Joseph Pye, 17961853 (aged 56 years)

Name
Joseph /Pye/
Given names
Joseph
Surname
Pye
Birth
Citation details: Vol 01, Baptisms, 1790-1825; Marriages, 1789-1823; Burials, 1790-1825
Text:

Joseph Pye son of John and Mary Pye
was born 19 Jul 1796 and christened 4 Sep 1796

Religious marriage
Citation details: No 485
Text:

Joseph Pye free of the parish of St John Parramatta
and Elizabeth Ward of ditto, free
were married in this church by banns
this 26 day of September 1815
by me Samuel Marsden
Joseph and Sarah both signed the register
in the presence of Charles Walker and Sarah Bartlett who also signed the register

Calves killed
Citation details: The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) Sat 17 Nov 1821 Page 3
Text:

"On Wednesday last, two calves were killed at the Eastern Creek, on the farm of Mr. Joseph Pye, by eagle hawks. One was three, and the other six weeks old; and they were selected from eight others. When first discovered dead, it was supposed the animals had been shot, the skin being perforated in several parts of the body; but, upon closer inspection, the native dogs were pronounced to be the depredators; from which aspersion however, these "harmless" animals were amply vindicated by a decision of the natives upon the singular occasion, who reported that the eagle hawks were the perpetrators, and that it was nothing uncommon with these animals to pounce upon a kangaroo while feeding, drive the long beak into the back of the neck clasp the animal with its claws, and then beat the defenceless captive with its wings till life became extinct. To confirm the assertion of the natives, three of these formidable birds were seen hovering about the place where the animals had been killed, and one of them in a little time was shot; it measured from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other, seven and a half feet; and to judge from its proportionate size, the strength of the animal must be past belief."

Census
Citation details: p. 308
Text:

Pye, Joseph, 32, born in the colony, Protestant, landholder, Bathurst
Pye, Elizabeth, 31, born in the colony
Pye, Joseph, 9, born in the colony
Pye, Mary Ann, 5, born in the colony
Pye, Sarah, 4, born in the colony
Pye, Charles W., 18m. born in the colony

Death
Text:

died 4 Jan 1853

Citation details: Sydney Morning Herald Fri 7 Jan 1853 p. 2
Text:

At his residence, Eastern Creek, on Wed-
nesday morning, the 5th instant, Mr. Joseph
Pye, senior, aged 56 years.

Burial
Citation details: p. 130
Text:

Sacred
to the Memory of
CHARLES WALKER PYE
Obit Septr 11th 1844
Etat 17 years & 4 months
Also
ELIZABETH PYE
Obit Decmr 13th 1852
Aetat 55 years
Also
JOSEPH PYE
Obiit 4th January 1853
Aetat 56 years
Also
ELIZABETH HANNAH DICK
Wife of Mr. ROBERT DICK of
Windsor and youngest daughter
of the above
JOSEPH and ELIZABETH PYE
died 1st Oct 1854 aged 20 years 7 months

Family with parents
father
17691830
Birth: March 12, 1769Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Death: September 22, 1830Baulkham Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
mother
17631843
Birth: about 1763
Death: February 8, 1843Seven Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage Religious marriageDecember 11, 1791Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
5 years
himself
17961853
Birth: July 19, 1796 27 33 Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: January 1853Eastern Creek, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
younger brother
17981845
Birth: June 26, 1798 29 35 Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: December 28, 1845Baulkham Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
younger brother
18001858
Birth: 1800 30 37 New South Wales, Australia
Death: June 11, 1858Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
younger sister
17991813
Birth: 1799 29 36 New South Wales, Australia
Death: January 29, 1813New South Wales, Australia
2 years
younger sister
18011869
Birth: June 3, 1801 32 38 Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1869Campbelltown, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia
22 months
younger brother
18031884
Birth: March 18, 1803 34 40 New South Wales, Australia
Death: December 30, 1884Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
younger sister
18051839
Birth: March 31, 1805 36 42 Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1839New South Wales, Australia
3 years
younger sister
18081838
Birth: February 11, 1808 38 45 Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: November 3, 1838Baulkham Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Mother’s family with William Phillips
stepfather
mother
17631843
Birth: about 1763
Death: February 8, 1843Seven Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage Marriagebefore 1791
Family with Elizabeth Ward
himself
17961853
Birth: July 19, 1796 27 33 Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: January 1853Eastern Creek, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
wife
17971852
Birth: June 29, 1797 31 35 Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: December 13, 1852Eastern Creek, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage Religious marriageSeptember 26, 1815Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
4 years
son
1819
Birth: June 6, 1819 22 21 Eastern Creek, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death:
3 years
daughter
18221925
Birth: October 2, 1822 26 25 Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1925Woollahra, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
daughter
18241878
Birth: September 22, 1824 28 27 Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1878Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
son
18271844
Birth: May 12, 1827 30 29 Eastern Creek, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1844New South Wales, Australia
3 years
son
18291897
Birth: December 2, 1829 33 32 Eastern Creek, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: September 18, 1897Harris Park, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
4 years
daughter
18341854
Birth: February 13, 1834 37 36 Eastern Creek, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: October 1, 1854Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Birth
Citation details: Vol 01, Baptisms, 1790-1825; Marriages, 1789-1823; Burials, 1790-1825
Text:

Joseph Pye son of John and Mary Pye
was born 19 Jul 1796 and christened 4 Sep 1796

Religious marriage
Citation details: No 485
Text:

Joseph Pye free of the parish of St John Parramatta
and Elizabeth Ward of ditto, free
were married in this church by banns
this 26 day of September 1815
by me Samuel Marsden
Joseph and Sarah both signed the register
in the presence of Charles Walker and Sarah Bartlett who also signed the register

Calves killed
Citation details: The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) Sat 17 Nov 1821 Page 3
Text:

"On Wednesday last, two calves were killed at the Eastern Creek, on the farm of Mr. Joseph Pye, by eagle hawks. One was three, and the other six weeks old; and they were selected from eight others. When first discovered dead, it was supposed the animals had been shot, the skin being perforated in several parts of the body; but, upon closer inspection, the native dogs were pronounced to be the depredators; from which aspersion however, these "harmless" animals were amply vindicated by a decision of the natives upon the singular occasion, who reported that the eagle hawks were the perpetrators, and that it was nothing uncommon with these animals to pounce upon a kangaroo while feeding, drive the long beak into the back of the neck clasp the animal with its claws, and then beat the defenceless captive with its wings till life became extinct. To confirm the assertion of the natives, three of these formidable birds were seen hovering about the place where the animals had been killed, and one of them in a little time was shot; it measured from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other, seven and a half feet; and to judge from its proportionate size, the strength of the animal must be past belief."

Census
Citation details: p. 308
Text:

Pye, Joseph, 32, born in the colony, Protestant, landholder, Bathurst
Pye, Elizabeth, 31, born in the colony
Pye, Joseph, 9, born in the colony
Pye, Mary Ann, 5, born in the colony
Pye, Sarah, 4, born in the colony
Pye, Charles W., 18m. born in the colony

Death
Text:

died 4 Jan 1853

Citation details: Sydney Morning Herald Fri 7 Jan 1853 p. 2
Text:

At his residence, Eastern Creek, on Wed-
nesday morning, the 5th instant, Mr. Joseph
Pye, senior, aged 56 years.

Burial
Citation details: p. 130
Text:

Sacred
to the Memory of
CHARLES WALKER PYE
Obit Septr 11th 1844
Etat 17 years & 4 months
Also
ELIZABETH PYE
Obit Decmr 13th 1852
Aetat 55 years
Also
JOSEPH PYE
Obiit 4th January 1853
Aetat 56 years
Also
ELIZABETH HANNAH DICK
Wife of Mr. ROBERT DICK of
Windsor and youngest daughter
of the above
JOSEPH and ELIZABETH PYE
died 1st Oct 1854 aged 20 years 7 months