George Patfield

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iain Frazier on 17th March 2025

Family connections for George (Patfield) are: Some amendments added Sep 2025. PATFIELD George (Patfield) was born abot 1764. He was tried for theft of 3donkeys at Taunton Somerset on 17 3 1788, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 6 1790 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship NEPTUNE; a voyage noted for extreme brutality of prisoners with a high death rate. He married Mary (Brien) on 12/9 5 1793 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He was granted land at Eastern Farms on 10 4 1798. He was Free by Servitude by 1802. He died on 11 10 1809 age45 by hanging suicide at Kissing Point; some evidence at inquest was contributed by John (Small-future father of daughter in law). [Some details taken from this Website] Mary (Brien/O'Brien) was born about 1768. She was tried for stealing goods at Exeter city Castle Devon General Quarter Sessions on 22 8 1791, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a a convict on 16 1 1793 after a voyage of 6months on BELLONA. She was Free by Servitude by 1802. She died on 28 4 1853 age85 from paralysis. [Some details taken from this Website] George (Patfield) & Mary (Brien/O'Brien) produced 9children: mostly girls 1.Elizabeth (Patfield) was born on 13 11 1793 & baptised on 13 11 1793 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. 2.Ann (Patfield) was born on 28 3 1796 & baptised on 2 7 1796 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She married firstly at age16 William (Pinchon/am) on 11 6 1812 at St Johns CofE Parramatta & produced 5children.>>> ..William (Pinchin/am) was born about 1782/7 & became a soldier with the Wiltshire Regiment of Militia. He was tried for desertion at Plymouth Docks Court Martial Devonshire on 21 4 1806, sentenced to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict on 27 7 1807 after a voyage of 6months on DUKE OF PORTLAND; he was Protestant. He is recorded in 1828 as being Free by Servitude with Conditional Pardon & a settler/farmer at Field of Mars (near Pennant Hills). He died on 17 1 1836 age54 at Sydney. ..[Some details taken from this Website] .. >>>Ann (Patfield) married secondly Samuel (Pearce). She died on 21 9 1855 age59or63 at Kissing Point mother of 5known children. ..[Noted a Samuel (Peers), weaver, was tried at Chester Sessions, sentenced to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 4 1815 after a voyage of 6months on INDEFATIGIBLE.>>>] ..[Some details taken from this Website] >>[>a Samuel (Pearce), who was born about 1792, married Mary (Carney) on 4 11 1822 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He was recorded in 1834 as a farmer.] .. 3.George (Patfield) was born on 10 10 1797 & baptised on 1 9 1798 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He was granted land in Sydney on 16 1 1816 & land at Kissing Point on 10 9 1818. He was a farmer when he married Sarah (Small age16 sister John) on 31 10 1820 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. On 17 10 1821 he was involved in making of clothes for foreign order without payment at Female Orphans Institution. He was recorded in 1827 as a timber clearer & in 1833 as a farmer. ..Sarah (Small) was born on 27 4 1804 & baptised on 7 7 1805 age14m at St Phillips CofE Sydney. ..Details of Sarah (Small)s family are given in entry for John (Small CHARLOTTE 1788) on this Website. ..George (Patfield) & Sarah (Small) produced 4children: mainly boys ..1.George (Patfield) was born on 18 1 1822 at Parramatta & baptised on 22 6 1823 age17m at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He died on 11 11 1839 age17. ..2.Susannah (Patfield) was born on 19 8 1824 at Parramatta & baptised on 24 4 1825 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. ..3.John (Patfield) was born on 27 1 1827 at Field of Mars & baptised on 11 3 1827 at St Annes CofE Kissing Point. ..4.Thomas (Patfield) was born on 8 11 1830 at Field of Mars & baptised on 7 4 1833 age2 at St Annes CofE Kissing Point. .. 4.John (Patfield) was born on 14 11 1799 & baptised on 18 1 1800 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. It appears he died on 1 6 1820 age20 at Kissing Point. .. 5.Elizabeth (Patfield) was born on 6 10 1802 & baptised on 5 11 1809 age7 w/Mary & Sarah at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She married John (Small brother Sarah) frmer on 31 10 1820 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She died on 29 5 1870 age67. ..John (Small) was born on 21 10 1793 & baptised on 11 1 1795 at St James CofE Sydney. He was a farmer in 1820. He was recorded in 1826 & 1828 as a constable. He died on 15 4 1883 age89. ..Elizabeth (Patfield) & John (Small) produced 3children: ..1.John Frederick (Small) was born on 24 12 1821 at Parramatta & baptised on 3 3 1822 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He died on 15 10 1897 age76. ..2.Anne (Small) was born on 10 7 1825 & baptised on 21 5 1826 at St Annes CofE Kissing Point. She died on 1 8 1904 age79. ..3.Eliza (Small) was born on 14 9 1828 & baptised on 28 12 1828 at St Annes CofE Kissing Point. She died on 7 4 1907 age78. .. 6.Mary (Patfield) was born on 5 5 1804 & baptised on 5 11 1809 age5 w/Elizabeth & Sarah at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She married perhaps firstly with permission Thomas (Brown) on 27 7 1822 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She is recorded in 1828 with her husband at Kent St Sydney.>>> ..Thomas (Bourne/Brown) was born about 1798. He was tried at Worcester Assizes, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 14 10 1818 after a voyage of 9months on TOTTENHAM. He is recorded in 1822 as a bricklayer. He is recorded in 1828 as Free by Servitude bricklayer with his wife at Kent St Sydney. He may have divorced before 1830. [Noted a Thomas (Brown) convict is recorded as dying on 25 12 1830] ..[Some details taken from this Website] .. >>>Mary (Patfield) may have divorced before 1830. She may have married secondly Robert (Gore)-not shown in Smees records; she was Catholic. In 1830 she (described as Robert (Gore)s housekeeper) left the family. ..Robert (Gore) was born about 1780. He was tried at Naas Kildare co. Ireland, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 15 2 1806 after a voyage of 5.5months on TELLICHERRY; he was Catholic. He was issued his Certificate of Freedom on 9 1 1810. He was at Kissing Point by 9 4 1812. He was recorded in 1828 as a settler at Castle Hill. ..[Some details taken from this Website] .. 7.Sarah (Patfield) was born on 6 12 1805 & baptised on 5 11 1809 age3 w/Elizabeth & Mary at St Phillips CofE Sydney. On 17 10 1821 she was involved in making of clothes for foreign order without payment at Female Orphans Institution. She was dismissed from Female Orphans School on 14 11 1821. She married Joseph (Hatton) shoemaker on 22 9 1824 at St James CofE Sydney & produced at least 4children. She died on 3 6 1879 age73. ..Joseph (Hatton) was born on 5 5 1800 & baptised on 16 7 1800 at first chapel (CofE-St Annes?) at Kissing Point & recorded at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He was a shoemaker in 1824. He was recorded in 1826, 1828 & 1830 as a farmer. He died on 19 8 1860 age60.] ..Details of Joseph (Hatton)s family are given in entry for Elizabeth Catherine (Mooney MARY ANN/E 1791) on this Website. .. 8.Eliza (Patfield) was born on 6 4 1807 & baptised on 2 5 1807 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. On 17 10 1821 she was involved in making of clothes for foreign order without payment at Female Orphans Institution. She married with permission at age15 Thomas (Balden/ing) on 31 7 1822 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. In 1828 she was at Bathurst: notably away from her husband. ..Thomas (Balden/ing/Baldon/Baldwin) was born about 1794, perhaps at Farley Berkshire & became a basketmaker. He was tried for highway robbery of goods of Ann (Parsons) of Sixpenny Handley at Dorchester Dorset Assizes, sentenced to death reprieved to 14years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 31 12 1818 after a voyage of 5.5months on GENERAL STEWART; he was Protestant 5'1.75" dark sallow complexion black hair dark eyes. He was employed at Pennant Hills on 8 9 1821. In 1822 he was working as a basketmaker assigned to Pennant Hills Govt. Timber Establishment & in October 1823 he was assigned to his wife. He was assigned in 1828 to James (Foulcher) publican Parramatta: notably away from his wife. He died on 2 3 1829 age37 at Parramatta. ..[Some details taken from this Website] .. 9.??? (Patfield) is recorded as born on 29 3 1811 & baptised on 28 12 1817 age6. 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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Phil Hands on 20th May 2017

On 17th March 1788 in Taunton, Somerset, George Patfield was tried for the theft of 3 donkeys and sentenced to 7 years transportation. Left England 19th January 1790. Ship:- the 'Neptune' was one of the three ships that made up the second fleet. She embarked her convicts in December 1789 and sailed from England on 19 January 1790. Charles Bateson claims that the Neptune carried 436 male convicts & 78 female convicts (a total of 514). She relanded three convicts prior to leaving English waters. One Hundred and Fifty-Eight convicts died on the Neptune during the voyage to Port Jackson (147 male & 11 female). The three ships of the Second Fleet arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, in company, on 13th April 1790 following a passage of just 84 days from Portsmouth. The Neptune embarked an additional twelve convicts at the Cape of Good Hope (survivors of the Guardian ship wreck). On June 28th 1790 the Neptune made landfall at Port Jackson, 158 days after leaving England. George married convict Mary O'Brien ('Neptune' 1790) on 19th May 1793 at Parramatta, the couple had 8 children between 1793 and 1807. Citation The solemnization of matrimony by banns between George Patfield and Mary Brien and married this 19th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety three by me Richard Johnson. Mary Brien made her X mark In the presence of Thomas Winston and Luke Jones. George Patfield received a Grant of Land at Eastern Farms on 10th April 1798 and consequenttly the Patfields and the Smalls were living in the same area and it is not surprising that two of the Patfields, George and Elizabeth, and two of the Smalls, Sarah and John were married at St.Philip's Sydney in a double ceremony on 31st October 1820. George Patfield hung himself on 11th October 1809 at Kissing Point, after "brooding over a temporary financial embarrassment". This devastating act, left Mary in a terrible situation, with quite a large, very young family. Sydney Gazette Sunday 15th October 1809 On the evening of Thursday last George Patfield, a settler at Kissing Point, put an end to his own existence by strangling himself with a handkerchief, one end of which was tied fast about his neck, and the other to a branch of a tree not of sufficient height to prevent his knees from almost touching the ground. - A Coroner's inquest summoned from Parramatta, sat on the body on Friday, who returned a Verdict - Suicide! - The deceased was an old man, supposed to be in tolerable circumstances' but is conjectured to have been tempted to commit the rash act by a temporary embarrassment of a pecuniary nature.