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John BEAL(E)

John BEAL(E)

Male 1783 - 1850  (67 years)

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  • Name John BEAL(E)  [1, 2, 3] 
    Born 1783  Maldon, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Christened 23 Mar 1783  All Saints' & St Peter, Maldon, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Gender Male 
    Criminal Registers - England 27 Jul 1812 
    Sentenced to death 
    • Guildford, Surrey, England
    Residence 13 Aug 1812 
    On board the prison hulk "Retribution" - sentenced commuted to 
    • Transportation NSW for life - transported on 14 Oct 1812
      Woolwich, Kent, England
    Arrival 11 Jun 1813 
    On board the "Fortune"- transported for life 
    • Sydney, New South Wales
    Occupation 1840 
    Merchant's clerk 
    • Sydney, New South Wales
    Ansolute Pardon Jan 1840 
    • Sydney, New South Wales
    _UID 37D4019AC5AA463DBF8CC30342049D6DF94F 
    Died 24 Sep 1850  Geelong, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 25 Sep 1850  Wesleyan Cemetery, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Event Description: Wesleyan Section of the Eastern Cemetery,
    Person ID I2872  Connor McCann Family
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2021 

    Father Joseph BEAL(E),   b. Abt 1752, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1818, Maldon, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Mother Rebecca HEPPY,   b. Abt 1751, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1833, Maldon, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Married 20 Jun 1776  All Saints' & St Peter, Maldon, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage Record For Joseph Beele & Rebecca Heppy
      In the Parish of Maldon All Saints &Amp; St Peter
      Groom's Name
    Family ID F2242  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Joseph BEAL(E),   d. 1840, Maldon, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Rebecca HEPPY,   b. Abt 1751, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1833, Maldon, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Married 20 Jun 1776  All Saints' & St Peter, Maldon, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6492  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rosetta (Rose) JOHNSON,   b. 1781, Ballygowan, Ardee, Co Louth, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1845, Blackwattle Swamp, Glebe, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 1 Jun 1818  Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • There are two marriages registered - V1818841 147B/1818 at CA Churchof England Sydney, St Phillip's to Rosetta Johnston AND V181821953A/1818 at CB Church of England Parramatta, St John's to RosettaJohnson
    Children 
     1. Catherine JOHNSON,   b. 1808, Dundalk, Louth, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1832, George Town, Tasmania, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)  [Stepchild]
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2021 
    Family ID F1042  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Eliza BROWNE,   b. 1814, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1884, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 27 Jun 1845  Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • V184584 87/1845 - Independent (Congregational)
    Last Modified 21 May 2020 
    Family ID F1043  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Index to the Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1825

      BEAL, John. Per "Fortune", 1813

      1818 May 4,5 - Re permission to marry at Parramatta (Reel 6006; 4/3498 p.203)

      1818 Nov 30 - Application to withdraw Catherine Johnson from Female Orphan Institution rejected (Reel 6040; 4/403 p.23)

      1819 Apr 17 - Appointed Keeper of Parramatta Gaol (Reel 6038; SZ1044 p.29)

      1819 Oct 27 - Re transmission of examination of re case of Francis Oakes of Parramatta (Reel 6006; 4/3500 p.320)

      1819 Aug 19 Re evidence at inquest on Thomas Gorman (Reel 6021; 4/1819 p.234)

      1819 Oct 27 - Re transmission of examination of re case of Francis Oakes of Parramatta (Reel 6006; 4/3500 p.320)

      1821 Dec - Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3206; 4/1862 p.15)

      1822 Mar 27,29 - Appointed overseer of the party to clear land for Robert Crawford of Prospect (Reel 6022, 4/7014 p.115; Reel 6009, 4/3505 p.91)

      1822 May 30 - Petition by his wife Rosetta for mitigation of his sentence (Fiche 3212; 4/1864 p.19)

      1823 Apr 5 - On return of allotments in the town of Parramatta (Fiche 3265; 4/7576 p.16)

      1825 - On list of Crown servants mustered in the employ of Hannibal MacArthur in 1824; at Parramatta (Fiche 3146; 4/1843B No.571 p.703)

      CSreLand
      1829 [Item 2/7798 Reel 1090] see Paramatta allotments (1829) [2/8014.1], copy reel 1243

      State Records of NSW

      10 Jul 1834 - Recomended Conditional Pardon [4/4478; Reel 797 Page 016]
      1 Jan 1840 Recommended ABsolute Pardon [4/4489; Reel 800 Page 012]

      Primary source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 89 (46)
      Source description: This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project.

      John Beale(e)

      John Beale was born in 1786 in Essex, England. He was tried at the Surrey Assizes, convicted on 27 July 1812 and sentenced to life. He was transported to the colony on the FORTUNE which left England In December 1812 and arrived at Port Jackson in June 1813.

      "Summer Assizes SURREY 27 JUly 1812 (ASSI35/252/3)
      John BEAL alias DIXON alias HAMBLIN
      Guilty of burglary in Church of St Olave, bourough of Southwark. Sentenced to be hanged by the neck until he be dead.
      REPRIEVED - transported beyond the seas for the rest of his natural life.
      Indictment
      The jurors of our Lord the King upon their oath present that John BEAL late of the parish of ST Olave within the Borough of Southwark in the county of Surrey labourer.
      On the 28th day of March in the 52nd year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George III of Great Britain and Ireland with force and arms at the parish aforesaid in the Count aforesaid then & there Burglarously with force & arms with intent to steal two prayer books value fifteen shillings and sixpence the goods & chattels of James GATTEY & one other prayer book value two shillings & sixpence the goods and chattels of John Hough JACKSON in the church of the said parish against the peace and dignity of our Lord the King.
      Witness James GATTEY, Henry DEMPSTER, Thomas STAFFORD, John Hough Jackson, John PEARCE, & John ROSCOE.
      Jury say Guilty. To be hanged by the neck until he is dead. REPRIEVED".

      He later married Rosetta (Rose) Johnston(e) who was the mother of Catherine, the first wife of Nicholas McCann, son of Peter McCann who arrived in the colony as a convict on the MINERVA in 1800.

      John Beal's occupation was shown on the Ship's Indent as that of a Merchant Clerk and hence he was literate, His physical details show him as being 5ft 11ins tall with a fair complexion, brown hair and grey eyes. he is listed as 27 years old on the Indent.
      Following his arrival in the colony John Beale was initially employed as a stockman.

      John Beale had an interesting life in the colony and more will be added at a later date.
      Following the death of his wife , Rosetta in 1845, John Beale went to Geelong where he died 5 years later. The McCann family of Geelong has advised that he worked as a clerk during the construction of the Geelong gaol and that he was a "fine man". He was buried in the Wesleyan Section of the Eastern Cemetery, Geelong on the 25 September 1850.

  • Sources 
    1. [S56] New South Wales, Australia,Convict Registers of Conditional and Absolute Pardons 1791-1867, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.Original data - Copies of returns of Absolute and Conditional Pardons granted. Series 1165. State Records Reel 774, copy of 4/4492. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswo;) (Reliability: 3).
      Birth date: 1786
      Birth place:
      Residence date:
      Residence place: New South Wales, Australia
      Origin date:
      Origin place: Essex, England
      Arrival date: 1813
      Arrival place:

    2. [S9] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S55] UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data - Home Office: Convict Prison Hulks: Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849. Microfilm, HO9,;) (Reliability: 3).
      Birth date: abt 1785
      Birth place:
      Residence date: 13 Aug 1812
      Residence place: Woolwich



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