William Fraser [Convict "Charlotte" 1788]

William FRASER was born c1760

William married Ellen REDCHESTER c1783 and they had the following children

• William 1784, died before 1787

William and Ellen were convicted of Larceny and sentenced to 7 years transportation. He arrived in Sydney on 26/1/1788 on "Charlotte".

After arriving in Australia, William and Ellen had the following children

• John 1789
• Daniel 1791

William died 13/6/1791 in Sydney Cove

• http://australianroyalty.net.au/individual.php?pid=I67777
  
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William FRASER (also spelt FRAZER or FRAZIER) was tried with his wife Ellen at the Quarter Sessions at Manchester in Jan 1787. His crime and sentence were the same as his wife's. He was described as a labourer and was transported aboard the ship 'Charlotte' which arrived in Sydney Cove on the 26/1/1788.

First Fleet Convict

______________________________________________________________ Added information on his conviction

Denis Pember on 30th September, 2015 wrote:

William and his ‘wife’ Ellen Redchester (Convict, Charlotte, 1788) were sentenced to transportation at Manchester in January 1787, for the theft of several pieces of cloth. There is no record of him coming on the First Fleet, except that the gaoler at Lancaster had signed the contract for Frazer’s removal and sent him for embarkation. However, his evident presence in the colony by way of the 17 November 1788 victualing list and several other records does show he did come! Probably aboard “Charlotte”. He was a blacksmith, noted for his surly temper and very heavy drinking. On 5th January 1789 he received 25 lashes for insolence, when ordered to move away from teh marine lines. He had replied to sergeant Martin, who made the order “You may kiss my arse!” Again on 23 June he was sentenced to work in irons for a month for drunken insolence. When he died on 13 JUne 1791, Collins wrote “Frazer was an excellent workman, was supposed to have brought on an untimely end by hard drinking. He seldom chose to accept any article but spirits in payment for work done in his extra hours.” William and Ellen had left children in England (at least 1 son) and had two more sons in the colony Source: Convict Records

From Australian Royalty
26 January 1788 (aged 28 years)
Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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

Text:
William was tried with his wife Ellen at the Quarter Sessions at Manchester in Jan 1787. His crime and sentence were the same as his wife's. He was described as a labourer and was transported aboard the ship 'Charlotte'

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

Text:
It is not known which ship he was transported on.

Death

13 June 1791 (aged 31 years)
Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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