Matthew Andrew Elkin

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iain Frazier on 27th May 2024

Family connections for Matthew Andrew (Elkins) are: Some amendments added jJul 2025 ELKIN/S Matthew Andrew (Elkin/s) was born on 26 1 1780 & became a shoemaker. He was tried for stealing money from Squire (Clark) at Chester Great Sessions Chestershire on 17 4 1797, sentenced to death commuted to 7years, held on a hulk & arrived in NSW on 14 8 1802 after a voyage of 7months on PERSEUS. He married firstly Mary (Moss) on 4 2 1805 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He was recorded in 1806 as Free by Servitude as a shoemaker at Parramatta & was known to have bee a shoemaker at Portland Head about 1816.>>> [Some details taken from this Website] Mary (Moss) was born about 1784. She was tried at Lancaster Quarter Sessions, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 7 5 1804 after a voyage of 6months on EXPERIMENT. She died on 4 2 1807 age23 & was buried as Mrs Mary (Elkin), at St Johns CofE Parranatta. [Some details taken from this Website] Matthew Andrew (Elkin/s) & Mary (Moss) produced 1child: 1.Ann Andrew (Elkin/s) was born on 5 8 1805 at Parramatta & baptised on 3 3 1806 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She was living at Pitt Town when she married Sylvester (Butler) on 11 3 1822 at St Matthews CofE Windsor & produced at least 5children. She died on 24 9 1833 age28 at Wisemans Ferry. ..Sylvester (Butler) was born about 1802/4/8. He was recorded at Pitt Town in 1822. He was recorded in 1828 as a farmer. In 1831 he was a farmer. He died on 9 12 1847 age38/43. ..Details of Sylvester (Butler)s family are given in entry for Mary (Holland INDISPENSIBLE 1796) on this Website. .. >>>Matthew Andrew (Elkin/s) had a second relationship with Cathe/arine (Wilbow) whom he married on 23 3 1818 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. He died on 5 2 1834 age53/4 father of 6children & was buried at (St Matthews CofE?) Windsor. Catherine (Wilbow), sometimes named Caroline, was born in 1793. She died on 20 1 1872 age about78. Details of Catherine (Wilbow)s family are given in entry for James (Wilbow SALAMANDER 1791) on this Website. .. Matthew Andrew (Elkin/s) & Catherine/Caroline (Wilbow) produced 5children: mostly girls 1.Mary Ann (Elkins) was born in February 1813. She died on 20 12 1813 age10m & was buried, probably on 1 1 1814, at St Matthews CofE Windsor. 2.Jane (Elkins) was born on 16 3 1815 at St Albans/Windsor & baptised on 23 3 1818 age3+ w/Catherine at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She married Joseph (Blundell) on 4 2 1834 in a ceremony with her sister Catherine at St Thomas CofE/Wesleyan Sackville Reach. She died on 30 7 1883 age68 at Portland Head. ..Joseph (Blundell) was born in 1799. He died in 1852 age about53. .. 3.Catherine (Elkins) was born on 13 5 1817 at Windsor/St Albans & baptised on 23 3 1818 w/Jane at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She married William (Jones) on 4 2 1834 in a ceremony with her sister Jane at St Thomas CofE/Wesleyan Sackville Reach. She died on 9 5 1896 age79- at Windsor. ..William (Jones) was born in 1788. He died in 1896 age about108. .. 4.Elizabeth (Elkins) was born on 9 6 1819 at Windsor/Pitt Town & baptised on 26 3 1822 age2 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She married George (Manning). She died on 7 3 1890 age70. ..George (Manning) .. 5.Matthew Andrew (Elkins) was born on 17 9 1821 at Pitt Town & baptised on 26 3 1822 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. He died on 22 9 1899 age about 78+. Reference: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.

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D Wong on 9th January 2015

From Wikia Familypedia: Matthew Elkin - convict on the Perseus in 1802 Matthew Andrew Elkin arrived in Sydney, New South Wales in 4 Aug 1802 on the Perseus as a convict. Matthew Andrew Elkins had been charged with stealing 1s 12d from Squire Clark. He was tried at Chester on 17 April 1797 and sentenced to death which was later commuted to 7 years transportation. Placed aboard the Perseus the ship sailed from Spithead, England on 12 February 1802 for a voyage that lasted nearly 6 months. In 1805 he married a fellow convict Mary Moss, his first wife, who had arrived on the "Experiment" in 1804. Mary died in 1807. They had one daughter, Ann. In 1818, Matthew married his second wife Catherine Wilbow. In 1806 muster he is listed as being Free By Servitude, a shoemaker at Parramatta. In 1816 he is on the list of persons claiming they had served their "time" but had no supporting documents to prove it. Some time around 1816 he was working as a shoemaker at Lower Portland Head. Matthew died the day after giving away 2 of his daughter's in marriage at St. Thomas Church, Sackville. They were Jane, who married Joseph Blundell and Catherine who married William Jones. The inscription on Matthew's head stone at Windsor cemetery reads: MATTHEW ANDREW ELKINS 5 February 1834 Aged 53 years. "Far from the land where first he drew breath He bowed obedient to all conquering death. At Church he was and made his daughters brides On the next day it was the will of God he died." Offspring of Matthew Andrew Elkin and Mary Moss (c1784-1807) Ann Andrew Elkin (1805-1833) 5 August 1805 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 24 September 1833 Wisemans Ferry,New South Wales, Australia Married: Sylvester Butler (c1804-1847) Offspring of Matthew Andrew Elkin and Catherine Wilbow (1793-1872) Mary Ann Elkin (1813-1813) Jane Elkin (1817-1883) 16 March 1817 St Albans, New South Wales, Australia 30 July 1883 Portland Head, New South Wales, Australia Married: Joseph Blundell (1799-1852) Catherine Elkin (1817-1896) 13 May 1817 Windsor, New South Wales, Australia 9 May 1896 Windsor, New South Wales, Australia Married: William Jones (1788-1896) Elizabeth Elkin (1819-1890) 9 June 1819 New South Wales,Australia 7 March 1890 Sackville, New South Wales, Australia Married: George Manning (c1812-1907) Matthew Andrew Elkin (1821-1899)

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Joanne Withnall on 8th January 2015

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