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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
Nelson* George
  • convict (ship: Phoenix, 1828). A labourer from Hunts, life sentence for stealing a coat, age 20. Assigned on arrival to JP Webber, Marford (Probably Tocal). SR Convict Indents, fiche 669.
Nice Elizabeth
  • wife of labourer, Tocal. Buried 12 Apr 1861, aged 28. Burials in St Pauls Cemetery, Paterson (P Clements 1996).
Nice James
  • born 3 December 1859, parents Robert and Sarah, Tocal, father’s occupation labourer. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Ockley Thomas
  • 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
Osmond Charles &

Ann
  • arrived Tocal abt 1851 after emigrating from Somerset, England, with their children Henry (12), George (11), Charles (10), Emma (8), Mary An (6), John (3) and William (infant). Charles (snr) worked on the Tocal property. Family tradition says George was taught to ride a horse at Tocal by Frederick Ward (Thunderbolt). Dungog Chronicle, February 1930 & pers comm (descendant).
Padmore
(Podman)		 Alfred
  • convict (ship: Asia, 1822). An errand boy from Salop, life sentence, age 19. Ticket of Leave 1838, Conditional Pardon 1846. SR Convict Indents, fiche 648 page 165.
  • sawyer assigned to JP Webber, Tocal. GG 1832 . Note, this entry incorrectly lists his ship as the Dungevan Castle. The convict shipping indents and other records confirm this is an error.
  • absconded from Tocal in May 1833 and apprehended in June. Occupation given as lawyer rather than sawyer. GG 12 June 1833 p219 & 19 June 1833 p237 
  • absconded again August 1833. GG 7 August 1833 p302 .
  • assigned to C & F Wilson, Paterson. General Return of Convicts in NSW 1837.
Partridge William
  • was working as a free man 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.
Pedder Abraham
  • worked at Tocal from at least 1856 to 1863, wife Ellen, his occupation variously described as labourer, stock keeper, servant, stockman. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Pedder Abraham
  • born 17 February 1859, parents Abraham and Ellen. 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
Pedder Ellen
  • born 24 December 1856, parents Abraham and Ellen, Tocal, father’s occupation stock keeper. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers , ML FM4/9145
Pedder Isaac
  • Tocal. Buried 25 Jan 1857, aged 3 years. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145 
Pedder Maurice
  • born 24 February 1861, parents Abraham and Ellen, Tocal, father’s occupation servant. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Pedder Richard
  • born 20 February 1863, parents Abraham and Ellen, Tocal, father’s occupation stockman. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
  • buried 1 Mar 1863, aged 10 days. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Pethebridge Elizabeth
  • wife of Richard Pethebridge. Tocal. Hunter Valley Directory 1841.
  • born abt 1813 in Devon, died 1879 in Sydney. Tocal History Notes, vol III.
Pethebridge Elizabeth
  • daughter of Elizabeth and Richard. Born Tocal 1845, died Tocal 1846. Tocal History Notes, vol III.
  • buried 9 Mar 1846, aged 6 months. Burials in St Pauls Cemetery, Paterson (P Clements 1996).
Pethebridge Fanny
  • died Tocal 1847, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth. Tocal History Notes, vol III.
  • buried 28 Aug 1847, aged 5 years 6 months. Burials in St Pauls Cemetery, Paterson (P Clements 1996). Note, in the church burial register the age looks like 3 years 3 months but is very hard to read. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Pethebridge John
  • born Tocal 1842, son of Richard and Elizabeth. Tocal History Notes, vol III.
Pethebridge Mary Ann
  • born Tocal 1840, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth. Tocal History Notes, vol III.
Pethebridge Richard 
  • superintendent, Tocal. NSW Directory for 1839 p127.
  • Farmer, Tocal. Hunter Valley Directory 1841.
  • born 1810 Devon, died Sydney 1879. Tocal History Notes, vol III.
Pethebridge Richard
  • son of Elizabeth and Richard. Died Tocal 1849. Tocal History Notes, vol III.
  • buried 5 Dec 1849, aged 3 years. Burials in St Pauls Cemetery, Paterson (P Clements 1996).
Petherbridge

(Pethebridge)

 Sarah
  • daughter of Elizabeth and Richard, Tocal. Buried 3 Feb 1848, aged 9 years. Burials in St Pauls Cemetery, Paterson (P Clements 1996).
Pidcock D
  • residing at Tocal in 1867. New South Wales National Directory for 1867-68. (Samson & Co, Sydney).
Portsmouth Jane
  • 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. For children, see ELSON
Quin Robert
  • employed by Felix Wilson at Tocal. A sawyer by trade and 'free by servitude'. Absconded from the service of F Wilson before his written engagement expired. 'In the company of a female who passes as his wife, her supposed name Catherine RYAN'. A warrant issued for his arrest by the Paterson Bench and five pounds reward for his capture offered by F Wilson. The Australian, 18 Feb 1841.
Reynolds Amy Evylyn
  • born 9 May 1886, parents Percy and Margaret Landale Reynolds, Tocal, father’s occupation gentleman. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Reynolds Cedric
  • born 31 July 1889, parents Percy and Margaret Laudale Reynolds,  Tocal, father’s occupation grazier. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Reynolds Charles
  • came to Australia in 1840 from Devon, leased land on the Mooki River (Liverpool Plains) and then Louth Park at Maitland, NSW
  • in 1843 he purchased Hereford cattle from George Hobler of Aberglassyn which became the basis of Reynolds stud, one of the most notable in Australia. He also had a Devon cattle stud and a thoroughbred horse stud
  • in 1844 he leased Tocal from Felix Wilson . In 1844 he married Francis Seaton DUN, eldest daughter of William Dun of Duninald, Paterson
  • foundation member of the Hunter River Agricultural Society and co-founder of the first Maitland Show
  • his horse, Free Trader, was stolen from Tocal by Thunderbolt (Fred Ward) the bushranger in the 1860s
  • died at Tocal in September 1871 after being thrown from his horse. Buried in St Pauls Cemetery, Paterson
  • Reference: Tocal – the Changing Moods of a Rural Estate (J White).
  • died 15 September 1871, buried 16 September 1871, aged 65, grazier. BDM’s Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/1945
Reynolds Charles
  • born 20 March 1873, parents Frank and Jeanette Rens Reynolds, Tocal, father’s occupation grazier. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Reynolds Darcie
  • born 6 April 1875,  parents Frank and Jeanette, Tocal, father’s occupation grazier. BDM’s Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers , ML FM4/1945
Reynolds Edmund
  • son of Charles and Francis Seaton Reynolds of Tocal. Born Tocal 25 October 1845. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
  • Buried 2 Mar 1847, aged 16 months. Burials in St Pauls Cemetery, Paterson (P Clements 1996).
Reynolds Emily
  • born 24 April 1855, daughter of Charles and Frances Seaton Reynolds, Tocal. BDM’s Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/1945 
Reynolds Ethel May
  • born 25 May 1880, parents Frank and Jeannette Rens Reynolds, Tocal, father’s occupation grazier. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Reynolds Frances
  • born 5 July 1871, parents Frank and Jeanette Rens Reynolds, Tocal, father’s occupation grazier. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers , ML FM4/9145 
Reynolds Frances
Seaton
  • widow of Charles Reynolds, leasee of Tocal. Buried 13 Oct 1900, aged 82. Burials in St Pauls Cemetery, Paterson (P Clements 1996).
Reynolds Frank
  • born at Tocal 6 March 1848. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145.
  • married 3 October 1870. Church register reads as follows: Frank Reynolds, grazier, 22, Tocal, married Jeanette Rens Cory, gentlewoman, 23, Vacy. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
  • died 1920. Eldest son of Charles Reynolds. Ran Tocal after Charles death in 1871. Bought Tocal in 1907 from the Wilson family. Tocal – the Changing Moods of a Rural Estate (J White).
Reynolds Henry Ernest
  • born 10 January 1878, parents Frank and Jeanette Rens Reynolds, Tocal, father’s occupation grazier. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Reynolds Jeanette Rens
  • married 3 October 1870. Church register reads as follows: Frank Reynolds, grazier, 22, Tocal, married Jeanette Rens Cory, gentlewoman, 23, Vacy. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Reynolds
 Patrick
  • residing at Tocal 1876-78. NSW Electoral Roll for The Paterson, 1876-77, 1877-78.
Reynolds Percy
  • son of Charles Reynolds, Tocal. Tocal – the Changing Moods of a Rural Estate (J White).
  • married 22 April 1884. Church register reads as follows: Percy Reynolds, grazier, 28, Tocal, married Margaret Tiandale Maughan, gentlewoman, 25. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145 
Reynolds Sidney
  • born at Tocal 15 March 1851 (baptised 20 May 1851), parents Charles & Frances Seaton. Records of Baptisms, Burials & Marriages (microfilm), Parish of Houghton 1851, vol 35.
  • second son of Charles Reynolds, Tocal. Tocal – the Changing Moods of a Rural Estate (J White).
Reynolds Walter
  • born 23 July 1860, parents Charles and Frances, Tocal. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Rouse Simon
  • convict (ship: Isabella, 1822). A baker from Donegal, 7 year sentence, age 35. SR Convict Indents, fiche 647 page 59.
  • assigned to JP Webber (Tocal) in 1825. SR Col Sec assigned convicts 1825, reel 586 4/4522.
Rowan Charles
  • convict (ship: Mermaid, 1830). A weaver and porter from Glasgow, 7 year sentence for stealing carpets, Certificate of Freedom 1839. SR Convict Indents fiche 675 page 91.
  • assigned on arrival to James Webber (Tocal). PRO London, HO10/29, NSW, Convicts Arrived 1828-32.
Ryan Catherine
Ryan Patrick
  • convict (ship: Hooghley, 1825). A ploughman from Co Tipperary, 7 year sentence, age 21. Assigned on arrival to James Webber, Tocal. SR Convict Indents, fiche 655 page 168.
  • assigned to James Webber, Tocal. Census of NSW 1828.
Sadgwell**
(Tadgwell)		 William
  • convict (ship: Susan, 1836). A cotton spinner from London, 7 year sentence for stealing a necklace, age 14. Certificate of Freedom 1846. SR Convict Indents, fiche 716 page 35. 
  • assigned to C & F Wilson , Paterson. General Return of Convicts in NSW 1837.
Sams Edward
(Edwin)
  • married 14 February 1860 at Paterson. Church register reads as follows: Edward Sams, labourer, 24, Tocal, married Harriott Ellis, nurse, 23, Paterson. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145. Note: the entry in the church register is very difficult to read and the name has been transcribed in error into the civil register as Edward Davis.
Sams George
Edwin
  • born 31 August 1873, parents Edwin and Harriet, Tocal, father’s occupation labourer. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers , ML FM4/9145
Sanders Peter
  • convict (ship: Georgiana, 1831). A seaman from Sweden, 7 year sentence for stealing watches in London, age 25. Certificate of Freedom 1838. SR Convict Indents, fiche 697 page 67.
  • apprehended after absconding from the service of James Webber 1833. GG 17 July 1833 p266.
Sattersdale**
(Tattersall)		 Henry
  • convict (ship: Susan, 1836). A ropemaker’s boy from Lancashire, 14 year sentence for stealing money, age 14, Ticket of Leave 1846. SR Convict Indents, fiche 721 page 31. 
  • assigned to C & F Wilson , Paterson. General Return of Convicts in NSW 1837.
Saunders James
  • convict (ship: Coromandel, 1820). A labourer from Brighton, 7 year sentence, age 18. SR Convict Indents, fiche 644 page 123.
  • conditional pardon, employed by James Webber , Tocal. General Muster List of New South Wales 1823, 1824, 1825.
Savage George
  • convict (ship: Cambridge, 1827). An errand boy from Dublin, 7 year sentence for picking pockets, age 16. SR Convict Indents , fiche 666 page 201.
  • assigned to JP Webber, Tocal. GG 1832 p146. & Col Sec in-letter 4/2221.2 33/843, 34/2571
  • apprehended after running away from Webber’s service. GG 18 April 1832 p66. Absconded again late 1832. GG 2 Jan 1833 p5. Apprehended again, GG 2 Jan 1833 p5.
  • sentenced by the Patterson’s Plains Bench to 12 months in an ironed gang for absconding, January 1833. Sentence illegal having been imposed by one Magistrate only (notation on Indent).
Scammell Frederick
  • convict (ship: Hercules, 1832). A butcher’s boy from London, 7 years for stealing snuff boxes, age 14. Certificate of Freedom 1839. SR Convict Indents, fiche 683 page 108.
  • assigned to JP Webber , Tocal, 1832. GG 1832.
  • assigned to Alexander Park, Paterson 1837. General Return of Convicts in New South Wales 1837.
Schink Magdalena
  • was living at Tocal when she married Philip MAURER at Tocal on 3 December 1849. 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.
Scully* James
  • convict (ship: Governor Ready, 1829). Weaver from Limerick, 7 year sentence, age 40, for pig stealing. Assigned on arrival to JP Webber, Hunters River. SR Convict Idents, fiche 671.
Shaw Edward
  • convict (ship: Mary, 1822). A cow boy from London, 7 year sentence, age 20. Ticket of Leave 1827. SR Convict Indents, fiche 647 page 46.
  • assigned from the Newcastle penal settlement to James Webber, Tocal, Oct 1824. NSW Colonial Secretary, Convict Papers and returns. SR reel 6028 2/8283 p95. 
Shaw* John
  • convict (ship: Sarah, 1829). A farm labourer from Shropshire, 7 year sentence for stealing potatoes, age 31. Assigned on arrival to JP Webber (Tocal?). Ticket of Leave 1834, Certificate of Freedom 1836. SR Convict Indents, fiche 674 page 18. 
Shea John
  • convict (ship: Countess of Harcourt, 1822). A reaper from Cork City, 7 year sentence, age 19. SR Convict Indents , fiche 649, page 243.
  • assigned to JP Webber (Tocal) in April 1825. SR Col Sec, assigned convicts 1825, reel 586 4/4522.
Shea John
  • convict (ship: Borodino, 1828). a farm labourer from Co Kerry, 7 year sentence for lamb stealing, age 20. SR Convict Indents , fiche 669, page 91
  • assigned to James Webber, Tocal 22 July 1829. SR Col Sec reel 1043 4/3668 p455.
Sheehan Maurice
(Michael)
  • convict (ship: Boyne, 1826). A farm labourer from Cork, life sentence for house robbery, age 27. SR Convict Indents , fiche 661 page 105
  • assigned to James Webber , Tocal. Census of NSW 1828.
Shepherd
(Sheppard)		 John
  • convict (ship: Ocean, 1823). A carter and coal miner from Bludin (?), life sentence, age 19. Ticket of Leave 1838, Conditional Pardon 1847. SR Convict Indents, fiche 650 page 72.
  • assigned to James Webber , Tocal. Wanted for absconding. SG 31Dec 1827 4b.
  • assigned to James Webber, Tocal. Census of NSW 1828.
Shepherd William
  • free, ex-convict (ship: Asia, 1822). A fisherman and ploughman from Norfolk, 7 year sentence, age 22. SR Convict Indents , fiche 648 page 159.
  • assigned to James Webber , Tocal. Census of NSW 1828.
Sheppard Francis
  • was living at Tocal when he married Ann VINCENT on 27 March 1849. 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. 
Shields
(Shiel)
(Sheal)		 James
(William)
  • convict (ship: Surry, 1816). A servant and labourer from Dublin, life sentence, age 23. Ticket of Leave 1830, Conditional Pardon 1839. SR Convict Indents, fiche 636 page 216.
  • 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.
  • assigned to James Webber , Tocal. General Muster List of New South Wales 1823, 1824, 1825.
  • overseer at Tocal 1828. Census of NSW 1828 . 
  • was working as a Ticket of Leave holder 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.
Simpson Patrick
  • convict (ship: Ann & Amelia, 1825). A weaver from Dublin, 7 year sentence, age 20. Certificate of Freedom 1831. SR Convict Indents, fiche 654 page 142.
  • in the service of James Webber, February 1825. 50 lashes ordered by the Bench, Wallis Plains for refusing work. NSW Colonial Secretary, Monthly Returns of Punishments, Newcastle 1810-1825. SR reel 6023 4/1718 p199.
Sloey Patrick
  • convict (ship: Mangles, 1828). A farm servant and shepherd from Cavan, life sentence for murder, age 28. Ticket of Leave 1840, Conditional Pardon 1848. SR Convict Indents, fiche 669 page 80.
  • assigned to James Webber, Tocal. Census of NSW 1828. (Note: indent says assigned June 1828 to JP Webber, Penshurst, but 1828 Census says Markham [Tocal]).
Smith Eliza
  • born 26 May 1854, parents Thomas (see below) and Martha, father was a “servant to Mr Reynolds” at Tocal. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers , ML FM4/9145
Smith James
  • convict (ship: Phoenix, 1828). a blacksmith from Birmingham, 7 year sentence for “stealing bundle”, age 23. SR Convict Indents, fiche 669, page 91
  • assigned to James Webber, Tocal 22 July 1829. SR Col Sec reel 1043 4/3668 p455.
Smith John
  • convict (ship: Phoenix, 1828). A ploughman and stableman from Hampshire, 7 year sentence for stealing an umbrella, age 20. SR Convict Indents, fiche 669.
  • shepherd assigned to James Webber , Tocal. Census of NSW 1828. (Note: indent says assigned June 1828 to JP Webber, Penshurst, but 1828 Census says Markham [Tocal]).
Smith
 Thomas
  • convict (ship: Malabar, 1819). A barber and labourer from Manchester, life sentence as a result of a court martial in Trinidad, age 28. SR Convict Indents, fiche 642 page 432.
  • One of Tocal’s first four convicts, assigned to James Webber 4 March 1822, returned to Government for disorderly conduct November 1822. SR, Alphabetical List of Convicts, 4/4520 p17.
Smith Thomas
  • servant to Mr Reynolds, 1854. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
  • labourer at Tocal. Buried 21 Feb 1855, aged 46. Burials in St Pauls Cemetery, Paterson (P Clements 1996).
Smith* William
  • convict (ship: Planter, 1832). A cutler’s boy, 7 year sentence for robbing shop, age 16. Certificate of Freedom 1838. SR Convict Indents, fiche 683 page 96.
  • assigned to J Webber, Paterson’s River. GG 1832.
Smith William
  • convict (ship: Ann & Amelia, 1825). A calico printer from Meath, life sentece, age 20. SR Convict Indents, fiche 655 page 143. 
  • in the service of James Webber, February 1825. 50 lashes ordered by the Bench, Wallis Plains for "insolent and abusive language to his master". NSW Colonial Secretary, Monthly Returns of Punishments, Newcastle 1810-1825. SR reel 6023 4/1718 p199.
Smith
 William
  • living at Tocal 1869-70 & 1870-71. NSW Electoral Roll for The Paterson, 1869-70 & 1870-71.
Snell John
  • convict (ship: Norfolk, 1825). A ploughman, shearer and butter maker from Suffolk, 7 year sentence, age 28. SR Convict Indents, fiche 656 page 217. 
  • assigned Paterson area and master not found. James Webber applied Oct 1825 to keep him at Tocal. NSW Colonial Secretary, Letters received Newcastle 1825. SR reel 6068 4/1812 p113.
  • permission granted Oct 1825 for transfer to the service of James Webber, Tocal. NSW Colonial Secretary, Letters sent. SR reel 6015 4/3515 p453.
  • stockkeeper assigned to James Webber, Tocal. Census of NSW 1828.
Spleyoenburg
(Spedenburg)		 George
  • convict (ship: Captain Cook, 1833). An errand boy from London, 7 year sentence for stealing a shirt, age 16, Certificate of Freedom 1840. SR Convict Indents, fiche 704 page 101.
  • assigned on arrival in 1833 to James Webber, Tocal. PRO London HO10/30 NSW Convicts Arrived 1833-34.
  • assigned to C & F Wilson, Paterson. General Return of Convicts in NSW 1837. 
Stace Edward
  • Groom at Tocal. Wife Eliza. Records of Baptisms, Burials & Marriages (microfilm), Parish of Houghton 1851, vol 37. Edward was a brother of James and Louisa (see below).
Stace Henry
  • born 16 February 1851 at Tocal, parents Edward and Eliza. Records of Baptisms, Burials & Marriages (microfilm), Parish of Houghton 1851, vol 37.
Stace James
  • married Mary Jarvis at Tocal in June 1848. Pers Comm (descendant). James was a brother of Edward (above) and Louisa (below).
Stace
 Louisa
  • married Alexander McGilvray at Tocal November 1850. Pers comm (descendant). Louisa was a sister of James and Edward (above).
Stevenson Elizabeth
  • servant at Tocal 1867. Tocal – the Changing Moods of a Rural Estate (J White).
Stevenson Jane
  • cook at Tocal 1867. Tocal – the Changing Moods of a Rural Estate (J White).
Stiles
 James
  • convict (ship: Marquis of Hastings, 1827). A farmer's man and shop groom from Kent, 7 year sentence for house breaking, age 23. Certificate of Freedom 1837. SR Convict Indents, fiche 665 page 157.
Stottor
(Sutter)		 George
  • convict (ship: Katherine Stewart Forbes, 1830). A labourer and reaper from Berkshire, 7 year sentence for house breaking, age 46, Ticket of Leave 1837. SR Convict Indents, fiche 675 page 62.
  • assigned to JP Webber, Patersons Plains. GG 1832 p146.
  • absconded from Webber’s service in 1833. GG 7 Aug 1833 p302
  • assigned to C & F Wilson, Paterson. General Return of Convicts in NSW 1837.
  • was working as ‘farm constable’ 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.
Styles William
  • convict (ship: Hercules, 1830). A farm labourer from Carlow Co, life sentence for murder, age 19. Assigned on arrival to JP Webber, Markham (Tocal). Ticket of Leave 1839. SR Convict Indents , fiche 677 page 10.
Suffolk Elias
  • convict (ship: Bussorah Merchant, 1828). A farm worker from Warwick, life sentence for burglary, age 30. Ticket of Leave 1841. SR Convict Indents, fiche 669 page 110.
  • assigned to James Webber 22 July 1829. State Records reel 1043/461 (Col Sec correspondence) courtesy of Ian Web. 
Talty Peter
  • convict (ship: Jane, 1831). A farm hand from Clare, life sentence for abduction, age 25, assigned on arrival to JP Webber, Tocal. Ticket of Leave 1840. SR Convict Indents, fiche 680 page 182.
Tassell Harriett
  • see Tassell, John
Tassell John
  • Farmer at Tocal 1841. Wife Harriett. Son, John Royston Tassell born at Tocal 28 Nov 1841. BDM reference V18411825 26A C of E, Parish: Houghton.
Tassell John Royston
  • see Tassell, John
Taylor
 James
  • born at Tocal 1836. Later married Ann McEwen. Source is the birth certificate for their daughter Ada, born 28 October 1884. James' birth certificate indicates he was born on 15 May 1836 to parents James and Anne (his father was probably working on Tocal at the time). He died in 1888 and is buried at St Paul's Paterson.Burials in St Pauls Cemetery, Paterson (P Clements 1996).
Taylor Nathan
  • was employed as a mason at Tocal, wife Divina McLaren, when their daughter Ruth was born on 6 July 1841 (baptised 5 August 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. 
Thunderbolt
  • see Ward, Fred
Tiernan John
  • convict (ship: Asia, 1825). A farm hand from near Drogheda, life sentence, age 28. Assigned on arrival to James Webber (Tocal). Died  in Liverpool Hospital 1833. SR Convict Indents, fiche 655 page 157.
Tinkler Ann
  • born to Parents Ann and Usher Tinkler of Tocal on 28 June 1848 (baptised 13 September 1848). 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. 
Tinkler Eliza
  • born to Parents Ann and Usher Tinkler of Tocal on 26 January 1857 (baptised 22 June 1857). 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. 
Tinkler George
  • born to Parents Ann and Usher Tinkler of Tocal on 26 February 1847 (baptised 16 March 1847). 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. 
Tinkler Margaret
  • born to Parents Ann and Usher Tinkler of Tocal on 11 January 1854 (baptised 22 June 1857). 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. 
Tinkler Usher
  • was living at Tocal when he married Ann McDonald at Tocal on 16 March 1847. BDM ref V1847145 78
  • biographical details for Usher and Ann Tinkler, including photo and transcription of headstones can be found in Burials in St Pauls Cemetery, Paterson (P Clements 1996).
Townsend Job
  • convict (ship: Surrey, 1823). A reaper from Witney, life sentence, age 32. SR Convict Indents, fiche 649 page 275.
  • assigned to James Webber , Tocal, Sep 1824. NSW Colonial Secretary, Misc records relating to convicts and criminal and legal matters. SR fiche 3291 p123.
Truelove
(Treelove)		 William
  • convict: (ship: Sir William Bensley, 1817). A labourer from Kent, life sentence, age 30. Ticket of Leave 1838. SR Convict Indents, fiche 637 page 293.
  • assigned to James Webber, Tocal. Wanted for absconding. SG 31Dec 1827 4b. 
  • assigned to James Webber, Tocal. Census of NSW 1828.
  • received 50 lashes for neglect of duty, by sentence of the Paterson Bench, Sept 1833. British Parliamentary Papers - Transportation and Secondary Punishment, 1810-1841 p391.
Trotter George
  • Tenant farmer, Tocal. Buried 16 December 1846, aged about 60. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Vincent Ann
  • was living at Tocal when she married Francis SHEPPARD on 27 March 1849. 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. 
Waggoner John
  • convict (ship: Minerva, 1821). A coachsmith from York, life sentence, age 18. SR Convict Indents, fiche 646 page 437.
  • assigned to James Webber , Tocal, Mar 1822. NSW Colonial Secretary, Misc records relating to convicts and criminal and legal matters. SR fiche 3291 p127.
  • 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.
  • at Tocal in 1828. Census of NSW1828.
  • obtained his Ticket of Leave for the Paterson Plains district on 8 November 1830. State Records reel 914 4/4077 Ticket of Leave Butts 1830-31. 
  • on the recommendation of magistrates James Webber and P.N. Anley he was appointed police constable for Paterson's Plains in 1832. NSW Colonial Secretary’s Papers 32/6518 4/2154
  • his Ticket of Leave was cancelled in 1833 for “gross prevarication”. He was also dismissed as a constable. NSW Colonial Secretary’s Papers 33/6593 4/2203.3
Wake
 John
  • lived at Tocal 1870-71. NSW Electoral Roll for The Paterson, 1870-71.
Wallis Patrick
  • convict (ship: Java, 1833). A farm servant from Kilkenny, 7 year sentence for “fire arms”, age 28. Certificate of Freedom 1841. SR Convict Indents, fiche 688 page 216.
  • 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.
Walstor
 Thomas
  • arrived in NSW in 1845 from Nottinghamshire 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].
Ward Fred
  • alias Thunderbolt, the bushranger. He worked at Tocal from 1853 to 1855 as a horse breaker and groom. In 1856 he stole 15 horses from Tocal which were later recovered.  Reference: Brennan M (c1910), A Police History of the Notorious Bushrangers of NSW and Victoria. Unpublished, ML reel CY934.
  • oral tradition says that around 1860 he stole the imported horse Free Trader from Tocal.
Ward George
  • brother of Fred Ward (see above). George was employed with brothers Fred and William as a horse breaker at Tocal in 1853. Reference: Brennan M (c1910). A Police History of the Notorious Bushrangers of NSW and Victoria. Unpublished, ML reel CY934.
  • In 1854 George drowned in the Hunter River at Maitland while taking Tocal cattle to market. Inquest number 8150 held 30 June 1854. References: Death in the Hunter - Inquests in the Maitland area 1834-1942 & Maitland Mercury 1 July 1854 & 5 July 1854.
Ward Joshua
  • brother of Fred Ward (see above). Joshua was occasionally employed at Tocal in the 1850s. Reference: Brennan M (c1910). A Police History of the Notorious Bushrangers of NSW and Victoria. Unpublished, ML reel CY934.
Ward William
  • brother of Fred Ward (see above). William was employed with brothers Fred and George as a horse breaker at Tocal in 1853. Reference: Brennan M (c1910). A Police History of the Notorious Bushrangers of NSW and Victoria. Unpublished, ML reel CY934.
Webber James Phillips
  • first European settler at Tocal, Paterson NSW. Moved onto Tocal in March 1822
  • inaugural member of the Agricultural Society of NSW
  • a pioneer agriculturalist of the Hunter Valley
  • his brick and stone cottage built about 1822 still stands at Tocal today
  • local magistrate and Justice of the Peace 1825 to 1834
  • by 1830 there were 34 convicts and 3 free servants working on his Tocal estate which then comprised 3,300 acres
  • he sold Tocal in August 1834 and left the colony in 1835 to reside in London. In about 1855 he built a magnificent mansion (villa Webber) on the island of La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy, which stills stand today. Mussolini was imprisoned there in 1943.
  • he died in Pisa, Italy in 1877
Reference: Walsh BP (1999). Tocal’s First European Settler James Phillips Webber. C B Alexander Foundation, Paterson NSW.
Wells Caroline Jane
  • born 16 October 1883, parents John and Martha Ann, Tocal, father’s occupation labourer. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers , ML FM4/9145
Wells Charles James
  • born 21 August 1885, parents John and Martha Ann, Tocal, father’s occupation “farm”. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers , ML FM4/9145
  • died Tocal 8 March 1886 (buried 9 March) age 6 months. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Wells Emily Blanch
  • born 11 January 1887, parents John and Martha Ann, Tocal, father’s occupation labourer. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers , ML FM4/9145
Wells Frederick
William
  • born 12 July 1884, parents John and Martha Ann, Tocal, father’s occupation farm hand. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers , ML FM4/9145
Wells George Henry
  • born 4 December 1888, parents John and Martha Ann, Tocal, father's occupation station employee. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Wells John
  • labourer at Tocal from 1883 into the 1890s. He married Mary Ann TILLEY. They arrived from Wiltshire in 1883 with 3 children (Annie Elizabeth, Louisa and Arthur). Another 5 were born at Tocal - Caroline Jane (1883), Charles James (1885), Emily Blanch (1887), Harry George (1889) and John Harold (1890). Another 3 were presumably born at Tocal - Marjorie Drewitt (1893), Frederick William (1894) and Constance Evelyn (1897). Pers comm from descendant. (Note: Constance may not have been born at Tocal).
Wells John Harold
  • born 19 July 1890, parents John and Martha Ann, Tocal, father’s occupation farming man. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers , ML FM4/9145
Wells Louisa
  • died Tocal 18 September 1891 (buried 19 September) age 10 years. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145. Presumably she was the child of John and Martha Ann.
Wells Marjory
Drewitt
  • born 6 July 1892, parents John and Martha Ann, Tocal, father’s occupation “on station”. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers , ML FM4/9145
West Elizabeth
  • nee OVERNORTH. Wife of Uriah WEST - see below.
West Mary Ann
  • Born to parents Uriah and Elizabeth West of Tocal on 20 August 1843 (baptised 15 September 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.
West Robert
  • convict (ship: Portland, 1832). A gardener and soldier from Lynn (?), life sentence for machine breaking, age 50. Died at Port Macquarie Dec 1837. SR Convict Indents, fiche 682 page 10.
  • assigned to JP Webber, Markham (Tocal) 1832. GG 15 August 1832 p238
  • assigned to C & F Wilson , Paterson. General Return of Convicts in NSW 1837.
West Susan
  • Born to parents Uriah and Elizabeth West of Tocal on 23 May 1842 (baptised 19 June 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.
West Uriah
  • recorded as a labourer at Tocal in 1842 and a settler at Tocal in 1843.
Whalan Mary
  • was living at Tocal, aged 16, when on 8th(?) July 1856 she married Thomas Ford, who was working as a groom at Tocal. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Whitford Thomas
  • convict (ship: John Barry, 1836). A printer’s boy from Bath, 7 year sentence for picking pockets, age 18. Ticket of Leave 1841, Certificate of Freedom 1842. SR Convict Indents, fiche 716 page 3.
  • assigned to C & F Wilson , Paterson. General Return of Convicts in NSW 1837.
  • in service of C & F Wilson, Tocal. 25 lashes for neglect of work, 5 April 1836. State Records X708 [reel 662] Return of Convicts Tried at Paterson
  • 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.
Wilkinson
 Joseph
  • convict (ship: Marquis of Huntley, 1826). A waterman from Yorkshire, life sentence for horse stealing. Assigned on arrival to JP Webber (James Webber at Tocal). SR Convict Indents, fiche 661 page 85.
Wilks Edwin
  • stockman working on Tocal in 1874.Wilks found the body of a murder victim at Tocal. Maitland Mercury 24 Nov 1874.
Williams John
  • convict (ship: Georgiana, 1831). A farm hand from Hereford, 7 year sentence for stealing tools, age 39. Assigned on arrival to JP Webber (Tocal). SR Convict Indents, fiche 679 page 139.
Williams** Thomas
  • convict (ship: Waterloo, 1829). A carter from London, 14 year sentence for robbing person, age 21. Certificate of Freedom 1844. SR Convict Indents, fiche 672 page 194.
  • assigned to C & F Wilson , Paterson. General Return of Convicts in NSW 1837.
Wilson Caleb
  • arrived Sydney in 1804 as a free settler with his son Felix. Initially tried farming at Windsor and by 1820 had established a hardware store in George St Sydney. Felix joined his father in the business
  • in 1834 Caleb and Felix bought Tocal from James Webber . Caleb died in 1838.
Reference: William Hardy Wilson – a 20th Century Colonial 1881-1955.
Wilson Felix
  • son of Caleb Wilson (see above), born 1802, married Esther Holt in 1833. Died in 1865.
  • Felix constructed Tocal homestead in 1841, but leased Tocal to Charles Reynolds in 1844. Felix died 1865.
Wilton Aaron
  • gold digger, labourer, farmer at Tocal 1852, 1854. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Wilton George
  • born 22 June 1854, parents Aaron and Phoebe, at the time his father was working at Tocal. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Wilton William
Thomas
  • born 23 October 1852, parents Aaron and Phoebe. At the time his father was working at Tocal. BDM's Newcastle Diocese Parish Registers, ML FM4/9145
Woods
 James
  • lived at Tocal 1869-70 & 1870-71. NSW Electoral Roll for The Paterson, 1869-70 & 1870-71.
Woollard William
  • convict (ship: Mangles, 1833). A tailor’s boy from London, life sentence for picking pockets (2 prev convictions), aged 13. Ticket of Leave 1841. SR Convict Indents, fiche 685 page 204. 
  • assigned to C & F Wilson , Tocal. 50 lashes for absconding, 50 lashes for neglect of work, 22 July 1835. State Records reel 662 Return of Convicts Tried at Paterson
  • 1837 assigned to Beresford Hudson, Paterson. General Return of Convicts for 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.
  • on 8 August 1846 he died of a heart attack while digging out stumps on Tocal for Charles Reynolds. Report of Coroner's Inquest in the Maitland Mercury 15 August 1846 page 2
  • buried St Paul's Paterson 10 August 1846, age 29 years. Early Church Records, death V18461049 31B (note: there is some discrepancy in the records about his age - he may have been only 26 when he died).
Wooton
 Charles
  • convict (ship: John Barry, 1836). A fitter and machine maker from Gloucestershire, 7 year sentence for picking pockets, one previous conviction, Ticket of Leave 1840, Certificate of Freedon 1843. SR Convict Indents, fiche 716 page 13.
  • assigned to Felix Wilson at Tocal. Hunter Valley Directory 1841.
  • in Charles Reynolds' Tocal team at the ploughing match at Maitland. Maitland Mercury 16 March 1844.
Worth
 George
  • arrived in NSW in 1845 from Leicester 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].
  • By 1850 he had moved to Clarencetown and later to Coolongolook. Reference: "The Worth Family of Coolongolook - George Worth (1828-1900) and his descendents [sic]" by Jewel Romanis, 1998.
Wyatt* Frederick
  • convict (ship: Royal George, 1828). A shoemaker from London, 7 year sentence for picking pockets, Certificate of Freedom 1830. SR Convict Indents, fiche 670 page 177.
  • assigned on arrival to JP Webber. PRO London, HO10/29, NSW, Convicts Arrived 1828-32.
Young** John
  • convict (ship: Albion, 1828). A carter’s boy and reaper from Glasgow, 14 year sentence for sheep robbery, age 18. Ticket of Leave 1837, Certificate of Freedom 1842. SR Convict Indents, fiche 670 page 151.
  • assigned to C & F Wilson , Paterson. General Return of Convicts in NSW 1837.

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