George Shipley 3rd GGF
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1811 - Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England
Christening:
Death: 26 Aug 1885 - Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Burial: 31 Aug 1885 - Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Events
• He was baptised on 3 Sep 1811 in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England.
• He worked as a baker on 21 Mar 1837.
• He resided at Lancaster Gaol on 21 Mar 1837 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.
• Trial: Tried for stealing a horse and cart. Convicted and sentenced to deport, on 21 Mar 1837, in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.
• He resided at aboard prison hulk 'Fortitude' on 27 Apr 1837 in Chatham, Kent, England.
• Departure: aboard prison ship Neptune, on 29 Sep 1837, in London, England.
• He had a residence in Nov 1837 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
• Arrival: aboard prison ship Neptune, on 18 Jan 1838, in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
• Arrival: 22 Mar 1839, in New South Wales, Australia.
Parents
Father: George Shipley 4th GGF (1777-1837)
Mother: Ann Smith 4th GGM (1773-1868)
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Ann Deacon 3rd GGM (23 May 1813 - Sep 1892)
Marriage: 6 Aug 1834 - Great Bowden, Leicestershire, England
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Children:
1. George Deacon Shipley 2nd GGF (1835-1926)
2. Mary Ann Bowling (1813 - 3 Sep 1883)
Marriage: 27 Sep 1871 - Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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3. Ann Smedley (Abt 1818 - 2 Apr 1860)
Marriage: 27 Nov 1848 - Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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4. Sarah Ashmore (1811 - Bef 1871)
Marriage: 23 Sep 1861 - Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
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Notes
General:
Misc. event Type: I.G.I. Christening Misc. event Place: 1811 Baptism D ate: 3 SEP 1811 Baptism Place: St Mary's Parish Church, Burton Latime r Emigration Date: 1837 Emigration Place: Transported to Tasmania Occu pation Date: 1834 Occupation Place: Baker George, my great great grea t grandfather, was born in 1811 to George Shipley and Anne at Burton L atimer. He was baptised at St Mary's Parish church there on 3rd Septe mber 1811. He had three siblings; two older sisters, Mary Ann born 1 806 and Jane born 1808 and a younger sister, Fanny, born 1813. Ther e had also been two other siblings who died at birth in 1803 and 1804 . It appears that by 1837 Mary Ann had also died for, in her petitio n for clemency of that year, his mother stated that " she was a wido w, mother of six children of whom only three survive" - it is known t hat her children George, Fanny and Jane lived for many more years . George married Mary Anne Deacon on 6th August 1834. The marriage t ook place in the parish of Great Bowden. George was "of the parish o f Burton Latimer" and Mary "of this parish" i.e. Great Bowden. Georg e signed his name and Mary made her mark. The witnesses were Jane Sh ipley (George's sister) and James Deacon (probably Mary's brother) . Jane signed her name and James made his mark. George and Mary Anne' s son George Deacon - their only child - was born in 1835 and christe ned on 29th December at Holy Trinity, Coventry. On their son's birth r ecord his father's occupation is given as baker. On the 21st March 18 37, at the age of 25, George was convicted to "life" and transporte d to Tasmania - then known as Van Diemens Land. His crime had been t o hire a pony and trap, (from Mrs. Clementina Deakin of Tamworth, St affordshire) and then to try and sell it. He was tried, without def ence, at Lancaster assizes and found guilty. He was imprisoned in L ancaster Castle and some seven months later, on the 7th October 1837 , was transported from Sheerness on the ship " Neptune" along with 1 99 other men - three of whom died on the journey. The ship arrived a t VDL on 18th January 1838 - a journey of more than a hundred days . Three petitions for clemency were made. The first, on March 30t h 1837 by W.H. Henslowe, Minister and the Rev J. S. Grimshawe, Recto r of Burton Latimer, to the Right Honourable Lord John Russel at Wobu rn Abbey, Bedfordshire, mentions George's penitence, the fact of hi s being the only son of a widowed mother, (it can therefore be assum ed that his father had died before that year and that George was tryi ng to run the family business) his family's exemplary conduct and ch aracter, his being driven to crime by his inability to make up his pay ments as a baker and the fact that he was him self similarly robbed bu t forbore to prosecute. The second, in February 1841 by George himsel f, to The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty and supported by letters fr om his master Mr Hugo of Liverpool Street, Hobart Town Tasmania an d the Rev. Grimshawe, details his good character previous to his convi ction (which was his first offence) and his good behaviour since bein g assigned to his master in Tasmania; also the fact that after the f irst petition, upwards of three years previously, he was advised tha t if he conduct himself well some mitigation of sentence might be gra nted him. The third in February 1847 by his mother - again to The Qu een's Most Excellent M ajesty, tells of the fact that George was und efended at his trial. She felt that, had he been so, the outcome wo uld have been very different because "he did not contemplate stealin g the horse when he hired it" and "the offence would not have amounte d to a felony but to a breach of trust which would not have subjecte d the prisoner to so severe a sentence". George's good conduct is aga in cited and she goes on to tell of her great loss and hardship sinc e her son's conviction and begs that Her Majesty will see fit to "r estore her son to the home of his aged parent and to the bosom of hi s bereaved wife and family". Sadly, none of these petitions were succe ssful - Anne, George's mother, never saw him again although it is app arent that they did manage to communicate by letter from time to time . George was granted a ticket of leave in 1846 and a conditional par don in 1849 and he married several times in Tasmania. The first occa sion was in 1848 when George was 37. It was a "convict marriage" t o Ann Smedley, spinster, aged 32 , who had also been transported fro m England on the ship "Tory" in 1845. The marriage took place on 2 7th November in St. Georges at Hobart [it was a bigamous marriage, a s was Mary Ann's second marriage]. Anne died on 2nd Apri l 1860 fro m "inflammation of the chest". Her death record gives her husband' s occupation as "labourer". In 1856 the electoral roll gives George' s address as lodging house, (Juror house) 80, Wellington St., Launces ton. ( annual rent 50 shillings) and in 1861 his son's marriage certi ficate gives his father's occupation as "boarding house keeper". Th e next marriage was to Sarah Ashmore, a widow, aged 50. (George was a lso 50 - again he is not described as a widower). It took place on Se ptember 23rd 1861 in the Baptist Chapel at Launceston. No other deta ils are known except that Sarah too must have died (presumably the m ortality rate was high in Tasmania at that time) for George married a gain for the fourth and last time. This time it was to Jane Neighbou r nee Bowling/Boling/Bollinger. Jane was also an ex-convict. Origi nally she was transported from England in 1851 having been convicted o f "larceny by a servant" - on 25th November 1850 she had stolen mone y and clothing from Mr. Lea of Leadenhall St., London. On her convic t record she was described as "a plain cook, aged 32 , height 5ft 1in , complexion pale, visage full, forehead high, nose small, eyes blue , eyebrows sandy , hair russet" and she had a scar on the centre of h er forehead. She was a widow/single with no children and came fro m Stepney. She could read and write. She had three brothers; John, J ames and Thomas who had also been transported, sentenced to 10 years , about seven years before her. Jane got a ticket of leave in Octobe r 1857 and married William Neighbour, a butcher, on 24th July 1858 a t Hobart. Her maiden name was given as Mary Ann Boling ( presumabl y she was also known as Jane - apparently convicts often used more th an one name in order to hide their past misdemeanours) William died o f a pulmonary abscess in 1862. Unfortunately, on 18th April 1866, J ane (Mary Ann) was caught stealing bacon and sentenced to six month s hard labour. (Jane Neighbour's convict record was added to that of M ary Bowling - thus confirming that they were one and the same). Geor ge, then a widower aged 60 and Jane (Mary Ann) a widow aged 45, mar ried on 27th September 1871 in the Wesleyan church at Hobart. His oc cupation was given as baker and hers as housekeeper. (It looks lik e she was under-stating her age as she could well have been in her fif ties by then). They died within a week of each other; he on 26th Au gust 1885 of bronchitis and old age, she on 3rd September of cardia c disease and dropsy. Their funerals were not those of paupers - th e joint funeral expenses came to 19 pounds - a lot of money in 1885 . George left a will and in it he did "give and bequeath to Mary Jan e Bolling now residing with me all furniture and personal effects o f which I might die possessed and also all monies and personal estat e in Tasmania of which I may die possessed for her own use". It is as sumed that Mary Jane Bolling was either the daughter of Jane Neighbou r nee Mary Ann Bowling/Boling and was born after her arrival in Tasma nia in 1851 and before she married William Neighbour in 1858, or tha t she was a daughter of Thomas Bowling, Mary Anne's convict brother . (A female child was born to a Thomas Bowling and Ellen Davis at Lau nceston in 1857. Thomas and Ellen married in 1858). George went o n to say that she should have an annuity of thirty nine pounds, pai d by quarterly installments, for life and this money would come fro m "any rent/personal estate in Great Britain - to be sold or mortgage d if necessary to pay the annuity." (Presumably this "estate" was hi s inheritance from his s ister Fanny) To his only son George Deacon S hipley "at present residing in Hertfordshire" he left 'the residu e of such net proceeds (if any)".