William Maum

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iain Frazier on 23rd February 2026

Family connections for William James (Maum) are: MAUM William James (Maum/e/Maun) was born on 6 1 1780 at Rathluirc Cork Co. Ireland, studied at Trinity College Dublin & became a school teacher of Latin & Greek. He was tried as a political prisoner at Tipperary co. Ireland, sentenced to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict on 11 1 1800 after a voyage of 4.5months on MINERVA; he was classed as an Irish exile. He made allegations against Gov. Philip Gidley (King) & was sent to Norfolk Island [Ref:'People...' has arrival in August 1807]. He is recorded in February 1805 as off stores on Norfolk Island. In 1806 he sought to return to Sydney as schoolmaster which met refusal. On 26 12 1807, he, an Irish exile, was sent as part of the first evacuation to Derwent Tasmania on HMS PORPOISE, arriving on 17 1 1808. He became an assistant (storekeeper) to the Commissariat at Hobart Town in 1810. He was issued his Conditional Pardon at Derwent in February 1813. In 1814 he was involved as witness in mal-administration enquiry, in NSW?, into Major (Geils) at Hobart. On 27 7/9 1816 he was discharged as storekeeper after becoming involved in embezzlements in the commissariat. On 24 6 1817 he wa involved as witnes in court martial of ??? (Hogan). In 1818 haystacks on his farm (perhaps 'Phillimores Farm' of 61acres which he had acquired before 1819) at Clarence Plains were destroyed by fire. He is recorded as off stores on 2 10 1818 at Hobart Town. In 1819-23 he was using land at Clarence Plains & York Plains. He was involved in horse racing & his Galloway colt 'Young Pompey' had some success in 1841. He died on 26 9 1850 age70 at Clarence Plains. [Some details taken from this Website] William James (Maum/e/Maun) & ??? (???) produced 1known child: 1.Edward (Maum) married Mary (Free her second marriage) in 1832. He died on 13 9 1869. ..Mary (Free) was born on 2 7 1799 on Norfolk Island & was baptised age2 on 24 8 1801 on Norfolk Island. On 26 12 1807 she went with her parents as part of the first evacuation on HMS PORPOISE to Derwent Van Diemens Land (Tasmania), arriving on 17 1 1808; to Queensborough/Sandy Bay. She married firstly James (Joseph) on 23 10 1813/15 at St Davids CofE Hobart. She died on 15 9 1882 age83 at Clarence Plains mother of 8/14children. ..Details of Mary (Free)s family are given in entry for Samuel (Free SALAMANDER 1791) on this Website. ..Edward (Maum) & Mary (Free) produced 6children: ..1.??? (Maum) was born in 1833. ..2.??? (Maum) was born in 1833 also. ..3.-6.??? (Maum) [Noted a Mary (Free/Maum) is recorded as off stores on 2 10 1818 at Hobart Town with 1child off stores; however, our Mary (Free) was still with James (Joseph) & did have 1child] a Margaret (Maum) married Benjamin (Joseph). ..Benjamin (Joseph) was born on 5 1 1817 & baptised on 3 2 1817 at St Davids CofE Hobart. ..Details of Benjamin (Joseph)s family are given in entry for Willliam (Joseph SALAMANDER 1791) 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'

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Dennis Nightingale on 16th May 2015

Born - Rathluirc Cork County Ireland. Listed as an irish Rebel and School Teacher of latin greek. William James Maum (1780-1850), Irish political prisoner, was born on 6 January 1780. He arrived in New South Wales in the Minerva in January 1800. According to one account he was a native of Charleville, County Cork, Ireland, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he was placed by his uncle, Counsellor Kellor. He left the university at 18 and there is no record of his graduation. When transported for life three years later for an unspecified political offence he was a teacher of Latin and Greek. He and Governor Philip Gidley King were bitter enemies and when Maum made allegations against the governor's honesty King had him removed to Norfolk Island, together with 'those Incendiaries who have for some Years past been employed in promoting discord and fermenting Litigations'. King observed that Maum's 'principles and Conduct have changed as little as the others, Nor can Time or place have any Effect on such depraved Characters'. From Norfolk Island Maum sought in 1806 to return to Port Jackson as a schoolmaster; he claimed that he had never received an official sentence of transportation, and renewed his attacks on King, accusing him of accepting bribes and referring to the governor's 'cruelty and torture … in consequence of his suspicion that I wrote to some persons in power relative to his conduct in this territory'. Maum was not allowed to go to Sydney, but was sent to Van Diemen's Land in the Porpoise, arriving on 17 January 1808. He told Lieutenant-Governor David Collins that the character of delinquent given to him was very 'unmeritedly applied', and to a friend he wrote that it had been advisable to leave Norfolk Island after the way he was treated there. Collins had no post to offer Maum but promised him land at Herdsman's Cove. In 1810 he was made assistant in the commissariat at Hobart Town. After some difficulties he was granted a conditional pardon in 1813 by Governor Lachlan Macquarie and briefly visited New South Wales before returning to Hobart. He was government store-keeper there from 1814 until September 1816, when he was dismissed after becoming involved in the embezzlements in the commissariat. A year later he was farming at Clarence Plains, where his haystacks were destroyed by fire, and he signed a memorial in Hobart in June 1818. He gave evidence before Commissioner John Thomas Bigge there in 1820. In the Irish tradition he raced horses and had some success with his Galloway colt, Young Pompey, in 1841. He died at Clarence Plains on 26 September 1850; his wife Mary (b.1789) died there five years later.

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Eric Harry Daly on 31st December 2012

MAUM, William. Per "Minerva", 1800; Store Keeper at Hobart n.d. In index to land grants in Van Diemen's Land; also as Maun (Fiche 3262; 4/438 pp.59, 61) 1810 n.d., Jun 4; 1812 Aug Petitions for mitigation of sentence; as Maughan (Fiche 3166, 4/1847 p.152; Fiche 3170, 4/1848 pp.226-31) 1812 Aug 10,11 Re assignment of land in Van Diemen's Land (Fiche 3261; 4/433 p.29) 1813 Feb On list of convicts to receive conditional pardons or emancipations at the Derwent; listed as Maurne (Reel 6003; 4/3492 p.205) 1813 Sep 4 To receive condemned spirits from the Public Stores at Hobart (Reel 6044; 4/1729 p.247) 1814 Jan 7 Suggested as a witness at Deputy Commissary Fosbrook's trial in Sydney (Reel 6044; 4/1729 p.225) 1814 Mar Evidence given by at Inquiry held into charges against Major Geils of mal-administration whilst Commandant at Hobart (Reel 6044; 4/1729 pp.125-6) 1815 May 23 Witnessed legal document in Hobart (Fiche 3261; 4/433 p.55) 1816 On list of persons who have had lands measured in Van Diemen's Land but have not received their grants (Reel 6048; 4/1742 p.296) 1816 Jul 27 Discharged from office (Reel 6038; SZ759 p.228) 1817 Jun 24 Former Storekeeper at Hobart. To give evidence at court martial of Hogan (Reel 6005; 4/3496 p.207) 1819-23 On list of persons owing quit rents in Van Diemen's Land; for land in the Districts of Clarence Plains & York Plains (Fiche 3270; X19 pp.16, 17) 1821 May 25 Indebted to the Government at Hobart; appears as Maun (Reel 6054; 4/1757 p.64b)