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1788 AD Magazine of the Fellowship of First Fleeters ACN 003 223 425 PATRON: Professor The Honourable Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO Volume 47, Issue 1 48th Year of Publication February/March 2016 To live on in the hearts and minds of descendants is never to die FAMILY PLAQUE DEDICATED AT WINDSOR Saturday 21 November 2015 was a pleasant low 20 degree nine months’ sailing on the First Fleet ships possibly worse. day compared to Friday’s heat of very high 30s. This made for This tells us that Edward and Hannah were resourceful and a comfortable day for the dedication of the memorial to Ed- resilient, tough in both body and mind – qualities that would ward Pugh and Hannah Smith at St Matthews Anglican Church stand them in good stead for their future in the colony. cemetery in Windsor, New South Wales. They married in June 1788 and raised five children, three The dedication was held at the site of the memorial. It boys and two girls, the first born in March 1789 and the last in started with a welcome by #8144 Joe Lester (descendant) to May 1799. Edward received a land grant at Prospect Hill in the gathered group of about 44 including members of the 1791 but due to a poor water supply it was not a success. In Pugh/Smith descendant group, their extended families and 1800 Edward joined the Rum Corps and this would have given members of the Board of the Fellowship of First Fleeters both the family a steady income. He remained with the corps until present and retired. Also included was an acknowledgment of his discharge late in 1809 . respect for the Hannah died in 1826 original custodi- at a relatively old age ans of the area. of about 67. They Joe went on to raised their family say that the pur- and stayed together pose of the gath- through good times ering, almost 178 and bad. Most likely years after his their bad times were death on the 30th worse than any we November 1837, have endured. Ed- was to com- ward, still tough of memorate the mind and body, lived burial of Edward another 11 years here at St Mat- without her. He died thews and also of in November 1837, Hannah, his wife, almost exactly 178 who was buried years ago, possibly at Devonshire alone, in a hospital Street on 17 Oc- here in Windsor and tober 1826 just was buried as a pau- over 188 years Pugh-Smith Descendants at Windsor per here at St Mat- ago. thews. To borrow from Scottish poet Thomas Campbell, ‘to Joe’s introduction was followed by Carmen Atkinson live on in the hearts of those we leave behind is not to die’. (descendant) who gave a eulogy on Edward and Hannah. Following Carmen, Ian Palmer, recently retired President of Carmen reflected on the fact that it is hard to do a eulogy for the Fellowship of First Fleeters, spoke about the history of the someone you never knew and who died over 170 years ago. placement of plaques at various cemeteries by the Fellowship. She stated: ‘you can only go on facts that were recorded.’ Starting in 1976 and up to today, said Ian, we have installed Edward, she said, was sentenced to transportation in Sep- 121 plaques at various locations. Many of those plaques are tember 1784 for stealing a great coat, and Hannah was sen- on the individual gravesites of First Fleeters, while some are tenced in April the following year, also for stealing items of Commemorative Plaques that identify the general area for the clothing. But this doesn’t make them scoundrels and villains; final resting place of First Fleeters where the individual sites many were driven to such desperate acts at the time, to sup- are no longer identifiable. port or even clothe themselves. The descendants of Edward and Hannah are to be congratu- It was not until 2½ years later in May 1787 that they left Eng- lated for the work they have done to make this dedication ser- land, to sail to the new colony. Gaol conditions were harsh and vice for Edward Pugh possible. (continued on page 3) Registered by Australia Post Publication No. 100002063 PRICE $2.50 Phone 02 9360 3788 FoundersTwo New available Fellowship of First Fleeters, 105 Cathedral Street, Woolloomooloo, NSW 2011 Email:[email protected] nowBooks on e- mail.: First Fleeters on Facebook: www.facebook.com/FirstFleeters Details on page 12 Membership Enquiries:[email protected] WEBSITE: www.fellowshipfirstfleeters.org.au Page 10 Founders February/March 2016 PRESIDENT’S PEN FOUNDERS The magazine of the Jon Fearon Fellowship of First Fleeters Editor , Layout and Artwork Eight years ago, in Founders 38/4, the Fellow- Jon & Karys Fearon ship was first advised of a Bonnet-making project envisaged Ph. 02 4323 1849 by Tasmanian artist Christina Henri which came to be known E-mail: [email protected] as Roses from the Heart. Many of our members, often in association with family his- tory and other societies, set about helping Christina reach her DIRECTORS 2015-2016 goal of 25 566 bonnets made, one for each of the women con- President/Chapter Development victs who came to Australia in the convict era. Our former editor, Ron Jon FEARON, BA. Dip Ed. Stud (TESOL), Withington, was a champion of the cause and over many issues he was encour- T. CERT. aging and congratulating our members taking part. Vice-President/Events/ Of course those who arrived in 1788 have been well represented by our stitchers and Maintenance embroiderers who have risen to the challenge to honour their ancestors’ contributions Denis SMITH OAM towards successful lives at the other end of the world. I understand the full comple- Treasurer ment of bonnets may now have been reached and many of you would have attended dedications, services and displays of your bonnets around Australia and in other parts Kevin THOMAS, FCA,FCPA,FCIS of the world. Office Manager/Secretary/ In the current issue of Journeys, the magazine of the Royal Automobile Club of Tasma- Facebook nia, Christina writes: Therese LUCK ‘I have just returned home from Ireland. My trip included attending the launch of Research/Web Site Co-ordinator three new exhibitions at the Down County Museum, Downpatrick. One showcased John BOYD JP. Roses from the Heart tributes in memory of the 400 women and their children incarcer- ated at the Down Gaol prior to transportation to Australia. Chapter Liaison ‘Much of my visit was spent in discussions with various executives regarding the trib- BN., RN., RM Karys FEARON, . utes becoming a permanent symbol at heritage sites relating to the female convict Archives story across Ireland. Most exciting were my visits to Grangegorman in Dublin. The Robert LAMB. Mech Eng. Cert. Grangegorman Female Penitentiary was modelled on Quaker reformer Elizabeth Fry’s & Machinist Cert. ideals ...and it was the first prison established in the British Isles as an exclusive confine- Archivist/Events ment depot for women and children. In 1836 Elizabeth Fry travelled from England, visit- ing Grangegorman Lane to view the nearly completed, first segregated prison. 3300 Sharon LAMB. Assoc. Dip Land & eng women and children held at the Grangegorman Female Penitentiary were transported Survey Drafting to Van Diemen’s Land.’ Minute Secretary As this issue goes to press we will be celebrating Australia Day once again. A refresh- Karen LOVETT, BA. Dip Ed ing approach has emerged in Sydney this year with the city’s festivities to begin with Family Trees/Database/Computer Jessica Mauboy’s singing of the national anthem in local indigenous languages from the Management top of the Bridge. Smoking ceremonies at seven points around the harbour will high- Tony HOLDEN light the day’s WugulOra ceremony, a First Nation tradition on a date that will forever be ‘complex’ for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Aboriginal educator, Clarence Plaques/Maintenance Stockee, added, ‘the day itself is an interesting conundrum, but the essence for us is Ray KEATING just to remember that we are still here...that we do have the world’s oldest living cul- ture and that we contribute to what is the core and the essence of the land’. CONTENTS 1. Family Plaque Dedicated at Windsor . 2. President’s Pen 3. Windsor Dedication, continued; , Chapter Secretaries 4-5. William Baker and Susannah Huff- nell ; Two Great Great Great Great Grandmothers 6-7. Shellharbour’s First Fleet Connec- tions, Part 2; Harper’s Mansion; Arthur Phillip Documentary 8-9 William Wall alias Harding; Thomas Chipp, Did he go or Was he pushed? 10. Reviews: Great South Land; Legacy of Andrew Goodwin and Lydia Munro 11. Chapters in Action Christina Henri, Artist 12. New Members; Deaths; At the in Residence, Cascades Helm; Message Board; Facebook Female Factory, Hobart 2 February/March 2016 Founders (from Page 1) A ceremony like today’s doesn’t just happen. John then called on #7046 Ann Keating (descendant) and Ian First the site must be identified and then permission sought Palmer representing the Fellowship of First Fleeters, to unveil from relevant authorities for an appropriate location and design the memorial by removing the Queen Anne flag. This was of a memorial. Satisfying authorities and conforming to the con- greeted by a round of applause straints governing historic sites and old burial grounds is no easy After the unveiling Ray Keating thanked all those present for task. Ian concluded with the following tribute: ‘I must make spe- their attendance today and members of the Pugh/Smith Descen- cial mention of the work initiated by your late President Terry dants Association who contributed to the cost of the memorial Lester who together with Ann and Ray Keating and the Descen- and also the Fellowship of First Fleeters for their plaque.

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