Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Michael Ward was transported on the Indefatigable, departing 30th Sep 1814 and arriving 26th Apr 1815 with 202 passengers.
The Indefatigable was built at Whitby. She was square-rigged three masted ship of 549 tons and had three decks; a length of 127 ft. and a beam of 31ft. 8ins. (Details of the 1812 sailing are to be found under separate listing for Indefatigable and Minstrel.)
Indefatigable (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 182 |
| 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 |
Claims
"Michael is my 5x great-grandfather"
"My great great great great grandpa.. Sara Ann Ward is his Daughter. Matilda Edwards is her Daugter."
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Convict Notes
C1813 Michael Ward married Sophia Jane Ann Elizabeth (surname possibly Prosley or derivative thereof). Sophia had a daughter, also Sophia Jane born C1808. Sophia died in 1874. Michael was then transported – Old Bailey:- THOMAS DODMAN and MICHAEL WARD were indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 16th of February , one gallon and a half of rectified spirits, value 30 s. and one gallon and a pint of rum, value 22 s. the property of John Nicholson and William Nicholson , in their dwelling house.. DODMAN, GUILTY - DEATH , aged 37. WARD, GUILTY - DEATH , aged 26. 18/6/1815: Sophia and daughter arrived free on the ship ‘Northampton. They had 10 more children after Sophia arrived in NSW. July 1815: Sophia petitioned for her husband to receive a TOL so he could support her and her daughter. 17/7/1815: TOL Windsor 1822: Michael Ward, landholder, residing on leased land in the Windsor district with wife Sophia and 4 children. He had 13 hogs and 30 grains of maize in hand. 1828: Michael Ward, laborer, wife Sophia and 6 children residing at Wilberforce. 1833-37: resident of Wilberforce. 10/7/1834: CP 1835: Frederick Ward (the bushranger) was born. C1846: The ward family move to the Maitland area. 4/4/1859: Michael Ward (listed as Hanley Thompson Ward), a dealer, died at West Maitland and was buried at the Church of England burial ground, West Maitland. 9/8/1874: Sophia Jane Elizabeth Ward died at Campbell’s Hill, West Maitland and was also buried at the Church of England burial ground, West Maitland.
Father of Frederick Wordsworth Ward aka Captain Thunderbolt