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Henry Colden ANTILL (1779 - 1852)
Captain, Major, magistrate, major in 73rd regiment, aide-de-camp to Govenor Macquarie
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Margaret C ANTILL (1820 - 1849)
John Macquarie ANTILL (1822 - 1900)
Henry Colden ANTILL (1823 - 1913)
Alice S ANTILL (1824 - )
Thomas W ANTILL (1829 - )
Edward Spencer ANTILL (1832 - 1917)
James Alexander ANTILL (1834 - 1920)
Selina ANTILL (1837 - )
Loftus C ANTILL (1840 - 1840)
Henry Colden ANTILL (1779 - 1852)

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Eliza WILLS (1802 - 1858)
John ANTILL











Margaret COLDEN












b. 01 May 1779 at New York, New York, USA
m. 1818 Eliza WILLS (1802 - 1858) at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
d. 14 Aug 1852 at Picton, New South Wales, Australia aged 73
Near Relatives of Henry Colden ANTILL (1779 - 1852)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father in Law Edward Spencer WILLS 13 Aug 1778 Middlesex, England 14 May 1811 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 32
Mother in Law Sarah HARDING 01 Aug 1776 Middlesex, England 08 Jul 1823 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 46

Father John ANTILL
Mother Margaret COLDEN

Self Henry Colden ANTILL 01 May 1779 New York, New York, USA 14 Aug 1852 Picton, New South Wales, Australia 73

Wife Eliza WILLS 10 Sep 1802 30 Sep 1858 St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia 56

Daughter Margaret C ANTILL 1820 New South Wales, Australia 1849 New South Wales, Australia 29
Son John Macquarie ANTILL 1822 New South Wales, Australia 1900 Picton, New South Wales, Australia 78
Son Henry Colden ANTILL 1823 New South Wales, Australia 17 Mar 1913 Granville, New South Wales, Australia 90
Daughter Alice S ANTILL 1824 New South Wales, Australia
Son Thomas W ANTILL 1829 New South Wales, Australia
Son Edward Spencer ANTILL 1832 New South Wales, Australia 1917 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 85
Son James Alexander ANTILL 07 Nov 1834 Picton, New South Wales, Australia 15 Feb 1920 Brighton-Le-Sands, New South Wales, Australia 85
Daughter Selina ANTILL 1837 New South Wales, Australia
Son Loftus C ANTILL 1840 New South Wales, Australia 1840 New South Wales, Australia 0

Daughter in Law Teresa Ellen HATCH 1835 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 19 Sep 1882 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 47
Daughter in Law Mary Hassel CAMPBELL
Daughter in Law Susanna Caroline WILD 26 Oct 1846 The Oaks, Wollondilly, New South Wales, Australia 08 Sep 1885 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia 38

Granddaughter Alice Eliza ANTILL 1852 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Henry Colden ANTILL 1854 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1932 Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia 78
Granddaughter Evaline ANTILL 1857 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Mary ANTILL 1857 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson William Edward ANTILL 1858 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1940 Granville, New South Wales, Australia 82
Grandson Robert Hatch ANTILL 1861 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1949 Manly, New South Wales, Australia 88
Grandson Stanley Ross ANTILL
Grandson Arthur Johnston ANTILL 12 Nov 1876 Warren, New South Wales, Australia 12 Sep 1934 Albury, New South Wales, Australia 57

Nephew William Lachlan Macquarie REDFERN 27 Jul 1819
Nephew Joseph Foveaux REDFERN 07 Feb 1823 abt 11 Apr 1830 7
Niece Sarah ALEXANDER 09 Feb 1835 08 Oct 1905 70
Niece Alice WILLS 06 May 1823 14 Apr 1824 0
Nephew William Henry WILLS 01 Dec 1827 abt 1828 1
Niece Catherine Spencer WILLS 24 Nov 1831 Australia 27 Aug 1884 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 52
Nephew Arthur WILLS 18 Feb 1857 14 Oct 1932 75
Nephew Harry WILLS 13 Sep 1858
Nephew Frederick WILLS 19 Jul 1860 abt 1861 1
Nephew Charles WILLS 15 Nov 1861 abt 1862 1
Nephew Thomas Wentworth Spencer WILLS 19 Aug 1835 Molonglo Plains, New South Wales, Australia 02 May 1880 Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia 44
Niece Emily Spencer WILLS 25 Dec 1842 06 Dec 1925 82
Nephew Cedric Spencer WILLS 01 Dec 1844 Lexington, Victoria, Australia 23 Jan 1914 Queensland, Australia 69
Nephew Horace Spencer WILLS 16 Jun 1847 Moyston, Victoria, Australia 08 Oct 1928 Kew, Victoria, Australia 81
Nephew Egbert Spencer WILLS 11 Nov 1849 11 Sep 1931 81
Niece Elizabeth Spencer WILLS 07 Jan 1852 21 Nov 1930 78
Niece Eugenie Spencer WILLS 28 Jan 1854 08 Jul 1937 83
Niece Minna Spencer WILLS 01 Mar 1856 14 Feb 1943 86
Niece Hortense Sarah Spencer WILLS 16 Aug 1861 02 Jul 1907 45
Nephew John Arthur HARRISON
Niece Adela Ann HARRISON 11 Sep 1834 23 Jul 1910 75
Nephew Henry Colden Antill (Colie) HARRISON 16 Oct 1836 New South Wales, Australia 02 Sep 1929 92
Nephew George Alfred HARRISON 1838 New South Wales, Australia
Niece Alice HARRISON 1842 New South Wales, Australia
Niece Kate HARRISON 1842 New South Wales, Australia
Niece Horace Washington HARRISON 1848 09 Feb 1869 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 21
Nephew Ernest HARRISON 1855

Sister in Law Sarah WILLS 23 Apr 1796 Middlesex, England 10 Jan 1875 Hantshire, England 78
Brother in Law Thomas Spencer WILLS 05 Aug 1800 29 Jul 1872 Kew, Victoria, Australia 71
Brother in Law Edward Spencer WILLS 16 Feb 1805 1828 London, Middlesex, England 23
Sister in Law Elizabeth Selina WILLS 30 Nov 1807 18 Jan 1811 3
Brother in Law Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS 05 Oct 1811 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 17 Oct 1861 Emerald, Queensland, Australia 50
Sister in Law Jane HOWE 09 Nov 1816 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 23 Nov 1880 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 64
Events in Henry Colden ANTILL (1779 - 1852)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
01 May 1779 Henry Colden ANTILL was born New York, New York, USA 6
29 Dec 1809 30 Immigration Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 6
1818 39 Married Eliza WILLS (aged 16) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia V1818332 7/1818
1820 41 Birth of daughter Margaret C ANTILL New South Wales, Australia V1820217 8/1820
1822 43 Birth of son John Macquarie ANTILL New South Wales, Australia V1822301 159/1822
1823 44 Birth of son Henry Colden ANTILL New South Wales, Australia V1823224 10/1823
1824 45 Birth of daughter Alice S ANTILL New South Wales, Australia 6
1829 50 Birth of son Thomas W ANTILL New South Wales, Australia V18299562 1C/1829
1832 53 Birth of son Edward Spencer ANTILL New South Wales, Australia 6
07 Nov 1834 55 Birth of son James Alexander ANTILL Picton, New South Wales, Australia 76
1837 58 Birth of daughter Selina ANTILL New South Wales, Australia 6
1840 61 Birth of son Loftus C ANTILL New South Wales, Australia V18401255 24A/1840
1840 61 Death of son Loftus C ANTILL New South Wales, Australia 6
1849 70 Death of daughter Margaret C ANTILL (aged 29) New South Wales, Australia 6
14 Aug 1852 73 Henry Colden ANTILL died Picton, New South Wales, Australia 6
Personal Notes:
http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010021b.htm

ANTILL, HENRY COLDEN (1779-1852), soldier and settler, was born on 1 May 1779 in New York of British stock, his great-grandfather, Edward Antill, having migrated from England to America in 1680. His father, John Antill, a major in the New Jersey Volunteers, fought under the King's banner in the war of American independence; as a result his property was confiscated and after the war he and his family removed to Canada where Henry Colden spent his youth. In 1796 he joined the British army as an ensign in the 73rd Regiment. He served in India and at Seringapatam was severely wounded in the shoulder. In 1799 he was promoted lieutenant and about this time became associated with Captain Lachlan Macquarie, with whom he formed a firm friendship.

In 1807 Antill returned to England with his regiment and on 11 January 1809 gained his captaincy; later that year he sailed to Australia with the 73rd Regiment, now commanded by Macquarie. On arrival in Sydney on 1 January 1810, Antill was appointed aide-de-camp to the governor, and in 1811 promoted major of brigade. He accompanied the governor on his tours throughout the settled areas and on a visit to Van Diemen's Land in 1811. In 1815 he was in the vice-regal party which officially opened the road to Bathurst. In 1818 he accompanied Macquarie on an inspection of Newcastle and in 1820 he took part in an excursion to the newly-discovered land south of the Cowpastures as far as Lake George. Antill was also a member of various committees concerned with the welfare of orphans, public schools and Aboriginals. He was involved in much work as co-executor with Thomas Moore of the estate of Andrew Thompson. He was a close friend of William Redfern, and firmly supported the emancipist cause. He was a director of the Bank of New South Wales in 1819-21.

On 9 October 1818 at St Philip's Church, Sydney, he married Eliza Wills, the daughter of an emancipist. In 1821 he retired from the army on half-pay. He settled on the land first at Moorebank near Liverpool, and then in 1825 on his estate near Picton, named Jarvisfield in honour of Macquarie's first wife, Jane Jarvis, whom he had known in India; its 2000 acres (809 ha) were granted on 9 July 1822 and enlarged by an additional grant of 900 acres (364 ha) in 1826. Antill was appointed a justice of the peace in 1821 and in 1829 became resident magistrate and superintendent of police for the district at a salary of £150, whereupon he relinquished his half-pay. As a magistrate he was painstaking and unlike most of his fellows was even accused of showing undue sympathy towards the convict servants who were brought before him, though that did not prevent his being described as 'grossly ignorant or culpably capricious' when in 1839 he refused to allow a free man to be represented by counsel.

In 1844 Antill subdivided part of his estate on the north side of Stonequarry Creek and so made possible the founding of the town of Picton. His agricultural and pastoral pursuits flourished. He took up more land on the Molonglo where several of his sons received their early pastoral training. He was well known for his generosity and for his earnest religious outlook which included a strict Sabbatarianism.

He died at Jarvisfield on 14 August 1852 and was buried in the family vault which he had built on his estate. His wife died on 30 September 1858 and was buried beside him. One daughter had predeceased them, but they were survived by six sons and two daughters.
Select Bibliography

J. M. Antill, ‘Major Henry Colden Antill’, Journal and Proceedings (Royal Australian Historical Society), vol 32, part 3, 1946, pp 172-200; Stonequarry Bench books (State Library of New South Wales). More on the resources

Author: J. M. Antill

Print Publication Details: J. M. Antill, 'Antill, Henry Colden (1779 - 1852)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, Melbourne University Press, 1966, pp 21-22.
Source References:
6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001
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