Mary was baptised at St Leonard's Shoreditch, parents Robert and Mary SPRINGHAM of ye old artillery ground, in 1768. She was a hawker when she was convicted of stealing in 1787 and transported on Lady Penrhyn, one of the ships of the First Fleet, which arrived in New South Wales in 1788.
At Port Jackson she formed a relationship with William HAMBLY a carpenter's crew on HMS Sirius and they had a son William in 1790. They accompanied him to Norfolk Island on Sirius when it was wrecked in 1790. William chose to remain when the crew was relieved and returned to England. He farmed his land grant of 60 acres, supplying the government. Mary probably cared for the two breeding sows, six hens and one cock which they were supplied with, while her husband cleared the land and erected a hut, with the help of two assigned convicts. They had a daughter Elizabeth in 1794, and another Mary who died in infancy in 1795. Mary died in 1796, so her daughter probably did not remember her.
There is an old headstone on Norfolk Island with initials MH and a cross, which may have been Mary's.
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4.3.08
William HAMBLY
Born about 1763 at Truro, Cornwall, William was a carpenter's crew on the naval ship Sirius, flagship of the First Fleet, which arrived at Port Jackson in 1788. He formed a relationship with Mary SPRINGHAM and they had two surviving children, William and Elizabeth. They went to Norfolk Island on Sirius when it was shipwrecked in 1790 and he elected to remain as a settler when the crew was able to leave the following year. They married in November 1791 when Rev. Johnson visited the island. He obtained a grant of 60 acres at Little Cascade and farmed successfully. Mary died in 1796.
The family of three left Norfolk Island for Hobart Town in 1807 on HMS Porpoise and William received a grant of land at Sorell.
He remarried another First Fleeter in 1810, Jane MEECH, the widow of First Fleet convict William MOULTON, but she died in 1812.
His son William died in 1817, and he died at Sorell in 1835.
"There is no headstone to mark William Hambly's grave. He is recorded as the only First Fleeter to be buried at the old Graveyard on the edge of Pittwater at Sorell. It is said that many of the graves there were marked by wooden crosses and that these were lost in bushfires." [Trish Wood - the Convict and the Carpenter]
The family of three left Norfolk Island for Hobart Town in 1807 on HMS Porpoise and William received a grant of land at Sorell.
He remarried another First Fleeter in 1810, Jane MEECH, the widow of First Fleet convict William MOULTON, but she died in 1812.
His son William died in 1817, and he died at Sorell in 1835.
"There is no headstone to mark William Hambly's grave. He is recorded as the only First Fleeter to be buried at the old Graveyard on the edge of Pittwater at Sorell. It is said that many of the graves there were marked by wooden crosses and that these were lost in bushfires." [Trish Wood - the Convict and the Carpenter]
Elizabeth HAMBLY
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.
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.
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.
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