Richard Reynolds

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iain Frazier on 17th September 2025

Family connections for William (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.>>> [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.>>> ..[Some details taken from this Website] ..Richard (Reynolds) & Mary Ann (Hipwell) produced 1child: ..1.Edward (Reynolds) was born on 28 5 1794 & baptised on 22 6 1794 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He had a relationship with Sarah Maria (Singleton her second). He was recorded in 1821 as a settler & 1827 as a farmer & a builder. He died on 5 11 1832 age38. ....Sarah Maria (Singleton) was born on 6 12 1795 & baptised on 23 10 1796 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She had married firstly Thomas (Sibree/Sibury/Sibrey/Bray) at age16 on 4 2 1811 at St Matthews CofE Windsor & produced 4children. She died on 6 2 1828 age33 at Wilberforce mother of 9children & was buried, as (Sibree), at St Johns CofE Wilberforce. ....Details of Sarah Maria (Singleton)s family are given in entry for William (Singleton PITT 1792) on this Website. ....Edward (Reynolds) & Sarah Maria (Singleton) produced 5children-mostly girls: ....1.Catherine (Reynolds) was born on 26 12 1820 at Wilberforce & baptised on 22 4 1821 w/Elizabeth at St Matthews CofE Windsor. ....2.Elizabeth (Reynolds) was born on 26 12 1820also at Wilberforce & baptised on 22 4 1821 w/Catheriine at St Matthews CofE Windsor. ....3.Sarah (Reynolds) was born on 7 11 1823 at Wilberforce & baptised on 3 9 1827 age3 at St Johns CofE Wilberforce. ....4.Hannah (Reynolds) was born in 1825. ....5.James Thomas (Reynolds) was born on 12 10 1826 at Wilberforce & baptised on 15 7 1827 at St Johns CofE Wilberforce. .. >>>Mary Ann (Hipwell) was Free by Servitude by 1798 & had a second relationship with Thomas (Gosper), produced 4more children & married him on 19 11 1810 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She died in 1873 age72 mother of 5children. [.Thomas Roker Alexander (Gosport/er) son of Thomas (Gosper) & Jane (Worton) was born on 10 5 1768 & baptised on 28 5 1768 at St Marys Rotherhithe London & became a waterman. He was tried (as (Gosport) w/2others for cutting, on 23 11 1786, the headfast ropes from a lighter/barge of Edward (Thorne) & James (Ogle) at Kingston Surrey Assizes on 2 4 1787, sentenced to 7years, held on CERES Hulk at Langstone Harbour Portsmouth & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 6 1790 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship SURPRIZE; he was Protestant. In November 1794 he was granted 30acres on Hawkesbury River, to be known as Gospers Mountain just north of Windsor. He was Free by Servitude by 1798. He is recorded in 1828 as a farmer of 220acres at Wilberforce. He died on 21 9 1847 age79.] [.Some details taken from this Website] .. >>>Richard (Reynolds) was Free by Servitude by 1801 & had a second relationship with Sarah Elizabeth (Sterling/Stirling/Starling) whom he married about 1812 (not shown in Smees records). 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; 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. Sarah Elizabeth (Sterling) was born about 1776/9. She was tried for stealing a watch etc, on 17 5 1797, of Henry (Foreman) at Old Bailey on 31 5 1797 (quick justice), sentenced to 7years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 18 7 1798 after a voyage of 6months on BRITANNIA. She was Free by Servitude by 1806. She died on 30 11 1826 age50 at Wilberforce & was buried, as (Reynolds), at St Johns CofE Wilberforce. [Some details taken from entry for Elizabeth (Stirling) on this Website] Richard (Reynolds) & Sarah Elizabeth (Stirling/Sterling) produced 11children: 1.Thomas (Reynolds) was born in August 1801. He died on 13 2 1818 age18 at Windsor & was buried at St Matthews CofE Windsor. 2.William (Reynolds) was born on 29 4 1804 & baptised on 11 8 1805 age15m in group ceremony at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He died on 10 1 1878 age73. 3.Hannah Beale (Reynolds) was born in 1806. She was living at Wilberforce when she married at age16 stepcousin John (Gosper-see just above) of Wilberforce on 11 6 1822 at St Matthews CofE Windsor & produced at least 4children. She died on 21 7 1888 age about82. ..John (Gosper) was born in 1801 in the colony. He was recorded at Wilberforce in 1822. He was recorded in 1824, 1827, in 1828 as a farmer at Lower Portland Head & 1829 as a farmer. He died on 20 11 1886 age about85.] .. 4.Catherine (Reynolds) was born on 29 8 1808 & baptised on 9 9 1810 age1- w/Richard at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She was living at Wilberforce when she married Richard (Yeomans) on 22 4 1828 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She died on 12 7 1869 age60. ..Richard (Yeomans) was born in 1804. He was recorded at Wilberforce in 1828. He died on 20 5 1833 age about28. ..Details of Richard (Yeomans) family are given in entry for William (Crew ALBEMARLE 1791) on this Website. .. 5.Richard (Reynolds) was born on 17 4 1810 & baptised on 9 9 1810 w/Catherine at St Matthews CofE Windsor. He died on 26 8 1837 age27. 6.James (Reynolds) was born on 13 3 1812 at Wilberforce & baptised on 2 4 1815 age3 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. He died on 8 1 1873 age60. 7.Elizabeth (Reynolds) was born on 21 7 1813 at Wilberforce & baptised on 29 10 1815 age2 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She died on 10 3 1885 age71. 8.George (Reynolds) was born on 7 7 1815 at Wilberforce & baptised on 7 1 1816 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. He died on 10 12 1896 age81. 9.Sarah Matilda (Reynolds) was born on 13 5 1816 at Wilberforce & baptised on 26 12 1819 age3 w/Archibald at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She died on 24 6 1833 age17. 10.Archibald (Reynolds) was born on 5 6 1819 at Wilberforce & baptised on 26 12 1819 w/Sarah Matilda at St Matthews CofE Windsor. He died on 19 9 1900 age81. 11.Jane (Reynolds) was born on 26 4 1821 at Wilberforce & baptised on 18 4 1824 age3- at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She died in 1865 age about44. 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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greg petersen on 11th February 2017

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”

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greg petersen on 11th February 2017

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

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greg petersen on 11th February 2017

Atlantic's Captain: Archibald Armstrong

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greg petersen on 10th February 2017

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.

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Denis Pember on 24th May 2015

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.