[Index]
Mary HYDE (1779 - 1864)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
John Henry BLACK (1799 - 1867)
Mary Ann BLACK (1801 - 1861)
Sarah Ann LORD (1806 - 1889)
Louisa LORD (1808 - )
Simeon LORD (1810 - 1892)
Francis LORD (1812 - 1897)
Edward LORD (1814 - 1884)
Thomas LORD (1816 - 1876)
George W LORD (1818 - 1880)
Robert Charles LORD (1821 - 1857)
Mary HYDE (1779 - 1864)

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John BLACK (1778 - 1802)

Simeon LORD (1771 - 1840)
Edward HYDE











Sarah BLUNN











Mary HYDE Simeon LORD

Mary HYDE
b. 19 Feb 1779 at Halesowen, Worcestershire, England
+. (1) John BLACK (1778 - 1802)
m. (2) 1814 Simeon LORD (1771 - 1840) at Sydney, NSW, Australia
d. 01 Dec 1864 at Banks House, Botany Bay, NSW, Australia aged 85
Near Relatives of Mary HYDE (1779 - 1864)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father in Law Simeon LORD
Mother in Law Ann FIELDEN

Father Edward HYDE
Mother Sarah BLUNN

Self Mary HYDE 19 Feb 1779 Halesowen, Worcestershire, England 01 Dec 1864 Banks House, Botany Bay, NSW, Australia 85

Spouse/Partner John BLACK 1778 Great Yarmouth, England May 1802 At Sea - on the 'Fly' 24
Husband Simeon LORD 1771 Dobroyd, Todmorden, Yorkshire, England 29 Jan 1840 New South Wales, Australia 69

Son John Henry BLACK 31 May 1799 Sydney, NSW, Australia 09 Jun 1867 Sydney, NSW, Australia 68
Daughter Mary Ann BLACK 06 Oct 1801 Sydney, NSW, Australia 11 Jul 1861 Terara, NSW, Australia 59
Daughter Sarah Ann LORD 1806 28 Jan 1889 Ashfield, NSW, Australia 83
Daughter Louisa LORD 08 Jul 1808 NSW, Australia
Son Simeon LORD 19 May 1810 NSW, Australia 15 Jun 1892 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 82
Son Francis LORD 1812 1897 Lithgow, NSW, Australia 85
Son Edward LORD 1814 NSW, Australia 1884 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 70
Son Thomas LORD 1816 1876 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 60
Son George W LORD 15 Aug 1818 Sydney, NSW, Australia 09 May 1880 Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, Australia 61
Son Robert Charles LORD 1821 1857 Sydney, NSW, Australia 36

Daughter in Law Louisa SKINNER
Son in Law Jean Charles Prosper de MESTRE
Son in Law David RAMSAY 16 Mar 1794 Perth, Perthshire, Scotland 10 Jun 1860 Sydney, NSW, Australia 66
Son in Law Alexander DICK
Daughter in Law Sarah BIRCH 13 Oct 1813 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 30 Jan 1892 Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia 78
Daughter in Law Lucy HYDE
Daughter in Law Elizabeth LEE

Grandson James (son1) RAMSAY
Grandson Son 1 DICK
Grandson John Simeon Francis (Son 2) DICK 1827 10 Nov 1864 London, Middlesex, England 37
Grandson William A T (son 3) DICK 1844 02 Aug 1872 Dehra, India 28
Grandson Francis Alan LORD 14 Aug 1832 Avoca, Tasmania, Australia 1918 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 86
Granddaughter Louisa LORD 26 Aug 1833 Avoca, Tasmania, Australia 26 Feb 1866 Homesdale, Brisbane, Queensland 32
Grandson William LORD 05 Jan 1835 Avoca, Tasmania, Australia 25 Sep 1906 Queensland, Australia 71
Grandson George LORD 01 Apr 1837 Avoca, Tasmania, Australia 12 Feb 1841 Avoca, Tasmania, Australia 3
Grandson Edward LORD 21 Oct 1838 Avoca, Tasmania, Australia 09 Aug 1839 0
Granddaughter Emma LORD 15 Mar 1840 Avoca, Tasmania, Australia 01 Nov 1918 Woollahara, Sydney, NSW, Australia 78
Grandson Frederick LORD 08 Nov 1841 Avoca, Tasmania, Australia 05 Dec 1914 Queensland, Australia 73
Grandson Robert Stuart LORD 22 Jul 1844 Avoca, Tasmania, Australia 23 Jul 1878 Gympie, Queensland, Australia 34
Grandson Simeon Fitz Herbert LORD 13 May 1847 Tasmania, Australia 12 Jul 1916 Queensland, Australia 69
Grandson Alfred Percy LORD 26 Oct 1852 Avoca, Tasmania, Australia 18 May 1927 Manly, NSW, Australia 74
Granddaughter Sarah LORD 1854 Tasmania, Australia

Events in Mary HYDE (1779 - 1864)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
19 Feb 1779 Mary HYDE was born Halesowen, Worcestershire, England 54
Jul 1798 19 Immigration NSW, Australia Note 1 54
31 May 1799 20 Birth of son John Henry BLACK Sydney, NSW, Australia 54
06 Oct 1801 22 Birth of daughter Mary Ann BLACK Sydney, NSW, Australia 54
May 1802 23 Death of husband John BLACK (aged 24) At Sea - on the 'Fly' Note 2 54
1806 27 Birth of daughter Sarah Ann LORD died 1886 - age 83 = c 1803
08 Jul 1808 29 Birth of daughter Louisa LORD NSW, Australia Note 3 54
19 May 1810 31 Birth of son Simeon LORD NSW, Australia Note 4 54
1812 33 Birth of son Francis LORD Note 5
1814 35 Birth of son Edward LORD NSW, Australia Note 6 52
1814 35 Married Simeon LORD (aged 43) Sydney, NSW, Australia Note 7
1816 37 Birth of son Thomas LORD Wikipedia entry for Mary Hyde
15 Aug 1818 39 Birth of son George W LORD Sydney, NSW, Australia Note 8
1821 42 Birth of son Robert Charles LORD Wikipedia entry for Mary Hyde
29 Jan 1840 60 Death of husband Simeon LORD (aged 69) New South Wales, Australia Note 9
1857 78 Death of son Robert Charles LORD (aged 36) Sydney, NSW, Australia Note 10 52, 60
11 Jul 1861 82 Death of daughter Mary Ann BLACK (aged 59) Terara, NSW, Australia 54
01 Dec 1864 85 Mary HYDE died Banks House, Botany Bay, NSW, Australia Note 11 54
Note 1: New South WAles, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787 - 1834
Note 2: On board 'The Fly' - lost at sea
Note 3: Reg No V18081848 1A/1808 - parents Simeon and Mary (HIDE)
Note 4: Ref No V1810321 6/1810 - parents Simeon and Mary (HYDE)
Note 5: Wikipedia entry for Mary Hyde - birth and death dates
Note 6: Ref No V1814110 6/1814 - parents Simeon and Mary (HYDE)
Note 7: Reg No V1814131 7/1814 -m Simeon Lord and Mary Hide

Australian Dictionary of Biography - Like any good bourgeois, after he belatedly married the mother of his children in 1814, he wanted to establish his heirs in comfort and respectability.
Note 8: Australian Dictionary of Biography - see personal notes
Note 9: from entry in Australian Dictionary of Biography - see notes

The Sydney Gazette and NSW Advertiser 30 Jan 1840
DIED, Yesterday, at his late residence, Banks House, Botany, Simeon Lord, Esq., aged sixty nine years, deeply lamented by a large circle of relatives, and friends.
Note 10: Reg No 505/1857 - parents Simeon and Mary


Sydney Morning Herald 18 May 1857
DEATHS
On the 16th instant, at Chippendale, Robert Charles Lord, aged 36 years, the youngest son of the late Simeon Lord, of Macquarie-place.
Note 11: Sydney Morning Herald 7 Dec 1864
DEATHS.
On the 1st instant, at Botany, in the 86th year of her age, Mary, relict of the late Simeon Lord, of Macquarie-place, Sydney.
Personal Notes:
from entry in Australian Dictionary of Biography on Simeon Lord

Ancestry - Kirwin/Horwood and extended Family Tree -
Mary was convicted of stealing from her employer, Francis Deakin, 1 black silk cloak, 1 muslin shawl, 1 cotton gown, 1 dimity petticoat, 2 pairs of stockings and 1 pair of scissors. She was sentenced at Warwickshire Assizes on March 21st 1796 to 7 years transportation to NSW Australia. She was not transported until 1798.

See WIKIPEDIA entry for Mary Hyde
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Hyde

Powerhouse Museum - Sydney -
Statement of significance
This beautiful hand-tinted ambrotype is a portrait of Mary Hyde and is a part of the 'Simeon Lord- Mary Hyde' collection of early colonial artefacts. Simeon Lord was a convict who went on to earn his freedom and become one of Sydney's pre-eminent businessmen. Mary Hyde was his wife but marriage to this important figure in Sydney's history was not Mary's sole claim to fame, as her life was equally remarkable, particularly given the restriction upon women in this period. She was born Mary Hyde, in England in 1779, and at the age of 17 was convicted of stealing clothing and was transported to Sydney in 1798, two years later.

Like the other 95 female convicts on the Brittania II, Mary was auctioned to be a servant, wife or hut-keeper for the males of the colony. In 1798 she met and started a relationship with a ship's officer, John Black, and gave birth to two of his children. She raised both children almost exclusively by herself as her husband was away for long periods before he eventually died on a voyage back from India, in 1802. His death was not officially acknowledged until 1804 and Mary continued on in the house and shop on the land leased in Black's name.

Sometime around 1805 Mary started a new relationship with Simeon Lord, an ex-convict and former business associate of John Black. Lord became step-father to Mary's two children and Mary became mother to a young girl Lord had adopted. In 1806 Mary bore the first of 10 children to Lord and together they earned enough to be counted among the richest in the colony. In 1814 their partnership became legal when Mary and Simeon were married at St Phillip's Church in Sydney. In the 1820s the family moved to 'Banks House' in the Sydney suburb of Botany near the site of their woollen factory.

In 1840 Simeon Lord died and under the terms of the will Mary, a woman, was made executor of the estate making Mary one of the wealthiest women in the colony. She continued to manage Lord's affairs after his death and employed many people in the Botany factory before it was closed by the flooding of her land as a part of the Sydney Water Board's development of the area. Mary took them to court to get compensation and four years later won the case and was eventually awarded over £15,000, a sum measured in the millions by today's standards.

Mary died in December 1864, leaving her estate to all her children in an attempt to ensure the daughters were treated equally and could manage their inheritance in their own right. Unfortunately this was not possible in the eyes of the law and the money passed into the hands of male heirs and husbands.

Geoff Barker, Curatorial, September 2009
References
Mary Hyde, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Hyde
D. R. Hainsworth, 'Lord, Simeon (1771 - 1840)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, Melbourne University Press, 1967, pp 128-31, http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020114b.htm
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