BLOODSWORTH (Bloodsworth) JAMES (d. 1804 ), master bricklayer and builder, was living in Kingston-on-Thames, England, in 1785 when sentenced to seven years transportation. In 1788 he was taken to Australia in the First Fleet in the "CHARLOTTE" and was immediately appointed Master Bricklayer in the settlement at Sydney Cove. Since there were no architects in the fleet he was largely responsible for the design and erection of Australias first buildings, although the Army and Navy officers in the settlement had some knowledge of Architecture. Besides designing many private houses, Bloodsworth can be credited with the first Government House, which lasted from 1788 to 1845, and in 1790 the storehouse at Kings Wharf on the shore of Sydney Cove. Governor Phillip praised "the pains he had taken to teach others the business of a bricklayer", and his conduct was exemplary at a time when most convicts were noted for indolence and rebelliousness. Bloodsworth worked under difficulties; although there were competent bricklayers amoung the convicts, they had no proper mortar to bind the bricks together. For the walls of Government House some lime mortar was obtained by burning shells, but elsewhere mud-mortar had to be used. This was far from satisfactory, but by adapting his construction methods to these crude conditions he produced servicable buildings, which were by no means unseemly, because he was working within the long established rules of Georgian architecture. My gr gr gr grandfather Thomas Bray married Ann Bloodsworth his daughter in St. Phillips Sydney 30 Aug 1819. Cheers Rhonda

Hi all My gggggrandfather, Edward WHITTON (Whetton, Whittan, Witten), was tried at Maidstone, Kent, in March 1783, for assault and highway robbery. His death sentence was commuted to transportation life imprisonment. Edward arrived aboard the Scarborough in 1788. He was conditionally pardoned 4 June 1800 and held land on the Hawkesbury at Windsor. His relationship with with Anne Slater (Queen, third fleet) produced a son and daughter, Mary Ann, from whom I am descended. Edward died c1802 and is believed buried in the Green Hills burial ground at Windsor. Many others have researched Edward and I am very grateful for their generosity in sharing their findings with me. See Ray Lane's excellent work at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lanehistory/whitton.htm <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Elanehistory/whitton.htm> Best wishes Norma

Edward is buried at Green Hills Windsor Died/Buried 6 Jul 1802 Probate: WHITTEN: NRS 2665 [5/1166] - 391 27 Jul 1802 Cathy Dunn -----Original Message----- Subject: [PJ] First Fleet - WHITTON Hi all My gggggrandfather, Edward WHITTON (Whetton, Whittan, Witten), was tried at Maidstone, Kent, in March 1783, for assault and highway robbery. His death sentence was commuted to transportation life imprisonment. Edward arrived aboard the Scarborough in 1788. He was conditionally pardoned 4 June 1800 and held land on the Hawkesbury at Windsor. His relationship with with Anne Slater (Queen, third fleet) produced a son and daughter, Mary Ann, from whom I am descended. Edward died c1802 and is believed buried in the Green Hills burial ground at Windsor. Best wishes Norma