First Name:
Richard and Mary
Source:
Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. Baptisms p. 74
Details:
Blacksmith. Baptism of son James
First Name:
Richard and Mary
Place:
Abode: Honeysuckle Point, Newcastle
Source:
Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. Baptisms. p.81
Details:
Blacksmith. Baptism of son Richard Jonas Johnson
First Name:
Richard and Mary
Source:
Cemetery inscriptions in Sydney Branch Genealogical Library 1800 - 1960 at Family Search
Details:
Death of Richard Jonas, son of Richard and Mary Johnson aged 1 yr 3 months
First Name:
Richard Jonas
Place:
Abode: Honeysuckle Point, Newcastle
Source:
Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. Baptisms. p.81
Details:
Son of Richard and Mary Johnson. Baptism
Surname:
Jones (China Jones)
Source:
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Sat 7 Jan 1939
Details:
CHINA JONES. His Romantic Home. By J. L. Ranken, M.B.E. At the corner of Pitt and Hunter Streets, where the Queensland National Bank is to-day, once stood a charming Georgian house, surrounded by a garden, which was noted through- out the town of Sydney. It was built by Mr. Richard Jones in 1827. China Jones, as he was known to his contemporaries, because of his business with that country, arrived here as a young man. The colony captured his fancy, and he decided to make the new land his home. His was a full and varied career. He was to become merchant, banker, ship-owner, and member of Parliament. In 1822 he returned to England, married, and brought his wife and eldest child out to Sydney. Richard Jones was born in 1787. He was therefore, just one year older than the colony of New South Wales, and, as he had seen many changes in his forty years of life before he built his city house, so had the land where- on the house was built. For many years Sydney was mainly dependent on the Tank Stream for water. In the very early days three reservoirs or tanks were excavated in the rocks close to where Hunter and Pitt Streets join. A sidelight, and a very illuminating one, is thrown on the life of those days by a General Order dated October 14th, 1802: - If any person whatever is detected in throwing any filth into the stream of fresh water, cleaning fish, washing, erecting pig- sties near it, or taking water up but at the tanks, on conviction before a magistrate, their houses will be taken down, and forfeit £5 for each offence to the Orphan Fund Crowded Corner. - In spite of these restrictions, land near the stream was valuable and much sought after, and those tanks were close to the land which subsequently became the property of Richard Jones, who purchased it from Alexander Riley. Riley was the second owner, the first being the Rev. Richard Johnson, who had been given it on lease by Governor Hunter. Whatever use these gentlemen made of the land was unremarkable. It was left to Richard Jones to develop it. The estate was known as - The Flower of Sydney.- and this title is the only one known to the present generation of the Jones family. However, they are aware that their grandfather at one time possessed a house named Fleurs, and it is possible The Flower of Sydney was a local rendering of Fleurs, which in that case was the name of the Pitt and Hunter Streets homestead. In 1836, Richard Jones found that the corner where his house stood had become too crowded and busy, and he sold the property for £ 9,000 to Mr. Isaac Simmons, who erected a row of houses on the Hunter Street frontage, which became known as Regent Terrace. Subsequently, The Currency Lass, a famous inn of those days, was built on the corner. Later still came the Empire Hotel, which in turn gave way to the Queensland National Bank in 1925. After selling his city property, Richard Jones moved to a house named Bona Vista, owned by Captain Perry, at what is now Kings Cross. Mrs. Jones renamed the house Darlinghurst House. This house passed subsequently into the hands of S. A. Donaldson, who renamed it Kellet House. All that remains now is this name, which is found in Kellet Street. Darlinghurst was a centre of hospitality in its early days. William Street, which opened a direct route to the city through Woolloomooloo, then known as Henrietta Town, was but lately opened, and Kellet House, Craigend House, and Roslyn Hall, were among the fine homes erected. Old letters and diaries tell of gay doings in This new and fashionable quarter of Sydney, and in a day when display was all in order, it must have been a goodly sight to see Mr. Richard Jones s large yellow chariot set out for St. Jamess Church on Sunday mornings, Coachman and footman on the box, and inside, not only the Jones family, but as many of their friends as the capacious vehicle could accommodate. Richard Jones was to have another house before he died. After leaving Darlinghurst he went to Bulwarra, and there built Bulwarra House.
First Name:
Charles Richard
Source:
Paterson Marriage Register p 23
Details:
Marriage of Charles Richard Joseph to Emma Chapman. Witnesses Edward G. Cory of Gostwyck and Lydia Phillps of Bona Vista
First Name:
Charles Richard Esq
Details:
Married Emma Chapman at St. Pauls Church on 21st December 1847
Source:
Registers of Coroners' Inquests and Magisterial Inquiries (Ancestry)
Details:
Died from the effects of drunkenness
Details:
Lived beyond the McIntyre River. Witness in trial of James Clarke
Details:
To be tried at Maitland Circuit Court on 10th Sept. for murder of Bootha an aboriginal female
Details:
In custody on a charge of the murder of Bootha. Discharged by proclamation
Place:
Prince Albert Inn, East Maitland
Details:
Offering reward for recovery of pony
Place:
Station on the Upper Hunter
Details:
Overseer employed by John Gill
Details:
Obtained Ticket of Leave
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4015]; Microfiche: 674
Details:
Richard Knight age 19. Native place Birmingham. Occupation brassfounder. Tried at Worcester 7 March 1829. Sentenced to transportation for life for house breaking. Assigned to W. Townshend at Curryjong on arrival
Ship:
William Metcalf 1838
Source:
Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930
Details:
Richard Knight, farmer from Somersetshire admitted to Newcastle gaol from Warialda. To be sent for trial for the wilful murder of Bootha, an aboriginal native. Allowed bail
Ship:
William Metcalfe 1838.....
Source:
State Archives NSW; Item: 2/2009; Roll: 757.Gaol Entrance Books. Ancestry
Details:
Came free. Farmer from Somersetshire. Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Warialda. To be sent for trial. Allowed bail.
Details:
Weavers boy assigned to A. Park
Source:
CSOL Convicts 1832-33, 32/972
Details:
Young boy. Assigned to Alexander Park. To remain with Park for duration of sentence. Not to be re assigned or transferred
Details:
Aged 19. Assigned to the A.A. Company
