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William Bellamy arrived 'Active' 3rd Fleet, 26 September 1791 (sentenced to transportation for 7 years - Charged: December 09, 1789, Old Bailey Stealing 6 pair of shoes valued at 30 shillings and transported for 7 years). 1804 granted 100 acres at Castle Hill. Refer 'Pioneers of Hornsby Shire - Bellamy family.
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NSW BDM Registry entry for William Bellamy
Registration Number Last Name Given Name(s) Father's Given Name(s) Mother's Given Name(s) District
V1850402 36A/1850 BELLAMY WILLIAM AGE 78
V18551022 159/1855 BELLAMY WILLIAM AGE 50
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Information via Pandora website (National Library of Australia)
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/10421/20041220/www.firstfamilies2001.net .au/firstfamilyadc0.html?id=Bellamy152163265
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Family Stories
First Family Member Details
Surname: BELLAMY
Given Name(s): William
Occupation(s): Farmer
Birth Details
Death Details
Death Town: W.Pennant Hills
Death State/Territory: N.S.W
Death Country: Australia
Death Date: 1850
Immigration Details
Air/Port Landed: Sydney
Ship/Plane: Active
Year Arrived: 1791
Surname: FAYE
Given Name(s): Anne
Occupation(s): Farmer's wife
Birth Details
Death Details
Death Town: W.Pennant Hills
Death State/Territory: N.S.W
Death Country: Australia
Death Date: 1843
Immigration Details
Air/Port Landed: Sydney
Ship/Plane: Marquis of Cornwallis
Year Arrived: 1796
Family Stories
Life in Australia:
William was a farmer, an emancipated convict who in 1804 was granted 100 acres with the present Aiken Rd West Pennant Hills running through the southern portion. In 1806 Governor King granted him a further 30 acres on the eastern side of Pennant Hills Rd nr Nth Rocks Rd.
He was an energetic farmer, as by 1807 he had 27 acres cleared and cultivated, orchards pigs and sheep along with and a wife and four children. By 1828 his assets had increased considerably, with 200 acres and a 'fine flock of sheep' and some horses. Pennant Hills at that time was heavily wooded and a haven for bushrangers, son James becoming a Special Constable and actually shooting dead two men in the area. William was able to provide well for his family who flourished.
Ann could could not read or write. She had a previous relationship with one Stephen Tollis and had a child by him who lived only a few months. However life improved with her marriage to William, who had similarly been transported to Australia, and she gave birth to four children, with her age at burial in Parramatta given as 100 or 103 but basing it on the 1828 Census, which was correct for William's age, she was 89. Her four children were born when she was between the ages of 43 - 52years.
You and Your Family:
Clement Arthur Allen was born 1939 and is the great gr-grandson of the above through his daughter Sarah and James Allen senior. Co-incidentally he was born in Pennant Hills and Diana (born Essendon Vic) bought a home in Stevens Street so their 3 children could walk to the local primary school; they did so via Bellamy Street and were unaware the school was once the location for James Bellamy Jnr's home with Hannah Singleton and their 14 children. Clem, who grew up in Glenorie, and Ettalong Beach NSW and Diana have children Sharon (1968) and Trevor James (1972)who after living in Nowra NSW and London for 4 years, settled in Melbourne, while Richard (1970)and partner Pippa have a baby (Solara) and live in Queensland.
Life Before Australia:
It's believed William was born in England while Anne his wife was likely born in Ireland. He arrived as a convict on the Third Fleet vessel "Active" having been given a 7 year sentence for stealing 6 pairs of leather shoes.
Ann Fay arrived in Sydney on board the "Marquis of Cornwallis" in 1796, having been tried at the Quarter Sessions of Dublin at Kilmainham in May 1795.
The Charge and Sentence was: "Ann Fay and Catherine Byrne, found guilty of felony on a dwelling-house, to the vale of 4s. 9d were sentenced to be transported for seven years."
-Source Barbara Hall, 'A Desperate Set of Villians'( The Convicts of the Marquis of Cornwallis) published by B. Hall, 2000.
Descendants
NB: Superscript behind each descendant name represents the lineage number of that descendant.
This family information was last updated by DIANA ELIZABETH ALLEN on the 20 October, 2001.
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Mar 2008
First Generation
1. William BELLAMY [12], son of William BELLAMY [102] and Susannah UKOW [103], was born on 16 Feb 1772 in Holburn, St Andrew, London, died on 14 Nov 1850 in West Pennant Hills, NSW, Australia at age 78, and was buried in St John's Cemetery, Parramatta, , NSW, Australia.
General Notes: Burial: November 16, 1850, St Johns, Parramatta, NSW, Australia
Convict: Tried December 9, 1789, London, England
Arrived in Colony: September 26 1791 aboard Active
Time in Colony: 59 Years
1789: Tried at London, found guilty of theft of 6 pairs of leather shoes, value 30 shillings, sentenced to transportation for 7 years.
1791: Arrived at Port Jackson aboard "Active" as part of 3rd fleet. Vessel carried 175 male convicts
1804: Granted 100 acres of land at West Pennant Hills
1806: Granted 30 acres of land in Field of Mars, near North Rocks Road, east of Pennant Hills Road
1807: Muster shows William had 27 acres cleared, cultivated, 103 acres of pasture
1821: Supplying wheat to the Government store
1824: granted 60 acres of land at Hornsby, not far from the present railway station
1828: Owned 200 acres of land and had a number of servants
1850: helped organise a petition to the NSW Parliament on behalf of local fruit growers
Details of Trial from Old Bailey website:
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/html_units/1780s/t17891209-103.html
WILLIAM BELLAMY, Theft > shoplifting, 9th December 1789.
Reference Number: t17891209-103
Offence: Theft > shoplifting
Verdict: Guilty > lesser offence
Punishment: Transportation
Related Material: Associated Records
104. WILLIAM BELLAMY was indicted for stealing, on the 8th of December, six pair of leather
shoes, value 30 s. the property of James Smith, privily in his shop.
JAMES SMITH sworn.
I am a cordwainer; I lost six pair of leather shoes from my shop, in Beach-lane, on Thursday, the
10th of December, about six, or between six and seven; the prisoner privately came into the shop,
and took the things; I did not see him with the things.
SARAH WYBURN sworn.
I am servant to Mr. Palmer; I had been on an errand on the 10th of December, and coming back, I
saw the prisoner at the end of the counter, under the window, with the six pair of shoes under his
arm; and he had them under his arm when I came in; I took hold of the shoulder of his jacket, and he
dragged me out side of the door, with the shoes under his arm; he threw them on the pavement,
outside the door; he was secured; I picked up the shoes, and gave them to Mr. Palmer; and they have
been in his possession ever since.
WILLIAM PALMER sworn.
Deposed to the same effect, and produced the shoes.
(Deposed to.)
GUILTY of stealing, but not privately.
Transported for seven years.
Tried by the London Jury before Mr. RECORDER.
Information supplied by Allen Maunder:
"William Bellamy was born in 1772 in England and was transported on the convict ship Active in
1791 to serve a seven year sentence for the mere offence of stealing six pairs of leather shoes.
In 1797 he married Ann Faye who had been convicted in Ireland and sent to Australia on the
Marquis Cornwallis to serve a seven year sentence. In 1804 William received the Henry 100 acre
grant and, according to the 1804 Muster records, he was working the land then.
We can assume that Bellamy soon got to work, for the 1807 Land Stock Muster reads:
"William Bellamy, freed by servitude, 100 acre grant, 30 acres (occupied). Wheat It acres; maize 10
acres; barley 4 acres; potatoes I acre; orchard I acre; pasture 103 acres. Sheep 3(m) 6(f); hogs 6(m) 6
(f). In hand; maize 12 bushels. Proprietor, wife, four children not victualled, I free man employed."
William and Ann had four children - James Zadok (b. 1798), Sarah (b. 1801), John (b. 1803) and
Charlotte (b.1807) who died as a child." William died in 1850 and was buried where his daughter lay
at St. John's Cemetery, Parramatta.
In 1840 William and Ann had conveyed to their elder son, James all that 100 acres known as
'Bellamy Farm' for an annuity of 70 pounds during the joint natural lives of the said William and
Ann, and the survivor of them. Ann died in 1843 and, on the death of William, James inherited the
farm."
" William Bellamy (1772-1850) had arrived on the Active in the Third Fleet in 1791, on a 7-year
sentence for stealing 6 pairs of leather shoes.
In 1804 he was granted the 100 acres which had previously been given to the missionary, William
Henry, in 1799 and returned by him to the Crown. The present Aiken Road in West Pennant Hills
runs through the southern portion of this land. In 1806 Governor King granted Bellamy a further 30
acres in the Field of Mars on the eastern side of Pennant Hills Road, near North Rocks Road.
William Bellamy was obviously an energetic farmer as, by the 1807 Land and Stock Muster, he
reported that he had 27 acres cleared and cultivated, of which 11 acres were under wheat, 10 acres
under maize, 4 acres barley, 1 acre potatoes, and 1 acre planted as orchard. He had 103 acres of
pasture, 3 male sheep and 6 female, 6 male hogs and 6 female, and in hand, 6 bushels of maize. He
also reported that he had a wife and four children, and one freed convict employed.
In 1821 and 1822 Bellamy had sufficient wheat surplus to supply some to the Government Store,
and in 1826 he advertised in the Sydney Gazette 9th September, 1826 that he had a fine flock of
sheep to sell by private contract. By 1828 he owned 200 acres of land, 60 acres of which were
cleared, another 60 cultivated, and he ran 6 horses.
In 1797 William Bellamy had married Anne Faye who had arrived in 1796 in the Marquis of
Cornwallis on a 7-year sentence. Her age poses an interesting question. The burial record of St.
Patrick's Church, Parramatta, shows that when she was buried on 5th January 1843 she was 103
years old; her headstone gives her age as 100. However, the 1828 Census (which was correct for
William's age) records that she was 74 in that year, which means that she was 89 when she died, and
that she had borne her children between her forty-fourth and fifty-third years
Their four children were James Zadok (b. 9th May 1798), Sarah (b. 8th October, 1800, m. Henry
Clark at St. John's in 1818), John (b. 1st March, 1803), and Charlotte (b. 30th July, 1807) who died
when she was only 5 years old.
In 1840, when William was 68 and Ann 86, they drew up a legal document of lease of their 100-acre
'Bellamy's Farm' in West Pennant Hills to their elder son James. He was to pay them 78 pounds a
year during their lifetimes. After their deaths he was to become the owner of the land and all its
buildings and orchards.
William lived another 10 years. Not long before he died in 1850 he put his signature to a petition of
fruitgrowers sent to the NSW Parliament. This was an interesting document. The signatures were
collected under areas. In the Pennant Hills district the collecting was done by Thomas Seales and
contained the signatures of many local orchardists. Their protest was against what they considered
to be an unjust and excessive series of dues charged to any orchardists from outlying areas who
needed to sell their produce in the City Markets. By contrast, produce grown nearer the city
incurred much lower rates.,
This lengthy petition points to an early attempt at co-operation between the scattered fruit-growers
to protect their interests, and it has in addition the great historic value of recording the signatures or
names of early residents who, on other legal documents, usually only made their marks. "
"Subdivision plans have created two suburban streets across the old farm. They are now known as
Ann William Drive and Bellamy Farm Road, a tribute to two convicts who, by hard work, took
advantage of their opportunity to make a good life for their children and their children's children."
Notes provived by Raymond Morris:
"William BELLAMY was born in 1772 in London Eng (Convict). He died on 14 Nov 1850 in
Pennant Hills, Sydney, Australia. He married Ann FAY on 10 Jul 1797 in St Johns Anglican Church
Parramatta NSW.
Convict: Old Bailey trial 9 Dec 1789.
Crime shoplifting 6 pairs of leather shoes value 30 sh. Convicted. Sentence 7 years.
Transported on Ship: "ACTIVE" (built 1764 at Shoreham, 350 tons). Departed from
Portsmouth 27 Mar 1791 (3rd Fleet) arrived Sydney 26 Sep 1791 (duration 183 days).
No record of his activities in his early years in the colony he was probably assigned to a landholder.
Married Ann Fay 10 Jul 1797.
1800 Muster: William & Ann Bellamy rented 100 acres in the Dundas/Pennant Hills region growing
wheat & maize & running 16 hogs. They were both free & off the stores, with two children.
1804 Muster: Granted another 100 acres
1806 Muster: Granted another 30 acres. Now have 4 children.
In Feb 1821 it was reported that Mr William Bellamy the settler had captured John
Cockling or Cochrane one of William Geary`s bushranger gang.
In March 1821 Bushrangers led by William Geary raided their property and stole a musket, bayonet,
cutless and a powder horn. Later that year their son James came accross the bushrangers whilst out
kangaroo shooting and in self defence shot and killed one of them.
The 1822 Muster shows: Landholder of Parramatta with 100 acres of which 60 acres are cleared. He
was growing Wheat, Maize, Oats & Potoes and had 3 horses, 300 sheep & 30 hogs.
Refer also to book at NSW State Library - Third Fleet Families of Australia by C. J. Smee."
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From Raymond Morris (Genes Reunited) - 2008-07-17
Disagreement over the ancestry of William Zadock Bellamy (1772). One source showed him as having been transported to Australia on the ship "Sesostris" and his parents as Richard Bellamy (born 1752 in England) and Margaret (?) ". Another source shows him transported to Australia on the ship "Active" and his parents as Richard Bellamy (born 1732 in England) and Mary Morton (born 1732 in England) as his grandparents. Another source showed his parents as William Bellamy and Susanna.Bow William BELLAMY was born in 1772 in London Eng (Convict). He died on 14 Nov 1850 in Pennant Hills, Sydney, Australia. He married Ann FAY on 10 Jul 1797 in St Johns Anglican Church Parramatta NSW. Convict: Old Bailey trial 9 Dec 1789. Crime shoplifting 6 pairs of leather shoes value 30 sh. Convicted. Sentence 7 years. Transported on Ship: "ACTIVE" (built 1764 at Shoreham, 350 tons). Departed from Portsmouth 27 Mar 1791 (3rd Fleet) arrived Sydney 26 Sep 1791 (duration 183 days). No record of his activities in his early years in the colony he was probably assigned to a landholder. Married Ann Fay 10 Jul 1797. 1800 Muster: William & Ann Bellamy rented 100 acres in the Dundas/Pennant Hills region growing wheat & maize & running 16 hogs. They were both free & off the stores, with two children. 1804 Muster: Granted another 100 acres 1806 Muster: Granted another 30 acres. Now have 4 children. In Feb 1821 it was reported that Mr William Bellamy the settler had captured John Cockling or Cochrane one of William Geary`s bushranger gang. In March 1821 Bushrangers led by William Geary raided their property and stole a musket, bayonet, cutless and a powder horn. Later that year their son James came accross the bushrangers whilst out kangaroo shooting and in self defence shot and killed one of them. The 1822 Muster shows: Landholder of Parramatta with 100 acres of which 60 acres are cleared. He was growing Wheat, Maize, Oats & Potoes and had 3 horses, 300 sheep & 30 hogs. Refer also to book at NSW State Library - Third Fleet Families of Australia by C. J. Smee. Also the book - A desperate set of Villains by Barbara Hall. ...................................................................... .. Information from the Matherson family tree - Dec 2007 1. William BELLAMY [12], son of William BELLAMY [102] and Susannah UKOW [103], was born on 16 Feb 1772 in Holburn, St Andrew, London, died on 14 Nov 1850 in West Pennant Hills, New Souht Wales, Australia at age 78, and was buried in St John's Cemetery, Parramatta, , NSW, Australia. General Notes: Burial: November 16, 1850, St Johns, Parramatta, NSW, Australia Convict: Tried December 9, 1789, London, England Arrived in Colony: September 26 1791 aboard Active Time in Colony: 59 Years 1789: Tried at London, found guilty of theft of 6 pairs of leather shoes, value 30 shillings, sentenced to transportation for 7 years. 1791: Arrived at Port Jackson aboard "Active" as part of 3rd fleet. Vessel carried 175 male convicts 1804: Granted 100 acres of land at West Pennant Hills 1806: Granted 30 acres of land in Field of Mars, near North Rocks Road, east of Pennant Hills Road 1807: Muster shows William had 27 acres cleared, cultivated, 103 acres of pasture 1821: Supplying wheat to the Government store 1824: granted 60 acres of land at Hornsby, not far from the present railway station 1828: Owned 200 acres of land and had a number of servants 1850: helped organise a petition to the NSW Parliament on behalf of local fruit growers Details of Trial from Old Bailey website: http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/html_units/1780s/t17891209-103.html 104. WILLIAM BELLAMY was indicted for stealing, on the 8th of December, six pair of leather shoes, value 30 s. the property of James Smith, privily in his shop. JAMES SMITH sworn. I am a cordwainer; I lost six pair of leather shoes from my shop, in Beach-lane, on Thursday, the 10th of December, about six, or between six and seven; the prisoner privately came into the shop, and took the things; I did not see him with the things. SARAH WYBURN sworn. I am servant to Mr. Palmer; I had been on an errand on the 10th of December, and coming back, I saw the prisoner at the end of the counter, under the window, with the six pair of shoes under his arm; and he had them under his arm when I came in; I took hold of the shoulder of his jacket, and he dragged me out side of the door, with the shoes under his arm; he threw them on the pavement, outside the door; he was secured; I picked up the shoes, and gave them to Mr. Palmer; and they have been in his possession ever since. WILLIAM PALMER sworn. Deposed to the same effect, and produced the shoes. (Deposed to.) GUILTY of stealing, but not privately. Transported for seven years. Tried by the London Jury before Mr. RECORDER. Information supplied by Allen Maunder: "William Bellamy was born in 1772 in England and was transported on the convict ship Active in 1791 to serve a seven year sentence for the mere offence of stealing six pairs of leather shoes. In 1797 he married Ann Faye who had been convicted in Ireland and sent to Australia on the Marquis Cornwallis to serve a seven year sentence. In 1804 William received the Henry 100 acre grant and, according to the 1804 Muster records, he was working the land then. We can assume that Bellamy soon got to work, for the 1807 Land Stock Muster reads: "William Bellamy, freed by servitude, 100 acre grant, 30 acres (occupied). Wheat It acres; maize 10 acres; barley 4 acres; potatoes I acre; orchard I acre; pasture 103 acres. Sheep 3(m) 6(f); hogs 6(m) 6 (f). In hand; maize 12 bushels. Proprietor, wife, four children not victualled, I free man employed." William and Ann had four children - James Zadok (b. 1798), Sarah (b. 1801), John (b. 1803) and Charlotte (b.1807) who died as a child." William died in 1850 and was buried where his daughter lay at St. John's Cemetery, Parramatta. In 1840 William and Ann had conveyed to their elder son, James all that 100 acres known as 'Bellamy Farm' for an annuity of 70 pounds during the joint natural lives of the said William and Ann, and the survivor of them. Ann died in 1843 and, on the death of William, James inherited the farm." " William Bellamy (1772-1850) had arrived on the Active in the Third Fleet in 1791, on a 7-year sentence for stealing 6 pairs of leather shoes. In 1804 he was granted the 100 acres which had previously been given to the missionary, William Henry, in 1799 and returned by him to the Crown. The present Aiken Road in West Pennant Hills runs through the southern portion of this land. In 1806 Governor King granted Bellamy a further 30 acres in the Field of Mars on the eastern side of Pennant Hills Road, near North Rocks Road. William Bellamy was obviously an energetic farmer as, by the 1807 Land and Stock Muster, he reported that he had 27 acres cleared and cultivated, of which 11 acres were under wheat, 10 acres under maize, 4 acres barley, 1 acre potatoes, and 1 acre planted as orchard. He had 103 acres of pasture, 3 male sheep and 6 female, 6 male hogs and 6 female, and in hand, 6 bushels of maize. He also reported that he had a wife and four children, and one freed convict employed. In 1821 and 1822 Bellamy had sufficient wheat surplus to supply some to the Government Store, and in 1826 he advertised in the Sydney Gazette 9th September, 1826 that he had a fine flock of sheep to sell by private contract. By 1828 he owned 200 acres of land, 60 acres of which were cleared, another 60 cultivated, and he ran 6 horses. In 1797 William Bellamy had married Anne Faye who had arrived in 1796 in the Marquis of Cornwallis on a 7-year sentence. Her age poses an interesting question. The burial record of St. Patrick's Church, Parramatta, shows that when she was buried on 5th January 1843 she was 103 years old; her headstone gives her age as 100. However, the 1828 Census (which was correct for William's age) records that she was 74 in that year, which means that she was 89 when she died, and that she had borne her children between her forty-fourth and fifty-third years Their four children were James Zadok (b. 9th May 1798), Sarah (b. 8th October, 1800, m. Henry Clark at St. John's in 1818), John (b. 1st March, 1803), and Charlotte (b. 30th July, 1807) who died when she was only 5 years old. In 1840, when William was 68 and Ann 86, they drew up a legal document of lease of their 100-acre 'Bellamy's Farm' in West Pennant Hills to their elder son James. He was to pay them 78 pounds a year during their lifetimes. After their deaths he was to become the owner of the land and all its buildings and orchards. William lived another 10 years. Not long before he died in 1850 he put his signature to a petition of fruitgrowers sent to the NSW Parliament. This was an interesting document. The signatures were collected under areas. In the Pennant Hills district the collecting was done by Thomas Seales and contained the signatures of many local orchardists. Their protest was against what they considered to be an unjust and excessive series of dues charged to any orchardists from outlying areas who needed to sell their produce in the City Markets. By contrast, produce grown nearer the city incurred much lower rates., This lengthy petition points to an early attempt at co-operation between the scattered fruit-growers to protect their interests, and it has in addition the great historic value of recording the signatures or names of early residents who, on other legal documents, usually only made their marks. " "Subdivision plans have created two suburban streets across the old farm. They are now known as Ann William Drive and Bellamy Farm Road, a tribute to two convicts who, by hard work, took advantage of their opportunity to make a good life for their children and their children's children." Noted events in his life were: ? He was employed. William married Ann FAYE [13] [MRIN: 192] on 10 Jul 1797 in St John's, Parramatta, NSW, Australia. Ann was born in 1754 in Dublin, Ireland, died on 4 Jan 1843 in Pennant Hills, , NSW, Australia at age 89, and was buried in St Patricks Cemetery, Parramatta, , NSW, Australia. Noted events in her life were: ? She was employed. Children from this marriage were: + 2 M i. James Zadock BELLAMY [11] was born on 9 May 1798 in Parramatta, , NSW, Australia, was christened on 16 Sep 1798, died on 6 Mar 1875 in Pennant Hills, , NSW, Australia at age 76, and was buried in St Pauls, Old Castle Hill, , NSW, Australia. + 3 F ii. Sarah BELLAMY [97] was born on 8 Oct 1800 in Parramatta, , NSW, Australia and died on 5 Nov 1872 in Jillangroo, Gundagi, NSW, Australia at age 72. + 4 M iii. John BELLAMY [98] was born on 15 Mar 1803 in Pennant Hills, , NSW, Australia, was christened on 29 May 1803 in St John's, Parramatta, , NSW, Australia, died on 25 Sep 1873 in Pennant Hills, , NSW, Australia at age 70, and was buried in St Paul's Cemetery, Castle Hill, , NSW, Australia. 5 F iv. Charlotte BELLAMY [99] was born on 13 Jul 1807 in Pennant Hills, , NSW, Australia and died on 23 Jun 1811 in Pennant Hills, , NSW, Australia at age 3. Noted events in her life were: ? She was employed.
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