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William Watts was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 1st Jul 1830 and arriving 8th Nov 1830 with 194 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
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| Primary Source | State Archives NSW (Indents: NRS 12188; Item 4/4016; Microfiche 677)&(TOL butts NRS 12202; Item 4/4420). Ancestry. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 432 |
| 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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Hulk Records, HO-9-9_4 page 47/54. Portsmouth, York Hulk Received from Fisherton, 13 May 1830. Wm. Watts, age 24, Stg fowls, Tried New Sarum, 20 April 1830, 7 years, To NSW 25 June 1830.
Colonial Secretary’s Office, Sydney, 13th February, 1855. WHARVES. WITH reference to the notice, dated the 21st June, 1848, relative to the Wharves in the Harbour of Port Jackson, and other navigable waters of the Colony; notice is hereby given, that application has been made by Mr. William Watts, for permission to construct a permanent Wharf in extension of the Stone Jetty, now on his property at Balmain, in Johnstone's Bay. Mr. Watts proposes to carry the Wharf to a point six feet below low water mark; and the neighbouring proprietors are invited to state, within one month from this date, their objections, if any, to such permission being given. By His Excellency’s Command, C. D RIDDELL. NSW Govt Gazette, 16 Feb 1855. --------------------------------------------------------------- In the Supreme Court of New South Wales. ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. In the will of William Watts,late of Balmain,near Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, farmer, deceased. NOTICE is hereby given, that Mary "Watts, of Balmain aforesaid, the widow of the abovenamed William Watts, and John Cooper Waterman, of the same place, landowner, intend, after the expiration of fourteen days from the publication of this notice and. advertisement, to apply to the Supreme Court of New South Wales, in the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction thereof, that probate of the said last will and testament of the said William Watts, deceased, may be granted to them as the Executrix and Executor respectively therein named.—Dated this 15th day of December, a.d. 1870. HENRY COX COLYER, Proctor for the said Mary Watts and John Cooper Waterman, 97 Elizabeth-street, Sydney. NSW Govt Gazette, 16 Dec 1870. ---------------------------------------------------------------- On the 7th instant, at his residence, Elliott-street, Balmain after a long and painful illness, Mr. WILLIAM WATTS, aged 67 years, regretted by a large circle of friends. Sydney Morning Herald, 8 Dec 1870. --------------------------------------------------------------- On November 14, at her residence, St. Andrews-street, Balmain, after an illness of two years, Mary, relict of the late Mr. William Watts, aged 59 years. Empire, 20 Nov 1874.
— Daniel West, charged with stealing fowls, the property of Thomas Hulbert, in the parish of Bradford ; and William Watts and Martha ? charged with receiving the same knowing them to have been stolen; Committed to the House of Collection, Devizes Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette, 15 April 1830 Wm. Watts and Martha Escott for receiving fowls, knowing them to have been stolen, the property of Thos, Hulbert, at Bradford.—7 years transportation . Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette, 29 April 1830
Convict Applications to Marry. William Watts, per Royal Admiral, 1830, age 33, 7 years; condition, Free; and Mary Magemby, per Pyramus, 1836, Age 21, 7 years, Bond. 13 Jan 1839, requested by Revd. William Cowper.
Bound Indentures: aged 24, Conviction 20 April 1830 for Fowl Stealing, Trade: Ploughman, Milks, Reaps & Sows Certificate of Freedom No. 34/1378 dated 9 December 1834 in District of Goulburn, Prisoner No. 30/2200
William lived in BALMAIN NSW he married & had a large family, he owned a fair amount of land, he built a large house & name it Surbiton House it was in Donnelly St Balmain it overlooked the water, he sold to Mr. John Booth. This was later demolished & was then the Container Shipping Terminal then & now (2021) White Bay Cruise Terminal.