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Transportation
Charles Weaver was transported on the Fame, departing 9th Oct 1816 and arriving 8th Mar 1817 with 201 passengers.
Fame (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 285 (144) |
| 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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National Archives. Hulk Records. HO-9-8_2 page 26/51.Portsmouth hulks- Leviathan, Captivity and Received 15 prisoners from Shrewsbury, 1 July 1816. Charles Weaver, age 25, C.R. (Capital respite), Shrewsbury, 20 March 1816, Life. Fame, NSW.
At Shrewsbury there were thirty-three prisoners for trial, of whom, … C. Weaver, for forging letters with intention of defrauding Messrs Coleman and Wellings, bankers, Ludlow, ... were condemned, but all reprieved, except Davies, who was left for execution; Hereford Journal, 27 March 1816.
Family connections for Charles (Weaver) are: Some amendments added Dec 2025. WEAVER Charles (Weaver/s) was born about 1796 & became a wheelwright. He was living at Newnham Gloucestershire or Worcester when tried for forging letters at Shrewsbury Shropshire Assizes on 20 3 1816, sentenced to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict on 8 3 1817 after a voyage of 5months on FAME; he was Protestant. On 15 12 1817 he was employed at Lumber yard Sydney as agricultural implement maker. He married Elizabeth (Tuckwell) on 12 10 1818 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He was Free by Servitude by 1823 & on 5 4 1823 he had an allotment at Parramatta. He is recorded in 1825 with Ticket of Leave with his family as coachmaker Sydney, in Sydney in 1827 as coachmaker & in 1828 as coachmaker at Castlereagh St Sydney. He was issued his Conditional Pardon on 27 5 1828. He was recorded in 1830 in Sydney as coachmaker. [Some details taken from this Website] Elizabeth (Tuckwell) was born on 4 11 1801 & baptised on 14 7 1816 age14 w/George, Frances at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She is recorded in 1825 with her family at Sydney & in 1828 at Castlereagh St Sydney. Details of Elizabeth (Tuckwell)s family are given in entry for John (Small CHARLOTTE 1788) on this Website. Charles (Weaver/s) & Elizabeth (Tuckwell) produced 8children: 1.Eliza/beth (Weaver) was born on 13 12 1819 & baptised on 9 1 1820 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She is recorded in 1825 with her parents at Sydney & in 1828 at Castlereagh St Sydney. 2.Richard (Weaver) was born in 1820. 3.William Thomas (Weavers) was born on 9 11 1821 at Parramatta & baptised on 3 2 1822 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He is recorded in 1825 with his parents at Sydney & in 1828 at Castlereagh St Sydney. 4.Martha/Mary (Weavers) was born on 21 11 1823 & baptised on 14 12 1823 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She is recorded in 1825 with her parents at Sydney & in 1828 at Castlereagh St Sydney. She died as Mary (Weavers) on 13 1 1829 age5. 5.Charlotte Amelia (Weaver/s) was born on 18 8 1825 & baptised on 25 9 1825 at St James CofE Sydney. She is recorded in 1825 with her parents at Sydney & in 1828 at Castlereagh St Sydney. 6.Charles (Weaver/s) was born on 12 6 1827 at Castlereagh St Sydney & baptised on 15 7 1827 at St James CofE Sydney. She is recorded in 1828 with her parents at Castlereagh St Sydney. 7.George (Weavers) was born on 29 5 1830 in Sydney & baptised on 29 8 1830 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. 8.??? (Weaver/s) 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.
On Wednesday, Charles Weaver, of Newnham, was committed to Shrewsbury Gaol, by the Honourable and Reverend George Rushon ... Worcester Journal, 21 March 1816. -------------------------------------------------- At Shrewsbury, eleven prisoners were capitally convicted, among whom were, Chas. Weaver, for having forged certain letters, with intent to defraud Messrs. Coleman and Wellings, Bankers, Ludlow; Worcester Journal, 4 April 1816. --------------------------------------------------- Colonial secretary Index. WEAVER, Charles. Per "Fame", 1817. 1817 Dec 15 - Agricultural implement maker; employed in the Lumber yard. Petition for ticket of leave (Fiche 3182; 4/1853 p.359) 1823 Apr 5 - On return of allotments in the town of Parramatta; listed as Weevers (Fiche 3265; 4/7576 p.5) 1825 Nov - To be granted a conditional pardon (Fiche 3292; 4/6974.1 pp.48, 75) -------------------------------------------------- Sydney Gazette, 23 Jul 1829. CONDITIONAL PARDONS respectively dated 27th May, 1828, and granted to the undermentioned Individuals, viz. Charles Weaver, per Ship Fame.
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 385... [Ref W0733] Weavers, Charles, 30, ticket of leave, Fame, Protestant, coachmaker, Castlereagh Street Sydney. [Ref W0734] Weavers, Elizabeth, 25, born in the colony. [Ref W0735] Weavers, Eliza, 10, born in the colony. [Ref W0733] Weavers, William T., 8, born in the colony. [Ref W0736] Weavers, Martha, 6, born in the colony. [Ref W0737] Weavers, Charlotte, 4, born in the colony. [Ref W0738] Weavers, Charles, 2, born in the colony.
The family is recorded in the 1825 Muster: Weavers, Charles, ticket of leave, Fame, 1817, life, coachmaker, Sydney. Weaver, Elizabeth, born in the colony, wife of Chas. Weavers, Sydney. Weaver, Eliza, 5 and a half, born in the colony, daughter of Chas. Weavers, Sydney. Weaver, William, 4, born in the colony, son of Chas. Weavers, Sydney. Weaver, Martha, 2, born in the colony, daughter of Chas. Weavers, Sydney. Weaver, Amelia, 6 months, born in the colony, daughter of Chas. Weavers, Sydney.
In the colony, Charles married Elizabeth Tuckwell, October 12th 1818, at Parramatta. Charles Weaver age 22 ticket of leave, per Fame, of the parish of Parramatta and Elizabeth Tuckwell, free, of ditto were married in this church by banns this 12th day of Oct 1818 by me Samuel Marsden. Charles and Elizabeth both signed the register in the presence of William Fairburn and Eliza Sophia Pearce who also both signed the register. Elizabeth was born in the colony, in 1801, the daughter of Richard Tuckwell (NSW Corps, Pitt, 1792) and his wife Elizabeth nèe Budden (Came Free, Pitt, 1792) Charles and Elizabeth had 8 children between 1819 and 1834.
Charles, a convict, recorded as Charles Weavers, arrived in the colony aboard the ship 'Fame' on 8 Mar 1817. He was a wheelwright by trade, a native of Worcester and had been convicted at the Salop (Shropshire) Assizes on 20 Mar 1816 and sentenced to be transported for life. He became a 'machine maker' at Parramatta.