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Henry Wells was transported on the Asia 1, departing 13th Aug 1827 and arriving 7th Dec 1827 with 200 passengers.
Built by A Hall & Co at Aberdeen in 1818. A Brig of 536 tons. (Wikipedia) 1830 - Voyage. Asia from Ireland. Female Convict Ship; Stead; Master, Alexander Nesbit M.D. Surgeon Superintendent. Arrived in Sydney Cove 13 Jan 1830. Mustered - 186. Died on Voyage - 3. Disembarked - 1. Total Embarked - 200
Asia 1 (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 238 |
| 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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"Henry is my maternal great great grandfather."
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Convict Notes
Henry Wells upon receiving a pardon made his way to the Adelaide Hills where he resided at Old Tiers. He married Sarah Ann Blackmore at Trinity Church Adelaide 22/6/1849. Sarah had also been known as Ann Blackmore. She had recently arrived from Devon on the Mary Ann alone and unaccompanied. Henry and Sarah’s first child Mary Ann was born 6/4/1850 Old Tiers and baptism 2/6/1850 Adelaide and died soon after. Henry and Sarah are then witnesses to the marriage of Sarah’s widowed mother Elizabeth Blackmore to Francis Robinson 22/12/1852 at St Trimity Adelaide. Interestingly Francis was a bigamist being previously married and his wife left with her infant daughter to NSW but an unnamed son stayed with Francis. There was trouble in this marriage as well but Elizabeth eventually remained with Francis. Elizabeth had two young sons who remained with Henry and Sarah until moving on to QLD to prospect mine and keep a Hotel. They both perished in tragic circumstances.
Also of note is that many members of his extended family, Wells/Blackmore/McGauchie/Perry/Coats mined on the Palmer for Gold or in the Irvinebank, Herberton areas out of Atherton QLD for Tin and Silver and in the Golden Triangle, some returned successfully to farming others lost their lives in pursuit of those shiny metals, extended families were in WA OLD NSW Victoria and South Australia as well as Tasmania.
Buried at Watchem Cemetery C of E, Watchem, Victoria ROW NO.1 EASTERN SIDE, Site 29 WELLS, HENRY next to his wife WELLS nee BLACKMORE, SARAH ANN Site 30 The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. Tuesday 10 August 1875 A SAD STORY. ( FROM THE AVOCA FREE PRESS, AUG 3 ) Mr. Henry Wells, of the Bet Bet, who has just returned from the Palmer gold-fields, is the bearer of as melancholy a tale as ever thrilled the district or plunged a family in grief. He relates that while on the road from the Palmer to Cooktown, Queensland, on the 8th of July, a person who keeps a small store at the Tura river asked his assistance to attend two men who had camped there and were very ill. On entering their tent Wells found them lying side by side, and evidently dying. He first raised one of them to a sitting posture, and endeavoured to make him drink,but the man was too far gone to swallow anything. On taking hold of the other, Mr. Wells exclaimed, "Oh ! my God, this is young Barnes, of Avoca." The dying man evidently recognised Wells. He attempted to speak, but his lips only quivered. The other man died almost immediately, and Barnes in about five hours afterwards. The deceased, Mr. James Barnes, son of Mr, William Barnes, of No, 2 Creek, left Avoca for the Palmer gold-fields some 13 weeks since. A letter was received from him about a fortnight ago, stating that he had been prospecting, but he did not speak of coming home. The remaining particulars Mr. Wells gleaned from the storekeeper on the Tura, to the effect that on the previous day, Mr, Barnes's mate, a man named Trenear, was taken Suddenly and dangerously ill, and, unfortunately, there was at the time no means of conveying him to Cooktown. Remaining to succour his mate, Mr. Barnes, as related, fell a victim to the same malady-that fatal fever, most probably, to which the strongest succumb often after a few hours' illness in the semi-tropical and unwholesome climate of the northern gold-fields. The deepest sympathy is felt for the bereaved family, who are well-known and highly-respected farmers and miners in the district. Under such melancholy circumstances the only consolation that can be offered to them is, that both men died with out apparent pain, and that Mr. Clegg (of Mountain Hut), Mr. Wells. Mr. Blackmoor, and others, who were on the spot next day, saw them decently interred near the Tura river. A lock of poor Barnes's hair, his watch, and some other valuables, were handed over to the sorrowing family by Mr. Wells, on Tuesday last.
Tasmanian Description Record. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON23-1-3/CON23-1-3/CON23-1-3-P143 No 792. Henry Wells, age 20, Tailor’s boy, Tried Leicester Assizes 22 Mar 1827, Life. Native place, London.
Henry Wells, 17, for stealing watches, jewellery,; &c. from the house of J. Wells, Loughborough. Nottingham Review, 30 March 1827. Leicestershire Assizes. Henry Wells (removed by habeas corpus from Loudon), stood indicted for stealing watches, jewellery, and various other articles, from the house of John Wells, at Loughborough. on the 14th of December. Wells is a victualler residing at Loughborough, and is ... Leicester Chronicle, 31 March 1827. The following convicts also sent off yesterday, to undergo their sentence of transportation for life, viz. John Wilkinson. Joseph York, Henry Wells, Edward Sturgess, John Goode, Charles Paul, George Gregory, and Caleb Pluile Leicester Chronicle, 26 May 1827. Tasmanian Conduct Record, https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-45/CON31-1-45/CON31-1-45P264 No 792, Henry Wells. Transported for Grand Larceny. Stated this offence, House breaking, the prosecutor, my father, F & m at Loughborough, keeps the Angel there. I was last with my F, he is a tailor by trade, single , protestant. See record for full details.