Private Edward Edwards ( c.1761........1854..)
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New South Wales Corps. ( Rum Corps. ) "Renamed 102nd
Regiment
Born : c.
1761
Where Born : ,
Baptised :
Where Baptised :
Occupation : Soldier
Date Arrived : Sydney 7 October 1792
Ship Arrived on : Royal Admiral
Rank on Discharge : Private
Date of Enlistment : , 8
November 1794
Where Enlisted : Sydney
Comments on Enlistment :Tried:
10 Mar 1791, Dorchester -
Dorset 10 Mar 1791, 7 years
23 Feb 1792: Edwards was on the Iron hulk at Portsmouth
Harbour
Transferred 73rd : 24 April 1810
Date of Discharge :
Where Discharged : Sydney
Died : 3
Oct 1824 Sydney, age 63 years,
Where Died /
Buried :
buried 6 Oct 1824
Devonshire St Cemetery
Parents Names :
Spouse's Name :
Jane CODD
Date Married :
Where Married :
Spouse 's Parents
:
Born :
Where Born :
Occupation :
Date Arrived : 1791
Ship Arrived on : " Matilda "
Comments. ex-convict tried
Cambridge 1788 7 years
Died :
Where Died /
Buried :
- Descendants:
- Children
- Area Settled :
- Sydney
History
& Achievements :
EDWARDS
Edward Enlisted Sydney 8/11/1794
Private Arrived 20/8/1791 "Atlantic "
Discharged Sydney 24/10/1799 ex-Convict
EDWARDS, Edward
Convict. Tried: 10 Mar 1791,
Dorchester - Dorset 10 Mar 1791, 7 years
23 Feb 1792: William Edwards was on the Iron hulk at
Portsmouth Harbour
1808: Private in NSW Corps, living
at Parramatta with Jane CODD
1809: On list of all grants and leases of land registered in
the Colonial Secretary's Office
1812: Private, 73rd Regiment of Foot, 1st Battalion
1814: Free, landholder
1815: Publican Sydney
1822: living with his wife Jane in Sydney
Edward died 3
Oct 1824 Sydney, age 63 years, buried 6 Oct 1824 Devonshire St Cemetery(
"C/D ")
References
Researched
Cathy Dunn
( "C/D
")
Military records ,Pay rolls, Pay Musters,
Cemetery Records, Church Records & General Muster Records, Mitchell
Library ,Sydney Australia
Relatives and Descendants
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information is intended for short Historical value only,
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Last revised: November 16, 2008.