James Perry

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iain Frazier on 25th March 2025

Family connections for James (Perry) are: PERRY James (Perry) was tried for stealing cutlery etc, on 21 4 1827, of John (Amble) at Old Bailey on 19 5 1826, sentenced to Life, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery, Newgate prison, EURYALUS hulk & JUSTITIA hulk for juvenile boys at Chatham & arrived in Van Diemens Land/Tasmania as a convict on 31 7 1827 after a voyage of 4months on GOVERNOR READY. He married Jane (Cropper/Ryan her third marriage) on 16 9 1847 at Pontville church. He died on 1 3 1851 at Brighton Plains.] [Some details taken from this Website] Jane (Ryan) was born on 20 8 1793 & baptised on 6 5 1804 age19 on Norfolk Island. She may have been adopted by Noah (Mortimor) about this time. She, as Jane (Cropper/Ryan), married secondly (2of3) William (Davis) on 23 3 1812 at St Davids CofE Hobart & produced maybe 5children. She was recorded as off stores at Hobart Town on 2 10 1818. In 1824 she w/her husband & daughter Sarah were charged with receiving stolen sheep & she was sentenced to 14years at Macquarie Harbour: moved elewhere in 1833: her Conditional Pardon was issued in August 1836. She died on 3 1 1876 age85 mother of 6children at Brighton. Details of Jane (Cropper/Ryan)s family are given in entry for Frances (Williams PRINCE OF WALES 1788) on this Website. 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 13th November 2019

James was tried at the Old Bailey. (online) JAMES PERRY, Theft - grand larceny, 19th May 1825. 892. JAMES PERRY was indicted for stealing, on the 21st of April , eight silver spoons, value 50 s., and a milk-pot, value 2 s. , the goods of John Ambler . JANE RUGG . I live with John Ambler, in Rosemary-lane, Ball's Pond-common - he is a hay salesman at Smithfield-market . On the 21st of April, about ten o'clock, I saw the prisoner outside the gate, leading to the kitchen, with a basket; I suspected he had been in the kitchen, went in, and missed eight silver tea-spoons and a milk-pot, which I had seen safe about half an hour before; I went out, and saw him running away; I called Stop thief! and he ran still faster; when he found that I pursued him closely he dropped the basket: I picked it up, and still pursued him. I took him at the top of the lane - there were two other boys at the top of the lane, who he intended to give it to. WILLIAM HUCKET . I am a constable. I was sent for, and took charge of the prisoner. I found these spoons and milk-pot in his basket. (Property produced and sworn to.) Prisoner's Defence. I worked for Mr. Wilkes, No. 3, Hare-walk; he sent me to a chandler's-shop, and then to the Green Man, public-house, and I crossed the brick fields, and went up Rosemary-lane; I saw a man dressed in blue - he said, "Where are you going?" I said, "To the Green Man:" he said, "I will give you 6 d. to carry this basket;" I, being a poor lad, took it to carry. He went on about ten yards, and then told me to go up to the top of the lane, and I should see his brother, and to tell him to come to him; I left the basket by his side, and ran up the lane, when a man stopped me. Two witnesses gave the prisoner a good character. GUILTY . Aged 14. Transported for Seven Years . Euryalus hulk record. HO-9-2-4 page 1 Twelve from Newgate, 19 June 1825 James Perry, No 283, age 14, Crime, Larceny, Middlesex, 19 May 1825, sentence – 7 years, How disposed of – Justitia, 28 Apr 1827. The prison hulk, the Euryalus, an ex-frigate of the Trafalgar fleet, was moored at Chatham. Over the twenty years that this hulk serviced juveniles, about 2,500 boys of fourteen and under passed through. There were also considerable numbers of older boys both in the juvenile hulk and distributed among the other hulks. From the Euryalus, boys were transported both to New South Wales and to Van Diemen’s Land.