Samuel Terry, extract from Register of Marriages, 21 September 1858, and papers concerning purchase of land in Bathurst, New South Wales, from Francis James Peisley, 31 December 1834-31 August 1835

MLMSS 10183

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31 December 1834-21 September 1858

9613536

0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript

Samuel Terry was born ca. 1776. While working as a labourer in Manchester he was convicted of theft and sentenced to seven years transportation, arriving in Sydney in 1801. Terry prospered rapidly through speculation, pastoral properties and trade and accumulated properties on the Nepean River, Illawarra and Bathurst, eventually becoming the richest man in the colony. He was also active in the colony’s political life and a leading philanthropist. Terry died in 1838 leaving a personal estate of £250,000, and an income of over £10,000 a year
Reference:
Australian Dictionary of Biography. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ (accessed 13 December 2018)

Francis James Peisley was born in Parramatta, New South Wales in 1803, the son of John Peisley a convict. He died in Penrith, New South Wales in 1859.
Reference:
Library correspondence file

Papers were salvaged by Anne Atley from the Bathurst branch of the State Bank of New South Wales when the branch closed, and subsequently donated to the Deniliquin and District Historical Society, November 2016

Collection of four documents relating to Samuel Terry (ca. 1776-1838) including papers regarding his purchase of 500 acres of land in Bathurst, New South Wales from Francis James Peisley, 1834-1858.

Grant in favor of Francis James Peisley for 500 acres in the county of Roxburgh, parish of Eskdale, New South Wales. Signed and sealed by Sir Governor Richard Bourke, 31 December 1834
Indenture document for sale of land between Francis James Peisley and Samuel Terry esquire, signed and sealed by FJ Peisley, 30 August 1835
Indenture of release of land between Francis James Peisley and Samuel Terry esquire, 31 August 1835 and receipt for Indenture of release from the Registrar's Office, 17 September 1935
Extract from the Register of Marriages, in the Parish of Saint Philip, Sydney, for the marriage of Samuel Terry and Rosetta Madden in 1810, 21 September 1858

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Land grant signed by Governor Sir Richard Bourke