My Convicts
1788 - First Fleeters
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| Memorial of John Small First Fleet Convict |
John's sentence of 7yrs transportation beyond the seas was for stealing a handkerchief worth 1s. The ship set sail on 13th May 1787.
He married fellow first fleet convict Mary Parker.
There is a Small Family Association of descendants, and another book written by Mollie Gillen serves to try and determine John's ancestry without a definitive conclusion.
https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/small/john/133138
(2) Mary Parker arrived in NSW on the "Lady Penrhyn" on 22nd January 1788. She was tried at the Old Bailey for breaking, entering and stealing. This was not her first offence. After being given a sentence of 7yrs, she was held 8 months before sailing for Australia.
In Australia, she married John Small and had 12 children. She drowned tragically in a well on their property on 4th April 1824.
https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/parker/mary/57057
The whole life story of John Small and Mary Parker can be found here
http://www.fellowshipfirstfleeters.org.au/johnsmall-maryparker.htm
1790 - Second Fleeters
(3) Hannah Gee (aka Ann Teasdale) arrived in NSW on board the "Lady Juliana" on 3rd June 1790. The 19-year-old servant had been charged with stealing a bundle of clothes from her employer and received a sentence of 7 yrs. Known in some records as Ann, she had a child by a "Lady Juliana" seaman called James Blake, but the child died in 1792.
She married convict Thomas Cheshire four months after her arrival in Australia. She had 4 children and died in 1821.
https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/gee/hannah/43631
(4) Thomas Cheshire, aged 23, when sentenced for Highway Robbery was sentenced to Life and was imprisoned on the Thames Hulk called "Censor" almost 3 years later, he embarked on the "Neptune" and arrived in Sydney Cove on 26th June 1790 along with the Scarborough. He married Ann Teasdel (aka Hannah Gee). In 1793 he enlisted in the NSW Corps for the promise of a conditional pardon which he received after 8 months. He was shot dead in his home in 1821 by 1 of a band of 7 burglars who broke into his house demanding money. He is buried at St Peter's Richmond.
https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/cheshire/thomas/102331
(5) Thomas Markwell arrived in NSW on the Scarborough (2) arriving 26th June 1790.
Thomas was convicted of stealing clothes from Arthur Heron and initially received a death sentence but was reprieved and given 14yrs. He was only 18 years old. He was also held on the hulk "Lion" with James Weavers. He is said to have lived a quiet life in the colony. He married 15 yr old Maria Cheshire (he was 37), who was the daughter of fellow convict Thomas Cheshire. He died in 1841. The substantial burial vault still exists at St. Peter's cemetery, Richmond.
https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/markwell/thomas/83789
(6) James Weavers arrived in NSW on 26th June 1790. James' crime was the burglary of Charlotte Hunt, for which he received a Life sentence when he was tried at the Suffolk Assizes. He spent 20 months in country gaol and was then sent to the Portsmouth Hulk "Lion" to spend almost another 3 years before sailing for Australia. He was transported on the "Guardian", which struck an iceberg near the cape of Africa, and only 20 convicts survived the near-sinking ship. The remaining convicts were transferred to the "Surprize". James was recommended for a conditional pardon for his role in saving the sinking ship.
It is said that he had farming experience and was one of 25 specially selected convicts for use in the new colony. He married fellow convict Mary Hutchinson. He was killed by Aborigines in April 1805.
https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/weavers/james/65484
More complete information can be found about the lives of these 2nd Fleeters in "The Second Fleet: Britain's Grimm Convict Armada of 1790" by Michael Flynn.
1791 - Third Fleeters
(7) Mary Hutchinson arrived in Sydney on the "Mary Ann" on 9th July 1791 after a 4 and a half month journey. The ship was one of 11, comprising the 3rd fleet. She was sentenced to 7 years for stealing clothing, a crime she committed alongside her mother. She was tried at the Old Bailey in 1789. She and her mother Ann were transported together on the same ship. Mary married James Weavers. Mary later married her step-father Richard Porter after her mother was killed.
https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/hutchinson/mary/93093
(8) Ann Hutchinson (nee Appletree) was the mother of the above Mary Hutchison. They were tried for the same crime of stealing clothing valued at 39 shillings and transported together, arriving on 9th July 1791 aboard the "Mary Ann". Ann married Richard Porter. Ann Hutchinson and James Weavers died within days of one another with some evidence to suggest they were killed by aborigines.
https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/hutchison/ann/98947
(Surname is incorrectly spelled on the site linked above)
The whole story of these couples can be read in "Not without comforts and hopes", A family history by Judith MacLeod. https://catalogue.sag.org.au/fullRecord.jsp?recno=84
Other convicts transported
(9) Robert Farlow arrived on the "Canada" on 14th December 1801 and was sentenced to 7 years for stealing 5 iron bolts from the dock where he worked. Robert had married Ann Dyer on 21st January 1799 at Portsea, Hampshire, their first child, Maria was born there in 1800, Ann and Maria arrived on the same vessel as Robert as free persons. He died in 1853, aged 75 years.
https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/farlow/robert/60236
(10) Robert Weeks/Wicks arrived on the "Perseus" on 14th August 1802 for sheep stealing. He had received a sentence of Life at the Devon Assizes. He was described as 5'8" with a ruddy complexion, black/grey hair and hazel eyes. He died on 1st May 1837. He Married Sarah Mary Weavers, daughter of our James Weavers convict.
https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/weekes-wicks/robert/99982
(11) Robert Melville arrived on the "Glatton" on 11th March 1803. He was sentenced in Scotland, Perth court of the judiciary for a life term for robbery. He was already married to Elizabeth Craig, and his wife and daughter Isabella came free on the Glatton with him. he eventually received an absolute pardon. They had another daughter, Charlotte Melville, who married William Small, son of our First Fleeters John and Mary. He died in 1853.
https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/melville/robert/108237
(12) Alexander Hewitt arrived on 11th March 1803 aboard the "Glatton" along with Robert Melville. He was sentenced to 7 years for petty larceny. He was already married to Jane (nee Starkey), and she was convicted a year later and followed him into the colony.
https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/hewitt/alexander/107236
https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/hewitt-nee-starkey/jane/66165
(14) Richard Skuthorpe/Skulthorpe arrived aboard the "General Hewitt" on 7th February 1814. He was sentenced to a life term for horse theft, supposedly stealing the horse to ride to see his girlfriend. After arriving in Australia, he married free settler Eleanor Connor in 1818. It appears she may have already been married. His son Thomas married our Mary Ann Cribb.
Richard died on 2nd June 1880 at his home called Lemon Forest at Kurrajong and is buried in the family vault at Richmond cemetery. He was married 3 times.
https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/sculthorpe/richard/99001
(15) James Cribb arrived on the "Atlas (3)" on 16th September 1816, he had a term of Life, but I am not sure of his crime. He was convicted in Lancaster Gaol Delivery. He travelled with 195 other convicts. He married Jane Hewitt, daughter of Alexander Hewitt and Jane Starkey above.
https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/cribb/james/55628
(16) John Edward Colston/e was the last of my convicts, arriving on board the Isabella on 18th July 1833 for stealing a handkerchief, which attracted a sentence of 7 yrs. He was the only one of my convicts not arriving in NSW, being delivered instead to VDL (Van Diemen's Land - Tasmania) with 299 other convicts. He was a plasterer by trade. He married Irish-born Anastasia Fitzpatrick in 1840.
https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/colstone/john/3701
https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1382218
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