NAME: JAMES MCMANUS

SURNAME: McManus GIVEN NAMES: James *SEX: M

BIRTH: c 1768 England

DEATH: 1796 Australia ....age (28)

• FATHER: unkown
• MOTHER: unkown

MARRIAGE: Jane POOLE b: England

MARRIED: --- Australia

CHILDREN

1...F...Margaret McMANUS b: 1790 Norfolk Island

2...F...Sarah McMANUS b: 4 MAY 1793

3...M...James McMANUS b: 7 NOV 1794

4...M...John McMANUS b:1797 Sydney, NSW, Australia

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NOTES:*

• Born England circa 1770
• Immigration to AUSTRALIA : as a private in the Marines 26 JAN 1788 Sydney Cove Aust The First Fleet
• Private James McManus (Marines Regiment ), departed with the First Fleet on the ‘Charlotte’ but arrived on the ‘Sirius’.
• During his guard duties on board, he appears to have formed a relationship with the mother of his children Jane Poole. which is why he may have been removed from the " Charlotte", arriving onboard Sirius in Australia. Jane was 16-18 years old and had been convicted of stealing a silver watch and other goods valued at 15 shillings in Wells, Somerset in 1786 – and had been transported after her death sentence had been commuted.
• narrowly avoided conviction for theft in 1790 even though he had arrived in Australia with the First Fleet on the ‘Sirius’ as a Private in the Marines.
• AUG 1790 - discharged from the marines after being found stealing a haversack from fellow a marine in
• confined and tried committing suicide unsuccessfully but only managed to scar himself.
• was hence appeared insane, from thence for 11 days, ate a few mouthfuls of flour and water, recovered and was acquitted through flaw of evidence
• 4 OCT 1790 - Formally acquitted of the charge but discharged from the Marines –
• granted 60 acres of land on Norfolk Island and sailed there on board the "Atlantic" on 26 oct 1790
• SEPT 1792 ,He left Norfolk Island dissatified with the settler life
• There is no trace of a marriage between James and Jane Poole.Could have been a common law wife*
• 1793 living with Jane Poole and produced 2 sons and 1 daughter.
• joined the NSW corps accepted as a Private*
• granted 65 acres of land in Mulgrave district Governor Hunter. on 10 May 1797
• dies 11 months later after being granted his land in Mulgrave D: 15 APR 1798 in Sydney Cove Australia
• buried at the Sydney Buriel Grounds, , Sydney,, NSW,, Australia

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JAMES McMANUS, a marine private, arrived on the CHARLOTTE and was attached to Captain Tench’s company.

On 26 August 1790, he was confined for stealing from a fellow marine.

The next morning he tried to commit suicide, but only managed to scar himself. From that day he appeared insane, and took nothing but a few mouthfuls of flour and water for eleven days.

He recovered, and was acquitted of his charge because of a flaw in the evidence.

He settled on a grant at Norfolk Island in 1791, but departed the following year

. In 1793 he was living with Jane Poole, by whom he later had two sons and a daughter.

They lived at Mulgrave Place, where he was granted sixty five acres in 1796.

McManus died in April 1798 and four years later his widow received 160 acres at Mulgrave Place, to be held in trust for his children.

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Extract from - 1788 the People of the First Fleet by Don Chapman

LIST OF OFFICERS, MEN & FAMILIES OF THE FIRST FLEET SENT TO NEW SOUTH WALES IN 1787

Extracted from Australia's First Fleet: The Voyage and the Re-enactment 1788-1988

McMANUS [McMANIS, M'MANUS]  James  HMS Sirius  Marine private 

http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/firstfleet2.html

We find that James’ father James McManus Sr. narrowly avoided conviction for theft in 1790 even though he had arrived in Australia with the First Fleet on the ‘Sirius’ as a Private in the Marines.

During his guard duties on board, he appears to have formed a relationship with the mother of his children Jane Poole.

Jane had been convicted of stealing a silver watch and other goods valued at 15 shillings in Wells, Somerset in 1786 – and had been transported after her death sentence had been commuted.

JAMES MCMANUS (Senior) and JANE POOLE

Private James McManus (Marines) departed with the First Fleet on the ‘Charlotte’ but arrived on the ‘Sirius’. Two years later he was jailed for stealing a chest of personal articles from a fellow marine. He tried to kill himself on arrest but only succeeded in scarring himself.

He was subsequently formally acquitted of the charge but discharged from the Marines – and in the wake of the disgrace he took up a grant of 60 acres of land on Norfolk Island in 1790. However, he returned to Sydney and was accepted as a Private in the NSW Corps. He was granted 65 acres of land in Mulgrave Place by Governor Hunter.

Kingston, Norfolk Island

One of Australia's harshest penal colonies stood at Kingston, Norfolk Island: a speck of land between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia.

Kingston's now-ruined pink-stoned gaol was completed in 1847. Inside, everyday convicts from across the British Empire mingled with stubborn second-offenders from New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land.

Designed to break hard cases' spirit, the gaol featured underground 'dumb cells' that allowed no light or sound. The dungeon deprivation drove inmates mad and cemented the sense of dread created by sadistic commandants. Outside, shackled wretches built roads and broke rocks.

Source.....

Family tree profile

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MC MANUS, James:

From: "1788 The People of the First Fleet" by Don Chapman, produced 1981 by Mead & Beckett Publishing, 139 Macquarie St., Sydney states: Marine Private arrived Charlotte First Fleet attached to Capt Tench's Company.

On 25 August 1790 was confined for stealing a haversack from fellow marine, tried suicide unsuccessfully and hence appeared insane, from thence for 11 days ate a few mouthfuls of flour and water.

Recovered and was acquitted through flaw of evidence.

He later joined the NSW Corp. He settled land grant 1791 at Norfolk Island, departed 1792.

1793 living with Jane Poole and produced 2 sons and 1 daughter. 

James was granted 65 acres in Mulgrave district on 10 May 1797 by Governor Hunter - James died 11 months later on 15 April, 1798.

James McManus

Born December 7, 1794, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Died November 6, 1839,Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. Map

Father James McManusb. 1770 Mother Jane Poole

SpouseLucy Barnes BradleyMarriage April 7, 1814 | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.

Additional notes

Parents James McManus 1770

– 1798 Jane Poole 1769 – 1826

Show siblings Spouse & Children Lucy Bradley 1796 – 1878

James McManus 1815 – 1898

Sarah McManus 1817 – 1900 

Jane McManus 1819 – 1858

John McManus 1821 – 1888

Elizabeth McManus 1823 – 1900

Lucy McManus 1825 – 1920

Catherine McManus 1828 – 1912

Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 

about James Mcmanus Name: James Mcmanus

Birth Date: 1794 

Father's name: James Mcmanus

Mother's name: Jane

Birth Place: New South Wales

Registration Year: 1794

Registration Place: Sydney, New South Wales

Volume Number: V1794386 IA.

Worked for Mrs Putney,daughter of Capt William Bligh.

Her husband Richard was killed in an accident in Bathurst in 1857 . (Sarah McManus was the daughter of Lucy Bradley and James McManus, both children of convicts. She was christened on 12 April 1817 in Parramatta, New South Wales . She and Richard married on 29 March 1841 in Saint Lawrence`s Church of England, Sydney, New South Wales. He died as a result of an accident at "Woodside" near Bathurst on 16 July 1857, leaving a youngest child only seven months old.

Sarah had been trained as a midwife and a governess by Mrs. Putney, daughter of Captain Bligh. She delivered many of her own grandchildren. After her husband`s death, she worked as a midwife to support her family . Sarah died 11 June 1900 in Pipers Flat, Wallerwang, New South Wales. ) Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 about James M Maness

Name: James M Maness

Spouse Name: Lucy Bradley

Marriage Date: 1814

Marriage Place: New South Wales  Registration Place: Parramatta,

New South Wales Registration Year: 1814 Volume Number: V

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Author of family Tree

Ernie Davis

• Reference: MyHeritage Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jan 25 2019, 22:11:29 UTC