LIST 21 - TROISIEME DIZAINE - CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS
This is a list of all the known childhood arrivals in the colony between 1811 and 1820. There are 877 names on the list, 452 males and 425 females.
These Childhood Arrivals account for 12% of the "Troisieme 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 Volumes 1 & 2 for no specific reason the age of sixteen has been selected
as the cut off point for inclusion in this list.
As in Volume 2 people disembarked at Hobart Town in Van Diemens Land as well
as at Sydney Town. Ships disembarking at Hobart Town included:
1812 Indefatigable 1816 Adamant 1819 Regalia 1820 Juliana 1820 SkeltonThe vast majority of the Childhood Arrivals were born in the United Kingdom,
but John Renton Nicholson was bon at Tahiti, Mary Laura Dotman was born on Isle de France (modern day Mauitius). The three McAlpin children were born in South
Africa. The Hoodine children were all born in Ceylon. The children of
merchant William Browne were born in British India. The three children of Captain Francis Allman were born on Gilraltar. Joshua Frey Josephson was
born in Prussia.
Antonia Sylvester arrived as a fifteen year old seaman on the 'James Hay'
in 1813 and obviously decided to stay in the colony.
Henry Jefferson Bate is an interesting case in that he was conceived in
Hobart but born on board 'Jefferson' during his family's voyage to England
in 1816. He returned to Sydney with his family in 1825 on board 'Royal
Charlotte'.
There are a couple of soldiers from the 73rd Regiment who have created
something of a problem. The family of William Mansfield is something of a mystery. William is believed to have arrived in the colony in 1809 with the 73rd Regiment,
presumably accompanied by his wife and yet four of his children appear not to
arrived in the colony until 1815 on board 'Indefatigable' with another child
born in the colony 1813. Similarly William Crowe arrived in 1809 with the 73rd
Regiment but his daughter only appears to have arrived in the colony in 1820.
There are 18 children who were obviously born overseas but neither their
ship of arrival nor year of arrival has as yet been determined.
There are at least ten instances of children whose fathers accompanied
their convict mothers to the colony, rather than the usual other way round:
William Blake, John Coombe, Benjamin Goddard, Edward Gregory, Samuel Leverton,
Daniel McGuiness, John Massagorah, Edward Roach, Samuel Thornton, Edward Whitehouse.
Joshua Burrows had a daughter and Thomas Fogarty had a son, both of whose Christian names are unknown at this time.
Unfortunately the years of birth of 69 children are unknown at this time.
At least 63 children are known to have been born at sea.
There were eight children recorded as dying at sea are:
Sarah Elizabeth Dodman 1815 Northampton
William Dodman 1815 Northampton
1809 Samuel Drake 1815 Northampton
1812 Sarah Drake 1815 Norhtampton
son Fogarty 1814 HMS Kangaroo
1813 William Middleton 1814 HMS Kangaroo
1812 William Noble 1815 Northampton
1817 George Kerr Panton 1818 General Stewart
These are identified by a cross (+) on the list and are not included in
the final totals of the "Troisieme Dizaine".
Of the 877 arrivals 75 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 "Troisieme Dizaine".
There were seven colonial born children who were returning to the colony after
voyages back home to England, they are listed in the table below:
1801 Edward Abbott 1815 HMS Emu
1803 John Abbott 1815 HMS Emu
1805 Harriett Abbott 1815 HMS Emu
1808 Margaret Abbott 1815 HMS Emu
1808 Maria Ann Ikin 1816 Mariner
1810 Lucy Saran Ikin 1816 Mariner
1805 Elizabeth Windsor 1818 Minerva
The above seven children are indicated on the lists with an hash (#) but are not counted in the totals of the "Troisieme Dizaine".
Thus the list contributes 787 new names to the total of the "Troisieme
Dizaine".
There were slightly more boys than girls. The table below reveals some major differences with the colonial born (although not as marked as in the first
two volumes); firstly the lower percentage of convict fathers and mothers (37%),
secondly the very high percentage of legitimate births (84%). Unfortunately
the status of 21% of fathers and 7% of mothers remained unknown.Interestingly seven childhood arrivals had colonial born mothers. Esther
Arndell had married William Hovell in England and returned with her family
onboard 'Earl Spencer' in 1813. Elizabeth McKellar had married John Drummond
in Scotland and returned with her family onboard 'Marquis of Wellington' in
1815. Elizabeth Peck eloped with her soldier lover Peter Lett to India
but returned with their three children onboard 'Hunter' in 1817.
Table 21.1. - Childhood Arrivals Total Males Females Convict Convict Legitimate
Father Mother
--------------------------------------------------------------1811 24 11 13 4 18 16
1812 37 15 22 5 20 28
1813 30 17 13 7 2 26
1814 150 78 72 86 45 131
1815 112 51 61 53 59 101
1816 89 51 38 35 19 77
1817 110 52 58 26 33 91
1818 102 54 48 50 44 94
1819 47 23 24 5 2 45
1820 158 90 68 50 79 124
Unknown 18 10 8 0 0 6
-----------------------------------------------------Totals 877 452 425 321 321 739
Percentages 51.5% 48.5% 36.6% 36.6% 84.3%
Forty childhood arrivals mentioned in the early musters and 1828 Census have not been identified with any adult connections.
Some female transports carried so many children they must have appeared to
be floating kindergartens, for example:
Table 21.2. - Female Transports Ship No. of Children
---------------------------1814 Broxbornebury 75
1815 Northampton 77
1816 Mary Ann 41
1818 Friendship 46
1820 Lord Wellington 42
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
Cyl = Ceylon
Fra = France
Gbr = Gibraltar
Ger = Germany
IdF = Isle de France
Ind = India
SA = South Africa
Brk = Berkshire
Cam = Cambridgeshire
Car = Carlisle
Chs = Cheshire
Dby = Derbyshire
Dst = Dorset
Dub = Dublin
Dvn = Devonshire
Esx = Essex
Glo = Gloucesterhsire
Her = Herefordshire
Hft = Hertfordshire
Hmp = Hampshire
Knt = Kent
Ldn = London
Lnc = Lancashire
Mdx = Middlesex
Nbl = Northumberland
Nfk = Norfolk
Not = Nottinghamshire
Oxf = Oxfordshire
Pts = Portsmouth
Sfk = Suffolk
Sry = Surry
Sst = Somerset
Ssx = Sussex
Stf = Staffordshir
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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