Australian Newbery/Newbury families
In the late 18th century the English government began transporting convicts to Australia beginning a new era of colonisation.
As with the New England colonies and earlier the West Indies; a number of immigrants bearing the name of Newbery were transported for petty crimes, beginning a new chapter in Australian history. Many of folks searching their families have accessed this web site for more information about their English roots. This page is dedicated to those folks looking to connect their Australian families back to the UK.
You are invited to blog with others interested in their clans and root families to England. The feed is monitored by the admin.
Many thanks to Mr. Peter Flood who recently shared information regarding his ancestor
John Eckersley Newbury who was part of the forced migration to Australia.
Here is his story. . .
In late 2018, the living descendants of John Eckersley Newberry celebrated their ancestor’s life and contribution to the early phase of settlement and regional life in Australia in the mid to late 1800s. Questions concerning his early life evoke divergent emotions within his descendants as to whether or not he was a felon; namely the John Eckersley Newberry born in 1820 in Manchester ENG to Henry Newbury and Martha Eckersley (m. 1817), arrested, tried and convicted of larceny in August 1838. He was sentenced to transportation for seven years to the Penal Colony of New South Wales, Australia. The convict transport John Barry set sail on 12th November 1838 and arrived 1839 (which is close to his arrival date listed on his death certificate). He received his Certificate of Freedom on 23rd February 1850 following the earlier receipt of his Ticket of Leave in 1844.
In 1857, a middle-aged farm hand and alluvial gold prospector, aged 37, he married his teenage bride Bridget Kennedy (aged 14) at Mudgee in central western New South Wales. And by 1870 the young family had travelled with stock to the New England region of Northern new South Wales, north east of the frontier township of Armidale. There he and his family established a several farming enterprises many of which continue today.
As it was for the times families were large compared to today's and many of his offspring had 10 to 15 children. So that by the early 2000s there was as many as 2700 offspring (and still counting). <end>
As with the New England colonies and earlier the West Indies; a number of immigrants bearing the name of Newbery were transported for petty crimes, beginning a new chapter in Australian history. Many of folks searching their families have accessed this web site for more information about their English roots. This page is dedicated to those folks looking to connect their Australian families back to the UK.
You are invited to blog with others interested in their clans and root families to England. The feed is monitored by the admin.
Many thanks to Mr. Peter Flood who recently shared information regarding his ancestor
John Eckersley Newbury who was part of the forced migration to Australia.
Here is his story. . .
In late 2018, the living descendants of John Eckersley Newberry celebrated their ancestor’s life and contribution to the early phase of settlement and regional life in Australia in the mid to late 1800s. Questions concerning his early life evoke divergent emotions within his descendants as to whether or not he was a felon; namely the John Eckersley Newberry born in 1820 in Manchester ENG to Henry Newbury and Martha Eckersley (m. 1817), arrested, tried and convicted of larceny in August 1838. He was sentenced to transportation for seven years to the Penal Colony of New South Wales, Australia. The convict transport John Barry set sail on 12th November 1838 and arrived 1839 (which is close to his arrival date listed on his death certificate). He received his Certificate of Freedom on 23rd February 1850 following the earlier receipt of his Ticket of Leave in 1844.
In 1857, a middle-aged farm hand and alluvial gold prospector, aged 37, he married his teenage bride Bridget Kennedy (aged 14) at Mudgee in central western New South Wales. And by 1870 the young family had travelled with stock to the New England region of Northern new South Wales, north east of the frontier township of Armidale. There he and his family established a several farming enterprises many of which continue today.
As it was for the times families were large compared to today's and many of his offspring had 10 to 15 children. So that by the early 2000s there was as many as 2700 offspring (and still counting). <end>
