| Name |
Robert MALLETT [1] |
 Note |
From 28 Jun 1805 to 1849 [2, 3] |
- Robert Mallett, Convict
According to research done by Debrett's on behalf of an Australian descendant of Robert, he was born in 1805 in Blofield, just outside of Norwich, the illegitimate son of Frances Mallett and Robert Daniel. However, their conclusion failed to take into account that this Robert seems to have stayed in the Blofield area, and can be found in several censuses as late as 1881. Given that Robert was a Weaver it seemed likely to the researchers that he would have been a member of a family of Weavers living in Norwich, but they were unable to find an appropriate birth in any of the Norwich parish registers. There was a birth that fits (St Andrew Colney), and it can reasonably be connected to this family of Weavers. It is important to note that at the time of Robert's sentencing, he was said to be "late of St Augustine, Norwich", which is where his father was born. One last bit of important evidence that the Debrett's researchers didn't have access to in 1982 is that a direct descendant of Robert living in Australia today has done a Y-DNA test that is a perfect match to two other indivduals who are definately descended from this family of Weavers from Norwich. If Robert was the illegitimate son of Frances Mallett, one would not expect a match.
Robert was a weaver by trade and was convicted of stealing matress ticking material. He was tried in the Norwich Quarter Sessions on 28 March 1828 and sentenced to seven years penal servitude in Australia. He was described as being 5 foot three inches tall, with several tattoos on the arms. He sailed on the vessel "Bussorah Merchant", a teak ship built in India, with 131 other male convicts. They made landfall in Australia 27 July 1828, but the ship was quarantined because of an outbreak of whooping cough and smallpox, so they were landed at North Cove and housed in tents. He served his time and was granted a ticket of leave in 1832 TL 32/999 and a certificate of freedom in 30 Sept 1834 CF 34/1214.
Robert married Bridget Nagle/Neagle 28 Feb 1837 in St James Parish County of Cumberland NSW. Bridget arrived from Cork, Ireland as an assisted immigrant on the "Duchess of Cumberland" on 3 Oct 1836, only 4 months later wasore being married. Their first children were registered as born in Pitt St Sydney: Mary in 1837, Edward in 1839, Elizabeth in 1843, Robert in the Clarence River District in 1845 and John in Richmond River District in 1849.
Robert died at age 44 from Cholera at Pumpkin Swamp, Camira in the Clarence district when working as a Shepherd, according to Richmond River Historical Society files in Pioneers File 8 Oct 1938. Here it says that Edward was the eldest, not Mary.
Bridget moved to the Richmond district with her children as Shepherds and hut keepers. Bridget remarried on 5 Jan 1850 to Peter Macdonald at Dyraaba on the Richmond and her eldest son Edward offsided for a time with Peter carting Cedar with a bullock team at Tucki Tucki.
Bridget died 10 Jun 1867 at about age 56 at Merryville, Richmond River NSW.
Courtesy Steven Mallett, SE Queensland, Australia
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| Birth |
14 Oct 1805 |
Colney, Norfolk, England  [1] |
| Christening |
17 Oct 1805 |
St Andrew, Colney, Norfolk, England [1] |
- Baptised privately - received into the congregation 15th Feb 1807.
|
| Gender |
Male |
| Criminal Activity |
1826 |
Norwich, Norfolk, England |
- 3 months imprisonment for larceny.
|
| Criminal Activity |
28 Mar 1828 |
Norwich, Norfolk, England |
- As a weaver sentenced to 7 years at the Norwich Quarter Sessions for stealing mattress ticking cloth, a hatchet and a frypan.
|
| Arrival |
27 Jul 1828 |
North Cove, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
- Transportation to Penal Colony Australia. Arrived Sydney North Cove on 'Bussorah Merchant', Quarantined.
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| EA Group |
I |
| Miscellaneous |
27 May 1830 |
Maitland, New South Wales, Australia |
- Ticket of Leave given for information regarding the conviction of bushrangers who robbed James Adair.
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| Miscellaneous |
Sep 1834 |
|
|
| UKC 1881 |
N |
| Residence |
31 Jul 1847 |
Chatham, New South Wales, Australia [4] |
| Residence |
1848 |
Cardoness, Paterson's Plains, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia |
- Employed by James Adair of 'Cardoness' and 'Creebank'.
|
| Death |
1849 |
York Station, Richmond River District, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Person ID |
I5205 |
East Anglia |
| Last Modified |
7 Jul 2023 |
| Family |
Bridget NAGLE, b. 13 May 1811, Killavullen, Mallow, Cork, Ireland d. 10 Jun 1867, Merryville, Richmond River District, New South Wales, Australia (Age 56 years) |
| Marriage |
28 Feb 1837 |
St James Parish, Cumberland, New South Wales, Australia |
- Marriage No 115 St James 1837
|
| Children |
| + | 1. Mary A MALLETT, b. 1837, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia d. 1857, Tabulam, New South Wales, Australia (Age 20 years) |
| + | 2. Edward MALLETT, b. 27 Dec 1839, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia d. 29 Aug 1927, Wardell, New South Wales, Australia (Age 87 years) |
| + | 3. Elizabeth MALLETT, b. 1843, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia d. 1925, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia (Age 82 years) |
| | 4. Robert MALLETT, b. 2 Dec 1845, Clarence River, New South Wales, Australia d. 27 Jun 1911, Ballina, New South Wales, Australia (Age 65 years) |
| + | 5. John MALLET, b. 5 Mar 1849, York Station, Richmond River District, New South Wales, Australia d. 1 Jun 1923, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia (Age 74 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1776 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1805 - 1849 (43 years)
