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James Funnell was transported on the Prince Of Orange, departing 2nd Oct 1820 and arriving 12th Feb 1821 with 137 passengers.
Ship Name: Prince of Orange (1) Rig Type: S. Built: Sunderland Build Year: 1813 Size (tons): 359
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 401 (202) |
| 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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"3x great-grandfather"
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Convict Notes
Sources - Crime Citation Information Detail Class: HO 27; Piece: 20; Page: 227 Source Information Title England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 Author Ancestry.com
Marriage Sources Marriage to Mary Gutsell Ancestry.com. England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England, Marriages, 1538–1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Marriage to Sarah Wright Ancestry.com. Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Compiled from publicly available sources.
James Funnell & Mary Gutssell First posted in Dec 2011 by nancheryl2311 on the Ancestry public Martin Family Tree. Taken from notes researched and compiled by Tom Clark and Olive Clark nee Thomas. (no primary sources identified) James Funnell, charged and acknowledged being the father of a base born child, born to Mary Gutsell Baby Gutsell, father James Funnell of Ticehurst, mother Mary Gutssell of Ticehurst, birth 19 August 1815 and date of order 18 June 1816. Settlement amount of 2 pounds - 6 shillings. NB. James and Mary later married.
James Funnell - conviction and transportation First posted in 2011 by nancheryl2311 on the Ancestry public Martin Family Tree. Notes for James Funnell: taken from notes researched and compiled by Tom Clark and Olive Clark nee Thomas. (no primary sources identified) James Funnell was born in Ticehurst Sussex England in 1795. (Labourer.) James was tried on the charge of stealing one mare valued at 6 pounds being the property of William Driver Leadner. James Funnell was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged at Sussex Assises (County Court ) on the 29th July 1820. The gaol calender in the same file of records bears a note saying that he was reprieved on condition of transport for life. Transported to the Colony Australia on the ship Prince of Orange (1) 350 tones, sailed from England on the 8th Oct 1820 with 138 male convicts, arrived at Sydney on the 12th Feb 1821, all in good health, one died during passage. Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Rutherford R.N.. Ships Master was Thomas Silk His Excellency the Governor and Commander in Chief this morning inspected the prisoners that arrived on Monday last, per ship Prince of Orange (1) after which they were directed to be distributed to their variously assigned employments. James received his ticket of leave on the 15th Oct 1829. allowing him to take up the position of blacksmith for Mr. Hassal at Macquarie Grove Cobbitty. Height 5 feet 8 inches. Complextion Fair. Hair Light Brown. Eyes Blue. Scar on right cheek and chin. ( Inflicted by the English.)
The Funnell Story First posted in 2011 by nancheryl2311 on the Ancestry public Martin Family Tree THE FUNNELL STORY taken from notes researched and compiled by Tom Clark and Olive Clark nee Thomas. (no primary sources identified - RG) James Funnell was born in Sussex England in 1795 and at the age of 25 was arrested for a crime that I am yet to find. (Horse stealing) He was tried at the Sussex Assizes Court on the 29th July 1820 and sentenced to “transportation to the Colony in NSW for the term of his natural life”. So on the 8th of October 1820 James left England on board the convict ship “Prince of Orange” under the command of Master Thomas Silk, and arrived in Sydney Cove on 12th February 1821. “In 1821 the convict transport Prince of Orange with the Master Thomas Silk and Surgeon G Rutherford sailed from Downs England on 8th October 1820 and journeyed to Australia being at sea for 127 days arrived in Sydney Cove 12th February 1821. 136 convicts embarked with 1 death occurring on board during the journey. In 1823 the convict transport Lord Sidmouth sailed on 11/9/1822 from Woolwich and journey via Rio taking 152 days, the ship was embarked with 97 female convicts, 1 death also occurred during the journey - 46 embarked at Sydney and 50 at Hobart. Master of the Ship was Jas Ferrier with the Surgeon Robert Espie. (Sarah Wright, who was later to marry James Funnell, was one of the convicts on board) Robert Espie was a cruel surgeon who flogged the women on their legs, arms and backs. Of his journey aboard the Lord Sidmouth he wrote “I cannot but express my great joy at having got rid of so troublesome a charge.” In the Muster of Convicts for 1822 James Funnell is recorded as a Government Servant assigned to Mr Hassell Liverpool While Samuel Hassall is recorded as a Clergyman Liverpool. James was 5’8” tall, fair complexion, light brown hair with blue eyes he had a scar on his right cheek and chin. James married Sarah Wright (who was also a convict - more details about her later) in 1824 at St Luke’s Liverpool. By 1828 they were living at Macquarie Grove in the Parish of Cooke (Camden/Campbelltown area). According to details given in the 1828 census James was a Protestant, and whilst his occupation on his convict indent is given as labourer he turns his hand to becoming a Blacksmith and is in the employ of a Mr Hassall. While Samuel Otto Hassall is recorded as a Landholder at Macquarie Grove, Cooke. “Macquarie Grove - 400 acres on the banks of the Nepean River, was a grant dated 25th August 1812 to Rowland Hassall, where he built a home well out of flood level. His son Samuel Otto Hassall took over in 1819”. Obviously James married in Liverpool and moved with the Hassell family. “the lives of outstanding pioneers developing virgin bush land to productivity. Then again there were the difficulties and hardships, the depredations of backs, escaped convicts and bushrangers. Sending to the settlement at Sydney Cove for provisions meant a journey of weeks in those early days. Samuel Hassall died in July 1830 and his was the first vault in the graveyard at Cobbitty.” James and Sarah had 9 children: Anne Born 1821 Mary Born 1824 Married 1845 John Lysiat William Born 1825 christened C/E St Peters Campbelltown Charlotte Born 1828 christened C/E Cobbitty/NarellanMarried 1846 William Wybrow - Cobbitty/Narellan James Born 1830 christened C/E Cobbitty/NarellanDied 1839 C/E Cobbitty/Narellan V1839116223A Thomas Born 1833 christened C/E Cobbitty/Narellan Sarah Born 1835 christened C/E Cobbitty/NarellanMarried 1861 in Camden to Frederick Sheather Susan Born 1836 christened C/E Cobbitty/NarellanMarried 1864 Lawrence Campbell - Camden Luke (Lewis) Born 1838 christened C/E Cobbitty/Narellan James was issued with his Ticket of Leave on the 39th June 1829 and was restricted to the Districts of Cooke and Bringelly. His ticket was cancelled and he was issued with a Conditional Pardon on the 8th September 1836. According to records James was an early employee on the Macquarie Grove Estate in the year 1830 and later while living at Narellan opened business on his own account as a Blacksmith at Cobbitty. Sarah Wright received her Ticket of Leave on the same day as her husband. James Funnell died three years after receiving his pardon on the 29th September 1839 at the age of 48 years, and his youngest child was only one year old. Lawrence Campbell (who married Susan Funnell) was a predominant resident of the Camden district and the intersection of Carrington and the Oaks Roads still bears his name as Campbell’s corner.
James Funnell was 26 years old on arrival. He was 5" 8" tall, light complexion, light hair, sandy whiskers, speech impediment. 1822 Census: Assigned to Mr. Hassall, Liverpool. James was listed as a blacksmith in the Census. 1823: Married Sarah Wright (Lord Sidmouth 1823) - they had 10 children. 1839: James died at Cobbitty, Narellan, NSW. 1840: Sarah married Joseph Cardy (came free) - she died in 1881. at Camden, South Coast and Illawarra, NSW., aged 82.
Conditional Pardon 25/5/1837