Australian Royalty: Genealogy of the colony of NSW

The Old Bailey transcript is as follows:
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.

On 9 Dec 1789 at the Old Bailey he was convicted of shoplifting 6 pairs of leather shoes. He was transported on the ship Active which arrived in the colony as part of the Third Fleet on 26 Sep 1791.

William Belmey [sic] of the parish of Parramatta and Ann Fay [sic] were married in this church by Banns this tenth day of Jul by me Samuel Marsden
William and Ann both signed the register with their X marks
In the presence of William Civil and Sarah Brusell who both made their X marks

In 1804 William was granted 100 acres with the present Aiken Road, West Pennant Hills running though its southern portion. This property had previously been given to the missionary William Henry in 1799, and returned by him to the Crown.
In 1806 Governor King granted William a further 30 acres in the Field of Mars on the eastern side of Pennant Hills Road near North Rocks Road.

According to the 1807 Land and Stock Muster, William 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 William had sufficient wheat surplus to supply some to the Government Store.

The Sydney Gazette reported that William had a fine flock of sheep to sell by private contract.

Bellamy, William 56 free by servitude, Active, 1793, 7 years, Protestant, settler, Castle Hill, 200 acres 60 cleared 50 cultivated 9 horses
Bellamy, Ann 74, free by servitude, Cornwallis 1797 7 years, Protestant

In the supplement to the Sydney Herald of 24th October 1831 a government notice dated 14 Oct 1831 announced land grants at South Colah to William Bellamy, one hundred acres, and to John and James Bellamy (William's sons) sixty acres each. William's grant being bounded on the south by the farms of John and James Bellamy.
Quit rent on each portion was to commence on 1 Jan 1827, the amount of William's land being two shillings per acre, and on the other portions one shilling. The grants were promised by Governor Macquarie on 16 Jan 1816.
William's grant was portion 86, lying south of the present (1979) Mildred Avenue and Stephen Street, Hornsby. Portion 87 granted to John Bellamy, and Portion 88, James Bellamy's land, extended southwards to half way between the present (1979) Florence Street and Edgeworth David Avenue.
These three grants appear to have reverted to the Crown as they were advertised in the name of Thomas Hyndes on 1 Oct 1838, at the request of the promisees. The three portions, totalling 220 acres, were transferred to Thomas Hyndes on 15 Jan 1839.
There seems to have been no permanent settlement by the Bellamy family at Hornsby, but the use of the word 'farms' in the description of the grants of John and James Bellamy, suggests that these portions were occupied or worked at some period.
The Bellamy Grants acquired by Thomas Hyndes became part of the 580 acres held by Burns, Withers and Smith (R.B. Smith & Co.).

In 1840, when William was 68 and Ann 86, they drew up a legal document of lease for their 100 acre 'Bellamy Farm' in West Pennant Hills to their elder son James. He was to pay them £78 a year during their lifetimes. After their deaths he was to become the owner of the land and all its buildings and orchards.

Not long before he died, William put his name to a petition of fruit growers which was sent to the New South Wales Parliament. The protest was against what was considered to be an unjust and excessive series of dues charged to any orchardist from outlying and areas who needed to sell their produce in the City Markets. By contrast, produce grown nearer the city incurred much lower rates.
The petition was 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.

William's gravestone is inscribed:
To the
Memory of WILLIAM
BELLAMY
departed this life on the 14th
November 1850 aged 78 years
The burial register describes William as a farmer.