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              110737            
          
              Surname: Saxbee  (Saxby)            
          
              First Name: Robert            
          
              Ship: -            
          
              Date: 1854 18 January            
          
              Place: Upper Allyn            
          
              Source: MM            
          
              Details: Cautioning against removing cattle from the station of W.M. Arnold            
          
              154023            
          
              Surname: Saxby            
          
              First Name: Robert and Mary            
          
              Ship: -            
          
              Date: 1841 22 June            
          
              Place: Whittingham            
          
              Source: Australian Births and Baptisms - Family Search Historical Records            
          
              Details: Birth of John, son of Robert and Mary Saxby            
          
              154580            
          
              Surname: Saxby            
          
              First Name: Robert and Mary            
          
              Ship: -            
          
              Date: 19 November 1843            
          
              Place: Paterson            
          
              Source: Paterson Baptism Register p 12            
          
              Details: Robert, son of Robert and Mary Saxby born 3 October 1843. Baptised 19 November 1843. Occupation of Robert Saxby - farmer            
          
              138711            
          
              Surname: Saxby            
          
              First Name: Robert junior & senior            
          
              Ship: -            
          
              Date: 1869 27 December            
          
              Place: Williams River district            
          
              Source: SMH            
          
              Details: Elector of the Williams River district supporting John Nowlan of 'Eelar' in the forthcoming election            
          
              161433            
          
              Surname: Saxton (Sexton)            
          
              First Name: Robert and Margaret            
          
              Ship: -            
          
              Date: 11 February 1855            
          
              Place: Houghton            
          
              Source: Australian Births and Baptisms - Family Search Historical Records            
          
              Details: Baptism of Susan Margaret Saxton, daughter of Robert and Margaret Saxton (born 25 November 1854)            
          
              62693            
          
              Surname: Sayer            
          
              First Name: Robert            
          
              Ship: Asia 1822            
          
              Date: 1825 23 June            
          
              Place: Newcastle            
          
              Source: SG            
          
              Details: Aged 36; native of Norfolk; 5'6"; hazel eyes, brown hair, freckled complexion; absconded from James Mudie; accused of robbery            
          
              76955            
          
              Surname: Sayer (Sawyer)            
          
              First Name: Robert            
          
              Ship: Asia 1822            
          
              Date: 1822            
          
              Place: -            
          
              Source: CSI            
          
              Details: Assigned to the service of Mr. Mudie            
          
              17132            
          
              Surname: Sayers            
          
              First Name: Robert            
          
              Ship: Asia 1822            
          
              Date: 1825            
          
              Place: Newcastle            
          
              Source: CSI            
          
              Details: Assigned to James Mudie. Absconded            
          
              148635            
          
              Surname: Schofield            
          
              First Name: Robert            
          
              Ship: -            
          
              Date: -            
          
              Place: -            
          
              Source: The Bicentenary Pioneer Register, Second Edition, Volume 111            
          
              Details: Born c. 1837 at Halls Creek, near Merton, son of James Schofield and Janet Angus. Died 8 May 1916. Spouse Anne Llewellyn. 13 children            
          
              186307            
          
              Surname: Schofield            
          
              First Name: Robert            
          
              Ship: -            
          
              Date: 14 June 1847            
          
              Place: West Maitland            
          
              Source: West Maitland Marriage Register 1844 - 1855. Living Histories            
          
              Details: Marriage of Robert Schofield of Patrick Plains to Caroline Marsh of West Maitland. Witnesses William and Mary Bailey both of West Maitland. Chaplain Rev. Robert Chapman            
          
              130810            
          
              Surname: Schofield            
          
              First Name: Robert            
          
              Ship: John 1827            
          
              Date: 1837            
          
              Place: Liverpool Plains            
          
              Source: GRC            
          
              Details: Age 29. Assigned to Brown & Alcorn            
          
              163179            
          
              Surname: Schofield            
          
              First Name: Robert            
          
              Ship: John 1827            
          
              Date: 1827            
          
              Place: -            
          
              Source: AO NSW Convict Indent Fiche No. 668            
          
              Details: Age 20. Reads. Stable boy and servant from Manchester. Tried at Lancaster on 10 March 1827 and sentenced to transportation for life for burglary. Assigned to Sarah Alcorn at Windsor on arrival            
          
              164202            
          
              Surname: Schofield            
          
              First Name: Robert            
          
              Ship: John 1827            
          
              Date: 25 May 1847            
          
              Place: West Maitland            
          
              Source: Application to Marry            
          
              Details: Robert Schofield ticket of leave holder aged 40, arrived per 'John' , application to marry Caroline Marsh arrived per 'Buffalo' (free by servitude)            
          
              99524            
          
              Surname: Schofield (Scholfield)            
          
              First Name: Robert            
          
              Ship: John 1827            
          
              Date: 1841 23 November            
          
              Place: Patrick Plains            
          
              Source: SG            
          
              Details: Granted Ticket of leave            
          
              149189            
          
              Surname: Scobbie            
          
              First Name: Michael, Elizabeth, John, Robert, James, Agnes            
          
              Ship: Palmyra 1839            
          
              Date: 1839 December            
          
              Place: -            
          
              Source: State Records of NSW. Online microfilm of shipping lists            
          
              Details: Michael age 36, joiner, Elizabeth age 30, John age 10, Robert age 8, James age 4, Agnes age 2, passengers on the Palmyra            
          
              197019            
          
              Surname: Scobie            
          
              First Name: Michael and Robert            
          
              Ship: -            
          
              Date: 3 August 1939            
          
              Place: Maitland            
          
              Source: The Maitland Daily Mercury            
          
              Details: Several orchards had been formed in the district about the time of Michael Scobie s arrival. He, too, commenced the cultivation of fruit, and vegetables. Many difficulties were encountered in his venture. Timber had to be cleared; roads were in very poor condition; floods damaged several crops; markets were poor, for commercially this was a period of depression. Notwithstanding these adversities, he persevered until the whole of his 60 acres developed into a flourishing orchard and market garden. Nine and a half acres were devoted to the culture of table grapes. In the orchard were apples, pears, plums, peaches, strawberries, loquats and several kinds of oranges. It is interesting to record that oranges were introduced into Australia by a clergyman, the Rev. Johnson, who came out with the First Fleet in 1788, and resided for eleven years at Parramatta, where he planted in his garden some seeds brought from Lisbon. The trees grew rapidly and well, and by taking cuttings from his or orangery, the culture spread to different parts. They grew particularly well on the Hunter and Paterson. Gold was discovered by Edward Hargreaves, at Lewis Pond Creek, about the time Michael s son, Robert, was 20 years old (Robert- was born September 7, 1831). Like a great many others, the latter was captivated by tales of these discoveries. Taking a horse and cart, he set off accompanied by another, young man, Mr. Brodie, to try bis luck at prospecting. Roads were not so well defined, or well made as we know them. The two young men would go in different directions, one taking the horse and cart, one walking, arranging before hand to meet at a certain point they could see in the distance, at a given time, until at last they reached Louisa Creek, near Mudgee. Their search was rewarded by finding a little gold. However, Robert decided to return to Maitland. That same year (1851) he entered into partnership with his father. Under their joint guidance, their constant care and attention, the quality of the products of The Gardens, Mount Pleasant reached the highest grade. A Maitland Mercury of the year 1844 mentions that soon after the introduction of cucumber growing into the colony, Mr. Michael Scobie grew a Turkey cucumber 19 inches long and 12 inches round. At the various agricultural shows in the locality some hundreds of prizes were won by their products as the years advanced Scobie s grapes were much sought-after in the Sydney shops.  Mr. Robert Scobie introduced a new system of ground irrigation. He placed porous pipes some distance below the surface, and ran water through them. The Gardens increased in extent, from time to time. In addition to the original 60 acres (which were now freehold), another 30 were acquired. The property became recognised as a model orchard and for years this was the show place of the district. Michael had additional spheres of interest, too. He was an elder of the Presbyterian Church. Although not actively engaged in any public movements, he took a deep concern in them all. Hale and hearty, highly esteemed by all, retaining to the last his interest in the work of the farm, Michael lived to the ripe old age of 100 years and five months, passing to the Great Beyond on March 24, 1903. He attributed his long healthy life to the fact that he was a non-smoker, and non drinker. He went to bed with the birds, and arose as early as they. His wife (Elizabeth Heugh), had predeceased him. She died on January 30, 1887, at the age of 78. Their family numbered eleven  - six sons and five daughters. Three of them had passed on before their father. A second residence had been erected on the property for Robert and his bride (Mary Warren), when they married on June 2, 1859            
          
              136296            
          
              Surname: Scobie            
          
              First Name: Mrs. Robert            
          
              Ship: -            
          
              Date: 1871 6 April            
          
              Place: Oakhampton Rd., West Maitland            
          
              Source: MM            
          
              Details: Gave birth to a son on 31st March            
          
              150452            
          
              Surname: Scobie            
          
              First Name: Mrs. Robert            
          
              Ship: -            
          
              Date: 1863 6 June            
          
              Place: Oakhampton Road            
          
              Source: MM            
          
              Details: Gave birth to a son on 29 May 1863            
          
              198870            
          
              Surname: Scobie            
          
              First Name: Mrs. Robert            
          
              Ship: -            
          
              Date: 27 February 1869            
          
              Place: Oakhampton Road            
          
              Source: MM            
          
              Details: Birth, on the 21st February, at Mount Pleasant, Oakhampton Road, Mrs. Robert Scobie, of a daughter            
          
              211095            
          
              Surname: Scobie            
          
              First Name: Mrs. Robert            
          
              Ship: -            
          
              Date: 26 April 1860            
          
              Place: Mount Pleasant, Oakhampton Road            
          
              Source: Maitland Mercury            
          
              Details: Birth, at Mount Pleasant Oakhampton Road, on 25th April, Mrs. Robert Scobie of a daughter