Familypedia
Register
Advertisement

John Chaseling was born 30 August 1799 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia to John Hammond (c1775-1812) and Margaret McMahon (c1777-1815) and died 2 November 1876 Leets Vale, New South Wales, Australia of unspecified causes. He married Ann Everingham (1802-1849) 1 July 1818 St Matthews in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia. He married Sarah Mary Stubbs (1798-1878) 20 February 1850 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia.

John Chaseling's parentage

John Chaseling was raised as the son of his convict step-father Thomas Chaseling (c1772-1847) and given his surname. Thomas Chaseling (c1772-1847) began a defacto relationship with his mother by 1802, and they married in 1812.

In approaches to the Government for land grants John Chaseling named Thomas Chaseling (c1772-1847) as his father. On his death records John's family also recorded Thomas Chaseling (c1772-1847) as his father.

John's real father was the soldier John Hammond (c1775-1812) who was serving in the NSW Corps and living with his John's mother at the Brickfields, Sydney. His father was sent to Norfolk Island in 1801 for garrison duty.

John Chaseling was baptised on 1 September 1799 at St Phillips in Sydney as John Hammon (sic), son of John Hammon (sic) & Mary McMann (sic). He is recorded in the birth records of New South Wales as John Hammon McMann (sic), the son of Margaret McMann (sic), with no father's name recorded.


Children


Offspring of John Chaseling and Ann Everingham (1802-1849)
Name Birth Death Joined with
James Chaseling (1819-1888) 8 May 1819 Lower Portland Head, New South Wales, Australia 13 June 1888 Wisemans Ferry, New South Wales, Australia Mary Jane Crawford (1819-1888)
John Chaseling (1821-1884) 9 July 1821 Portland Head, New South Wales, Australia 16 October 1884 Grafton, New South Wales, Australia Mary Ann Rose (1821-1893)
Margaret Chaseling (1823-1895) 28 September 1823 Portland Head, New South Wales, Australia 1895 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia Thomas W Rose (1819-1903)
Louisa Chaseling (1826-1907)
Mary Ann Chaseling (1829-1916) 18 February 1829 Sackville Reach, New South Wales, Australia 1916 Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia John Brown Herps (1829-1861)
John Attewell (bef1862)
Thomas Chaseling (1831-1905) 5 July 1831 Lower Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia 5 September 1905 Windsor, New South Wales, Australia Catherine Jamieson (1825-1906)
Elizabeth Chaseling (1834-1900) 4 January 1834 Lower Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia 18 December 1900 Dulwich Hill, New South Wales, Australia Isaac Hewitt (1831-1913)
Maria Chaseling (1836-1902)
Matthew James Chaseling (1839-1906) 6 March 1839 Lower Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia 15 November 1906 Australia Farm, Leets Vale, New South Wales, Australia Mary Woods (1842-1915)
Joshua Watsford Chaseling (1842-1894) 9 September 1842 Windsor, New South Wales, Australia 3 August 1894 Carlton, New South Wales, Australia Mary Ann Hull (1844-1923)


 




Footnotes (including sources)

‡ General
Advertisement