John Hannabus

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iain Frazier on 25th April 2026

Family connections for St John (Hannabus) are: HANNA/IBA/US/HANNAWAY St John (seemingly-actually John Sr.) (Hannaway/Hannabas) was born about 1770. He was gaoled for 2months & later tried w/1other for burglary & separately for stealing Easter offering of Halberton Devon at Devon Assizes on 30 6 1792, sentenced to death reprieved to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict on 2 6 1797 after a voyage of 9months on GANGES. He had a relationship with/stated to have married Margaret (Edwards her second relationship) in 1800, but not shown in Smees records, & settled at Pitt Town. He was Free by Servitude by 1804. He is recorded in 1828 as labourer for David (Horton at Pitt Town-away from his wife. He died in 1847 age77. [Some details taken from this Website] Margaret (Edwards) was born about 1782. She was tried for stealing a cotton gown etc at Shropshire Assizes in April 1797, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 18 7 1798 after a voyage of 6months on BRITANNIA. She had a first relationship with James (Pooley). She is recorded as washerwoman for Jos. Burns at Parramatta-away from her husband. She was Free by Servitude by 1807. She died in 1846 age64 mother of 8known children. [Some details taken from this Website; where a Martha (Edwards) is also found] [James (Pooley) arrived in Australia as a convict in 1798 on BARWELL.] [James (Pooley) does not have an entry on this Website as yet; although a Samuel (Pooley) is on the BARWELL] [Margaret (Edwards) & James (Pooley) produced 1child:] [1.Edward (Pooley) was born on 24 7 1800 & baptised on 9 2 1800 at St Johns CofE Parramatta.] .. St John (seemingly-actually John Sr.) (Hannaway/Hannabas) & Margaret (Edwards) produced 7children: many girls 1.John (Hannaway) was born in 1801. He died on 25 8 1888 age about87. 2.Edward/Edmund (Hannaway) was born in 1802. He married Charlotte (Johnston age about16) on 21 5 1821 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He died as Edmund (Hannibus) in 1823 age about21 or 6 10 1824 age25/22 at Parramatta & was buried at St Johns CofE Parramatta-the register is marked as 'convict'. ..Charlotte (Johnston) was born in 1805 in the colony-not shown in Smees records. .. 3.Mary (Hannaway) was born on 29 9 1804 & baptised as (Hannabus) on 6 1 1805 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She had a first relationship (1of3) with John (Cullen).>>> ..John (Cullen) may not be a convict: but several on this Website are possibilities. ..Mary (Hannaway/Hannabas) & John (Cullen) produced 1child: ..1.John (Cullen) is recorded as born on 11 5 1823 at Windsor & baptised on 25 3 1824 (as (Cullen/Brown) at St Marys RC Sydney. .. >>>Mary (Hannaway/Hannabas) seems to have had another (2of3) relationship with John (Brown).>>> ..John (Brown) cannot be identified on this Website as yet, & may not indeed be a convict, however details of his children indicate a confusion with John (Cullen) above. He was recorded as a farmer in 1824. ..Mary (Hannaway/Hannabas) & John (Brown) produced 2children: ..1.John (Brown) is recorded as born on 1 5 1823 at Pitt Town & baptised on 23 5 1824 (similar) at St Matthews CofE Windsor-was he adopted into the Protestant faith by John (Brown)?. ..2.George (Brown) was born in 1826. .. >>>Mary (Hannaway/Hannabas) had a third relationship with Joseph (Smith) & produced at least 3children. She died on 11 3 1885 age80 mother of at least 5children. ..Joseph (Smith) was born on 15 4 1804 & baptised on 30 6 1811 age7 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. He was recorded as a farmer in 1834. He died on 20 9 1856 age52. ..Details of Joseph (Smith)s family are given in entry for Joseph (Smith NEPTUNE 1790) on this Website. .. 4.Sarah (Hannaway) was born on 4 12 1807 & baptised, as (Hannabus), on 20 12 1807 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She was living at Pitt Town when she married David (Horton) of Pitt Town on 25 7 1825 at St Matthews CofE Windsor, sharing her wedding day with her fatherinlaw. She died on 28 5 1900 age82. ..David (Horton) was born in 1804. He was recorded as living at Pitt Town in 1825. He is recorded in 1828 with his fathers family at Pitt Town. He died on 25 4 1885 age about80. ..Details of David (Horton)s family are given BELOW. .. 5.Ann (Hannaway) was born on 17 9 1810 & baptised on 14 10 1810, as (Hannabus), at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She married at age15 Samuel (Chaplain) on 19 7 1825 at St Johns CofE Parramatta & produced at least 3children. She is recorded in 1828 with her family at Pitt Town. She died on 9 4 1897 age86. ..Samuel (Chaplin/ain) was born about 1794. He was tried at Leicester Assizes, sentenced to death reprieved to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 27 1 1820 after a voyage of 4months on PRINCE REGENT; he was Protestant. He was recorded as farmer at Seven Hills in 1827 & in 1828 as labourer with his family at Pitt Town. He died on 24 7 1846 age52. ..[Some details taken from this Website] .. 6.Elizabeth (Hannaway/Hannibas) was born in 1814. She died on 22 6 1829 age about14. 7.??? (Hannaway) 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.

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Maureen Withey on 11th June 2023

At Exeter, John Hannabus, and Mary Cole, for burglary, and John for stealing wearing apparel, &c. received sentence of death. Stamford Mercury, 17 Aug 1792. At the assizes for Devon, John Hannabus and Mary Cole, for burglary ; and John Evanson, for stealing wearing apparel, received sentence of death. Bath Chronicle, 9 Aug 1872.

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Iris Dunne on 26th April 2022

Criminal Registers: Crime Larceny Previous conviction: 2 months

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Wendy Davie on 17th April 2022

He is my 4th Great Grandfather and married Margaret Edwards in 1800, based on research through ancestry

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Denis Pember on 4th October 2015

Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: [Ref H0411] Hannibus, John Sr. 58 free by servitude, Ganges, 1797, life, labourer to David Horton Pitt Town. Margaret is not with John and is listed elsewhere [Ref H0456] Hannabus, Magt, 46, free by servitude, Britannia, 1798, 7 years, Catholic, washerwoman, Jos. Burns Parramatta. Several of the children are also listed separately with their familes.

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Denis Pember on 4th October 2015

In the colony, John formed a relationship with Margaret Edwards (Convict, Britannia, 1798). There is no record of a marriage but it would appear that one may have taken place. Margaret and John had 7 children.

My mother Eileen Voce who volunteers at the Tiverton Museum, Devon Records Office in UK has been researching the village of Halberton in Devon for many years and came across a John Hannabus, transported on the Ganges. His crime appears to be theft of the Easter offering from the vicarage in Halberton. Her research differs from yours in that initially he was sentenced to death but commuted to transportation on 3rd August 1792. Your records state he was convicted on 30 June 1792 to term of life. This looks like it is taken from the ships records 4 years later than the conviction rather than from the actual Devon Assizes records which my mother used. In Australia it is not clear if he was released on arrival or later on, but he does marry a Margaret Edwards later and settles in Pitt Town, NSW dying in 1847. My mother would have the sources or contact her via Tiverton Museum