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[The Vineyard] [Mowbray]
Captain George Jackson Frankland was master of the ship Ann when he arrived in New South Wales with his wife Sarah in July 1823. Sarah had been born at Northallerton, in the vale of Mowbray, Yorkshire, in 1794 and they married in 1822. Shortly after their arrival in 1823 Sarah gave birth to a son, George Frankland jnr, and they decided to leave the sea. In August 1823 George Frankland snr was granted 2,080 acres of land on the Paterson River west of Edward Cory's grant 'Gostwyck'. Frankland named his grant 'The Vineyard' (see map).
Apparently one of Captain Frankland's main aims was to grow grapes and it is claimed he introduced the first grape vines into the Paterson area. Unfortunately he died of 'fever' in Sydney in December 1825, leaving Sarah to raise their three sons.[1]
Sarah returned to England in 1826 and left the management of The Vineyard to James Webber of Tocal. In January 1826 the household furniture and farm equipment at The Vineyard were advertised for sale and the property was put up for lease. The two advertisements 
[in column 4] provide fascinating details about the estate. Edward Cory leased 'The Vineyard' and moved into Vineyard Cottage in 1826 with his wife Frances until about the end of 1831.
When James Webber quit the colony in 1835 Alexander Park supervised the management of The Vineyard until it was taken over by one of Sarah Frankland's sons in 1844. The estate was renamed 'Mowbray' after Sarah's place of birth. Sarah died in Ripon, Yorkshire, in 1881 at the age of 87.[2]
Notes
1. Sydney Gazette 5 December 1825 p3 (on-line ).
2. Maitland Mercury 14 May 1881, p3 of supplement (on-line ).
References
Archer, Cameron. The Settlement of the Paterson District. Paterson: Paterson Historical Society , 1986.
Gent, Lesley. Cory - Luke - Cooper - Priestly: Gostwyck, Paterson 1823 to 2009. Paterson: Paterson Historical Society , 2009.
External links
Index to the NSW Colonial Secretary's papers. There are several papers listed for Captain George Frankland .
See also
An overview of settlement at Patersons Plains from 1822.
Abbreviations sometimes used on this site: CS = NSW Colonial Secretary; HRA = Historical Records of Australia; LB = Letters to Benches of Magistrates, Justices of the Peace and Superintendents of Police; ML = Mitchell Library (State Library of NSW); NLA = National Library of Australia; NSWGG = NSW Government Gazette; PRO = Public Record Office, London; PSC = Principal Superintendent of Convicts; SG = Sydney Gazette; SH = Sydney Herald; SRNSW = State Records Authority of NSW;
