John Tweed Pyke (1806)

Born 28 Jul 1806 in Birdbrook, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Moore) Pyke — married 5 Sep 1833 in St Andrew's, Holborn, Middlesex, England

Descendants

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Biography

John Pyke migrated from England to Australia.

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John was born on 28 Jul 1806. He was christened on 30 July 1806, at Birdbrook, Essex, England. His parents were listed as George Pyke and Mary (?). ^[1]

John Tweed Pyke married Anne Moore on 5 Sep 1833, at St Andrew's, Holborn, Middlesex, England. ^[2]

John Pyke came free to Van Diemen's Land (1826-1856)

John emigrated to Australia, on the ship "Mary", arriving in Hobart, Tasmania, on 19 Dec 1828. The ship's arrival was reported in the local newspaper The Hobart Town Courier (Tas. : 1827 - 1839) Sat 20 Dec 1828 Page 2 THE HOBART-TOWN COURIER.: ^[3]

Arrived yesterday the ship Mary, 368 tons, Capt. Shuttleworth, from London 7th July, St. Jago 21st August, with a large cargo of merchandize, rum, &c. and 53 passengers, vis—Mrs & 5 Myers. Messrs Samuda 2, Weston 3, Cotton 7, Lee 7, Poulton 3, Lovell 7, Rhode, Douglas, Mathieson, Pyke, White, Undershall, Murphy, Campbell, Skinner, Boucher 2, Cummings, Gow, Dove, Jinks (died at sea), Shaw, Gillum, Umphelby. This vessel encountered a severe storm off the Cape, and lost her foremast.

John Tweed Pyke is mentioned in an article about Francis Cotton, a fellow passenger on the ship "Mary" in The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Wed 10 Jun 1903 Page 6 REMINISCENTIAL.: ^[4]

REMINISCENTIAL.

(By E.O.C.)

...

My father, Francis Cotton, built the house in Campbell-street ...

...

My father, wife, and 5 children landed in Hobart at the end of 1828, died 1882 The vessel had her foremast blown out off Cape of Good Hope, and she came jury rigged to Hobart. Sea-sick with six months of it, the sunny banks of the Derwent were so beautiful that they did not go on to New South Wales as intended Father and a fellow-passenger (John Tweed Pyke) looking where to locate grants, in the Midlands, took their first Christmas dinner in the tent of John Hilder Wedge in a honeysuckle scrub, where Wanstead House was afterwards built, some miles to the north of Campbell Town.

...

Reference is made to land owned by John Tweed Pyke in 1839, in The Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemen's Land Gazette (Tas. : 1839 - 1840) Fri 27 Dec 1839 Page 4 GAZETTE.: ^[5]

GAZETTE

SALE OF CROWN LANDS.

By His Excellency, SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, Knight of the Greek Order of the Redeemer, and a Captain in Her Majesty's Royal Navy, Lieutenant Governor of the Island of Van Dieman's Land and its Dependencies &c. &c.

...

Parish of Ashford, lot 521...

Lot 522, 617 acres.—Bounded on the north west by 14 chains along the south east boundary of lot 34 purchased of the crown by John Williatt commencing at the north angle of a location to John Tweed Pyke and extending north easterly, thence on the south west by 6 chains 80 links along lot 34 aforesaid at a right angle with the last extending north westerly to the south angle of lot 521, ...

River Nile, lot 523, 920 acres.—Bounded on the north east by 113 chains 50 links along the south west boundary of a location to Henry Reed commencing at the River Nile and extending north westerly to lot 522, thence on the north west by 78 chains along lot 522 at a right angle with the last and extending south westerly to the north east boundary of a location to John Tweed Pyke, thence on the south west by 131 chains 30 links along John Tweed Pyke's location at a right angle with the last and extending south easterly to the River Nile, and thence on the south eastern side by the River Nile aforesaid to Henry Reed's location aforesaid, price five shillings per acre.

It would appear that things did not go well however for John, as he was apparently insolvent by 1845, according to the Launceston Advertiser (Tas. : 1829 - 1846) Fri 9 May 1845 Page 2 LAUNCESTON: FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1845.: ^[6]

INSOLVENT COURT, Wednesday, 7th May, 1845.— In re John Tweed Pyke : no appearance.

Sources

1. ↑ "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDW-TYQR : 6 November 2017), John Tweed Pyke, 30 Jul 1806, Christening; citing , Birdbrook, Essex, England, Essex Record Office, England; FHL microfilm 1,471,885.
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJQ6-M6N : 10 February 2018), John Tweed Pyke and Anne Moore, 05 Sep 1833; citing St. Andrew'S, Holborn, Middlesex, England, reference v 7 p 150, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 374,372.
3. ↑ Trove, NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA, The Hobart Town Courier (Tas. : 1827 - 1839) Sat 20 Dec 1828 Page 2 THE HOBART-TOWN COURIER. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4218967
4. ↑ Trove, NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA, The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Wed 10 Jun 1903 Page 6 REMINISCENTIAL., https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12269379
5. ↑ Trove, NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA, The Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemen's Land Gazette (Tas. : 1839 - 1840) Fri 27 Dec 1839 Page 4 GAZETTE., https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8748178?
6. ↑ Trove, NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA, Launceston Advertiser (Tas. : 1829 - 1846) Fri 9 May 1845 Page 2 LAUNCESTON: FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1845., https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/84768431

See also:

• Birth of daughter, Mary Dorothea Pyke, Libraries Tasmania, Births, 1842, NAME_INDEXES:1104829, https://linctas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/names/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fNAME_INDEXES$002f0$002fNAME_INDEXES:1104829/one