John Small 1761–1850 – Australian Royalty: Genealogy of the colony of New South Wales

John Small, 1761–1850 (aged 89 years)

Name

John Small

Name: John /Small/
Given names: John
Surname: Small

Gender Male


Birth	about 1761
Baptism	December 11, 1761 (aged 0) Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Source: Gillen, Mollie. The Founders of Australia: a biographical dictionary of the First Fleet. North Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1989
Immigration	January 26, 1788 (aged 27 years) Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Source: Cobley, John, comp., The Crimes of the First Fleet convicts. Sydney Angus & Robertson: 1970 Text: John was tried at Devon Lent Assizes held at Exeter Castle on Monday 14 Mar 1785. "Stephen Davenport, John Herbert, Robert Ellwood and John Small: For feloniously assaulting James Burt in the King's Highway feloniously putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life...and feloniously and violently taking from his person and against his will in the said highway, one metal watch and Tortoiseshell case value 30s. one pruning knife value 6d. and five shillings his goods." They were found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. Royal mercy extended on Herbert and Small to transportation for seven years. John was transported aboard the ship Charlotte
Marriage	Mary Parker — View this family 1788 (aged 27 years) Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Source: Ancestry.com. Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Text: Name: John Small Spouse Name: Mary Parker Marriage Date: 1788 Marriage Place: New South Wales Registration Place: Sydney, New South Wales Registration Year: 1788 Volume Number: V
Property	Small Farm February 20, 1794 (aged 33 years) Eastern Farms, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Source: Benson, John Ernest (1911-1989) and Benson, Mavis Kathleen (1918-). The Church on the hill. 2nd ed. Ryde, Parish Council of St Anne's Church, 1992 Citation details: p. 4 Text: John received a grant of land in 1794. He originally had 30 acres (12 ha) between Belmore and Church streets, which was known as Small's Farm. The family later acquired other land including portions of grants which had been made to John Jones, William Jones and Richard Cheers. Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Land Grants and Leases, 1792-1867 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Citation details: Registers of Land Grants and Leases Entire colony, including Van Diemen's Land 1792-1804 (Vol. 1A) Text: John Small granted 30 acres at Eastern Farms by Fra. Grose 20 Feb 1794 Annual quit rent 1 shilling commencing 20 Feb 1799 Named Small Farm Laying and situate at the eastern farms adjoining to Jones Farm.'
Petition to Governor	January 1810 (aged 49 years) Kissing Point, 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: "Received 25 Jan 1810" "...The humble petition of John Small a constable and settler at Kissing Point Most humbly sheweth That Your Excellency's petitioner begs to state he has been in this colony upwards of twenty years has a large family a wife and seven children, which he has supported by extensive industry, that in consequence of his land being nearly exhausted by constant tilage, His Honor Lieutenant Governor Paterson was pleased to grant him thirty acres more and that it was further His Honor's intention to have given petitioner another addition had His Honor remained in the command. That petitioner humbly hopes Your Excellency will in your goodness confirm his said grant and that as he can refer to Colonel Paterson and most of the Officers for a character he is induced respectfully to hope that on a future day he may cherish an [illegible] for some further indulgence from Your Excellency in [illegible] he flatters himself he will find a protector to his large family and his best endeavours shall he exerted to [illegible] the approbation of Your Excellency by a continuance of the [illegible] of conduct which he has hitherto practiced. And in duty bound Your Excellency's petitioner will ever pray."
Census	November 1828 (aged 67 years) Kissing Point, Greater Sydney, 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 Citation details: p. 341 Text: Small, John, 60, free by servitude, Charlotte, 1788, 7 years, Protestant, Kissing Point Small, Thomas, 29, born in the colony, Protestant, publican, Kissing Point Small, Priscilla, 38, born in the colony Small, Thomas (Jun), 6, born in the colony Small, Susannah, 4, born in the colony Small, Elizabeth, 2, born in the colony
Death	October 2, 1850 (aged 89 years) Kissing Point, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Source: Gillen, Mollie. The Founders of Australia: a biographical dictionary of the First Fleet. North Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1989 Text: 2 Oct 1850 Source: Ancestry.com. Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Text: Name: John Small Death Date: 1850 Death Place: New South Wales Registration Year: 1850 Registration Place: Hunters Hill, New South Wales Volume Number: V1850302 36A
Burial	Ryde, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Cemetery: St Annes Churchyard Source: Gillen, Mollie. The Founders of Australia: a biographical dictionary of the First Fleet. North Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1989 Text: His headstone, later removed to Field of Mars cemetery, wrongly recorded his age, day, and year of birth. Source: Find a grave [database on-line]. Text: John Small Birth: unknown Death: Oct. 2, 1850 Burial: Field of Mars Cemetery East Ryde Ryde City New South Wales, Australia Created by: Brett Miller Record added: Oct 01, 2014 Find A Grave Memorial# 136654576

Date differences

Family with Mary Parker
himself	Links Birth: about 1761 Baptism: December 11, 1761 — Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Immigration: January 26, 1788 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: 1788 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Property: Small Farm — February 20, 1794 — Eastern Farms, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Petition to Governor: January 1810 — Kissing Point, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Kissing Point, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: October 2, 1850 — Kissing Point, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Burial: Ryde, 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 Parker Rebecca Small Mary Small John Small William Small Thomas Small Sarah Small Samuel Small John Small 1761–1850 Birth: about 1761 Death: October 2, 1850 — Kissing Point, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
wife	Links Birth: about 1759 Immigration: January 26, 1788 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: 1788 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: April 4, 1824 — Kissing Point, 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 Small Rebecca Small Mary Small John Small William Small Thomas Small Sarah Small Samuel Small Mary Parker 1759–1824 Birth: about 1759 Death: April 4, 1824 — Kissing Point, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage	Marriage — 1788 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
21 months daughter	Links Birth: September 22, 1789 28 30 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Baptism: October 24, 1789 28 30 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Religious marriage: January 27, 1806 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: January 30, 1883 — 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 Francis Oakes Elizabeth Oakes Ann Oakes Mary Oakes George Oakes Rebecca Oakes Susannah Hassall Oakes Francis Oakes Lucy Oakes Rowland Hassall Oakes Samuel Oakes James Lawry Oakes John Leigh Oakes Martha Oakes William Henry Oakes Rebecca Small 1789–1883 Birth: September 22, 1789 28 30 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: January 30, 1883 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2 years daughter	Links Birth: 1791 30 32 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Religious marriage: October 6, 1808 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: 1814 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Richmond, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Death: November 21, 1879 — Richmond, 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 Mathew Hughes Susannah Hughes Margaret Hughes Ann Hughes Robert Hughes Mary Hughes James Hughes Matthew Henry Hughes Thomas Hassall Hughes Elizabeth Hancox Hughes Eliza Rebecca Hughes Martha Hughes Charlotte Hughes William Charles Hughes Henry Francis Hughes Mary Small 1791–1879 Birth: 1791 30 32 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: November 21, 1879 — Richmond, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
4 years son	Links Birth: October 21, 1794 33 35 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: 1820 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Kissing Point, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: April 15, 1883 — Woodford Island, Northern Rivers, 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 Patfield John Frederick Small Anne Small Eliza Small Sophia Small George Small Jane Small Mary Small James Small Harriett Small Rebecca Small Henry Small John Small 1794–1883 Birth: October 21, 1794 33 35 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: April 15, 1883 — Woodford Island, Northern Rivers, New South Wales, Australia
2 years son	Links Birth: December 14, 1796 35 37 — New South Wales, Australia Marriage: 1820 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: November 9, 1891 — Ryde, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Burial: North Ryde, 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 Charlotte Melville Elizabeth Small William Small Robert Small Thomas Small John Small Samuel Small Henry Small George Septimus Small Susannah Martha Small Andrew Octavius Small William Small 1796–1891 Birth: December 14, 1796 35 37 — New South Wales, Australia Death: November 9, 1891 — Ryde, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 years son	Links Birth: July 7, 1799 38 40 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: December 17, 1821 — Sydney Town, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Kissing Point, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: November 12, 1863 — Ryde, 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 Priscilla Mason Thomas Small Susannah Small Elizabeth Small William Small Samuel Small Rebecca Small Timothy Small Priscilla Small Thomas Small 1799–1863 Birth: July 7, 1799 38 40 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: November 12, 1863 — Ryde, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
5 years daughter	Links Birth: April 27, 1804 43 45 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: 1820 — Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Kissing Point, 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 George Patfield George Patfield Susannah Patfield John Patfield Thomas Patfield Mary Patfield Samuel Patfield Elizabeth Patfield Joseph Patfield Sarah Small 1804– Birth: April 27, 1804 43 45 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death:
son	Links Birth: April 27, 1804 43 45 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Kissing Point, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: 1833 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: April 18, 1889 — Field of Mars, 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 Rachel Rebecca Bradley Samuel Small Elizabeth Small Joseph Small James Small John Small Reuben Small Robert Small Charlotte Small Samuel Small 1804–1889 Birth: April 27, 1804 43 45 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: April 18, 1889 — Field of Mars, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Baptism	Source: Gillen, Mollie. The Founders of Australia: a biographical dictionary of the First Fleet. North Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1989
Immigration	Source: Cobley, John, comp., The Crimes of the First Fleet convicts. Sydney Angus & Robertson: 1970 Text: John was tried at Devon Lent Assizes held at Exeter Castle on Monday 14 Mar 1785. "Stephen Davenport, John Herbert, Robert Ellwood and John Small: For feloniously assaulting James Burt in the King's Highway feloniously putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life...and feloniously and violently taking from his person and against his will in the said highway, one metal watch and Tortoiseshell case value 30s. one pruning knife value 6d. and five shillings his goods." They were found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. Royal mercy extended on Herbert and Small to transportation for seven years. John was transported aboard the ship Charlotte
Marriage	Source: Ancestry.com. Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Text: Name: John Small Spouse Name: Mary Parker Marriage Date: 1788 Marriage Place: New South Wales Registration Place: Sydney, New South Wales Registration Year: 1788 Volume Number: V
Property	Source: Benson, John Ernest (1911-1989) and Benson, Mavis Kathleen (1918-). The Church on the hill. 2nd ed. Ryde, Parish Council of St Anne's Church, 1992 Citation details: p. 4 Text: John received a grant of land in 1794. He originally had 30 acres (12 ha) between Belmore and Church streets, which was known as Small's Farm. The family later acquired other land including portions of grants which had been made to John Jones, William Jones and Richard Cheers. Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Land Grants and Leases, 1792-1867 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Citation details: Registers of Land Grants and Leases Entire colony, including Van Diemen's Land 1792-1804 (Vol. 1A) Text: John Small granted 30 acres at Eastern Farms by Fra. Grose 20 Feb 1794 Annual quit rent 1 shilling commencing 20 Feb 1799 Named Small Farm Laying and situate at the eastern farms adjoining to Jones Farm.'
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: "Received 25 Jan 1810" "...The humble petition of John Small a constable and settler at Kissing Point Most humbly sheweth That Your Excellency's petitioner begs to state he has been in this colony upwards of twenty years has a large family a wife and seven children, which he has supported by extensive industry, that in consequence of his land being nearly exhausted by constant tilage, His Honor Lieutenant Governor Paterson was pleased to grant him thirty acres more and that it was further His Honor's intention to have given petitioner another addition had His Honor remained in the command. That petitioner humbly hopes Your Excellency will in your goodness confirm his said grant and that as he can refer to Colonel Paterson and most of the Officers for a character he is induced respectfully to hope that on a future day he may cherish an [illegible] for some further indulgence from Your Excellency in [illegible] he flatters himself he will find a protector to his large family and his best endeavours shall he exerted to [illegible] the approbation of Your Excellency by a continuance of the [illegible] of conduct which he has hitherto practiced. And in duty bound Your Excellency's petitioner will ever pray."
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 Citation details: p. 341 Text: Small, John, 60, free by servitude, Charlotte, 1788, 7 years, Protestant, Kissing Point Small, Thomas, 29, born in the colony, Protestant, publican, Kissing Point Small, Priscilla, 38, born in the colony Small, Thomas (Jun), 6, born in the colony Small, Susannah, 4, born in the colony Small, Elizabeth, 2, born in the colony
Death	Source: Gillen, Mollie. The Founders of Australia: a biographical dictionary of the First Fleet. North Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1989 Text: 2 Oct 1850 Source: Ancestry.com. Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Text: Name: John Small Death Date: 1850 Death Place: New South Wales Registration Year: 1850 Registration Place: Hunters Hill, New South Wales Volume Number: V1850302 36A
Burial	Source: Gillen, Mollie. The Founders of Australia: a biographical dictionary of the First Fleet. North Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1989 Text: His headstone, later removed to Field of Mars cemetery, wrongly recorded his age, day, and year of birth. Source: Find a grave [database on-line]. Text: John Small Birth: unknown Death: Oct. 2, 1850 Burial: Field of Mars Cemetery East Ryde Ryde City New South Wales, Australia Created by: Brett Miller Record added: Oct 01, 2014 Find A Grave Memorial# 136654576

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Family with Mary Parker
himself	John Small 1761–1850
wife	Mary Parker 1759–1824
daughter Family Francis Oakes Elizabeth Oakes Ann Oakes Mary Oakes George Oakes Rebecca Oakes Susannah Hassall Oakes Francis Oakes Lucy Oakes Rowland Hassall Oakes Samuel Oakes James Lawry Oakes John Leigh Oakes Martha Oakes William Henry Oakes	Rebecca Small 1789–1883
daughter Family Mathew Hughes Susannah Hughes Margaret Hughes Ann Hughes Robert Hughes Mary Hughes James Hughes Matthew Henry Hughes Thomas Hassall Hughes Elizabeth Hancox Hughes Eliza Rebecca Hughes Martha Hughes Charlotte Hughes William Charles Hughes Henry Francis Hughes	Mary Small 1791–1879
son Family Elizabeth Patfield John Frederick Small Anne Small Eliza Small Sophia Small George Small Jane Small Mary Small James Small Harriett Small Rebecca Small Henry Small	John Small 1794–1883
son Family Charlotte Melville Elizabeth Small William Small Robert Small Thomas Small John Small Samuel Small Henry Small George Septimus Small Susannah Martha Small Andrew Octavius Small	William Small 1796–1891
son Family Priscilla Mason Thomas Small Susannah Small Elizabeth Small William Small Samuel Small Rebecca Small Timothy Small Priscilla Small	Thomas Small 1799–1863
daughter Family George Patfield George Patfield Susannah Patfield John Patfield Thomas Patfield Mary Patfield Samuel Patfield Elizabeth Patfield Joseph Patfield	Sarah Small 1804–
son Family Rachel Rebecca Bradley Samuel Small Elizabeth Small Joseph Small James Small John Small Reuben Small Robert Small Charlotte Small	Samuel Small 1804–1889

Descendants

John Small(1761–1850)
- Mary Parker1788