NOBBS, Joseph

1754 - 1844  (90 years)

• Name	NOBBS, Joseph
  Birth	1754
  Gender	Male
  Muster	1802	Sydney, New South Wales   [1]
  	Employment Housekeeper
  Application for Mitigation of Sentence	1810	New South Wales
  	Servant of John White
  Land Grant	1823	Sydney, New South Wales   [2]
  	Pitt Street
  Departure	1831	Sydney, New South Wales   [3]
  	for London
  Land Grant	1835	Sydney, New South Wales
  Land Grant	1838	Sydney, New South Wales   [4]
  	Parish of St Andrews, County of Cumberland
  Will	1838	Sydney, New South Wales
  Land Grant	1841	St George, New South Wales   [5]
  Death	12 Dec 1844	Sydney, New South Wales   [6, 7, 8, 9]
  Burial	17 Dec 1844  [9]
  	SMH Funeral Notice
  Reference Number	2713
  Burial	17 Dec 1844	Sydney, New South Wales   [7]
  Notes	Joseph Nobbs was the father of John Silk/ Nobbs as the inscription on John's grave was for John Nobbs, son of Margaret Silk although death & burial records give his name as John Silk. As Margaret predeceased William Silk she would have been unable to marry Joseph Nobbs but all three were interred in the same plot.
  Person ID	I3930008	Genealogy Connections
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2017

  
  

  Family 1	KEEFFE, Margaret,   b. Abt 1771, Ireland d. 11 Aug 1827, Sydney, New South Wales (Age 56 years)
  Children	1. SILK, John,   b. Abt 1804, Sydney, New South Wales d. 22 Aug 1827, Sydney, New South Wales (Age 23 years)
  Family ID	F161278	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2017

  
  

  Marriage	1793	Evesham, Worcestershire, England   [10]
  Family ID	F161275	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2017

  
  

  Marriage	9 Oct 1827	Sydney, New South Wales   [11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
  Family ID	F161277	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2017

  
  

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  Marriage - 1793 - Evesham, Worcestershire, England Muster - Employment Housekeeper - 1802 - Sydney, New South Wales Application for Mitigation of Sentence - Servant of John White - 1810 - New South Wales Land Grant - Pitt Street - 1823 - Sydney, New South Wales Marriage - 9 Oct 1827 - Sydney, New South Wales Departure - for London - 1831 - Sydney, New South Wales Land Grant - 1835 - Sydney, New South Wales Land Grant - Parish of St Andrews, County of Cumberland - 1838 - Sydney, New South Wales Will - 1838 - Sydney, New South Wales Land Grant - 1841 - St George, New South Wales Death - 12 Dec 1844 - Sydney, New South Wales Burial - 17 Dec 1844 - Sydney, New South Wales  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S350] 1802 General Muster NSW, NOBBS Joseph. Age: Not given Class: Conditional Pardon Vessel: Coromandel 2 Year: 1802 Sentence: Life Employmemt: Housekeeper, Sydney [S351] Ancestry -- New South Wales, Australia, Register of Land Grants and Leases 1792 -- 1867, NOBBS Joseph 1823. Pitt Street [S352] Sydney Gazette and NSW Advertiser, NOBBS Joseph 24 November 1831, page 2. DEPARTURES. For London direct, on Tuesday last, the ship Australia, Captain Sleight, with a cargo of colonial produce. Passengers, Mr. Montague Archdeacon, Dr.Ellis, Mr. C. Moore, Mk. Moore, and2 children, and Joseph Nobbs. [S351] Ancestry -- New South Wales, Australia, Register of Land Grants and Leases 1792 -- 1867, NOBBS Joseph, 1838, Sydney, st andrews, Cumberlan. Need following page to complete [S351] Ancestry -- New South Wales, Australia, Register of Land Grants and Leases 1792 -- 1867, Nobbs Joseph 1841 St George. Colonial Secretary Register – Land Grants 1841 Number: 63 Colonial Secretary Register No: 56 Colonial Secretary Register Folio: 170 Grantee: Joseph Nobbs of York Street . Query – this index under Sas Stubbs Co. of Willoughby Area: 60 Tenure: Grant of Land A County and Parish: Cumberland; St George By Whom Granted: Sir George Gipps When Granted: 5th January 1841 Annual Quit Rent: 1/ When it commences: 1st January 1827 Name of Farmer: Witness: G H Watson Parker Description: Bounded on the North , East and West by Cooks River and further on the West by a line South eight chains commencing at a Gully and on the South side by a line East thirty chains to Mangrove Island in Cooks River Being the land promised to George Tyrrel on or before the 4th day of July 1814 and now granted to the said Joseph Nobbs in accordance with the Report on case 754 mad on the 25th day of November 1840 by the Act of the Colonial Legislature 5th William 1V No 21. [S1] NSW BDM Index, Deaths NOBBS Joseph 407/1844 Vol 29. Age 90 [S322] Gravestone Inscriptions. NSW. Volume 1, Gravestone inscriptions, N.S.W. Volume 1. Sydney burial ground : Elizabeth and Devonshire Streets "The Sandhills' (Monuments relocated at Bunnerong) /? compiled by Keith A. Johnson and Malcolm R. Sainty. Sydney : Genealogical Publications of Australia, 1973. 158. Mrs Margaret Silk died 11th Aug. 1827 aged 56 yrs, also her son John Nobbs died 22 nd Aug, 1827 aged 23 years, also Patrick Silk, died 18th April, 18(31) aged 5(9) years. Also Joseph Nobbs late of York St Sydney died 12th Dec 1844 aged 90 years after a residence of 45 years in this Colony... [S131] Sydney Morning Herald, Death Notices NOBBS Joseph 13 Dec 1844 Page 3. At his residence, York-street, on the 12th December, Mr. Joseph Nobbs, in the 90th year of his age, after a residence in this colony of 43 years, and much respected by a large circle of friends for his humane and charitable disposition, having contributed largely to the Benevolent Asylum from its commencement, and left a legacy of £100 to the same institution. [S131] Sydney Morning Herald, Funeral Notice NOBBS Joseph 17 December 1844 Page 12. THE ALDERMEN OF ST. PETERS COUNCIL are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of the late Alder- man JOSEPH NOBBS : to move from his late residence. Under- cliffe, Cook's River, THIS DAY, Wednesday, at 1 o'clock, in the afternoon. By order of the Mayor. THOS. LEEPER, Council Clerk. [S224] Family Search -- England Marriages, 1538--1973, NOBBS Joseph & LANGSTON Sarah 1793. Event Date 29 Nov 1793 Event Place Evesham, St. Lawrence, Stafford, England Citing this Record "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NJS1-VQD : 10 December 2014), Joseph Nobbs and Sarah Langston, 29 Nov 1793; citing Evesham, St. Lawrence, Stafford, England, reference ; FHL microfilm 328,827. [S1] NSW BDM Index, Marriage NOBBS Joseph & HARDING Lucy 151/1827 Vol. 11. District CJ = St James Church Sydney [S337] The Australian, Marriage NOBBS Joseph & HARDING Lucy 17 October 1827 Page 3. MARRIED.—At St. James's Church, Mr. Joseph Nobbs, of Upper Pitt-street, to Mrs. Lucy Harding. Their united ages are computed at three score years twice fold. One of the hap- py couple had got relieved from matrimonial entanglement, by the death of his partner, but six weeks before. [S205] Sydney Gazette, NOBBS Joseph & Harding Lucy 17 October 1827 Page 2. A conjunction took place last week, be- tween Joseph Nobbs of Upper Pitt-street, and Lucy Harding. Their united ages amount to about 120 years, and the youthful Adonia, it is said, buried his first wife about six weeks ago. [S155] Biographical Data base of Australia, NOBBS JosephPerson ID:B # 10011927901. 1827 Oct. Marriage 9 Oct.1827 Place:sydney; Paerformed by Rev. Richard Hill; Groom: Joseph Nobbs; Residence : Sydney; Marriage Status :Widower; Brise: (Mrs) Lucy Harding; Marriage Status: widow [S361] Ancestry -- New South Wales, Astralia, Butts of Marriage Licences 1813-1835. 1894, NOBBS Joseph & HARDING Lucy 1827. No. 274 / Page 92 Date of Licence: 1st October 1827, Joseph Nobbs, Widower of Sydney and Lucy Harding, Widow Sloemnized: Where: St James Sydney When: 9th October 1827 By Whom: Rev. R. Hill