• Title
  Series 14: Deed of trust on behalf of Reverend Thomas Hassall and his children, 1838, 1841
• Call number
  Ah 83/2
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  1838, 1841
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  401898
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript - 29.0 x 21.4 cm
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Thomas Hassall (1794-1868), Anglican clergyman, was born in Coventry, England, the eldest of nine children of missionaries Rowland and Elizabeth Hassall. In 1817, Thomas Hassall sailed for England in order to study for the ministry, there being no facility for theological study in Australia at that time. He was the first candidate for ordination from Australia. Thomas Hassall studied at Lampeter College, Lampeter, Wales, and was ordained in 1821 shortly before his return to Australia. Rowland Hassall died suddenly in 1820 which precipitated Thomas Hassall's return to Australia. Thomas Hassall arrived in Australia in 1822 and preached his first sermon at St John's Church in Parramatta where he was curate to Samuel Marsden. By 1824, he was appointed a Colonial Chaplain and his first appointment was to the penal settlement at Port Macquarie. He was later appointed to parishes at Bathurst and Cobbitty. In 1822 Thomas Hassall married Ann Marsden, eldest daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Marsden, with whom he had eight children, James Samuel (1823-1904), Catherine Elizabeth (1825-1923), Marianne also known as Mary Anne, (1827-1911), George Thomas (1828-1910), Harriet Jane (1830-1910), Charles Rowland (1832-1919), Eliza Marsden (1834-1917), and Emily (1836-1838).
• Scope and Content
  Deed of Trust between Sir George Gipps of the first part, Thomas Hassall of the second part, and John Campbell and Robert Campbell of the third part, signed under seal, 26 September 1838, and recorded in the Register of Grants, 1841, signed by the Colonial Secretary and Registrar, Edward Deas Thomson. The British government enacted regulations which permitted grants of land to the children of Colonial Chaplains, granted 'in consideration of the inadequacy of the salaries of Chaplains in New South Wales'. By 1838, the regulations had been abolished and instead a sum of money 'equal to the value thereof fixed at a determined rate should be vested in the hands of the Trustees to form a fund for the benefit of the Family of said Chaplains'. The Deed of Trust appoints John Campbell and Robert Campbell trustees of monies for the children of Thomas Hassall.
• Copying Conditions
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Microfilm copy available at CY 4137, frames 209-221. Digitised from the microfilm copy in 2019.
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Campbell, John, 1802-1886
  Campbell, Robert, 1804-1859
  Gipps, George, Sir, 1791-1847
  Hassall, Thomas, 1794-1868
  Thomson, E. Deas (Edward Deas), 1800-1879
  
• Name
  Hassall, Catherine Elizabeth, 1835-1923
  Hassall, Charles Rowland, 1832-1919
  Hassall, Eliza Marsden, 1834-1917
  Hassall, George Thomas, 1828-1910
  Hassall, Harriet Jane, 1830-1910
  Hassall, James Samuel, 1823-1904
  Hassall, Marianne, 1827-1911
  
• Subject
  Church of England--New South Wales--Clergy.
  Deeds--New South Wales.
  Land grants--New South Wales.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE14365985

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