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Mein's Farm
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This property is located at 239 Portland Head Road, Ebenezer, New South Wales and was the home of James Mein (Maine) who arrived in the colony of NSW with his wife Susannah (nee Skene) along with other free settlers aboard the ship Coromandel on the 13 June 1802.
Reference: p 218
The property of 100 acres at Portland Head described as Portion 119, Parish of Wilberforce, County of Cook was granted to James Mein on the 14 April 1803 by Governor Philip Gidley King. The block adjoined that of Andrew Johnston. Several years later Mein constructed a sandstone home for his family on flat land close to the Hawkesbury River. The stone was quarried onsite. Very little remains of Mein’s early cottage except for a couple of walls belonging to the kitchen.
Another sandstone ruin exists on the block which was constructed by a subsequent owner during the Victorian period.
Two images showing the remaining walls of the kitchen structure of Mein’s cottage in February 2001. Cathy McHardy 2001
Mein conducted services at Ebenezer Church as a lay preacher and was known in the district as Parson Mein. He reputedly conducted the first service in the area under a large tree adjacent to the site of Ebenezer Church and continued to serve as minister in the area for 25 years. James Mein died in July 1827 aged 66 years and was interred in the churchyard of Ebenezer Church. After her husband’s death Susannah went to live in Windsir with George Loder. Susannah died in Loder House, Windsor on the 11 September 1833 aged 77 years.
The memorial to James Mein in the churchyard of Ebenezer Church with additional plaques commemorating the lives of several other members of the Mein family. Cathy McHardy September 2021
Following the death of Susannah, the 100 acre farm was advertised for sale in 1841. It was described as a very desirable property:
The house is two stories high, built of stone, well finished, newly shingled, very commodious, and in excellent repair. A spacious garden is also attached, interspersed with great varieties of fruit trees in full bearing; and the navigable waters of the Hawkesbury, which bound the estate on one side, gender communication with Windsor and Sydney easy and convenient.
Excerpt from the Free Press and Commercial Journal, Saturday 3 April 1841, Page 3
Read more about the life of James Mein and his obituary from the Sydney Gazette of the 9 July 1827.
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