MCPHILLAMY, John Smith

1825 - 1887  (61 years)

• Name	MCPHILLAMY, John Smith  [1]
  Born	15 Sep 1825	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Jul 1887
  	"Mount Tamar", Bathurst NSW
  Person ID	I12547	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	MCCPHILLAMY, William,   b. 1786, Badoney, Newtown Stewart, Tyrone, Northern Ireland ,   d. 27 Oct 1838  (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	SCOTT, Mary,   b. 7 May 1792, Glendowran, Crawfordjohn, Lanarkshire Scotland ,   d. 12 Jun 1851, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	24 Oct 1815	Muirkirk, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland   [2]
  	William McPhillamy was Mary's first husband.
  Family ID	F3430	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	DARGIN, Maria Sophia,   b. 8 Aug 1833, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 24 May 1903, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 69 years)
  Married	5 Mar 1849	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
  Children	1. MCPHILLAMY, John (Jnr),   b. 15 Oct 1850, White Rock, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. ,   d. 18 Feb 1935, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 84 years)  [natural]   2. MCPHILLAMY, Maria Smith,   b. 25 Dec 1851, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. ,   d. 30 Aug 1903, Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 51 years)  [natural]   3. MCPHILLAMY, Charles Robert,   b. 7 Nov 1853, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 28 Mar 1928, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 74 years)  [natural]   4. MCPHILLAMY, Florence Australia,   b. 11 Sep 1855, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. ,   d. 16 Mar 1918, Waverley, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 62 years)  [natural]   5. MCPHILLAMY, Gertrude Marion,   b. 27 Oct 1857, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 14 May 1923, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 65 years)  [natural]   6. MCPHILLAMY,   b. 1860, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 1860, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 0 years)  [natural]   7. MCPHILLAMY, Sydney Herbert,   b. 31 Jul 1862, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 10 Mar 1892, Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 29 years)  [natural]   8. MCPHILLAMY, Percival Stuart,   b. 23 May 1866, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 25 Feb 1940, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 73 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F3368	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  Australian Dictionary of Biography McPhillamy, John Smith (1825 - 1887) Birth: 15 September 1825, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia Death: 18 July 1887, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Cultural Heritage: Scottish Religious Influence: Anglican & Presbyterian Occupation: grazier (sheep) landowner Member of Lower House Race course owner McPHILLAMY, JOHN SMITH (1825-1887), grazier, was born on 15 September 1825 at Windsor, New South Wales, the fourth son of William McPhillamy and Mary Scott, who were both sentenced to transportation for seven years at the Ayr Court of Judiciary on 27 April 1816. Mary arrived at Sydney in February 1817 in the Lord Melville and William in March in the Sir William Bensley. McPhillamy became overseer for Robert Smith at Bathurst and died in 1838. Mary later married Smith whose home station was Mount Tamar. He acquired other runs before he died on 15 December 1851. Childless, he left his estate to the McPhillamy children. John worked for his stepfather as a station manager. On 5 March 1849 at Mount Tamar he married Maria Sophia, née Dargin. They lived at Bellevue until he inherited Mount Tamar and moved there. With prosperity McPhillamy devoted himself to grazing and to civic affairs. He leased part of Mount Tamar to tenant farmers and in times of adversity he not only reduced their rents but also advanced provisions, thereby winning repute for generosity. He helped to found the Agricultural Association at Bathurst and won prizes for his fine-woolled rams at the first show in 1860. Interested in politics he supported Thomas Mort for election to the Legislative Assembly in 1856. Another candidate, W. H. Sutton, carried the hostilities aroused by the election into the public life of Bathurst and virtually wrecked the Agricultural Association. In June 1859 McPhillamy won the West Macquarie seat but resigned on 6 December. McPhillamy slowly withdrew to concentrate on his pastoral activities which continued to prosper. By 1871 he held eight runs in the Wellington District. At Mount Tamar he built a private race-course where the Bathurst Picnic Race Club held its first meeting in 1882. He died at Mount Tamar on 18 July 1887 and, after a large funeral procession, was buried in the Presbyterian section of the Bathurst Cemetery although he had been baptised an Anglican. He was survived by four sons and three daughters. He left an estate valued for probate at over £80,000. Select Bibliography 100 Bathurst Shows (Bathurst, 1968); Town and Country Journal, 20 Aug 1887; McPhillamy papers (McIntosh, McPhillamy & Co., Bathurst); Parish records (St Matthew's Church, Windsor); Bathurst Historical Society Archives; family papers (privately held). Author: Theo Barker Print Publication Details: Theo Barker, 'McPhillamy, John Smith (1825 - 1887)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, Melbourne University Pres s, 1974, pp 196-197.

  
  

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