John Yeomans, 17671837 (aged 70 years)

Name
John /Yeomans/
Given names
John
Surname
Yeomans
Birth
about 1767
Immigration
Citation details: Source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 145 (74)
Text:

John Yeomans, one of ~900 convicts transported on the Active, Albermarle [Albemarle], Atlantic, Barrington [Admiral Barrington], Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander, William and Ann [All Third Fleet], January 1791.
Sentence details: Convicted at Warwick Assizes for a term of 7 years on 31 July 1790.
Vessel: Active, Albermarle [Albemarle], Atlantic, Barrington [Admiral Barrington], Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander, William and Ann [All Third Fleet].
Date of Departure: January 1791.
Place of Arrival: New South Wales.

Citation details: Derby Mercury Thu 0 Aug 1790 p. 4
Text:

Yesterday sennight the assizes ended at Warwick...The following prisoners received sentence of death, viz...John Yeomans, Richard Cook, and John Bird, for burglaries; all of whom, before the Judge left the town, were reprieved, - nearly fifty prisoners are now in the above gaol, under sentence of transportation.

Text:

The ship Britannia arrived in NSW 14 Oct 1791

Religious marriage
Text:

V1798429 3A/1798 YEOMANS JAMES CASSIDY MARY CA
(Sydney, St Philips Church of England)

Occupation
Text:

John was granted 65 acres at Sackville in 1808, having proved himself a capable farmer at Concord. In 1805, John made news by taking only two days to deliver to Sydney twelve bushells of wheat in a little open boat. although many of the farmers in his area were troubled by aborigines, John seemed to have been left in peace, and built up the reputation of a reliable and hard-working man. He was chosen by Marsden during the 1806 flood to act as constable for the area. Three years later, he gained a spirits licence and ran a small inn which he later sold to Cyrus Doyle when he moved upriver. He and his family moved to Wilberforce, where he subscribed to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and Benevolence. He continued to prosper and in 1818 took over the selling of meat and liquor in the Macdonald Valley. Although John and his wife did not leave the Hawkesbury area, some of the family moved into the Hunter region.

Census
Text:

Yeomans, Charlotte, 15, born in the colony, single, Windsor
Yeomans, George, 21, born in the colony, landholder, Windsor
Yeomans, John, free by servitude, Britannia, 7 years, landholder, Windsor
Yeomans, Robert, 18, born in the colony, with his parents, Windsor
Yeomans, Robert, born in the colony, shoemaker, Windsor
Cassidy, Mary, free by servitude, Kitty, wife of J. Yeomans, Windsor
4 un-named children of M. Cassidy of Windsor (surname Cassidy)

Petition to Colonial Secretary
August 19, 1824 (aged 57 years)
Citation details: Petition of John Jeomans, convict per Britannia to Colonial Secretary
Text:

...That petitioner arrived in the colony in the Britannia in 1791, has 80 acres of land, but the same is very rocky. petitioner can cultivate only 30 acres of the same - and petitioner begs leave to say he has raised a family of 10 children.
That Petitioner begs leave to acquaint His Excellency that one child (Charlotte) is an Idiot from its birth; and that his son Robert, is both deaf and dumb. - That Petitioner most humbly begs leave to advert to the Circumstance of the Burthen these misfortunes have been to the petitioner, and most dutifully to state that had he a Grant of Land for these Children of Misfortune, that he would in Trust for these --- perform such improvements therein as would prevent the said 2 children being totally discarded at the Petitioner's death...

Census
Text:

Yeomans, John, free by servitude, Britannia, 1791, landholder, Wilberforce
Yeomans, Robert, 27, born in the colony, dumb, Wilberforce
Yeomans, Richard, born in the colony, shoemaker, Wilberforce
Yeomans, George, born in the colony, landholder, Newcastle
Yeomans, Charlotte, 18, born in the colony, daughter of Jno. Yeomans, Wilberforce
Cassidy, Mary, free by servitude, Kitty, 1791, 7 years, wife of Jno. Yeomans, Wilberforce

Census
Text:

Yeomans, John, 61, free by servitude, Britannia, 1791, 7 years, Catholic, farmer, Wilberforce, 70 acres, 70 acres cleared and cultivated, 3 horses, 20 horned cattle
Yeomans, Mary, 58, free by servitude, Kitty, 1792, 7 years, Catholic
Yeomans, Charlotte, 22, born in the colony, Protestant
Yeomans, John, 20, born in the colony, Protestant
Yeomans, Elizabeth, 16, born in the colony, Protestant
Yeomans, Joseph, 13, born in the colony, Protestant
Yeomans, Ann, 33, born in the colony, lives with Thos. Rose, Wilberforce
Yeomans, George, 27, born in the colony, publican and farmer, Wallis Plains, 220 acres, 60 acres cleared, 50 acres cultivated, 10 horses, 150 horned cattle
Yeomans, Richard, 24, born in the colony, publican and farmer, Wallis PLains
Yeomans, Geo., 16, born in the colony, Wallis Plains
Yeomans, Richard, 20, born in the colony, Wallis Plains
Yeomans, Robert, 36, born in the colony, shoemaker, Wilberforce

Death
Family with Mary Cassidy
himself
17671837
Birth: about 1767
Death: 1837New South Wales, Australia
wife
17701835
Birth: about 1770
Death: 1835Wilberforce, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage Religious marriage1798Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
son
18001800
Birth: May 28, 1800 33 30 New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1800New South Wales, Australia
19 months
son
18011853
Birth: about 1801 34 31 New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1853New South Wales, Australia
-11 months
son
1799
Birth: about 1799 32 29
Death:
6 years
son
18041833
Birth: 1804 37 34 Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1833New South Wales, Australia
3 years
daughter
18061850
Birth: about 1806 39 36 New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1850New South Wales, Australia
3 years
son
18081875
Birth: about 1808 41 38 New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1875Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
daughter
18091886
Birth: 1809 42 39 New South Wales, Australia
Death: June 5, 1886New South Wales, Australia
4 years
daughter
18121892
Birth: about 1812 45 42 New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1892Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
4 years
son
1815
Birth: about 1815 48 45 New South Wales, Australia
Death:
William Crew + Mary Cassidy
wife’s husband
17701797
Birth: about 1770
Death: December 26, 1797Concord, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
wife
17701835
Birth: about 1770
Death: 1835Wilberforce, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage Marriageabout 1795New South Wales, Australia
15 months
stepdaughter
5 years
stepdaughter
17981888
Birth: between 1798 and 1800 30 30 Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1888Singleton, Hunter, New South Wales, Australia
Birth
Immigration
Citation details: Source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 145 (74)
Text:

John Yeomans, one of ~900 convicts transported on the Active, Albermarle [Albemarle], Atlantic, Barrington [Admiral Barrington], Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander, William and Ann [All Third Fleet], January 1791.
Sentence details: Convicted at Warwick Assizes for a term of 7 years on 31 July 1790.
Vessel: Active, Albermarle [Albemarle], Atlantic, Barrington [Admiral Barrington], Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander, William and Ann [All Third Fleet].
Date of Departure: January 1791.
Place of Arrival: New South Wales.

Citation details: Derby Mercury Thu 0 Aug 1790 p. 4
Text:

Yesterday sennight the assizes ended at Warwick...The following prisoners received sentence of death, viz...John Yeomans, Richard Cook, and John Bird, for burglaries; all of whom, before the Judge left the town, were reprieved, - nearly fifty prisoners are now in the above gaol, under sentence of transportation.

Text:

The ship Britannia arrived in NSW 14 Oct 1791

Religious marriage
Text:

V1798429 3A/1798 YEOMANS JAMES CASSIDY MARY CA
(Sydney, St Philips Church of England)

Occupation
Text:

John was granted 65 acres at Sackville in 1808, having proved himself a capable farmer at Concord. In 1805, John made news by taking only two days to deliver to Sydney twelve bushells of wheat in a little open boat. although many of the farmers in his area were troubled by aborigines, John seemed to have been left in peace, and built up the reputation of a reliable and hard-working man. He was chosen by Marsden during the 1806 flood to act as constable for the area. Three years later, he gained a spirits licence and ran a small inn which he later sold to Cyrus Doyle when he moved upriver. He and his family moved to Wilberforce, where he subscribed to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and Benevolence. He continued to prosper and in 1818 took over the selling of meat and liquor in the Macdonald Valley. Although John and his wife did not leave the Hawkesbury area, some of the family moved into the Hunter region.

Census
Text:

Yeomans, Charlotte, 15, born in the colony, single, Windsor
Yeomans, George, 21, born in the colony, landholder, Windsor
Yeomans, John, free by servitude, Britannia, 7 years, landholder, Windsor
Yeomans, Robert, 18, born in the colony, with his parents, Windsor
Yeomans, Robert, born in the colony, shoemaker, Windsor
Cassidy, Mary, free by servitude, Kitty, wife of J. Yeomans, Windsor
4 un-named children of M. Cassidy of Windsor (surname Cassidy)

Petition to Colonial Secretary
Citation details: Petition of John Jeomans, convict per Britannia to Colonial Secretary
Text:

...That petitioner arrived in the colony in the Britannia in 1791, has 80 acres of land, but the same is very rocky. petitioner can cultivate only 30 acres of the same - and petitioner begs leave to say he has raised a family of 10 children.
That Petitioner begs leave to acquaint His Excellency that one child (Charlotte) is an Idiot from its birth; and that his son Robert, is both deaf and dumb. - That Petitioner most humbly begs leave to advert to the Circumstance of the Burthen these misfortunes have been to the petitioner, and most dutifully to state that had he a Grant of Land for these Children of Misfortune, that he would in Trust for these --- perform such improvements therein as would prevent the said 2 children being totally discarded at the Petitioner's death...

Census
Text:

Yeomans, John, free by servitude, Britannia, 1791, landholder, Wilberforce
Yeomans, Robert, 27, born in the colony, dumb, Wilberforce
Yeomans, Richard, born in the colony, shoemaker, Wilberforce
Yeomans, George, born in the colony, landholder, Newcastle
Yeomans, Charlotte, 18, born in the colony, daughter of Jno. Yeomans, Wilberforce
Cassidy, Mary, free by servitude, Kitty, 1791, 7 years, wife of Jno. Yeomans, Wilberforce

Census
Text:

Yeomans, John, 61, free by servitude, Britannia, 1791, 7 years, Catholic, farmer, Wilberforce, 70 acres, 70 acres cleared and cultivated, 3 horses, 20 horned cattle
Yeomans, Mary, 58, free by servitude, Kitty, 1792, 7 years, Catholic
Yeomans, Charlotte, 22, born in the colony, Protestant
Yeomans, John, 20, born in the colony, Protestant
Yeomans, Elizabeth, 16, born in the colony, Protestant
Yeomans, Joseph, 13, born in the colony, Protestant
Yeomans, Ann, 33, born in the colony, lives with Thos. Rose, Wilberforce
Yeomans, George, 27, born in the colony, publican and farmer, Wallis Plains, 220 acres, 60 acres cleared, 50 acres cultivated, 10 horses, 150 horned cattle
Yeomans, Richard, 24, born in the colony, publican and farmer, Wallis PLains
Yeomans, Geo., 16, born in the colony, Wallis Plains
Yeomans, Richard, 20, born in the colony, Wallis Plains
Yeomans, Robert, 36, born in the colony, shoemaker, Wilberforce

Death
Text:

V18372885 21/1837 YEOMANS JOHN AGE 68