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
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.
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.
1.3.08
Henry Mylam COCKERILL
Born in London in 1806, Henry was the second son of Edward COCKERILL and Susanna BEELS. He had the benefit of an education but was convicted of stealing in 1823 and transported to Hobart Town on Phoenix in 1824. He was appointed to the Lieutenant-Governor's or Colonial Secretary's office as a clerk with a salary but was sentenced to 3 years hard labour at Macquarie Harbour in 1827 when he was caught altering the sentence of another convict. He was fortunate to have been useful as assistant clerk in the Commandant's Office there and left there for Bothwell in 1829 where he was a clerk in the police office.
By 1831 he was settling down, with some land, a garden and a house commenced. In 1832 he sought permission to marry, but already some in Bothwell were objecting to him. He married Eliza VINCENT that year and received his conditional pardon in 1836 so he was able to leave his position as a clerk and become licensee of his father-in-law's inn. They had 15 children with only two dying as children.
In 1841 Bothwell was rocked by an attempt to rescind his recently approved membership of the Bothwell Literary Society. By 1843 he was seeking to give up innkeeping and obtain a position with the government, with an eye to the future of his children.
The family moved to the New Norfolk area in 1851 and may have tried farming. They were living at the Cawthorn property Arundel at Macquarie Plains in 1864 when his wife died.
Eighteen months later, he remarried to Alicia CORRIGAN, the widow of Dr Kenneth MaCLEAY who had been at Bothwell in 1848.
Henry died in New Town in 1873 and was buried at Cornelian Bay.
Janet Miller, one of his New Zealand descendants, wrote a COCKERILL family history in 1994.
By 1831 he was settling down, with some land, a garden and a house commenced. In 1832 he sought permission to marry, but already some in Bothwell were objecting to him. He married Eliza VINCENT that year and received his conditional pardon in 1836 so he was able to leave his position as a clerk and become licensee of his father-in-law's inn. They had 15 children with only two dying as children.
In 1841 Bothwell was rocked by an attempt to rescind his recently approved membership of the Bothwell Literary Society. By 1843 he was seeking to give up innkeeping and obtain a position with the government, with an eye to the future of his children.
The family moved to the New Norfolk area in 1851 and may have tried farming. They were living at the Cawthorn property Arundel at Macquarie Plains in 1864 when his wife died.
Eighteen months later, he remarried to Alicia CORRIGAN, the widow of Dr Kenneth MaCLEAY who had been at Bothwell in 1848.
Henry died in New Town in 1873 and was buried at Cornelian Bay.
Janet Miller, one of his New Zealand descendants, wrote a COCKERILL family history in 1994.
27.2.08
George PATTERSON
Born in Edinburgh about 1805, he may have been the son of William PATERSON, a tailor and Hellen DICKSON, who also baptised a son William at St Cuthbert's Edinburgh in 1812.
He was a baker living in South Fould Close on High Street when he was convicted of stealing in 1832 and arrived in Hobart Town on Surrey (3) in 1833.
He married Mary HINGERTY in Hobart in 1835 and they had two children.
He died in an accident near Avoca in 1839.
He was a baker living in South Fould Close on High Street when he was convicted of stealing in 1832 and arrived in Hobart Town on Surrey (3) in 1833.
He married Mary HINGERTY in Hobart in 1835 and they had two children.
He died in an accident near Avoca in 1839.
Sarah BARNES
Born in 1813 at Whitchurch in Shropshire, Sarah was convicted of larceny in the Shrewsbury market place and transported to Hobart Town on Borneo in 1828. She was notable as the youngest of 1675 convict women transported to VDL from 1803 to 1829. Her parents were Jonathan BARNES, a day labourer, and Mary.
She was assigned to Bothwell in 1834 and received her ticket of leave in 1835, marrying George DENHOLM in 1836. They had ten children - fitting the purpose for which she was transported.
She died in 1873 at her daughter's home near Oatlands.
She was assigned to Bothwell in 1834 and received her ticket of leave in 1835, marrying George DENHOLM in 1836. They had ten children - fitting the purpose for which she was transported.
She died in 1873 at her daughter's home near Oatlands.
24.2.08
Edward REYNOLDS
Born about 1765 in Middlesex, England, he was convicted of stealing cows near Uxbridge and transported on Royal Admiral to Sydney in 1800.
He married Sarah GOODSON in about 1787 and they had four children that we know of.
They joined him in Sydney in 1806 when he had a ticket of leave and was working as a gardener in the Hawkesbury area, but Sarah returned to England in 1814 with two of her daughters.
Edward died at Windsor, NSW in 1818.
He married Sarah GOODSON in about 1787 and they had four children that we know of.
They joined him in Sydney in 1806 when he had a ticket of leave and was working as a gardener in the Hawkesbury area, but Sarah returned to England in 1814 with two of her daughters.
Edward died at Windsor, NSW in 1818.
Edward Wilson HODGSON
Born in about 1793 in the parish of Gilcrux in Cumberland, he married Frances KESWICK in her parish of Plumbland in 1813. They had 7 children, 2 dying in infancy. His occupation varied on the parish register of baptisms, being a labourer in 1813, a coal miner in 1819, husbandman in 1821 and 1824, and a farmer's labourer on his convict record.
In 1827, at the Westmoreland Assizes, he was convicted of uttering forged notes [a first offence], sentenced to life, and transported to Hobart Town on William Miles. As he said he had worked under Mr Macadam the roadmaster near Cockermouth, he became a sub-overseer on the roads in Van Diemen's Land. I wonder if this also influenced the life sentence he received, as road-building skills would have been very useful in Van Diemen's Land at that time?
In 1829, he applied for his family to join him and also volunteered to go out to reconcile the aborigines in 1830 during the Black War.
Edward received his Ticket of Leave in July 1832 and became free to make his own living although he still had to report to the authorities.
In March 1834, Edward and his elder son William advertised that they had rented a property called Abbotsfield, near Glenorchy, renaming it Ashburton. However Edward was declared insolvent in January 1837 and "all the growing crops on the farm occupied by Mr Edward Wilson Hodgson, at New Town, consisting of forty acres of potatoes, wheat, barley oats etc" were auctioned on the premises, New Town Road, opposite the Race Course.
He received a full pardon in February 1841 and moved to Victoria where he became involved with a Mrs Quarrie, fighting a duel and becoming a sensation at the time. He went to Adelaide in 1843 or 1844 and spent some time there, returning to Melbourne in 1848. He died there in January 1849 after being run over by a dray.
In 1827, at the Westmoreland Assizes, he was convicted of uttering forged notes [a first offence], sentenced to life, and transported to Hobart Town on William Miles. As he said he had worked under Mr Macadam the roadmaster near Cockermouth, he became a sub-overseer on the roads in Van Diemen's Land. I wonder if this also influenced the life sentence he received, as road-building skills would have been very useful in Van Diemen's Land at that time?
In 1829, he applied for his family to join him and also volunteered to go out to reconcile the aborigines in 1830 during the Black War.
Edward received his Ticket of Leave in July 1832 and became free to make his own living although he still had to report to the authorities.
In March 1834, Edward and his elder son William advertised that they had rented a property called Abbotsfield, near Glenorchy, renaming it Ashburton. However Edward was declared insolvent in January 1837 and "all the growing crops on the farm occupied by Mr Edward Wilson Hodgson, at New Town, consisting of forty acres of potatoes, wheat, barley oats etc" were auctioned on the premises, New Town Road, opposite the Race Course.
He received a full pardon in February 1841 and moved to Victoria where he became involved with a Mrs Quarrie, fighting a duel and becoming a sensation at the time. He went to Adelaide in 1843 or 1844 and spent some time there, returning to Melbourne in 1848. He died there in January 1849 after being run over by a dray.
Honor HERON or HERRING
Born possibly at Clifton, Gloucestershire, England in 1803. She had a brother John HERRING who arrived in Hobart Town on the convict transport Medway in 1825.
Honor was convicted for stealing in London and arrived in Hobart Town on Sovereign in 1827 with her three small daughters. Her husband James BALDWIN signed on the ship as a seaman and accompanied them. He obtained a position as a gaol keeper in Bothwell and she was assigned to him.
She died at her daughter's home Selma in 1859.
A descendant has pointed out that fraternal twins have been passed down the female line in this family. At this time, Honor is the earliest female we have found on this line.
Honor was convicted for stealing in London and arrived in Hobart Town on Sovereign in 1827 with her three small daughters. Her husband James BALDWIN signed on the ship as a seaman and accompanied them. He obtained a position as a gaol keeper in Bothwell and she was assigned to him.
She died at her daughter's home Selma in 1859.
A descendant has pointed out that fraternal twins have been passed down the female line in this family. At this time, Honor is the earliest female we have found on this line.
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