Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Edward Reynolds was transported on the Atlantic, departing 24th Mar 1791 and arriving 20th Aug 1791 with 24 passengers.
Part of the Third Fleet. 220 male convicts.
Atlantic (generic)References
| Primary Source | The convict ships 1787-1868, Glasgow, Bateson, Charles. Census of New South Wales 1828 |
Claims
"Edward was one of my 4th great granduncles"
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Convict Notes
Family connections for Edward (Reynolds) are: REYNOLDS Thomas (Reynolds) millwright & Hannah (???) produced 2 known children: 1.Edward (Reynolds) was born on 3 8 1767 & became a millwright. He was indicted with his brother Richard/William (seemingly by their father) of stealing lead etc by force of arms from Jeffrey (Jackson) of Woodfood Bridge Essex & Sarah (Clayton), tried at Chelmsford Essex Sessions on 19 4 1788, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 20 8 1791 after a voyage of 5months on Fleet ship ATLANTIC. He became Free by Servitude & is recorded in 1828 as a farmer at Wilberforce with his brother as labourer. He was a builder when he died on 17 5 1830 age62 at Wilberforce & was buried at St Johns CofE Wilberforce. [Some details taken from this Website] .. 2.Richard Beel/Beale alias William (Reynolds) was born on 9/19 11 1769 & became a millwright. He was indicted with his brother Edward (seemingly by their father) of stealing lead etc by force of arms from Jeffrey (Jackson) of Woodfood Bridge Essex & Sarah (Clayton), tried at Chelmsford Essex Sessions on 19 4 1788, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 20 8 1791 after a voyage of 5months on Fleet ship ATLANTICalso. He had a first relationship with Mary Ann (Hipwell her first relationship) from about 1793 & produced 1child. He was Free by Servitude by 1801. He had a second relationship with Sarah Elizabeth (Sterling/Stirling/Starling), produced 11more children & later married her. In 1802 he is recorded as renting 10acres at Mulgrave Place Hawkesbury; in 1804 being granted 50acres at Flat Rock Reach which he sold in 1810. He married Sarah Elizabeth (Sterling/Stirling/Starling) about 1812 (not shown in Smees records). He is recorded in 1813 as possibly a storekeeper at Windsor, from 1814-27 as District Constable & poundkeeper, in 1824 as being a farmer & as being granted 50acres at Upper Colo which he sold to grandson Thomas (Gosper) jnr, & in 1828 as labourer working on his brothers farm at Wilberforce. He died on 26 8 1837 age67 father of 12children & was buried at St Johns CofE Wilberforce; 'Little Britain' was recorded in the Register. [Some details taken from the entry for his alias-William (Reynolds)-on this Website] ..Mary Ann (Hipwell) was born about 1765?. She was tried for stealing a glove (w/1other for stealing silverware) of Elizabeth (Tyndall) of Piccadilly for whom she worked at Old Bailey on 12 8 1790, sentenced to 7years, held probably at London/Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 9 7 1791 after a voyage of 5months on Fleet ship MARY ANN/E; she was Protestant. She was Free by Servitude by 1798 & had a second relationship with Thomas (Gosper), produced 4more children & later married him. She was Free by Servitude by 1798. She married Thomas (Gosper) on 19 11 1810 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She died in 1873 age72 mother of 5children. ..[Some details taken from 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.
The Naval Agent on board was Lieutenant Richard Bowen, and the surgeon was James Thompson.
Atlantic's Captain: Archibald Armstrong
one of 220 convicts: Simeon Lord was born in the village of Todmorden in Yorkshire, England, on 28 January 1771. His parents were Simeon Lord and Ann Fielden. Much has been written about the Fielden family, and it is after their home in Yorkshire that Simeon renamed the farm he bought in Sydney, "Dobroyde". In 1790, Simeon was charged with the theft of some cloth, and although he proclaimed his innocence, was found guilty on 22 April 1790, and sentenced to 7 years transportation to Australia. He landed in Sydney as part of the third fleet on board "Atlantic", on 20 August 1791. The prisoners had embarked at Woolwich, and sailed from Portsmouth. Atlantic was the first ship to sail non-stop to Rio de Janeiro and then to Sydney. The passage took 146 days, and there were 18 deaths. On board were 220 male convicts, no female.
Edward and his younger brother Richard were convicted at Chelmsford for stealing 324 pounds of lead and 'with force of arms' one pair of stockings. They were both sentenced to transportation and arrived on the Atlantic in 1791. They can be located on the 1828 census as... Edward Reynolds (61) FS Atlantic 1791, a farmer at Wilberforce [R0526] William Reynolds (60) FS Atlantic 1791, a labourer working for his brother Edward.