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Edward Fletcher was transported on the Nile, Canada And Minorca, departing 31st May 1801 and arriving 14th Dec 1801 with 305 passengers.
Nile, Canada And Minorca (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 301 (150) C J Smee 'Pioneer Register 1788-1820 Association' Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' |
| 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 (reContributed) for Edward (Fletcher) are: Some amendments added Jun 2025. FLETCHER Edward (Fletcher) was born about 1781/8. He became a second gunner & is recorded on 1 12 1798 as transferred from Captain (Haver)s detachment to Captain (King)s Company 1st Batalion Royal Regiment of Artillery. He was found guilty at Court Martial at Gibraltar, sentenced to 14years & sent to England w/3others on 15 6 1800. He arrived in NSW as a convict with Life sentence on 14 12 1801 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship MINORCA; he was Protestant. He married Henrietta (Langley/Scriven/Shewring) on 23 3 1807 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He is recorded in 1828 as district constable with his family on 130acres Elderslie Upper Minto. He died on 16 6 1856 age75. [Some details taken from this Website] Henrietta (Langley/Scriven/Shewring) was born on 22 10 1787 at sea on LADY PENRHYN off Cape of Good Hope and baptised on 4 11 1787 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She went to Norfolk Island with her mother on 4 3 1790 on HMS SIRIUS, recorded as arriving on 13 3 1790. She maybe returned to Sydney with her mother in Novenber 1794 on DAEDALUS. She died on 11 8 1828 age40 & was buried at St Peters CofE Campbelltown. Details of Henrietta (Langley/Scriven/Shewring)s family are given in entry for Jane/Jenny (Langley LADY PENRHYN 1788) on this Website. Edward (Fletcher) & Henrietta (Langley/Scriven/Shewring) produced 7children: mainly girls 1.Edward (Fletcher) was born on 8 3 1808 & baptised on 3 4 1808 at St Phillips CofE Parramatta. He was baptised again on 19 5 1811 age3 w/John at St Lukes CofE Liverpool. He married Eleanor (Carroll) on 19/29 1 1827 at St Peters CofE Campbelltown. He died on 19 11 1877 age69. ..Eleanor/Ellen (Carroll) was born about 1803/5 & became a laundress. She was living at Kildare when tried at Maryborough (Port Laoise) Queens co. Ireland, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 20 8 1824 after a voyage of 4.5months on ALMORAH; she was apparantly sent to Parramatta Female Factory where she was not to be released until the ALMORAH had left Sydney. In October 1824 she was employed by Mr (Cordeaux). She died on 16 2 1857 age52. ..{Some details taken from this Website] ..Edward (Fletcher) & Eleanor (Carroll) produced 2children: ..1.Edward (Fletcher) was born on 31 10 1827 at Airds & baptised on 25 12 1827 at St Peters CofE Campbelltown. ..2.David (Fletcher) was born on 12 2 1830 at Upper Minto & baptised on 11 4 1830 at St Peters CofE Campbelltown. .. 2.John (Fletcher) was born on 15 5 1810 & baptised w/Edward on 19 5 1811 at St Lukes CofE Liverpool. He died on 22 8 1875 age65. 3.Eliza (Fletcher) was born on 12 8 1812 & baptised on 13 3 1815 age2 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She died on 20 2 1878 age65. 4.Susannah (Fletcher) was born on 12 5 1815. She died on 7 7 1902 age87. 5.Emma (Fletcher) was born in 1822. She died on 26 7 1828 age5 or 27 6 1829 age about6 & was buried at St Lukes CofE Liverpool. 6.Blanch/e (Fletcher) was born on 17 12 1825 & baptised on 18 12 1825 at St Peters CofE Campbelltown. 7.Elizabeth (Fletcher) was born on 26 4 1828. She died on 10 5 1828 age2w at Upper Minto & was buried at St Peters CofE Campbelltown. 7a.a Sarah (Fletcher) is recorded as born in 1828 & dying on 5 2 1828 age3m; she was buried at St Lukes CofE Liverpool: not of this family then] 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.
Court Martial was at Gibralter not on ship Gibralter On 1st December 1798 Edward Fletcher (aged 17) was recorded as being a Second Gunner transferred from Captain Havers Detachment to a Second Gunner in Captain Robert King’s Company in the First Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Artillery commanded by The Marquis Cornwallis stationed at Gibraltar. A note at the bottom of the July Muster – “Gibraltar 1st July 1800 – Alterations since last Muster …Second Gunners Geo. Barryman, Jno. Suddis, Wm. Smith & Edwd Fletcher sentenced 14 years. Transported by a General Court Martial embarked 15th June for England, paid up to that date and left out of Muster Roll.” WO 10/ 363,378 & 389 Archives Kew
Henrietta and Edward had 7 children, 2 sons and 5 daughters between 1808 and 1825. Henrietta died in 1828 aged only 40. Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 150... [Ref 0776] Fletcher, Edward, 40, government servant, Monirca, 1801, life, Protestant, district constable, Elderslie Upper Minto, 130 acres, 90 cleared 50 cultivated 5 horses 20 horned cattle. [Ref 0777] Fletcher, John, 18, born in the colony. [Ref 0778] Fletcher, Eliza 16 born in the colony. [Ref 0779] Fletcher, Blanche 5 born in the colony.
In the colony, Edward married Henrietta Scriven or Langley, March 23rd 1807. Henrietta was the child of Jane Langley (First Fleet Convict, Lady Penrhyn, 1788) and had been born in Cape Town on the voyage of the First Fleet to the colony. Her father was probably the seaman, Peter Scriven. Edward Fletcher of the parish of St John Parramatta and Henrietta Skirwin were married in this church by banns this twenty third day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and seven by me Henry Fulton. Both Edward and Henrietta made their X marks in the register in the presence of James Maler and Sarah Hore who both made their X marks.