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Deborah Ellam was transported on the Prince Of Wales, departing 31st Mar 1787 and arriving 22nd Jan 1788 with 60 passengers.
This ship carried only one male convict and 49 female convicts. She was of 350 tons and skippered by Master John Mason. Built at the Thames in 1786. She operated in England until 1797 when her registration was transferred to Fort Royal, Martinique, after which, little is known.
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Convict Notes
Family connections for Deborah (Ellam) are: ELLAM Deborah (Ellam/Elias/Hellam), sister of Rebecca, Charles & John, was born about 1764/7. She was tried w/2others for stealing cotton gown etc of Henry (Byron) at Chester Assizes/Quarter Sessions Cheshire, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 22 1 1788 after a voyage of 7months on First Fleet ship PRINCE OF WALES. She married John (Herbert his first marriage) on 2 4 1788 at St Phillips CofE Sydney Cove & produced 8children. She was Free by Servitude by 1803. She died, as Deborah (Herbert), on 3 6 1819 age55 at St Johns CofE Parramatta; her husband was later buried with her. [Some details taken from this Website] John (Herbert) was born about 1743/60 & became a farmer. He was tried w/3others for highway robbery & stealing a watch etc of James (Burt) at Exeter Devon Lent Assizes on 14 3 1785, sentenced to be hung reprieved to 7years, held at Exeter High Gaol & hulk DUNKIRK from 30 11 1786 at Plymouth Devonshire & arrived in NSW as a convict on 22 1 1788 after a voyage of 8months on First Fleet ship CHARLOTTE. He was granted 70acres at Prospect Hill Parramatta, 'Herbert Farm' which he named 'Pember'. In 1803 he was Free by Servitude & leased 80acres on Nepean River Castlereagh, which he purchased in 1806; he divested the land in equal parts to his 5youngest sons & his Nepean River property to his other children. He married secondly Ann (Dudley) on 21 10 1819 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He is recorded in 1828 as a dealer living at Campbell St Parramatta, where his store was, with 2children & with 70acres. He died on 1 4 1832 age72 father of 9children & was buried at St Johns CofE Parramatta with his first wife; he left his store to his second wife, his transport items to Henry John. [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.
National Archives HO 47/6/92 [1787] Rough/draft List of prisoners convicted at the Chester Assizes. Unclear as to whether the rest of the list indicates the original or the recommended sentences. Deborah Ellam and Joseph Williams, summer 1784. 7 years transportation.
Deborah had 3 siblings, Rebecca, Charles and John.
Deborah was of course deceased, prior to the 1828 census, however, her husband, his new wife and many of Deborah's children do appear. 1828 Census of New South Wales as recorded by Malcolm Sainty and Keith Johnson: Page 188… [Ref 1496] Herbert, John, 85, FS, Charlotte, 1796, 7, Dealer, Parramatta, [Ref 1497] Herbert, Ann, 42, FS, Friendship, 1816, 7. [Ref 1498] Herbert, James, 21, BC. [Ref 1499] Herbert, Henry, 9, BC. # Unsure about the age entry, clearly John was actually 68 years old. Also the Charlotte was in the First Fleet 1788, so why 1796? And also on the same page some of the family … [Ref 1523] Herbert, Joseph, 33, BC, Carter at Parramatta. [Ref 1524] Herbert, Susannah, 8, BC. # Joseph with his daughter, no sign of his wife Sarah (nèe Hicks). Sarah must have been away, because the couple had 7 children up to about 1845. Sarah was the daughter of Richard Hicks (Convict, 1801, “Canada”) and Margaret Howe (Convict, 1804, “Experiment”). [Ref H1518] Herbert, John, 30, BC, farmer at Evan. [Ref H1519] Herbert, Charles, 30, BC, farmer at Evan. [Ref H1520] Herbert, Mary, 32, BC. [Ref H1521] Herbert, William, 16, BC. [Ref H1522] Herbert, Stephen, 13, BC. # Charles married Mary Smith (no details known) at a very young age. They were both teenagers. No sign in the census at all of either Benjamin or William, although they were now farming at Prospect on properties based on their father’s original land grant. Benjamin had married Esther Sadler (Convict, 1817. “Lord Melville”) in 1818. William had married Elizabeth Durant (Convict, 1811, “Admiral Gambier”) in 1812 The daughter Susannah is recorded with her husband on page 329… [Ref S0072] Sanders, Anthony, 40, FS, Hadlow, 1818, 7, Shoemaker for John Wood, Bringley. [Ref S0073] Sanders, Susannah, 23, BC. # Susannah had married the convict Anthony Sanders in 1821.
Deborah Ellam (or Hellam) was tried together with Elizabeth Hewitt and Alice Hatton, on 24 August 1784 at the Chester Quarter Sessions. They were convicted of feloniously stealing and taking away from the home of Henry Byron one cotton gown value 10s owned by Mary Byron, a gown of silk and worsted valued at 20s and six yards of cotton valued at 6s owned by Elizabeth Jackson. Ellam received a sentence of seven years transportation. She was aged 17 years and arrived in the Colony aboard the ship Prince of Wales.
1788 - 4 - 2- Marriage of John Herbert and Deborah Ellam 1789 - 7 - 21 - Benjamin Herbert born 1791 - 12- 28 - William Herbert born 1795 - Joseph Herbert marries Sarah Mary Hicks (born 1806 to Richard James Hicks (The Canada 1802 ) and Margaret Howe (Coromandel and Experiment1804) 1797 - John Herbert Jnr 1800 - 4 - 2 - Charles Herbert is born in Castlereagh 1803 - 8 - 8 James Herbert is born in Castlereagh 1805 - Susannah Herbert is born 1819 - 6 - 3 - Death of Deborah Herbert (nee Ellam) 1819 -10 - 21 Deborah's husband John Herbert remarries to Ann Dudley at St John's Parramatta and they have one child Henry John Herbert born at Parramatta 1820 - 10 - 7