John WELLS m 1833 Mary NEWPORT

It is most likely that Mary, aged 6 yrs, sailed on the Dromedary from Plymouth on 11 Sep 1819 and arrived in Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land on 20 Jan 1820. Aboard this convict transport was her father John NEWPORT aged 47 yrs and I believe her mother Fanny NEWPORT aged 42, and sisters Susannah 16, Sarah 15 and Elizabeth 13. Although no record of the females has been found it was not unusual at that time for wives and families to accompany their convicted husbands on the voyage to see out the sentence. This practice had begun in 1792 and in the 1830s a Bounty Emigration Scheme was created specifically for young single free women to redress the imbalance in the population of VDL, which in 1834, was over 70 per cent male of a total population of 40 000.

Oct 1828 Children's Census
Children in the lower Settlement Pittwater shewing whither at or having been at School [131]
Mary NEWPORT age 13 yrs, not at school
Also listed on this page were HOWELL, NEWPORT and REARDON children

Mary NEWPORT, Spinster, and John WELLS alias MEADOWS, Bachelor, both of the Parish of Sorell, were married in this Church, by Banns with consent of the Lieutenant Governor, 13 Jun 1833 by James NORMAN, Chaplain. John WELLS signed, Mary NEWPORT made herXmark in the presence of James hisXmark YOUNG of Sorell and Susannah herXmark WIGGINS. [2310/83 Parish of Sorell, County of Buckinghamshire, VDL]

John WELLS b abt 1804 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, transported to Van Diemen's Land on the 1st voyage of the Phoenix dep England 18 Aug 1821 (Ann Belmont)
John WELLS d 27 May 1883 aged 79 yrs Sorell, Tasmania [Tas 832] bur 30 May 1883 C of E Sorell (AB)
1866 Directory of Sorell, John WELLS, Farmer, Wattle Hill.

Mary WELLS (ms NEWPORT), Adult, m2. 24 Mar 1890 Sorell, John ROSS, Adult [Tas 225]
John ROSS (b abt 1815) d 14 Feb 1896 aged 81 yrs Hobart [Tas 543]
Mary Ann ROSS d 9 Apr 1890 aged 75 yrs Sorell [Tas 1204]

Children of John WELLS and Mary (Ann) NEWPORT:

1. John Charles WELLS b 10 Aug 1833 Sorell, VDL, John WELLS/Mary - [Tas 5212] (also chr with same details)
John Charles WELLS aged 22 (b abt 1835) m 13 Apr 1857 Sorell, Tas, Mary O'MARA aged 19 (b abt 1838) [837]

Children of John Charles WELLS and Mary O'MARA/O'MEARA

2. Richard WELLS b 10 Apr 1835 Sorell, Tas, John WELLS/Mary - [6679] (also chr with same details)
Richard WELLS d/bur 6 Oct 1905 aged 70 yrs New Town Charitable Institution.
Richard WELLS aged 26 (b abt 1837) m 7 Nov 1863 Sorell, Tas, Mary WATKINS aged 14 (b abt 1849) [Tas 666]
Mary WATKINS b 13 Apr 1849 Brighton, VDL d/o George WATKINS/Ann KELLY [Tas 516]

Children of Richard WELLS and Mary WATKINS

3. Jane WELLS b 1836 Sorell (Lynne Hoggett)
Jane WELLS aged 27 yrs (b abt 1836) m 24 Sep 1855 VDL, Alfred WATKINS aged 24 yrs (b abt 1831) [Tas 350]

Child of Alfred WATKINS and Jane WELLS:
Esther WATKINS b/chr 8 Aug 1856 Hobart d/o Alfred WATKINS/Jane - [Tas 4880]

4. Ellen WELLS b 16 Sep 1837 Sorell, Tas, John WELLS/Mary - [8262] (also chr with same details)
Ellen (Helen) PULLEN d 25 Nov 1906 Sorell, Tasmania (Ann Belmont)
Helen WELLS Adult m 23 Apr 1854 Launceston, Thomas PULLEN Adult [Tas 915] (Ann Belmont)
Thomas PULLEN b 19 Oct 1833 Pitt Water s/o Joseph PULLEN/Ann (TURNER) [Tas 5215] (AB)
Thomas PULLEN d 8 Oct 1893 aged 60 yrs Sorell [Tas 733] (AB)
1866 Directory of Sorell, Thomas PULLEN, Farmer, Wattle Hill.

Children of Thomas PULLEN and Ellen WELLS

5. Lewis (Lou) WELLS b 1840 Sorell (LH)

6. Amos WELLS b 1834 Sorell (LH)
Amos WELLS d 5 Aug 1877 aged 34 yrs Tas, Father: John [Tas 803]
Amos WELLS aged 21 yrs (b abt 1834) m 4 Jul 1864 Tas, Esther Ann WATKINS aged 18 yrs (b abt 1846) [Tas 660]

7. Anne WELLS b 1845 (LH)
Ann WELLS age 37 m 5 Jun 1882 Sorell, James PRICE age 21 [Tas 943] (AB)

8. George WELLS b 1848 Sorell (LH)
Poss George WELLS aged 29 yrs (b abt 1849) m 8 Oct 1878 Tas, Esther BETY aged 20 yrs (b abt 1858) [Tas 117]

9. Dinah WELLS b 17 Feb 1849 Sorell, Tas, John WELLS/Mary Ann NEWPORT [Tas 829]
Dinah ALOMES d 8 Apr 1921 Sorell, bur 10 Apr 1921 St George's Anglican Church, Sorell (AB)
Dinah WELLS, Adult, m 4 Nov 1868 Spring Bay, Tas, John Albert ALOMES, Adult [Tas 616]
John Albert ALOMES b 1844 Hobart, VDL s/o Jacob ALOMES/Isabella (QUESTED) [Tas 227]
John Albert ALOMES d 13 Apr 1922 Sorell (AB)

Children of John Albert ALOMES and Dinah WELLS

10. Thomas William WELLS b 8 May 1852 (Spring Bay) Sorell, Tas, John WELLS/Mary NEWPORT [Tas 540] d 1902 Forcett, Tasmania (AB)
Thomas William WELLS aged 27 yrs (b abt 1853) m 3 May 1880 Port Sorell, Tas, Elizabeth Ann SMITH aged 19 (b abt 1861) [Tas 446]
Elizabeth SMITH b 27 Aug 1859 Hobart d/o Robert SMITH/Catherine (WILLIAMS) [Tas 5432] (AB)
Elizabeth Ann WELLS d 18 Apr 1946 aged 86 yrs West Brunswick, Melbourne d/o Robert SMITH/Matilda unknown [Vic 3799] (Should be Catherine, AB)

Children of Thomas William WELLS and Elizabeth Ann SMITH