James Squire
Male, Deceased Person
1754 – 1822
Who was 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 Australia's first commercial brewery in 1798, though John Boston appears to have opened a brewery making a form of corn beer two years earlier.
Squire was convicted of stealing in 1785 and was transported to Australia as a convict on the First Fleet in 1788. Squire ran a number of successful ventures during his life, including a farm, a popular tavern called The Malting Shovel, a bakery, a butcher shop and a credit union. He also became a town constable in the Eastern Farms district of Sydney. As a testament to the rise of position in society, his death in 1822 was marked with the biggest funeral ever held in the colony.
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- Born
- 1754
- Parents
- Spouses
- Martha Quinton
(1776 - )
- Martha Quinton
- Died
- May 16, 1822
- Resting place
- Devonshire Street Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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