James Bloodworth

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iain Frazier on 13th November 2024

Family connections for James (Bloodworth) are: BLOOD/SWORTH James (Bloodsworth) was born on 7 3 1759 & became a master bricklayer & builder. He married firstly Jane (Marks) on 9 12 1782 in Middlesex. He was tried for stealing fowls in Esther Surrey, tried at Kingston upon Thames Quarter Sessions on 3 10 1785 & arrived in NSW as a convict on 11 1 1788 after a voyage of 8months on First Fleet ship CHARLOTTE.>>> [Some details taken from this Website] Jane (Marks) was born about 1759. She did not travel to Australia. James (Bloodsworth) & Jane (Marks) produced 4children: 1.??? (Bloodsworth) was born in England. 2.??? (Bloodsworth) was born in England. 3.??? (Bloodsworth) was born in England. 4.??? (Bloodsworth) was born in England about December 1785. .. >>>James (Bloodsworth) had a second relationship with Sarah (Bellamy her second relationship). He was Pardoned in 1790 & on 1 9 1791 he was appointed Superintendent of all the colonys brickmakers & layers & built many of the colonys buildings. In 1802 he was farming on 50acre grant at Petersham which he quickly grew to 245acres. He died on 21 3 1804 age45 father of 12children & was buried at St Phillips CofE Sydney. Sarah (Bellamy) was born in 1770 in Worcestershire & became a servant. She was tried for stealing money of Benjamin (Haden) of Dudley at Worcester Summer Assizes on 9 7 1785, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 22 1 1788 after a voyage of 1year on First Fleet ship LADY PENRHYN; information indicates she was pregnant for nearly the whole voyage - she had a first relationship with sailor Joseph (Downey) on the ship & produced 1child. She was assigned to 2Lieutenant John (Faddy) as housemaid. She was Free by Servitude by 1795. She presumably disposed of the property after her husbands death & was granted 20acres at Petersham. She was issued her Certificate of Freedom on 23 2 1811. She died on 24 2 1843 age73 mother of 9children. [Some details taken from this Website] .. James (Bloodsworth) & Sarah (Bellamy) produced 8children: 1.James B B (Bellamy/Bloodsworth) was born in 1790 & baptised on 17 10 1790 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He was a carpenter when he married Maria Pantoney (Lee) on 2 4 1812 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He was a butcher in 1828 & 1829. He died on 16 4 1857 age about66. ..Mary/ia Pantoney (Lee) was born about February 1796 & recorded on stores on 27 8 1795 on Norfolk Island. She may have been cared for by William (Pantone/ey) & maybe taken by him on ship HMS BUFFALO to Port Dalrymple Tasmania in 1805 & on to NSW in 1811. She married at age maybe16 James B B (Bellamy/Bloodsworth) on 2 4 1812 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She died on 19 5 1895 age99. ..Details of Mary Pantoney (Lee)s family are given in entry for William (Pantony MATILDA 1791) on this Website. ..James B B (Bloodsworth) & Maria Pantoney (Lee) produced at least 9children: ..1.James Latchford/Lateford (Bloodsworth) was born on 19 4 1814 & baptised on 29 5 1814 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He died on 11 1 1815 age9m & was buried at St Phillips CofE Sydney. ..2.Maria (Bloodsworth) was born on 23 11 1815 & baptised on 24 12 1815 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. ..3.Ann (Bloodsworth) was born on 29 12 1817 & baptised on 18 1 1818 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She died on 11 10 1833 age15. ..4.George William (Bloodsworth) was born on 4 7 1820 & baptised on 10 9 1820 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. ..5.Sarah (Bloodsworth) was born on 14 11 1822 & baptised on 25 12 1822 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. ..6.William (Bloodsworth) was born on 14 9 1824 & baptised on 30 1 1825 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He died on 17 1 1852 age27. ..7.Mary (Bloodsworth) was born on 11 12 1826. ..8.James (Bloodsworth) was born on 11 12 1827 & baptised on 6 1 1828 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. ..9.Eliza Jane (Bloodsworth) was born on 11 1 1829 & baptised on 19 4 1829 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. .. 2.John B (Bellamy/Bloodsworth) was born on 9 9 1792 & baptised on 12 4 1793 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He died on 14 4 1793 age7m & was buried at St Phillips CofE Sydney. 3.Robert B (Bellamy/Bloodsworth) was born on 7 1 1795 & baptised on 17 4 1795 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He died on 17 4 1795 age3m & was buried at St Phillips CofE Sydney. 4.George (Bellamy/Bloodsworth) was born on 29 2 1796 & baptised on 17 7 1796 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He, as George (Bloodsworth) dealer, married Mary Maria (Cox age16) on 14 1 1826 at St Phillips CofE Sydney-not recorded in Smees records. He died on 18 2 1840 age44-. ..Mary Maria (Cox) was born on 6 11 1809 & baptised on 29 11 1809 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She died in 1885 age about75. ..Details of Mary Maria (Cox)s family are given BELOW. .. 5.Ann (Bellamy/Bloodsworth) was born on 8 5 1798 & baptised on 1 1 1799 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She married Thomas (Bray his second marriage) boat builder on 30 8 1819 at St Phillips CofE Sydney & produced 6children. She died on 16 4 1875 age76. ..Thomas (Bray) was born on 25 7 1792 & baptised on 14 8 1792 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He was a ships carpenter when he married firstly Martha (Squires age16) on 19 12 1810 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He was a boat builder in 1819. He was a farmer in 1828 & grazier in 1830. He died on 2 5 1855 age63 father of at least 8children. ..Details of Thomas (Bray)s family are given in entry for James (Squire CHARLOTTE 1788) on this Website. .. 6.Elizabeth (Bellamy/Bloodsworth) was born on 26 8 1800 & baptised on 21 12 1800 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She died on 18 3 1802 age18m & was buried at St Phillips CofE Sydney. 7.Elizabeth (Bellamy/Bloodsworth) was born on 10 2 1802 & baptised on 29 5 1814 age12 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She married Robert (Carver) shoemaker on 24 4 1820 at St Phillips CofE Sydney She died in 1871 age about69. ..Robert (Carver) was born about 1793. He was tried for breaking entering & stealing gold seals etc of Michael (Strapinte) of St James at Old Bailey on 14 2 1816, sentenced to death commuted to Life, held probably at London/Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 8 3 1817 after a voyage of 6months on FAME. He was a shoemaker in 1820. He was in prison at Port Macquarie NSW for a period. He died in 1884 age91. ..[Some details taken from this Website] .. 8.Charlotte (Bellamy/Bloodsworth) was born on 10 2 1804. She died on 28 3 1804 age7w. References: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony. Irene Schaffer & Thelma McKay 'Exiled Three Times Over! Profiles of Norfolk Islanders Exiled in Van Diemens Land 1807-1813' James Hugh Donohoe 'Norfolk Island 1788-1813-The People and Their Families' Reg Wright 'Forgotten Generation of Norfolk Island & Van Diemens Land'

James "BLOODSWORTH" was transported for stealing 1 gamecock and 2 hens at Esher in Surrey. He was a Master Bricklayer and builder and was responsible for most of the Colony's buildings between 1788 and 1800. He arrived on the Charlotte in the 1st Fleet and was tried at Kingston upon Thames Quarter Sessions on 3/10/1785. 9/12/1782: He married Jane Marks (age 23) in Middlesex, England. Jane and 4 children were left behind in England, the last child, a boy, was born after James had been imprisoned. In about 1790 James began living with Sarah Bellamy, in South Street, now 19 O'Connell street. Sarah had 8 children by James, 4 of them not surviving infancy. Sarah was born in 1770 at Worcestershire. She arrived as a convict on the Lady Penrhyn. Sarah was convicted at Worcester, in 1785, of stealing a purse containing money. She married Joseph Downey C1790. Their son Joseph was born on the voyage and died aged 34 weeks. The children with James : James B B Bellamy 1790-1857, John B Bellamy 1793-1793, Robert B Bellamy 1795-1795, George Bellamy 1796, Ann Bellamy 1798, Elizabeth Bellamy 1802, and Charlotte 1804-1804. The children's births were registered as Bellamy but they were married as Bloodsworth's. James was pardoned in 1790 and on 1/9/1791 was appointed, Superintendent over all the brickmakers and bricklayers. In 1802 he was farming his grant of 50 acres at Petersham and then increased his holdings to 245 acres. When James died in 1804 he was given what was equivalent to a State Funeral, he left a widow and 5 children the youngest only 1 week old.