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John LEE

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Baptism     Birth     Burial     Children     Death     Education     Marriage     Siblings     Transportation

Birth

c1771
England

Baptism

(unknown)

Death

before 1822
Sydney, NSW

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Burial

(unknown)

Marriage

25 December 1803
St Phillip's Church
Sydney, NSW

to
Catherine RILEY

(more information)

Education

(unknown)

Children

Elizabeth Riley LEE
(1802 - 1885
)

Sophia LEE
(1803 - ???)

Catherine LEE
(bef August 1806 - ???)

William LEE
(bef August 1806- ???)

Mary LEE
(1807 - ???)

Siblings

(unknown)

Army

enlisted 1791

transferred to 102nd Regiment (NSW Corps)

at Port Dalrymple with Colonel Paterson 1804–1810

(more information)

 

Death

John must have died prior to 1822 as at the time of the 1822 muster, his wife Catharine was listed as the wife of J HORBER (Thomas HARBOUR).

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Marriage

John and Catharine were married by Banns at St Phillip's Church, Sydney Cove on Christmas Day 1803.  The name of John's ship, if he was a convict, was not given.

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Army

John enlisted in the army in 1791 and arrived in New South Wales on the Pitt in 1792. He was aged 21. After arrival, he transferred to the 102nd Regiment (NSW Corps) and served under Colonel Paterson. John went as a private with Colonel Paterson to establish a settlement at Port Dalrymple in 1804 arriving on 11 November 1804. John's wife, Catherine RILEY, sailed with their two children—Elizabeth and Sophia—on board the Buffalo which Mrs Elizabeth Paterson, embarking at Sydney on 23 March 1805 and arriving at Port Dalrymple on 4 April 1805.

John left Port Dalrymple for Sydney on the Trial in March 1810. It is unclear if his family left with him or at a later date.

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