John Smith (James Sidebottom)

   Another name for John was Gentelman Smith.

  General Notes:

Name:James Sidebottom
Age:20
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1789
Date Received:18 Dec 1809
Ship: Coromandel; Perseus; Laurel
Place Moored:Portsmouth
Date Convicted:11 Oct 1809
Place Convicted:Salford
Ancestry.com. UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
Original data:
Home Office: Convict Prison Hulks: Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849. Microfilm, HO9, 5 rolls. The National Archives, Kew, England.

Name:James Sidebottom
Arrival Date:Dec 1810
Vessel:Indian
Master of the Ship: Barclay
Where tried: Manchester
When: Oct 1809
Province:New South Wales
Title:Male
Year(s):1817
Place of Conviction:Manchester
Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

New South Wales Convict Lists 1821
Sidebottom, James. Arrived Decr 1810. Shop: Indian. Ships Master: Barclay: Tried Where: Manchester. Tried When: Oct 1809. Period for Transportation: Life. Run in 1812 on the passage. Transported again in 1815 in the name of Smith. New ? Con???
Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

James Sidebottom Lancaster Assizes 14 August 1809 Seven Years
Ancestry.com. Australian Convict Transportation Registers '96 Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

James Sidebottom Lancaster, 2nd Session 11 October 1809 Seven Years
Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011

New South Wales, Census and Population Books. Population Muster 1811
Sidebottom, Jas. Indian Oct 1809 March 7 years.

New South Wales Convict Lists 1816
Sidebottom, James, arrived in colony Dec 1810. Ship- Indian. Master of Ship Bexley. Where from Manchester. When tried- October. Period for- 7 years. How Disposed of- Gn Labourer Newcastle. Whetehr still resident in the Colony. Left the Coly.
Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

Name:James Sidebottom
Arrival Year:1810
Arrival State:New South Wales
Trial Place:Lancaster
Ship:Indian
Reakes, J., comp. Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.

1828 Census New South Wales
No. 1912 Smith, John 40 FS (Free by service) General Hewitt 1814 7yrs In Keeper
1913 Mary 35 BC (born in colony)
1914 Geo Furber 18 BC
1915 James Smith 14 BC
1916 Sophia 11 BC
1917 Eliza 9 BC
1918 Mary Ann 6 BC
1919 John Thos 4 BC
1920 Matilda 2 BC
1921 Wm Henry 1 BC
Ancestry.com. 1828 New South Wales, Australia Census (Australian Copy) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data: New South Wales Government. 1828 Census: Householders' returns [Population and Statistics, Musters and Census Records, Census, Colonial Secretary] . Series 1273, Reels 2551-2552, 2506-2507. State Records Authority of New South Wales. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.

Name: James Sidebottom - John Smith James returned to England and was sentenced again and returned as John Smith - To be come known as Gentleman John Smith in the Maitland area.
Ship: James Sidebottom - Indian - John Smith - General Hewitt
Birth/Death 1787 - 13 November 1870
Married: Mary Furber (nee Brian Bryan) 11 July 1814
Place of Abode: Maitland


Conditional Pardon 41/210
Whereas His late Most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by a Commision under the Great Seal of Great Britain bearing the Date the Eight Day of November, in the Thirty-first Year of His Majesty's Reign, was graciously pleased to Give and Grant full Power and Authority to the Govenor (or, in case of his death or absence, the Lieutenant Govenor) for the time being of His Majesty's Territory of the Eastern Coast of New South Wales and the Island thereunto adjacent, but an Instrument or Instruments in Writing under the Seal of the Government of the said Territory, or as He or They respectively should think fit and convenient for His Majesty's Service to Remit either Absolutely or Conditionally the Whole or any Part of the Term or Time for which Persons convicted of Felony, Misdemeanot, or other Offences, amenable to the Laws of Great Britain, should have been, or should thereafter be respectively conveyed to Transported to New South Walse, or the Islands thereunto adjacent.

By Virtue of the Power and Authority so vested as aforesaid, I Sir George Gipps Knight, Captain-Genjera and Governor-in-Chief of Her Majesty's said Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, taking into consideration the good conduct of John Smith who arrived in this Colony on the ship General Hewitt Earl Master, in the Year One thousand eight hundred and fourteen under sentence of Transportation for Life and whose decription is on the back hereof Do herby Conditionally Remit the remainder of the Term or Time which is yet to come and unexpired of the Original Sentence or Order of Transportation passed on the aforesaid John Smith at Berks Assizes, on the first day of March One thousand eigh hundred and thirteen Provided Always, and on condition, that the said John Smith continue to reside within the limits of this Government for and during the space of his original Sentence of Transportation;- Otherwise, the said John Smith shall be subject to all the Pains and penalties of Re-appearing in Great Britain and Ireland, for and during the term of his original Sentence or Order of Transportation; or, as if this Remission had never been granted.

Given under my Hand and Seal of the Territory, at Government House, Sydney, in New South Wales, this first day of Octover in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty.
Signed Geo Gipps.
By His Excellency's Command
Signed E. Dear Thomson

292
Name; John Smith
Ship; General Hewitt
Master; Earl
Year; 1814
Native Place; Bristol
Trade or Calling; Sawyer
Sentence; Life
Year of Birth; 1778
Height; Five feet six inches
Complexion; Ruddy and pock marked
Hair; Brown
Eyes; Hazel

I certify that Her Majesties Gracious approbation and allowance of the withing Conditional Pardon, granted to John Smith has been signifeed to me by the Right Honorable the Secretary of State fo the Colonies, in his Despatch No. 283, dated 4th June 1841

Given under my Hand at Government House, Sydney, this twenty eight day of December. One thousand eight handred and forty one
Signed Geo Gripps
Entered upon records at Pages 291/292- Register No. 9 this third day of January One thousand eight hundred and forty two
E Dear Thompson


Children
James - 7 July 1815 V18154521 1B/1815
Sophia - 31 December 1817 (V18174522 1B/1817) married John Edwards
Eliza - 26 April 1820 V18205723 1B/1820
Mary Ann - 1 November 1822 (Possibly this one V18227783 1C/1822 or V1822376 10/1822) married Charles Chapman
John Thomas - 19 June 1824 (V18247784 1C/1824 or V1824377 10/1824) - married Margaret Logan
Matilda (V18267785 1C/1826 or V1826378 10/1826) - 5 June 1826 - married Paul F Morgan
William Henry (Possibly V1826520 61/1826) - 1827

James Sidebottom born abt 1787-
IGI shows James Sidebottom show two James Sidebottom's christened at Ashton Under Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. One christened 29 Oct 1786 to Samuel and Martha Sidebottom nee Morgan married at the Manchester Cathedral 26 Feb 1786 and one christened 26 Nov 1786 to Joseph and Betty Sidebottom nee Chadwick marriage 21 Oct 1784. One of these two sets of parents is probably James Sidebottom aka Gentleman Smith's family.
Came out in the General Hewitt 7 Feb 1814.
Previous name James Sidebottom

In reply to your enquiries *** my being in this colony for I humbly beg leave to aquaint you with every particuar relative ** I was comitted at Manchester 11 Oct 1809 in the name of James Sidebottom and recieved sentance of transportation for seven years. I arrived in the colony in the ship Indian Captain Bartley in 1810. I remain sir, your most obedient John Smith. Newcastle, June 27th 1819.

<>An article by Maitland Historian Harry Boyle in the Maitland Mercury on 26 April 2000 recorded particulars of George Furber A George Furber was one of five foundation initiates in Maitland Lodge or Unity on 4 November 1840, the day the lodge was formed The subject of the historical article would have been thirty and so could have been the one who joined Lodge Unity at that time. His father was William Furber and arrived in the Colony in the "Neptune' in 1795. William married at Penrith on 1 January' 1808; George was born in 1810. William died in 1811 In January 1813 a "John Smith" was tried at Leicester and sentenced to seven years. He arrived here in 1814 on the "General Hewitt" and in the same year married at Parramatta to the widow Mary Furber In 1817 he was transported to Newcastle for stealing tobacco from his master. He was a well behaved person and was allowed to settle at Wallis Plains. George Furber was John Smith's stepson and so would have been one of the first settlers in Maitland. By 1830 he was working land and had a convict assigned to him. He cleared the first streets in Maitland, became a landowner in Bank Street, Lawes Street and on the Paterson River. He became the Innkeeper of the George and Dragon. He was affected by the depression of 1840 and was declared insolvent. He had married Mary Muir in 1832 but she died in 1837. He married again to Honorah Curtin who went with him to Queensland and was the only white woman in the area for a long time. There Furber took over "Girkum", a station which had been abandoned by John Eales because of the fierce nature of aboriginals who had speared shepherds and sheep. He built a store and wharf on the Mary River and opened an Inn. In, he and an employee were building a fence with two aboriginals and at a given signal one aboriginal chopped Furber€™s skull while the other killed his employee. Furber later rode 150 miles to lpswich for attention and when he recovered he searched for the aboriginal and shot him. Furber and his son'97in'97law, Joseph Wilmhurst, were decoyed into an ambush in the bush and surrounded and murdered in December 1855. He had been a pioneer of Maitland and Queensland and died at the young age of 44.
<>Acknowledgements: Maitland Historian Harry Boyle & Maitland Mercury 26 April 2000

Death Cert. John Smith Gentleman, reason for death- old age. Place of marriage- Sydney, age 37 Mary Furber.
Buried 15th Nov 1870, Christchurch Burial Ground NewCastle.
Born Yorkshire England, about 60 years in NSW.

Alfred Sydney 1837

The property now known as Englefield is believed to have been built by 'Gentleman' John Smith c. 1837 at Wallis Creek on his Wallis Plains (now Maitland) farm. The land at Wallis Creek was originally 'granted' to him (as 'tenant at will') by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in 1818, being one of the eleven early grants in the area permitting settlement to eleven 'well-behaved' people.

Smith was an emancipated convict who was sent to the penal settlement at Sydney, arriving in 1810 on the Indian under the name of James Sidebottom (born 1787 at Manchester), but managed to escape back to England. Then, apparently finding little opportunity there, he got himself into trouble again and was transported a second time, arriving in 1814 on the General Hewitt, under the new name of John Smith and was sent to the Newcastle penal settlement where he confessed his past to Major Morisset, the Commandant (documented in the Bigge Report of 1819-1821).
He was made Chief Constable in Newcastle under Commandants Wallis and Morisset circa 1817 to1823, and in 1818 he was allowed to take up land at Wallis Creek, being formally emancipated in 1819. In 1823 Smith opened the first licensed inn in the Hunter Valley, the Ship Inn in Newcastle, and established the first store in it. He formed an agreement with the Waterloo Company in Sydney for the provision of flour to his store and bought the sloop Elizabeth to trade between Newcastle & Sydney.
During this time he continued to expand his farm at Wallis Creek (and other parts of the Hunter) through grants and acquisition, and employed an overseer to run it, supplying wheat to the Commissariat in Newcastle in return for convict labour. In the 1828 Census, Smith was listed twice: in Newcastle as an innkeeper, and in Maitland as a farmer at Hazelwood of Wallis Plains (together with his wife and their seven children) with a total acreage of 775 (of which 160 was under cultivation), 7 horses, 520 head of cattle and 300 sheep.
Smith continued to expand his business in both locations and other parts of the state. On the 18th August 1837, Governor Sir Richard Bourke ratified Smith's previous grants at Wallis Creek for around 148 acres (refer original indenture with the house signed by both Smith and his wife Mary) and it was around this time that Smith placed an order for stone window sills consistent with those in the original house now known as Englefield, built on that grant.
It has not yet been established whether Smith used this house as his Maitland residence, but its size and elegance for the period, its location on his farm within walking distance of both his mill (Smith's Flour Mill, rebuilt as a steam mill in 1844) and his mill workers' accommodation (Smiths Row, later leased by Caroline Chisholm), suggest that it may have been.
While many failed during the 1840s recession, Smith thrived on the available opportunities "by cashing up" and it was at this time (1st March 1843) that he and Mary sold the property to Henry Adams, innkeeper for one hundred pounds sterling (refer original indenture with the house), who then transferred his license for the Black Horse Inn from 46 Newcastle Street (across the road) to the property on 17th June 1845. It appears that around this time the house underwent extensions and alterations (as above) consistent with its conversion to an inn, which it remained until 1878 whenAdam's sons re-converted it to a private residence and sold it (using the name Englefield for the first time).
http://www.nationaltrust.com.au/EngleField.html


29841Smith'Gentleman John'-1834 30 OctoberNewcastleSG

Advertising for a man and wife to run a dairy

131848Smith'Gentleman John'-1837 4 OctoberNewcastleGG

Assigned servant Henry Burns per 'Prince Regent' absconded from service

133185Smith'Gentleman John'-1838 17 JulyNewcastleNewcastle Bench Books. AONSW Reel 2722

Eliza Harvey per 'Diana' assigned servant

137662Smith'Gentleman John'-1838 25 SeptemberNewcastleNewcastle Bench Books AO NSW 2722

Daniel McDonnell and John Lowe assigned to John Smith both sentenced to 14 days solitary confinement for neglect of work. Witness Nathanial Nixon, overseer

137663Smith'Gentleman John'-1838 25 SeptemberNewcastleNewcastle Bench Books AO NSW 2722

Mary White and Jane Gale both assigned to John Smith charged with being absent all night. Sentenced to 14 days in solitary confinement

161930Smith'Gentleman John'-26 March 1829NewcastleAO NSW Convict Indent Fiche No. 671`

John Brackenridge per 'Ferguson' assigned to John Smith at Newcastle on arrival

168816Smith'Gentleman John'-27 March 1880NewcastleAustralian Town and Country Journal

The drainage committee contemplate opening the old shaft, known as 'Gentleman Smith's shaft' on the recreation reserve, with a view of seeing how it would answer as a temporary place of deposit for night soil until some other scheme be decided upon.......

170017Smith'Gentleman John'-1825NewcastleAncestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Class: HO 10; Piece: 20

James Meagher per Surry employed by John Smith as Overseer

170031Smith'Gentleman John'-1825NewcastleAncestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Class: HO 10; Piece: 20

John Moroney per 'Earl St. Vincent' employed by John Smith at Newcastle

170033Smith'Gentleman John'-1825NewcastleAncestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Class: HO 10; Piece: 20

John Molloy per 'Mangles' assigned servant

13522Smith'Gentleman' John-1844 23 NovemberEast MaitlandMM

Steam Flour Mill

14985Smith'Gentleman' John-1832 27 SeptemberNewcastleSG

Thomas Brace assigned servant

17593Smith'Gentleman' John-1832 5 JulyNewcastleSG

Daniel Owen assigned servant

20833Smith'Gentleman' John-1833 23 MarchNewcastleSG

Smaller windmill at Newcastle lately let by Smith to be leased for a term of 3 - 7 years

23772Smith'Gentleman' John-1834 29 MarchNewcastleSG

Assigned two convict butchers in January 1834

New South Wales Land Records 1811-1870- Lease, Register of Leases
1838. John Smith of Newcastle 27th Aug 1838 1000 acres
County of Gloucester Parish of Stockton bounded on the West by a ?increased? portion of 880 acres on the North by a ?Incasured? portion of 1250 acres and on the East and South by Fullterton Cove
Name:John Smith
Residence Date:27 Aug 1838
Residence Place:Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Purchase Date:27 Aug 1838
Purchase Place:New South Wales, Australia
Description:Register of Leases
Series:13940
Box Number:5
Roll number:1435
Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Land Records, 1811-1870 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.

26187Smith'Gentleman' John-1847 6 JanuaryPatrick PlainsMM

Requesting a meeting to discuss appropriate address to the Governor on his visit to the Hunter

26668Smith'Gentleman' John-1847 6 FebruaryNewcastleMM

Smith's carriage used by the Governor Sir Charles Fitzroy on his visit to Newcastle

28079Smith'Gentleman' John-1823-Historical Records of Newcastle

Free selector of land in Newcastle/ Hunter Valley

29717Smith'Gentleman' John-1834 9 SeptemberNewcastleSG

Granted 160 acres of land at Wallis Plains

31771Smith'Gentleman' John-1833 23 MayNewcastleBB

Margaret Kenny per Asia charged with striking Smith's daughter
31829Smith'Gentleman' John-1833 24 AugustNewcastleBB

Ellen Stewcart per Earl of Liverpool assigned servant

32581Smith'Gentleman' John-1836 26 JanuaryNewcastleSG

Granted title deeds to 20 perches in Newcastle on 4 January 1836

32603Smith'Gentleman' John-1836 2 FebruaryNewcastleSG

Granted probate for Last Will and Testament of Francis Beattie

32690Smith'Gentleman' John-1828Newcastle1828 Census

Jane Cameron per 'Louisa' housemaid

34680Smith'Gentleman' John-1828Newcastle1828 Census

William Worlock per 'England' assigned servant

35852Smith'Gentleman' John-1847 29 SeptemberNewcastleMM

Selling 200 bullocks

40312Smith'Gentleman' John-1836 13 AugustMaitlandSG

Of Newcastle. Selling dairy farm 2 miles from Maitland. 460 acres adjoining Close, Eales and Richardson estates

42663Smith'Gentleman' John-1828Newcastle1828 Census

Bailey Smith per 'Elizabeth' assignd to John Smith

42778Smith'Gentleman' John-1828Wallis Plains1828 Census

John Stack per 'Countess of Harcourt' assigned servant

43085Smith'Gentleman' John-1828Newcastle1828 Census

Catherine Swift per 'Mariner' servant assigned to Smith

43884Smith'Gentleman' John-1835 28 DecemberNewcastleBB

James Dennison per 'Sesostris' assigned servant charged with being in a public house

48083Smith'Gentleman' John-1828Wallis Plains1828 Census

Thomas Evans per 'Fanny', labourer, assigned servant

49330Smith'Gentleman' John-1848 18 NovemberNewcastleMM

Won Government contract for furnishing supplied for colonial service

49530Smith'Gentleman' John-1845 4 OctoberNewcastleMM

Advertising to purchase 500 tons of coal for steam Flour Mill in East Maitland

49724Smith'Gentleman' John-1828Wallis Plains1828 Census

Patrick Flyn per 'Prince Regent', labourer, assigned servant

52314Smith'Gentleman' John-1836 22 JanuaryNewcastleBB

Assigned servant Thomas Burke per 'Norfolk', groom, sentenced to 50 lashes for disorderly conduct

52316Smith'Gentleman' John-1836 22 JanuaryNewcastleBB

Sarah Barnett assigned servant. Slept in the same room as Smith's children

52319Smith'Gentleman' John-1836 22 JanuaryNewcastleBB

Thomas Shipway assigned servant

53677Smith'Gentleman' John-1849 28 AprilNewcastleMM

Advertising to purchase 200 head of cattle

54053Smith'Gentleman' John-1837 28 JanuaryNewcastleBB

John Davidson per 'Marquis of Huntley sentenced to 25 lashes for neglect of duty
54055Smith'Gentleman' John-1837 28 JanuaryNewcastleBB

Dixon Belsey employed as overseer

124904Smith'Gentleman' John-1837 31 OctoberNewcastleNewcastle Bench Books. AONSW Reel 2722

William Ledgerwood employed as overseer

124906Smith'Gentleman' John-1837 31 OctoberNewcastleNewcastle Bench Books. AONSW Reel 2722

Catherine Clarke per ' Pyramus' assigned servant

124949Smith'Gentleman' John-1837 14 NovemberNewcastleNewcastle Bench Books. AONSW Reel 2722

Assigned servant John Hayden sentenced to 30 lashes for disobedience of orders after he backed a horse and cart to the well near Scott's place contrary to the orders of Smith. The horse and cart tipped over. Smith saw it happen on the way to the steamer

125243Smith'Gentleman' John-1830 16 FebruaryNewcastleMaitland Quarter Sessions

John Flynn, master of John Smith's sloop 'Elizabeth' sentenced to 12 months in an iron gang for stealing rum and tobacco from the 'Elizabeth'

125278Smith'Gentleman' John-1830 17 FebruaryNewcastleMaitland Quarter Sessions

John Flynn employed as Master and Peter Clear and John Whitney as seaman on John Smith's vessel 'Elizabeth'

127918Smith'Gentleman' John-1836 - 37NewcastleGRC

Andrew Moony per 'Earl Grey' assigned servant

128349Smith'Gentleman' John-1836 - 37NewcastleGRC

Mary Neale per 'Andromeda' assigned servant

129266Smith'Gentleman' John-1823 27 JuneNewcastle districtArchives Office of NSW. Colonial Secretary: Misc records (4/4570D)pp1-88

Thomas Evans per 'Fanny' assigned servant

133252Smith'Gentleman' John-1838 7 AugustNewcastleNewcastle Bench Books. AONSW Reel 2722

Assigned servant Jane Gales per 'Numa' sentenced to 14 days solitary confinement for absconding

133254Smith'Gentleman' John-1838 7 AugustNewcastleNewcastle Bench Books. AONSW Reel 2722

Assigned servant Thomas Dean per 'Jane' sentenced to 12 months in irons at No. 3 Stockade for absconding from service

133284Smith'Gentleman' John-1838 17 AugustNewcastleNewcastle Bench Books. AONSW Reel 2722

Assigned servant Thomas Burke per 'Norfolk' sentenced to 50 lashes for drunkenness

137668Smith'Gentleman' John-1838 24 SeptemberNewcastleNewcastle Bench Books. AO NSW Reel 2722

Henry Burns per 'Prince Regent' and Edward Keegan per 'Lady Kennaway' assigned servants

139486Smith'Gentleman' John-1838 27 NovemberNewcastleNewcastle Bench Books. AONSW Reel 2722

Charged by Constable William Rouse with having false weights in his possession at his Store. Fined 10/- for each defective weight

145040Smith'Gentleman' John-1861 17 SeptemberNewcastleMM

Found not guilty of feloniously, unlawfully and maliciously setting fire to a house in his possession with intent to defraud the Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance Company

173838SmithGentleman John-15 April 1902Christ Church Burial Ground, NewcastleNMH

Right in the corner of the church yard near the entrance gate, there is a substantial but time worn tomb, in which were buried several members of the Smith family. The head of the house who was familiarly called Gentleman Smith, was quite a character in his way, and for years resided in a house at the corner of King and Pacific Streets, which is now occupied by Mr. McFarlane. He was in many respects a quaint personage and for years kept his coffin in a room and the back of the dwelling. The coffin was made of polished cedar but the lid which was a beautiful piece of timber was stolen by a man working about the place, and converted into other uses. Another eccentricity was the old mans habit of hiding money in odd corners. One day an old servant was rummaging about in the cellar, when he discovered quite a large sum in guineas which had been planted there for years. Smith built the Naval Brigade HOtel and the white buildings which stand on the south side of King Street facing his residence. Many years ago he is reputed to have worked the old coal shaft upon which the bowling green in the big Reserve is situated. He died a wealthy man leaving large property interests in the city

173927SmithGentleman John-28 May 1932Salt AshNMH

Death of Joseph Sansom, Salt Ash pioneer. Had lived for almost 70 years in the Williamtown and Salt Ash. Mr. Sansoms father migrated from England and was soon employed by the late Judge Windeyer. He purchased a selection known as Oakfield for the sum of 1110 pounds. It was originally owned by Mr. Gentleman Smith and formed portion of a grant

174106SmithGentleman John-13 March 1897NewcastleNMH

A resident of Newcastle unearthed a valuable book relating to early convict days in Newcastle containing original depositions of the cases heard at the Newcastle Police Office in the year 1829. Richard Bannister, disobedience of orders; and Mr. John Smith deposed as follows: The prisoner is my assigned servant, stationed at my farm at Wallis Plains. He demanded a pass from my son on the plea of attending the hospital, he having a scalded foot. He was refused the pass but he went away to Newcastle 18 miles distant. Dr. Brooks the colonial surgeon said the man had no just cause to leave the farm for the hospital, as the injuries to his foot were not at all serious. Sentence 75 lashes

129619SmithJohn (Gentleman)-1823 26 JuneNewcastleArchives Office of NSW. Colonial Secretary: Misc records (4/4570D)pp1-88

George Lee per 'Hadlow' assigned servant

104161SmithJohn (Gentleman)Indian 1810; General Hewitt 1814--Maitland Family History Circle's Pre 1900 Pioneer Register

Born 1787 Manchester. Spouse Mary Furber (nee Brian). For more information see Pioneer Register Entry No. 1367
http://www.jenwilletts.com/searchaction.php?page=3&surname=&ship=&firstname=gentleman
(accessed 25 Feb 2016)

177430Smith (alias Sidebottom)Chief Constable John (alias James)General Hewitt 1814 (Indian 1810)-NewcastleCSI

Tried at Leicester; Chief Constable at Newcastle c. 1817 to 1823; landowner at Wallis Plains; dealer; previously transported per Indian in 1810 as James Sidebottom
http://www.jenwilletts.com/searchaction.php (Accessed 25 Feb 2016)

MAITLAND, TO THE PRIVATE SECRETARY OF HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR BOURKE.
SIR,
We the undersigned householders and proprietors of allotments, purchased from the Crown, in the township of Maitland, seeing a letter published in the Sydney journals addressed to you for His Excellency's consideration, and signed by the inhabitants of the north side of Wallis's Creek, soliciting that the proposed cells be erected in their neighbourhood, deem it necessary to protest against the whole tenor of their epistle, as from its tendency they wish to induce the government to do an act of injustice, not only to those who purchased land from the Crown in the township, but others who have expended large sums on buildings there.

We believe the motive for such an application cannot be mistaken, when the locality of the estates and private property of the most wealthy and influential promoters of production is considered. As who
regarding the public weal, would recommend the removal of a township, from an eligible site out of the
reach of floods, within two miles of the head of navigation, and where there is a great extent of unlocated
land, to one little better than a swamp, liable with moderate rain to be inundated, a greater distance from
navigation, and where there is no unnlocated land.

The reason they assign for such a change, is so futile that it scarcely requires any reply. They must be aware that the population having increased in a greater ratio on the north than on the south side of Wallis's Creek, is the result of necessity, not choice ; the present township not being laid out until late in General Darling's administration ; nor the streets marked out until lately, therefore, tradesmen, shopkeepers, &c , were compelled to purchase small portions from settlers, from whom alone, land then adjoining the road could be procured. These have already suffered greatly by floods, and it is to be feared, that by their imprudence in building there, the loss of life and property at some future period will be great, particularly if the water rises to the height the old residents here remember it to have done.

They also know that Wallis Creek is capable of supplying the township with as good water as those on
the opposite side, can procure from the river in any season, except from a place called the Falls, some distance above the present hamlet, from whence (should it ever be required) it can be conveyed at no
great expense.

The removal of the post office from the township, and the vicinity of the Court House, we consider very injudicious, the inconvenience to the public has been greater than the advantages derived from it by
the few inhabitants in that neighbourhood.

Confident His Excellency will not be influenced by wealth or numbers to do any injustice to us or injury to the public, by disturbing the present site of the township, or allowing any public buildings to be erected elsewhere, particularly on private property, we deem it unnecessary to obtain any other signatures, but those residing in the township

We have the honor to be,
Sir,
(Signed), Your expedient servants,
J Erskine
James Pawsey
E. Muir
John Eckford
James Walker
William Jones
William Jackson
James Rae
N. Goldingham
G. B White
Joseph Daley
Peter Reilly
Mary Eckford
John Híllici
Henry Plode
James William Miller
Patrick Reilly
George Furber
John Mayo
Nicholas Nerney
William Eckford
Frederick Dixon
John Smith
G. Mitchell
Henry Rae
P. Collins.
1834 'MAITLAND,', The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), 14 October, p. 2. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2217312

NEWS FROM THE INTERIOR.
(From our various Correspondents.)
MORETON BAY.
LAND SALE.
THE land sale at Brisbane on the 16th instant, went off very spirited as regarded the town allotments at Ipswich ; for the special country lots there was no offer, and only one of the eastern suburban allotments found a purchaser at the upset price. The following is an account of the day's sale :

Allotment No. 6 of section 3, upset price, Is. per perch, sold to George Furber, at 7s., £11 4s. 7. Allotment No. 7 of section 3, upset price, Is. per perch, sold to ditto, at 5s. Cd., £8 l61. 8. Allotment No. 8 of section 3, upset price, 1s. per perch, sold to John Smith, at 9s. 0d., £15 4s. 9. Allotment No. 9 of section 3, upset price, 1s, per perch, sold to George Furber, at 12s. 6d., £20. 10. Allotment No. 10 of section 3, upset price, Is, per perch, sold to John Smith, at 9s.. £14 8s. 11 Allotment No. 22 of section 3, upset price, 1s. per perch, sold to George Furber, at 6s., £8. 19. Allotment No. 20 of section 3, upset price, 1s. per perch, sold to George Furber, at 6s., £9 12s. 12s.
1846 'NEWS FROM THE INTERIOR.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 28 December, p. 2. , viewed 20 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12897001

Colonial Secretary's Office,~
Sydney, 27th September, 1847 TITLE DEEDS.
THE undermentioned Deeds have been, transmitted from this Office to that of the Registrar General of New South Wales, for enrolment, under the provisions of the Act of the Governor and Legislative Council, 7th Victoria, No. 16, to be by him forwarded through the Surveyor General to the Colonial Tieasurer, by whom notification of their receipt at his Office will be made to the Grantees by letter, after which they will be delivered on application, viz:-
PURCHASES UNDER THE EXITING REGULATIONS.
TOWN ALLOTMENTS.
Proclamation of 6th November, 1846.
Deeds dated 28th August, 1847.
1. Robert Little, 36 perchesf North Brisbane, lot 3.
2. Judith Dawson, 36 perches, North Brisbane, lot 4.
3. Joseph North, 32 perches, Ipswich, lot 5.
4. George Furber, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 7.
5. John Smiih, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 8.
6. Ditto ditto, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 10.
7. George Thorn, 32 ditto, ditto, lot il.
8. Ditto ditto, 32 ditto, duto, lot 12.
9. Joseph North, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 13.
10. John Kent, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 14.
11. Ditto ditto, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 15.
12. Joseph North, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 16.
13. George Thorn, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 17.
14. George Furber, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 18.
15. James Smith, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 20.
16. George Brown, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 21.
17. George Furber, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 22.
18. William Yates, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 23.
19. Sterling Minor, 32 ditto, ditto, lot 24.
1847 'TITLE DEEDS.', New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), 1 October, p. 1041. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230422615

1854 New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes 1854
Absconding from John Smith by Lee Tuck or Lee Loo and San Sing, Newcastle on the 11th instant Feb.
Lee Tuck, 5 feet 6 inches high, dark complexion, black hair, dark eyes. San Singh, 5 feet 5 inches high.
Report- Lee Tuck absconded about a month since. San Singh on the 7th instant- warrants have been issued for their apprehension.
New South Wales Government. Police Gazettes. Series 10958, Reels 3129-3143, 3594-3606. State Records Authority of New South Wales. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.

New South Wales Reports of Crime etc. etc. For Police Information. Published by Authority. Monday, July 31 1854
1854 District of Newcastle- £2 REWARD
Absconded from the hired service of John Smith Esq., of Newcastle, Tullerton Cove, on the 23rd day of July 1854, Hong T. Same, about 5 feet 7 inches high, 25 years of age, supposed to have gone to Sydney. A Warrant has been issued. Mr. Smith offers a reward of £2 for his apprehension. Information received at this Office, on 31st instant.
New South Wales Government. Police Gazettes. Series 10958, Reels 3129-3143, 3594-3606. State Records Authority of New South Wales. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.

New South Wales Reports of Crime etc. etc. For Police Information. Published by Authority
Thursday, September 24. 1857
District of Newcastle
William Wood is charged with aqbsconding from the hired service of Mr. John Smith, of Newcastle, between 9pm and daylight of the 17th day of September 1857. William Wood is about 35 years of age, swarthy complexion, dark brown hair, about 5 feet 7 inches high, black whiskers round chin, stout, dark hazel eyes. Supposed to have gone towards Maitland. Informatin received at this Office, on the 23rd instant.
New South Wales Government. Police Gazettes. Series 10958, Reels 3129-3143, 3594-3606. State Records Authority of New South Wales. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.


NEWCASTLE
UNLAWFUL DETENTION OF PROPERTY,- On Thursday last John Smith, usually known by the appellation of "Gentleman Smith' appeared before the bench at the police office, Newcastle, to answer a charge of having unlawfully detained one iron stretcher, the property of Matheww Teasdale of Newcastle. The stretcher had been purchased by Teasdale from Mrs Gorrick. whose family lately resided in the house when Mrs Gorrick left Newcastle. A young man took the stretcher away bv Smith's orders, so that when. Teasdale went to take it away it was gone. This constituted the gist of the case. Smith stated that the complainant had no written order from




Mrs Gorrick to take anything away from the house and whatever things were left in the house, under such circumstances, belonged of course to him, or at least were under his care. The defendant was ordered to give up the stretcher and pay one guinea professional costs, and
Court costs.
1858 'NEWCASTLE.', Northern Times (Newcastle, NSW : 1857 - 1918), 13 March, p. 2. , viewed 26 Feb 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128752815

Sickness. '97 As a natural consequence of the very unsettled and disagreeable weather we have
experienced of late in Newcastle and its immediate neighbourhood, a great deal of sickness prevails in the city and suburbs. In some cases as many as three and four in a family have been
stricken down by fever of a more than ordinarily malignant and fatal character. In the household
of Mr. John Smith of King-street, we regret to learn that such has been the case, no less than
four of the children of Mr. Henry Smith having been attacked with fever, which, in one instance
(that of a fine little fellow, about five years old), unhapily proved fatal. His interment took place on Wednesday last, in the family vault in the burying-ground of Christchurch '97 the funural being attended by a largo number of his school Fix this textmates, who acted its pall-bearers.
1868 'LOCAL ITEMS.', The Newcastle Chronicle (NSW : 1866 - 1876), 4 August, p. 3. , viewed 26 Feb 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111329623

Colonial Treasury,
Sydney, 12th February, 1847.
THE Land and Town Allotments advertised in the Government Gazette, by His Excellency's Proclamation, dated 6th. November, 1846, were (with the exception of lots 2 to 17, of Land, and Jots 1,2,6,9, and 19, Town allotments,) sold to the undermentioned parties, by Auction; at Brisbane, on 16th December, 1846; and the sum affixed to each respectively has been received.
SALE OF LAND.
SALE OF TOWN ALLOTMENTS
Ipswich
Lot 6 32 P. Deposit forfeited by George Furber £1 2s 6d.
Lot 7 32 P. George Furber £18 16s. 0d.
Lot 8 32 P. John Smith £15 4s 0d.
Lot 9 32 P. Deposit forfeited by George Furber £2. 0s. 0d.
Lot 10 32 P. John Smith £14. 8s. 0d.
Lot 18 32 P. George Furber £8. 0s 0d.
Lot 20 32 P. James Smith £8 16s. 0d.
Lot 21 32 P. George Furber £9 12s. 0d.
1847 'Government Gazette Notices', New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), 19 February, p. 209. , viewed 19 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230674604

TO TRAVEL THIS SEASON, the Heavy Entire Cart Horse "G L E N E L G,"
From Newcastle to Oakfield Park, the property of Mr. John Smith, near Raymond Terrace. "GLENELG" is a dark brown, stands near 17 hands high, well formed in every respect ; he is one of the largest draft horses in the district ; dam by old Suffolk ; sire, old Glenelg.
He will commence travelling from Newcastle on MONDAY, 3rd of October, passing through Hexham by Miller's Forest to Raymond Terrace, from thence to Oakfield Park, the estate of Mr. John Smith; returning to Raymond Terrace every Friday, Hexham and Newcastle on Saturday every week.
All mares sent to this horse will be accommodated with a good Paddock till stinted. No responsibility will be given respecting the mares; every care possible will be taken of them.
Payment will be required on the 1st January, 1854.
TERMS:-For one mare, Three Guineas; any person sending two or more a deduction will be made.
JOHN SMITH.
1853 'Classified Advertising', The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), 24 September, p. 2. (Supplement to the Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General adve), viewed 02 Mar 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article673221

Major Wentworth's Election.
LIST of persons forming Major Wentworth's Committee for the Northumbrian Boroughs :
Geroge Furber
John Smith
James Smith
1843 'Classified Advertising', The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), 1 April, p. 4. , viewed 20 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65956


LETTER, TO THE EDITOR.
APPROPRIATION OF THE RATES FOR THE RECEPTION OF PRINCE ALFRED
To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle.
Sir'97 As I am a considerable ratepayer, I shall object to any of the rates of the city being expended on the arrival of the Prince, as it would only be a mere mockery compared with other places. Let the money be expended for the purpose for which it was collected. I shall give my reason for so doing. I have two allotment situated at the corner of Pacific and King streets. The one I reside on I am rated at £4 10s per annum for the last nine years, which amounts to £40 10s ; the one on the other side of the street I pay
at the rate of £5 8s. per annum, making the sum of £89 2s. for these two allotments during the time the city has been incorporated. Not one shilling has been expended on Pacific-street during that time, although it was so much required to keep the sand from destroying the city. The fences to protect the drifting of the sand were in good order on the formation of the Municipality, but since that time the fences have been carried away, and the sand is drifting by thousands of tons into the harbour and city. What will be the consequence is still to decide. If the harbour should be filled up with sand, what a number of families will it
throw out of employment, for Newcastle is entirely dependent on the shipping of coal ; and if these vessels cannot enter the port, what will become of the colliers and their families? The storm which has raged for the last three days, on the 15th, 16th, and 17th, has done considerable damage by the drifting of the sand around the Hospital, also throughout the whole width of Pacific-street. Unless some means are taken to check it, it will be a great loss and inconvenience to the inhabitants of the city. It is something extraordinary that not one of the Aldermen that have been elected for the city have ever made any motion to put Pacific-street in repair during the time the city has been incorporated.
JOHN SMITH. .
1868 'LETTER TO THE EDITOR.', The Newcastle Chronicle (NSW : 1866 - 1876), 22 February, p. 3. , viewed 02 Mar 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111330701

Departmont of Lands,
Sydney, 14th Aug., 1808.
Drainage Union.
PETITION FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF THE "PARADING GROUND UNION.' or IN pursuance of the Act of Parliament:,
29 Vic, No. 1, His Excellency tbe Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has directed the
publication of a petition from certain members of the ' Parading Ground Union,' praying that the said Union
may be dissolved. All persons interested are invited to state, within two months from this date, their objections, if any, to tbe proposed dissolution of this Union.
J. BOWIE WILSON.
To His Excellency the Governor-in-Chief and the Executive Council of New South Wales.
The Memorial of the after-signed-residents at Tellygerry C??el-, the Parading Ground, and Cu???? tree,
RESPECTFULLY SHEWETH;
That, on the 7th day of December, 1866 your memorialists were Gazetted as a Union for Drainage, under
tho Act, Vit. 29 No. 7 and named the "Parading Ground Union," and for the following reasons they would urge on the Government to dissolve the said Union :'97 1st,-That in consideration of the large extent of land
that has been taken into the Union we fit it would be impossible to do justice to all parties, as there is a
large portion of the land which it would be impossible to drain, there not being suffficient fall, and therefore
the Union would be continually involved in law. 2nd.'97 That your memorialists have not incurred any debts since the Union was proclaimed; and we humbly pray That under these circumstances, your Excellency, with the concurrence of the Executive Council, will for dissovle the said Union; and your memorialists; as in duty bound, will ever pray.
John Smith Joseph Russell
William Sunsom William M'Dermott
Valentine Bryce Henry A. Smith
George Sansom John Maslen
Thomas Hyde Roderick McLean
John Lavis John Riddell Fenwich, agent
David Sutton. for Cabbage-tree Estate
Richard Moxey Joseph Lavis
Henry Slade Samuel Gillespie. ' __

1868 'Advertising', The Newcastle Chronicle (NSW : 1866 - 1876), 25 August, p. 1. , viewed 02 Mar 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111331377

John married Mary Brian, daughter of Anthony Brian and Elizabeth Dean, on 11 Jul 1814 in Church of England, Parramatta, St. John's, New South Wales, Australia.⁷⁶⁶ (Mary Brian was born on 7 Apr 1792 in Sydney New South Wales, Australia ⁷⁶⁸ and died in 1867 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.)

  Marriage Notes:

Name:John Smith
Spouse Name:Mary Furber
Marriage Date:1814
Marriage Place:New South Wales
Registration Place:Parramatta, New South Wales
Registration Year:1814
Volume Number:V B
Ancestry.com. Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

No. 420. John Smith p Generel Hewit 25 of the Parish of St Phillips Sydney and Mary Furber of St Johns Parramatta 22 free were married in this church by banns this eleventh day of July in the Year One thousand eight hundred and fourteen by me Saml Marsden.
This Marriage was solemnized between Us John Smith, Mary Furber (both signed) in the presence of William Leverton and Elizabeth Leverton
REG/COMP/1; Description: Vol 01, Baptisms, 1790-1825; Marriages, 1789-1823; Burials, 1790-1825; Parish: St. John's Anglican Church Parramatta