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Transportation
John Smith was transported on the Shipley, departing 20th Dec 1816 and arriving 24th Apr 1817 with 125 passengers.
Shipley (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 318 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
Family connections for John (Smith) are: SMITH John (Smith) was born about 1799. He was tried for horse stealing at Durham Session of Oyer, Terminer and Gaol Delivery on 10 8 1816, sentenced to 7years, held on hulk PRUDENTIA RETRIBUTION or JUSTITIA at Woolwich at Sheerness River Medway Kent from 18 9 1816, & arrived in NSW as a convict on 24 4 1817 after a voyage of 4months on SHIPLEY; he was Protestant. He had a second relationship with Elizabeth (Mansfield/Burns-nee Sandall according to this Website, her second relationship) & married her on 29 11 1822 at Castlereagh according to this Website, but not shown in Smees records-in fact Smees records show the children born to defacto parents. He was recorded in 1828 with his family as a farmer at Wallis Plains, He was Free by Servitude by 1832 & recorded in 1832 as settler. He died about 1846 age about47. [Some details taken from this Website] Elizabeth (Mansfield) was born on 24 1 1805 & baptised on 31 5 1810 age5 w/halfsibs Mary & William Richard at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She (recorded as Elizabeth (Sandall) in Smees records) married firstly at age15 Thomas (Byrne/Burns) labourer on 31 1 1820 at St Phillips CofE Sydney & produced 10 children. She was recorded in 1828 with her family at Wallis Plains. She produced perhaps 11children in her lifetime. Details of Elizabeth (Mansfield)s family are given in entry for Thomas (Mansfield MATILDA 1791) on this Website. John (Smith) & Elizabeth (Mansfield/Burns) produced 10children: 1.Hannah (Smith) was born on 10 5 1824 at Maitland & baptised on 30 6 1832 age8 w/Thomas, John at St Peters Anglican East Maitland. She was recorded in 1828 with her parents at Wallis Plains. 2.Thomas (Smith) was born on 8 1 1827 at Maitland & baptised on 30 6 1832 age5 w/Hannah, John at St Peters Anglican East Maitland. He was recorded in 1828 with his parents at Wallis Plains. 3.John (Smith) was born on 13 4 1829 at Maitland & baptised on 30 6 1832 age3 w/Thomas, John at St Peters Anglican East Maitland. He died on 4 8 1898 age69. 4.-10.??? (Smith) 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.
National Archive. HO-9-4_2 page 18/49. Hulk Records. Woolwich Hulks, Prudentia, Retribution or Justitia. Received 18 September 1816. John Smith, age 17, Stealg. a gelding. Tried Durham Ass 10 Aug 1816, Sentence, Beyond Seas, 7 years, Transported 20 Nov 1816.
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 343... [Ref S1371] Smith, John, 29, free by servitude, Shipley I, 1817, 7 years, Protestant, farmer, Wallis Plains. [Ref S1372] Smith, Elizabeth, 25, born in the colony. [Ref S1373] Smith, Mary Ann, 7, born in the colony. [Ref S1374] Smith, Hannah, 5, born in the colony. [Ref S1375] Smith, Thomas, 2, born in the colony.
In the colony, John married Elizabeth Burn (nèe Sandall). The couple married 29th November 1822 at Castlereagh. Elizabeth was a widow, having been married to one Thomas Burn, in 1820, however, Thomas died soon thereafter. (There are several possibilities to the identity of Thomas Burn) Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas Mansfield (Convict, 1791, "Matilda") and Ann Sandall (Convict, 1801, "Nile"). She had one small child, Mary Ann Burn born 1821, when she married John. The couple had 10 children between 1824 and 1825.