Richard and Adam Rhodes

[glen11]

This is probably a long shot,but in 1826,the two brothers mentioned above were transported to NSW for sheep stealing in England.Richard was 25,his brother 22.Is there anyway of finding out what happened to them.Their father had already been deported!Thanks

[ballydw]

Is this Richard Rhodes who travelled on ship Midas convicted 9th March 1826 Staffordshire.
If so, he received a Conditional Pardon on 30th September 1847 which excluded him for travel to UK & Ireland.

There is an application to Marry on 16th December 1839 which was granted to Sarah Wade.
There is a Richard Rhodes appearing on 1859/1860 & 1860/1860 in Hawkesbury District NSW Electoral Rolls.

[glen11]

Oh thats so exciting,thank you.The dates are right.I didnt know the ships name though.Both brothers were sentenced to death,but spared that fate if they agreed to be transported for life.Glenys

[ballydw]

Ref Adam Rhodes:
Transported on ship Albion 4th Feb 1827.
Marriage in Richmond NSW 7th June 1843 to Margaret Silk. 4 daughters
Maria Emma Onus Silk. 1841-1883
Sarah Ann Rhodes 1843-1921
Mary 1845
Elizabeth 1851-1863   

[glen11]

That is so exciting,thank you so much.Do you think Adam was pardoned as well?The 2 brothers were caught with another man,who was a butcher(,he was 48),sheep stealing.They were caught red handed.Just as they were about to be executed,they were reprieved,the other man(whose story i am finding out about)got 14 years,but died on the prison hulk in 1828.It is a sad story,one mistake cost him his freedom and his life,but the brothers were transported and HAD a life.I wonder if they stayed out of trouble.ThanK you.Glenys

[majm]

Re their Dad .... can you provide some info about him please?  .... name, when transported .... etc.

The NSW State Records Office has online indexes, including a combined index of convict records.  Here is the live link to that index.

Richard RHODES, tried at the Staff Ass (Staffordshire Assizes) arrived on the Midas in 1827.
Adam RHODES, tried Staff ass arrived on the Albion 1827.

http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/indexes-online/indexes-to-convict-records/indexes-to-convict-records

http://srwww.records.nsw.gov.au/indexsearch/keyname.aspx 

Here’s a link to RChat’s NSW Resources Board
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=369703.0

Adam
Nov 1828 NSW Census has Adam RHODES, ex the Albion in 1827,  on Norfolk Island

Richard
August 1827 …. Principal Superintendent of Convicts’ Office…. Prisoners having absented themselves from their respective Employments …..
Richard RHODES, Midas, Butcher, 26, Staffordshire, 5 ft 61/2, blue eyes, light brown hair, fair pockpitted comp, from Hyde Park Barrack.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/2188712  Sydney Gaz 6 August 1827.

Cheers,  JM

[majm]

1841
Adam RHODES, Ticket of Leave 41/1550, ex Albion 1827, Stafford Assizes.
Allowed to Remain in the District of Windsor.

August 1845
Mary, daughter of Adam and Margaret RHODES, dealer, of Windsor, baptised 24 August 1845, St Matthews C of E, Windsor by Rev Henry T STILES.

http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/community/hfhg/
(Windsor is one of the foundation towns in the Hawkesbury district, north western outskirts of Sydney NSW)

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1927080?region=Australia

1843
Adam RHODES and Margaret SILK marry 7 June 1843, Richmond NSW (Hawkesbury District)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTZS-WXN

Sarah, baptised St Peters, Richmond  (one baptism, recorded in several parish registers, and the record was then transmitted to the Diocese registry)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTCJ-WM7
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT8M-3PV
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT8X-B9S

Margaret baptised St Matthews, Windsor
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTCV-VB9
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTDB-LM8

Civil Registration of BDM events commenced in NSW in March 1856.  NSW BDM holds details from many Early Church Records for earlier events.   http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/Pages/family-history/family-history.aspx 

You may find that Margaret’s SILK ancestors include Thomas SILK, who was aged five or six when he came free to NSW, arriving 27 May 1797 on the Britannia.   Thomas received grants of land in the Hawkesbury district in 1816 from Gov Lachlan Macquarie
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/indexes-online/colonial-secretary/index-to-the-colonial-secretarys-papers-1788-1825  and
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/2549887 Sydney Gaz 28 Sept 1827

Thomas SILK of March Street, Richmond, in the Country of Cumberland, District of Windsor is listed in the NSW 1841 Census.
And as the Publican operating the Red Lion, Richmond, Windsor in the 1830s
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/indexes-online/indexes-online


Cheers,  JM

[glen11]

Wow,thank you so much,i will have to go through everything,and leave no stone unturned!Glenys

[majm]

Wow,thank you so much,i will have to go through everything,and leave no stone unturned!Glenys

Exactly,   NSW family history studies in the 19th Century is fascinating, each decade has huge changes from the previous one.

Cheers,  JM