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Pic P1. from ancestry - Foley Family Tree - owner kafoley187. Originally submitted by francesmchugh42 - BARRON amily Tree Pic S1. Ancestry - davidmac142 originally submitted this to MacDonald Family Tree Pic 1. from ancestry - Foley Family Tree - owner kafoley187. Pic 2. Ancestry - davidmac142 originally submitted this to MacDonald Family Tree Pic 3. Ancestry - davidmac142 originally submitted this to MacDonald Family Tree Pic 4. Ancestry - RhondaRobertson28 originally submitted this to Our Fowler, Coulon, Robertson Tree on 11 Mar 2010 Pic 5. Ancestry - francesmchugh42 originally submitted this to BARRON Family Tree on 22 Jun 2010 Pic 6. Prospect Farm - Map drawn by Professor Peter Howard and published in the book "Warby - My Excellent Guide", compiled by Michelle Vale. |
| b. 18 Feb 1767 at Cottered, Herefordshire, England |
| m. 12 Sep 1796 Sarah BENTLEY (1780 - 1869) at St John's church, Parramatta, NSW, Australia |
| d. 12 Jun 1851 at Campbelltown, NSW, Australia aged 84 |
| Near Relatives of John WARBY (1767 - 1851) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Father in Law | Edward BENTLEY | |||||
| Mother in Law | Susannah (BENTLEY) | |||||
| Father | John WARBY | 1745 | 1789 | 44 | ||
| Step Mother | Ann SIPWORTH | 1745 | 1800 | 55 | ||
| Self | John WARBY | 18 Feb 1767 | Cottered, Herefordshire, England | 12 Jun 1851 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 84 |
| Wife | Sarah BENTLEY | abt 1780 | Highgate, London | 19 Oct 1869 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 89 |
| Son | Edward WARBY | 1800 | Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia | 1804 | Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia | 4 |
| Son | William WARBY | 1801 | Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia | 18 Aug 1885 | Hotham, Victoria, Australia | 84 |
| Daughter | Elizabeth WARBY | 1802 | Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia | 1894 | Albury, NSW, Australia | 92 |
| Son | John WARBY | 1803 | Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia | 1826 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 23 |
| Son | Benjamin WARBY | 1805 | Liverpool, NSW, Australia | 1880 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 75 |
| Daughter | Jane Agnes (twin) WARBY | 1806 | Liverpool, NSW, Australia | 1876 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 70 |
| Daughter | Sarah (twin) WARBY | 10 Oct 1806 | Prospect, Sydney, NSW, Australia | 06 Jan 1893 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 86 |
| Son | Charles Cable WARBY | 1810 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 1876 | Bathurst, NSW, Australia | 66 |
| Daughter | Mary Ann WARBY | 1813 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 1904 | Surrey Hills, NSW, Australia | 91 |
| Son | Robert George WARBY | 1814 | Liverpool, NSW, Australia | 1853 | Albury, NSW, Australia | 39 |
| Daughter | Eliza WARBY | 1815 | Liverpool, NSW, Australia | 1896 | Ashfield, NSW, Australia | 81 |
| Son | James WARBY | 1817 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 1899 | Albury, NSW, Australia | 82 |
| Son | Joseph WARBY | 1818 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 1899 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 81 |
| Son | Richard WARBY | 1821 | 1821 | 0 | ||
| Daughter in Law | Jemima MIDDLETON | |||||
| Son in Law | James LAYTON | |||||
| Son in Law | James KIERNAN | |||||
| Daughter in Law | Elizabeth HUNT | abt 1808 | 26 Nov 1835 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 27 | |
| Daughter in Law | Frances (Judith) BENT | |||||
| Son in Law | Michael BYRNE | |||||
| Son in Law | Alexander Cameron MACDONALD | 16 Mar 1796 | Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | 26 Feb 1847 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 50 |
| Son in Law | Joseph TERRY | 1819 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 1902 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 83 |
| Daughter in Law | Elizabeth DEAN | |||||
| Son in Law | James GRAHAM | 1808 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 1852 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 44 |
| Daughter in Law | Elizabeth Henrietta FOWLER | |||||
| Son in Law | William FOWLER | |||||
| Daughter in Law | Mary Ann BOOKER | |||||
| Daughter in Law | Elizabeth FOWLER | |||||
| Grandson | Benjamin WARBY | abt 1825 | ||||
| Grandson | George MACDONALD | 03 Jan 1824 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 25 Mar 1924 | 'Glendarrwill', Maude, Victoria, Australia | 100 |
| Granddaughter | Margaret MACDONALD | 10 Apr 1826 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 12 Jul 1923 | Haberfield, NSW, Australia | 97 |
| Grandson | Alexander Cameron MACDONALD | 09 Aug 1828 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 18 Jun 1917 | Prahran, Victoria, Australia | 88 |
| Grandson | Peter Fitzallan MACDONALD | 04 Sep 1830 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 19 Jun 1919 | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia | 88 |
| Granddaughter | Sarah MACDONALD | 27 Sep 1832 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 26 Sep 1918 | Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia | 85 |
| Grandson | John Graham MACDONALD | 05 Sep 1834 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 29 May 1918 | South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 83 |
| Granddaughter | Jane MACDONALD | 10 Apr 1836 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 01 Apr 1837 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 0 |
| Grandson | William MACDONALD | 06 May 1838 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 13 Sep 1838 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 0 |
| Grandson | William S MACDONALD | 04 Oct 1839 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 1914 | Quirindi, NSW, Australia | 75 |
| Granddaughter | Jane MACDONALD | 12 Feb 1842 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 27 Mar 1942 | Corowa, NSW, Australia | 100 |
| Grandson | Charles Hugh MACDONALD | 29 Apr 1844 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 23 Mar 1924 | South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 79 |
| Granddaughter | Isabella F MACDONALD | 24 Nov 1846 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 30 Oct 1921 | St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia | 74 |
| Granddaughter | Adelaide Mary Anne Amelia GRAHAM | 1834 | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | 1902 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 68 |
| Events in John WARBY (1767 - 1851)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 18 Feb 1767 | John WARBY was born | Cottered, Herefordshire, England | 54 | ||
| 1789 | 22 | Death of father John WARBY (aged 44) | Note 1 | ||
| 03 Mar 1791 | 24 | Trial | Hertford, Hertfordshire, England | Note 2 | 54 |
| 14 Feb 1792 | 24 | Immigration | "Pitt" New South Wales, Australia | Note 3 | 54 |
| 12 Sep 1796 | 29 | Married Sarah BENTLEY (aged 16) | St John's church, Parramatta, NSW, Australia | Note 4 | 8, 52, 54 |
| 1800 | 33 | Birth of son Edward WARBY | Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia | Note 5 | |
| 1800 | 33 | Death of step mother Ann SIPWORTH (aged 55) | Note 6 | ||
| 1801 | 34 | Birth of son William WARBY | Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia | Note 7 | 52 |
| 1802 | 35 | Birth of daughter Elizabeth WARBY | Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia | Note 8 | 52 |
| 1803 | 36 | Birth of son John WARBY | Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia | Note 9 | 52 |
| 1804 | 37 | Death of son Edward WARBY (aged 4) | Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia | Note 10 | |
| 1805 | 38 | Birth of son Benjamin WARBY | Liverpool, NSW, Australia | Note 11 | 52 |
| 1806 | 39 | Birth of daughter Jane Agnes (twin) WARBY | Liverpool, NSW, Australia | ||
| 10 Oct 1806 | 39 | Birth of daughter Sarah (twin) WARBY | Prospect, Sydney, NSW, Australia | Note 12 | 52, 54 |
| 1810 | 43 | Birth of son Charles Cable WARBY | Sydney, NSW, Australia | Note 13 | 52 |
| 1813 | 46 | Birth of daughter Mary Ann WARBY | Sydney, NSW, Australia | Note 14 | 52 |
| 1814 | 47 | Birth of son Robert George WARBY | Liverpool, NSW, Australia | Note 15 | 52 |
| 1815 | 48 | Birth of daughter Eliza WARBY | Liverpool, NSW, Australia | Note 16 | 52, 54 |
| 1817 | 50 | Birth of son James WARBY | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | Note 17 | 52 |
| 1818 | 51 | Birth of son Joseph WARBY | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | Note 18 | 52 |
| 1821 | 54 | Birth of son Richard WARBY | |||
| 1821 | 54 | Death of son Richard WARBY | Note 19 | ||
| 1826 | 59 | Death of son John WARBY (aged 23) | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | Note 20 | 52 |
| 1828 | 61 | Census | Airds, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | Note 21 | 81 |
| 12 Jun 1851 | 84 | John WARBY died | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | Note 22 | 52, 54 |
| 14 Jun 1851 | 84 | Burial | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia | Note 23 | 52 |
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Warby ; my excellent guide / compiled by Michelle Vale
available in some libraries - http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/31602903 ***************** http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=81&p=surnames.warby enquiry about Australian descendants of John Warby and Sarah Bentley - quite a lot of replies ******************** Reunion of descendants of Sarah and John WARBY - March 2013) http://www.gouldgenealogy.com/2013/03/warby-family-reunion-24-march-2013/ Written on 2 March 2013 at 9:19 am by Alona Tester Warby Family Reunion, 24 March 2013 Filed under Events no comments inShare Family ReunionAs family historians we love family reunions, don’t we! So let me tell you about the Warby Family Reunion that is coming up later this month. What: Reunion for the Descendants of John and Sarah Warby (nee Bentley) When: Sunday 24 March 2013, 12pm-4pm Where: Glenalvon, 8 Lithgow Street, Campbelltown, NSW Known children of John & Sarah Warby 1. Edward (1800-1804) 2. William (1801-1885) m. Jemima Middleton 3. Elizabeth (1802-1894) m1. James Layton, m2. James Keirnan 4. John (1803-1826) 5. Benjamin (1805-1880) m1. Elizabeth Hunt, m2. Judith Bent 6. Jane (twin) (1806-1876) m. Michael Byrne 7. Sarah (twin) (1806-1895) m1. Alexander MacDonald, m2. Joseph Terry 8. Charles Cable (1810-1876) m. Elizabeth Dean 9. Mary Ann (1812-1904) m. James Graham 10. Robert George (1814-1853) m. Elizabeth Fowler 11. Eliza (1815-1896) m. William Fowler 12. James (1817-1849) m. Mary Ann Brooker 13. Joseph (1818-1899) m. Elizabeth Fowler 14. Richard (1821-in infancy) There will be a sausage sizzle and tea and coffee, and people living in Sydney might like to bring a slice or something similar to share around. As there are a limited number of chairs so people arriving by car might like to bring a folding chair. Stella Vernon of the Campbelltown Historical Society will lead the group on a tour of St Peter’s Church, and will then continue on to the grave of John and Sarah Warby. Much angst has been expressed as to the condition of this grave. Descendants of Alexander and Sarah MacDonald might like cross the road to the Presbyterian Cemetery. To cover costs a fee of $5 for adults and $1 for children will be charged on the day. Suggested accommodation for those coming from outside Sydney is the Campbelltown Colonial Motor Inn, 20 Queen Street, Campbelltown, NSW. Phone (02) 4625 2345. The administration area of this motel was originally John Warby’s barn. Sadly the building that was his stables is no longer a restaurant. Help will be needed on the day collecting entry fees and giving out name tags. For further information about John Warby and his life, you might like to look at: Australian Dictionary of Biography Journeys in Time Lonetester HQ If you want any further information about the family or the reunion, please contact Michelle Vale Email: shellvale@yahoo.com.au Phone: (02) 9449 2403 Snailmail: 8/8 Shinfield Avenue, St Ives, NSW 2075 The organisers are looking forward to seeing any relatives who can attend on the day. If you are a descendant, but are unable to attend, please get in touch with Michelle as she’d love to hear from you and find out where you fit into the Warby family tree. ************************ http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/warby-john-2772 Australian Dictionary of Biography Warby, John (1774–1851) This article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, (MUP), 1967 John Warby (1774?-1851), convict and explorer, was convicted at Hertford, England, on 3 March 1791 and sentenced to transportation for seven years. He reached Sydney in February 1792 in the Pitt. At Parramatta on 12 September 1796 he married Sarah Bentley (1780-1869), a convict who had arrived in the Indispensable in April 1796; they had nine sons and five daughters. After his sentence expired Warby acquired fifty acres (20 ha) at Prospect and in 1803 was appointed stockman of the wild cattle at large in the Cowpastures. It was along Warby's track leading from his home through the Cowpastures that James Meehan made a line of road in 1805. In 1806 Warby was a constable of Camden County, and he was one of those who signed a respectful address to Governor William Bligh on 1 January 1808. He guided Governor Lachlan Macquarie and his party from Prospect Hill through the Cowpastures in November 1810 and again in October 1815 on an expedition into the rough country along the Nattai River. He was one of the first to explore the Oaks, the Bargo area and the Burragorang Valley, and continued to be in demand as a guide. Thus in 1814 he was among those rewarded for visiting Aboriginal tribes in the inland area and for arresting Patrick Collins, a bushranger, and in 1816 for guiding soldiers who were pursuing Aboriginal tribes. In June 1816 he was granted 260 acres (105 ha) at Campbelltown and there built a house where he died on 12 June 1851. His widow died at Campbelltown on 19 October 1869. Select Bibliography Historical Records of New South Wales, vol 6 Historical Records of Australia, series 1, vol 10 manuscript catalogue under John Warby (State Library of New South Wales). ************************ http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/all/journeys/people/profiles/warby.html John WARBY (other variant spellings include: WALBEY, WARLBY) (c.1767 - 1851) Explorer, guide, farmer, and government official. Born at Cottered, Hertforshire [though his date of birth is uncertain: the 1828 Census lists him as 54 years of age (which would make his year of birth c.1774); while his death certificate in 1851 states that he was 84 years of age at his decease (which would make his year of birth c.1767). Warby, a farm labourer, was charged with stealing two asses in October 1790 and [along with William Deards] was convicted and sentenced to seven years transportation to New South Wales. He sailed on the convict transport Pitt from Yarmouth on 17 July 1791 and arrived in Sydney on 14 February 1792. The voyage of the Pitt via the Cape Verde Islands, Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town resulted in high mortality rates, with the death of 20 male and 9 female prisoners; in addition, 120 prisoners were landed sick. By the end of 1792 Warby had been granted 50 acres of land at Prospect (5 miles from Parramatta, close to Prospect Creek at the foot of Prospect Hill). Four years later, on 12 September 1796 he married Sarah Bentley who had arrived on 30 April 1792 on board the Indispensable. She was 16 years of age and had been convicted of stealing cotton and linen goods, and as a consequence had been sentenced to 7 years transportation to New South Wales. Warby worked hard as a small scale farmer, and by 1801 he had eight acres under wheat, thirteen acres under maize, twenty five bushels of maize in stock, and ten pigs, as well as two men, one free and one a government servant in his employ. A year earlier their first child Edward had been born on 20 April 1800; other children followed in regular succession: William on 31 July 1801, Elizabeth on 30 September 1802, John on 3 November 1803, Benjamin on 3 March 1805, and the twins Sarah and Jane on 10 October 1806. [After 1810 the Warby household continued to grow, with the birth of at least another 16 children: in a Memorial to Governor Bourke in 1837 Warby stated that out of a family of 23 children born in wedlock, 11 had survived - all borne by his first and only wife Sarah]. Warby gained increasing respect within the colony as a guide and assistant to exploration parties in the south-western region of Sydney. In 1802 he accompanied Ensign Barrallier in his attempt to find a route along the Nattai and Kowmung Rivers and Christy's Creek across the Blue Mountains; and later, in 1806, he assisted the naturalist George Caley in his endeavours to retrace Barrallier's route. Warby had an extensive knowledge of the Camden/Appin area by the time of Macquarie's arrival in the colony; and in fact had been appointed during Governor Bligh's administration to the position of Superintendent of the wild cattle in the Cowpastures region, with responsibility for the protection and culling of the herd. As a constable at Camden, along with Thomas Harper, Warby was provided with the assistance of a military guard and a hut at Cawdor. [This hut was the first building constructed by white men in the Camden district, though the date of construction is unknown]. After Bligh's overthrow in January 1808, Lieut.-Governor William Paterson made a grant of 100 acres to Warby; however this was rescinded by Macquarie on his arrival in the colony - as were all grants issued by the military administration in the period 1808-1809. On 22 July 1814, Macquarie authorised Warby and John Jackson to lead an armed party of twelve Europeans and four native guides to track down and capture five Aboriginals who had been identified as responsible for a recent series of attacks on white settlers (Goondel (chief of the Gandangarra tribe), Bottagallie, Murrah, Yellamun, and Wallah). The party returned without making contact. Three months later, in September 1814, Warby and several native trackers assisted a party of soldiers sent in pursuit of the bushranger Patrick Collins, who had been robbing and murdering settlers in the Hawkesbury area. They led the soldiers to Collins' hiding place and when Collins tried to escape the Aboriginal trackers speared him in the leg and arm - he was overpowered and brought to trial in Sydney. Although instructed to assist the party of soldiers sent out in April 1816, under the command of Captain Wallis, to take prisoner any natives that they met, Warby refused to assist. The native guides, Boodbury and Bundell, absconded when they discovered the purpose of the expedition, and Warby absented himself from the party soon after - fearing that it would compromise his credibility and favourable relationship with the tribes of the Sydney region. On 20 June 1816 Macquarie granted Warby 260 acres of fertile land in the district of Airds (on the site of present day Campbelltown). It is unclear as to when Warby and his large family moved there, though there is strong circumstantial evidence to suggest that this took place soon afterwards: there are baptismal records for five of their children listed for 11 August 1816 at St. Luke's Anglican Church at Liverpool; records listing Warby as liable for the delivery of fresh meat to the Government Stores at Liverpool on 23 November 1816; as well as a warning in the Sydney Gazette on 11 May 1816 that cautioned people against trespassing on the farm at Prospect known as 'Warby's Farm'. Among Warby's neighbours at Airds was his fellow accomplice William Deards (with whom he had been convicted of theft in 1791) who had a 30 acre grant. Warby's involvement in the provision of fresh meat to the Government Stores continued as a lucrative source of income - with deliveries of 2,500 lbs of meat in August 1817 and again in March 1818. By 1826 Warby had built a house, granary, barn, stables, storeroom, and a hut for assigned labourers and had acquired extensive land holdings. On 18 October, he applied for an additional grant of land without purchase, stating in his Memorial that he currently held 400 acres of land by grant, 400 by purchase (300 of which were cleared or under tillage), owned 120 head of cattle and 100 pigs, and employed and maintained eight convict servants. Warby died on 12 June 1851 at Spring Valley near Campbelltown. His wife Sarah lived on until 19 October 1869. At the time of John Warby's death there were eleven surviving children: William (1801-1885), Elizabeth (1802-1884), Benjamin (1805-1880), Jane (1806-1876), Sarah (1806-1893), Charles Cable (1810-1876), Mary Ann (1813-1904), Robert George (1814-1853), Eliza (1815-1896), James (1817-1899), and Joseph (1818-1899). Three of his children predeceased him: Edward (1800-1804), John (1803-1826), Richard (1821- died as an infant). REFERENCES Primary Sources: Sydney Gazette 21 September 1806 p.1b; 24 September 1814; 11 May 1816. Secondary Sources: Liston, Carol Campbelltown: the bicentennial history.Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1988 pp.14-15. Vale, Michelle. Warby: My Excellent Guide. St. Ives, Michelle Vale, c.1995. Smee, C.J. Fourth Fleet Families.Artarmon, NSW: Fourth Fleet Families of Australia, 1992. Voyage of the "Pitt", from The Convict Ships 1787 - 1868. At the time she was taken up, the Pitt, built on the Thames in 1780, at 775 tons was the largest vessel so far employed in the convict service and the first regular East India-man to carry prisoners to Australia. Her ship's husband, as the owner of a vessel taken up by the Company for six or more voyages was styled, was George Mackenzie Macaulay, an alderman of the city of London. After she had sailed for Port Jackson he offered to charter her to the Company to load home tea from China, but although previously she had been chartered by the Company, his offer was declined by the Court of Directors on September 21, 1791. Presumably the Pitt was rejected because, being already on the high seas, she could not be examined by the Company's officers in dry dock, an examination insisted upon under the Company's regulations. However, after disembarking her prisoners at Port Jackson, she sailed for India and, apparently, was freighted home by the Company; certainly she was later chartered by the Company for other voyages. The Pitt under Edward Manning, master and surgeon Jameson, originally embarked 443 men and women, but in consequence of an anonymous complaint that she was overcrowded, an inquiry was ordered by the Commissioners of the Navy. Three officers inspected her and reported that she was incapable of accommodating more than 410 prisoners. "In the prison," they stated, in a report of June 25, 1791, "the space of a cube of six feet is all that is allowed to eight men, and should the 391 men be placed in the prison every berth or space of 18 inches would be occupied; if a sickness should happen, a sick and a person in health must touch each other." The officers added that on the gundeck three separate places before the Great Cabin had been set apart for the women's quarters. Two of these measured 6 ft. 7 ins. in length by 7 ft. 10 ins. in width, and were intended to each accommodate ten women. The third space, designed for 27 women, was 13 ft. 7 ins. long by 8 ft. 4 ins. wide. On both sides, the Pitt was full of casks and cases. She was, in fact, as full as she could be stowed. The officers were obliged to keep their baggage in the Great Cabin, where they barely had room to hang their cots. As a result of this report, 33 sick or diseased male prisoners were re-landed. Actually, when she sailed from Yarmouth Roads on July 17, 1791, she seems to have carried 344 male and 58 female convicts, a total of 402 prisoners. It is not clear, however, whether her complement of convicts was reduced from 410 to 402 by additional re-landings or whether eight deaths occurred between embarkation and sailing. Nor can we tell whether the 58 women were crammed into the three cabins originally designed to accommodate 47, or whether another cabin was erected on the gundeck to house the 11 surplus women. Lieutenant Richard Nairne was appointed naval agent in the Pitt, an appointment which the Treasury confirmed on May 20. Presumably he sailed in her, but, oddly enough, he is not mentioned in contemporary Australian documents relating to the Pitt's voyage. If he protested against the overcrowding, his protests were ineffective; for had it not been for the anonymous complaint to the Home department no inquiry would have been held and the number of prisoners originally embarked would not have been reduced. The Pitt's passage was protracted, as she did not reach Port Jackson until February 14, 1792, 212 days out from Yarmouth Roads. Smallpox, which presumably had been carried aboard, made its appearance shortly after her departure, and before she touched at St. Jago there had been 15 deaths among the prisoners. It was an unhealthy season for calling at the Cape Verde Islands, but despite this both the sailors and soldiers were allowed ashore. She resumed the voyage about August 20, and in the Doldrums, experienced calms and incessant rain for a month, during which time she made scarcely any headway. The prisoners developed-ulcers on their bodies and legs and showed symptoms of scurvy, but otherwise remained comparatively healthy. Among the seamen and military guards, and the families of the latter, however, a malignant fever appeared, and is said to have caused 27 deaths in a fortnight. Her crew was so depleted, indeed, that when the Pitt left the calms behind and ran into heavy gales, some of the convicts had to be recruited to help navigate her. By the time she reached Rio de Janeiro, probably in the middle of October, 13 soldiers, five soldiers' wives and seven seamen had died, although Major Francis Grose, going out in the Pitt to assume command of the newly-raised New South Wales Corps, reported from Rio on October 22 that there had been eleven deaths among the seamen. Seven soldiers' and convicts' children had also died. Thus, the death-roll between St. Jago and Rio was at least 32 men, women and children, but not a single prisoner had died. Grose asserted that the mortality was due to defects in the arrangements aboard ship, but the Pitt's master, Edward Manning, blamed the call at St. Jago, and the evidence supports his contention. At Rio the sick were sent to hospital and the convicts landed on an island from which four escaped, although it was believed that they were drowned in the attempt. The serving of fresh provisions and the spell ashore did much to restore the health of all. The Pitt resumed her voyage on November 1, and if Captain William Bligh, then at the Cape with the Providence and the Assistant, recorded the date of her arrival at Table Bay correctly, she made a very favourable passage of 24 days from Rio to the Cape. Here another prisoner escaped, and when the voyage was resumed sickness again broke out. When she arrived at Port Jackson, 20 male and nine female prisoners had died on the passage, and 120 men were landed sick, many of whom died in the weeks following their landing. Counting deaths among the survivors after disembarkation, the Pitt's death-roll was heavy, but the statement that at the end of the year only 29 of her prisoners were still alive is unquestionably a gross exaggeration. NewSouthWalesAustraliaColonialSecretarysPapers17_196426516 Transcription of text in document JohnWarby Apr 1816 Arrival Year: 1792 Vessel: Pitt Event Description: Guide to accompany Captain Wallis' detachment on an expedition against hostile natives Comments: Per "Pitt", 1792; settler at Campbelltown and explorer Warby was appointed Superintendent of Wild Cattle at the Cowpastures in 1803 and by 1806 was also a Constable in the district; acted as a guide on a number of exploring parties and expeditions; was the first to explore the Oaks, the Bargo area and the Burragorang Valley; in June 1816, having been granted 260 acres at Campbelltown, he settled there. Series: (NRS 897) Main series of letters received, 1788-1825 Item: 4/1798 Page: 45 Prospect Farm Before his departure from Sydney on 12 December 1792, Governor Phillip settled John on fifty acres, five miles west of Parramatta, close to Prospect Creek at the foot of Prospect Hill. From the highest point of Prospect Hill the Blue Mountains could be seen wrapped in a mysterious blue haze. Another twenty-one years were to pass before explorers found a way across this barrier to extensive grazing land on the western plains. It is probable that John was allowed a year's provisions and a supply of clothes, seed grain and implements. In time he prospered but those first few years must have been difficult as he battled flooding rains one season and a drought the next. Familiar English farming methods would have failed and he would have had to adapt to different seasons and climate. He was lucky that at Prospect the soil was black and fertile and ranged between fourteen and twenty inches in depth. John was married to sixteen year old Sarah Bently on 12 September 1796 by the Rev Samuel Marsden at St John's Anglican Church, Parramatta, which had been built from the materials of two old huts and opened ten days previously. By 1800 John was beginning to see a reward for years of grinding work at Prospect. He owned five pigs and had five acres under wheat and four acres planted with maize. The wheat crop was used for making bread whilst maize was grown as fodder for animals. A year later he had ten pigs, eight acres under wheat, thirteen acres under maize and twenty-five bushells of maize in stock. Two men, one free and one a government servant were in his empoly. Nine of John and Sarah's eleven surviving children were born at the Prospect farm while James and Joseph were born at Airds (later known as Campbelltown) in 1817 and 1818. Airds Farm It is not certain when the Warby family moved to Airds but it was probably about May 1816. It is also likely that John had an established herd of cattle on this farm prior to the family moving there. On 20th June 1816 Macquarie officially granted John 260 acres of fertile, aluvial land, watered by the Bow Bowing Creek and situated in a wide sheltered valley. Conditions associated with the grant were that he did not sell the land for five years and that within that period he had 35 acres under cultivation. The Government reserved the right to make a public road through the grant and the crown reserved the right to any timber which it saw fit to use for naval purposes. However in August 1811, James Meehan had visited Airds and surveyed a "larger area of land" for John Warby. Meehan's notebook referred to "Warby's old farm" of 100 acres. It was in the Campbelltown area that Macquarie settled a number of small landholders who were mostly emancipists. In 1821 John, his son John junior and his son William each received further grants of land in the area. John junior died in August 1826. tradition tells us that he was thrown from a horse. In October 1826 John applied for an additional grant of land. In the application he lists his major possessions as: 400 acres of land by grant and 400 acres by purchase (300 of which were cleared or under tillage); 120 head of cattle and seventeen horses. On his land John had built a barn 74 feet long and 18 feet wide; a granary, stable, storeroom and cowhouse under one roof; a fowl house and a men's hut. He had completed five and a half miles of fencing and during the previous year he had employed and maintained eight convict servants. He owned a good mixed farm with 115 acres under wheat, 7 acres of peas, 4 acres of barley and 4 acres of potatoes. In addition he owned about 100 pigs. he also owned four ploughs, four harnesses, a stage tilted wagon, three open carts and one dray. Because of a financial crisis in England and local drought conditions, a boom period ended in 1827. For three years wrote Lang "the heavens became as brass and the earth as iron". Wool prices dropped and farming conditions deteriorated. John and Benjamin Warby were amongst 94 settlers who through the medium of the Sydney Gazette on the 20th January, 1829 thanked Governor Ralph Darling for his kind consideration and prompt assistance to the settlers of the Airds district. Poor conditions would have forced the farmers to allow their fields to lie fallow except for maize seed obtained from the government. Hard times in March, 1829 forced John to advertise 200 acres for sale. On this land was a substantial weather-board house, a granary 57 feet by 32 feet, and an excellent six stalled stable. The land comprised six paddocks of rich and perfectly cleared land suitable for a diary farm. There was an abundance of water and several springs. it is not easy to identify the property but it was near Campbelltown and it was on the north west side of the high road. |
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| 8. Type: Marriage Certificate, Abbr: Marriage Certificate, Title: Marriage Certificate |
| - Reference = (Marriage) |
| 52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record |
| - Reference = (Marriage) |
| - Reference = (Death) |
| - Reference = (Burial) |
| - Notes: Burial Cert No 855 Vol 37B - John WARBY of Campbelltown - 84 years - farmer - died 12 June 1851 - buried 14 June 1851 - PArish of St. Peter, Campbelltown, in the Countyof Cumberland, New South Wales - ceremony performed by W Stack |
| 54. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Ancestry Family Trees, Title: Ancestry Family Trees, Auth: Ancestry.com |
| - Reference = (Marriage) |
| - Reference = (Birth) |
| - Reference = (Immigration) |
| - Reference = (Other Event) |
| - Reference = (Death) |
| 81. Type: Census, Abbr: Australian Census, Title: Australian Census, Publ: ancestry.com |
| - Reference = 1828 (Census) |
| - Notes: WARBY
John (54) born c 1738- free settler - came on the 'Pitt' arrived 1792 - sentenced for 7 years - settler; Sarah (48) born c 1748 - free settler - came on the 'Indispensable' in 1796 - sentenced for 7 years Jane (22) born c 1806 - born in colony; Mary (16) born c 1812 - born in colony; Robert (15) born c 1813 - born colony; Eliza (13) born c 1815 - born in colony; James (11) born c 1817 - born colony; Joseph (9) born c 1819 - born in colony |
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