John Grono 1763–1847 – Australian Royalty: Genealogy of the colony of New South Wales

John Grono, 1763–1847 (aged 84 years)

Grono, John (1763-1847)

Name

John Grono

Name: John /Grono/
Given names: John
Surname: Grono

Gender Male


Birth	about January 1763 Newport, Pembroke, Wales Source: Website - www.ancestry.com. One World Tree
Marriage	Elizabeth Bristow — View this family July 20, 1790 (aged 27 years) Rotherhithe, London, Middlesex, United Kingdom Source: Website - www.ancestry.com. One World Tree
Immigration	April 26, 1799 (aged 36 years) Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Source: Hardy, Bobbie. Early Hawkesbury settlers. Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press, 1985 Note: John was boatswain in the ship 'Buffalo' which arrived in the colony in about 1799. He brought his wife Elizabeth and children at his own expense. His son John, aged 6, remained in England.
Census	November 1828 (aged 65 years) Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, 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: Grono, John, 60, came free, Buffalo, 1799, S, landholder, Pitt Town Grono, Elizabeth, 56, came free, Buffalo, 1799, S Grono, Joel, 20, born in the colony Grono, James, 14, born in the colony Grono, Matilda, 10 born in the colony
Occupation	Farmer, shipbuilder, ship's captain between 1800 and 1847 (0 after death) Source: Hardy, Bobbie. Early Hawkesbury settlers. Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press, 1985 Note: He bought a small farm keeping the former owner as manager, but the 1803 purchase of part of Benn's frontage on Canning Reach made a settled family home, and nucleus of future farming and shipbuilding enterprises on the expanded 'Grono Park'. He bought a small farm keeping the former owner as manager, but the 1803 purchase of part of Benn's frontage on Canning Reach made a settled family home, and nucleus of future farming and shipbuilding enterprises on the expanded 'Grono Park'. There were initial setbacks - a wheatstack burnt, a barn robbed. Ill-luck too attended purchase of the 'Speedwell'; she ran aground in October 1804 at Mount Elliot (Lion Island, Broken Bay). He sold her to Thompson who refloated her and sent her sealing, while Grono at home was fighting off his creditors. A sealing adventure in the 'Ferret' in 1805 apparently restored him to even keel; compatriot Evan Evans sailed with him on the first of many voyagings together. Grono built Thompson's 100 tonner, the 'Governor Bligh' and, after a gala launching at the Green Hills in Aprol 1807, sailed in her as the master. Profits ran high while the fisheries held out. In 1810 he transferred to neighbour Benn's much smaller 'Unity' but after Thompson's death they combined to buy the 'Governor Bligh'. Grono returned to celebrate Christmas 1813 with an amazing haul: 14000 seal skins, three tons of whale oil and ten sealers marooned four years on the New Zealand coast. One was Alexander Books (1787-1964), scottish born child arrival of the Third Fleet, who continued to sail with Grono, married his daughter Margaret and settled at Webb's Creek. Daughter Jane married another survivor, the middle aged Robert McKenzie, and after his death she married yet another of the castaways. By 1820 Grono had abandoned the sea for farming. He became a prominent shipbuilding entrepreneur with wealthy business associates.
Death	May 4, 1847 (aged 84 years) Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Source: Website - www.ancestry.com. One World Tree
Burial	May 6, 1847 (2 days after death) Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Cemetery: Ebenezer Church Source: A Register of pioneer families, volume 1. Croydon: The 1788-1820 Pioneer Association, 1989 Grono, John (1763-1847) - gravestone

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Family with Elizabeth Bristow
himself	Links Birth: about January 1763 — Newport, Pembroke, Wales Marriage: July 20, 1790 — Rotherhithe, London, Middlesex, United Kingdom Immigration: April 26, 1799 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Occupation: Farmer, shipbuilder, ship's captain — between 1800 and 1847 Death: May 4, 1847 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Burial: May 6, 1847 — Portland Head, Hawkesbury, 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 Bristow Elizabeth Grono John Grono Frances Grono Maria Grono Jane Grono Margaret Grono William Grono Ann Grono John Joel Grono James Alexander Grono Matilda Grono Thomas Grono John Grono 1763–1847 Birth: about January 1763 — Newport, Pembroke, Wales Death: May 4, 1847 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
wife	Links Birth: about 1771 — England, United Kingdom Marriage: July 20, 1790 — Rotherhithe, London, Middlesex, United Kingdom Immigration: 1799 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: between October 17, 1814 and November 16, 1814 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Death: July 14, 1848 — Ebenezer, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Burial: Ebenezer, Hawkesbury, 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 Grono Elizabeth Grono John Grono Frances Grono Maria Grono Jane Grono Margaret Grono William Grono Ann Grono John Joel Grono James Alexander Grono Matilda Grono Thomas Grono Elizabeth Bristow 1771–1848 Birth: about 1771 — England, United Kingdom Death: July 14, 1848 — Ebenezer, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage	Marriage — July 20, 1790 — Rotherhithe, London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
18 months daughter	Links Birth: about 1791 28 20 — England, United Kingdom Immigration: April 26, 1799 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Religious marriage: August 30, 1811 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Census: between October 17, 1814 and November 16, 1814 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Death: February 16, 1871 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Burial: February 18, 1871 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse David Hartley Elizabeth Hartley Frances Hartley Margaret Hartley Jane Hartley John Hartley Ann Hartley James Edmund Hartley William Hartley Thomas Hartley David Hartley Mary Ann Hartley Maria Hartley Elizabeth Grono 1791–1871 Birth: about 1791 28 20 — England, United Kingdom Death: February 16, 1871 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
3 years son	Links Birth: 1793 30 22 — London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom Marriage: 1820 — Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom Immigration: August 4, 1827 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: December 25, 1842 — North Rocks, 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 Mary Birkett Thomas Grono John Grono Jane Grono William Grono David Grono John Grono 1793–1842 Birth: 1793 30 22 — London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom Death: December 25, 1842 — North Rocks, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
6 years daughter	Links Birth: 1798 35 27 — the high seas Census: between October 17, 1814 and November 16, 1814 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: April 25, 1815 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Death: December 10, 1862 — Sackville Reach, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Burial: Ebenezer, Hawkesbury, 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 Smith Hall George Smith Hall John Smith Hall William Smith Hall James Smith Hall Thomas Smith Hall Elizabeth Smith Hall Mary Smith Hall Matthew Smith Hall Margaret Smith Hall Jane Smith Hall Frances Grono 1798–1862 Birth: 1798 35 27 — the high seas Death: December 10, 1862 — Sackville Reach, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
3 years daughter	Links Birth: about 1800 37 29 — New South Wales, Australia Religious marriage: December 14, 1818 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Census: 1828 — Field of Mars, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Religious marriage: July 14, 1852 — Parramatta North, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1871 — Pennant Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Burial: November 21, 1871 — Carlingford, 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 William Mobbs Elizabeth Mobbs Ann Mobbs Maria Mobbs John Mobbs Sarah Mobbs Matilda Mobbs James Mobbs William Mobbs Susannah Mobbs Jane Mobbs Thomas Mobbs Rebecca Mobbs Joseph Mobbs George Mobbs David Mobbs Family with spouse John Mills Maria Grono 1800–1871 Birth: about 1800 37 29 — New South Wales, Australia Death: 1871 — Pennant Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
4 years daughter	Links Birth: between 1802 and 1803 40 32 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Religious marriage: April 13, 1818 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Census: 1822 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Census: about 1825 — Wilberforce, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Religious marriage: January 8, 1827 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Lower Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1865 — Central 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 Robert McKenzie Elizabeth McKenzie John Robert McKenzie Family with spouse Michael Mitchell James Mitchell Sarah Mitchell Matilda Mitchell Anne Mitchell Jane Mitchell Maria Mitchell Jane Grono 1802–1865 Birth: between 1802 and 1803 40 32 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1865 — Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
3 years daughter	Links Birth: 1804 41 33 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Religious marriage: July 5, 1819 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Lower Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Death: May 16, 1878 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Burial: Ebenezer, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Alexander Books John Books Elizabeth Books Margaret Books Matilda Books Jane Books Alexander Books David Books Robert Books Frances Books Alexander Books Thomas Books William Books Mary Books George Books Margaret Grono 1804–1878 Birth: 1804 41 33 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Death: May 16, 1878 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
2 years son	Links Birth: about 1805 42 34 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: June 12, 1826 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Wilberforce, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Death: June 19, 1876 — Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Burial: Ebenezer, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Esther Maria Smallwood John Grono Elizabeth Ann Grono Matilda Grono Hester Maria Grono William Grono William Grono 1805–1876 Birth: about 1805 42 34 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Death: June 19, 1876 — Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
2 years daughter	Links Birth: about 1806 43 35 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: February 4, 1823 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Death: December 7, 1838 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Burial: Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, 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 Smallwood Daniel James Smallwood Elizabeth Smallwood Ann Smallwood Esther Matilda Smallwood James Smallwood William Smallwood Mary Ann Smallwood Ann Grono 1806–1838 Birth: about 1806 43 35 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Death: December 7, 1838 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
3 years son	Links Birth: May 9, 1809 46 38 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: May 17, 1831 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: about 1851 Death: 1876 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, 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 Ann Harrison Mary Ann Grono Thomas Grono Elizabeth Grono Joel Grono Sophia Jane Grono Reuben Grono Family with spouse Susannah Bowd Margaret Grono James Grono William Thomas Grono Josephine Grono John Joel Grono 1809–1876 Birth: May 9, 1809 46 38 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1876 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
20 months son	Links Birth: December 28, 1810 47 39 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Death: February 3, 1829 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Burial: Ebenezer, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships James Alexander Grono 1810–1829 Birth: December 28, 1810 47 39 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Death: February 3, 1829 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
5 years daughter	Links Birth: November 17, 1815 52 44 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: June 22, 1829 — Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: December 11, 1832 — Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1847 — the high seas Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Wiseman Jane Matilda Wiseman Family with spouse Thomas Powell Matilda Grono 1815–1847 Birth: November 17, 1815 52 44 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1847 — the high seas
3 years son	Links Birth: 1818 55 47 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: 1850 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Death: September 14, 1875 — New South Wales, Australia Burial: Ebenezer, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Catherine Byrne Edwin George Grono Emma Grono George Grono Henry Grono Katharine Grono Margaret Grono Elizabeth Bristow Grono Thomas Grono 1818–1875 Birth: 1818 55 47 — Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Death: September 14, 1875 — New South Wales, Australia

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Birth	Source: Website - www.ancestry.com. One World Tree
Marriage	Source: Website - www.ancestry.com. One World Tree
Immigration	Source: Hardy, Bobbie. Early Hawkesbury settlers. Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press, 1985
Census	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: Grono, John, 60, came free, Buffalo, 1799, S, landholder, Pitt Town Grono, Elizabeth, 56, came free, Buffalo, 1799, S Grono, Joel, 20, born in the colony Grono, James, 14, born in the colony Grono, Matilda, 10 born in the colony
Occupation	Source: Hardy, Bobbie. Early Hawkesbury settlers. Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press, 1985
Death	Source: Website - www.ancestry.com. One World Tree
Burial	Source: A Register of pioneer families, volume 1. Croydon: The 1788-1820 Pioneer Association, 1989

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Immigration	John was boatswain in the ship 'Buffalo' which arrived in the colony in about 1799. He brought his wife Elizabeth and children at his own expense. His son John, aged 6, remained in England.
Occupation	He bought a small farm keeping the former owner as manager, but the 1803 purchase of part of Benn's frontage on Canning Reach made a settled family home, and nucleus of future farming and shipbuilding enterprises on the expanded 'Grono Park'. There were initial setbacks - a wheatstack burnt, a barn robbed. Ill-luck too attended purchase of the 'Speedwell'; she ran aground in October 1804 at Mount Elliot (Lion Island, Broken Bay). He sold her to Thompson who refloated her and sent her sealing, while Grono at home was fighting off his creditors. A sealing adventure in the 'Ferret' in 1805 apparently restored him to even keel; compatriot Evan Evans sailed with him on the first of many voyagings together. Grono built Thompson's 100 tonner, the 'Governor Bligh' and, after a gala launching at the Green Hills in Aprol 1807, sailed in her as the master. Profits ran high while the fisheries held out. In 1810 he transferred to neighbour Benn's much smaller 'Unity' but after Thompson's death they combined to buy the 'Governor Bligh'. Grono returned to celebrate Christmas 1813 with an amazing haul: 14000 seal skins, three tons of whale oil and ten sealers marooned four years on the New Zealand coast. One was Alexander Books (1787-1964), scottish born child arrival of the Third Fleet, who continued to sail with Grono, married his daughter Margaret and settled at Webb's Creek. Daughter Jane married another survivor, the middle aged Robert McKenzie, and after his death she married yet another of the castaways. By 1820 Grono had abandoned the sea for farming. He became a prominent shipbuilding entrepreneur with wealthy business associates.

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Family with Elizabeth Bristow
himself	John Grono 1763–1847
wife	Elizabeth Bristow 1771–1848
daughter Family David Hartley Elizabeth Hartley Frances Hartley Margaret Hartley Jane Hartley John Hartley Ann Hartley James Edmund Hartley William Hartley Thomas Hartley David Hartley Mary Ann Hartley Maria Hartley	Elizabeth Grono 1791–1871
son Family Mary Birkett Thomas Grono John Grono Jane Grono William Grono David Grono	John Grono 1793–1842
daughter Family George Smith Hall George Smith Hall John Smith Hall William Smith Hall James Smith Hall Thomas Smith Hall Elizabeth Smith Hall Mary Smith Hall Matthew Smith Hall Margaret Smith Hall Jane Smith Hall	Frances Grono 1798–1862
daughter Family William Mobbs Elizabeth Mobbs Ann Mobbs Maria Mobbs John Mobbs Sarah Mobbs Matilda Mobbs James Mobbs William Mobbs Susannah Mobbs Jane Mobbs Thomas Mobbs Rebecca Mobbs Joseph Mobbs George Mobbs David Mobbs Family John Mills	Maria Grono 1800–1871
daughter Family Robert McKenzie Elizabeth McKenzie John Robert McKenzie Family Michael Mitchell James Mitchell Sarah Mitchell Matilda Mitchell Anne Mitchell Jane Mitchell Maria Mitchell	Jane Grono 1802–1865
daughter Family Alexander Books John Books Elizabeth Books Margaret Books Matilda Books Jane Books Alexander Books David Books Robert Books Frances Books Alexander Books Thomas Books William Books Mary Books George Books	Margaret Grono 1804–1878
son Family Esther Maria Smallwood John Grono Elizabeth Ann Grono Matilda Grono Hester Maria Grono William Grono	William Grono 1805–1876
daughter Family James Smallwood Daniel James Smallwood Elizabeth Smallwood Ann Smallwood Esther Matilda Smallwood James Smallwood William Smallwood Mary Ann Smallwood	Ann Grono 1806–1838
son Family Mary Ann Harrison Mary Ann Grono Thomas Grono Elizabeth Grono Joel Grono Sophia Jane Grono Reuben Grono Family Susannah Bowd Margaret Grono James Grono William Thomas Grono Josephine Grono	John Joel Grono 1809–1876
son	James Alexander Grono 1810–1829
daughter Family William Wiseman Jane Matilda Wiseman Family Thomas Powell	Matilda Grono 1815–1847
son Family Catherine Byrne Edwin George Grono Emma Grono George Grono Henry Grono Katharine Grono Margaret Grono Elizabeth Bristow Grono	Thomas Grono 1818–1875