AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
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Birth Date1761
Birth PlaceEngland
Migration PlaceSydney, New South Wales, Australia
MemoA free settler , his occupation was farmer in NSW. The Frederick family came free on the Glatton.
March 1803 is only date that HMS Glatton arrived in Sydney. The Glatton is the ship given in the musters for Chistopher and Mary & daughter Sarah.
March 1803 is only date that HMS Glatton arrived in Sydney. The Glatton is the ship given in the musters for Chistopher and Mary & daughter Sarah.
Death Date25 Mar 1852361 Age: 91
Death PlaceSydney City, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memoas Christopher Fredericks in King Street.
Burial Date26 Mar 1852
Burial PlaceCamperdown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memoat Camperdown Cemetery
Occupationfarmer
Family Media 
Census Date1806364
Census PlaceSydney, New South Wales, Australia
MemoMary Frederick is listed as arriving on Glatton and as wife of Christopher.
Census Date1822359
Census PlaceWindsor, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
MemoChristr and Mary came as free citizens on the Glatton. Christopher is a land holder at windsor.
Census Date1828365
Census PlaceCastlereagh, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
MemoChris & Mary both of age 66 came free on Gratton in 1803. Chris is a farmer in the Evan District (Castlereagh)
ChildrenSarah Ann (ca1783-1871)
Notes for Christopher T (Spouse 1)
Christopher’s middle initial “T” is recorded on daughter Sarah’s death registration.
Notes for Christopher T & Mary (Family)
EVAN DISTRICT
The Evan settlement was carefully planned by Governor King with suitable settlers selected, a formula was devised to determine the amounts of land given, and a survey was carried out. Grants were made in three series. In the official records the first grants in the District of Evan were given to Charles Palmer, James Badgery and John Howell or Hull on 31 May 1803. The first grants were made between May and August 1803, and the second, in 1804. The 1803 grants ranged from 70 to 200 acres. There was some confusion in the land grant registers regarding the districts of Mulgrave Place and Evan, but the surveys were clear in their description of where they were located.
In these early years, confusion also occurred between whether the area was the Nepean or Evan district. The grants along the second line of farms from the river (Upper Castlereagh), given on 11 August 1804 to men like James McCarthy Christopher Frederick and John Lees, were noted as ‘in the District of Mulgrave Place’. In the 1804 grants, substantial land was also granted to influential men, like Captain Daniel Woodriff and public servant, William Neate Chapman. Most of the 1803 & 1804 grants were to discharged soldiers, although some of these were previously emancipated convicts. Of the 21 grantees who were discharged soldiers 18 were discharged on the same day, 10 April 1803. In 1802, the NSW Corps were advised that it would be reduced in numbers. Provision was made for many of these men to settle in the colony.
On 30 November 1810 Macquarie and his party toured Castlereagh. He noted in his journal that they passed
through a long extensive chain of farms along the Nepean … being the front line of farms on this river. These farms are all good farms, good soil, and well cultivated, but they are liable to be flooded…
Macquarie inspected the land, which he intended to be laid out for a township. He was well pleased with his choice of land being three miles from the river and on high ground. It was adjacent to the second and third line of farms from the river. Castlereagh, the first official town planned in the Evan district, was one of the five towns planned by Macquarie. He hoped that his planned towns would encourage and enliven a sense of community and security in the respective districts. On 6 December at a party at Green Hills (Windsor) Macquarie christened his new towns. He recorded in his journal, ‘The township for the Evan or Nepean District I have named Castlereagh in honour of Lord Viscount Castlereagh’. It was ratified in a General and Government Order on 15 December 1810. In 1811, James Meehan surveyed the area for streets and a town square along the well-known English model. Castlereagh was similar in plan to both Richmond and Wilberforce; a long rectangular plan, with allotments from one to two acres. Each settler was allocated a block in the town where they were to build a house to the required specifications. Castlereagh village was secure from floods, proven by the March 1811 flood, but it had no water supply, and the settlers just did not create what Macquarie had envisaged.366
The Evan settlement was carefully planned by Governor King with suitable settlers selected, a formula was devised to determine the amounts of land given, and a survey was carried out. Grants were made in three series. In the official records the first grants in the District of Evan were given to Charles Palmer, James Badgery and John Howell or Hull on 31 May 1803. The first grants were made between May and August 1803, and the second, in 1804. The 1803 grants ranged from 70 to 200 acres. There was some confusion in the land grant registers regarding the districts of Mulgrave Place and Evan, but the surveys were clear in their description of where they were located.
In these early years, confusion also occurred between whether the area was the Nepean or Evan district. The grants along the second line of farms from the river (Upper Castlereagh), given on 11 August 1804 to men like James McCarthy Christopher Frederick and John Lees, were noted as ‘in the District of Mulgrave Place’. In the 1804 grants, substantial land was also granted to influential men, like Captain Daniel Woodriff and public servant, William Neate Chapman. Most of the 1803 & 1804 grants were to discharged soldiers, although some of these were previously emancipated convicts. Of the 21 grantees who were discharged soldiers 18 were discharged on the same day, 10 April 1803. In 1802, the NSW Corps were advised that it would be reduced in numbers. Provision was made for many of these men to settle in the colony.
On 30 November 1810 Macquarie and his party toured Castlereagh. He noted in his journal that they passed
through a long extensive chain of farms along the Nepean … being the front line of farms on this river. These farms are all good farms, good soil, and well cultivated, but they are liable to be flooded…
Macquarie inspected the land, which he intended to be laid out for a township. He was well pleased with his choice of land being three miles from the river and on high ground. It was adjacent to the second and third line of farms from the river. Castlereagh, the first official town planned in the Evan district, was one of the five towns planned by Macquarie. He hoped that his planned towns would encourage and enliven a sense of community and security in the respective districts. On 6 December at a party at Green Hills (Windsor) Macquarie christened his new towns. He recorded in his journal, ‘The township for the Evan or Nepean District I have named Castlereagh in honour of Lord Viscount Castlereagh’. It was ratified in a General and Government Order on 15 December 1810. In 1811, James Meehan surveyed the area for streets and a town square along the well-known English model. Castlereagh was similar in plan to both Richmond and Wilberforce; a long rectangular plan, with allotments from one to two acres. Each settler was allocated a block in the town where they were to build a house to the required specifications. Castlereagh village was secure from floods, proven by the March 1811 flood, but it had no water supply, and the settlers just did not create what Macquarie had envisaged.366