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Among some of the early settlers at Coromandel Valley were John Weymouth and his family. John was born in Molborough on 23 August 1802. A month before John turned 18 he married 16 year old Mary Ann Pitts on 23 July 1820 at Molborough. Their first child, Mary Ann was born on 22 January 1821. Their last child, before leaving England was Thomas William Pitts, born on 3 November 1837. The family boarded the 1834 built, 595 ton 'Pestonjee-Bomanjee', which sailed from London on 11 June, as had Governor Gawler and his family, and arrived in South Australia on 12 October 1838.
Their son John, born in 1859, married Lizzie Scutter, born 10 September 1863 at Clarendon, at the Baptist Chapel on 7 December 1881. John became one of the best known builders in the Adelaide Hills. John too had a large family before his wife Lizzie died on 19 August 1918. John died on 13 March 1934 while fighting a bushfire at Coromandel.
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Among some of the early settlers at Coromandel Valley were John Weymouth and his family. John was born in Molborough on 23 August 1802. A month before John turned 18 he married 16 year old Mary Ann Pitts on 23 July 1820 at Molborough. Their first child, Mary Ann was born on 22 January 1821. Their last child, before leaving England was Thomas William Pitts, born on 3 November 1837. The family boarded the 1834 built, 595 ton 'Pestonjee-Bomanjee', which sailed from London on 11 June, as had Governor Gawler and his family, and arrived in South Australia on 12 October 1838.
Their son John, born in 1859, married Lizzie Scutter, born 10 September 1863 at Clarendon, at the Baptist Chapel on 7 December 1881. John became one of the best known builders in the Adelaide Hills. John too had a large family before his wife Lizzie died on 19 August 1918. John died on 13 March 1934 while fighting a bushfire at Coromandel.