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John BRAHAM was the father of my Great Great Grandmothers de-facto and I descend directly from him through that relationship. John was born to parents William and Hannah (nee Blomfield) GRAHAM in Grundisburgh Suffolk and Christened on May 12th 1799 . He was one of 7 children born to William and Hannah.
John Married a Martha Edmonds St Mary's parish Woolbridge in Suffolk on October 20th 1820 aged 20 years. On the night of the 2nd of September 1820 the month before he married committed the offence for which he was transported. The extract from the Essex lent Assizes reads " George Soles, late of the parish of Thorp le Soken, county of Essex, labourer and John Braham, late of the same, labourer, on the second day of September 1820 about the hour of twelve in the night, with force of arms, at the parish aforesaid... the dwelling house of William Goby there situate, feloniously and burglariously did break and enter stealing five coats of value of 3( pounds) , one blanket 7s, eight sheets 30s, five waistcoats 15s, three pair of breeches 20s, one pelisse 5s, one handkerchief 1s, and one hat 2s and 4( pounds) 19 shillings in gold and silver coinage of the goods and chattels of William Goby.
He was convicted in the Essex Quarter Sessions on 11.3.1821. His original sentence was to hang but this was reprieved to life. He was transported to Australia on board the "Hindostan" arriving in Australia in 1821. He was described as being age 20 , 5'101/2 " ( 5 feet 10 and 1/2 inches high) with a florid complexion, brown hair and grey eyes.
As his occupation was listed as a Carpenter and so was assigned on March 13th 1822 to William Laverton of George Street Sydney. The 1837 Muster has him wmployed by George Merton esq. Next he is listed among the list of convicts assigned to William Mannix of Upper Minto under the name of "Graham" not Braham. In 1825 his master William Mannix was declared a defaulter in payment. John was granted a 12 month passport as he held a Ticket of Leave for Merton to employ himself in the service of Mr C Mayne Esq and later to George Forbes of the Upper Hunter property "Eddinglassie" in the area of Patricks Plains. He was granted a Conditional Pardon in September 1843.
On the 10th of August 1841 he applied for permission to marry . There is no record of a marriage as his first wife was still living. He was however free to marry as he had been separated from his first wife Martha for 7 years by sea. He took as his wife Issabella Barnes ( nee Turton) ( nee Moor) and together they had some 8 children. Their son William Braham was the de-facto of my Great, Great Grandmother Susan Aherne ( nee Jobson) ( see convicts William Jobson and Ann Thompson) (She was still married to her first husband)
John and Issabella lived and worked in the Upper Hunter and around Bendemeer where he owned land. John passed away aged 75 on the 20th of February 1874 somewhere on the Moonbi Range. He was buried in the Bendemeer Cemetery in an un-marked grave. His cause of death was "Old age". His wife Issabella died 1898 aged 88 yrs and is buried in Armidale Cemetery.
Submitted by Researcher (Robert Bob Vial) on 8 September 2016
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- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/4, p.64
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