From AustralianRoyalty.net.au:
William was tried at Assizes at Lincoln on 9 July 1785 "...for picking the pocket of John Brown of a silver watch, at Horncastle...". He was sentenced to be transported for seven years and arrived in the colony aboard the ship 'Alexander' at Sydney Cove 26 January 1788.
On 1 June 1788 William Douglas married Mary Groves. Mary died in 1796 (probably in child birth). The only daughter of this relationship is Elizabeth Douglas (1796-1877) who married Daniel Jurd 28th September 1812.
In 1822 William Douglas was recorded as living with Eleanor Carthorne who had arrived as a convict aboard the ship 'Canada' in 1810.
William was tried at Assizes at Lincoln on 9 July 1785 "...for picking the pocket of John Brown of a silver watch, at Horncastle...". He was sentenced to be transported for seven years and arrived in the colony aboard the ship 'Alexander' at Sydney Cove 26 January 1788.
On 1 June 1788 William Douglas married Mary Groves. Mary died in 1796 (probably in child birth). The only daughter of this relationship is Elizabeth Douglas (1796-1877) who married Daniel Jurd 28th September 1812.
In 1822 William Douglas was recorded as living with Eleanor Carthorne who had arrived as a convict aboard the ship 'Canada' in 1810.
From AustralianRoyalty.net.au:
William was tried at Assizes at Lincoln on 9 July 1785 "...for picking the pocket of John Brown of a silver watch, at Horncastle...". He was sentenced to be transported for seven years and arrived in the colony aboard the ship 'Alexander' at Sydney Cove 26 January 1788.
On 1 June 1788 William Douglas married Mary Groves. Mary died in 1796 (probably in child birth). The only daughter of this relationship is Elizabeth Douglas (1796-1877) who married Daniel Jurd 28th September 1812.
In 1822 William Douglas was recorded as living with Eleanor Carthorne who had arrived as a convict aboard the ship 'Canada' in 1810.
William was tried at Assizes at Lincoln on 9 July 1785 "...for picking the pocket of John Brown of a silver watch, at Horncastle...". He was sentenced to be transported for seven years and arrived in the colony aboard the ship 'Alexander' at Sydney Cove 26 January 1788.
On 1 June 1788 William Douglas married Mary Groves. Mary died in 1796 (probably in child birth). The only daughter of this relationship is Elizabeth Douglas (1796-1877) who married Daniel Jurd 28th September 1812.
In 1822 William Douglas was recorded as living with Eleanor Carthorne who had arrived as a convict aboard the ship 'Canada' in 1810.
Inscription
Sacred To The Memory of
WILLIAM DOUGLAS
Who Departed This Life on
November the 27th 1838
Aged 81 Years
.....d him through life one
daughter he left here behind
with his grandchildren nine
whose constant prayers they
do set forth for him from
time to time may his soul
rest in peace amen
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