Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Alexander Brown was transported on the Guildford, departing 4th Apr 1822 and arriving 15th Jul 1822 with 192 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | State Archives NSW, TOL butts (Series NRS 12202; Item: 4/4071)& App. for Publication of Banns (Reel 3035). Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 166 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
Claims
"3rd great grandfather"
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Convict Notes
Family connections for Alexander (Brown) are: BROWN Alan/Alexander (Brown/e) was born on 20 12 1804 & became a groom. He was tried for street robbery at Edinburgh Court of Justiciary Scotland on 13 7 1821, sentenced to 14years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 15 7 1822 after a voyage of 3months on GUILDFORD. He became a groom to John (McArthur). He was issued his Ticket of Leave 29/401 on 15 7 1829 at Parramatta. He married Ann (Masterson age16) with permission on 25 8 1830 at Parramatta/St Peters CofE Campbelltown. He died in 1846 age41. [Some details taken from this Website] Ann (Masterson) was born in 1814 in Ireland. She arrived in NSW with her mother on 19 11 1818 after a voyage of 4months on ELIZABETH (suffering a virus on board); she was Catholic. She is recorded with her mother in 1828 at Parramatta. Details of Ann (Masterson)s family are given in entry for Margaret (Masterson ELIZABETH 1818) on this Website. Reference: 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.
Ann Masterson and her sister Alice, accompanied their mother Margaret Masterson per Elizabeth, 1818. In 1828 census they were living with their mother, free by servitude, employed as a washer woman, at Parramatta.
Convicted 13 July 1821 Ticket of Leave No. 29/401 dated 15th July 1829 in the district of Parramatta, Trade Groom, Year of Birth 1805 Application for Marriage Banns dated 22 June 1830 to Ann Masterson (ship Elizabeth 2 1818, came free, aged 17, Spinster), Alexander Brown aged 25, Bachelor, Groom to Honourable John MacArthur at Mother's Parramatta and able to support a Wife.