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William Tyrrell was transported on the Alexander, departing 13th May 1787 and arriving 30th Nov 1787 with 11 passengers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Fleet http://www.jenwilletts.com/convict_ship_alexander_1788 The Alexander was built at Hull in 1784 by Walton & Co. She was taken up by the East India Company in 1786. Convict Transport-Barque built Ship. 452 tons, 114ft long, 31ft wide. Arrived with 177 male Convicts (14 dv) Carried 30 Crew + 41 Marines Master: Duncan Sinclair She was the largest of the eleven vessels of the historic First Fleet to Australia. The First Fleet consisted of two Royal Navy escort ships, HMS Sirius and HMS Supply accompanied by six convict transports, the Alexander, Charlotte, Friendship, Lady Penrhyn, Prince of Wales and the Scarborough, and three store ships, the Borrowdale, Fishburn and Golden Grove. Convicts on the 1st Fleet Alexander are listed under Lady Penrhyn, Scarborough & Alexander.
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| Primary Source | Australian Convict Transportation Registers; First Fleet. Cobley, John, comp., The Crimes of the First Fleet convicts. Sydney Angus & Robertson: 1970 The Founders of Australia; A biographical dictionasry of the First Fleet. Mollie Gillen |
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Convict Notes
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.
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'.