NameGeorge BEST
Birth Dateca 1758
Birth PlaceKent, England
MemoBased on age recorded at burial and most likely near Maidstone in Kent.
Chr Date20 Nov 175919687 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 179619690 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 183619691
Burial PlaceParramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
MemoHe was a farmer aged 78 years.
Occupationfarmer