Samuel Terry (c. 1776 – 22 February 1838) was an English man who was transported to Australia as a criminal, where he became a wealthy landowner, merchant and philanthropist.
Terry left a personal estate valued at £250,000, an income of over £10,000 a year from Sydney rentals, and landed property that defies assessment.
While working as a labourer in Manchester, England, on 22 January 1800 he was sentenced to transportation to the colony of Australia for the crime of stealing 400 pairs of stockings.
On 27 March 1810 Terry married Rosetta (Rosata) Marsh or Madden, née Pracey, who had come freely to the colony in 1799 on the East India Company ship Hillsborough.
[3] In August 1820 Terry entered into a business partnership with Thomas White Melville Winder to mill grain into flour.
[1] Probate of the will and executor was granted to Rosetta Terry, Tom White Melville Winder, and James Norton.