D'Arcy Wentworth

1762 - 1827  (65 years)

• Name	D'Arcy Wentworth
  Birth	14 Feb 1762	Portadown, Armagh, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	1782	Ireland
  	Commissioned as an Ensign in the 1st Provincial Battalion of the Ulster Volunteers
  Immigration	1785	London
  	Moved there from Ireland
  Occupation	1785	London
  	Assistant Surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital
  Residence	1787	Marylebone, London
  Charge of Highway Robery	12 Dec 1787	Old Bailey, London
  	Stole from Ann Grundy on 27th Nov, on Kings Highway. AQUITTED.
  Charge of Highway Robery	12 Dec 1787	Old Bailey, London
  	Stole from John Hurst on Kings Highway on 27th Nov. Found NOT GUILTY
  Charge of Highway Robery	12 Dec 1787	Old Bailey, London
  	Stole goods from William Lewers on 23rd Nov, on Kings Highway. Found NOT GILTY
  Robbery charges	1789	London
  	Trial at the Old Bailey for charges of highway robbery. He was not convicted but it was arranged that he take a passage to NSW as an Assistant Surgeon
  Occupation	Between 1790 and 1796	Norfolk Island, New South Wales, Australia
  	Hospital Assistant and convict superintendent
  Immigration	26 Jun 1790	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  	Arrived In Port Jackson NSW aboard the ship "Neptune" in the Second Fleet.
  Arrival	28 Jun 1790	Port Jackson, New South Wales
  	per "Neptune" as the Assistant Surgeon.
  Occupation	1796	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  	Assistant Surgeon
  Occupation	1809	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  	Principal Surgeon of the Civil Medical Department
  Occupation	1810	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  	Superintendent of the Police Fund, and Chief Police Magistrate
  Residence	1810	Home Bush, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
  	Lived there with his family until 1827
  Occupation	1817	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  	One of the founders, and an initial director and shareholder of the Bank of New South Wales
  Residence	1822	New South Wales, Australia
  Occupation	1827	NSW
  	Landed proprietor of many estates including at : Homebush, Cook, Illawarra, Five Islands, Toongabbie, South Creek, Liverpool, Appin, Parramatta, North Harbour, Broken Bay, Bringelly, Duck River, Manly Vale, Mona Vale, Barrenjoey, and Cockle Bay.
  Death	7 Jul 1827	Home Bush, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
  Burial	9 Jul 1827	St Judes Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
  Notes	D'Arcy Wentworth (14 February 1762 – 7 July 1827) was born in Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland and emigrated to Australia as an assistant surgeon to the then new colony of Sydney. For details see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Arcy_Wentworth D'Arcy Wentworth (1762?-1827), medical practitioner and public servant, was born near Portadown, Ireland, the sixth of the eight children of D'Arcy Wentworth and his wife, Martha Dickson, also of County Armagh. The first of the Irish Wentworths to come to Australia could trace his ancestry through twenty generations from Robert of Wentworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire in the thirteenth century. Article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wentworth-darcy-1545 Obituary https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/wentworth-darcy-1545 The St. John's Cemetery in Old Parramatta give a comprehensive account of her at https://stjohnsonline.org/bio/darcy-wentworth/
  Person ID	I714	Gibbs Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2022

  
  

  Father	D'Arcy Wentworth,   b. 1722, Portadown, Armagh, Ireland d. 11 Nov 1806, Seagoe, near Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Martha Dixon,   b. 1727, Seagoe, near Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland d. 17 Jul 1803, Armagh, Northern Ireland (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	8 Jan 1747	Seagoe, near Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland
  Family ID	F63	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Catherine Crowley,   b. 1773, Stafford, Staffordshire d. 6 Jan 1800, Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 27 years)
  Marriage	1790	Norfolk Island, New South Wales, Australia
  Children	1. William Charles (Crowley) Wentworth,   b. 13 Aug 1790, Norfolk Island, New South Wales, Australia d. 20 Mar 1872, Merley House, Wimbourne, Dorset (Age 81 years)   2. Captain D'Arcy (Dorset) Wentworth,   b. 23 Jun 1793, Norfolk Island, New South Wales, Australia d. 21 Jul 1861, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (Age 68 years)   3. John Matthew Wentworth,   b. 13 Jun 1795, Norfolk Island, New South Wales, Australia d. 20 Feb 1820, East of Java (Age 24 years)   4. Martha Wentworth,   b. 1800   d. 1800 (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Ann Lawes,   b. 1786, Down, Hampshire d. 25 Nov 1849, Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1810
  Children	1. George Wentworth,   b. 7 Nov 1810, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia d. 23 Sep 1851, Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia (Age 40 years)   2. Martha Wentworth,   b. 1813, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia d. 1 Jan 1847 (Age 34 years)   3. Sophia Wentworth,   b. 4 Nov 1816, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia d. 1 Jan 1847 (Age 30 years)   4. Robert Charles Wentworth,   b. 9 Feb 1819, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia d. 12 Mar 1854, New South Wales, Australia (Age 35 years)   5. Charles John Wentworth,   b. 9 Feb 1819, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia d. 12 Mar 1854, Cook's River, Petersham, New South Wales (Age 35 years)   6. Mary Ann Wentworth,   b. 1820, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia d. 10 Jun 1870, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands (Age 50 years)   7. Catherine Wentworth,   b. 29 Jan 1825, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia d. 14 Nov 1898, Kensington, London (Age 73 years)   8. D'Arcy Charles Wentworth,   b. 5 Mar 1828, Home Bush, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia d. 1 May 1866, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 38 years)
  Family ID	F222	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 14 Feb 1762 - Portadown, Armagh, Ireland Military Service - Commissioned as an Ensign in the 1st Provincial Battalion of the Ulster Volunteers - 1782 - Ireland Immigration - Moved there from Ireland - 1785 - London Occupation - Assistant Surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital - 1785 - London Residence - 1787 - Marylebone, London Charge of Highway Robery - Stole from Ann Grundy on 27th Nov, on Kings Highway. AQUITTED. - 12 Dec 1787 - Old Bailey, London Charge of Highway Robery - Stole from John Hurst on Kings Highway on 27th Nov. Found NOT GUILTY - 12 Dec 1787 - Old Bailey, London Charge of Highway Robery - Stole goods from William Lewers on 23rd Nov, on Kings Highway. Found NOT GILTY - 12 Dec 1787 - Old Bailey, London Robbery charges - Trial at the Old Bailey for charges of highway robbery. He was not convicted but it was arranged that he take a passage to NSW as an Assistant Surgeon - 1789 - London Occupation - Hospital Assistant and convict superintendent - Between 1790 and 1796 - Norfolk Island, New South Wales, Australia Marriage - 1790 - Norfolk Island, New South Wales, Australia Immigration - Arrived In Port Jackson NSW aboard the ship "Neptune" in the Second Fleet. - 26 Jun 1790 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Arrival - per "Neptune" as the Assistant Surgeon. - 28 Jun 1790 - Port Jackson, New South Wales Occupation - Assistant Surgeon - 1796 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Occupation - Principal Surgeon of the Civil Medical Department - 1809 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Occupation - Superintendent of the Police Fund, and Chief Police Magistrate - 1810 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Residence - Lived there with his family until 1827 - 1810 - Home Bush, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Occupation - One of the founders, and an initial director and shareholder of the Bank of New South Wales - 1817 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Residence - 1822 - New South Wales, Australia Occupation - Landed proprietor of many estates including at : Homebush, Cook, Illawarra, Five Islands, Toongabbie, South Creek, Liverpool, Appin, Parramatta, North Harbour, Broken Bay, Bringelly, Duck River, Manly Vale, Mona Vale, Barrenjoey, and Cockle Bay. - 1827 - Nsw Death - 7 Jul 1827 - Home Bush, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Burial - 9 Jul 1827 - St Judes Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

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  Histories

  Biography - D'Arcy Wentworth - Australian Dictionary of Biography (1).pdf