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Jabez Skelton
1802
Male
Person 00000181
Born 25/10/1802 at Stoke Damerel, Devon (FA)
Father: William Skelton (1764)
Mother: Mary Heath (1768)
son of William Skillten and his wife Mary, of Stoke Damerel, registered 15/11/1802 by William Winterbotham, minister of How Street
Baptist Church
Married 15/07/1821 at East Stonehouse, Devon (FM)
to Anne Spry (1800)
between 1822 and 1882 at Devon and Australia (F)
large family listed by Jonathan Skelton and Shane Moore
between 1830 and 1840 at Totnes, Devon (F)
started church with brother
Married 04/02/1837 at Stoke Damerel, Devon (FM)
to Mary Bryant (1810)
Jabez Shelton a schoomaster, Mary a widow
1838 at Stoke Damerel, Devon (H)
mariner
1841 at Stoke Damerel, Devon (C)
in Kings St., Stoke Damerell, 35, with wife Mary & kids Sarah(4) and Ann(1) - blacksmith
December 1843at sea (F)
13/03/1844 at Sydney NSW (F)
Arrived Sydney on "William Metcalf"
Resided at South Villa, Keepit, Manilla, NSW.
On arrival in Australia Jabez was taken into temporary employment by the Government. Bounty per head 18 pounds 16 shillings
and children per head 9 pounds 7 shillings. Total bounty for whole family was 65 pounds 9 shillings. On arrival a residence was
secured with postal address care Mr Windle, Wellington St Chippendale Sydney.
1845 at Muswellbrook, NSW (F)
In 1845 Jabez was living at Muswellbrook NSW.
from 1847 at NSW (F)
In 1847 Jabez was working by day as a smith at the gaol and conducting a school for adults, 12 in number, at his home each night
and Mary his wife had a day school with 26 children in the class. Apart from school fees, he was getting a pound per week and they
were living comfortably. Jabez was smith-in-charge of the preliminary work for the construction of the first state railway to
Parramatta. It is claimed that he pounded the new anvil with the new hammer striking the first blow for the railway.
around 1855 at Wingen, NSW, Australia (F)
After the death of his wife, Jabez moved to Wingen in the Hunter Valley where he took charge of a school and a small farm in the
neighbouring valley. Jabez had a small school built at the railway construction camp prior to the public school being established at
Boggabri in 1883. He conducted a day school near the first railway bridge south of Boggabri
Died 03/12/1885 at Keepit, Manilla, NSW, Australia (F)
Died of natural causes. Said to be buried in Old Carroll Cemetery in northern NSW between Gunnedah and Tamworth but no grave
or headstone to be found. Informant Henry Bradley.
Children
Mary Anne Skelton (1822)
Jane Caroline Skelton (1824)
Elizabeth Lake Skelton (1825)
Sarah Johanna Skelton (1837)
Martha Ann Skelton (1839)
Jabez Skelton (1841)
Reuben Ebenezer Skelton (1843)
Edward Skelton (1845)
Ebenezer Skelton (1847)
William Skelton (1849)
John Skelton (1851)
Last updated 07/11/2023
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