John Pike [Convict "Perseus" 1802]

• Death Notice John; Sydney Morning Herald 28 Feb 1869 page 1. Date of Birth variations
• December 1860 Newspaper - age 107 - therefore born 1753
• December 1860 death certificate - age 90 - therefore born 1770
• Certificate of Freedom 1824 - age 49 - therefore born 1775
• November 1828 Census - age 50 - therefore born 1778
• 1797 hulk records - age 21 - therefore born 1776

Have used census date as this information was most likely given by John in 1828.

John PIKE (aka PYKE) was born c1778

John was convicted and sentenced to 7 years transportation. He arrived in Sydney Cove on 4/8/1802 on "Perseus". (At the time of his conviction John was married with children - the family remained in England)

John married Jane FARRALTY in 1807 at Sydney and they had the following children

• John 1808
• Richard 1810
• Jane 1811
• Thomas 1814
• Richard 1815
• William 1817
• Mary 1821
• Robert 1823
• Elizabeth 1825
• Susannah 1827
• Sarah 1829

John died in December 1860 Prospect

• http://australianroyalty.net.au/individual.php?pid=I69467&ged=purne...
• http://www.convictrecords.com.au/convicts/pike/john/102087
• http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVIC...
• http://www.shortfamilytree.com/familygroup.php?familyID=F58&tree=call
• http://www.shortfamilytree.com/getperson.php?personID=I216&tree=call
• http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/convictDetails.php?convi...

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Not to be confused with other John Pike's

• John PIKE, convict "Maitland" arrived 22/6/1846
• John PIKE, convict "Andromeda" arrived 13/11/1832
• John PIKE, convict "Lord Lyndoch" arrived 15/4/1836
• John PIKE, soldier "Boyd" arrived 14/8/1809