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Transportation
Joshua Bushell was transported on the Morley, departing 30th Jun 1818 and arriving 7th Nov 1818 with 166 passengers.
The "Morley" was built on the Thames, England in 1811. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Morley in 1817, 1818, 1820, 1828 and 1829 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1820 and 1823. 1829 Voyage. 200 Male English Convicts. Commander; Harrison. Richard Lewis; Surgeon Superintendent arrived 2 Dec 1829. All convicts survived the voyage.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 62 |
| 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 |
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Family connections for Joshua (Bushell) are: BUSHELL Joshua (Bushell) was born about 1796. He was arrested for stealing money of Thomas (Hancorn), on 29 4 1814, & attempted to escape to Russia, reaching only Calais. He was tried at Old Bailey on 17 9 1818, sentenced to 7years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW on 7 11 1818 after a voyage of 4months on MORLEY. He was a teacher when he married Ann Hannah (Gregory) on 24 6 1823 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He was recorded in 1829 as a farmer. He apparantly became a sealer. He died on 19 5 1871 age75. [Some details taken from this Website] Ann Hannah (Gregory) was born about 1803. She arrived in NSW with her mother on 26 7 1814 after a voyage of 6months on BROXBOURNBURY. After her mothers death in 1819 she cared for her siblings by running a home laundry business. She was recorded in 1828 with her family as laundress Liverpool St Sydney. Details of Ann Hannah (Gregory) are given Joshua (Bushell) & Ann Hannah (Gregory) produced 3children: 1.Joshua (Bushell) was born on 24 4 1823 at Liverpool St Sydney & baptised on 23 8 1829 age6 w/Elizabeth at St James CofE Sydney. He was recorded in 1828 with his mother at Liverpool St Sydney. 2.Elizabeth (Bushell) was born on 12 4 1829 at Liverpool St Sydney & baptised on 23 8 1829 w/Joshua at St James CofE Sydney. 3.Ann (Bushell) was born in 1831. 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.
Joshua does not appear in the listing for the 1828 Census. (It is possible he was away 'sealing' at the time. However, Ann and young Joshua do: Page 74.... [Ref B3486] Bushell, Ann, 38???, CF, Broxbornebury, 1814, Laundress, at Liverpool Street, Sydney. (She was actually 25 not 38!!!) [Ref B3487] Bushell, Joshua, 5, born in the colony.
In the colony, Joshua married Ann Hannah Gregory on 24th June 1826. Ann Hannah was the daughter of Edward William Gregory (Came Free, 1814, "Surrey") and Henrietta Benfleet (Convict, 1814, Broxbornebury"). Her father had abandoned his family and gone back to England in 1816 and her mother had died in 1819. Ann Hannah had been responsible for her three younger brothers. Although only 16 when her mother died, Ann had done a sterling job of raising the boys, aged 14, 12 and 7 when their mother died. She and Joshua had a son, Joshua (jnr) born in 1823 and they subsequently married some time later. They had two more children, Elizabeth born 1829 and Ann born 1831.
Old Bailey Trial Transcript Joshua Bushell, Tried 17th September 1817 (t18170917-213) (www.oldbaileyonline.org) JOSHUA BUSHELL was indicted for stealing, on 29th of April, two 5l. one 2l, and two 1l., bank notes , the property of Thomas Hancorn . THOMAS HANCORN. I am a cooper , and live in Old-street - road; the prisoner lived nine months with me. On the 29th of April, I gave him 14l., in two 5l., one 2l., and two 1l., bank notes; he was to go to Mr. Bernard's in Shoreditch, to take up a bill, at ten o'clock, I was afterwards applied to for the amount of the bill; I found the prisoner at Worship-street in August last; the constable told me, in his presence, that he said he had been to France with the money. The prisoner said he had been to Calais. Cross-examined by MR. ADOLPHUS. I always paid him his wages - I paid him 2l. There had been a dispute between us about three weeks before - He did not agree for any regular salary - He boarded with me. WILLIAM MERRY. I am a constable. I apprehended the prisoner at the top of his father's stables, where he was concealed, at Hackney, he told me he meant to go to Russia with the money, and when he got to Calais he could get no farther as he had no passport. GUILTY. Aged 21. Transported for Seven Years. Third Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant.
He was a school teacher convicted for Larsony. He was doing an errand as a messenger and stole some money and ran off to Russia