All known convicts in the family

This is the post with all known convicts in the family, both maternal and paternal sides. Also those who married into the family are included. If you have more information than what I've got here, please do let me know.

All in alphabet order for the ease of searching a convict:-

Edward Bennett, per 'Britannia' -1797, 7 years sentence:

• Born around 1768
• His trial was in 1796 and he was sentenced to transportation for Life
• Arrived abroad the 'Britannia' on 27th May 1797
• Was a landholder with 21 acres of land at Toongabbie in the district of Parramatta, which he then purchased it fully in 1806
• In the Muster of 1806, it was stated that he grew maize on 6 acres of land and had half acre with potatoes - all on his own
• Edward received his Ticket-of-Leave in April 1811
• By the Census of 1828, he was aged 60 years and was buried in 1842 aged 74, leaving behind possibly no descendants

William Butts, per 'William and Ann' - 1791, 7 years sentence:

• Aka Butt, he was in the Third Fleet group, on 'William and Ann' arrived Port Jackson on 28th August 1791
• He was sentenced to 7 years for?
• Married Catharine Malone on 1st June 1794 at St John's Church, Parramatta
• Only child was born to him, a daughter Sarah on 10th December 1794, and she died and buried on 27th January 1797 at St John's Cemetery, Parramatta, aged 3 years
• Received a land grant of 30 acres at the north boundary of the colony (exact location?) in November 1794
• Lived in the district of Mars of Field (?) until his death in 1821, and was buried at ?, Parramatta on 23rd January 1821

William Fry, per ? (possibly a soldier?):


William Goslett, per ?:


John Hockey, per 'Burrell' - 1830, Death sentence to 14 years sentence:


Edward Humphries/Humphreys, per 'Scarborough' - 1788, 7 years sentence:


James Jackson, per ? (possibly a soldier?):

• Arrival details unknown
• Married Lucy Knowland, the daughter of David and Mary Knowland, on 11th May 1826 at St Philip's Church, Sydney. He was listed as a mariner and a bachelor.
• Bought 30 acres of land at Airds from Lucy's father before the marriage to Lucy
• Sold the land to Henry Howey in September 1826, only 4 months after the marriage
• Then abandoned Lucy and disappeared...

Joseph Jones, per ?:


David Knowland, per 'Neptune' - 1790 - Life sentence:

• Aka Nowland, Nowlan, Knowling
• Born around 1772 in East Smithfield, England
• David got caught on 6th June 1788 at Shadwell, England, hiding under a bed inside the house of John Burrell by the police, after being let in by a co-accomplice named Bowles
• Trial on end of June 1788 at Old Bailey had David sentenced with transportation for 7 years for stealing items worth about three pounds
• Held at the Newgate Prison for a year until May 1789 when he was transferred to the "Dunkirk" hulk at Plymouth
• David then embarked on the 'Neptune' in late November 1789
• Left England on 19th January 1790 with the rest of the Second Fleet, which arrived at Port Jackson on 28th April 1790
• Enlisted in the NSW Corps at Norfolk Island on 20th May 1801, as David Knowling. He was attached to the Captain E Abbott's company there
• Met Mary Smith before middle of June 1802
• Had four children with Mary between 1803 and 1810 - Mary, Sarah, Lucy and Mary Ann
• David may have possibly got involved with guarding Parramatta during the battle of Vinegar Hill in 1804
• A record shown David as aged 36 in September 1808 from the records of the NSW Corps
• He delivered twelve bushels of maize to Hawkesbury Stores on 24th June 1809
• Discharged from the NSW Corps in April 1810, a month before the Corps left for England
• David married Mary Smith officially on 6th May 1810 at St Matthew's, Windsor
• He received a land grant of 40 acres at Airds, Campbelltown in the same year
• The NSW Corps record shown David was in the Corps for 8 years, 11 months and that he was living at the district of Windsor with Mary and children by 1810
• A year later in 1811, the family moved to Airds from Windsor to take up the land David was granted with
• On the subscription list, promising to pay two pounds for the construction of the court house at Sydney on 1st July 1813
• He was recommended to have an extra land grant of 60 acres at Airds. David was permitted to be a settler at Airds by December 1814
• David (Nowland) was then granted a land grant of 105 acres at Airds by 18th January 1817
• He got a loan from the Bank of NSW by 1817 but had to sell his land to a Sydney miller named John Leighton for 200 pounds on 7th February 1818
• Became a foster parent to an eight-years-old 'orphan' boy named Thomas Warrington by July 1818 while they lived at Airds
• David was working as a wardsman at the General Hospital in Sydney by September 1821
• He petitioned to the Governor Macquarie for another land grant, stated that he owned two horses and wanted to support his family more comfortably
• Allowed to occupy a 50 acres of land in Airds and David then bought another 30 acres nearby
• In the Muster of 1822, David was listed as a landowner with eighty acres. The land grant of 50 acres was not officially his until 30th June 1823, when Governor Thomas Brisbane signed the papers
• From the Muster of 1822, he had 40 acres cleared with 25 under wheat and other half an acre under peas. He had 20 bushels of wheat and 50 bushels of maize (corn) on hand, as well as two horses and twenty hogs. He had a convict named William Thompson worked for him
• Around 1822, David and other 10 men in the district of Airds sought permission to form a 'patrole' or a security group to combat the robbers who were raiding the farms at night while the farmers slept. David was appointed as a honorary constable afterwards by the magistrates
• In September 1822, a petition was signed by 29 settlers of Airds and Appin, asking to have the market day changed from Friday to Thursday. It was claimed that they were at a disadvantage because of the distance to the market at Sydney - which was about 25 miles/40 kilometres from Airds and from Appin about 35 miles/55 kilometres. The settlers wish to return home in time for their religious duties on Sundays, as the round trip took about 4 days!
• David needed another convict/government servant to help him with working on the property, as he already had several others there (names unknown). He was listed as a ploughman of Airds in March 1825
• From the Muster of 1825, a convict named John Domican (per 'Hooghly' on April 1825) was assigned to David
• He leased his 50 acres block at Airds to Philip Joseph Cohen for a year at the rate of 50 pounds. David was then a settler of Five Islands (Illawarra) and was living with one of his daughters there
• David died in late January and was buried at the 'Pioneer Cemetery' - Liverpool Cemetery near the present Hume Highway on 24th January 1837

Catharine Malone, per 'Sugar Cane' - 1793, 7 years sentence:

• Born around 1769 in Ireland
• Trial on March 1792 at Dublin - was sentenced to 7 years. Her age was noted as 23 years old
• Left Cork, Ireland on 12th April 1793 on the 'Sugar Cane' with 110 male and 50 female convicts
• Arrived Port Jackson on 17th September 1793, a journey that took 157 days with a via to Rio de Janeiro
• Was "under the protection" of a third fleet convict named William Butts, i.e. a de facto relationship, and then got married on 1st June 1794 at St. John's Church, Parramatta NSW
• Only known daughter named Sarah was born 10th December 1794, baptised on 1st February 1795, died and buried on 27th January 1797 at St John's Cemetery, Parramatta
• Nothing is found on her till the birth of her first son, James, who is most likely to be the son of John Warrington. No birth or baptism record found yet on her first 3 sons
• Had 3 more sons between 1805 and 1812 - Thomas, John and William. William was baptised as William Fry Malone on 11th June 1826 at Parramatta. His father was not listed and his identity remained unknown, but a man with surname as 'Fry' would the obvious father?
• In the Muster of 1802, William Butts and Catharine Malone were receiving rations from the Government Stores and were living in the Parramatta district.
• From the Muster of 1806, dated August, it shows that Catharine was a nurse at Parramatta Hospital and already had a child (James or Thomas were not named but presumed it was one of those sons)
•  By 1814, William Butts and Catharine Malone, as a 'wife to' William, were listed as free and were not on the Government Stores list
• In the Musters of 1822 and 1825, Catharine Malone was shown as wife to and was employed by Edward Bennett in the district of Parramatta. In the 1828 Census, they were listed as a family group without children and were living at Seven Hills, and listed as protestants
• From the Return of Orphans, dated Jul 1818, it shows that Catharine Malone's son Thomas Warrinton was then in the care of David and Mary Knowland in the district of Liverpool. Catharine was the mother of four children, and that she was in great distress because the father of her son Thomas Warrington had left the colony. The father was most likely to be a John Warrington
• Believed to have had William Fry Malone fathered by a William Fry?
• Died on 4th August 1841, aged about 72 years old at Seven Hills, and was buried at St Patrick's Cemetery in Parramatta as Catharine Bennett 

John Morris, per 'Almorah' - 1816, 7 years sentence:

John Pallier, per ?:


Daniel Ryan, per 'Phoenix' - 1821, Life sentence:

•  Born around 1805 at the County of Limerick, Ireland - mother: Mary Ryan, father unknown
• Caught stealing a watch from William Barratt in London no 7th June 1821
• Tried at Old Bailey on 18th July 1821 and was sentenced to transportation for Life. Daniel was aged only 16 years old
• Left Portsmouth, England on 20th December 1821 on 'Phoenix', headed for Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania)
• Arrived Hobart, Van Dieman's Land on 20th May 1822
• Was assigned to his mother Mary Ryan at Appin after 1822
• Married Mary Ann Knowland on 5th March 1827 at Campbelltown
• Further details unknown

Malachy Ryan, per 'Tellicherry' - 1806, Life sentence:

• Tried in 1804 at County Limerick, Ireland and was sentenced to Life
• Transported on 'Tellicherry' from Cork, Ireland on 31st August 1805, arrived in Port Jackson on 15th February 1806
• Received a Conditional Pardon in 1813 and lived in the district of Sydney
• Malachy received a land grant of 50 acres at Appin from Governor Macquarie in 1816
•  Appointed as a constable in the district of Appin in 1822. Promoted to the position as a Chief Constable and poundkeeper in the districts of Appin and Illawarra
• Died on 8th February 1852 at Benevolent Society Ayslum in Sydney

Mary Ryan, per 'Minstrel' - 1812, 7 years sentence:

• Born around 1774 in Ireland
• Caught 'stealing some cloth from a shop in London' on 19th December 1811
• Tried on 15th January 1812 at Middlesex, London and was sentenced to transportation for 7 years
• Left England on 4th June 1812 on 'Minstrel', leaving behind her son Daniel aged about 7 years old 
• Arrived Sydney on 25th October 1812 and it was not known where she went to but presumed to the Female Factory at Parramatta
• Mary married Malachy Ryan at St Luke's Church in Liverpool on 20th September 1819
• Had two children in 1813 and other unknown, both un-named!
• Mary petitioned to have her son Daniel be assigned to her in 24th April 1822 at Appin NSW
• Died on 8th February 1854

Mary Smith, per 'Nile' - 1801, Life sentence:

• Aka Mary Hall, born around 1777 in London?, England
• Took various items listed as:  2 mens' shirts (3 pounds and 12 shillings), 3 shifts (3 pounds), 3 gowns (20 shillings), a woman's dress (3 shillings), a yard of muslin (5 shillings), 2 aprons (3 shillings), 9 pairs of stockings (18 shillings), a silk cloak (10 shillings) and a satin bonnet (5 shillings), all the property of Ann Williams, a washerwoman on 18th October 1799
• Arrested on June 1800 at her lodgings, wearing a dress and a hat belonged to Mrs A Williams
• Trial on 9th July 1800 at Old Bailey, Middlesex and was sentenced to death, which was then commuted to transportation for Life
• Mary left England on 21st June 1801 on 'Nile' with other 96 female convicts on board (and there were no death occurred on board during the voyage with other two ships 'Canada' and 'Minorca'. 'Minorca' listed 2 deaths on board)
•  Arrived at Port Jackson on 14th December 1801, after a journey of 176 days
• Her first child, Mary Knowland or Smith, was born on 14th March 1803 and had her baby baptised on Christmas Day of 1803 which was recorded at St Philip's Church in Sydney. It was assumed that the actual ceremony was done elsewhere, possibly at Windsor, where Mary Smith and David Knowland were living then, rather than at Sydney
• Her other 3 daughters were born in Windsor - Sarah, Lucy and Mary Ann. All were born before Mary Smith and David Knowland got married, at St Matthew's Church of Windsor dated 6th May 1810
• Mary recieved her Ticket-of-Leave by 1806
• In the Muster of 1822, she was listed as living at Liverpool with 2 children aged 12 and 14
• Then in the Muster of 1825 had Mary living at Liverpool as a wife of D Nowland. David (Knowling) is shown as a landholder of Liverpool with his children listed as Lucy and Mary Ann Knowling
• Catholic baptisms were done in June and July of 1820 for David, Lucia, Mary Ann and Sarah Nowlan of Bunbury Curran. Mary Snr may have already been baptised in England
• Mary witnessed her daughter Sarah Nowland's marriage to Thomas Martin on 30th May 1822, along with her husband David, from the Therry Registers. Sarah and Thomas Martin were living at Liverpool by 1822
• In 1818, Mary and David took in an orphan boy named Thomas Warrington under their care. Thomas Warrington had three brothers (William, John and James) who were placed in the orphanage by 1818 and their mother being Catharine Malone who was in distress and unable to take care of her boys then. It was believed that Catharine and the Knowland family knew each other
• Mary may have died before 1829 and probably was buried at Liverpool, however no record was found yet
• Mary's third daughter Lucy married William Warrington/Fry, the youngest son of Catharine Malone in 1841 

John Solomon, per 'Mariner' - 1815/1816, 14 years sentence:


Sarah Thornton, per 'Broxborough' - 1814, 7 years sentence:


John Turner, per 'Mariner' - 1815/1816, ?


Mary Williams, per 'Neptune' - 1790, Life sentence:


James W Woods, per ?