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William Kentwell was transported on the Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann, departing 31st Dec 1790 and arriving 9th Jul 1791 with 1265 passengers.
The Third Fleet consisted of 11 Vessels. Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Gorgon, Mary Ann, Matilda, Queen (from Ireland) Salamander and William and Ann. These vessels were provided by a private company; Camden, Calvert and King to ship convicts to the colony.
Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann (generic)References
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"William is my 6x Great Grandfather"
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Family connections for William (Kentwell) are: KENTWELL William (Kentwell) son of Richard (Kentwell) & Martha (Capper) was born on 23 3 1761 in Middlesex & baptised in 1765 age about4 at St Marylebone Middlesex & lived at St Giles Cripplegate near Covent Garden. He was tried for stealing linen etc with force of arms at Middlesex in 1788, sentenced to 7years, held on hulks & arrived in NSW as a convict on 9 7 1791 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship ADMIRAL BARRINGTON. In 1796 his sentence was expired & he was granted 60acres near (now) Pendle Hill Railway Station. He married Elizabeth (Morris her second (2of4) association) on 4 1 1796 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He was Free by Servitude by 1799. In 1800 he was recorded as free farming 15acres at Toongabbie, He became a prosperous farmer; in 1805 he was elected trustee for 9acre Prospect pasturing Common. In 1806 he had 75acres & employed 1convict Lawrence (Kirwi/an [no entry on this Website as yet]). He became a member of Association of (Emancipated) Settlers. He died on 1 8 1809 age48 drowned w/7others in floods of Nepean River near Windsor while crossing with horses. [Some details taken from this Website] Elizabeth (Morris) daughter of John (Morris) & Sarah (Collins) was born on 31 7 1775. In about 1785 she was acquitted of felony at Bristol Gloucestershire. She was tried for grand larceny w/2adults at Bristol Sessions Oyer & Terminer Commission on 5 4 1790 (one ref. shows her as age12), sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 9 7 1791 after a voyage of 5months on Fleet ship MARY ANN/E. About 1792 she associated firstly (1of4) with John/Jhyn (Dalton age16) & produced 1child. She was Free by Servitude by 1799. When her second husband died she took over running of farm with children Hannah, William & John; & convict Murtagh/Murty (Shields) was apparantly assigned to her. She had a third (3of4) relationship with Murtagh/Murty (Shields) & produced 2children. She had a fourth relationship with Thomas (Thompkins), produced 2children & married him (ages recorded as her68 & him29) on 15 8 1820 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She died on 25 1 1852 age77 mother of 9children. [Some details taken from this Website] .. William (Kentwell) & Elizabeth (Morris) produced 5children: 1.William Cody (Kentwell) was born on 24 11 1799 & baptised on 6 4 1800 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. After 1809 he assisted his mother in running their farm. He died on 17 6 1816 age16. 2.Charlotte (Kentwell) was born in 1802. She married Thomas (Williams) on 13 11 1820 at St Johns CofE Parramatta & produced at least 5children. She died on 8 5 1881 age about79. ..Thomas (Williams) was born on 1 1 1799 & baptised on 31 3 1799 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He died on 30 5 1879 age80. ..Details of Thomas (Williams)s family are given in entry for Simon (Moulds BARWELL 1798) on this Website. .. 3.John (Kentwell) was born on 29 2 1804. After 1809 he assisted his mother in running their farm. He married Elizabeth (James age14) on 9 8 1824 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He was recorded at Castle Hill in 1826 as a farmer & in 1827 as a labourer. He died on 9 10 1897 age93. ..Elizabeth (James) was born on 10 9 1810 & baptised on 10 3 1811 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She died on 27 5 1885 age74 known as 'Granny Kentwell'. ..Details of Elizabeth (James)s family are given in entry for John (Small CHARLOTTE 1788) on this Website. ..John (Kentwell) & Elizabeth (James) produced 2children: ..1.Elizabeth Jane (Kentwell/Cantwell) was born on 26 12 1825 at Castle Hill & baptised on 29 1 1826 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She is recorded in 1828 with her parents at Baulkham Hills. ..2.Ann (Kentwell) was born on 10 12 1827 at Castle Hill & baptised on 30 12 1827 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She is recorded in 1828 with her parents at Baulkham Hills. .. 4.Maria (Kentwell) was born in 1806. She was living at Wilberforce when she married firstly John (Wood) emancipist of Wilberforce on 5 5 1823 at St Matthews CofE Windsor & produced 5children. She is recorded in 1828 with her family at Baulkham Hills.>>> ..John (Wood) was born about 1796. He was tried at Lancaster Quarter Sessions, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 30 1 1816 after a voyage of 5months on OCEAN. He was recorded at Wilberforce in 1823. He is recorded in 1828 as Free by Servitude landholder with his family & servant John (Greenwood)-who later married his wife-on 5acres at Baulkham Hills. He was recorded as farmer at Baulkham Hills in 1829. He died on 27 6 1832 age37 & was buried at St Johns CofE Parramatta. ..[Some details taken from this Website] .. >>>Maria (Kentwell) married secondly John (Greenwood) on 17 3 1834 at St Johns CofE Parramatta & produced 6more children. She died on 1 9 1881 age about75 mother of 11children. ..John (Greenwood) was born about 1810. He was tried at Surrey Quarter Sessions, sentenced to 7years & arrived in Australia as a convict on 27 9 1827 after a voyage of 3.5months on PRINCE REGENT; he was assigned to John (Wood)-whos wife he later married-at Baulkham Hills (recorded in 1828). ..[Some details taken from this Website] .. 5.Harriet (Kentwell) was born in 1809. In her first year she was entered in Female Orphan Institute. She married at age16 James (Roughley) emancipist on 5 9 1825 at St Johns CofE Parramatta & produced 5children. She is recorded in 1828 at Castle Hill with her family & father in law. She died on 24 7 1867 age about58. ..James (Roughley) was born on 3 4 1789 at Bedford Leigh Lancashire. He was tried with his father for stealing cloth at Lancaster Quarter Sessions in 1817, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict with his father on 14 10 1818 after a voyage of 9months on TOTTENHAM. He is recorded in 1828 as James (Rufley) Free by Servitude settler at Castle Hill with father & family. He is also recorded as farmer at Castle Hill in 1830. He died on 20 7 1838 age49. ..[Some details taken from this Website] ..Details of James (Roughley)s family are given in entry for James (Roughley TOTTENHAM 1818) on 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. Irene Schaffer & Thelma McKay 'Exiled Three Times Over! Profiles of Norfolk Islanders Exiled in Van Diemens Land 1807-1813' James Hugh Donohoe 'Norfolk Island 1788-1813-The People and Their Families' Reg Wright 'Forgotten Generation of Norfolk Island & Van Diemens Land'
Born at Middlesex, England to Richard Kentwell & Martha Kentwell (Capper). Baptised in 1765 at St Marylebone, Middlesex. The family lived at St Giles, Cripplegate near Covent Garden. Married Elizabeth Morris 4/1/1796 at Parramatta by Samuel Marsden. William signed the register & Elizabeth made her Mark X. In 1796 William was released from sentence & granted a 60 acre block near where the Pendle Hill Railway Station is now. In the 1800 census William was free & farming 15 clear acres of land at Toongabbie. In the 1806 census William had 75 acres & was assigned a convict, Lawrence Kirwin. He was a member of like minded Emancipists known as the Association of Settlers.
William was tried and convicted in Middlesex in 1788, of stealing 'with force of arms' two linen handkerchiefs valued at two shillings and goods and chattels of 'other persons unknown', sentenced to 7years transportation, he spent the next 3 years on Prison Hulks. Left England on 27th March 1791. Ship:- the 'Admiral Barrington' (3rd Fleet) sailed with 300 male convicts on board of which 36 died during the voyage. Arrived on 16th October 1791, the last of the eleven ships of the Third Fleet to arrive in Sydney. Married convict Elizabeth Morris ('Mary Ann' 1791) on 21st January 1796 at St. John's Church Parramatta, they had 5 children from 1799-1809, Elizabeth had had a relationship with convict Johyn Dalton ('Albermarle' 1791) which resulted in the birth of a daughter, Hannah (1793), John had abandoned Elizabeth & his daughter and sailed on the 'Salamander' which was bound for Norfolk Island & then on to India. In 1805 the settlers of the district elected William as one of the trustees of Prospect Common. The Common was 9,345 acres and used for common pasturing by settlers and those holding leases. By 1806 William had 75 acres and was assigned a convict servant - Lawrence Kirwan. He was now a prosperous small farmer and a member of an association of like-minded emancipists known as the Association of Hawkesbury Settlers. When Governor Bligh arrived in 1806 the Association nailed their colours to the mast and sent the Governor an address of welcome and further letters of support. When the MacArthur forces unseated Bligh and took control of the colony the Association members were at the mercy of the clique of exclusives and members of the NSW Corps. In August 1809 William Kentwell, and seven others, drowned in the Hawkesbury/Nepean River near Windsor during a flood. It seems that he was returning home after purchasing horses for the Government when the accident happened. Elizabeth, now thirty-one, was left with six children, the youngest being just a few months old. Three weeks after she was widowed, on 23rd August 1809, Elizabeth took seven-year-old Charlotte to the Female Orphan Institution. She continued to run the farm with the help of Hannah and the two boys and, a little while later, an Irish convict called Murtagh (Murty) Shields who had a wife and six children at home in Kilkenny. Shields had been tried for horse stealing and was transported for life in 1800, arriving on the 'Anne I' in 1801, (He may have been assigned to the Kentwell's in place of Kirwan.)
William married Elizabeth Morris (Convict; Mary Anne, 1790) on 4 January 1796 at Parramatta, NSW. At this time he would have been aged 35 and Elizabeth was 21. The Muster records of 1805 show the couple with 4 children, although the eldest would have been Hannah Dalton a daughter of Elizabeth's from a prior liason. William was unfortunately drowned in the Nepean River, near Windsor 31 July, 1 August 1809. He was returning home after purchasing horses for the Government when he and 7 others suffered this terrible fate. At this stage he had become a prosperous farmer and had joined the Association of Settlers. Elizabeth continued to run the farm after hsi death with the aid of her elder daughter Hannah and the two boys William and John.