Perring Family History

Elizabeth Perring (i)(a)

Elizabeth PERRING (i)(a)

George PERRING (i)

Born About 1805. Christened, 3 Oct 1805 in Harberton, Devon, UK. Died 1886 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia.

He married Jane Burgess SAUNDERS, 8 Dec 1831 in Harberton, Devon, UK. Daughter of George Saunders and Ann Jones. d. 1856 in Port Stevens, NSW, Australia.

George (i) a Bachelor and Jane a Spinster.

Witnesses to marriage - John PERRING (ii) and Susanna FINCH.

They had the following children:

 

The 1841 census records the family as living at Rowles Cottage and  George PERRING (i) occupation as Woollen M. Possibly the M stands for Manufacturer or Miller.

George PERRING (i) aged 35 years.
Jane PERRING nee Burgess SAUNDERS aged 30 years.
John PERRING (i)(a) aged 8 years.
Mary Jane PERRING (i)(a) aged  2 years.
Elizabeth Perring (i)(a) aged 2 mths.

Contracted with 19 other local Devon shepherds, to the Australian Agricultural Company, to migrate to Australia and work on the company properties, first at Gloucester then onto Goonoo Goonoo.

Left for Australia about 1842.

Sailed from Plymouth on the H.M.S. London with wife Jane , one son John (i)(a) and two daughters, Elizabeth (i)(a)  and Mary Jane (i)(a). John (i)(a) was 9 years of age, Mary Jane (i)(a) was 3 years, Elizabeth (i)(a) was 8 months.

H.M.S. London left England on the 18th December 1841, arriving Port Stephens 14th March 1842.

George (i) was supplied accommodation and a salary of £25.0.0 per year as part of his contract.

The publication 'Pure Merinos And Others: The "Shipping Lists" of The Australian Agricultural Company' by P A Pemberton there are a few pages devoted to 'The Emigration Scheme" . Among the passengers listed there is a mention of a George Perring, a shepherd with a wife, son and two daughters arriving on the London in 1842.

He died in Tamworth, on the New England tablelands aged 81 in 1886.

Elizabeth Perring (i)(a) Married Josiah Watts, 1859 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia. Josiah Watts was the son of William Watts. Josiah Watts. d. 1885 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia.

Elizabeth Perring (i)(a) and Josiah Watts had the following children.

William Watts. b. 1859.

George Watts. b. 1861.

Josiah Watts. b. 1864.

Susan J. Watts. b. 1867 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia. d. circa. 1867 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia. Occupation: Child.

Susan J. Watts. b. 1869 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia. d. circa. 1875 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia. Occupation: Child.

James R. Watts. b. 1877.

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