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Tocal directory 1822 to 1900

Tocal is the ancestral home of the Wonnarua people. This directory covers the period at Tocal from its European settlement in 1822, until 1900.

 

Abbreviations:

SR = State Records of NSW, xxx = unreadable word, SG = Sydney Gazette, GG = NSW Government Gazette, BDM = births, deaths, marriages, ML = Mitchell Library

* = assigned to ‘JP Webber’ and not possible to tell if assignment is to James Phillips Webber at Tocal or to his brother John Phillips Webber at Penshurst

** = assigned to C & F Wilson, Paterson. C& F Wilson owned several properties in the Paterson district including Tocal .

 

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Surname Given names Summary information
Abery Will
  • convict. Aug 1822 detained as Government servant to James Webber , Tocal, but he refused to keep him and he was returned to Sydney. NSW Colonial Secretary, Monthly Returns of Punishments, Newcastle 1810-1825. SR reel 6023 4/1718 p155.
Addey** William
  • convict. A farrier from London, in 1836 sentenced at age 19 to 7 years for stealing a coat, with another conviction 3 months earlier. Arrived NSW in 1837 on the Mangles. Received his certificate of freedom in 1843 (no.43/0909). SR Convict Indents, fiche 727 page 75.
  • assigned to C & F Wilson , Hunter River. General Return of Convicts in NSW 1837.
Andrews William
  • convict. A brassfounder from Birmingham. In 1826 at age 18 given a life sentence for house breaking. Arrived NSW in 1827 on the Guildford (7). Received his Ticket of Leave for the Paterson district in 1841 (no.41/1070) and  Conditional Pardon in 1847 (no.47/383). SR Convict Indents , fiche 664 page 113
  • assigned to James Webber 22 July 1829. State Records reel 1043/461 (Col Sec correspondence) courtesy of Ian Web
  • absconded from Webber’s employment in 1833. GG 7 Aug 1833 p302 & 25 Sep 1833 p393
Armstrong Margaret Batty
  • wife of William, Tocal, May 1840. Hunter Valley Directory 1841.
Armstrong William
  • overseer Tocal, May 1840. Hunter Valley Directory 1841.
  • Mary Ann Armstrong was born to parents William and Margaret of Tocal on 2 April 1840 (Baptised 18 May 1840). Marriage and Baptismal Register, Paterson 1837-1865 M/PAT/OS, courtesy of the Ferguson Memorial Library, Archives of the Presbyterian Church of Australia in the State of New South Wales.
  • The family came to Australia on the Formosa in 1839 and had moved to the Namoi by 1845 (pers comm descendant)
Batt James
  • convict (ship: Hercules, 1825). A ploughman from Harts with a life sentence for sheep stealing. Ticket of Leave 1836, Conditional Pardon 1845. Assigned to James Webber at Tocal on arrival but re-assigned elsewhere the same year. SR Convict Indents fiche 655 page 193; butts for TOL & COF; 1823-25 Census of New South Wales; PRO London, Criminal Registers HO27/27 [reel 2769].
Beggs George
  • Convict. A carter from Dublin, in 1825 at age 19 he received a life sentence. Arrived NSW 1825 on the Henry Porcher . Described as a ‘lunatic’ in 1846 (Col Sed 46-7656). SR Convict Indents , fiche 659 page 1
  • absconded from service of James Webber, Tocal in 1833. GG 10 April 1833 p133. Note: Tocal is not mentioned but the employer is “Webber JP esq JP”. This distinguishes Tocal’s James Webber from his brother John who was not a Justice of the Peace.
Benson John
  • convict (ship: Recovery) in the service of James Webber , Tocal Sept 1823. Request to be victualled from the store at Newcastle for 6 months. NSW Colonial Secretary’s Papers. SR reel 6011 4/3509 p230.
  • arrived NSW 1819 with a life sentence. Reassigned to Thomas Boardman Feb 1824. Flogged at least twice - 25 lashes for threatening to strike his overseer and 25 lashes for refusing to work. SR Convict Indents , fiche 642 page 455; & reel 6023 4/1718 pp163-4, 197.
Brady John
  • convict (ship: Hooghley, 1825). 7 year sentence, assigned to James Webber , Tocal. General Muster List of New South Wales 1823, 1824, 1825.
  • catholic, labourer, age 36 (1828), assigned to James Webber, Tocal. Census of NSW 1828.
  • Note: there is no record of John Brady in the convict shipping indents for the Hooghley in 1825. This is very likely a clerical error in the muster/census and they probably refer to John Brearly (see below).
Brearly John
  • convict. From Co Sligo, Ireland, “ploughs and shears”, life sentence at age 26. Arrived in NSW on the Hooghley in 1825 and assigned to “Webber”. SR Convict Indents, fiche 655 page 160. Note: James Webber of Tocal was the only Webber in NSW who was a convict master in 1825.
Brewer George
  • convict. An errand boy from London who received a 7 year sentence in 1834 at age 16 for stealing beads. Arrived Nov 1836 on the John Barry. Height 4’ 9”, scar and tatoos. Received his Ticket of Leave for the Paterson district in 1840 and his Certificate of Freedom in 1842. SR Convict Indents, fiche 721 page 15.
  • working for C Reynolds , probably at Tocal. Brought before Police Bench charged with refusal to work. Maitland Mercury 25 May 1844.
Brotherson George
  • lived at Tocal, son of Samuel Brotherson. Maitland Mercury 2 Oct 1866.
Brotherson Patrick
  • lived at Tocal, son of Samuel Brotherson. Maitland Mercury 2 Oct 1866.
Brotherson Samuel
  • farm worker at Tocal, employed by C Reynolds . Maitland Mercury 2 Oct 1866.
Brotherson William
  • lived at Tocal, son of Samuel Brotherson. William drowned in Webber's Creek 28 September 1866.   Maitland Mercury 2 Oct 1866. Death reg no. 6036, Paterson. 
Brownlee
(Brownlea)		 James
(John)
  • convict (ship: Mangles, 1828). 7 year sentence, protestant, labourer, age 31 (1828), assigned to James Webber , Tocal. Census of NSW 1828.
  • from Armagh, Ireland, a farm servant and butcher, convicted of cow stealing. Received ticket of leave in 1833 and certificate of freedom in 1834. SR Convict Indents, fiche 669, page 71
Burgess James
  • living at Tocal 1876-77. NSW Electoral Roll for The Paterson 1876-77.
Butler May Rose
  • born at Glendarra (Tocal) 20 May 1891, parents William and Elizabeth. Pers comm descendant & index to BDM’s on CD.
Byrne Philip
  • convict (ship: Ann & Amelia) in the service of James Webber, February 1825. 100 lashes ordered by the Bench, Wallis Plains (50 for refusing work, 50 for false accusations against his master). NSW Colonial Secretary, Monthly Returns of Punishments, Newcastle 1810-1825. SR reel 6023 4/1718 p199.
  • a groom from Dublin who received a life sentence in 1824 at age 18 and arrived in NSW in 1825. Received his Ticket of Leave in 1844. SR Convict Indents, fiche 654 page 135.
Cain Daniel
  • convict (ship: Minerva) assigned to James Webber , Tocal, Feb 1824. NSW Colonial Secretary, Convict Papers and returns. SR reel 6028 2/8283 p77.
  • in March 1824 he received 75 lashes for running away while in the service of James Webber. He was returned from Sydney for punishment. NSW Colonial Secretary, Monthly Returns of Punishments, Newcastle 1810-1825. SR reel 6023 4/1718 p179. 
  • by June 1824 he was back in Government service and received 50 lashes for neglect of duty, and another 25 lashes in August 1824. NSW Colonial Secretary, Monthly Returns of Punishments, Newcastle 1810-1825. SR reel 6023 4/1718 p185, 189.
  • he was a labourer from Waterford, Ireland, who received a life sentence and arrived in NSW in 1819 at age 22. He received his Ticket of Leave in 1841 and a Conditional Pardon in 1848. SR Convict Indents , fiche 642 page 444.
Callaghan Daniel
  • convict (ship: Marquis Huntley, 1828). Catholic, tobacconist, assigned to James Webber , Tocal. Census of NSW 1828.
  • an errand boy from Cork who received a 7 year sentence in 1827 at age 15 for house robbery. Certificate of Freedom 1834. SR Convict Indents, fiche 668 page 28.
Callaghan Thomas
  • convict (ship: Asia, 1825). A ploughman from Co. Meath, life sentence, age 25. Assigned on arrival to JP Webber (Tocal). SR Convict Indents, fiche 655 page 149.
Campbell John
  • convict (ship: Countess of Harcourt, 1827). Catholic, labourer, assigned to James Webber , Tocal. Census of NSW 1828.
  • a farm man from Westneath who received a 7 year sentence at age 28 in 1826 for sheep stealing. Assigned to J.P. Webber  on arrival in NSW in 1827. Received his Certificate of Freedom in 1833 (no.33/366). SR Convict Indents, fiche 664, page 96.
Caroll Denis
  • convict (ship: Hooghley, 1825). Alias Dwyer. A ploughman from Tipperary, 7 year sentence, age 34. Assigned on arrival to Webber. SR Convict Indents, fiche 655 page 162. 
  • assigned to James Webber , Tocal. General Muster List of New South Wales 1823, 1824, 1825.
  • assigned to James Webber, Tocal. Census of NSW 1828. (listed as Denis Conell, but there is no convict indent for Conell on the Hooghley in 1825 and is it almost certainly a clerical error in the Census).
Carr Patrick
  • convict (ship: Asia, 1825). A ploughman and shearer from Co. Meath, life sentence, age 25. Assigned on arrival to JP Webber (Tocal). Died at Norfolk Island 1832. SR Convict Indents, fiche 655 page 149.
Casey* Thomas
  • convict, a farmer’s labourer from Sligo, Ireland, convicted in 1826 at age 23 of horse stealing, life sentence, arrived NSW 1827 on the Mariner . Assigned on arrival to J P Webber. Received his Ticket of Leave in 1839 (no.39/1322). SR Convict Indents, fiche 664 page 72.
Caton Thomas
  • convict (ship: Bengal Merchant 1838). A file cutter from Lancashire, 14 year sentence for housebreaking, age 21. SR Convict Indents , fiche 733 page 78.
  • assigned to F Wilson, Tocal (Aug 1840). Hunter Valley Directory 1841.
Chapman William
  • 1826/27 a tenant farmer at Tocal. Wentworth Family Papers – lists of landowners 1826-27. Mitchell Library ML A767 CY reel 736 p56
  • he came free to NSW in 1823 as a servant to Edward Gostwyck Cory. SR Col Sec fiche 3123 4/1840c p661. 
Chantry Edward
  • convict. A brickmaker from Nottingham who received a life sentence in 1834 at age 22 for house breaking. Arrived NSW 1835 on the Marquis of Huntley. Height 5’5”. Received his Ticket of Leave in 1843 (no.43/2002). SR Convict Indents, fiche 694 page 320.
  • assigned to C & F Wilson , Paterson. General Return of Convicts in NSW 1837. Assigned to F Wilson, Tocal (Sept 1842). Hunter Valley Directory 1841 .
Clark Matthew
  • convict assigned to James Webber , Tocal, Oct 1824. NSW Colonial Secretary, Convict Papers and returns. SR reel 6028 2/8283 p95.
  • a sailor from Lincolnshire who received a 7 year sentence in 1818 at age 32 and arrived in NSW in 1819 on the Lord Sidmouth . Certificate of Freedom 1825. SR Convict Indents, fiche 641, page 288.
Clarke George
  • son of Ralph Mills Clarke and Ann Clarke (Pugh). On 25 March 1858 George, a farmer aged 22, residing at Tocal, married Sarah Kidd, 16, of Tocal. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
  • servant at Tocal in 1862, wife Sarah. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
  • farmer at Tocal about 1865. The Kidd Family in Australia 1829-2000 by Esme Meehan (2000)
  • employed at Tocal 1871. Tocal History Notes, vol III.
Clarke Henry
  • son of Ralph Mills Clarke and Mary Ann (see below). Born at Tocal 20 April 1840. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers , ML FM4/9145
  • married 1863 at Paterson. Church register reads as follows: Henry Clarke, farmer, 34, Tocal, married Harriet Wells, farmer’s daughter, 17, Bona Vista. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers , ML FM4/9145
Clarke Mary Ann
  • wife of Ralph Mills Clarke (see below)
  • in 1841 widowed with two young sons. She then married James CLEMENTS and they lived at Webbers Creek. Burials in St Pauls Cemetery, Paterson (P Clements 1996).
Clarke Matilda
  • born 11 March 1862, parents George and Sarah,Tocal, father’s occupation servant. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers , ML FM4/9145
Clarke Ralph Mills
  • born in London in 1788, son of George Clarke & Eleanor Mills, probably worked in his father’s business at Knightsbridge as a carpenter and builder. [Source unless otherwise stated: Tocal History Notes, Vol II 1998].
  • in 1810 became a Royal Marine and saw action in several battles
  • in 1817 he travelled to Australia as one of the ship’s company on Dick captained by Phillip Parker King. King was sent to Australia to chart the coastline, completing the work done by Flinders and Cook. Clarke served as a steward on The Mermaid which was used for most of the survey work. They Came as Strangers by Loftus Dun
  • in 1818 Clarke left The Mermaid and went to Parramatta and then Newcastle
  • in 1822 he was at Paterson and built "Webber’s Cottage" for Tocal’s first settler, James Phillips Webber
  • in 1824 he built the second house at Lemon Grove at Patersons Plains. 250 years of Swan Family History by S Coote
  • free immigrant (ship: Dick, 1821). Employed by James Webber, Tocal. General Muster List of New South Wales 1823, 1824, 1825 . [note discrepancy re year of arrival - 1817 is confirmed by other sources] 
  • from 1826 to 1831 he was Chief District Constable of Patersons Plains. According to The Australian appointed 17 Feb 1832 [note discrepancy]
  • 1826/27 he was a tenant farmer at Tocal. Wentworth Family Papers – lists of landowners 1826-27. Mitchell Library ML A767 CY reel 736 p56
  • in 1828 he married Ann Pugh in the Chapel-Schoolhouse at Lemon Grove. 250 years of Swan Family History by S Coote
  • was overseer at Tocal in April 1837 when he made a deposition to the Cororner’s Court re the death of Patrick Costigan. SR 9/6309 Clerk of Peace, Depositions - Supreme Court, Paterson 1837 .
  • superintendent at Tocal for a period until Jan 1838, and again in 1840 & 1841. The Australian
  • in 1839 his address was the Bush Inn, Paterson. New South Wales and Port Phillip General Post Office Directory for 1839.
  • overseer, Tocal, died Oct 1841. Hunter Valley Directory 1841. (Killed by a falling tree while building Tocal Homestead)
Clarke Richard
  • convict in the service of James Webber , Tocal Sept 1823. Request to be victualled from the store at Newcastle for 6 months. NSW Colonial Secretary’s Papers. SR reel 6011 4/3509 p230.
  • tried in the  City of Limerick in 1809, received a life sentence and arrived in NSW in 1811 on the Providence. Sent to Tasmania in 1814, conditional pardon 1820, and further sentenced to Newcastle in 1821. His wife came with him to Newcastle. SR Convict Indents, fiche 633, page 366 and various Col Sec correspondence.
  • leaseholder on ‘Vacy’ 1830, married.
Cleaver Sarah Ann
  • married 19 March 1859 at Paterson. Church register reads as follows: Sarah Ann Cleaver, servant, 25,  Tocal, married Thomas Ockley, labourer, 25, Tocal. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers , ML FM4/9145
Clements Alfred
  • born 16 August 1853 at Tocal, parents James and Ann (see below). BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Clements Emma
  • born 8 May 1850 at Tocal, parents James and Ann (see below). Records of Baptisms, Burials & Marriages (microfilm), Parish of Houghton 1850, vol 35.
Clements James William
  • born London 1820, married Ann Clarke widow of Ralph Mills Clarke in 1846. The Clements-Paterson Connection by P Clements (1994).
  • convict (ship: Captain Cook, 1833). A servant boy from London, life sentence for picking pockets, age 16. Ticket of Leave 1841, Conditional Pardon 1847. SR Convict Indents, fiche 704, page 99.
  • assigned on arrival to James Webber at Tocal. PRO London, HO10/30. NSW Convicts Arrived 1833-34.
  • assigned to C & F Wilson , Paterson. General Return of Convicts in NSW 1837.
  • was working at Tocal in April 1837 when he made a deposition to the Cororner’s Court re the death of Patrick Costigan. SR 9/6309 Clerk of Peace, Depositions - Supreme Court, Paterson 1837 .
  • farmer at Tocal 1848. The Kidd Family in Australia 1829-2000 by Esme Meehan (2000)
  • farmer at Tocal 1850, 1853. Records of Baptisms, Burials & Marriages (microfilm), Parish of Houghton 1850, vol 35. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Clements James Fredrick
  • born at Tocal 20 June 1848, son of James and Ann. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145 
  • farmer at Tocal 1874. The Kidd Family in Australia 1829-2000 by Esme Meehan (2000)
Clewley* William
  • convict (ship: Katherine Stewart Forbes, 1830). A stableman and coachman from Oxford, 7 year sentence for picking pockets, age 24. Assigned on arrival to JP Webber, Patersons Plains. Ticket of Leave 1834, Certificate of Freedom 1836. SR Convict Indents, fiche 674  page 55.
Cobden
  • superintendent, Tocal, Dec 1842. NSW BDMs V1842 1248 26B.
Cobden Sarch Maude
  • Mrs, Tocal, died Dec 1842. NSW BDMs V1842 1248 26B.
Coghlan* Richard
  • convict (ship: Mangles, 1828). A house painter from Dublin, 7 year sentence for stealing clothes, age 20. Assigned on arrival to JP Webber, Patersons Plains. Certificate of Freedom 1836. SR Convict Indents , fiche 669, page 73.
Coleman Dennis
  • was living at Tocal in 1873-74. NSW Electoral Roll for The Paterson, 1873-74.
Connelly Michael
  • convict (ship: Southworth, 1822). An errand boy from Galway, 7 year sentence, age 17. Certificate of Freedom 1828. SR Convict Indents, fiche 647, page 81.
  • assigned to JP Webber 1825. SR Col Sec reel 586 4/4522.
Cook George
  • Tocal. Buried 3 Aug 1855, aged 14 months. Burials in St Pauls Cemetery, Paterson (P Clements 1996).
Cooper Alfred
  • convict (ship: Phoenix, 1828). A mason’s labourer from Oxford, life sentence for picking pockets, age 19. Ticket of Leave 1836, Conditional Pardon 1847. SR Convict Indents, fiche 669, page 94.
  • assigned to James Webber , Tocal. Census of NSW 1828.
Cooper John Darby
  • convict (ship: Atlas, 1819). A labourer from Cheshire, 7 year sentence, age 26. Certificate of Freedom 1825. SR Convict Indents, fiche 642, page 401.
  • in the service of James Webber , Tocal Sept 1823. Request to be victualled from the store at Newcastle for 6 months. NSW Colonial Secretary’s Papers. SR reel 6011 4/3509 p230.
Corrigan Elijah
  • convict (ship: James Laing, 1834). An errand boy from Belfast, 7 year sentence for stealing clothes, age 17. Certificate of Freedom 1842. SR Convict Indents, fiche 709, page 73.
  • in the service of C & F Wilson, Tocal. 50 lashes for absconding, 50 lashes for neglect of work, July 1835; 100 lashes for insolence 7 January 1836; 28 days jail for neglect of duty and disobedience of orders 30 January 1836; 50 lashes for neglect of work 1 August 1836. State Records reel 662, Return of Convicts Tried at Paterson.
  • assigned to C & F Wilson, Paterson. General Return of Convicts in NSW 1837.
Costigan
(Cortigan)		 Patrick
  • Convict (ship: Countess of Harcourt, 1827). A farm man from Dublin, 7 years for highway robbery, age 22, assigned on arrival to JP Webber. Certificate of Freedom 1833. SR Convict Indents , fiche 664 page 96.
  • assigned to James Webber, Tocal. Census of NSW 1828.
  • died violently in April 1837 while working at Tocal as a free man. A Tocal convict named Bernard Lyons was convicted of manslaughter. Sydney Herald 11 May 1837; SR 9/6309 Clerk of Peace, Depositions - Supreme Court, Paterson 1837. SR reel 2389 X731 Returns of Prisoners Convicted by the Supreme Court 1833-37.
Craighton Eliza
  • daughter of Richard Craighton, farmer, Tocal. She married March 1865 at Paterson. Church register reads as follows: John Kidd, labourer, 19, Tocal, married Eliza Craighton, farmer’s daughter, 23, Tocal. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Craighton
(Creighton)		 Richard
  • farmer at Tocal 1865. The Kidd Family in Australia 1829-2000 by Esme Meehan (2000)
Crick
(Creek)		 Jonas
(James)
  • convict (ship: Phoenix, 1828). A plough and fisherman from Suffolk, 7 years for stealing malt, age 30. Assigned on arrival to JP Webber. Ticket of Leave 1832, Certificate of Freedom 1834. SR Convict Indents, fiche 669 page 95.
  • assigned to James Webber , Tocal. Census of NSW 1828.
Culbert James
  • resident at Tocal 1874-75. NSW Electoral Roll for The Paterson 1874-75.
Culbert Nicholas
  • Probably a son of James Culbert (see above). James, Nicholas and Thomas Culbert were ringbarking on Tocal for Frank Reynolds for about 18 months in 1873/74. Maitland Mercury 28 November 1874
Culbert Thomas
  • Probably a son of James Culbert (see above). James, Nicholas and Thomas Culbert were ringbarking on Tocal for Frank Reynolds for about 18 months in 1873/74. Maitland Mercury 28 November 1874
Cullen* James
  • convict (ship: Mangles, 1828). An errand boy from Antrim, 7 years for stealing sheets, age 15. Assigned on arrival to JP Webber, Pattersons Plains. Certificate of Freedom Sep1834, died at Newcastle Nov 1834. SR Convict Indents, fiche 669 page 72.
Davenport John
  • convict (ship: Ocean 1823) a ploughman from Cheshire, 7 year sentence, age 24. Certificate of Freedom 1829. SR Convict Indents, fiche 650 page 72
  • assigned to James Webber , Tocal, Sep 1823. NSW Colonial Secretary, Misc records relating to convicts and criminal and legal matters. SR fiche 3290 p31.
Day William
  • worked at Tocal in 1857. (from birth certificate for one of his children, pers comm, descendant)
Dearden Adam
  • convict (ship: Captain Cook, 1833). A weaver from Yorkshire, 7 year sentence for stealing duck, age 28. Ticket of Leave 1839, Certificate of Freedom 1840. SR Convict Indents, fiche 687 page 7.
  • assigned on arrival to James Webber, Tocal. PRO London, HO10/30. NSW, Convicts Arrived 1833-34.
Dobson Roger
  • convict (ship: Ocean, 1823). A ploughman from Yorkshire, 7 year sentence, age 22. Ticket of Leave 1834. Conditional Pardon 1848. SR Convict Indents, fiche 650 page 76. 
  • assigned to James Webber, Tocal, Sep 1823. NSW Colonial Secretary, Misc records relating to convicts and criminal and legal matters. SR fiche 3290 p31. Still at Tocal 1828. Census of NSW 1828 . At Paterson 1841. Hunter Valley Directory 1841.
Douglas* James
  • convict (ship: Layton, 1829). A tailor from Perthshire, 7 year sentence for stealing a clock, age 24. Certificate of Freedom 1835. SR Convict Indents, fiche 673 page 248.
  • In the service of Webber, October 1831. NSW Colonial Secretary, letters sent, 4/3672 p38 [reel 1044].
Dowling James
  • convict (ship: James Laing, 1834). A farm servant from Westmeath, life sentence for cow stealing, age 32. Died in Newcastle Hospital 1840. SR Convict Indents, fiche 709 page 73 and fiche 690 page 426.
  • assigned to C & T (sic) Wilson, Paterson. General Return of Convicts in NSW 1837. 
  • was working at Tocal in April 1837 when he made a deposition to the Cororner’s Court re the death of Patrick Costigan. SR 9/6309 Clerk of Peace, Depositions - Supreme Court, Paterson 1837 .
Doyle* Michael
  • convict (ship: Countess of Harcourt, 1827). A plasterer’s labourer from Dublin, 7 year sentence for sheep stealing, age 22, assigned on arrival to JP Webber, Pattersons Plains. Certificate of Freedom 1833. SR Convict Indents, fiche 664 page 97.
Doyle William
  • convict (ship: Earl St Vincent, 1823). A ploughman and shearer from near Malo, 7 year sentence for insurrection, age 39. Assigned on arrival to JP Webber. Certificate of Freedom 1829. SR Convict Indents , fiche 659 page 1; Irish Indents X31 [reel 2749]
Edges Ann
  • born 7 April 1851 at Tocal. Parents Stephen and Elizabeth (see below). Records of Baptisms, Burials & Marriages (microfilm), Parish of Houghton 1851, vol 37.
Edges Elizabeth
  • nee CARTER. Wife of Stephen EDGES (see below).
Edges Esther
  • born 5 April 1850 at Tocal to parents Stephen and Elizabeth. Records of Baptisms, Burials & Marriages (microfilm), Parish of Houghton 1850, vol 35.
  • died at Tocal 12 April 1850, aged 7 days. Records of Baptisms, Burials & Marriages (microfilm), Parish of Houghton 1850, vol 36.
  • buried 12 April 1850. Burials in St Pauls Cemetery, Paterson (P Clements 1996)
Edges Henry William
  • born to parents Stephen and Elizabeth of Tocal on 6 August 1841 (baptised 12 September 1841). Marriage and Baptismal Register, Paterson 1837-1865 M/PAT/OS, courtesy of the Ferguson Memorial Library, Archives of the Presbyterian Church of Australia in the State of New South Wales.
Edges Margaret
  • born to parents Stephen and Elizabeth of Tocal on 16 September 1843 (baptised 17 October 1843). Marriage and Baptismal Register, Paterson 1837-1865 M/PAT/OS, courtesy of the Ferguson Memorial Library, Archives of the Presbyterian Church of Australia in the State of New South Wales.
Edges Sophie
  • born 5 April 1850 at Tocal to parents Stephen and Elizabeth. Records of Baptisms, Burials & Marriages (microfilm), Parish of Houghton 1850, vol 35.
  • died at Tocal 11 April 1850, aged 6 days. Records of Baptisms, Burials & Marriages (microfilm), Parish of Houghton 1850, vol 36.
  • buried 11 April 1850. Burials in St Pauls Cemetery, Paterson (P Clements 1996).
Edges Stephen
  • employed as a stone mason at Tocal in 1841 and recorded as a "settler" at Tocal in 1843. Marriage and Baptismal Register, Paterson 1837-1865 M/PAT/OS, courtesy of the Ferguson Memorial Library, Archives of the Presbyterian Church of Australia in the State of New South Wales.
  • farmer, Tocal. Records of Baptisms, Burials & Marriages (microfilm), Parish of Houghton 1850, vol 35.
Edwards George
  • convict (ship: City of Edinburgh, 1832). A sugar refiner from London, 7 year sentence for stealing a shawl, age 20. Certificate of Freedom 1840. SR Convict Indents, fiche 700 page 77.
  • assigned to James Webber, Tocal in July 1832. GG 26 Sep 1832. Ran away from Webber’s service and was apprehended. GG 22 Aug 1832 p250.
Eggins James
  • labourer at Tocal, married to Eleanor. Their second child, James, was born at Tocal on 6 October 1839. BDM ref V18391487 23A.
  • James and Eleanor arrived from England on the Coromandel in 1838. James (snr) died at Jones Island NSW in 1899. Pers comm, descendant
  • note: the birth of James appears under the surname of Higgins, wife Ellen, born at Tocal on 5 October 1839 in BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Elson Emma
Jane
  • born 4 April 1857, parents John and Jane, Tocal, father’s occupation labourer. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers , ML FM4/9145
Elson John
  • married 5 July 1856 at Paterson. Church register reads as follows: John Elson, labourer, 29, Tocal, married Jane Portsmouth, widow, 25, Tocal. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Elson Samuel
Henry
  • born 6 August 1859, parents John and Jane, Tocal, father’s occupation labourer. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers , ML FM4/9145
Fee (Fea) Michael
  • convict (ship: Boyne, 1826). A linen weaver from Co Mayo, life sentence for “unlawful oaths”, age 30. Assigned on arrival to JP Webber. Ticket of Leave 1834. SR Convict Indents, fiche 661 page 96. 
  • assigned to James Webber , Tocal. Census of NSW 1828.
  • accidently killed at Paterson on 24 December 1835. SR Register of Coroners Inquests.
Ford Mariann
Isabella
  • born 16 April 1857, parents Thomas and Marianne,Tocal, father’s occupation groom. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Ford Thomas
  • groom at Tocal abt 1856-1858. The Kidd Family in Australia 1829-2000 by Esme Meehan (2000)
  • married 8th (?) July at Paterson. Church register reads as follows: Thomas Ford, groom, 40, Tocal, married Mary Whalan, 16, Tocal. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Forrester James
  • convict (ship: Lady Harewood 1832). A butcher from London, 7 years for stealing, age 24. Certificate of Freedom 1838. SR Convict Indents, fiche 682 page 58.
  • assigned to James Webber , Tocal. GG 1832.
Forty James
  • ex-convict employed by James Webber, Tocal, sometime between 1823 and 1825. General Muster List of New south Wales 1823, 1824, 1825. Note the muster says employed by P Webber Newcastle, but there is no such person at that time, and it almost certainly refers to JP Webber. Newcastle included Paterson for the purposes of this muster.
Geare
(Geary)		 William
  • convict (ship: Sesostris, 1826). A groom and gardener from Croydon,7 year sentence for stealing clothes, age 22. Certificate of Freedom 1832. SR Convict Indents, fiche 660 page 35.
  • assigned to James Webber , Tocal. Census of NSW 1828.
Gold Jane
  • was living at Tocal when she married Robert ROBERTS at Paterson on 2 May 1842. Marriage and Baptismal Register, Paterson 1837-1865 M/PAT/OS, courtesy of the Ferguson Memorial Library, Archives of the Presbyterian Church of Australia in the State of New South Wales.
Gould James
  • son of Edward and Mary, drowned near Tocal House on 11 Feb 1864, aged about 15 years. His father worked at Tocal. Maitland Mercury 18 Feb 1864. Death registration number 5256 (1864) Index to BDM's.
  • note: the burial register shows John rather than James, buried 11 February 1864 age 16 years. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers , ML FM4/9145
Gould Edward
  • farm worker at Tocal to 1893. The Kidd Family in Australia 1829-2000 by Esme Meehan (2000)
  • at Tocal in 1864 when his son James was drowned (see above).
  • "Gould & Son, fencers, Tocal Estate". Greville's Official Post-Office Directory of NSW 1872
  • "Gould & Sons, fencers, Tocal Estate". Greville's Official Post-Office Directory of NSW 1875-77
  • died 9 Aug 1898 aged 72. Burials in St Pauls Cemetery, Paterson (P Clements 1996).
Graves* Storer
  • convict (ship: Fergusson, 1829). A shoemaker and groom from Somersetshire, 7 year sentence for street robbery, age 28. Assigned on arrival to JP Webber (Tocal?). Certificate of Freedom 1837. SR Convict Indents, fiche 671 page 135.
Gray* Robert
  • convict (ship: Captain Cook, 1833). A butcher from Manchester, 14 year sentence for house breaking, Ticket of Leave 1839. SR Convict Indents, fiche 687 page 11.
  • assigned on arrival to JP Webber. PRO London, HO10/30. NSW, Convicts Arrived 1833-34.
Grennan
(Greenman)		 Peter
  • convict (ship: Heber, 1837). A stone mason from Co Cavan, 7 years sentence for stealing money, age 40. Certificate of Freedom 1845. SR Convict Indents, fiche 727 page 101.
  • assigned to C & F Wilson , Tocal. General Return of Convicts in NSW 1837.
Guy Elizabeth
  • governess at Tocal 1867. Tocal – the Changing Moods of a Rural Estate by Judy White.
Halfpenny William
  • convict (ship: Ann & Amelia, 1825), from Co Dublin, life sentence, age 24. Sent to Norfolk Island 1832, returned Dec 1845. SR Convict Indent, fiche 654 page 139.
  • in the service of James Webber, February 1825. 50 lashes for refusing work, second offence. By May 1825 he was reassigned to William Evans and received 50 lashes, ordered by James Webber, for neglect of work and refusing to work. NSW Colonial Secretary, Monthly Returns of Punishments, Newcastle 1810-1825. SR reel 6023 4/1718 p199 & 205.
Hanley
(Henley)		 John
  • convict (ship: Earl St Vincent, 1823). A shepherd from Co Limerick, 7 year sentence at age 23. Certificate of Freedom 1829. SR Convict Indents, fiche 653 page 24.
  • assigned to James Webber Jan 1825. SR reel 586 4/4522 Col Sec assigned convicts 1825.
  • catholic, assigned to James Webber, Tocal. Census of NSW 1828. 
Hassett John
  • convict (ship: Earl St Vincent, 1823). A ploughman and shearer from Co Cork, 7 year sentence at age 26. Assigned to James Webber Tocal on arrival,. Certificate of Freedom 1829. SR Convict Indents , fiche 659 page 1.
  • wanted for absconding from James Webber, Tocal. SG 21 Nov 1827 4c, 26 Nov 1827 4c, 3 Dec 1827 3f.
Hawker Charlotte
  • nee STEEPLEY, wife of Thomas HAWKER (see below).
Hawker Matilda
  • born to parents Charlotte and Thomas HAWKER of Tocal on 27 July 1845 (baptised 2 November 1845). Marriage and Baptismal Register, Paterson 1837-1865 M/PAT/OS, courtesy of the Ferguson Memorial Library, Archives of the Presbyterian Church of Australia in the State of New South Wales.
Hawker Thomas
  • convict (ship: Susan, 1836). A shoemaker from Somersetshire, life sentence for highway robbery, age 19. Ticket of Leave 1844, Conditional Pardon 1849. SR Convict Indents, fiche 716 page 35. 
  • assigned to C & F Wilson, Tocal. 50 lashes for pilfering, 20 June 1836. State Records reel 662 Return of Convicts Tried at Paterson. (recorded in error as Thomas Harcourt)
  • assigned to C & F Wilson, Paterson. General Return of Convicts in NSW 1837. Assigned to F Wilson, Tocal, Feb 1840. Hunter Valley Directory 1841. 
  • recorded as a labourer at Tocal in 1845 at the birth of his daughter Matilda (see above).
Hazell James
  • convict (ship: Prince Regent, 1820) assigned to James Webber, Tocal, Mar 1822. NSW Colonial Secretary, Misc records relating to convicts and criminal and legal matters. SR fiche 3290 p51 . 
  • A plasterer’s labourer from London, 7 year sentence, age 18. Certificate of Freedom 1825. SR Convict Indents, fiche 643 page 87.
  • numerous reoffences and secondary transportation to Port Macquarie and Moreton Bay.
Healey* Pat
  • convict (ship: Eliza, 1832). A cabinet turner and wheelwright from Co Galway, 7 year sentence for stealing clothes, age 41. Ticket of Leave 1837, Certificate of Freedom 1842. SR Convict Indents , fiche 683 page  82.
  • assigned to JP Webber, Hunters River. GG 1832 . 
Heny Bryan
  • convict (ship: Prince Regent, 1824). A shepherd from Co Meath, life sentence, age 48. Died at Dr Clunies Hospital, Patersons Plains. SR Convict Indent, fiche 654 page 93.
  • assigned to JP Webber 1824. Col Sec, convict assignments , fiche 3290.
Higgins James
  • see Eggins, James
Higgins Thomas
  • arrived in NSW in 1845 from Oxfordshire on the Elizabeth as a bounty emigrant. He was employed on arrival by Charles Reynolds at Tocal with 2 others from the Elizabeth as a ploughman and labourer under a memorandum of agreement for 17 pounds per annum and a weekly ration of 10lbs beef or mutton, 10lbs flour, 2lbs sugar and a quarter lb of tea. SR, Assisted Immigrants Inwards to Sydney, 4/903 [reel 2456].
Hishion Daniel
  • at Tocal sometime between 1843 and 1850 with his wife and 4 small children. Pers com, descendant.
Hobbs Abraham
  • convict (ship: Planter, 1832). A milkman, brewer and ostler from Gloucestershire, life sentence for house breaking, age 25. Ticket of Leave 1840 and Conditional Pardon 1848. SR Convict Indents , fiche 683 page 93. Assigned to JP Webber, Tocal. GG 1832 . 
Holmes William
  • convict (ship: Captain Cook, 1833). A farm servant from Wiltshire, life sentence for sheep stealing, age 34. Ticket of Leave 1841, died Sydney 1846. SR Convict Indents, fiche 687 page 13.
  • assigned on arrival to James Webber at Tocal. PRO London, HO10/30. NSW Convicts Arrived 1833-34.
  • assigned to C & F Wilson, Paterson. General Return of Convicts in NSW 1837. 
Holseworth* William
  • convict (ship: England, 1826). A plasterer’s boy from London, 7 year sentence for stealing boots, age 17. Certificate of Freedom 1832. SR Convict Indents, fiche 661 page 114.
  • assigned to JP Webber, Patersons Plains. GG 1832 p146.
Horton* William
  • convict (ship: Mangles, 1833). A shoemaker from London, life sentence for robbing his master, assigned on arrival in 1833 to JP Webber (Tocal?). Ticket of Leave 1845. SR Convict Indents , fiche 685 page 197; PRO London, HO10/30. NSW Convicts Arrived 1833-34 .
Hower

(Hover)

 Stephen
  • convict (ship: Mary, 1822) assigned to James Webber , Tocal, Mar 1822. NSW Colonial Secretary, Misc records relating to convicts and criminal and legal matters. SR fiche 3290 p51.
  • a flour miller from Sussex, 7 year sentence, age 31. SR Convict Indents, fiche 647 page 53. 
Hoyle John
  • convict (ship: Guildford, 1827). A farmers man from Lancashire, life sentence for rioting, age 29. Assigned on arrival to JP Webber. Ticket of Leave 1837, Conditional Pardon 1845. SR Convict Indents , fiche 665 page 120.
  • assigned to James Webber , Tocal. Census of NSW 1828.
Hughes Richard
  • convict (ship: Guildford, 1822). A rope maker from Liverpool, life sentence, age 20. Ticket of Leave 1832, Conditional Pardon 1840. SR Convict Indents, fiche 648 page 135.
  • assigned to JP Webber in 1825. SR Col Sec, Assigned Convicts 1825, reel 586 4/4522.
  • tobacconist assigned to James Webber, Tocal. Census of NSW 1828.
Hunt George
  • born 16 August 1858, parents William and Caroline. At the time of the birth the family was living at Tocal, father’s occupation labourer. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Hunt Harriet
  • born 11 June 1863, parents William and Caroline, Tocal, father’s occupation horse breaker. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers , ML FM4/9145
Hunt Henry
  • convict (ship: Planter, 1832). A Hawker from Surry, 7 years for stealing a truck, Certificate of Freedom 1846. SR Convict Indents, fiche 683 page 93.
  • assigned on arrival to James Webber, Tocal. PRO London, HO10/29. NSW, Convicts Arrived 1828-32.
Hunt Mary Jane
  • born 25 September 1864, parents William and Caroline. At the time of the birth the family was living at Tocal, father’s occupation groom. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Hunt William
  • worked at Tocal from at least 1858 to 1864, wife Caroline, his occupation variously described as labourer, horse breaker and groom. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Hurley William
  • convict (ship: Andromeda, 1830). A ploughman from Co Cork, life sentence for horse stealing, age 32. Assigned on arrival to JP Webber, Markham (Tocal). Ticket of Leave 1840. SR Convict Indents , fiche 677 page 38.
Hutchins
(Hutchinson)		 John
  • convict (ship: Dick, 1821). A blacksmith from London, life sentence, age 22. Ticket of Leave 1829, Conditional Pardon 1841. SR Convict Indents, fiche 646 page 342.
  • shepherd assigned to James Webber , Tocal. Census of NSW 1828.
Irwin Henry
  • convict (ship: Andromeda, 1830). A labourer from Athlone, 7 year sentence for stealing a cloak, age 19. Assigned on arrival to James Webber, Markham (Tocal). Certificate of Freedom 1838. SR Convict Indents, fiche 677 page 38.
  • assigned to C & F Wilson , Paterson. General Return of Convicts in NSW 1837.

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