Samuel Terry (1776–1838)
from Sydney Gazette
Mr. Samuel Terry, the Rothschild of New South Wales, died on Thursday morning last, at his residence, Pitt-street. The funeral will take place to-morrow morning, (Sunday,) at 7 o'clock. Mr. Terry, it is generally believed, has left property to the amount of half a million of money! — but in what manner he has disposed of it is not generally known. Mr. Terry made his will about six months after he was first taken ill; since that time a codicil has been added. The will is to be opened on Monday next. Mr. Terry was sixty two years of age.
Original publication
Other Obituaries for Samuel Terry
- Hobart Town Courier, 30 March 1838, p 2
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- Trove search
- will, Sydney Gazette, 27 February 1838, p 2
- funeral, Australian (Sydney), 27 February 1838, p 2
- William Bland sues his estate for unpaid medical fees, Australian (Sydney), 18 October 1838, p 2
Related Thematic Essay
- Barrie Dyster, The Depression of the 1840s in New South Wales
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Terry, Samuel
- Terry, Rosetta Posy (wife)
- Terry, John (son)
- Terry, Edward (son)
- Wingate, Eleanor (daughter-in-law)
- Hosking, John (son-in-law)
- Terry, Samuel Henry (grandson)
- Terry, Edward (grandson)
- Hutchinson, William (business partner)
- Underwood, Joseph (business partner)
- Cooper, Daniel (business partner)
- Winder, Thomas White (business partner)
- Campbell, Robert (business partner)
- Ditchfield, John (employee)
- Broadhurst, Thomas (employee)
- Delaforce, William (employee)
- Larra, James (acquaintance)
- Wiseman, Solomon (acquaintance)
- Eagar, Edward (acquaintance)
- Dick, Alexander (acquaintance)
- Atkins, Thomas (acquaintance)
- Atkinson, Thomas Joseph (acquaintance)
- Marsden, Samuel (employer)
- Want, Randolph John (lawyer)
- Bland, William (doctor)
- Dow, Gwyneth Maude (related entry)
- Penson, Richard Henry (educational sponsor)
- Erskine, Robert William (educational sponsor)
- Penson, George Moore (educational sponsor)
Citation details
'Terry, Samuel (1776–1838)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/terry-samuel-2721/text28172, accessed 11 July 2025.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
Death
22 February,
1838
(aged ~ 62)
Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
Cultural Heritage
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Passenger Ship
Occupation or Descriptor
- benefactor (general)
- brewer
- convict
- emancipist
- flour miller
- land speculator
- landowner
- litigant
- publican
- racehorse breeder
Key Organisations
- Auxiliary Bible Society (NSW)
- Bank of New South Wales
- Benevolent Society of New South Wales
- Freemasons
- Sydney College
- Lachlan and Waterloo Flour Mills (NSW)
- Australian Society for the Promotion of the Growth and Cultivation of Colonial Produce and Manufactures