Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
John Matthews was transported on the Surrey Or Surry, departing 31st Dec 1813 and arriving 28th Jul 1814 with 204 passengers.
Built at Harwich in 1811 a square-rigged transport ship of 443 tons and copper lined she had two decks with a height between decks of 5 ft. 8 ins. In 1818, she had a major refit increasing the decks (and convict carrying capacity) to three. She was owned by the London firm of F. & C.F. Mangles.
Surrey Or Surry (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 136 |
| 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 |
Claims
"John is my 4 x Great Grandfather"
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Convict Notes
Hulk Record. HO 9/8 (Captivity) Page 33 Received from Bridgwater, 29 Oct 1813. John Matthews, age 24, Felony, Tried, Bridgwater, 21 Aug 1813, Life. NSW 21 Jan 1814.
28/8/1813 Bristol Mirror Bristol, England: SOMERSET ASSIZES. John Matthew for stealing two bullocks.
JOHN MATTHEWS who died January 16 1867 aged 77 years Teach me to live that i may dread The grave as little as my bed Teach me to die that so i may Rise glorious as the awful day Burial Register: John Hearn, parish of Parramatta, 15-4-1822. 43 yrs Faith Mathews. 1354 Prospect. 12-3-1851. 49 years Farmer;s wife John Mathews. 2426. South Creek. 18-1-1867
Moderator Note: THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONFUSION - THERE WAS A JOHN MATTHEWS (He married Faith Cooper) --- and JOHN MATTHEW PITMAN (He married Mary Sunderland) -- both were on board the Surrey 1814.
McElroy (15) at 1:43pm, 18th November 2017 wrote of John Matthews: He received “permission to marry” in 1822. Married Faith “Hearn” nee Cooper aged 22 (her 2nd Marriage) 29/2/1823…at St Lukes at Liverpool.(they lived at Parramatta). He was a servant to John Wylde judge advocate in 1819 & obtained a conditional Pardon in 1825. Initially a labourer, then shop keeper & later became a farmer in South Creek Prospect (a village very near today?s St Marys) after a land grant in 1833. Faith Matthews died March 1851 aged 49 a farmers wife. They had 10 Children….
For ancestors of John Matthews please go to face Book page. https://www.facebook.com/groups/726317450828793/ Scroll down to Cooper Matthews Kidd Drop Box document. https://www.dropbox.com/s/p4wcu5n0ah09jif/1810-Cooper, Matthews, Kidd, Barrett, to McElroy’s copy.pdf?dl=0&fb=1&fb_action_ids=1711468435743609&fb_action_types=dropboxdropbox:update
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 264… [Ref M2041] Matthews, John, 35, ticket of leave, Surry, 1814, life, Protestant, labourer, Parramatta. [Ref M2042] Matthews, Faith, 27, came free, Ann, 1809, Protestant [Ref M2042] Matthews, Martha, 5, born in the colony. [Ref M2043] Matthews, Ellen, 3, born in the colony. [Ref M2044] Matthews, George, 18m, born in the colony.
In the colony, John married Faith Cooper about 1823. Faith was the daughter of the NSW Corps private, Robert Cooper and his wife Eleanor. Faith had come free to the colony with her parents aboard “Ann II” in 1810. Faith and John had 10 children between 1823 and 1844.
His full name is John Matthew Pittman, arrived 1814 per SurryI, Life sentence, Crime horse stealing