Patrick Taylor (1807 - 1877)

Born 2 Mar 1807 in Marykirk, Kincardine, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Yates (Bussell) Taylor — married 18 Sep 1837 in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Descendants

Died 30 Dec 1877 at age 70 in Western Australia, Australia

Biography

PATRICK TAYLOR ^[1] was the son of John Taylor & Mary (Mccall) Taylor. He was born on 2 Mar 1807 at Marykirk, Kincardine, Scotland.^[2]

According to Richard Piggott’s book Fishtraps and Floods, Apples and Spuds: A history of the Lower Kalgan District (2nd Ed, 2004, pages 15-19) Patrick was born in Montrose Scotland and orphaned at a young age.^[3] Thomas Henty wrote of him in 1835 ...a very pleasant, well educated, gentlemanly young man, I hear has an income of 1400 pounds a year...^[3]

He emmigrated from England in 1833 arriving in Albany, Western Australia aboard the James Pattison aged 27 in 1834, already a wealthy gentleman, with influential connections in the colony including Governor Stirling who had also been aboard the James Pattison. Also on board was Mary Bussell who was later to become his wife. ^[3]

Not long after arriving in the colony he travelled south to King George Sound (Albany) to explore the Hay and Kalgan Rivers looking for grazing land. By 1869 he owned 10 acres at Location 74 on the Kalgan River. ^[3]

In 1837 he was a member of a party that created a trail from Albany to Perth. On some of his travels his only companions belonged to the Nyungar people. ^[3]. This same year on 18 September 1837 he married Mary Yates Bussell, daughter of William Marchant Bussell & Frances Louisa (Yates) Bussell in Fremantle, Western Australia, with Governor Stirling giving away the bride. ^[3]

Their marriage notice reads: MARRIED, at Fremantle, on Monday, the 18th Instant, by the Rev. J. B. Wittenoom, MARY YATES BUSSELL, of Cattle Chosen, Busselton, to PATRICK TAYLOR, Esq., of Albany, King George's Sound.^[4]

Children:

(1) Mary Margaret Taylor, b. abt. 1838, d. 2 Aug 1917, m. 5 Mar 1867, Charles Edward Dempster, son of James MacLean Dempster & Anne Ellen (Pratt) Dempter

(2) Catherine Louisa Taylor, b. abt. 1839, d. 3 May 1913

(3) John Bruce Taylor, b. 12 Feb 1841, d. 19 April 1885, m. Elizabeth Vaughan, daughter of Benjamin Vaughan & Mary (O'Brien) Vaughan

(4) Campbell Taylor, b. abt. 1842, d. 16 Aug 1900, m. 1883, Charlotte Gresham, daughter of William Hutchinson Gresham & Jane Dixon Maxwell (Ingles) Gresham

(5) Christina Capel Taylor, b. abt. 1844, d. abt. 1847

(6) Fanny Jane Taylor, b. abt. 1848, d. 21 Apr 1898, m. 10 Apr 1877, Robert Fairbairn, son of John Fairbairn & Elizabeth (Pollard) Fairbairn

Piggott writes: [In about 1840] word came that an agent responsible for handling Patrick’s financial affairs in Scotland had fled taking with him all Taylor’s liquid assets. Taylor had been reliant on these funds, especially as he’d spent a considerable sum in establishing Candyup. Taylor leased out Candyup and placed properties he owned in Albany on the market. He left his wife and children in the care of the Bussell, at Vasse, to return to England. ^[3]

Writing to his brother-in-law before he left he said: For nearly 3 years I have been expending a very considerable sum annually on improvements etc because I was led to believe that exclusive of any funds or property here or in Van Diemen’s Land, I had from 10,000 to 12,000 pounds in Scotland at my disposal. The consequence is of course, for the present, that I find myself very much hampered for cash to meet demands made upon my purse. I have therefore sold livestock etc to the amount of 700 pounds, and I shall endeavour to dispose of one or two town allotments so as to give me something for my trip to England... ^[3]

He doesn’t appear to have recouped his losses as it was written about him by Rev Wollaston that ... he goes about his garden and works a great deal in the house having no servants. Has met with great reverses and I suspect this has something to do with his seclusion... ^[3]. They did return to Candyup in the 1860s and stayed their until the 1870s.

He died on 30 Dec 1877 in Western Australia aged 70.^[5]

His wife died 10 years later on 19 Mar 1887 at Stirling-terrace, Albany, Western Australia.

Sources

1. ↑ TAYLOR Family 1807-1877: http://slwa.wa.gov.au/pdf/mn/bussell/taylor_family(2).pdf
2. ↑ Birth 2 Mar 1807

   Name Patrick Taylor

   Gender Male

   Birth Date 02 Mar 1807

   Birthplace MARYKIRK KINCARDINE, SCOTLAND

   Father's Name John Taylor

   Mother's Name Mary Mccall

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8} Piggott, Richard Fishtraps and Floods, Apples and Spuds: A history of the Lower Kalgan District (2nd Ed, 2004, pages 15-19)
4. ↑ Marriage Notice: The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal (WA : 1833 - 1847) Sat 23 Sep 1837, Page 976: Trove
5. ↑ DEATH. WA BDM Death Reg: #9529: 1877, Taylor, Patrick; Age: 70

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• Persistent link to Biographical information on Patrick Taylor : https://encore.slwa.wa.gov.au/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1771202

See the space Fishtraps and Floods, Apples and Spuds: A history of the Lower Kalgan District for more information.