James Squire

James Squire , a convict transported to Australia, is credited with the first successful cultivation of hops in Australia around the start of the 19th century, and is also considered to have founded Australias first commercial brewery in 1798, though John Boston appears to have opened a brewery making a form of corn beer two years earlier.

While Squire was separated from his wife and family he met Mary Spencer. Mary was born in 1768 in the town of Formby. She was tried at Wigan, Lancashire onOctober 1786 for with theft at Crosby of one cotton and one black silk handkerchief, a green quilted tammy petticoat and a black silk cloak, of unknown value. She was sentenced to transportation foryears and left England on the Prince of Wales aged aboutat that time . She had no occupation recorded. Mary gave birth to a son, who was named Francis . He diedSeptember 1851 in Melbourne. Unable to care for Francis, James enrolled him in the British Army at justmonths of age. Francis was enlisted into the NSW Corps as a drummer, starting on the payroll on his 7th birthday.

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