John Perring (i)(a)
John PERRING (i)(a)
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:
John Perring (i)(a). Born 1832, Devonshire, England. Died 1910, Grafton. Buried Grafton (North). (Church of England).
i. John PERRING (i)(a); Born About 1832. Christened, 21 Oct 1832 in Harberton, Devon, UK. d. 1910 in Grafton, NSW, Australia.
Address on Baptism entry - East Leigh
ii. Mary PERRING (i)(a); Born About 1834. Christened, 7 Dec 1834 in Harberton, Devon, UK. Died 1837. Buried 3 Sep 1837 in Harberton, Devon, UK.
Address on Baptism entry - West Leigh
Noted as being 2 years old and Address Harbertonford on burial record. Buried on the same day as her sister.
iii. Sarah Jane PERRING (i)(a); Born About 1837. Christened, 21 May 1837 in Harberton, Devon, UK. Died 1837. Buried 3 Sep 1837 in Harberton, Devon, UK.
Address on Baptism entry - Harbertonford
Noted as being 4 months old and Address Harbertonford on burial record. Buried on the same day as her sister.
iv. Mary Jane PERRING (i)(a); Born About 1838. Christened, 5 Aug 1838 in Harberton, Devon, UK. d. 16 March 1914 in Nundle, NSW, Australia. Buried 17 March 1914 in Tamworth Cemetery, NSW, Australia.
Address on Baptism entry - Harbertonford
Elizabeth Perring (i)(a) b. 1841 in Devon, England. d. 1889 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia
George Burgess Perring (i)(a) b. 10 March 1844 in Bowman's River, NSW, Australia. d. 1911 in Nundle, NSW, Australia. Religion: Church of England.
Richard Perring (i)(a). b. 25 May 1846 in Patterson's Station near Gloucester, NSW, Australia. Baptised 11 April 1847 in Patterson's Station near Gloucester, NSW, Australia. d. 1861 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia. Religion: Church of England. Occupation: Child.
Sarah Perring (i)(a). b. 31 August 1848 in Iona, Patterson River, NSW, Australia. Baptised 3 December 1848 in the Presbyterian church, Iona, NSW, Australia. d. 29 November 1921 in Tingha, NSW, Australia. Buried 29 November 1921 in Tingha Cemetery, NSW, Australia. Religion: Salvation Army.
James Perring (i)(a). b. 28 July 1850. in Butterwick near Seaham, NSW, Australia. Baptised 25 August 1850 in Butterwick near Seaham, NSW, Australia. d. 16 November 1922 in Manilla, NSW, Australia. Buried 18 November 1922 in Tamworth Cemetery, NSW, Australia. Religion: Church of England.
Susan Maria Perring (i)(a). b. 25 February 1853 in Butterwick near Seaham, NSW, Australia. Baptised 3 April 1853 in Butterwick near Seaham, NSW, Australia. d. 1927 in Moree, NSW, Australia. Buried in Moree Cemetery, NSW, Australia.
Ann Parring (i)(a). b. 1856 in Port Stephens, NSW, Australia. Occupation: Child. d. 1856 in Port Stephens, NSW, Australia. Occupation: Child.
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.
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 (i)(a). John (i)(a) was 9 years of age, Mary (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.
The Clarence River Branch Of The Perring Family In Australia
The first Perring family sailed from Devonshire, England and landed at Port Stevens in 1842. John Perring (i)(a), a son of their family, married Mary Donohue from Ireland in 1853 in the Roman Catholic church in East Maitland, NSW, Australia, the daughter of Philip Donohue and Ann (unknown). Mary Donohue died 1920 in Grafton, NSW, Australia.
John Perring (i)(a) and Mary Donohue had the following children.
George Perring (i)(a). b. 1854.
Philip Perring (i)(a). b. 1856 in Port Stephens, NSW, Australia. d. 1862 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia. Occupation: Child.
John Perring (ii)(a). b. 1858 in Port Stephens, NSW, Australia. d. 1862 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia. Occupation: Child.
Richard Saunders Perring (i)(a). b. 1862 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia. d. 1942 in Grafton, NSW, Australia.
Sarah Catherine Perring (i)(a). b. 1864 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia. d. 17 September 1948 in South Grafton, NSW, Australia. Buried in South Grafton Cemetery, NSW, Australia.
She married Andrew George Giles St Clair Ellem, 26 October 1886 in Seelands, NSW, Australia. d. 3 May 1936 in South Grafton, NSW, Australia. Buried in South Grafton Cemetery, NSW, Australia.
Anne Perring (i)(a). b. 1867 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia.
She married Edward Chapman, 25 March 1889 in Grafton, NSW, Australia.
James Edward Perring (i)(a). b. 1879 in Grafton, NSW, Australia.
He married Gladys Vera Bender, 1944 in Grafton, NSW, Australia.
With a young family, left Port Stevens for Goomoo Goomoo Station near Tamworth in 1859 by bullock team. Leaving Tamworth in 1870, John Perring (i)(a) and his family came to South Grafton and settled at Seelands. Later on John (i)(a) purchased more land in the area, consisting of a large circular vineyard.
Mary Perring nee Donohue wife of John
(i)(a).
George Perring (i)(a), John (i)(a)’s son, married Mary Cameron and they raised 6 sons from their union, John Alexander Perring (i)(a), Albert William Perring (i)(a), Richard Perring(ii)(a), Donald H Perring (i)(a), George Alfred Perring (i)(a) and Irwin C Perring (i)(a), 3 of whom farmed the land at Seelands until the 1960s. Mrs. Gladys Perring, wife of ames Edward Perring (i)(a) who was a brother to George Perring (i)(a) still lives on the original property.
Marriages Pre 1856
John Perring (i)(a) to Mary Donohue. 1853.
Births
Richard Saunders Perring (i)(a) to John (i)(a) and Mary Perring. 1862.
Sarah Catherine Perring (i)(a) to John (i)(a) and Mary Perring. 1864.
Anne Perring (i)(a). to John (i)(a) and Mary Perring 1867.
Births 1870-1879
son of John (i)(a) brother to George Perring (ii)(a).James Edward Perring (i)(a) to John (i)(a) and Mary Perring.
Deaths 1856-1869
John Perring (ii)(a). Parents, John (i)(a) and Mary Perring.
Philip Perring (i)(a).. Parents, John (i)(a) and Mary Perring.
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