Private William Adams (.....1798 )
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New South Wales Corps. ( Rum Corps. ) "Renamed 102nd
Regiment
Born :
Where Born :
Occupation : Soldier
Date Arrived :
28 June 1790
Ship Arrived on : Scarborough
Previous Service:
Transported Convict : Newgate Gaol
Rank on Discharge : Private
Date of Enlistment : 17
February 1793 conditional pardon October 1793
Where Enlisted : Sydney
Date of Discharge : 1798
Where Discharged : Parramatta
Died : c 2 February 1798
Where Died /
Buried :4 February 1798 Sydney
Ref : V1798861 4 Parish: Sydney, St Phillip's, Church of
England Original burial place Sydney Burial grounds
Parents Names :
Spouse's Name : Mary Chadderton
Born :
Circa 1756
Where Born : Coventry Warwickshire
Occupation : Soldiers wife
Date Arrived : 1791
Ship Arrived on : "Mary Ann"
Died :
Where Died /
Buried :
Date Married : 22 October 1791
Where Married : Sydney /Ref Number:
V1791129 4 Parish: Sydney, St Phillip's, Church of
England
Spouse's Parents :
Philip Moreton (b.......d.) & Bridgett Moreton
(b.......d.)
- Descendants
- Area Settled :
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- Sydney
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- Children :
- Sarah (1792 ....1801)
- Elizabeth (1795)
- Kezia (1798).
History
& Achievements :
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (? -1798) William Adams and George
Riness both soldiers, were tried at the
- July 1787 Old Bailey Sessions for the highway robbery
of Charles Salmon, who had been robbed in Five Fields
Row, Chelsea of Four shillings sixpence and nine half
pence. The victim said they had struck him with a
bludgeon and described Adams as being dressed in dirty
regimentals wearing a slouched hat. Salmon recognised
Riness on guard duty two days later and positively
identified Adams when lodgings the two men shared at No.4
Duck Court, Westminster were searched. Their landlady
described their dinner together on the night of the crime
saying: I enjoyed myself more than I generally do....they
were very civil men. She would not give them an alibi but
wasn't embarrassed by Riness's claim to have spent the
night with her and made a confusing assertion that he had
been with another woman. As a result he was acquitted but
Adams was found guilty and sentenced to death. A respite
was granted but he was not officially reprieved to
transportation for life until September 1789. He remained
in Newgate Gaol until 10 November when he was sent
directly to the Scarborough transport.
- Adams had been able to sign his name at his
committal hearing. At Sydney on 22 October 1791 he
married
- Mary Chatterton aged 31, who had been intended
for the Second Fleet but actually arrived on the Third
Fleet's Mary Ann. She had been born in Coventry,
Warwickshire, but was convicted for a burglary in
Lancashire in 1787. In October 1793 Adams received a
conditional pardon on joining the New South Wales Corps.
He was granted 25 acres at Petersham in 1795, which was
probably sold soon afterwards. Three children were born
to the couple: Sarah (179 2-1801), Elizabeth (1795) and
Kezia (1798). William Adams' burial was registered at
Sydney on 4 February 1798. His widow married another
soldier, William Baker, and
was living with him and her two surviving daughters on Norfolk Island
c1805-1810. She was still with him at Parramatta in 1822 and married the
first fleeter . CUSLEY,
Benjamin, , after Baker's death in
1824.
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- References
- Military records ,Pay rolls, Pay Musters,
Cemetery Records, Church Records & General Muster Records, Mitchell
Library ,Sydney Australia
- Relatives and Descendants
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