William Tyrrell

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iain Frazier on 10th June 2026

Family connections for William (Tyrrell) are: TYRRELL William (Tyrrell) was born about 1759. He was tried w/1other for stealing lead sheeting & an iron bar at Southhampton Lent Assizes at Winchester Hampshire, sentenced to 7years for the iron bar & arrived in NSW as a convict on 30 11 1787sic after a voyage of 12months on First Fleet ship ALEXANDER. He married firstly Ann (Wade) on 6 4 1788 at St Phillips CofE Sydney.>>> [Some details taken from this Website] Ann/Mary Ann (Wade) was born about 1767. She, Mary (Wade), was tried at Old Bailey, sentenced to 14years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 22 1 1788 after a journey of 13months on LADY PENRHYN. She was Free by Servitude by 1790. She died on 23 6 1804 age37 & was buried, as Mrs Ann (Tyrrell), at St Phillips CofE Sydney. Ann (Wade) does not have an entry on this Website as yet; but Mary (Wade) has. William (Tyrrell) & Ann (Wade) produced 1child: 1.George (Tyrrel/l) was born on 22 2 1790 & baptised on 7 3 1790 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. Perhaps it was he who was frightened in January 1810 at Kissing Point by a lightning strike which crippled his mother. He was a farmer when he married Sophia (Simmonds her second relationship) on 6 11 1810 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He is recorded in 1828 with his wife. He died on 14 5 1837 age47. ..Sophia (Simmonds) was born about 1785. She was tried at Southampton Quarter Sessions, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 11 4 1806 after a voyage of 9.5months on WILLIAM PITT. She was witness to burglary trial in November 1808 while perhaps in her first relationship with Daniel (Gilmore)-perhaps involved in the crime. She is recorded in 1828 with her husband. She died on 20 9 1837 age52 mother of no known children. ..[Some details taken from this Website] .. >>>[William (Tyrrell/Turrell) was granted land in 1792. He was Free by Servitude when he had a second relationship with Ann (Sutherland). He is reported in January 1810 at Kissing Point where he suffered a lightning strike which destroyed his barn & wheat storage & his wife was crippled; his 3children were there. He died on 26 6 1827 age68 father of perhaps 5children & was buried at St Phillips CofE Sydney.] Ann (Sutherland) was born about 1778. She arrived in NSW as a convict on 14 12 1801 after a voyage of 6.5months on Fleet ship NILE. She was Free by Servitude by 1809. She is reported in January 1810 at Kissing Point where she suffered a lightning strike which severely scorched her upper body & crippled her limbs. She, with alias (Sandall), died on 27 1 1830 age52 at George St Sydney by visitation of God mother of perhaps 5children & was buried at St James CofE Sydney. Ann (Sutherland) does not have an entry on this Website as yet. ++ [However, Ann (Sandall) is found:] [Ann (Sandall) was born about 1771. She was tried at Kingston upon Thames Quarter Sessions Surrey, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 14 12 1801 after a voyage of 6.5months on NILE CANADA & MINORCA Fleet. She died on 15 6 1821 age50 & was buried at St Phillips CofE Sydney.] [Some details taken from this Website] ++ [Noted a Thomas (Tyrrell) is recorded as born in 1807, dying on 19 5 1811 age4 & buried at St Lukes CofE Liverpool-no parents given] .. [Ann (Sutherland) & William (Tyr/rell) produced perhaps 4children:] [1.Mary (Tyrrell/Tyr/rill) was born on 6 9 1807 & baptised on 31 5 1810 age2 w/William Richard & halfsister Elizabeth at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She was frightened in January 1810 at Kissing Point by a lightning strike which crippled her mother. She married William (Parrott) stonemason on 11 11 1822 at St Phillips CofE Sydney & produced at least 5children. She died on 13 7 1883 age75. ..William (Parrott) was born on about 1795. He was tried at Nottingham Quarter Sessions Nottinghamshire, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 5 5 1818 after a voyage of 5months on NEPTUNE. He was a stonemason Free by Servitude by 1822. He was recorded as a stone/mason in 1827, 1828 & 1830. He died on 11 4 1860 age about65. [..Some details taken from this Website] .. [..1b.a Thomas (Tyrrell) is recorded as born in 1807also & died on 19 5 1811 age about3-no parents given. Perhaps it was he who was frightened in January 1810 at Kissing Point by a lightning strike which crippled his mother.] .. [2.William Richard (Tyrrell) was born on 10 10 1809 & baptised on 31 5 1810 w/Mary & halfsister Elizabeth at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He died on 14 2 1837 age27.] [3.Ann (Tyrell) was born on 9 9 1812 & baptised on 28 9 1812 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She was frightened in January 1810 at Kissing Point by a lightning strike which crippled her mother. [4.Thomas (Tyrell) was born in 1813. He died in 1839 age agout26. 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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Denis Pember on 5th September 2020

Convicts to receive grants in 1792 were John Bazely, John Callaghan, Thomas Chadwick, John Jones, William Jones, John Laurel and William Tyrrell. However William seems to have had a long run of bad luck... viz... Sydney Gazette Sun 14 Jan 1810 p. 2 Text: By the lightning on the evening of yesterday se'nnight a barn belonging to William Turrell, at Kissing Point, was set fire to and totally con- sumed, together with about 15 bushels of wheat which he had reserved to seed his ground with for the next year's crop. In his little dwelling house his wife was unfortunately struck on the left side by the electric fluid, which has severely, scorched her face and neck, and much crippled her in her limbs. As this poor man has twice previously had his house and every thing he pos- sessed destroyed by fire, he is now reduced to ex- treme distress, with the severe affliction of having a now helpless wife and three unfortunate children to participate in miseries proceeding not from own imprudence, but from causes against which it is not in the power of mankind to guard. This reduced family has nevertheless the consolation to reflect, that when real necessity prefers a claim to generosity, the hearts of New South Wales were never yet impervious to the touch of sensibility.

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Denis Pember on 5th September 2020

William was tried at Southampton Lent Assizes held at Winchester on 1 Mar 1785. "William Tyrrell and William [sic] Hanford; 2 charges (a) For feloniously ripping cutting and stealing 160 pounds weight of Lead value 20 s. the goods of the King fixed to buildings called structures of the King..." (b) For stealing one Iron bar of 20 pounds weight value 3s. and other goods value 3s, the property of the King." Found not guilty on the first charge and guilty on the second. Each sentenced to be transported for seven years. They were both transported aboard the ship 'Alexander'.