Sarah Pearce, 17801851 (aged 71 years)

Name
Sarah /Pearce/
Given names
Sarah
Surname
Pearce
Name
Sarah /Douglas/
Type of name
married name
Birth
Marriage
about 1797 (aged 17 years)
Note: This was a de facto union.
Immigration
Source: unknown
Text:

Sarah was probably convicted at Winchester Assizes for breaking, entering and stealing and sentenced to hanging on 5 Mar 1799. This was later commuted to life imprisonment with transporation. She was transported aboard the ship Nile which departed Spithead 21 Jun 1801 and arrived in the colony on 14 Dec 1801.
Sarah probably brought her infant son John born abt 1798 with her on the voyage.

Marriage
Text:

Research over 37 yrs has proven Thomas Reynolds was the illegitimate son of Sarah Pearce and father unknown (and not Thomas Reynolds) as Thomas Reynolds senior was only in Australia for a couple of months when young one was born and Sarah Pearce was living with him. Young Thomas was christened as Reynolds. Hard to convince some as they want him to be the son of First Fleeters William Douglas and Mary Groves.

Not married
about 1803 (aged 23 years)
Text:

Probably a de facto relationship

Not married
Text:

Probably a de facto relationship

Census
1806 (aged 26 years)
Census
Note: Thomas was free by servitude, had arrived aboard the ship 'Canada' after receiving a sentence of 7 years and was a land holder at Windsor.

Thomas was free by servitude, had arrived aboard the ship 'Canada' after receiving a sentence of 7 years and was a land holder at Windsor.
Pierce, Sarah, free by servitude, Nile, 7 years, gaol, Sydney

Census
Text:

Counted were:
Sarah Pearce free by servitude per ship 'Nile' in 1801 -
with Thomas Douglas at Richmond.
Children of Thomas Douglas:
Maria 16 born in colony
Joseph 11 born in colony
Charlotte 9 born in colony
Sarah 7 born in colony
Isaac 4 born in colony

Census
Text:

Douglass, Thomas, 60, free by servitude, Canada, 1812, 7 years, labourer, Richmond
Douglass, Sarah, 46, free by servitude, Nile, 1802, 7 years, Protestant
Douglass, Joseph, 15, born in the colony
Douglass, Charlotte, 13, born in the colony
Douglass, isaac, 7, born in the colony

Death
Burial
Cemetery: St Peters Church of England Cemetery
Family with
husband
herself
17801851
Birth: about 1780Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: August 27, 1851Richmond, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage Marriageabout 1797
4 years
son
1800
Birth: 1800 20 Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Death:
Family with
husband
herself
17801851
Birth: about 1780Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: August 27, 1851Richmond, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage Marriageabout 1801New South Wales, Australia
2 years
son
18021871
Birth: December 15, 1802 22 New South Wales, Australia
Death: July 8, 1871Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Family with Thomas Reynolds
partner
17811832
Birth: about 1781
Death: June 26, 1832
herself
17801851
Birth: about 1780Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: August 27, 1851Richmond, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Not married Not marriedabout 1803
19 months
daughter
18041804
Birth: July 15, 1804 23 24 New South Wales, Australia
Death: September 17, 1804New South Wales, Australia
Family with Thomas Douglas
partner
17681856
Birth: about 1768
Death: January 8, 1856Richmond, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
herself
17801851
Birth: about 1780Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: August 27, 1851Richmond, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Not married Not marriedabout 1804New South Wales, Australia
3 years
son
18061828
Birth: about 1806 38 26 New South Wales, Australia
Death: August 14, 1828New South Wales, Australia
3 years
daughter
1808
Birth: about 1808 40 28 New South Wales, Australia
Death:
3 years
daughter
18101811
Birth: 1810 42 30 Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1811Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
son
18121855
Birth: about 1812 44 32 New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1855Hawkesbury River, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
daughter
18141873
Birth: 1814 46 34 New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1873Richmond, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
daughter
18161879
Birth: about 1816 48 36 New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1879New South Wales, Australia
6 years
son
18211858
Birth: about 1821 53 41 New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1858Richmond, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
4 years
son
18241825
Birth: October 1824 56 44
Death: 1825Richmond, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Thomas Reynolds + Mary Nuttall
partner
17811832
Birth: about 1781
Death: June 26, 1832
partner’s wife
17901833
Birth: about 1790
Death: December 13, 1833
Religious marriage Religious marriageJuly 9, 1821Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
-15 years
partner’s daughter
1806
Birth: October 11, 1806 25 16 Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death:
3 years
partner’s son
1809
Birth: December 19, 1809 28 19
Death:
18 months
partner’s son
1811
Birth: June 15, 1811 30 21
Death:
2 years
partner’s daughter
1813
Birth: May 29, 1813 32 23
Death:
3 years
partner’s daughter
1816
Birth: June 16, 1816 35 26
Death:
4 years
partner’s son
1819
Birth: about 1819 38 29
Death:
2 years
partner’s son
18211821
Birth: February 27, 1821 40 31
Death: April 21, 1821
10 months
partner’s son
1821
Birth: about 1821 40 31
Death:
Immigration
Source: unknown
Text:

Sarah was probably convicted at Winchester Assizes for breaking, entering and stealing and sentenced to hanging on 5 Mar 1799. This was later commuted to life imprisonment with transporation. She was transported aboard the ship Nile which departed Spithead 21 Jun 1801 and arrived in the colony on 14 Dec 1801.
Sarah probably brought her infant son John born abt 1798 with her on the voyage.

Marriage
Text:

Research over 37 yrs has proven Thomas Reynolds was the illegitimate son of Sarah Pearce and father unknown (and not Thomas Reynolds) as Thomas Reynolds senior was only in Australia for a couple of months when young one was born and Sarah Pearce was living with him. Young Thomas was christened as Reynolds. Hard to convince some as they want him to be the son of First Fleeters William Douglas and Mary Groves.

Not married
Text:

Probably a de facto relationship

Not married
Text:

Probably a de facto relationship

Census
Text:

Sarah was listed as a ticket of leaver with --- Douglas.

Census
Census
Text:

Counted were:
Sarah Pearce free by servitude per ship 'Nile' in 1801 -
with Thomas Douglas at Richmond.
Children of Thomas Douglas:
Maria 16 born in colony
Joseph 11 born in colony
Charlotte 9 born in colony
Sarah 7 born in colony
Isaac 4 born in colony

Census
Text:

Douglass, Thomas, 60, free by servitude, Canada, 1812, 7 years, labourer, Richmond
Douglass, Sarah, 46, free by servitude, Nile, 1802, 7 years, Protestant
Douglass, Joseph, 15, born in the colony
Douglass, Charlotte, 13, born in the colony
Douglass, isaac, 7, born in the colony

Marriage

This was a de facto union.

Census

Thomas was free by servitude, had arrived aboard the ship 'Canada' after receiving a sentence of 7 years and was a land holder at Windsor.
Pierce, Sarah, free by servitude, Nile, 7 years, gaol, Sydney