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Richard Brown was transported on the Providence, departing 10th Dec 1810 and arriving 2nd Jul 1811 with 181 passengers.
The ship named 'Providence' was built in Calcutta, India in 1808. 649 tons. The 1811 voyage brought many convicts from Ireland to Australia. 73rd Regiment. Also several free settlers. 5-6 deaths on voyage. The ship was lastly scuttled at St. Martin's, Isle of Scilly in 1833.
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Family connections for Richard (Brown) are: BROWN Richard (Brown) was born about 1771 in Dublin Ireland. He was tried at Dublin in 1810, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 2 7 1811 after a voyage of 7months on PROVIDENCE. He was sent to Newcastle for 1year sentence on 3 10 1811 on ESTRAMINA. He was commissioned by Commandant Lieutenant Thomas (Skottowe) to create drawings of his (the Commanadants) natural history collections to illustrate the manuscript entitled 'Select Specimens From Nature of the Birds Animals etc of New South Wales'-named as T.R. Browne-produced in 1813. He illustrated other works in his lifetime. He had a relationship with Sarah (Coates). He returned to Sydney in 1817. He was Free by Servitude by 1821. He was recorded in 1822 as a labourer in Sydney. He was living at Castlereagh St Sydney when he died on 11 1 1824 age about47/53 by drowning-father of perhaps 7children. [Some details taken from this Website] Sarah (Coates) was born perhaps in 1796. She was tried at Gloucester Assizes, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 9 1 1814 after a voyage of 5months on WANSTEAD. She was Free by Servitude by 1821. In March 1824 she requested that 2of her daughters be placed in Female Orphan School. Noted a Sarah (Brown) died on 5 6 1827 age31 at Sydney & was buried at St Phillips CofE Sydney. [Some details taken from this Website] Richard (Brown) & Sarah (Coates) produced 6children: girls 1.Mary (Brown) was born in 1815. She may have been placed in Female Orphan School in March 1824. She may have married at age16 William (Oliver) sawyer on 29 3 1830 at St James CofE Sydney. ..William (Oliver) was born on 27 5 1805 & baptised on 25 12 1805 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He was recorded in 1828 with his parents at Hunters Hill. He was a sawyer 1830. He died on 30 5 1882 age77+. ..Details of William (Oliver)s family are given in entry for Henry (Oliff ROYAL ADMIRAL 1792) on this Website. .. 2.Eliza/beth (Brown) was born in 1817. She may have been placed in Female Orphan School in March 1824. .. Noted a Thomas (Brown) was born on 25 11 1818 & baptised on 1 12 1818 at St Phillips CofE Sydney to a Richard (Brown) & Elizabeth (???), who died on 1 12 1818 age6days. .. 3.Esther (Brown) was born in 1819. 4.Ann (Brown) was born in 1821. 5.Sarah (Brown) was born in 1823. 6.William (Brown) was born in 1825. Noted a daughter-Amelia Hughes (Browne) age7 may have been placed in Female Orphan School in October 1824-may be the Elizabeth (Brown) just above. 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.
https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/convict-artists-time-governor-macquarie Richard Browne (1771-1824) Browne was born in Dublin, sentenced to transportation in 1810 and arrived in Sydney in 1811 on the Providence. Within a few months of arriving, he reoffended and was removed to the secondary penal colony of Newcastle. In Newcastle, Browne came into contact with Lieutenant Thomas Skottowe, the commandant of Newcastle from 1811-1814. Skottowe was interested in natural history and commissioned Browne to create drawings of his collections to illustrate a manuscript entitled, Select Specimens From Nature of the / Birds Animals &c &c of New South Wales, Collected and Arranged by Thomas Skottowe Esqr. The Drawings By T.R. Browne. N.S.W. Newcastle New South Wales 1813. Browne’s illustrations of insects are particularly fine. Until 1817, many of Browne’s works are signed with an extra initial, usually J, I or T. Like Joseph Lycett, Browne contributed many of the original watercolours for Major James Wallis' An historical account of the Colony of New South Wales which were engraved by Philip Slaeger (Sligo) and Walter Preston. After 1817, when he gained his freedom, Browne returned to Sydney. His illustrations from this period concentrate on the Indigenous peoples of the Sydney area. Several of these are included in Collection of portraits, predominantly of Aborigines of New South Wales and Tasmania, ca. 1817-1849. He died in Sydney.
List of 3 prisoners to be sent to Newcastle by the Estramina. Dated 3 Oct 1811. Richard Brown, per Providence, Sentenced by Gov. Macquarie, sentence, 1 year, Remarks: Schn. Estramina. -------------------------------------------------- Letter dated 20 March 1824, from Col. Sec. J. Goulburn, to the Secretary of the Female Orphan Institution. Sirs, Subject to the approbation of the Rev. Mr Riddall, I request that the two children named in the margin, daughters of Sarah, widow of Richard Browne, late of Castlereagh Street, Sydney, may be received into the Female Orphan School. In margin: Mary, aged 8 years and 9 months; Elizabeth, aged 7 years and 6 months. -------------------------------------------------- Letter dated 12 Oct 1824, written by Col. Sec, J. Goulburn, to Secretary of the Female Orphan Institution. Subject to the approbation of Revd. Mr Reddall, I request that the child named in the margin, daughter of a man drowned of the name of Browne, may be received into the Orphan School. In margin: Amelia Hughes Browne, aged 7 years.
Colonial Secretary Index. BROWNE, Richard. Per "Providence", 1811. 1811Â Oct 3 Sent to Newcastle (Reel 6003; 4/3492 p.73) 1824 Mar 20 Deceased. Re admission of his daughters Mary and Elizabeth to the Female Orphan School (Reel 6012; 4/3510 p.543) 1824 Oct 12 Deceased. Re admission of his daughter Amelia Hughes Browne to the Female Orphan School (Reel 6013; 4/3512 p.547) BROWNE, Sarah. Formerly of Castlereagh Street, Sydney; widow of Richard Browne, per "Providence", 1811 1824 Mar 20 Re admission of her daughters Mary and Elizabeth to the Female Orphan School (Reel 6012; 4/3510 p.543)
1825 -New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. 1825 Name; Richard Brown Age; No Details Class; F. S. Ship; Providence; 1811 - 7 years Employment/Remarks; DIED - Sydney
1822 - Convict Muster. Class; Free by Servitude. Labourer. Sydney 1824 - 20 March. New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers. Widow of Richard Brown. requests her daughters; Mary - Aged 8 and Elizabeth - Aged 6. be received into the Female Orphan School
Trial; Dublin. Feb 1810