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Samuel WIGGINS m 1800 Susannah WELCH
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Samuel WIGGINS b 29 Nov 1779 New Meeting Church. Barrack Street, Bridport, Dorset, England. (M Pegler)
Samuel WIGGINS was in the guard of more British Royal Marines under the command of Lieutenant Governor David Collins RM on HMS Calcutta which sailed from Spithead, London on 25 Apr 1803 via the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth with convicts and settlers. With the supply ship Ocean they made a landing on 9 Oct 1903 inside the heads at Port Phillip, Bass Strait in the Colony of New South Wales. This first settlement in what was known as Victoria from 1851, at Sorrento, was abandoned after four months in favour of a site on the River Derwent in Van Diemen's Land where Hobart was founded in 1804.
Virtual Sorrento see images of HMS Calcutta and Lt Gov David Collins
Susannah was one of fifteen women reported to be aboard HMS Calcutta along with 21 children.
Children of Samuel WIGGINS and Susannah WELCH:
1. Ann WIGGINS b (23 Jan 1801) England, d 23 Jan 1804 aged 3 yrs VDL d/o of Samuel WIGGINS/Susannah WELCH [Tas 21]
2. Thomas WIGGINS born 11 Jun 1803 At Sea aboard HMS Calcutta [Tas 1]
3. Ann WIGGINS b (30 Jun) 1805 Hobart Town, VDL d/o Samuel WIGGINS/Susanna WELCH [Tas 13]
4. John WIGGINS chr (26 Dec) 1807 Hobart Town, VDL s/o Samuel WIGGINS/Susannah WELCH [Tas 38]
John WIGGINS d 26 Mar 1876 aged 69 yrs Sorell, bur 28 Mar 1876 Sorell [IGI Film 458920, Tas 655]
John WIGGINS m 15 Apr 1838 at Sorell, VDL, Esther GEILL [Tas 4286] b abt 1820 Hobart, d and bur Sorell, VDL. Eleven chn [IGI Film 471061]
5. Sarah Elizabeth WIGGINS b/chr (9 Nov) 1809 Hobart Town, VDL d/o Samuel WIGGINS/Susannah WELCH [Tas 70]
6. Elizabeth WIGGINS b/chr (28 Nov) 1811 Hobart Town, VDL d/o Samuel WIGGINS/Susanna WELCH [Tas 166]
Day and month in brackets from IGI and website Ancestors, Descendants and Relatives of Henry Hunt - Thomas WIGGINS
Following the death of Sammuel (sic) WIGGINS (b abt 1775) on 17 Jul 1811 aged 36 yrs Hobart, VDL [Tas 111] Susannah WIGGINS m 27 Jan 1812, Thomas PENNINGTON [Tas 98] There were two children of this marriage:
1. James PENNINGTON b/chr 16 Aug 1817 VDL s/o Thomas PENNINGTON/Susannah [Tas 582]
2. Mary PENNINGTON b/chr 12 Sep 1819 VDL s/o Thomas PENNINGTON/Susannah [Tas 757]
Thomas PENNINGTON (b abt 1775) d 26 Jul 1846 aged 71 yrs VDL [Tas 2]
Susannah died?
Calcutta on her voyage to Hobart Town Oct 27 1840
by William Knight 1809-1877
State Library of Tasmania - Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts
