1791 on a life term.
Source: State Library of Queensland. Convict Transportation Registers Database 1787-1867 [database on-line].
Text: Convicted at Warwick Assizes for a term of 14 years Citation details: Derby Mercury - Thursday 05 August 1790 p. 4 Text: "Yesterday se'nnight the assizes ended at Warwick, where Lord Kenyon tried at the nisi prius bar and Mr. Baron Hotham at the crown bar. The following prisoners received sentence of death, viz. Joseph Harcourt, Thomas Bates, and John Pye, fully convicted at the last Lent assizes for different robberies, but their judgments was respited until the present assize" Citation details: p. 132 Text: The ship Britannia arrived in NSW 14 Oct 1791 |
Religious marriage
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Text: John Pye and Mary Phillips |
Property
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Text: Five years after arriving in the colony John was given a 30 acre grant in Baulkham Hills by Governor Hunter. Later additions formed his home 'Pye Farm' near the junction of Old Northern Road and the Windsor Road. |
Servant punished
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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 23 Mar 1806 Page 3 Text: "A labouring servant of John Pye, settler at Toongabbe [sic], was last week corporally punished for brutal treatment towards his master's oxen, and abusive language when challenged. The above John Pye about the same time lost a fine cow, supposed to have died in consequence of eating a noxious herb." |
Warning to trespassers
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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 9 Aug 1807 Page 2 Text: "All persons are forbid to trespass with stock or otherwise on the Farm of John Pye, in the district of Baulkham Hills, on penalty of prosecution to the utmost rigour of the law; the said farm was formerly known by the name of Vincent's farm, and lying contiguous to that of --- Keymer." |
Servant absconded
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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 24 Sep 1809 Page 2 Text: "EDWARD RAMELL, my Servant, having absconded from my Farm, all persons are Cautioned against harbouring or employing him on pain of prosecution. He is ab otu5 feet 6 inches high, and rendered remarkable by the loss of his two forefingers. |
Petition to Governor
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Citation details: Memorials To The Governor, 1810-1826 Text: "Received 8 Jan 1810" |
Entitled to a quantity of Cloth
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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, |
Occupation
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Text: John built an inn known as the Lamb and Lark on the present site of the Bull and Bush hotel at Baulkham Hills (1979), and he was an early wool grower, being able to supply fleeces to the Government factory at Parramatta from his flocks at Toongabbie. |
Census
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Citation details: p. 308 Text: Pye, John, 60, came free, Britannia, 1791, Protestant, farmer, Seven Hills |
Death
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Burial
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Cemetery: St. John's Cemetery Text: John's burial plaque is inscribed: |
himself | |
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wife | |
Religious marriage | Religious marriage — December 11, 1791 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
5 years
son |
1796–1853
Birth: July 19, 1796
27
33
— Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: January 1853 — Eastern Creek, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
2 years
son |
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3 years
son |
1800–1858
Birth: 1800
30
37
— New South Wales, Australia Death: June 11, 1858 — Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia |
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2 years
daughter |
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22 months
son |
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2 years
daughter |
1805–1839
Birth: March 31, 1805
36
42
— Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1839 — New South Wales, Australia |
3 years
daughter |
wife’s husband | |
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wife | |
Marriage | Marriage — before 1791 — |
Birth |
Text: An alternative source puts his birth date as in the year 1768. |
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Immigration |
Text: John was a convict. He arrived in the colony on the ship Britannia with the Third Fleet in 1791 on a life term.
Source: State Library of Queensland. Convict Transportation Registers Database 1787-1867 [database on-line].
Text: Convicted at Warwick Assizes for a term of 14 years Citation details: Derby Mercury - Thursday 05 August 1790 p. 4 Text: "Yesterday se'nnight the assizes ended at Warwick, where Lord Kenyon tried at the nisi prius bar and Mr. Baron Hotham at the crown bar. The following prisoners received sentence of death, viz. Joseph Harcourt, Thomas Bates, and John Pye, fully convicted at the last Lent assizes for different robberies, but their judgments was respited until the present assize" Citation details: p. 132 Text: The ship Britannia arrived in NSW 14 Oct 1791 |
Religious marriage |
Text: John Pye and Mary Phillips |
Property |
Text: Five years after arriving in the colony John was given a 30 acre grant in Baulkham Hills by Governor Hunter. Later additions formed his home 'Pye Farm' near the junction of Old Northern Road and the Windsor Road. |
Servant punished |
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 23 Mar 1806 Page 3 Text: "A labouring servant of John Pye, settler at Toongabbe [sic], was last week corporally punished for brutal treatment towards his master's oxen, and abusive language when challenged. The above John Pye about the same time lost a fine cow, supposed to have died in consequence of eating a noxious herb." |
Warning to trespassers |
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 9 Aug 1807 Page 2 Text: "All persons are forbid to trespass with stock or otherwise on the Farm of John Pye, in the district of Baulkham Hills, on penalty of prosecution to the utmost rigour of the law; the said farm was formerly known by the name of Vincent's farm, and lying contiguous to that of --- Keymer." |
Servant absconded |
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 24 Sep 1809 Page 2 Text: "EDWARD RAMELL, my Servant, having absconded from my Farm, all persons are Cautioned against harbouring or employing him on pain of prosecution. He is ab otu5 feet 6 inches high, and rendered remarkable by the loss of his two forefingers. |
Petition to Governor |
Citation details: Memorials To The Governor, 1810-1826 Text: "Received 8 Jan 1810" |
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, |
Occupation |
Text: John built an inn known as the Lamb and Lark on the present site of the Bull and Bush hotel at Baulkham Hills (1979), and he was an early wool grower, being able to supply fleeces to the Government factory at Parramatta from his flocks at Toongabbie. |
Census |
Citation details: p. 308 Text: Pye, John, 60, came free, Britannia, 1791, Protestant, farmer, Seven Hills |
Death |
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Burial |
Text: John's burial plaque is inscribed: |