Some
CONVICT FAMILY TREES
in Australian English Genealogy
Thomas Acres - Tried at Exeter, Devon on 14th
March 1785 for assault and highway robbery with a value of 10 shillings.
Sentenced to death - commuted to transportation for seven years.
Departed England on the 'Charlotte' about 29 May 1787. Married
Ann Guy in 1791 in Sydney - married
Ann Hinchley in 1793 in Sydney. 1811- on
Colonial Secretary's list to receive lands.
Connected surnames:
Bradbury, Blackmore, Day,
Greenhill, Guy, Hinchley, Husson, Patrick, Quinlan, Smith.
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Henry Kable (Cable) - Tried Thetford, Norfolk on 14 March, 1783 for burglary
with a value of 450 shillings. Sentenced to death - commuted to
transportation for seven years. Sentenced with his father who was hanged.
Whilst gaoled in Norwich castle awaiting transportation, he met
Susannah Holmes who bore his son, Henry, early
in 1786 in prison. They embarked on the ship 'Friendship' 11 March 1787.
They were married in Sydney Cove on 10 February, 1788. Henry (snr) became a
night watchmen and early in 1791 was granted 30 acres of land at Petersham,
NSW. 1798 operated Rambling Horn - 1799 appointed Chief Constable. 1802
Removed from duty as Chief Constable for poor behaviour in execution of
duty. By 1806
had 215 acre estate. Along with Simeon Lord and James Underwood, he
traded in seal skins, dealt in rum trade as well as iron, timber, etc. Henry
is buried at St Matthew's Church Windsor, NSW.
Connected surnames:
Aikenhead, Astley, Bayliss, Beasley, Bowie, Bradshaw,
Brickley, Brown, Burton, Charlton, Chaseling, Collits, Connacher, Dean,
Dempsey, Derritt, Dyel, Edgar, Field, Finley, Forrester, Getty, Gill, Green,
Greenhalgh, Grubb, Hardwich, Hollingsworth, Holmes, Humphreys, Hutchinson,
Jones, Kennerson, Lees, Llewwllyn, MacLean, Manning, McGregor, McLymond,
Merrick, Mills, Mitchell, Murray, Needham, Rutherford, Scott, Smith,
Stevens, Strickland, Teale, Thomas, Upton, Watkins, William, Willox, York.
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Samuel Denford convicted of housebreaking in 1834. Arrived
Sydney 1835, Certificate of Freedom January 1849. Married
Ann Kennard in 1842 at Maitland, NSW.
Connected surnames:
Badcock, Beck, Beckingham,
Blackburn, Bland, Bock, Bonner, Boyd, Bruner, Bryant, Burke, Cahn, Challis,
Coe, Cooper, Cousins, Daly, Dauncey, Dawson, De Haas, Green, Hermann,
Hilliard, Houghton, Howard, Kenny, McKaskill, McKenzie, McNeil, Maloney,
Moore, Orphin, Phillips, Ritchie, Schubert, Shanlank, Staples, Stone, Walls,
Woolner
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William Charker (aka Chalker) b1774 Winchester, Hampshire. Tried at
Surrey Gaol in 1801. Sentenced to transportation for 7 years. He
arrived on the Coromandel on 13 Jun 1802. In 1803 he married
Mary Kearns (convict - sentence completed) but
they separated in 1807. In 1808
Elizabeth Sheckel
became his common-law wife. Elizabeth arrived in Sydney on 16 Nov 1808, on
the ship Speke. They settled in the South Creek area. William died in 1823
and Elizabeth in 1842. They had ten children. Connected surnames:
Alt, Armstein, Byrne, Blake, Booth, Braley, Capper,
Chalker, Cock, Comans, Conigrave, Cupitt, Curry, Freeman, Hill, Law, Lees,
Longhurst, Martin, McGarr, McGlynn, Morley, Murdoch, Murther, Robertson,
Ryan, Rushton, Turner, Smith, Welch, Welsh, Wills, Young.
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From distant climes o’er wide spread seas we come,
Though not with much eclat or beat of drum,
True patriots all; for be it understood
We left our country for our country’s good;
And none will doubt but that our emigration
Has proved most useful to the British nation.
...............Henry Carter
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Some links to websites containing information of Convicts to Australia and
New Zealand:
Parkhurst Boys
James Farley and Martha Slang family tree
County Carlow Genealogy - convicts from Ireland
William Nash and Elizabeth Annesley family tree - Hartley and Forbes,
NSW
Cygnet, Tasmania - convict inhabitants
Daniel Brien convict - family tree
Hunter Valley Settlers
Penrith and South Creek St Marys, NSW - convict families
Magner Convicts in Australia
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