John Allen Cross [Convict "Alexander" 1788]

John CROSS was born c1757 and was baptised 23/3/1757 at East Knoyle, Wiltshire, UK (son of James CROSS and Elizabeth THOMAS)

John married Keren Happuch BURDEN 11/1/1781 in Semley, UK and they had the following children

• Mary Burden 1783 died 1786
• William Idgliah 1784
• Mary Burden 1786

John was convicted of stealing sheep and sentenced to transportation for 7 years. He arrived in Sydney Cove on 26/1/1788 on "Alexander"

John married Mary DAVIDSON in 1793 and they had the following children

• Elizabeth 1794
• James Thomas 1796
• William 1797
• David 1799
• John 1801
• Alexander 1803
• Mary Ann 1806
• Ann 1808
• Sarah 1812

John died 24/12/1824 at Wisemans Ferry, NSW and was buried 27/12/1824 at Windsor

LINKS

• http://www.australianroyalty.net.au/individual.php?pid=I52305&ged=p...
• http://www.fellowshipfirstfleeters.org.au/johncross.htm
• http://www.thetreeofus.net/11213.htm
• http://www.ibcholdings.com.au/victoriainn/history.html
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cross-3373
• https://sharnsgenealogyhints.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/first-fleet-me...
• https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/cross/john/130459
• http://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/cross-john-allen-24099
• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nswwfhg/articles/convicts/0359_da...
• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nswwfhg/articles/convicts/0359_cr...
• http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVIC...
• http://firstfleet.thruhere.net/convict.php?id=161
• http://www.australian-english-genealogy.com/john%20cross%20and%20ma...

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First fleet convict (Alexander). Convicted at 'New Sarum' of stealing 1 wether sheep - death commuted to 7 years.

http://suzieq.net.au/HTMLFiles/HTMLFiles_49/P38265.html

Birth: Mar 23 1757 - East Knoyle, Wiltshire England

Death: Dec 24 1824 - Sussex Reach, Hawkesbury River, NSW

Parents: James Cross, Elizabeth Cross (born King)

Wife: Mary Ann Cross (born Davidson (Aka Davison))

Children:Elizabeth Cross, James Thomas Cross, William (Will) Cross, David George Charles Cross, John Cross, Alexander (Alick) Cross, Mary-ann (Sis) Cobctoft (born Cross), Ann Ester Cavanough (born Cross), Sarah Herps (born Cross)

John Cross received sentence of death at New Sarum ‎[Salisbury, Wilts}‎ on 5 Mar 1785 for theft of a wether sheep. He was reprieved to transportation for seven years on 5 April and sent to the Ceres hulk age given as 29, delivered thence to the ship 'Alexander' on 6 January 1787. He was almost certainly the son of James Cross, baptised John at East Knoyle, Wilts on 23 Mar 1757.

Source: Gillen, Mollie. The Founders of Australia: a biographical dictionary of the First Fleet. North Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1989

By 1793 Mary Davidson and John Cross were living together. Their daughter Elizabeth was baptised in Sydney in Jun 1794 followed by James Thomas ‎(1796)‎, William ‎(1797)‎, David ‎(1799)‎, John ‎(1801)‎, Alexander ‎(1803)‎, Mary Ann ‎(1806)‎, Ann ‎(1808)‎ and Sarah ‎(1812)‎.

Source: Flynn, Michael. The Second Fleet: Britain's grim convict armada of 1790. Sydney : Library of Australian History, 1993

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