LIST 15 - CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS - DEUXIEME DIZAINE

 
 
This is a list of all the known childhood arrivals in the colony between 1801 
and 1810. There are 376 names on the list, 197 males and 179 females.
 
These Childhood Arrivals account for 10% of the "Deuxieme Dizaine".
 
The list is divided into two parts.
 
The First Shipping list is ordered by year of arrival then within each year 
alphabetically by ship's name. This list includes the full name of the ship 
whereas elsewhere in this work all ship's names are abbreviated to nine 
characters.
 
The children are grouped by ship. This list has been developed so that the social 
and family groupings and other connections for each particular ship can be 
seen which may or may not have led to life long friendships or other associations. 
It also serves the function of giving the exact date of arrival for each ship 
which is not done elsewhere in this book. 
 
The Second Shipping list is ordered by each child's date of birth then date of 
arrival. The information recorded for each childhood arrival includes: 
 
 date of birth
 place of birth
 year of arrival
 ship of arrival
 Christian name
 father's Christian name 
 father's family name 
 father's year of arrival in the colony 
 father's ship of arrival in the colony 
 father's status upon arrival in the colony 
 mother's Christian name
 mother's maiden name
 mother's year of arrival in the colony
 mother's ship of arrival in the colony
 mother's status upon arrival in the colony
 parent's civil status at the time of the child's birth
 parent's marital status at the time of the child's birth
 parent's year & country/church of marriage where applicable 
 
Where the father's surname has a second name separated by a slash '/', the surname 
after the slash is how the name was spelt in the original document or if second 
name is substantially different it refers to an alias. Where the mother's surname 
has a second name separated by a slash, the surname after the slash is her 
married name at the time of the recording being made if she was married more 
than once. 
 
As in Volume 1 for no specific reason the age of sixteen has been selected as 
the cut off point for inclusion in this list. Thus this list includes Elizabeth 
Gurney who was sixteen when she arrived on board the 'Speke' in 1808, 
similarly aged were; Elizabeth Bartlett, Mary Brown, Thomas Boulton, Rebecca 
Hobbs and Emma Luttrell. Whilst among the excluded are: David Brown aged 18 when 
he arrived on board the 'Earl Cornwallis' in 1801, Isabella Bunker 19 & her 
brother Henry Bunker 17 in 1806 'Elizabeth', Eliza Crooks 17 in 1807 'Young 
William', Edward Luttrell 18 in 1804 'Experiment', Thomas Pitt 19 in 1801 
'Canada' or Richard Wall 17 in 1803 'HMS Glatton'.
 
In to volume for the first time people disembarked at a port other than 
Sydney Town with the founding of the settlements in Van Diemens Land in 1803. 
The first two such ships were 'HMS Calcutta' and 'Ocean' but as a result of 
the decision to move the settlement from Port Phillip Bay to the Derwent many 
of those who sailed from England on the 'Ocean' went to the Derwent on board 
'HMS Calcutta' and often used that ship as the ship of arrival in subsequent 
colonial records.
 
The vast majority of the Childhood Arrivals were born in the United Kingdom, 
but Mary Howe was born in France, Charles Purcell in Gibraltar and the Elder, 
Henry & Shelley children were born in Tahiti of missionary parents.
 
It is not certain in what country Margaret Spannuel was born. Her father sounds 
like he may have been Spanish and her mother's name of Rosetta doesn't sound 
very English. Her father may have enlisted in the English Army during the 
Peninsular Wars.
 
Unfortunately the years of birth of 47 children are unknown at this time. 
At least fifteen children are known to have been born at sea.
 
The case of Nelson Simmons Lawson son of Lieut. William is interesting 
because he was born at sea on board the 'Lady Nelson' on his way from Sydney 
to Van Diemens Land in 1805 but he is not otherwise included in the Childhood 
Arrivals.
 
The only recorded examples of children dying at sea are: a son of Anthony 
Fletcher who died on board the 'Ocean' in 1803, Alexander Johnston 
on board the 'Coromandel' in 1802, Caroline Martin on board the 'Experiment' 
in 1804, James Vincent on board the 'Minorca' in 1801. These are identified 
by a cross (+) on the list and are not included in the final totals of the 
"Deuxieme Dizaine" .
 
There are at least three instances of children whose fathers accompanied 
their convict mothers to the colony, rather than the usual other way round: 
John Newton, William Tyson, William Walsh. Also there is at least one instance 
of a child having both parents being transported: William & Harriet Board. 
Mrs Ann Jane Hobbs arrived as a settler widow without her husband
 
John Williamson, aged 15 when he arrived on board the 'Earl Cornwallis' 
in 1801 came alone without parents as the servant to his 'uncle' James 
Williamson.
 
The Christian names of three children; Bellasis on the 'Fly' of 1802, Fletcher 
on the 'Ocean' 1803 & Murray on the 'HMS Dromedary' of 1809 are unknown 
although child Fletcher as recorded as a son.
 
Of the 376 arrivals twelve were subsequently baptized in the colony and 
can be found in the corresponding church baptismal registers. These are 
identified on the list with an asterix (*) and are not counted in the totals 
of the "Deuxieme Dizaine".
 
There were eleven members of the First Generation who were returning to 
the colony after voyages back home to England, they are listed in the table 
below:
 
 Elizabeth Guise 1807 Young William
 Richard Guise 1807 Young William
 William Guise 1807 Young William
 Sarah Henry 1810 Hibernia
 Rebecca Laycock 1810 Canada
 Elizabeth Laycock 1810 Canada
 Ann Marsden 1810 Anne
 Elizabeth Marsden 1810 Anne
 Charles Peat 1803 HMS Glatton
 Elizabeth Stroud 1803 HMS Glatton
 John Stroud 1803 HMS Glatton
 
At least four members of the "Deuxieme Dizaine" made return trips to the colony 
during the period; Ann Foveaux returned to England with her officer father in 
1804 on board 'Albion' and returned to the colony in 1808 on board 'Lady 
Sinclair', Joseph Hartley returned to England with his settler parents from 
Van Diemens Land some time after 1804 and returned to New South Wales with 
them in 1809 on board 'Indispensible', Charles and Mary Marsden returned with 
their chaplain father in 1807 on board 'HMSBuffalo' and returned with him 
on board the 'Anne' in 1810.
 
The above fifteen children are indicated on the lists with an hash (#) and 
are not counted in the totals of the "Deuxieme Dizaine".
 
The separation of the 'colonial born' into decades around the year 1800 has 
thrown up some interesting anomalies. For instance William and James Cox who 
arrived on the 'Experiment' in 1804 were older than the children listed amongst 
the First Generation who arrived with their parents in 1800 because they 
presumably were left behind in England to complete their educations.
 
Thus the list contributes 345 new names to the total of the "Deuxieme Dizaine", 
183 males and 162 females.
 
Interestingly where were no childhood arrivals in 1805. The table below reveals 
some major differences with the colonial born; firstly the very low percentage 
of convict fathers (28%) and mothers (9%), secondly the very high percentage 
of legitimate births (98%).
 
 Table 15.1. - Childhood Arrivals
 
 Total Males Females Convict Convict Legitimate Illegitimate
 Father Mother
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 1801 60 29 31 21 3 58  2
 1802 26 15 11 4 1 25 1
 1803 67 38 29 31 0 67 0
 1804 34 16 18 9 0 34 0
 1805 0 0 0  0 0 0 0
 1806 45 24 21 23 6 44 1 
 1807 28 14 14 5 5 28 0
 1808 18 11 7 0 3 18 0
  1809 30 21 9 1 5 29 1 
 1810 37 15 22 4 8 35 2 
 
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 Totals 345 183  162 98 31 338 7
Percentages 52.7% 47.3% 28.2% 8.9% 97.7% 2.3%
 
 
The three ships arriving in 1801 actually enumerated the number of children 
each was carrying. The 'Canada' specified 11 and 11 have been identified, the 
'Nile' specified 4 but only 2 have been identified, the 'Minorca' specified 29 
of whom 24 only have been identified.
 
 Table 15.2. - Child Shipping Indents
 
 Ship Listed Identified
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 1801 Canada 11 11
 1801 Minorca 29 24
 1801 Nile 4 2
 
If these figures were extrapolated to the entire 1801-1810 period perhaps the 
number of children arrivals would increase by around 10%.
 
Fifteen childhood arrivals mentioned in the early musters and 1828 Census have 
not been identified with any adult connections:
 Alexander Allen - 1801 Earl Cornwallis
 Henry Allen - 1809 Aeolus
 Elizabeth Bayley - 1807 Brothers 
 Elizabeth Brown - 1810 Canada
 Bridget Harrington - 1810 Canada
 Catherine Kelly  - 1806 Tellicherry
 Ann Laws - 1810 Anne
 Patrick McGrath - 1804 Experiment
 James & John Martin - 1807 Sydney Cove
 - Murray - 1809
  Frances & Sarah Phillips - 1804 Experiment
 Ann Slevell - 1810 Indian
 Mary Tilly - 1801 Minorca
 
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "Ship" on List 1. 
 
To locate an entry on the first part of this list; firstly an alphabetical 
search on the name would be made on List 1 from which the date and name 
of the ship of arrival would be retrieved, secondly using the appropriate 
date and vessel the arrival would be located on this list and finally an 
alphabetical search on the name would be made on the ship of arrival.
 
To locate an entry on the second part of this list; firstly an alphabetical 
search on the name would be made on List 1 from which the date of birth 
and date & name of the ship of arrival would be retrieved, secondly using 
the appropriate date, the birth would be located on this list, thirdly 
an alphabetical search on the vessel name would be made on the birth date 
if there should be more than one entry for that date which would certainly 
be the case if only the year of birth were known and finally an alphabetic 
search of the name would be made on the vessel. 
 
 
The abbreviations used in this list are explained below:
 
 d = defacto
 m = married
 
 CF = came free
 GS = government servant (convict)
 FS = free by servitude (emancipist)
 AP = free by absolute pardon
 CP = free by conditional pardon
 EX = exile
 NE = never emigrated
 -- = unknown
 
 Eng = England
 Ire = Ireland
  Sct = Scotland
 Wls = Wales
 
 Fra = France
 Gbr = Gibraltar
 Ind = India
 Tah = Tahiti
 
 Brk = Berkshire
  Chs = Cheshire
 Dub = Dublin
 Dvn = Devonshire
 Esx = Essex
 Hft = Hertfordshire
 Hmp = Hampshire
 Knt = Kent
  Ldn = London
 Lnc = Lancashire
 Mdx = Middlesex
 Nbl = Northumberland
 Nfk = Norfolk
 Oxf = Oxfordshire
 Sry = Surry
 Sst = Somerset
 Ssx = Sussex
 Wlt = Wiltshire
 Wwk = Warwickshire
 Yks = Yorkshire
 
 bas = born at sea
 das = died at sea
 
  * = baptized as well
 # = returning children
 + = died at sea 

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