William Bryant (convict)
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William Bryant was a British
convict.
Bryant was sentenced to transportation to Botany Bay
for 7 years. William Bryant was from Cornwall, where he had worked as a fisherman. The fleet of ships left on 13 May 1787. He travelled on the ship the Charlotte in the first fleet
. William met Mary Broad
a pregnant convict, on the Charlotte.
During the long Treacherous journey from England to Botany Bay Mary broad gave birth to a daughter, Charlotte. William met Mary aboard the Charlotte before she had given birth and was a good friend. William and Mary were then married on 10 February 1788, and they later had a son together named Emanuel born 6 May 1790.In Sydney Cove, a colony just starting off, William was considered useful, and was put in charge of looking after the fishing ships. When he was caught selling fish on the side to convicts he was given 100 lashes. William and Mary Bryant made a decision that their children will not have to suffer for their mistakes and decided they would leave Australia and start a new life somewhere else. The planning took months, they had 3 other convicts who would join them and help them to get ready for their long journey to Timor
. On 28 March 1791, William, Mary, her children and a three-man crew stole the governor's cutter, and began their 66 day long trip to Timor. William was shot in late 1791 when a ship passing through from Australia to England noticed them. His wife Mary, his daughter Charlotte and his son Emanuel where captured and sent back to England on the ship. His son Emanuel died not long after him of a tropical fever from Timor. His daughter Charlotte died in May 1792 of the same tropical disease.
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convict.
Bryant was sentenced to transportation to Botany Bay
Botany Bay
Botany Bay is a bay in Sydney, New South Wales, a few kilometres south of the Sydney central business district. The Cooks River and the Georges River are the two major tributaries that flow into the bay...
for 7 years. William Bryant was from Cornwall, where he had worked as a fisherman. The fleet of ships left on 13 May 1787. He travelled on the ship the Charlotte in the first fleet
First Fleet
The First Fleet is the name given to the eleven ships which sailed from Great Britain on 13 May 1787 with about 1,487 people, including 778 convicts , to establish the first European colony in Australia, in the region which Captain Cook had named New South Wales. The fleet was led by Captain ...
. William met Mary Broad
Mary Bryant
Mary Bryant was a Cornish convict sent to Australia. She became one of the first successful escapees from the fledgling Australian penal colony.-Life:...
a pregnant convict, on the Charlotte.
During the long Treacherous journey from England to Botany Bay Mary broad gave birth to a daughter, Charlotte. William met Mary aboard the Charlotte before she had given birth and was a good friend. William and Mary were then married on 10 February 1788, and they later had a son together named Emanuel born 6 May 1790.In Sydney Cove, a colony just starting off, William was considered useful, and was put in charge of looking after the fishing ships. When he was caught selling fish on the side to convicts he was given 100 lashes. William and Mary Bryant made a decision that their children will not have to suffer for their mistakes and decided they would leave Australia and start a new life somewhere else. The planning took months, they had 3 other convicts who would join them and help them to get ready for their long journey to Timor
Timor
Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, north of the Timor Sea. It is divided between the independent state of East Timor, and West Timor, belonging to the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara. The island's surface is 30,777 square kilometres...
. On 28 March 1791, William, Mary, her children and a three-man crew stole the governor's cutter, and began their 66 day long trip to Timor. William was shot in late 1791 when a ship passing through from Australia to England noticed them. His wife Mary, his daughter Charlotte and his son Emanuel where captured and sent back to England on the ship. His son Emanuel died not long after him of a tropical fever from Timor. His daughter Charlotte died in May 1792 of the same tropical disease.