AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
NameGeorge BEST 
Birth Dateca 1758
Birth PlaceKent, England
MemoBased on age recorded at burial and most likely near Maidstone in Kent.
Chr Date20 Nov 175919215 Age: 1
Chr PlaceBoxley, Kent, England
MemoPossible Baptism as Boxley is within 5 km of central Maidstone.
Conv PlaceMaidstone, Kent, England
MemoLife sentence. An entry on a 1821 settler & conict lists has George’s trial in Coventry not Kent however, Maidstone Kent is shown on convict list of 1790-91.
Arri Date9 Jul 1791 Age: 33
Arri PlaceSydney, New South Wales, Australia
MemoArrived on ship “Mary Ann” after 143 days leaving England on 16 Feb 1791. See conviction and land grant references. Convict list for 1790-91 gives arrival date of 28 Aug 1791 over a month after ship arrived. This list gives conviction on 15 Mar 1790 in Maidstone in Kent
Land Date30 Dec 179619218 Age: 38
Land PlaceToongabbie, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
MemoGeorge Best who arrived in 1791 on the ship “William & Ann” granted 30 acres of land in the district of Toongabbie. Remark states consolidated in Geo. Best’s grant of 1803.
Death Datebef 6 Jul 1836 Age: 78
Death PlaceSeven Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
MemoDeath location from burial record.
Burial Date6 Jul 183619219
Burial PlaceParramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
MemoHe was a farmer aged 78 years.
Occupationfarmer
FatherJames BEST
MotherFrances
Spouses
Birth Dateca 1778
Birth PlaceMiddlesex, England
MemoProbable location and year based upon age at death.
Chr MemoA possible baptism of 12 Nov 1780 with birth on 13 Oct 1780 in London with parents William & Mary is a possibility but appears about 2 years late based upon age recorded at death of 55 years.
Death Datebef 17 Mar 1833 Age: 55
Death PlaceSeven Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
MemoLocation from burial.
Burial Date17 Mar 183319220
Burial PlaceParramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
MemoAt St John’s, aged 55 years, a free farmer who arrived on the ship “Indispensable” which arrived in Port Jackson on 30 April 1796.