Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Amelia Ann Goodwin was transported on the Speedy, departing 30th Sep 1799 and arriving 15th Apr 1800 with 54 passengers.
Speedy (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 257 (128) |
| 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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"5th Great Grandmother"
"Amelia is my 4th great grandmother"
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Convict Notes
Family connections for Amelia Ann (Goodwin) are: GOODWIN Amelia Ann (Goodwin possibly nee Clarke) was born about 1766/80. She married firstly (1of3) John (Goodwin) in 1790 at Greenwich Kent. She was tried for stealing clothes etc of her employer at Kent Assizes at Maidstone on 15 7 1799, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 15 4 1800 after a voyage of 6.5months on SPEEDY. She had a second (2of3) relationship with James (Rixon/Rickson/Hickson/Heckson). She was Free by Servitude by 1808. After 1811 she took possession of her husbands land grant.>>> [Some details taken from this Website] James (Rixon/Rickson/Hickson/Heckson) was born about 1870or1876 at Ilkestone Derbyshire. He was tried, as James (Heckson), for stealing money of William (Reed) at Ilkeston at Derby Assizes on 24 10 1791, sentenced to death by hanging reprieved to Life, held on PRUDENTIAL hulk on Woolwich harbour & arrived in NSW as a convict on 18 5 1798 after a voyage of 8.5months on BARWELL. On 25 3 1801 he enlisted, recorded as James (Rixson), in NSW Corps in Sydney as a private & was detached to (Grose)s company then (Paterson)s company. He was issued his Conditional Pardon on 2 7 3 1801. His Absolute Pardon may have been issued on 4 6 1803. In 1804 he was detached to (Wilson)s company. He was recorded as a private in 1806. On 17 11 1807 he was tried at a Regimental Court Martial & discharged. He was Free by Servitude by 1808, but not recorded as such in 1806-which does not tally with his Pardons mentioned here. He worked making farm implements. He died on 5 4 1811 at Windsor age36 or age41 at Windsor & was buried at St Matthews CofE Windsor; his land grant passed to his wife. [Some details taken from this Website] .. >>>Amelia Ann/Emma (Goodwin) married thirdly Robert (Burrows) on 23 12 1816 at St Lukes CofE Liverpool. She was recorded in 1828 with 2sons on 30acres at Airds. She died on 9 1 1834 age68 at Campbelltown mother of perhaps 8children & was buried at St Peters CofE Campbelltown. Robert (Burrows) was born about 1770/80. He was tried for stealing a pig etc at Stafford Assizes Staffordshire, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 12 6 1801 after a voyage of 10.5months on EARL CORNWALLIS. He was an emancipist in 1816. He died on 25/8 1 1820 age40 accidentally drowned & found in reeds in bottom of creek at Aspinalls Farm near Windsor & buried on 28 1 1820 at St Matthews CofE Windsor-although this person is recorded as having arrived on ADMIRAL GAMBIER in 1808. [Some details taken from this Website] 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'
Tried and convicted at the Kent Assizes in Maidstone on 15th July 1799 for stealing goods to the value of 39 shillings, sentenced to transportation for 7 years. Left England on 24th November 1799. Ship:- the 'Speedy' sailed with 53 female convicts on board of which 3 died during the voyage, this was the same vessel that was transporting the new Governor, Phillip Gidley-King to the Colony. Arrived on 15th April 1800. On Sunday, 12th January 1806, James Rixon and Amelia Goodwin made history! They became parents of triplets. This news made the front page of the Sydney Gazette on Sunday, 19th January 1806 and is believed to be the first recorded birth of triplets by a European woman in Australia. It was reported "On the night of last Sunday Amelia Rixon, the wife of a private in the New South Wales Corps, was safely delivered of three infants, two of whom are living and have a very promising appearance, the third was sadley still born" Over the following years they had four other children, moved around and James worked in the NSW Corps and making farm implements. Although they never married, Amelia was recognised as James' wife, receiving his land grant after his death in 1811. Left with five sons, on December 23rd 1816, Amelia Goodwin, using the name Emma Goodwin, married another former convict, Robert Burrows who had arrived in Australia on June 12th 1801. Her marriage to Robert Burrows was short-lived: on January 25th 1820, Amelia's husband, Robert Burrows accidentally drowned in the creek at Aspinall's Farm, near Windsor. In 1826, the sons, Thomas and Henry Rixon and their stepbrother, Robert Burrows made a gruesome discovery, which led to an arrest for the murder of Frederick Fisher who had disappeared on June 17, 1826. It is reported that… In October 1826 two boys, Rixon and Burrows, were returning home across Fisher's farm and noticed bloodstains on a fence. Closer investigation found a lock of hair the same colour as Fisher's hair and a tooth. Constable Luland searched the wheat paddock, prodding the ground with an iron bar, but found nothing. Old John Warby suggested Aboriginal trackers be called in. The ground was marshy, and Namut (known by the English name, Gilbert) the tracker from Liverpool, tasted the water in the puddles and announced 'white fellow's fat there'! They followed the puddles, prodding the ground, and found Fisher's remains in a shallow grave on (George) Worrall's land.
## Of particular interest is the mention of Amelia in the press..... Sydney Gazette Sun 19 Jan 1806 p.1... Text: On the night of last Sunday se'nnight Amelia Rixon, the wife of a private in the New South Wales Corps, was safely delivered of three infants, two of whom are living, and have a very promising appearance. # The two surviving triplets were Benjamin and James. Benjamin married Margaret Handley/Finnamore, the daughter of Elizabeth Hanley (Convict, Archduke Charles, 1813). Benjamin lived to 1886, aged 80. James married Elizabeth Hoare (the sister to his brother William's wife Ann) and the daughter of John Hoare (Convict, Canada, 1801). James lived to 1873 aged 67.
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 319... [Ref 0880] Rixon, Amelia, (no age noted) FS, Active?, 1800, 7 years. ### also [Ref 0878] Rixon, Benjamin, 22, born in colony, constable, Airds, 30 acres all cleared and cultivated. [Ref 0879] Rixon, Thomas, (no age given), constable. ## These two form a family group with Amelia and are her sons, born 1806 and 1808. Another son, (the eldest) also recorded. [Ref R0881] Rixon, William, 25, with his wife Ann (nèe Hoare) nearby. James and Henry do not appear.
Birth date is Circa (as always). Ann Goodwin (also known as Amelia Ann Goodwin) was transported for ‘Theft’. She was charged with the theft from her employer of a large number of clothing and household items, value 39 shillings. C1790: Married John Goodwin at Greenwich, Kent. Her maiden name was possibly ‘Clarke’. C1802: Married/or most likely had a relationship with James Rixon (Barwell 1797) – they had 6 children. James Rixon died 5/4/1811. 23/12/1816: Married Robert Burrows (Earl Cornwallis 1800) at St. Luke’s, Liverpool, NSW. They had 1 son also Robert (Ann was about 49 at this time). Robert Burrows was found drowned 25/1/1820. 9/1/1834: Ann died aged about 67 at Campbelltown, NSW., and was buried at St. Peter’s, Campbelltown.