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Return of Land Cultivation

1792


A Return of Land in Cultivation at the Different Settlements 16th October 1792 {Extract of Settlers}

At Parramatta -

James Ruse Settled 21 November 1789


On the Creek leading to Parramatta

Robert Webb - Settled 16 March 1791
William Reid - Settled 16 March 1791
Philip Schaeffer - Settled 17 April 1791
John Irving - Settled 22 February 1792
Thomas Arndell - Settled 16 July 1792
Charles Williams - Settled 13 July 1791
James Stuart - Settled 13 July 1791


At Prospect Hill, 4 miles to the westward of Parramatta

John Silverthorn - Settled 18 July 1791
Thomas Martin - Settled 18 July 1791
John Nichols - Settled 18 July 1791
William Butler - Settled 18 July 1791
George Lish - Settled 18 July 1791
William Parish - Settled 18 July 1791
William Kilby - Settled 18 July 1791
Edward Pugh - Settled 18 July 1791
Samuel Griffiths - 25 July 1791
John Castle - 25 July 1791
John Williams - 8 January 1792
John Herbert - 8 January 1792
Joseph Morely - 20 January 1792
John Brown 5 August 1792
John Limeburner - 5 August 1792
John Trace - 15 August 1792
John Baughan - 15 August 1792
John Ocraft - 25 August 1792


At the Northern Boundary Farms, 2 miles from Parramatta

John Parr - Settled 27 August 1791
Simon Burn - Settled 27 August 1791
Joseph Carver - Settled 19 March 1792
John Rowe - Settled 1 April 1792
William Whiting - Settled 12 May 1792


At the Ponds, 2 miles to the N.E., of Parramatta

John Summers - Settled 18 July 1791
John Richards - Settled 18 July 1791
William Field - Settled 18 July 1791
John Ramsay - Settled 18 July 1791
Curtin Brand - Settled 18 July 1791
William Hubbard - Settled 18 July 1791
Joseph Bishop - Settled 18 July 1791
Mathew Everingham - Settled 18 July 1791
William Wade - Settled 5 August 1792
John Anderson - Settled 12 August 1792
Edward Elliott - Settled 12 August 1792
Joseph Marshall - Settled 12 August 1792
Edward Varndell - Settled 10 September 1791
Anthony Rope - Settled 10 January 1792
John Pedwick - Settled 19 February 1792
Thomas Haward - 2 March 1792


At the Field of Mars, on the North Shore, near the Entrance of the Creek leading to Parramatta

James Manning - Settled 3 February 1792
John Carver - Settled 3 February 1792
Alexander McDonald - Settled 3 February 1792
Thomas Swinerton - Settled 3 February 1792
Thomas Tining - Settled 3 February 1792
Thomas Cotterel - Settled 3 February 1792
Isaac Archer - Settled 3 February 1792
John Colethread - Settled 3 February 1792


At the Eastern Farms

William Careless - Settled 10 January 1792
William Weavers - Settled 10 January 1792
John Beezeley - Settled 24 January 1792
John Callaghan - Settled 24 January 1792
John Jones - Settled 24 January 1792
William Jones - Settled 24 January 1792
Thomas Chadwick - Settled 24 January 1792
William Tirrel - Settled 24 January 1792
John Lawrell - Settled 24 January 1792
Richard Hawkes - Settled 23 May 1792
Joseph Hatton - Settled 29 May 1792
Richard Cheers - Settled 15 August 1792

Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Governors' Despatches to and from England Volume 1 1788 - 1796 p. 401

Notes and Links

1). Colonial Events 1792