Daniel Buckridge

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iain Frazier on 27th March 2024

Family connections for Daniel (Buckridge) are: BUCKRIDGE Daniel (Buckridge) son of Christian (Buckaridge) & Sarah (???) of Horton Falgate was born on 9 6 1772 at Shoreditch Middlesex & baptised on 19 7 1772 at St Leonards Shoreditch Hackney Middlesex. He was tried for highway robbery of silver coin w/2others, on 1 1 1791, of Rebecca (Gale) at Old Bailey on 12 1 1791, sentenced to death commuted to Life, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW on 14 2 1792 after a journey of 8months on PITT; much fever & attempts to escape from the ship resulted 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); he was Protestant. He was issued his Ticket of Leave on 11 8 1810 & his Conditional Pardon on 31 3 1812 at Pitt Town, He married Ellen/Eleanor (Gott her second marriage) on 31 3 1812 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. He was issued his Absolute Pardon on 31 1 1814. He was recorded on 13 1 1816 at Hawkesbury. On 13 1 1818 he was granted 50acres at Castle Hill. He was recorded in 1828 as farmer 15acres cleared at Pitt Town with his wife & his relative (nephew) George (Buckridge). He died on 18 6 1834 age62 & was buried at Pitt Town cemetery. [Some details taken from this Website] Ellen/Eleanor (Gott) was born in 1765 at Liverpool Lancashire & baptised on 26 10 1765 at St Peters Liverpool & became a shoemaker. She was tried for stealing from Charles (Norris) at Liverpool Lancaster Lancashire Quarter Sessions on 3 8 1789, sentenced to 3years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 6 1790 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship NEPTUNE; she was Protestant. She married firstly Joseph (Wright) in 1790 at St Phillips CofE Sydney & produced 7children. She was Free by Servitude by 1797. In 1802 she is recorded with her family at Hawkesbury. In 1806 she was recorded at Mulgrave Place Hawkesbury on stores with her family. She married secondly Daniel (Buckridge) on 31 3 1812 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She was recorded in 1828 as Free by Servitude with her husband at Pitt Town & her husbands relative. She died on 28 4 1843 age77 at Pitt Town mother of 7children, leaving her farm boat & animals to her children. [Some details taken from this Website] .. ALSO .. John (Buckridge) & ??? (???) produced perhaps 1child: 1.George (Buckridge) was born on 22 12 1801 at Shoreditch Middlesex. He was tried for stealing, on 26 2 1824, waistcoat etc of Andrew Helder (Doncaster) of Bethnal Green at Old Bailey on 9 4 1823, sentenced to 7years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 15 3 1824 after a voyage of 7months on GUILDFORD; he was assigned to his uncle John (Buckridge). He is recorded in 1825 with (Daniel (Buckeridge). He is recorded in 1828 living with Daniel (Buckridge) & family. He married firstly Eleanor (Wright) on 10 3 1834 at Pitt Town. He married secondly Elizabeth (Smallwood) on 20 4 1843 at St James CofE Bathurst Street Pitt Town He died in 1865 age63 father of 3known children. [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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Darryl Buley on 1st July 2023

Birth 9 Jun 1772 • Shoreditch, Middlesex, England Daniel son of Christopher and Sarah Buckaridge of Horton Falgate born Jun 9 and baptised 19 Jul 1772 Baptism 19 Jul 1772 • Middlesex, England Name Daniel Buckaridge Gender Male Record Type Baptism Baptism Date 19 Jul 1772 Baptism Place St Leonard's, Shoreditch, Hackney, Middlesex, England Father Christopher Buckaridge Mother Sarah Buckaridge Trial 12 Jan 1791 • Old Bailey, Middlesex, England Daniel was convicted of violent theft and highway robbery at the Old Bailey on 12 Jan 1791 and sentenced to death. He was aged 16. This was commuted to transportation for life on 13 Apr 1791: Conviction 13 Apr 1791 • Old Bailey, Middlesex, England Name Daniel Buckridge Date of Conviction 13 Apr. 1791 Place of Conviction Middlesex Vessel Pitt Date of Arrival 14 Feb. 1792 Departure Jun 1791 Crime: Highway robbery Convicted at: Middlesex Gaol Delivery Sentence term: Life Ship: Pitt Departure date: June, 1791 Arrival date: 14th February, 1792 Place of arrival New South Wales Passenger manifest Travelled with 402 other convicts Arrival 14 Feb 1792 • New South Wales Name Daniel Buckridge Gender Male Birth Date 9 Jun. 1772 Conviction Place Middlesex Gaol Delivery Crime Highway robbery Departure Date Jun. 1791 Arrival Date 14 Feb. 1792 Arrival Place New South Wales Arrival Ship Pitt Ticket of Leave 11 Aug 1810 Name Daniel Buckridge Immigration Year 1792 Ticket Date 11 Aug. 1810 Ticket Place New South Wales, Australia Vessel Pitt Manning Condition Pardon 31 Mar 1812 • Pitt Town, New South Wales, Australia Daniel came to the colony aboard the ship 'Pitt' in 1792 and was granted a conditional pardon on 31 Mar 1812, where he lived at Pitt Town. Marriage 1812 • Windsor, New South Wales Name Eleanor Wright Marriage Date 1812 Marriage Place Windsor, New South Wales Registration Date 1812 Registration Place Windsor, New South Wales, Australia Spouse Daniel Buckridge Ellen Gott (1765–1843) Absolute Pardon 31 Jan 1814 Name Daniel Buckridge Origin Place London, England Trial Location Middlesex, England Conviction Date 13 Apr. 1791 Arrival Year 1792 Pardon Date 31 Jan. 1814 Vessel Name Pitt Record Type Absolute Certificate of Freedom 31 Jan 1814 Name Daniel Buckridge Age 40 Birth Year abt 1774 Native Place London Arrival Year 1792 Vessel Pitt Certificate Date 31 Jan. 1814 Residence 16 Jan 1816 • Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Name Danl Buckeridge Residence Date 16 Jan. 1816 Residence Place Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Purchase Date 16 Jan. 1816 Purchase Place New South Wales, Australia Description Applications for Land Series 13912 Box Number 5 Roll number 143 Residence 13 Jan 1818 • Castle Hill Name Daniel Buckeridge Date of Grant 13 Jan 1818 District Castle Hill. Daniel was granted 50 acres at Castle Hill on the western side of Highs Road. Census 1828 • Pitt Town, New South Wales, Australia Buckridge, Daniel, 57, conditional pardon, Wm. Pitt, 1792, life, Protestant, farmer, Pitt Town, 15 acres, 15 acres cleared and cultivated Buckridge, Eleanor, 57, free by servitude, Neptune, 1790, 3 years, Protestant Buckridge, George, 25 Surry 1823 7 years Death 18 Jun 1834 • Pitt Town, New South Wales, Australia Burial Pitt Town, New South Wales, Australia Name Daniel Buckridge Gender Male Birth Date 1769 Death Date 18 Jun. 1834 Death Place Pitt Town, New South Wales, Australia Cemetery Pitt Town Cemetery Pitt Town, New South Wales, Australia

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Denis Pember on 3rd June 2017

Whoops!!! Sorry George dob should be 22 December 1801!!!

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Denis Pember on 3rd June 2017

## Further Info on George. He was transported in 1823 aboard "Guildford" (Not "Surry"). He was born in 1821 the son of John Buckridge at Shoreditch, Middlesex. It would seem probable that in fact he was a nephew of Daniel.

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Denis Pember on 27th March 2016

Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 69... [Ref B3063] Buckridge, Daniel, 57, conditional pardon, Wm. Pitt, 1792, life, Protestant, farmer, Pitt Town, 15 acres, 15 acres cleared and cultivated. [Ref B3064] Buckridge, Eleanor, 57, free by servitude, Neptune, 1790, 3 years, Protestant [Ref B3065] Buckridge, George, 25 government servant, Surry, 1823, 7 years, Protestant. ## No details known of George. But in the census he is aknowledged as a member of the family!

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Denis Pember on 27th March 2016

In the colony, Daniel married Eleanor Gott (Second Fleet Convict, Neptune, 1790). Eleanor had previously lived with Joseph Wright (First Fleet Convict, Scarborough, 1788) and had 7 children in that relationship. Joseph had died in 1811 and during 1812, Eleanor and Daniel married. They had no children of their own.

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Denis Pember on 27th March 2016

Old Bailey transcript 12 Jan 1791: (www.oldbaileyonline.org) CHARLES ALLDIN, GEORGE COOKE, and DANIEL BUCKERIDGE were indicted for feloniously assaulting, on the king's highway, Rebecca Gale, on the 1st of January, and putting her in fear and danger of her life, and feloniously taking from her person, and against her will, a piece of silver coin of this realm, called a half crown, another piece, called a shilling, two six-pences, and twelve halfpence, the monies of the said Rebecca Gale. .............. CHARLES ALLDIN (aged 13) GEORGE COOKE (aged 17) DAN. BUCKERIDGE (aged 16) GUILTY, Death. Tried by the first Middlesex Jury before Mr. Baron THOMPSON