Richard Reynolds

Richard (William) and his elder brother Edward 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 alourer working for his brother Edward.

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.

Atlantic's Captain: Archibald Armstrong

The Naval Agent on board was Lieutenant Richard Bowen, and the surgeon was James Thompson.

Richard Beel Reynolds (Convict 3rd Fleet) Born: 9 Nov 1769, England UK Christened: 3 Dec 1769, Parish Registers of St.Dunstans, Stepney, London England Marriage (1): Sarah Elizabeth Sterling (Convict 3Rd Fleet) on an unknown date Partnership (2): Mary Ann Hipwell (Convict 3rd Fleet) Died: 26 Aug 1837, St Johns, Wilberforce, NSW Australia at age 67 Buried: 28 Aug 1837, St Johns, Wilberforce, NSW Australia Richard was born in 1769 the son of Thomas - a Millwright of Poplar - and Hannah Reynolds. was committed for trial 19th April 1788. by John Staples Esq, on the oaths of Richard Saks. Thomas Reynolds and others. He was charged with "Having feloniously stolen taken and carried away three hundred and twenty four pounds weight of lead upwards of the value of fifty shilling the properly of Mr. Jeffrey Jackson of Woodfood Bridge on the Country of Essex. and one pair of Cotton Stockings value one shilling the property of Sarah Clayton. He was convicted and sentenced to seven years transportation, arriving in Port Jackson on the Third fleet vessel Atlantic 20th August 1791 Richard first appears in Colonial records as the father of Edward, his son to Mary Ann Hipwell. Richard possibly came to the Hawkesbury with his elder brother Edward. This proved to be a fateful decision for Mary Hipwell was to desert him for Thomas Gosper prior to 1798 By 1802 Richard is renting a ten acre farm at Mulgrave Place, with a child and Sarah Sterling/Stirling/Starling. Sarah Sterling arrived, as a convict on the Britannia 18th July 1798. Richard received his first land grant, of fifty acres to 1804 at Flat Rock Reach near the junction of the Hawkesbury and Colo rivers. This grant was sold circa 1810 and by 1813 he is thought to have been a Storekeeper in Windsor. He was a District Constable from 1814 until 1827, and for a period the local Poundkeeper In 1824 Richard received a further land grant of fifty acres at Upper Colo, later sold to Thomas Gosper jnr Richard and 8arah had eleven children:- Thomas, William; Hannah Beale; Catherine; Richard; James; Elizabeth; George; Sarah; Archibald and Jane. Of these Hannah Beale was to marry John Gosper Sarah died 30th November 1826 and Richard. 26th August 1837. Both were buried at St John’s Wilberforce where their headstones can still he found Sarah’s headstone bears the following sad inscription. “SARAH REYNOLDS who departed this life November the 30th 1826 Aged 50 years 0 cruel Death thou would not spare a loving wife A mother Dear but she is gone left me in Grief and nine children behind the World to try and friends to find”