Private George Whitfield (c........1801. )

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Occupation : Soldier

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Date arrival : 26 June 1790

Ship Arrived : "Neptune "
Rank on Discharge : Private

Date of Enlistment : 17 November 1798

Where Enlisted : Sydney

Enlistment Details: Ex Convict

Date of Discharge : 18 November 1801 died in service

Where Discharged : Norfolk Island

Died : 18 November 1801

Where Died / Buried Norfolk Island

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Spouse's Name : Sarah Jones

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Where Married : Norfolk Island

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Descendants
Area Settled :
Norfolk Island
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History & Achievements :
The land comprising Birchgrove Park comprises a portion of a 1796 grant to Private George Whitfield
of the NSW Corps and an area of reclaimed land from as Snails Bay. Whitfield received a grant of land measuring thirty acres from Governor Hunter on 15th September 1796
The original grant document states that the area was to be known as “Whitfield’s Farm”, although it
is uncertain how much of a farm was actually established during Whitfield’s relatively short
ownership. One source states that early manuscripts (not cited) refer to Whitfield’s Farm as one
“upon which dairying and fruit growing were profitably pursued”.
In 1800 Whitfield’s original grant was purchased by a KNIGHT , Richard

References
Military records ,Pay rolls, Pay Musters, Cemetery Records, Church Records & General Muster Records, Mitchell Library ,Sydney Australia

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