Dear Michael Thank you very much for all this information, and for being able to put your hands on the earlier inquiry. I am unrelated to this family, but have been trying to assist Joe Crane, because I became intrigued by his research. I wasn't sked to do this, but I felt that he had made some incorrect assumptions about his ancestry, and that he needed some breakthrough insights to get back to earlier generations. I have spent the past couple of months on-and-off working on his family, simply out of interest, as a result of which I have established pretty conclusively that he was barking up the wrong tree with respect both to the Millard line and the Foxwell line. I have managed to establish that Stephen Millard was a son of John and Sarah (Budgett) Millard of Cloford, and that Mary Foxwell was a daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Ryall) Foxwell of Croscombe. This seems to have given him a second wind, and just yesterday he posted a new inquiry on the Somerset List, asking for help in getting back to earlier generations in these two families. Personally, I think he is on much more solid ground now with these two different lines in inquiry. I think he has been incredibly fortunate over the years with the amount of help he has been given, especially by researchers in Australia (I am an Australian, although I am currently living in London), and because of the documentation that frequently surrounds convict ancestors. Thanks once again for your help and kind interest. Philip Candy >From: "Michael Cheeseman" <forever_fossicking@bigpond.com> >Reply-To: <forever_fossicking@bigpond.com> >To: AUS-WA-GERALDTON-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [GERALDTON] RE: [AUS-WA] Stephen MILLARD - Convict >Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 12:22:33 +0800 > >Hello Philip > >Someone was tracing this family. A great grandson >of Joseph Millard in Queensland some five years ago. > >from that I have: > >28-01-1828 Marriage Stephen Millard (born 1797) and Mary Foxwell, >Croscombe, >Somerset. >believe lived at Kilverstreet Plain, Croscombe, Somerset. > >16-03-1828 Baptism Joseph Millard, Croscombe. > >28-12-1828 Baptism Joseph Millard, Croscombe. (Second Joseph.) > >19-03-1834 Baptism Stephen Millard > >24-06-1836 Baptism George Millard > >? ? 1838 Birth Frances Millard > >? ? 1841 Birth James Millard > >12-09-1843 Marriage Stephen Millard (born 1797) and Hester Coombs, Bristol. > >21-11-1843 Birth George Millard > >06-09-1845 Birth Elizabeth Millard > >18-07-1847 Birth Henry Millard (Died Feb 1850) > >17-01-1850 Birth Henry Millard > >20-02-1852 Birth Ann Millard > >1851 Census Mary Millard Age 45 years Croscombe > >1851 Census Stephen Millard Age 19 years > >1851 Census Frances Millard Age 15 years > >1851 Census George Millard Age 13 years > >31-12-1850 Conviction Joseph Millard (born about 1828) Wells, Somerset >Court. > >31-12-1850 Conviction Stephen Millard (born about 1810) Wells, Somerset >Court. > >Note your in London > >Check AJCP microfilm "The Criminal Register of prisoners in English Goals >between 1805-1867 > >Joseph Millard, Stephen Millard and Thomas Millard were tried and found >guilty at the >Epiphany Sessions of the Court held at Wells, Somerset on the 31st >December, >1850. > >Convictions in the Wells, Somerset, Court for December 31st 1850. > >Joseph Millard, was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment on this day in this >Court. >Stephen Millard was also given 14 years. Thomas Millard received 15 years >in Wells > >Joseph and Stephan are shown as 1 and 2 for the day on the Wells Charge >Summary Sheet. >One was charged with stealing and the other with receiving. > >Local Newspaper(s) report of the trial not searched. > >Normally 11 months was spent in solitary confinement after sentencing in a >UK Prison >before being assigned to a ship. There may have been contact with family >after 11 months >andf before being sent overseas. > >03-05-1852 Transportation Joseph Millard from Plymouth on "William Jardine" >to Western Australia > >03-05-1852 Transportation Stephen Millard from Plymouth on "William >Jardine" >to Western Australia > >The William Jardine 671 ton ship was built in Liverpool in 1836. >It was employed as a convict transport and left Plymouth, England >on May 3, 1852 bound for the Swan River Colony. She carried the >seventh of 37 shipments of male convicts destined for Western Australia. >The voyage took 88 days and the William Jardine arrived in Fremantle >on August 1, 1852 with 102 passengers and 212 convicts [Erickson]. >James Raiff and James Donnelly [aka Donnett] were the captain and surgeon >respectively. > >Upon arrival new Swan River Colony convict numbers were assigned and the >convicts descritption taken. It seems Stephan was convicted with a sibling. > >Millard Stephen 1362 14y 42 Wells 31 12 1850 >Millard Joseph 1363 14y 23 Wells 31 12 1850 > >Acc 128/32 State Archives > >Millard Stephen 1362 labourer married height 5' 8 1/2", hair dark >brown, eyes dark, >face long, complexion fresh, build stout distinguishing features None > >Millard Joseph 1363 labourer single children none height 5' 9 1/4", >hair dark brown >eyes hazel face oval complexion fair build stout distinguishing marks None > >03-08-1852 Transfer to Fremantle Prison Joseph Millard > >03-08-1852 Transfer to Fremantle Prison Stephen Millard > >1852-1854 would have been living in the Convict buildings >on Fremantle beach converted by the convicts of the Scindian >out of three warehouses or moved to a convict depot for >work on goverment projects - buildings, roads, bridges etc. > >1-7-1854 Ticket of Leave Stephen Millard (WA) > >In 1854 Ticket of Leave granted for what Resident Magistrates area? >he worked as a shoemaker during his Ticket of Leave Period but I dont >have where. The Resident Magistrates area was the area a convict was >permitted to live and work in. Sort of like parol today they had to >regulary report to the Resident Magistrate. Some could work for themselves >others for employers or the government via Convict depot's. > > >17-03-1855 Ticket of Leave Joseph Millard (WA) > >Thomas Millard also convicted at Wells in 1850 but transported on the Edwin >Fox. >The possibility these three are all related and probably committed the same >crime >is strong. > >A search of Acc 1156 index at WAGS or Battye Library may indicate sources >for the offence they were sentenced for. The Prison from which transportees >were taken to the ships from have a brief description of the crime >committed. >Once you know the Prison from Acc 1156 you can search AJCP films 5971-5991 >for your convicts in the UK Prison registers. > >Ticket of leave could be granted on arrival but more often >was after a number of months of consecutive good behavour >while working in the various projects the colonial >government had the convict work parties on. > >These included roads, Bridges and government building >construction also the Fremantle Prison built between >1851-1855 to name but some. Ticket of Leave allowed >a convict to work in a specified District either assigned >for specific tasks by a settler, pastoralist often using >their skills from home such as stonemason, carpenter, >cobbler, clerk etc or as a general labourer. > >Those convicts that could not find work remained at the >local Convict Depot and may be required to work on local >convict work parties for building infrustructure needed >in the area. Ticket of Leave men earned a small wage while >working but had certain conditions such as a curfew to >abide. When this or other rules of the TL were broken they >could have time added to their sentence. They had to report >to the Resident Magistrate every six months while on >Ticket of Leave. Failure to do so could result in being >charged as at large and having the TL revoked. Committing >a crime while not matter how petty would also have the TL >revoked and often years added to their sentence. > >If a convict remained on good behavour on ticket of leave >he may be granted a Conditional Pardon. The main condition >was that they not return to the UK. If he returned to the >UK he could have his original sentence carried out. In many >cases this meant being hanged. Many convicts were sentenced >to hang but commuted to transportation. Of those that returned >who were not sentenced to hang they were convicted of being at >large and sent back as a convict again on another ship. There >are a few known cases of this. > >Many other British colonies did not allow convicts in such as >Singapore, S. Aust. to name some. Conditional Pardon allowed >movement between colonies that permitted it but permission to >leave WA had to be granted first. Many convicts left on the >sly of course and had to hide their convict past. > >The Ticket of Leave was carried by the convict himself so unless >it has been passed down in the family it will not have survived. >It is common amoung convict families to try to hide their origins >as the Convict class was considered far below that of free >settlers and so rarely mixed socially. This has often manifested >itself through the generations as a family trait of secrecy on >family business. > >Until 1979 very few would admit being descended from a convict in >WA. It still carried a social stigma especially as a few children >and many grandchildren of convicts were still alive. Similarly for children >and grandchildren of Free Settlers who retained their >parents and grandparents attitudes about the convicts. > >Thomas Millard born circa 1815 was convicted in 1850 >at Wells to 15 years for a felony. This seems that if >they were all involved together, Thomas was considered more >responsible or the mastermind. He arrived on the "Edwin Fox" >on the 21.11.1858. The "Edwin Fox" hull is at Picton on >the South Island of New Zealand and is being restored. >It is the only known surviving convict ship to WA. > >05-11-1859 Conditional Pardon Joseph Millard (granted at ? WA) > >29-12-1860 Conditional Pardon Stephen Millard (granted at ? WA) >Greenough (Champion Bay - Geraldton) convict registers dont start >til 1864/5 unfortunately > >Check with compiled list of Employers of TL men (on microfiche Battye >Library) >Not all convicts listed even when employers are known from other sources. > >1863 Arrival in Queensland Joseph Millard > >26-06-1865 Marriage Joseph Millard and Jane Underwood, Queensland. > >Stephan Millard was a shoemaker at Champion Bay 1873. Champion Bay later >called Gerald's Town after Governor Fitzgerald. Then became Geraldton >about 600 km's north of Perth. > >1880-1885 WA Almanac - Stephan Millard Harding River. North West > >30-12-1903 Death Joseph Millard, Queensland. > >Outstanding queries include:- > >Is the Joseph Millard (Convict) the same Joseph Millard who was born to >Stephen Millard and Mary Foxwell? > >Were Joseph and Stephen Millard on the "William Jardine" related ie Uncle >and Nephew or cousins or ?. > >Is the Stephen Millard married in 1828 the same as the Stephen Millard >married in 1843? > >Not sure if these are connected to Joseph, Stephan or Thomas Millard. > >Ebenezer MILLARD was born in 1881 and died in 1953. He married Clara >Rachel >Jane GARDINER (the two cousins Jesse and Reuben arrived in 1842 and with >their >two wives had 23 children!). She was born 23-2-1879 at Brunswick in WA and >died 23-8-1959. She was the daughter of Arthur Bradley GARDINER and >Elizabeth >Marsden HOOPER. Arthur Bradley was the son of Jesse GARDINER. This from a >descendant of >Reuben's daughter Emma who married convict Charles Woodley. > >The Metropolitan Cemetery listing at http://www.mcb.wa.gov.au > >JOSEPH MILLARD Application Number KB00017524 who was 72 when he died on 22 >Junly 1916. He lived in Mt Lawley a suburb of Perth, and is buried at the >Karrakatta cemetery in the WESLEYAN section, location BC, grave number >0258. The Grant number was K0008811 which EXPIRED 01 Jan 1900. It would >pay to check with them though because generally the very old graves are >protected from "recycling". > >Joseph William MILLARD, who married a Anne ELLARD in Perth in 1897 (reg no. >1004). > They had 4 children according to the Pioneer BDM Indexes, although one is >doubtful. > >MILLARD Isabella Esme b1898 Bellvue Reg no. 4426 >MILLARD Dorothy Margarite b 1901 Perth Reg no. 4551 >MILLARD Frank Edward died 1901(17 mnths) N.S.W. Reg no. 1798 >MILLARD Joseph Alexander b 1903 Perth Reg no. 5124 > >Hope this information is of assistance > >regards > >Michael Cheeseman > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Philip Candy [mailto:philcandy@hotmail.com] >Sent: Thursday, 27 July 2006 4:57 PM >To: AUS-WA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [AUS-WA] Stephen MILLARD - Convict > > >Dear Wendy > >Many thanks for this reply. > > >From the Convict Dictionary I have this information: > >MILLARD Stephen (1362) 1810 Married Labourer, convicted Wells 31.12.1850 14 >yrs; arr "William Jardine" 1.8.1852, TL 1.7.1854 CP 29.12.1860. > >and from the WA Bicentennial Dictionaries: > >MILLARD Stephen b1810,(expiree). Arr per William Jardine >4.8.1852,,Shoemaker. Employed a T/L shoemaker at Champion Bay 1873. >Harding River. North West (1880-5 Alm) > >I was hoping that there may have been other references to this man in or >around Geraldton. > >I'll keep looking. > >Thanks a lot for your help. > >Kind regards > >Philip Candy > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.4/402 - Release Date: 27/07/2006 > > > >==== AUS-WA-GERALDTON Mailing List ==== > GENEALOGIST'S PRAYER: >God grant me the serenity to accept the ancestors I cannot find, >the courage to find the ones I can,and the wisdom to document >thoroughly. > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >