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John Weeks

Male 1810 - 1881  (~ 70 years)

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  • Name John Weeks  [1, 2, 3] 
    Born Aug 1810  Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Christened 4 Oct 1812  St Mary's, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Gender Male 
    Bankruptcy Between 1870 and 1871  Cawdor, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Died 6 Jul 1881  Camden, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7, 8] 
    Buried 8 Jul 1881  Camden, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7756  So Many Generations
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2021 

    Father John Weeks,   b. Abt 1775,   d. 1 Oct 1857, Fishery Creek, West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Diana Hayter,   b. Feb 1781, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1821, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 28 Sep 1802  Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Family ID F2349  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah Maria Hayter,   b. 16 Apr 1815, Berwick St John, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Sep 1893, Woodvale, Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 12 Sep 1833  Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] 
    Children 
    +1. Eliza Ann Weeks,   b. 14 Sep 1834, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1900, Rooty Hill, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)  [natural]
    +2. Mary Ann Weeks,   b. 1836, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jul 1917, Young, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)  [natural]
     3. Marina Weeks,   b. 11 Jul 1838, Camden, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jul 1848, Camden, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 9 years)  [natural]
    +4. Jane Weeks,   b. 14 Aug 1840, Camden, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1922, Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)  [natural]
     5. Diana Weeks,   b. 1 Nov 1843, Camden, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1858, Camden, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 14 years)  [natural]
     6. Charlotte J Weeks,   b. 8 Jan 1846, Camden, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1886, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)  [natural]
    +7. George Weeks,   b. 13 Sep 1849, Camden, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Aug 1924, Camden, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)  [natural]
    +8. Esther Weeks,   b. 20 Apr 1853, Camden, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jan 1905, Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2021 
    Family ID F2379  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 
    • John Weeks, Shepherd, Protestant, Age 24, Neither reads nor writes,from Hanley in Dorset. John and Hannah and their two daughters, Elizaand Mary, together with John's brother Benjamin and wife Frances(Jeanes), sister Jane Vincen and her husband George and his cousin,Richard and wife Mary Ann Bradley and Mary Ann's brother GeorgeBradley, came out to Australia as Bounty Immigrants to work for theMacarthur family at Camden Park. An account of their lives isfound in "Camden: Farm and Village Life in Early New South Wales" byAlan Atkinson. In particular pg 214 Appendix 1: Bounty Immigrants toCamden 1837-9. Arrived in Australia by the "Brothers" 8 Apr 1837.John Weeks, Hannah Hayter, Mary Ann and Eliza Jane Weeks all arrivedin Sydney NSW on the "Brothers" on the 8th April 1837 as bountyimmigrants to The McArthur Family at "Camden Park" the farm of Johnand Elizabeth McArthur they were committed to work there for 3 yearsto repay their fare out to Australia. Greville's Post OfficeDirectory 1872: CAMDEN Page 95 Distance 40 miles South of Sydney Mailcloses at General Post Office daily 8.30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Mail arrivesat Post Town daily 12.30 a.m. and 8.30 p.m. Mail leaves for Sydneydaily (Sunday excepted) 2.30 p.m. and 6 a.m. Mail arrives at Sydneydaily 7.15 a.m. and 9.10 a.m. Route - Rail Campbelltown, coach Camden WEEKES John farmer Sheather's Lane Camden HAYTER J. farmer ---Camden

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Australia, New South Wales, Registrar of Births Deaths & Marriages, Index of Births, Deaths & Marriages.
      Marriage date: 1944 Marriage place: Auburn, New South Wales

    2. [S468] New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists,1828-1896, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com OperationsInc, 2007.Original data - New South Wales Government. “Returns ofconvicts applications for wives and families to be brought to NewSouth Wales at Government expense.” Series 1190, Reel 699.;), State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales,Australia; Persons on early migrant ships (Fair Copy); Series: 5310;Reel: 1286.

    3. [S467] New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - New South Wales Government. “Returns of convicts applications for wives and families to be brought to New South Wales at Government expense.” Series 1190, Reel 699. Sta;), State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Persons on early migrant ships (Fair Copy); Series: 5310; Reel: 1286.

    4. [S2182] Details: 1828-42 TAA-Z.

    5. [S2185] Details: Pg. 1, 2.

    6. [S2186] Details: Pg. 10.

    7. [S2183] Details: Pg. 13.

    8. [S2184] Details: Pg. 20.

    9. [S9] Source, (Name: http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=18031271249&indiv=try;).
      Marriage date: 23 Sep 1802Marriage place: Handley, Dorset, EnglandResidence date: Residence place: England

    10. [S2180] Citation Text: Marriage date: 12 Sep 1833Marriage place: Handley,Dorset, EnglandResidence date: Residence place: England.

    11. [S209] England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com OperationsInc, 2008.Original data - Genealogical Society of Utah. British IslesVital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: IntellectualReserve, copyright 2002. Used by permission.Original;), Place: Handley, Dorset, England; Date Range: 1811 - 1837; Film Number:1279499.

    12. [S2181] Dorset, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com. Dorset, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.,2011.;;), Dorset History Centre; Dorset Parish Registers; Reference: PE/SIX:3/4-7, 4/1-3, 5/1-2.

    13. [S9] Source, (Name: http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=18031271249&indiv=try;).
      Marriage date: 12 Sep 1833Marriage place: Handley, Dorset, EnglandResidence date: Residence place: England

    14. [S2225] Dorset, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921, (Name: Ancestry.com. Dorset, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.;), Dorset History Centre; Dorset Parish Registers; Reference: PE/SIX: 3/4-7, 4/1-3, 5/1-2.

    15. [S210] England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.Original data - Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, copyright 2002. Used by permission.Original da;), Place: Handley, Dorset, England; Date Range: 1811 - 1837; Film Number: 1279499.


 

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