John Frederick COBCROFT

1756 - 1853  (96 years)

• Name	John Frederick COBCROFT
  Born	09 Aug 1756	Keighley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Convict	07 May 1787	Middlesex, London, England   [1, 2]
  	http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t17880507-45-defend360&div=t17880507-45#highlight Convicted of highway robbery at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of life (offered a pardon on condition of transportation to New South Wales for life).
  Immigration	28 Jun 1790	New South Wales, Australia   [1]
  	https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/cobcroft/john/100201 Transport from England 1 Dec 1789 on the ship Scarborough arriving Port Jackson 28 June 1790 (a journey of 158 days). His de facto wife Sarah arrived on the 'Neptune' soon after.
  Died	04 Jun 1853	Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia   [3, 4]
  	The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 12 July 1853, page 2 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12947232 DIED. At his residence, Wilberforce, on the 4th June last, Mr. John Cobcroft, aged 90 years, an old and much respected colonist, leaving an aged widow, three sons and five daughters, fifty-eight grand-children, and forty-seven great grand-children to deplore their loss.
  Buried	Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia   [5]
  	Wilberforce cemetery, Wilberforce Location: right section, row 8 plot 13 Headstone has 1855 as date of death. Newspaper articles and NSW BDM have 1853 (possible error in inscribing the headstone)
  Person ID	I19285	Rossow-Beitzel
  Last Modified	15 May 2021

  
  

  Father	John COBCROFT,   b. 1710
  Mother	Dorothy UNKNOWN,   d. Aft Aug 1756, England
  Family ID	F30632	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah SMITH,   b. 03 Sep 1772, Holborn, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 31 May 1857, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 84 years)
  Married	24 Dec 1842	Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia   [6]
  	Church of England, Wilberforce. Did not marry till late in life
  		COBCROFT John Frederick and Sarah (nee SMITH) Marriage certificate John was 86 when they married and Sarah was 70 Very late in life marriage
  Children	+ 1. Richard William COBCROFT,   b. 03 Feb 1793, Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 24 Jul 1866, Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 73 years)   2. Elizabeth COBCROFT,   b. 1795, Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 01 Dec 1795, Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 0 years) + 3. John Frederick COBCROFT,   b. 15 May 1797, Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 05 Feb 1881, Broke, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 83 years) + 4. Sarah Ismena M COBCROFT,   b. 13 Dec 1799, Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 19 Jul 1872, Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 72 years) + 5. Mary Ann COBCROFT,   b. 1801, Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 05 Sep 1877, Sackville, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 76 years)   6. Susannah COBCROFT,   b. 06 Mar 1805, Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 05 Sep 1868, Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 63 years)   7. James COBCROFT,   b. 1807, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 09 Feb 1830, Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 23 years) + 8. George John COBCROFT,   b. 24 Jul 1810, Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 14 Aug 1874, Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 64 years) + 9. Eliza COBCROFT,   b. 15 Dec 1812, Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 30 Jul 1894, Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 81 years) + 10. Matilda COBCROFT,   b. 08 Dec 1815, Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 24 Mar 1860, Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 44 years)
  Last Modified	15 May 2021
  Family ID	F30629	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Convict - 07 May 1787 - Middlesex, London, England Immigration - 28 Jun 1790 - New South Wales, Australia Married - 24 Dec 1842 - Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia Died - 04 Jun 1853 - Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia Buried - - Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S154] http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/twconvic/Scarborough+1790. [S138] http://www.convictrecords.com.au/. [S128] Newspapers - Australia NLA, National Library of Australia, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12947232. [S1] New South Wales Registry of Births Deaths Marriages, V18531361 39B/1853. [S151] http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/cemetery/index.html. [S1] New South Wales Registry of Births Deaths Marriages, V1842753 26C/1842.