Name from entry of daughter, Mary, from the Australia Baptism records, found in November 2023.
Name: Mary Tyrell
Date of Baptism: 6 September 1807
Baptism Place: St Johns Church, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Residence Place: New South Wales, Australia
Father: William Tyrell
Mother: Ann Sutherland

Year of birth, immigration, trial details, two marriages, property details, month/year of death, place of Burial, from Australian Royalty website, found in November 2023:
https://australianroyalty.net.au/tree/purnellmccor...6983/William-Tyrrell
Birth: about 1759
Immigration: 26 January 1788 (aged 29 years), Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. [First Fleet]
Immigration Text: William was sentenced to seven years transportation at Winchester, Hants on 1 Mar 1785. He was transported aboard the ship Alexander on 6 Jan 1787.
Trial Text: William was tried at Southampton Lent Assizes held at Winchester on 1 Mar 1785. "William Tyrrell and William [sic] Hanford; 2 charges (a) For feloniously ripping cutting and stealing 160 pounds weight of Lead value 20 s. the goods of the King fixed to buildings called structures of the King..." (b) For stealing one Iron bar of 20 pounds weight value 3s. and other goods value 3s, the property of the King." Found not guilty on the first charge and guilty on the second. Each sentenced to be transported for seven years. They were both transported aboard the ship 'Alexander'.
Marriage [First]: Ann Ward, 6 April 1788 (aged 29 years), Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Property: Tirrell's Farm, 22 February 1792. Eastern Farms, Greater Sydney
Property Citation Text: On 3 Jan 1792... ... Others to receive grants in 1792 weres John Bazely, John Callaghan, Thomas Chadwick, John Jones, William Jones, John Laurel and William Tyrrell.
Property Detail Text: William Tirrell granted 60 acres at Eastern Farms by A. Phillip; 22 Feb 1792
Annual quit rent 1 shilling commencing 22 Feb 1802. Named Tirrells Farm. Laying at the Eastern Farms
Marriage [Second, first wife Ann died in 1804]: Ann Sandell, about 1806 (aged 47 years), New South Wales, Australia
Marriage Text: Common law relationship
Death: June 1827 (aged 68 years)
Burial: Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Citation details: William TYRRILL died 25th June 1827 aged 68 years. He arrived in the First Fleet in the year 1788. (leaving children)

Entry from the Australian Convict Transportation Register of the First Fleet, found in November 2023:
Name: William Tyrrell
Vessel: Alexander
Fleet: First
Convicted Date: 1 Mar. 1785
Voyage Date: Feb. 1787
Colony: New South Wales
Place of Conviction: Winchester, Hampshire, England

Full date of death, place of burial, photo of headstone, from Find a Grave website found in November 2023:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198505454/william-tyrrill
Name: William Tyrrill
Death Date: 25 June 1827 [As per headstone]
Cemetery: Devonshire Street Cemetery (Defunct), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Australian Royalty
Britain used transportation to distant lands as a way of getting rid of prisoners. After Britain lost its American colonies in 1783 the jails of England were full. So, Australia, which had recently been claimed for the British Crown by Lieutenant James Cook, was chosen as the new destination.

Only a generation ago, descendants of convicts were ashamed of their heritage. However, since the 1988 bicentenary, it has become increasingly fashionable to discover a convict ancestor. Early arrivals, especially on the first fleet, were particularly welcome finds with convict ancestry one of the most sought-after prizes of genealogical research.

Then, in January 2008, the first episode of the first season of the Australian version of the television series, "Who do you think you are?”, featured Australian award-winning actor, Jack Thompson, who quipped that, "these days, unlike times gone by, having a convict ancestor gives you the status of Australian royalty".

The most prestigious genealogical group is the Fellowship of the First Fleeters. Only 113 of the 788 original convicts have descendants living in Australia today.

The First Fleet was a fleet of 11 British ships that brought the first British colonists and convicts to Australia, departing Portsmouth, England on the 13 May 1787. The fleet was made up of:
- Two Royal Navy vessels
- Three store ships
- Six convict transports.

William Tyrrell, convicted for stealing in Southampton, was in the First Fleet. Aboard the, "Alexander", the second largest ship in the fleet he, and 209 other convicts, arrived in Botany Bay, New South Wales on the 19 January 1788. It was here where a planned penal colony would become the first British settlement in Australia. Today, Botany Bay is the location of Sydney airport.

However, Botany Bay was not as hospitable as first thought. The bay was shallow, there was not a large supply of freshwater, and the land was not fertile.

To the north, officers of the First Fleet discovered a beautiful harbour in Port Jackson with all those qualities. They named it after the British Home Secretary, Lord Sydney. They made this the site, Sydney Cove, for the new colony. The fleet landed there, present day Circular Quay, on 26 January 1788. This date today is being celebrated as Australia’s national holiday, Australia Day.

When transportation ended in 1868, over 150,000 convicts had been transported to New South Wales and other Australian colonies. Most convicts stayed in Australia after serving their sentences, contributed to the building of a new nation, with many becaming well-known, important people within the Australian colonies.

Some references:
https://guides.sl.nsw.gov.au/convicts-bound-for-australia/first_fleet
https://gutenberg.net.au/first-fleet.html
https://www.visitsydneyaustralia.com.au/history-5-first.html
https://firstfleetfellowship.org.au/ships/hms-alexander/
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/...-sets-sail-australia/
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBri...onvicts-to-Australia/

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