John Turnbull (1751 - 1834)

Born 28 Apr 1751 in Morebattle, Scottish Borders, Scotland

Husband of Ann (Warr) Turnbull — married 4 Apr 1790 in Soho, London, England

Descendants

Died 12 Jun 1834 at age 83 in Portland Head, Colony of New South Wales

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Biography

John Turnbull was born in Scotland.

John Turnbull came free to the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

John arrived in New South Wales with his wife and four children, on the Coromandel as a free settler on June 13th 1802. Originally from Scottish Borders, he was a tailor in London, before taking an opportunity to emigrate with the promise of land and provisions. With several other families he settled in the Hawkesbury valley, and helped build the church at Ebenezer near Windsor.

Per the Sydney Morning Herald, 25 Oct 2015:

According to the faded copperplate handwriting in the Turnbull family bible, in which births, weddings and deaths are faithfully recorded, John Turnbull arrived in 1802 aged 54 and died in 1834, aged 86. He was granted land at the Hawkesbury and became a successful farmer. His tribe then pushed north into the Hunter Valley, buying Crown land at Doyles Creek. The Turnbulls had big families and generally lived very long lives. John's youngest son, William, married at Wilberforce in 1839 and had 11 kids.

John Turnbull, 1751–1834 (aged 83 years)

b. estimated 1751

Source: estimated from date of baptism/christening Baptism 28 April 1751 (aged 0) Morebattle, Roxburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Source: Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Text: Name: John Turnbull Gender: Male Baptism Date: 28 Apr 1751 Baptism Place: , Morebattle, Roxburgh, Scotland Father: James Turnbull FHL Film Number: 1067950, 0102300

Marriage Ann Ware — View this family 4 April 1790 (aged 39 years) Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom

Source: Ancestry.com. England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Text: Name: John Turnbull Gender: Male Marriage Date: 4 Apr 1790 Marriage Place: Saint Anne Soho,Westminster,London,England Spouse: Ann Ware FHL Film Number: 918595

Immigration 13 June 1802 (aged 51 years) Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Source: Hardy, Bobbie. Early Hawkesbury settlers. Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press, 1985 Text: A group of Presbyterian families from Scotland and Northern England emigrated to Australia aboard the ship 'Coromandel' which departed Deptford on 12 Feb 1802 and arrived at Sydney Cove on 13 Jun. They chose the Coromandel because William Stirling, the uncle of one in their number, George Hall, was her captain. The same George Hall kept a diary of the voyage. They settled along the River below Windsor. Six years after they came to the colony they commenced building a stone church at Portland Head, now known as Ebenezer. This is now the oldest church building in Australasia. They were: - George Hall, his wife Mary Smith, children Elizabeth 9, George 7, William 5, John 1. George was the son of a Northumberland tenant farmer, educated, and conversant with 'agricultural machinery'. He was a London carpenter when he returned north in 1791 to Lowick to marry Mary Smith. - John Howe, his wife Francis Ward, children Mary 2, Elizabeth 2 months. Soundly educated and, by his own statement, brought up to husbandry, he worked in a grocery business in London while waiting for a passage and when in the colony he proposed to become a teacher. - Andrew Johnston, wife Mary Beard, children Thomas 11, William 7, John 5, Alexander 2 (Died at sea 21 Mar, buried at sea), Abraham 1. - John Johnstone - Lewis Jones - James Mein and wife Susannah Skene - Andrew Mein (died on voyage 28 Apr, buried at sea) - William Stubbs, wife Sarah Wingate, children William 5, Sarah 4, Elizabeth 1. - John Suddis - John Turnbull, a tailor, wife Ann Warr, children Ralph 10, Mary 5, James 4, Jessica 2. They had decided to accept the English government's offer contained in the following document of Jan 1798, which George Hall had acquired while living in London. "We whose names are undersigned acknowledge that, at our own request, we offered ourselves as settlers to go out to N.S.W. with our families on the following terms: To have our passage found and our families victualled by the Government during the voyage. On our arrival in the Colony we have a grant of 100 acres of land at Port Jackson, or fifty acres at Norfolk Island. To be victualled and clothed free from the Public Stores for a term of twelve months after being put in possession of our allotments, and to be allowed the labour of two prisoners maintained by the Government for the same term. After which term we and our families are to be no further expense to the Crown. Likewise we have the same proportion of stock, such grain and agricultural tools as have been furnished to other settlers, together with such other assistance as the Governor need judge proper to afford us. Outfit for men: 1 jacket, 1 shirt, pair of trousers, pair of shoes, 1 hat. ditto for women: 1 Jacket, 1 petticoat, 1 shift, pair shoes, 1 cap, 1 handkerchief, Children as above on stores. Tools; I billhook, tomahawks, 1 spade, 1 handsaw, 2 west Indian hoes, 1 cross-cut saw (between two men), quantity of nails, one iron pot, 1 old musket, quantity of powder and 16 musket balls."

Property 1803 (aged 52 years) Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia

Source: Hardy, Bobbie. Early Hawkesbury settlers. Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press, 1985 Text: Their apprenticeship to colonial farming at Toongabbie over, the emigrants repaired in 1803 to Portland Head. The Turnbull grant lay in the left bank river bend below John Howe, remote from other settlers but not it seems troubled by aborigines.

Property 1811 (aged 60 years) Sackville, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia

Source: Hardy, Bobbie. Early Hawkesbury settlers. Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press, 1985 Text: In 1811 the Turnbull activities had widened with a 200 acre grant at Sackville, to which were gradually added further downriver grants and purchases. Their Sackville holding was named 'Waterloo'.

Census November 1828 (aged 77 years) Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia

Source: Census of New South Wales November 1828, ed. by Malcolm R. Sainty and Keith A. Johnson. Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1985 ie. 1980 Citation details: p. 375 Text: Turnbull, John, 75, came free, Coromandel, 1802, Protestant, tailor, Portland Head Turnbull, William, 19, born in the colony Turnbull, James, 30, came free, Coromandel, 1802, Protestant, farmer, Portland Head Turnbull, George, 22, born in the colony, Protestant, farmer, Lower Portland Head Turnbull, Louisa, 19, born in the colony Turnbull, Ann, born in the colony, infant Turnbull, John, 24, born in the colony Turnbull, Ralph, 37, came free, Coromandel, 1802, Protestant, farmer, Portland Head Turnbull, Mary, 17, born in the colony Turnbull, Ralph, 14, born in the colony Turnbull, John, 12, born in the colony Turnbull, Elizabeth, 10, born in the colony Turnbull, Anna, 8, born in the colony

Death 12 June 1834 (aged 83 years) Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia

Source: Hawkesbury on the net directory. [online]. Tizzana Management Services Pty Ltd, 2000-2006 Citation details: Ebenezer Uniting Church cemetery trust register Text: aged 86 years

Burial Ebenezer, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia

Source: Hawkesbury on the net directory. [online]. Tizzana Management Services Pty Ltd, 2000-2006 Citation details: Ebenezer Uniting Church cemetery trust register Text: section 2 row 3 grave no 16c (4)

Facts

Birth 28 April 1751 • Gateshaw, Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland 1 Source 1751

(AGE)

Birth of Sister JANET TURNBULL(1755–1818) abt 1755 • Dumfries-shire, Scotland 1755

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Birth of Sister GRACE TURNBULL(1760–1809) 1760 • Dumfries-shire, Scotland 1760

8

Marriage Abt. 1777 Mary Hodges (1754–1789)

1777

26

Birth of Daughter Eleanor Turnbull , tbc(1779–1789) 23 Apr 1779 1779

27

Death of Father James or William Turnbull(1714–1780) 23 Aug 1780 • Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland 1780

29

Birth of Son James Turnbull , tbc(1782–) 02 May 1782 • Denholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland 1782

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Birth of Daughter Mary Turnbull , tbc(1784–) 18 Jan 1784 • Cavers, Roxburgh, Scotland 1784

32

Death of Wife Mary Hodges(1754–1789) Bef. 1789 1789

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Death of Daughter Eleanor Turnbull , tbc(1779–1789) abt 1789 1789

38

Marriage 04 Apr 1790 • St Anne's Westminster, Soho, London, England

Ann Warr (1765–1819)

2 Sources 1790

38

Birth of Son Ralph Turnbull(1792–1840) 5 June 1792 • St Marylebone, London, England 1792

41

Birth of Daughter Mary Anne Turnbull(1792–1792) 25 Dec 1792 • St Marylebone, London, England 1792

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Death of Daughter Mary Anne Turnbull(1792–1792) 28 Dec 1792 • St Marylebone, London, England 1792

41

Birth of Son John Turnbull(1794–1796) 09 Feb 1794 • London, London, England 1794

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Death of Son John Turnbull(1794–1796) 1796 • London, London, England 1796

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Birth of Daughter Mary Anne Turnbull(1797–1825) 23 Dec 1797 • London, London, England 1797

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Birth of Son James Warr Turnbull(1798–1881) 01 Jul 1798 • London, London, England 1798

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Birth of Daughter Jessica Turnbull , Kirwan(1800–1882) 20 July 1800 • St Marylebone, London, England 1800

49

Birth of Son George Benjamin Turnbull(1806–1885) 6 July 1806 • Portland Head, Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, Australia 1806

55

Birth of Son William Bligh Turnbull(1809–1892) 8 June 1809 • Portland, New South Wales, Australia 1809

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Death of Sister GRACE TURNBULL(1760–1809) 1809 1809

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Death of Brother William Turnbull(1748–1810) 1810 1810

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Death of Mother Margaret Elspeth JOHNSTONE(1710–1811) 1811 • Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland 1811

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Death of Brother George mb Turnbull(1746–1817) 20 Dec 1817 • Gattonside, Roxburghshire, Scotland 1817

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Death of Sister JANET TURNBULL(1755–1818) 1818 1818

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Death of Wife Ann Warr(1765–1819) 19 Dec 1819 • Portland Head, New South Wales, Australia 1819

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Death of Daughter Mary Anne Turnbull(1797–1825) 07 Feb 1825 • Everingham Farm, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia 1825

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Death of Brother John Turnbull(1742–1834) 9 Jun 1834 • Ebenezer, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia 1834

83

Death 12 June 1834 • Portland Head, New South Wales 2 Sources 1834

83

Burial Windsor, Hawkesbury City, New South Wales, Australia 1 Source(5)

Sources

• Source Citation for Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
• Source Citation for Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
• Source Citation for Ancestry Family Trees
• Sydney Morning Herald 25 October 2015
• Find a Grave memorial #155844373, John Turnbull, b. 28 Apr 1751, d. 12 Jun 1834.

See also:

• EBENEZER PIONEERS OF THE HAWKESBURY. (1923, April 6). Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 - 1965), p. 1. Retrieved April 14, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article85868665
• https://australianroyalty.net.au/tree/purnellmccord.ged/individual/I52395/John-Turnbull
• https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/person/tree/72589823/person/370075416704/facts