| Henry
Fullick the younger, as he was described on official convict documents,
was transported to Australia aboard the Augusta Jessie for a period of
14 years, arriving in Hobart, Tasmania on the 27th September 1834. His
crimes were that on the 27th February 1834 he feloniously stole from and
out of a barn one bushel of unwinnowed hay property of Charles Collins
and also feloniously stole 1 peck of potatoes the property of Charles
Collins and half a bushel of unwinnowed wheat value one shilling. He was
sentenced to 7 years transportation on each count. (see below***)
Convict documents give a good pen
portrait of Henry:
Convict number 678
Height 5'6"
Complexion: Fresh
Head: Round small
Hair: Brown
Whiskers: None
Visage: Oval
Forehead: Perpendicular
Eyebrows: Brown
Eyes: Light Hazel
Nose: Small
Mouth: Small
Chin: Large
Remarks: (indecipherable) HF on his left arm (probably a tattoo)
Gaol report: Bad character and connexions
Hulk report: Good
Surgeons report: Good
Trade: Ploughman
On Friday, July 30, 1841, Government
Notice No. 177 records the granting of a Ticket of Leave to 678 Fullick,
Henry, Augusta Jessie, with a Conditional Pardon being granted on
23 June 1843. Subsequently, this was 'extended to the Australian
Colonies" ie an Absolute Pardon was granted, on 15th June 1847 and
Henry left VDL shortly after for Hexham in NSW where he joined his
father.
Parents: George Fullick (Convict) and
Frances Waltham
Date of birth: 24 Dec
1815
Date of Marriage: November 1850 Mount Vincent, East Maitland district
NSW
Date of death: 14 June1886, Minmi, NSW
Cause of death: Gastro Enteritis
Buried: 15 June 1886, Minmi Cemetery, NSW
Like many other convicts, he became a model citizen, married Dinah
Claydon the 15 year old daughter of a free settler and had seventeen
children of whom 14 survived to populate a large proportion of the
Newcastle area of NSW!! In later years he 'forgot' to mention his time
in Tasmania, as did his father and brother. So far, none of the books
written about the settlers of Hexham and surrounding areas have picked
up on their convict ancestry, Henry being listed in the Newcastle
Pioneer Register as a free settler. Apparently, the possibility of
convict ancestry was emphatically
denied by descendants, despite specific questioning on the part of at
least one of the authors, in a time when it was still considered a
bad thing to have 'convict blood' - how times change!
Ettie Fullick, whose photograph appears on my family
photos page, was Henry and Dinah's daughter.
Henry was listed on the 1870 NSW Electoral Roll as FULLICK, Henry
- Mount Vincent Landholder and, also in 1870, he was granted
a hardwood timber license for the Maitland district for the fee of
10shillings.
***Henry was charged and
sentenced with another Headley villager, David Missingham (Messingham)
and David's nephew William was also transported at the same
time, The two Messinghams were transported aboard the convict ship Hooghley in
1834.
The convict indent for the Hooghley has the following information:
Convict number: 34/2610 David Messingham
Age: 31yrs
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Protestant
Trade: Farm Labourer
Native Place: Hampshire
Crime: Stealing grain
Tried: Southampton Quarter Sessions 8 Apr 1834
Sentence: 7 years
Previous sentence: 7 years
Description: 5ft 4½ins sallow complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes
Blind right eye, both hands contracted
Uncle to William Messingham 34/2609
David received his ticket of leave
no 38/2129 and his Certificate of Freedom on the 19 Aug
1845.
William's details are as follows:
Age: 17yrs
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Protestant
Trade: Farmers Boy
Native Place: Hampshire
Crime: Stealing potatoes
Tried: Southampton Quarter Sessions 8 Apr 1834
Sentence: 14years
Previous sentence: Nil
Description: 5ft 3½ins dark complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes
Scar left eyebrow, 4 warts back of left hand
Nephew to David Messingham 34/2610
Assigned to Thomas M Moore Maneroo (General Return of Convicts NSW 1837)
David married Priscilla Ellen Noble in
Jamberoo in 1885. Priscilla was 16 years old and the couple went
on to have nine children including a NSW State parliamentarian.
One of their grandchildren was the artist Hal Missingham. (Illawarra
Pioneers Pre 1920 -
Illawarra FHS). I understand from Dorothy
Messingham that William married a free
settler, Bridget Dunn. I also found a reference in the SAG card
index to the birth of a John McGilvary in Turana(?), Paterson River on
18 September 1841. The mother was given as Sarah McCillavry and the
father is shown as William Missingham.
It is still to be determined whether the William referred to on the card
is one and the same, though at this stage it appears unlikely.
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