Isaac Champion

Name
Isaac /Champion/
Given names
Isaac
Surname
Champion
Birth
Occupation
Soldier
estimated 1801
Employer: Government
Citation details: p. 262
Text:

Isaac Champion reduced by Paterson 3 Jul 1809 CCP for debt, released from gaol 10 Nov 1809. Discharged UK 16 Sep 1811
1802 arrived in NSW per the ship Atlas, rank Private
1802 Grose detachment
1803-1804 Norfolk Island Foveaux detachment
1805-1806 Parramatta Foveaux detachment
1807-1808 Abbott detachment Parramatta
3 Jul 1809 rank Private
10 Nov 1809 rank Sergeant
15 Dec 1809 rank private
1810 Brabyn detachment
May 1810 - return UK

Immigration
Census
Citation details: 1806 muster
Text:

Mary Graham prisoner per Atlas, with Serj. Chapsness, Parramatta

Marriage
Text:

Name: Isaac Champion
Marriage Date: 1810
Marriage Place: Sydney, New South Wales
Registration Date: 1810
Registration Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Spouse: Mary A Graham
Volume Number: V A

Emigration
Witness in court martial of Major Johnston
Citation details: Globe - Thursday 06 June 1811 p. 3
Text:

"... Isaac Champion, a private, but formerly an acting Sergeant Major and Paymaster to two companies, said he had received orders from Lieut.-Col. Johnstone to guard the Governor closely, and when he went out, to take care that the continually kept within ten yards of him. He saw an effigy of Governor Bligh, in the possession of Sergeant-Major Whittle, on the evening of the 27th, which was exposed to public view ... which represented a naval officer dragged from under a bed by two soldiers. He also saw an effigy of the Governor burned on Church-hill, on the evening of the 28th of January during the time it was burning, three cheers were repeated by the crowd, who consisted principally of soldiers and a few convicts. Col. Johnstone, Major Abbott, and several other officers, were present at the time; the military band was also present, and played a tune which was called "Governor Bligh is gone under the bed."

Death
yes
Family with Mary Ann Graham
himself
Birth: Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Death:
wife
17781832
Birth: estimated 1778
Death: September 20, 1832Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage Marriagebetween January 1810 and April 1810Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
-5 years
daughter
1805
Birth: May 22, 1805 27 New South Wales, Australia
Death:
6 years
daughter
1810
Birth: 1810 32 Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death:
2 years
daughter
18111849
Birth: about 1811 33
Death: 1849Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Francis Able + Mary Ann Graham
wife’s husband
17681852
Birth: about 1768
Death: 1852Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
wife
17781832
Birth: estimated 1778
Death: September 20, 1832Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage MarriageJune 13, 1813Portsea, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
7 months
stepdaughter
18131897
Birth: about 1813 45 35
Death: 1897Queanbeyan, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
5 years
stepson
18171836
Birth: 1817 49 39 the high seas
Death: 1836Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
6 years
stepson
1822
Birth: 1822 54 44 Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death:
Birth
Occupation
Citation details: p. 262
Text:

Isaac Champion reduced by Paterson 3 Jul 1809 CCP for debt, released from gaol 10 Nov 1809. Discharged UK 16 Sep 1811
1802 arrived in NSW per the ship Atlas, rank Private
1802 Grose detachment
1803-1804 Norfolk Island Foveaux detachment
1805-1806 Parramatta Foveaux detachment
1807-1808 Abbott detachment Parramatta
3 Jul 1809 rank Private
10 Nov 1809 rank Sergeant
15 Dec 1809 rank private
1810 Brabyn detachment
May 1810 - return UK

Immigration
Text:

The ship Atlas II arrived in NSW 30 Oct 1802

Census
Citation details: 1806 muster
Text:

Mary Graham prisoner per Atlas, with Serj. Chapsness, Parramatta

Marriage
Text:

Name: Isaac Champion
Marriage Date: 1810
Marriage Place: Sydney, New South Wales
Registration Date: 1810
Registration Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Spouse: Mary A Graham
Volume Number: V A

Witness in court martial of Major Johnston
Citation details: Globe - Thursday 06 June 1811 p. 3
Text:

"... Isaac Champion, a private, but formerly an acting Sergeant Major and Paymaster to two companies, said he had received orders from Lieut.-Col. Johnstone to guard the Governor closely, and when he went out, to take care that the continually kept within ten yards of him. He saw an effigy of Governor Bligh, in the possession of Sergeant-Major Whittle, on the evening of the 27th, which was exposed to public view ... which represented a naval officer dragged from under a bed by two soldiers. He also saw an effigy of the Governor burned on Church-hill, on the evening of the 28th of January during the time it was burning, three cheers were repeated by the crowd, who consisted principally of soldiers and a few convicts. Col. Johnstone, Major Abbott, and several other officers, were present at the time; the military band was also present, and played a tune which was called "Governor Bligh is gone under the bed."