Henry Hardinge Parker

Marriage published in "The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser" of Tuesday 29 September 1829:

"MARRIED, At Port Macquarie, on the 1st instant, HENRY HARDINGE PARKER, Esq. to Ann, eldest daughter of the Rev. JOHN Cross, Chaplain to the Settlement. "

Henry's death is published with that of his 15 year old daughter in "The Sydney Morning Herald" of Monday 18 February 1850:

"DIED...At Mr. Gilbert Elliott's station, New Eng land, on his way to Port Macquarie, Mr. Henry H. Parker, in September, 1849, in the forty-fifth year of his age. Also, at Rosewood, Port Macquarie, February 1, 1850, Margaret Anne, second daughter to the above, and granddaughter to the Rev. John Cross, Chaplain of that district, in the fifteenth year of her age, whose amiable and affectionate disposition endeared her to all around her."

State Library of Queensland has references to Henry H Parker at

http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/198009/SLQ_-_...:

which is also attached here as a source, extracts being:

"CS Ref No: 27/04217 Date Rec: 1827 05 03 To: Alexander McLeay CS From: Commandants Office, Port Macquarie, Archibald Innes, Commandant

Date of Document : Content

1827 04 10 : Letter re salaries at the Settlement

1827 05 07 : Auditor to report both on account of salaries & means adopted for procuring payment. Report 27/04508

1826 10 01 : Copy. Abstract of the Salaries and Allowances of the Officers and Persons Employed at Port Macquarie from 1 October to 31 December 1826, referring to Captain S Wright Captain A C Innes Lieut T H Owen Stephen Partridge Richard P Neave William Evison William Wilson William Branch John Hillis John Hawkins Henry H Parker Archibald P Cheyne James Blackie

CS Ref No: 27/06759 Date Rec: 1827 07 20 To: T C Harrington From: Sydney - James Laidley

Date of Document : Content 1827 08 03 : Letter re payment of salaries & Pro Forma Pay List Abstract and Acquittances due to the Officers and Persons Employed on the Government Establishment at -------------- from the ---------- to the ----------- inclusive [Where stationed/ Situation or Employment/ Name/ Condition/ Period/ Rate/ Amount in Sterling/ Acknowledgment of Receipt]

Port Macquarie Capt A C Innes/ Commandant Lieut T H Owen/ Acting Engineer Stephen Partridge/ Superintendent Richard P Neave/ Pilot William Evison/ Wharfinger William Wilson/ Engineers Storekeeper William Branch/ Gate Keeper, Lumber Yard John Hawkins/ Overseer, Prisoners Barracks John Gahagan/ Overseer

Rollands Plains William S Parker/ Superintendent Agricultural Establishment Henry H Parker/ Asst Superintendent Agricultural Establishment Thomas A Scott/ Superintendent Plantation Establishment John Hillis/ Overseer Plantation Establishment

Ballyngarra James Blackie/ Overseer Ballyngarra Archibald P Cheyne/ Overseer of Stock