LIST 18 - DEUXIEME DIZAINE- DEPARTURES

 
 
In determining the fate of the "Deuxieme Dizaine" , apart from death, the 
other terminating event for many of them, at least in terms of their colonial 
experience, was their departure from the colony. This list presents the known 
departures of the "Deuxieme Dizaine" and the ship upon which they sailed. It 
is by no means complete and undoubtedly many who left have been overlooked. 
But for what it is worth 121 (or about 4%) are known to have left the colony, 
most never to return.
 
The information on each departure includes:
 
 date and ship
 age at time of departure
 birth date
 Christian name 
 father's family name 
 father's Christian name 
 mother's family name 
 mother's Christian name 
 parents' civil status at the time of the child's birth 
 parents' marital status at the time of the child's birth
 year and ship of arrival - where applicable
 year and place of death - if known & abroad.
 
The list is ordered firstly by date of departure and secondly on the child's 
father's name. Family groups are listed according to age.
 
One of the earliest myths of Australian History is the idea of "for the term 
of his natural life". A surprisingly large number of convicts returned to 
England at the completion of their sentences as well as many others 
associated with the early history of the colony. The "Deuxieme Dizaine" were 
no exception in this regard.
 
It is interesting to contemplate that there must be many hundreds of descendants 
in England who have no idea that one of  their ancestors had their formative 
experiences in the English colony of New South Wales. One of the hopes of 
this book is that any such connections might one day be brought to light.
 
As with the "First Generation" in Volume 1 the military, as might be expected, 
were the main group to return to England but compared to Volume 1 the 
proportion is much less reflecting the lower proportion of the military to the 
general population as the numbers in the colony slowly increased. The two most 
significant departures were; firstly when the New South Wales Corps (renamed 
the 102nd Regiment) was relieved by the 73rd Regiment - 40 children returned 
to England on board 'HMS Dromedary' and 'HMS Hindostan' in May 1810 (William 
Cox could be added to this group but his ship of return is not known at this 
time) and secondly when the 73rd Regiment in it's turn was relieved by the 
46th Regiment - 19 children returned to England in April 1814 on board 'Wyndham'.
 
This list presents the minimum numbers of the "Deuxieme Dizaine" who are known 
to have left the colony. 
 
Sadly seven young colonists did not survive the return journey nor their first 
experience of an English winter. Others are known to have met a lonely watery 
grave.
 
The profile of these departing "Deuxieme Dizaine" showed some distinctive 
characteristics. Firstly since the majority of those departing were the 
children of the military, 94 (78%) had fathers who had come free to the colony. 
Secondly 91 (75%) had parents who were married.
 
Regrettably the date and ship of departure is unknown in 27 instances. 
Unfortunately in 24 cases, the evidence for the person leaving the colony is 
because their death is recorded overseas but no information has been 
forthcoming on their ship of departure.
 
Of the 121 "Deuxieme Dizaine" who left the infant colony 15 are known to have 
made a return voyage and they are identified with an asterix (*) and listed 
below along with return date and ship where known. 
 
 Table 14.1. - Return Voyages
 
 Name Ship Age
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  Harriott Blaxland 
 William Chamberlain 1815 13y
 Henry Cowper 1823 Lusitania 22y
 Thomas Cowper 1851 Mercury 47y
  William Macquarie Cowper 1836 Platina 25y
 William Cox 1814 Windham 25y
 George Dell 1817 12y
 Elizabeth Evans 1843  33y
 Ann Foveaux 1808 Lady Sinclair 7y
 Joseph Hartley 1809 Indispensible 
 John Longford 1815 15y
 John Owen Lord  1829 19y
 Charles Marsden 1810 Anne 7y
 John Marsden 1810 Anne 9y
 Mary Marsden 1810 Anne 4y
  Celia Reibey 1821 Mariner 18y
 Eliza Reibey 1821 Mariner 16y
 John Windsor 1818 Minerva 15y
 Elizabeth Windsor 1818 Minerva 13y
 
William Cox went home with his regiment once more in 1816 and returned to 
the colony for the final time some time before 1822.
 
Ann Foveaux left the colony for good with her Army Officer father in 1810 on 
board the 'Experiment'.
 
Harriot Blaxland obviously left the colony some time before 1816 when she 
married in Calcutta and just as obviously returned some time before her second 
marriage in 1835 back in the colony then went to England some time after the 
death of her second husband in 1844 but in all three cases the dates & ships 
are unknown.
 
Similarly Elizabeth Evans must have left the colony some time before her 
marriage in England in about 1840. She returned to the colony with her new husband 
in 1843 but the ship is not known.
 
Joseph Hartley is known to have left the colony before 1809 because he 
returned in 1809 on board the 'Indispensible' only to leave permanently once 
more in 1814.
 
The child Bellasis (Christian name unknown) is assumed to have left the colony 
because his father did.
 
It is not certain that James Cartwright ever came to the colony with the rest 
of his family in 1810, but if he did, he must have left the colony quite soon 
after because he married in London in 1818.
 
It is known that Mary Ann Anthony died at sea on a ship called the 'Lynx' 
but not the date.
 
John Longford was the boatswain on Capt Kings surveying expedition 
of 1822 in the "Bathurst" and returned to Sydney on the "Orpheus" 
in 1827 
 
 
To locate an entry on 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 departure 
would be retrieved, secondly using the appropriate date and vessel, the 
departure would be located on this list and finally an alphabetical search 
on the name would be made on the ship of departure.

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