William Andrews^[1]

1817 - 1874  (57 years)

• Name	William Andrews
  Birth	9 May 1817	Stoulton, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom
  Baptism	13 May 1818	Stoulton, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Abt 1835	Whiington, England
  	Farm Servant
  Residence	1836
  	Wroughton, Wiltshire, England
  Departure	4 Aug 1836  [2]
  Arrival	9 Dec 1836	New South Wales   [3]
  	Age: 19
  Immigration	9 Dec 1836	New South Wales On Board Ship Bengal Merchant
  	William Andrews together with George Pratt were convicted of stealing 2 ducks 2 drakes and 4 hen fowls from John Green farmer of Whiington on the night of 27th November 1835. Second indictment charged them of stealing a fowl from George Dyson of Norton. lianne_power Information on the convict transport ship the Bengal Merchant: BENGAL MERCHANT (1812) The British ship BENGAL MERCHANT was built at Calcua, India, in 1812. The 1820 edition of Lloyd's Register (the only edition before 1834 to which I have direct access) indicates that she was 464 tons, her master's surname was Gordon, she belonged to Boehm & Co., she drew 18 feet when loaded, she was last surveyed at London, at that at the time of publication her intended voyage was to Bengal. Between 1829 and 1832, the BENGAL MERCHANT made two voyages between India and Great Britain as an "Extra Ship" for the Honourable East India Company. The annual volumes of Lloyd's Register from 1834/35 through 1855/56 give the following information): Tonnage: 503 Master: 1834/35-1842/43 - Campbell 1842/43-1844/45 - Ross 1844/45-1847/48 - Thornhill 1848/49-1851/52 - P. Lowen 1852/53-1855/56 - Faldo Owner: 1834/35-1839/40 - J[oseph] Somes 1839/40-1855/56 - Haviside Port of Registry: London Port of Survey (1834/35-1853/54): London Destined Voyage: 1834/35-1839/40 - New South Wales 1839/40-1842/43 - [not given] [*] 1842/43-1844/45 - Madras 1844/45-1847/48 - Calcua 1848/49-1851/52 - Bombay 1852/53-1853/54 - Adelaide 1854/55-1855/56 - [not given] [*] The BENGAL MERCHANT sailed from Greenock on 30 October 1839, with 160 passengers and dropped anchor off Petone Beach, Wellington, New Zealand, 21 February 1840. Ian Hawkins Nicholson, Log of logs; a catalogue of logs, journals, shipboard diaries, leers, and all forms of voyage narratives, 1788 to 1988, for Australia and New Zealand and surrounding oceans, Roebuck Society Publication Nos. 41, 47 (2 vols; Yaroomba, Qld: The Author jointly with the Australian Association for Maritime History, [1990]-1993). The BENGAL MERCHANT was last surveyed in 1852. The last voyage of the BENGAL MERCHANT for which I have a record departed from London 1 April 1852, arrving at Melbourne on 2 September; she cleared for Adelaide 22 October, sailed 28 October, and arrived 1 November 1852 [Marten A. Syme, Shipping Arrivals and Departures; Victorian Ports, vol. 2: 1846-1855, Roebuck Society Publication No. 39 (Melbourne: [Roebuck Society], 1987), p. 122]. The entries for the BENGAL MERCHANT in Lloyd's Register for 1854/55 and 1855/56 give only her master and owner, but omit her port of registry, port of survey, and destination, often a sign that the vessel in question had ended her sailing career and had been either lost, broken up, or hulked. It is therefore possible that this 1852 voyage from Lottndon to Melbourne was her last. I have no picture of the BENGAL MERCHANT, but I know that at least one representation of her exists, since there is a modern wall drawing of the BENGAL MERCHANT, by Roger Palmer, modelled after a contemporary engraving, in the Portfolio Gallery, Edinburgh. Contact in the first instance the ANMM in Sydney, which maintains several indexes to pictorial representations of vessels that sailed in Australian waters. If the ANMM has no record of a picture of the BENGAL MERCHANT, contact the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, http://www.nmm.ac.uk/, which also has an extensive collection of prints and drawings, as well as copies of surveys undertaken by Lloyd's Register of Shipping.
  Civil	30 Jul 1845	New South Wales, Australia   [4]
  	Age: 28
  Convicted	7 year sentence for larceny (stealing chooks). Poor bloke was probably hungry.
  Occupation	Agricultural Labourer
  Occupation	Farmer
  Occupation	Mason
  Occupation	Mason
  _AMTID	132543165390:1030:194851487
  _FSFTID	LVX8-5NM
  _UID	52D7CB83CBF043CAE001EC9B2EE8622948F9
  Death	26 Jun 1874	Warwick, Queensland, Australian Colonies
  Burial	27 Jun 1874	Warwick, Queensland, Australia
  Person ID	I57111	World of Hyde
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	John William Andrews,   b. 1777, Stoulton, Worcestershire, England, Great Britain d. Jul 1847, Pershore, Worcestershire, United Kingdom (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Petford,   b. 1789, White Ladies Aston, Worcestershire, England, Great Britain d. Jan 1879, Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	17 Apr 1808	White Lady Aston Worcestershire Uk   [5]
  Family ID	F18268	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Reilly,   b. 29 Aug 1814, County Cavan, Ireland d. 27 Feb 1889, Warwick, Queensland, Australian Colonies (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	24 Feb 1847	Saint John, Brisbane, New South Wales, Australia
  Children	1. Jane Andrews,   b. 1 May 1851, Warwick, Queensland, Australia d. 12 Jun 1943, Warwick, Queensland, Australia (Age 92 years)   2. John Andrews,   b. 21 Jan 1853   d. 14 May 1916, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Age 63 years)   3. Frederick Andrews,   b. 17 Nov 1854, District of Darling Downs, New South Wales, Australia d. Yes, date unknown   4. Arthur Andrews,   b. 17 Nov 1854, District of Darling Downs, New South Wales, Australia d. Yes, date unknown   5. Benjamin George Andrews,   b. 20 Nov 1856, Australia d. 29 Jun 1905, Queensland, Australia (Age 48 years)   6. Robert Andrews,   b. 24 Feb 1858   d. 1920, Queensland, Australia (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F18267	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 9 May 1817 - Stoulton, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom Baptism - 13 May 1818 - Stoulton, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom Arrival - Age: 19 - 9 Dec 1836 - New South Wales Civil - Age: 28 - 30 Jul 1845 - New South Wales, Australia Death - 26 Jun 1874 - Warwick, Queensland, Australian Colonies Burial - 27 Jun 1874 - Warwick, Queensland, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Marriage Cert William Andrews and hannah Crowther nee Reily
  		Willian Andrews & Hannah Reilly Opened the first shop in Warwick 1844

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Wiliam-Andrews-marriage
  		William-Andrews-Record-Sheet
  		Bengal Merchant Convict Ship.doc
  		Warwick Pioneers Aarticle outlining some of the early history of the Darling Downs

  
  

• Notes

  William & Hannah opened the first shop in Warwick 1844. I think "Hannah's" is named after her. William Andrews purchased one of the first lots in Warwick - on 8/10/1857 he paid 22 pounds 12 shillings for a 6 acre 3 rood lot 56 of Section 37. ------------------

  
  

• Sources

  [S667] Convict Records. [S773] Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868, Class: HO 11; Piece: 10. [S774] New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842, State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12189; Item: [X638]; Microfiche: 719. [S775] New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867, State Archives NSW. [S771] The Indooroopilly Becks et al, John Andrews.