John Watkins1

M, #1038, b. 4 April 1793, d. 19 June 1844
Last Edited1 Dec 2017
Birth*4 April 1793 Parramatta, NSW, Australia;son of William King & Jane Watkins2 
Baptism5 May 1793 Parramatta, NSW, Australia2 
Marriage*9 September 1816 Christ Church, Castlereagh, NSW, Australia;
9th Sep 1816 Solemnization of Marriage between John Watkins and Sarah Collets by Banns this 9th Day of September by me
Henry Fulton
John Watkins (his mark)
Sarah Colletts (her mark);Bride=Sarah Collits3 
News-Arct*15 February 1822 "The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser", Sydney, NSW, Australia;
NOTICE. -Whereas my Wife, Sarah Watkins, has left her home without any cause or provocation whatever, and that in a most outrageous manner, this is to caution all Persons against Crediting her, as I will not be responsible for any Debt or Debts she so contracted. John Watkins.;Principal=Sarah Collits4 
Muster 1825*1825 Bathurst, NSW, Australia;
Watkins John,, born colony,,,, Employ of Thos Rose Bathurst5 
(Son-in-law) Census 18281828 Colletts Farm, 51 miles east of Bathurst, Mount York, NSW, Australia;
Pierce Collits, 57, FS, Minerva, Protestant, 1801, 14 years, Publican
Mary Collits, 57, CF, Protestant, Minerva, 1801
Amelia Collits, 16, BC, Protestant
William Collits, 13, BC, Protestant
John Watkins, 33, BC, Protestant
James Watkins, 11, BC, Protestant
Mary Ann Watkins, 10, BC, Protestant
Maria Watkins, 8, BC, Protestant
John William Wood, 33, FS, Protestant, Batavia, 1818, Schoolmaster
William Pritchard, 28, TL, Protestant, Malabar, 1819, Labourer
Ellen Leach, 33, GS, Protestant, Brothers, 1823, House servant
John Walters, 35, GS, Protestant, Isabella, 1819, Shoemaker
John Pritchard, 29, GS, Protestant, Coromandel, 1820, Labourer
Herbert Phillips, 27, GS, Protestant, Agamemnon, 1820, Labourer
William Cross, 25, GS, Protestant, Mangles, 1824, Labourer
Joseph Stokes, 39, GS, Protestant, Henry Porcher, 1825, Carpenter
Gerorge Howeth, 28, GS, Protestant, Mangles, 1820, Labourer
William Powell, 50, GS, Protestant, Baring, 1820, Labourer
James O'Neal, 25, GS, Catholic, Countess of Harcourt, 1827, Labourer
Hugh Hughes, 35, GS, Catholic, Lord Sidmouth, 1825, Stonemason

200 acres - 36 cultivated, 54 cleared
360 cattle, 8 horses, 300 sheep;Head=Pierce Collits, Wife=Mary Collits6 
Death*19 June 1844 Mount York, NSW, Australia7 

Family

Sarah Collits b. 10 Sep 1797, d. 18 May 1867
Children

Citations

  1. [S1219] NSW Marriages 1788-1857.
  2. [S1220] NSW Baptisms 1788-1855.
  3. [S1479] Christ Church Castlereagh Marriage Register, John Watkins & Sarah Colletts 1816.
  4. [S1565] Trove digitised newspapers, online http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/, The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Friday, February 15, 1822.
  5. [S1469] 1825 Muster for NSW Australia.
  6. [S1235] 1828 Census for NSW Australia.
  7. [S1419] Our past Blue mountaineers, vol 1, cemetery transcitions.