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Marriage of John Hutton of Melbourne and Martha, second daughter of William Pender on 7th August. Minister Rev. Purves
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Kirkton, Hunter River
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Marriage of John Busby Esq., of Orange, eldest son of George Busby Esq., of Bathurst and Harriet, fourth daughter of W.D. Kelman of Kirkton on 14th December. Minister Rev. William Purves
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Marriage of William White, youngest son of Mr. James White, surgeon (late of Edinburgh, Scotland) and Emily Jane, youngest daughter of C.J. Crofton of Windermere. Surgeon Rev. W. Purves
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Marriage of Thomas Yeo, 3rd son of James Yeo of Elong Elong Station, Talbragar River and Margaret, eldest daughter of Thomas Paterson of rose Hill, East Maitland on 2nd May 1866. Minister Rev. Wlliam Purves
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Marriage of Alexander McDonald of Newcastle to Kate, eldest daughter of Thomas Kidd of West Maitland on 7th December 1865. Minister Rev. William Purves
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Marriage of Thomas Grogan of West Maitland to Annie, second daughter of Thomas Kidd of West Maitland on 7th December 1865. Minister Rev. William Purves
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On List of Ministers who served in the Presbyterian Church in NSW since the Union in 1865
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Arrived circa 1841
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Marriage of Francis William Single Esq., of Liverpool Plains to Susannah, second daughter of Henry Adams of East Maitland on 3rd September 1849. Minister Rev. William Purves
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Marriage of William, youngest son of Mr. William Irwin of West Maitland to Helen, youngest daughter of Mr. John Stewart of East Maitland on 14th October 1862. Minister Rev. W. Purves
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Marriage of John Eggleston, second son of W.F. Jackson of Glenarchy, Tasmania to Marianne, eldest daughter of P. Green, Esq., J.P., of Windermere on 27 February 1864. Minister Rev. William Purves
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January - December 1853
Source:
The Home and Foreign Missionary Record for the Church of Scotland, Volume 8 By Church of Scotland
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The Synod of Australia, alive to the importance of the present crisis as bearing on the religious and moral condition of these colonies, have deputed one of their number (the Rev. William Purves) to visit this country with a view to diffuse information respecting the spiritual wants of our countrymen in Australia, and to awaken more fully the sympathies of the Church on their behalf, and, if possible, to procure additional ministers for various places in Australia. The Committee have had a great deal of communication with Mr. Purves since he arrived in this country, and have been giving him every assistance in their power with a view to carry out the object of his mission. He has called their attention particularly to the following places, where ministers are immediately required - 1. Moreton Bay. 2. Stroud and Dungog, in the districts of Port Stephens and the Williams River. 3. Muswellbrook, in the district of the Upper Hunter. 4. Newcastle. 5. The Bathurst Gold Fields. G. The Braidwood Gold Fields. 7. Sydney. With the concurrence of Mr. Purves, the two first of these places have recently been supplied, by the appointment of the Rev. W. L. Nelson of North Esk, to Moreton Bay, and of the Rev. R. Boag of Belford, to Port Stephens. Various applications are now under the consideration of the Committee and of Mr. Purves; and the Committee hope soon to be able to report, that all the places above-mentioned have been supplied with ministers.
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Australian Almanac
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The General Assembly is appointed to meet in the Presbyterian Church, Philip Street Sydney, on Wednesday, 23rd October 1867 at 7 pm. Moderator of Assembly Rev. William Purves of Maitland. Clerk of Assembly Rev. J.B. Laughton of Parramatta
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Meeting held at Maitland Mechanics Institute for the purpose of expressing regret at the departure of Rev. Purves from the town and of deciding on the means to be taken for recognizing the many services Rev. Purves had rendered to the district. Rev. Purves was leaving the colony for a time because of ill health
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Death on 14 July 1867 of Lucy Havens, wife of the Rev. William Purves.
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On board the Patriarch
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The Newcastle Chronicle
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Description of the Voyage of the ship Patriarch from Sydney to London and the death of Rev. William Purves on the voyage
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Australasian Chronicle
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Rev. William Purves was ordained a minister in the Scottish church on Monday evening
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St. Stephens Church East Maitland
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The Maitland Daily Mercury
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The first minister was the Rev. William Purves M. A., of the established Church of Scotland, who, after labouring 28 years left on a voyage to Scotland in 1869 but died on the way. A memorial tablet testifies to the regard in which he was held. Mr. Purves was also honoured by being elected the second Moderator of the State of NSW
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Newcastle Chronicle
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Rev. William Purves, late of East Maitland, died on his passage from Sydney to England in the ship Patriarch, by which he sailed on 16 April
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Alan Dougan, Purves, William (1811–1870), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University
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William Purves - Presbyterian minister, was born on 26 July 1811 at Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, son of William Purves, artificer. Educated at the parish school, he attended arts classes at the University of Edinburgh in 1827-28 and 1830-31 while studying for the ministry of the Church of Scotland. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Dunbar on 6 April 1836 and arrived at Sydney in 1839........
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It is with feelings of the deepest regret that we learn of the melancholy death of the Rev. William Purves, while on the voyage to Eng- land in the ship Patriarch. As yet there are very few particulars of the sad event to hand, but, we are informed, a gentleman in Maitland has received a telegram from the eldest son of the lamented gentleman, stating that his father was dead. It will be remembered that Mr. Purves was proceeding to the old country for the purpose of recruiting his health, which had given way under the pressure of domestic afflictions added to the wear and tear of his arduous calling. At the time the vessel left he was so unwell that he had to be assisted on board, but it was confidently hoped by his friends that the voyage would act as a restorative. The Patriarch was spoken by the ship Liberator, forty days out, and the report "all well" came on to Sydney, cheering the hearts of Mr. Purves numerous friends. The decease of Mr. Purves must then have happened at a subsequent period of the voyage, most probably ere he had time once more to see his native shores. There are few who have lived any length of time in this district who did not know and respect Mr. Purves, as well in his capacity of a citizen as in his sacred calling, and we are sure that the news of his decease will be received with great regret by all. Mr. Purves loss, coming so soon after the death of the Rev. W. McIntyre, will be the more la- mented. Of the two gentlemen, while both lent a helping hand to most movements for the public benefit in and about the two Maitlands, Mr. Purves took most part in movements out- side his own religious denomination. Himself a fine scholar, he took great delight in assisting such institutions as the Mechanics Institute, East Maitland : and did much towards making it and others really institutions for the whole- some recreation of all alike, poor and rich. At one time Mr. Purves tried to originate, and bring into active usefulness, movements for a scheme for crossing the river at West Maitland, and other plans of like nature, but was not then successful - partly perhaps because his style of public speaking, though easy, had more of the finished scholar than the orator in it, and he could thus create little enthusiasm among a mixed audience. He had a good deal of energetic perseverance in regard to more general matters also, and to him it is mainly owing (we believe) that the rich cannel coal-mine at Anvil Creek has been successfully brought into working condition, and maintained and largely owing that rather extensive flood-protection works, of drainage character, were entered on by the farmers and owners on Wallis Creek years since. Of Mr. Purves merits as a member of the Senate of the Sydney University the Sydney journals will be better informed than we are. By an accident some time ago we learnt that Mr. Purves(whose second marriage had made him rich was a man of most extensive- charities, some known, but many unknown but to himself and the recipients ; and in this respect, as well as in many others, his loss will be severely felt in East Maitland. It is almost unnecessary to add, so widely was Mr. Purves known, that he was a gentleman of the most courteous and obliging demeanour, by nature a peace- maker in nearly all cases.
