Born on Norfolk Island in 1794, she was the daughter of William HAMBLY and Mary SPRINGHAM. Her mother died in 1796. Her father was farming on 60 acres and she had a brother who was four years older. The family left for Hobart Town on HMS Porpoise in 1807 after the government decided to abandon the Norfolk Island settlement.
Elizabeth married John DUNCOMBE in Hobart Town in 1808 and they had three daughters. After he was sent to Sydney in 1819, she formed a new relationship with William STEER and had five more children. They moved to Launceston around 1825, leaving her DUNCOMBE daughters at Pittwater, where they all married. They returned to Sorell around 1838. She died there in 1853.
For more information see Trish Wood's book The Convict and the Carpenter.
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4.3.08
John DUNCOMBE
Perhaps born in London in 1772, the son of Edward and Mary DUNCOMB, John DUNCOMBE was convicted of stealing at the Old Bailey in 1787 and transported on Albemarle, one of the Third Fleet ships, arriving in Sydney in 1791. He was transferred to Norfolk Island on Atlantic the following month and remained there as a carpenter after his sentence expired.
He left for the Derwent with the HAMBLY family, on HMS Porpoise in 1807 and married Elizabeth HAMBLY in Hobart the following year. Neither was able to sign their name. They had three daughters. He built mills with William HAMBLY and the family moved to their 60 acre land grant at Pittwater in 1815.
Unfortunately John DUNCOMBE became deranged and was sent to an asylum in Sydney in 1819. he died in Sydney in 1835.
He left for the Derwent with the HAMBLY family, on HMS Porpoise in 1807 and married Elizabeth HAMBLY in Hobart the following year. Neither was able to sign their name. They had three daughters. He built mills with William HAMBLY and the family moved to their 60 acre land grant at Pittwater in 1815.
Unfortunately John DUNCOMBE became deranged and was sent to an asylum in Sydney in 1819. he died in Sydney in 1835.
Mary DUNCOMBE
Mary was born in Hobart Town in 1813, the second of three daughters of John DUNCOMBE and Elizabeth HAMBLY. Around 1815 the family moved to a farm at Pittwater. Her father was sent to Sydney due to mental illness in 1819 and her mother formed a new relationship. Mary and her sisters were left, presumably with her grandfather William HAMBLY, when her mother moved to northern Tasmania in 1825.
Mary married Charles RICHARDSON, at Pittwater, in 1827. I wonder if the facts that they married in the schoolhouse and all her children learned to read and write, are connected? Both Mary and her sister were able to sign their names.
Mary and Charles lived on the HAMBLY farm and raised eleven children. Her grandfather died in 1835 and left half his farm at Sorell Rivulet to her. In her will she left it to her husband for life, then her youngest son. She died in 1874 aged 61.
Mary married Charles RICHARDSON, at Pittwater, in 1827. I wonder if the facts that they married in the schoolhouse and all her children learned to read and write, are connected? Both Mary and her sister were able to sign their names.
Mary and Charles lived on the HAMBLY farm and raised eleven children. Her grandfather died in 1835 and left half his farm at Sorell Rivulet to her. In her will she left it to her husband for life, then her youngest son. She died in 1874 aged 61.
Charles RICHARDSON
Charles RICHARDSON's arrival in Van Diemen's land has not been established but Trish Wood, who researched and wrote The Convict and the Carpenter, concluded that he was probably Charles MOORE who was convicted at Aylesbury in 1816 and transported to Port Jackson on Almorah then VDL by Pilot in 1817. He was an illiterate labourer and received a ticket of leave in 1823.
He married Mary DUNCOMBE at Pittwater in 1827. He was a bout 29 and she was 13.
They lived on the property at Sorell which had belonged to her uncle William HAMBLY Jnr. and had six daughters and five sons. When her grandfather William HAMBLY died in 1835, he left her half his farm at Sorell Rivulet, and they built a small house on it. All the children learnt to read and write.
Charles died at Sorell in 1875, a year after his wife, who left the farm to him for life, then to her youngest son.
He married Mary DUNCOMBE at Pittwater in 1827. He was a bout 29 and she was 13.
They lived on the property at Sorell which had belonged to her uncle William HAMBLY Jnr. and had six daughters and five sons. When her grandfather William HAMBLY died in 1835, he left her half his farm at Sorell Rivulet, and they built a small house on it. All the children learnt to read and write.
Charles died at Sorell in 1875, a year after his wife, who left the farm to him for life, then to her youngest son.
Emily RICHARDSON
Born in 1843 at Sorell, Tasmania, Emily was the seventh child and fourth daughter of Charles RICHARDSON and Mary DUNCOMBE. She married George PATTERSON at Sorell in 1860. They had six children, of whom three sons survived infancy.
The family moved across the Derwent to Southport about 1876 and later took up land at Snake Plains. Her husband died in 1890 and she remarried in 1894, a widower and friend of the family, William SKINNER who was 21 years younger than her. Bill was born a couple of months after Emily's first [deceased] child. They continued to live at Snake Plains near her family. Emily was a midwife and kept in touch with her family with frequent letters. She also had a lovely garden. She died in 1925, age 82.
The family moved across the Derwent to Southport about 1876 and later took up land at Snake Plains. Her husband died in 1890 and she remarried in 1894, a widower and friend of the family, William SKINNER who was 21 years younger than her. Bill was born a couple of months after Emily's first [deceased] child. They continued to live at Snake Plains near her family. Emily was a midwife and kept in touch with her family with frequent letters. She also had a lovely garden. She died in 1925, age 82.
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