Anthony Bryan

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iain Frazier on 12th January 2024

Family connections for Anthony (Bryan) are: Some amendments added Jul 2025. BRYAN Anthony (Bri/yan) was born about 1759. He was tried for theft of cloth greatcoat, on 18 1 1788, of John (McDonald) at Old Bailey on 27 2 1788, sentenced to 7years, held probably at London or Middlesex Gaol Delivery & Newgate prison & hulk CERES at Langstone Harbour Portsmouth from 12 8 1788 & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 6 1790 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship SURPRISE. He was granted 30acres on 19 11 1794. Hee had a first relationship with Elizabeth (Dean/e) her first relationship) whom he married on 3 10 1795 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He was Free by Servitude by 1796. He is recorded in 1800 w/3children off stores & in 1802 free with 2children with 18acres cleared. He sold his farm before 1803 to William (Cox). In 1814 he was recorded as a landholder again.>>> [Some details taken from this Website] Elizabeth (Dean/e) was born in 1770 in Warwickshire. She was tried w/1other for theft of linen at Warwick Assizes on 2 4 1788, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 3 6 1790 after a voyage of 12months on Fleet ship LADY JULIANA-a ship with 228females who easily entertained the whole crew & also sailors at Teneriffe stopover. She was Free by Servitude by 1796. She left her husband about 1799 & entered a second relationship with James (Evans his first relationship). She died on 28 12 1829 age59/64 mother of 7children & was buried at St Phillips CofE Sydney. [Some details taken from this Website] [James (Evans) was born about 1773. He was tried for stealing, presumably w/2others that may have included Thomas (Evans) also shown on this Website (PITT 1792), roofsealing lead of John (Brown) at Old Bailey on 13 4 1791, sentenced to 7years, held probably at London or Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 14 2 1792 after a voyage of 6months on PITT; much fever & attempts to escape from the ship resulting in deaths of convicts-of the 450convicts on board only 29 were alive at muster in May 1792 (or perhaps only this many could be mustered). On 19 11 1794 he was granted 30acres at Eastern Farms Kissing Point. He was a carpenter in 1799. He fought with Government troops in 1804 at Vinegar Hill against escaped convicts. He married secondly Sarah (Dunn age15) on 23 1 1826 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He died in 1832 age59/64 at Sydney father of at least 8children.] [Some details taken from this Website] .. Anthony (Brian) & Elizabeth (Dean) produced 3children: girls 1.Mary (Brian) was born on 7/17 4 1792 at Sydney Cove & baptised on 15 7 1792 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. When her mother left in about 1799 she remained with her father & is recorded with him in 1800 & perhaps 1802. She married firstly at age15 William Phillip (Furber his second marriage) on 4/11 1 1808 at St Johns CofE Parramatta & produced 1child.>>> ..William Phillip (Forber/Furber) was born about 1767. He was tried for theft of brown horse of William (Mower) of Berkley at Gloucester Assizes, sentenced to be hung commuted to 14years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 6 1790 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship NEPTUNE. In 1795 he was farming at Kissing Point. He married firstly Margaret (McArthur/McArby/McCarthy) on 28 2 1797 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He was Free by Servitude by 1810 & sold the farm about 1811. He died on 23 7 1811 age43/5 father of 1known child & was buried at St Johns CofE Parramatta. ..[Some details taken from this Website] .. >>>Mary (Brian) married secondly John (Smith) on 11 7 1814 at St Johns CofE Parramatta & produced 9children. She died in 1867 age75 mother of at least 10children. ..John (Smith) was born about 1789, possibly as James (Sidebottom). He was tried as James (Sidebottom) for felony at Manchester Lancaster Quarter SeSsions on 11 10 1809, sentenced to 7years, held on hulks COROMANDEL PERSEUS LAUREL at Portsmouth from 8 12 1809 & arrived in NSW as a convict on 16 12 1810 after a voyage of 5months on INDIAN. He escaped to England. He was tried a second time at Leicester boro' Quarter Sessions in 1813, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 7 2 1814 after a voyage of 6months on GENERAL HEWITT. He served his time at Newcastle where he became successful farmer/gentleman. From about 1817 to 1824 he was Chief Constable at Newcastle. On 13 9 1819 he received a town lease & was issued a Conditional Pardon. He was Free by Servitude by 1822. He became landowner at Wallis Plains & dealer. He died in 1870 age81. ..[Some details taken from this Website] .. 2.Ann (Brian) was born on 11 1 1795 at Sydney Cove & baptised on 16 8 1795 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. When her mother left in about 1799 she remained with her father & is recorded with him in 1800 & perhaps 1802. ..Noted a Thomas (???) is recorded as born on 15 4 1820 to an Ann (Brian)-no father given-& baptised on 18 4 1820 at St Davids CofE Hobart .. 3.Maria (Brian) was born on 27 11 1796 at Sydney Cove & baptised on 15 1 1797 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. When her mother left in about 1799 she remained with her father & is recorded with him in 1800 & perhaps 1802. She married Patrick (Field-Pardoned) on 7 6 1813 at St Phillips CofE Sydney & produced 7children. She is recorded in 1825 with her family at Kissing Point. She died on 31 8 1828 age31 at Field of Mars & was buried, as (Field), at St Annes CofE Kissing Point. ..Patrick/Patt (Field) was born about 1776. He was tried as a political prisoner, being a member of United Irishmen, in Ireland, sentenced to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict on 16 2 1800 after a voyage of 5.5months on FRIENDSHIP. He was appointed constable on 29 12 1810. He was Free by Servitude by 1814. He was also recorded from 27 12 1822 to 20 3 1824 as constable at Sydney. He is recorded in 1825 as a landholder with his family at Kissing Point. ..[Some details taken from this Website] .. .. >>>Anthony (Bri/yan) is recorded in 1822 with A/Emelia/Matilda/Sarah (Bingham/Higham), her second relationship & his second. He was a farmer when he died on 6 9 1826 age67 at Field of Mars father of 3children. E/Amelia (Bingham) was born, possibly in Manchester Lancashire, about 1785. In 1805 she, as Sarah (Higham/Bingham, was tried at Lancaster Lancashire for stealing & sentenced to 6months gaol. She, Sarah (Higham), was living at Salford when tried for stealing money from Samuel (Lewis) at Manchester Lancaster Quarter Sessions in January 1810, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 29 9 1811 after a voyage of 5months on FRIENDS. She, Meale/Amelia (Binam/Bingham), married firstly William (Wilson) emancipist labourer on 5 1 1812 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. No children are found. He was a labourer in 1812. He died on 6 6 1823 age61 in Sydney & was buried at St Phillips CofE Sydney. [Some details taken from 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.

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Naomi Parsons on 8th March 2023

New South Wales, Census and Population Books, 1811-1825- Sydney, 1822, (Books 5, 8) this lists Anthony Brian of ship 'Surprize' as living with his (2nd) wife Amelia Bingham (alias, Emelia Bingham/Matilda Bingham/Sarah Highham- ship Friends). They have government man, convict Richard Richards working for them (Coromandel)

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Phil Hands on 18th February 2018

Anthony was tried and convicted at the Old Bailey on 27th February 1788 for stealing a cloth great coat of John M'Donald, Lord Grannard's coachman, he was sentenced to transportation for 7 years. He was transported by wagon from Newgate Prison to the hulk 'Ceres' moored in Langstone Harbour, Portsmouth on 12th August 1788, where he stayed until embarked on the Surprize on 30th November 1789 for the Second Fleet trip to Sydney. Left England on 19th June 1790. Ship:- the 'Surprize' sailed with 256 male convicts on board of which 36 died during the voyage. Arrived on 26th June 1790. On 19th November 1794 Anthony settled on a 30-acre farm at Eastern Farms (Kissing Point), roughly at the present site of Ryde High School and Christine Avenue, North Ryde. He married convict Elizabeth Dean ('Lady Juliana' 1790) in 1795 at Sydney, they had 3 children between 1792-1796, before Elizabeth entered into a common law relationship with convict James Evans ('Pitt' 1792) that produced 6 children between 1800-1811. By 1800 Anthony was "off stores", although he was recorded as having one female (possibly an error) and 3 children "on stores", and at that time had "no stock". By 1802 he was free, and had cleared 18 acres; 5 planted to wheat and ten ready for sowing to maize. He also had 2 hogs and 25 bushels of maize in hand. He was now recorded as having two children and a prisoner on indent with him, all "off stores". Apparently he sold the farm soon afterwards, for it was sold again by a William Cox in April 1804 at auction for 21 guineas. In 1814 he was recorded as a landholder with a male and a female convict, and appears on a List of Persons Receiving an Assigned Convict dated 19th February 1822. Anthony died in September 1826 at Field of Mars, Greater Sydney age 67. Elizabeth died on 28th December 1829 at Sydney age 64. Old Bailey Trial Transcription. Reference Number: t17880227-23 176. ANTHONY BRYAN was indicted for stealing a cloth great coat, value 40 s. the property of John M'Donald , on the 18th of January . JOHN M'DONALD sworn. I am coachman to Lord Grannard; on the 18th of January as I was in the yard, the prisoner came and asked me how I did; I came out of the stable and pulled the door after me, he followed, and I went about my business; this was a little before five o'clock, I returned about seven, and missed my great coat; about a month after I heard the prisoner was at a public-house, I got a constable and went and took him, I never found my coat again. JOHN SCANDLING sworn. I was in the yard on the 18th of January, a little before five, the prisoner came to me and asked me which was the coachman's stables; I shewed him, he went in, I saw no more of him. MARY CLAYTON sworn. On the 18th of January I was going down the yard for my pots, and saw the prisoner come out of the stable with two coats under his arm, the one white, the other blue. Are you sure it was the prisoner? - Yes, I knew him before; I told the coachman about five minutes after; they went after him, but could not overtake him. To M'Donald. What colour was your coat? - A green-blue. PRISONER's DEFENCE. I know nothing of the affair. GUILTY . Transported for seven years . Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. RECORDER.