The burial of Corps Drummer Obadiah Ikin jr recorded in the City of Sydney Old Sydney Burial ground database is a presumed burial placed in the database at the instance of descendents. There was absolutely no burial record as such in any Old Sydney Burial Ground or St Phillips burial records. The date 24 Jul 1797 originates from the 1992 publication 'NSW Corps New Sources' edited by Pamela Statham. The date was simply to indicate Ikin dissappeared from Corps records in a gap in records bounded by this date. However, Corps Monthly returns indicate a drummer and a Serjeant went on furlough to England at exactly this time. It is considered this is Obadiah Sr and Jr, to visit family in Shropshire. Obadiah Sr returned by 1800 and was reduced to Private. Obadiah Jr never returned to the colony and it is presumed he remained in England
The burial of Corps Drummer Obadiah Ikin jr recorded in the City of Sydney Old Sydney Burial ground database is a presumed burial placed in the database at the instance of descendents. There was absolutely no burial record as such in any Old Sydney Burial Ground or St Phillips burial records. The date 24 Jul 1797 originates from the 1992 publication 'NSW Corps New Sources' edited by Pamela Statham. The date was simply to indicate Ikin dissappeared from Corps records in a gap in records bounded by this date. However, Corps Monthly returns indicate a drummer and a Serjeant went on furlough to England at exactly this time. It is considered this is Obadiah Sr and Jr, to visit family in Shropshire. Obadiah Sr returned by 1800 and was reduced to Private. Obadiah Jr never returned to the colony and it is presumed he remained in England
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The burial in 1797 has been found to be an incorrect assumption that was placed in the City of Sydney OSBG database. There is no primary document or historic burial recorded at all.
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