Mak sai ying biography

John Pong Shying (Chinese: 麥世英; Jyutping: Mak⁶ Sai³ Jing¹; b. ca.

Mak sai ying biography

1796, Canton, China; d. 18 June 1880, Sydney, Australia) was the first known Chinese born settler to Australia, arriving in 1818. (date and place of death is actually unknown - the quoted date is that of John Sheen whose DNA has been shown to be different.

Descendants are still trying to place his movements after 1844).

Mak sai ying biography wikipedia

He was known by many names, including Mak Sai Ying 麥世英, Mak Sai Pang 麥世鹏, Mai Shi Ying 麦世英, Mark Opong 麦阿鹏, and (reputedly but contrary to DNA evidence) also John Sheen.

Arriving via the Laurel in February 1818, he landed at Port Jackson.^[1]

He worked as a carpenter, living with John Blaxland on his Newington Estate.

After three years, he worked at Elizabeth Farm for Elizabeth Macarthur, the pastoralist.

He married Sarah Jane Thompson (b: abt 1802, United Kingdom d: 27 March 1836, Parramatta) on 3 February 1823 in St John's Church of England,