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Although birth year commonly stated as c1753 Edward Robinson’s birth year is more likely to be c1762. Refer to Lion Hulk record at UK National Archives - states age as 27 years.
Edward ROBINSON was a servant to the local theatre owner. Edward was a compulsive petty thief, he had been convicted of 14 counts of stealing and was sentenced to be hanged. He arrived aboard the Admiral Barrington 1791.
12/12/1794: CP.
He partnered convict, Mary (Ann) Harrison (Mary Ann 1791), and had the first of 7 children at the Toongabbie Convict Settlement in 1795. Mary Ann Harrison died 24/2/1810 in Sydney. Edward then married convict Ann Shorter (Friends 1811) - no children.
Edward became a property owner at Windsor grazing sheep. He was a Hawkesbury Pioneer. As well as land, he also became a hotel owner in Sydney and Parramatta.
6/6/1820: Edward died after illness, at his hotel, Halfway House, Parramatta, aged 67.
(Convicts often lied about their age in order to get a lighter sentence, or indeed, did not know their birth year at all, so Edward could easily have been born in 1762.)
Phil Hands on 19th July, 2017 wrote:
Edward was a servant to Tate Wilkinson who opperated the Theatre Royal in York, living in lodgings at the rear of the Theatre in what was called ‘Mint Yard’
From all accounts Edward was a habitual thief, visiting various taverns in and around York, and making off with the silverware, and on one occasion, a number of books.
On 25th July 1789 at York Assizes he was charged with 14 counts of stealing, he pleaded not guilty to the charges but was convicted on all counts except one. He was sentenced to be hung but this was later commuted to transportation for life.
In January 1790 he was transfered to the Prison Hulk ‘The Lion’ which was moored in Portsmouth Harbour.
Left England on 27th March 1791.
Ship:- the ‘Admiral Barrington’ sailed with 300 male convicts on board of which 36 died during the voyage.
Arrived on 16th October 1791.
He received a pardon on 12th December 1794, he was granted 30 acres of land on the river at Hawkesbury and in 1802 was granted a further 100 acres at Robinsons Lagoon nearby.
During Edward’s first years in the Colony he met up with another convict, Mary Harrison (‘Mary Ann’ 1791), and it appears that they were together in the new convict settlement at Toongabbie.
Although Mary and Edward were apparently not married, they had 7 children. All birth records indicate the father as “unknown”, and each child bore the surname of Harrison, after the mother, however, all records after this indicate the surname as being Robinson, after the father.
He was granted 30 acres of land on the river at Hawkesbury in the District of Mulgrave Place on 9 December 1794 rent being 1/- per annum, commencing after 10 years. On 15 September 1802 Edward was granted a further 100 acres at a lagoon nearby, renting at 2/- per annum, commencing after 5 years, which was called Robinson’s Lagoon. The name later changed to Bushell’s Lagoon, as it is still called, just of Putty Road between Freemans Reach and Wilberforce. By 1805, he had a flock of around “200 big framed mutton producers”, and told Governor KING he would like to experiment with merino sheep. On 28th September 1809 he received a further grant to lease 1 & 3/4 acres 25 rods in Sydney Town at 1 pound per annum for 21 years, commencing on that date. Edward also owned a tavern, ‘Sign of the York Roses’ for which he was granted beer and spirits licences from 1809 through to 1815. On 18th October 1809 Edward was also granted 80 acres at Upper Nelson. This grant was also in the name of Elizabeth Robinson.
Edward was known in the Hawkesbury Settlement as a successful farmer and was a first Trustee of Phillip Common and in 1806 was made a Special Constable for flood relief following the Hawkesbury flood of March 1806.
Mary died at the age of 36, on 24th February 1810. She was buried two days later in the Old Burial Ground, George Street, Sydney, but was late
Submitted by Researcher (Michaella Martinelli) on 1 February 2021
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