William Giles

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iain Frazier on 12th June 2026

Family connections for William (Giles) may be: GILES William (Giles) arrived in Australia as a convict possibly in 1792 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 received grant in 1794 at the Hawkesbury. He may have married Mary (???/Giles)-not shown in Smees records, so possibly in England?. In May 1797 he had purchased land from J (Shepherd) at Mulgrave Place, Hawkesbury. In 1800 he was recorded with his wife on 16acres at Musgrave Place. In 1801 he is recorded with 75acres & in 1802 he had 80acres with his wife & 2servants. [This William (Giles does not have an entry on this Website as yet-added by me] Mary (???/Giles) was born perhaps in 1762. She arrived in NSW in 1791 free on PITT (she consistently states & as recorded in Smees records-how can this be unless she was wife of a convict or soldier or seamam?)-records show this ship left UK in 1791 & arrived in NSW on 14 2 1792 after a voyage of 8months: 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). In 1800 she was recorded with her husband at Musgrave Place Hawkesbury. In 1811 she fought with her stepson William over her husbands meagre estate. She perhaps married secondly (2of4) with permission of the Governor William (Bowman perhaps his second marriage) of Richmond on 1 1 1806 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. In 1811 she fought with her stepson William over her husbands meagre estate. She seems to have had a third (3of4) relationship with John (Dower). She was recorded as off stores in 1814 at Sydney with Christopher (Finnegeham). In 1828 she was recorded with her husband at Bringelly. She seems to have produced just 1child in her lifetime.] Mary (???/Giles) does not have an entry on this Website; she may be 1of the Marys recorded on this ship. Noted a Mary (Giles) married James (Callagman) on 13 5 1810 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. References: 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. Pamela Statham 'A Colonial Regiment-New Sources Relating to the New South Wales Corps-1789-1810'