For the first time, this book brings together the stories of the men and women on board the Pitt, and the Kitty, two convict transport ships that arrived in NSW in 1792. Old Bailey trials are used to portray life on the streets of London in 1790, and official letters and an account by Dr Edward Laing, describe onboard conditions and events.
The struggle of coping with meagre rations and the harsh climate is outlined in a calendar of events in NSW in 1792. Detailed biographies reveal the stories of the convicts and soldiers, and free passengers are also listed.
Lydia Farrell (c.1757 - 1823) was one of the convict women on the Pitt.
Unhappy Exiles is the third book by Marion Starr exploring the lives of early colonial convicts in Australia.
First published 2016
ISBN: 978 0 9750221 2 2
320 pages © Marion Starr
.".. invaluable to all historians seeking to piece together the patchwork of lives that coalesced as new families and communities."
Carol Liston , Western Sydney University
President, Royal Australian Historical Society
Unhappy Exiles is dedicated to Lydia Farrell, who arrived on the Pitt.
Cost: $40 plus $8 postage within Australia
Preferred payment by bank transfer (EFT)
To order your signed copy please contact the author Marion Starr twinks@ozemail.com.au
http://pittandkitty1792.blogspot.com.au/
Announcing the publication of a new colonial history book that tells the story of James Gough (1790 - 1876) convict builder, who arrived on the Earl Spencer in 1813, transported for life.
This book covers his life in NSW in detail from his arrival in 1813; his colonial crime; work at the Parramatta Lumberyard and Old Government House; marriage and children with Ann Cain; the Old Supreme Courthouse, Sydney; patronage from William Cox at Sydney and Windsor; managing the White Hart inn; work on the church schools at the Hawkesbury (including his original tenders); the Berrima Jail fiasco with John Richards; life at Sutton Forest with Mary Allen (nee Sherwin) and their children; a brief stay at Cockatoo Island and an Absolute Pardon in 1842. Evidence given by Gough in a number of NSW court records provides contemporary information and confirms his business relationships with William Cox, and Dr. William Sherwin. Intriguing details of his English ancestry not previously known are also revealed after a chance discovery in an old newspaper of a legacy.
Price: $35 (FREE postage valued at $8) within Australia
http://amostindustriousman.blogspot.com.au
James Gough had 10 surviving children and 74 known grandchildren.
How many can claim to be part of the Gough Family tree today?
Family names: Baldwin, Billingsley, Dundas, Eather, Forrester, Horsley, Johnson, Roberts, Robinson, Sewell, Sherwin, South, Walker, Ward.
Where have yer been? Coghill asked
Why at Seymour’s drinken’! replied Jimmy
On Saturday las’ ole Tom Seymour brought up a keg of the best stuff I ‘ave ever ‘ad in the colony!
Re-formatted to a larger size and with easy to read text, this new edition still contains all the real life stories of the ex-convict characters that lived at the early settlement along the Cowpastures River in the early 1820s. Based on actual court records there are stories of theft, bushranging, arson, brawling and murder. Stealing pigs and cattle were common pastimes and the sly grog shops did a roaring trade in illicit rum sales.
With fully sourced biographical details for 122 people, this is an excellent family and local history resource. As well there are detailed maps of the land grants and a convict trail that traces the location of the events in the stories. Anyone with convict ancestors and an interest in Australian colonial history will want to buy this book.
SOME SURNAMES: Boyd, Campbell, Clements, Farrell, Fieldhouse, Fletcher, Foley, Galvin, Geary, Herbert, Higgins, Hoare, Hutchinson, Jackson, Jamieson, Knight, Lamb, Love, Maxwell, Mc Lucas, Mc Guire, Neale, Nettleton, Ryan, Scott, Seymour, Stuckey, Trotter, Tyson, Wainwright, Watsford, Wells, Wood.
Congratulatons! Your book brings to life many early pioneers of the Camden district. This book will be of great interest and use to many family researchers and future historians.
John Wrigley, Camden Historical Society NSW
The whole book is exemplary in its scholarly cross referencing to primary sources, its indexes of convicts, details from the 1822 Muster and maps. It is a most valuable source for anyone researching the lives of these early settlers and convicts, and is a very thorough historical study.
E.C. Best, Society of Australian Genealogists
(Marion is a descendant of Mary Higgins, the daughter of Robert Higgins and Lydia Farrell, from Mary's marriage to the convict, Thomas Seymour)
The facts about
Mary Higgins - (1795 -1867)
correcting the errors that appear in many family trees
Mary Higgins was born about 1795 in Sydney. She was not born on Norfolk Island. (The Mary Higgins recorded in the Norfolk Island Victualling Book was not related and was a convict from the Lady Juliana who lived at Norfolk Island from 7 Sept 1790 to 3 Sept 1808.)
Her parents were Robert Higgins (NSW Corps) and Lydia Farrell, convict, (Pitt 1792). (Lydia's name was recorded in all records in the UK and NSW as Farrell not Blair. There is no evidence or any sources linking her to this name. This is a complete fabrication.)
Robert Higgins and Lydia Farrell only had four children: Mary, Elizabeth, John, Sarah. (The Robert Higgins who arrived as a convict in 1811 per Admiral Gambier (2), married Ann Owens in 1814, and was a landowner at Bargo and the Burragorang Valley, was not related.)
Mary Higgins married Thomas Seymour, convict, (Admiral Gambier 1811) at St John's Church, Parramatta in 1814. ( NSWBDM 1814 1604 3A) Seymour had been assigned to her father in 1812. They had seven children.
About 1830 Mary Seymour left her husband and lived with William Ryan, convict (Surrey 1(2) 1816) in the Illawarra district and they had four children. Mary remained married to Thomas Seymour and did not marry William Ryan. (The Mary A Higgins who married a William Ryan in 1866 at Albury is not related. She was the daughter of David Higgins and his wife Mary and was born in 1840. (NSW BDM 294 61/1840)
Mary Seymour died at Dapto NSW in 1867. (NSWBDM 1867 1427 116)
Thomas Seymour died at The Oaks NSW in 1865. (NSWBDM 1865 55920)
William Ryan died at Dapto NSW in 1884. (NSWBDM 1884 10241) His convict records confirm he was born in 1793 so was aged 91 not 102 as reported in the Illawarra paper)
Narellan Hidden Treasures
Pam Browne & Marion Starr
Published by WRARG 2007, A4 x 76 pages
This book commemorates the 180 years since the founding of the settlement at Narellan NSW with 37 full page pen & ink drawings by Marion Starr, and detailed information about the heritage buildings of the district by Pam Browne. As well as the stately colonial houses like Wivenhoe, Gledswood, Harrington Park, Orielton, Smeaton Grange, and Glenlee, there are also historic churches, schools, shops, stables and cottages.
It is a wonderful companion book to Murder, Mayhem & Misdemeanours as the book includes many of the buildings from the same historical period such as Galvin’s Cottage, Kirkham Stables, The Convict Lockup, Oxley Cottage, St Thomas’ School Church and Wivenhoe.
Unhappy Exiles - Convicts of the Pitt & Kitty 1792
Aspland, Miah
Atkinson, Ann
Blandford, Alisha
Bolton, Bridget
Brooke, Ann (elder)
Brooke, Ann (younger)
Brown, Ann
Brown, Mary
Bryant, Katherine
Bull, Eleanor
Burk, Rose
Burton, Rachael
Cassidy, Mary
Chambers, Elizabeth
Clark, Cecilia
Clough, Elizabeth
Collins, Eleanor
Cook, Maria Ann
Cowley, Judith
Cummins, Elizabeth
Daly, Sarah
Davies, Elizabeth
Davies, Rachael
Dempsey, Martha
Dickens, Mary
Evans, Catherine
Farrell, Lydia
Ferguson, Katherine
Fisher, Hannah,
Fitzpatrick, Bridget
Flinn, Mary
Ford, Ann
Gardner, Sarah
Glossop, Ann
Graham, Eupham
Gulliver, Elizabeth
Haggerty, Catherine
Hanstead, Bridget
Hayes, Ann
Hernyman, Betty
House, Mary
Hughes, Mary
Hugo, Mary Ann
Hyland, Elizabeth
Jackson, Catherine
Johnson, Janet
Jones, Mary 1 Pitt
Jones, Mary 2 Kitty
Kelly, Eleanor
Keyes, Ann (arrived as Hayes)
King, Ann
Kirk, Sarah
Laurie, Helen
Linch, Mary
Martin, Mary
Matthews, Ann
Matthews, Elizabeth
Mckenzie, Amelia
McLean, Sarah
Miell, Diana (also Dinah)
Munday, Jane (also Mundy)
Nairn, Susannah
Newland, Ann
Owen, Mary
Parsons, Mary
Partridge, Mary
Pearson, Ann
Richards, Margaret
Selwyn, Elizabeth
Sharp, Jane
Short, Ann
Shrieve, Elizabeth
Smith, Mary (1)
Smith, Mary (2)
Stroud, Charlotte
Swain, Mary
Wade, Elizabeth Ann
Walden, Sarah
Watkins, Jane
Wheatley, Hannah
White, Rose
Wilson, Jane
Wood, Jane
Wright, Elizabeth
Yates, Elizabeth