looking for John Phillips my GGgrandfather

[Dinkleman]

John Phillips ,estimated age 31 at 1842 when he was convicted and sent to VDL for stealing 2 lambs, he was sentenced to 10 yrs.  His place of birth is listed as near Monmouth and his estimated birth yr is 1810. He sailed from Sheerness on the Emily l  . I have this information from the Australian site Founders and Survivors.org  He is listed as a Protestant and his trade is Ploughman,  it lists his family as father~ John ,brothers~ Richard, James,  Samuel , sisters~ Lucy , Ann , Winnifred.   

[osprey]

Welcome to Rootschat! 

John Phillips isn't an unusual combination of names, but I've found a possible family for you. There is a baptism 5 May 1811 in Rockfield of a John Phillips, father John. Also baptisms for
Lucy bp 20 April 1800 dau of John & Fortune
Richard bp 5 Feb 1809 son of John & Forten
John bp 21 Feb 1802, son of John & Fortune
James bp 17 April 1814 son of John & Fortuana, John noted as tinker
Ann bp 18 May 1817, dau of John & Fortune, John noted as tinker
Samuel bp 25 Oct 1919, son of John & Fortune, John tinner(?)

1841 census, Pully Croya (?) Farm Rockfield, Mon HO107/748/12 folio 16 pg 4
John Phillips 65 tinker
James 26 shoemaker
Samuel 20 ag lab
all born in county

Fortune Phillips buried 15 Feb 1836 aged 57
John Phillips buried 28 Feb 1848 aged 73 both in Rockfield parish church

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/MON/Rockfield/index.html

http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10895

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockfield,_Monmouthshire

[osprey]

Fortune Davis was baptised at Rockfield 24 March 1778, daughter of William & Lucy

http://www.freereg.org.uk/

The marriage is on FreeReg which has some transacriptions for the parish - John Phillips married Fortune Davis in Rockfield 3 July 1799, both otp.

The newspaper reports of the offence say that it happened in Aberavon and it was 2 rams
http://papuraunewyddcymru.llgc.org.uk/en/home

There is a census entry for a John Phillips in Queen Street Aberavon in 1841, enumerated as 30, a labourer & not born in county HO107/1421/1 folio 5 pg 2

Not sure if this is the correct John Phillips, but this one was definitely transported the following year, possibly via Devonport.

 

[osprey]

what sort of info are you looking for on this family? If you let us know, someone can try to look it up if it exists.

 

[Dinkleman]

Hi Osprey ,Thanks for that .I feel you may be on the right track with you information. The paper I have is a combination of many records and has to be linked together so I take none as gospel. John was estimated at 31yrs  in 1842 , 5 May 1811 as a baptism date plus the same family members looks good . He married in Tasmania while still serving his sentence to a Bridget Grealy  who stole clothes from her employer . I am going to see  if I can get a copy of there marriage cert in the hope that it will give me more info maybe a mothers name .     .

[osprey]

familysearch has some of the records for Rockfield

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KCTJ-918

This one looks to be a possible for his father

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KCTJ-HQZ