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John CROOK, son of Joseph CROOK and Elizabeth J BRIDGENS, was born on 25 Oct 1796 in London, England. He was baptised on 20 Sep 1797 in Saint Mary-St Marylebone Road, Saint Marylebone, London, England.² He was a Wheelwright. He married Elizabeth HUBBARD on 22 Feb 1820 in St Philip's Anglican Church, York Street, Church Hill, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.^{1 2} .V1820.70.3A/1820..& ..V1820.2494.3A.1820. John died on 26 Aug 1828 in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.¹ He was buried on 28 Aug 1828 in St. Lukes, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.² V1828.8029 V2C/182.

"The "Duke of Portland", a convict ship of male prisoners, sailed in the company of the storeship "Young William", carrying Cargo, New Settlers and Visitors and a regiment of Soldiers, Joseph's family had been able to secure passage on the Young

William to come to Australia and be close to husband/father Joseph. They included his wife Elizabeth, sons John and Henry, and daughters Elizabeth Margaret, Sarah, and Emma. They are all listed as individual adults travelling except for Henry and

Emma who are listed as two children traveling with their mother Elizabeth Crook."

Occupation.1.: Aft. 1811, John Crook - Wheelright at Liverpool. Colonial Secretary Musters 1806-1849.257 Occupation.2.: 22 February 1820, Wheelwright

Occupation.3.: 1828, Wheelwright - builder or repairer of wagon or carriage wheels.^2,3

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Elizabeth HUBBARD, daughter of William HUBBARD and Mary ATKINSON Goulding, was born on 17 Sep 1799 in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.¹ She died in Sydney.¹

"The following is an index to names published in colonial newspapers [Australia] for missing family, freinds, employees, convicts and absconded spouses.

Elizabeth Crook - formerly Hubbard - wife of John Crook - NSW 1821 - Credit Caution. Missing. Note: This confirms his marriage to Elizabeth Hubbard, which occured in 1820, no children recorded in BDM Registrations, so what became of her?"

"Death Details.1.: No evidence that she remarried after her husbands death in 1828 and no evidence of an Elizabeth Crook or Hubbard in deaths reg BDM. (Source: Index Oline - of Births-Deaths-Marriages - GKFS.) Death Details.2.: 1863, There is an

Elizabeth Cook aged abt 56 yrs who died in 1863 in Sydney, no parents named. There is no Elizabeth Crook. The other two Elizabeth Crooks [1862 &1869] both have parents names which are not William and Mary"²

John CROOK and Elizabeth HUBBARD had the following children:

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Elizabeth J BRIDGENS,^{1 3} daughter of ? BRIDGENS, was born c. 1769 in England.^{4 1} She was a Housekeeper.³ She married Alexander IKIN in 1811 in St. Philip's Anglican Church, York Street, Church Hill, Sydney, Colony of New South Wales, Australia.⁴ She died in Sep 1841 in Vizagapatam, Calcutta, West Bengal, India.^{4 1 3} She was buried on 4 Sep 1841 in Vizagapatam.^{4 3}

"The "Duke of Portland", a convict ship of male prisoners, sailed in the company of the storeship "Young William", carrying Cargo, New Settlers and Visitors and a regiment of Soldiers, Joseph's family had been able to secure passage on the Young William to come to Australia and be close to husband/father Joseph. "

"I have searched the Indian East India Birth marriage and burials and found a Joseph of the correct age and his two wives [confirming Gary Crooks notes] and children and grandchildren, and also his mother Elizabeth also of correct age who must have travelled to India on the death of Joseph after 1828 and settled there with her son Joseph, she died in 1841 in Calcutta, which explains no death registration in NSW of an Elizabeth Crook. "³

Joseph CROOK and Elizabeth J BRIDGENS had the following children:

Alexander IKIN was born c. 1790.⁴ He died on 1 Jan 1838 in Sydney.⁴ He and Elizabeth J BRIDGENS had the following children:

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William HUBBARD¹⁰ was born c. 1768 in Kingston, Hertfordshire, England. He was a Convict. Plasterer, Constable.^{2 2} He married Mary ATKINSON Goulding on 19 Dec 1790 in St. John's Church of England, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.¹⁰ He married Hannah WHITLOCK c. 1811 in Sydney.¹⁰ He died on 18 May 1843 in Benevolent Asylum, Sydney, NSW.¹⁰

"Convict Details Name: Hubbard, First Name: William, Age leaving England aged 19. Sex: Male, Date of Death: 18th May 1843. Trial Place: Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. Date of Crime: 3rd February 1784. Crime: Stealing a bed sheet. Sentence:

Transportation to Australia - 7 yrs. Occupation: Plasterer. Ship of transportation " Scarborough". Notes on Crime: Partner in the original crime was William Boggis. There are obvious problems of confusion with the other convict William Hubbard in

the NSW Colony records - these men are differentiated by their literacy.

William Hubbard was a convict on board the "Scarborough", he had been convicted of theft in London and was originally set for transportation to America, as had all convict up to this time, the intervention of the American War of Independence

changed this and a new penal settlement was needed, the new destination was Australia. He became part of the First Fleet, headed by Captain Arthur Phillip, to Sidney Town, Port Jackson, New South Wales. William was a plasterer by trade and must

have shown some reliability or contrition as he was soon selected by Governor Phillip to be part of the Night Watch. This body was set up to assist the military in keeping order in the new settlement and was in effect, Australia's first police

force. A paper signed by Governor Arthur Phillip in 1789, naming William Hubbard, the ex-con, as a founding member of the Night Watch. One of the problems facing the new settlement was the lack of females and Governor Phillip and others considered

it essential that more women be brought to the colony to encourage the male convicts to marry and settle down from their riotous ways. On the 6th June 1790 the Lady Juliana dropped anchor in Sydney Cove, the first vessel of the Second Fleet to

reach Sydney Cove. On board were 222 female convicts and their children and among them was Mary

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Atkinson, also known as Mary Goulding, who had been transported for 7 years for theft stealing four yards of printed cotton.

Within six months William Hubbard and Mary Goulding were married on the 19th December 1790 at Rose Hill in Sydney, they were married by Reverend Richard Johnson, the Colony's first Chaplain. They were soon considered model citizens of the new and

growing colony.

From a First Fleet Convict who married a female convict of the Second Fleet, In Australian Genealogy, that is like royalty!

As you may be aware the Lady Juliana has been described in recent studies as a floating brothel owing to the large number of London prostitutes on board and also because of the behaviour of the woman on the long voyage. They entertained men at

each port they visited as well as becoming "wives" to the seamen manning the vessel. Even if William had known Mary Goulding from the day of her landing in June to their marriage in December 1790, he most certainly was not the father of her first

child, who was born the same December of 1790, most certainly Mary would have conceived on the voyage from London."

"More About WILLIAM HUBBARD: Burial: 22 May 1843, Christ Church St. Lawrence, Sydney, N.S.W. (Source: RootsWeb.com.) Colonial Secretary P's.1: Bet. 1806 - 1828, Noted in Musters for NSW - ho 10/37 1806. HO 10/5 1811. HO 10/36 1822. HO 10/19 1825.

HO 10/23 1828. (Source: Colonial Secretary Papers, State Records of NSW..) Convict Age:: 1784, Aged 19 yrs? (Source: State Records of N.S.W..) Convict Trade or Calling:: 1784, Plasterer. (Source: State Records of N.S.W..) Conviction Crime:: 1784,

Stealing a Bed Sheet. (Source: State Records of N.S.W..) Conviction Date:: 03 February 1784, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey County, England. (Source: State Records of N.S.W..) Conviction Placement:: 21 February 1789, Surname: Hubbard. First Name:

William. Page 143, Bundle 26, Reel 654. Examination of Character for Job as Night watch Constible Item [SZ765] COD 17. (Source: Colonial Secretary Papers, State Records of NSW..) Conviction Sentence:: 1784, Transported for 7 years to Australia.

(Source: State Records of N.S.W..) Death Reg No: 1843, Index No..V1843.205.27B/1843.. (Source: Index Oline - of Births-DeathsMarriages - GKFS.) Died Aged:: 1843, Aged 67 years old on BDM Index, Convict data would make him abt 75 yrs old. (Source:

Index Oline - of Births-Deaths-Marriages - GKFS.) Occupation.1.: 1788, Plasterer. (Source: RootsWeb.com.) Occupation.2.: 1789, Constable - Papers signed by Governor Arthur Phillip, naming William Hubbard, as a founding member of the Night Watch,

in reality Sydneys first Police force. (Source: RootsWeb.com.) Transportation:: 26 January 1788, Arrived on the "Scarborough" with the First Fleet as a

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convict. [see notes]. (Source: RootsWeb.com.)²"

Hannah WHITLOCK was born c. 1766.¹⁰ She was a Convict.²

"Convict Muster: 1828, Hannah Whtlock Hubbard [HUBBERT] ship Freinds 1811, HO 10/23 William Hubbard HO 10/27. (Source: Colonial Secretary Papers, State Records of NSW..) Ship Arrival:: 1811, Convict ship "Freinds" (Source: Colonial Secretary

Papers, State Records of NSW..)"²

Hannah WHITLOCK and William HUBBARD had the following children:

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Mary ATKINSON Goulding¹⁰ was born c. 1767 in England. She died bef 1811 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

"Mary Atkinson, also known as Mary Goulding.

One of the problems facing the new settlement was the lack of females and Governor Phillip and others considered it essential that more women be brought to the colony to encourage the male convicts to marry and settle down from their riotous ways.

On the 6th June 1790 the Lady Juliana dropped anchor in Sydney Cove, the first vessel of the Second Fleet to reach Sydney Cove. On board were 222 female convicts and their children and among them was Mary Atkinson, also known as Mary Goulding, who

had been transported for 7 years for theft stealing four yards of printed cotton.

Within six months William Hubbard and Mary Goulding were married on the 19th December 1790 at Rose Hill in Sydney, they were married by Reverend Richard Johnson, the Colony's first Chaplain. They were soon considered model citizens of the new and

growing colony.

"Lady Juliana" A ship of 401 tons, she was chartered to transport prostitutes. Her Master was Thomas Edgar [who had sailed with James Cook on his last voyage]. The surgeon was Richard Alley who was apparently competent by the standards of the day,

though he made little attempt to maintain discipline. After a delay of six months the "Lady Juliana" left Plymouth on the 29th July 1789 with 226 female convicts, and took 309 days to reach Port Jackson, one of the slowest journeys made by a

convict ship. The Ship called at Tenerife and St. Jago, and spent 45 days at Rio de Janeiro, and 19 days at the Cape of Good Hope. An account of the voyage was written by her steward John Nicol. He gives a fascinating account of the voyage and the

convicts. Most of whom were London prostitutes, and there were some hardened criminals - thieves, receivers of stolen goods, shoplifters among them.

As you may be aware the Lady Juliana has been described in recent studies as a floating brothel owing to the large number of London prostitutes on board and also because of the behaviour of the woman on the long voyage. They freely entertained men

at each port they visited [also men from other ships in port] as well as becoming "wives" to the seamen manning the vessel. "When they were fairly out to sea, every man on board took a wife from among the convicts, they nothing loath." The

officers made no attempt to suppress this licentious activity. The convicts were reported to be noisy and unruly, with a fondness for liquor, and they frequently fought amongst themselves. During the voyage only 5 convicts died. Rations were

properly issued, the vessel kept clean and fumigated, the woman were given free access to the deck, and supplies of fresh food were obtained at the ports of call. this treatment was in sharp contrast to that meted out on the infamous Second Fleet.

The Lady Juliana arrived at Port Jackson on the 6th June 1790, the first vessel to be seen by the

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members of the first fleet settlement since their own arrival almost two and a half years before. In the grip of starvation, with HMS Sirius wrecked at Norfolk Island, Judge Advocate David Collins was mortified at the arrival of a "cargo so

unnecessary and so unprofitable as 222 females, instead of a cargo of provisions". Lieutenant Ralph Clark was more blunt, lamenting the arrival of still more "damned whores". The ship carried letters bringing the first news of events in Europe to

the settlement since the First Fleet had sailed in May 1787. Two weeks later the storeship Justinian arrived, followed a week later by the three ships of the Second Fleet with their shameful cargo of starved and maltreated convicts. After repairs

to her strained timbers, the Lady Juliana sailed for China on the 25th July 1790 to take on cargo of tea for the East India Company.

Even if William had known Mary Goulding from the day of her landing in June 1790 to their marriage in December 1790, he most certainly was not the father of her first child, who was born the same December, most certainly Mary would have conceived

on the voyage from London."

Convict Details:: 06 June 1790, On the 6th June 1790 the Lady Juliana dropped anchor in Sydney Cove, the first vessel of the Second Fleet to reach Sydney Cove. (Source: State Records of N.S.W..) Convict Name:: Mary Atkinson on Convict Indents.

(Source: (1) State Records of N.S.W.., (2) Convicts in Australia Website.) Conviction Crime:: Stealing four yards of printed cotton. (Source: State Records of N.S.W..) Conviction Place: 1: 23 May 1787, Trial place - Middlesex, England. (Source:

Convicts in Australia Website.) Conviction Place: 2: Abt. 1790, Old Bailey, Middlesex, England. (Source: Ancestory.com.uk.) Conviction Sentence:: Transported for 7 years for theft. (Source: State Records of N.S.W..) Known-as..1.: Mary Atkinson on

Convict Indents. (Source: State Records of N.S.W..) Known-as..2.: 1790, Mary Goulding was the name she used to marry William Hubbard. (Source: Index Oline - of Births-Deaths-Marriages - GKFS.) Ship Arrival:: 03 June 1790, Arrived after a 309 day

voyage on the "Lady Juliana" with the Second Fleet as a convict. (Source: Convicts in Australia Website.) Ship Departure:: 29 July 1789, Lady Juliana sailed from Plymouth, England, embarked with 206 female convicts. (Source: Convicts in Australia

Website.²)

William HUBBARD and Mary ATKINSON Goulding had the following children:

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? BRIDGENS³ has few details recorded about him.

? BRIDGENS had the following children: