Henry Angel, 17911881 (aged 90 years)

Name
Henry /Angel/
Given names
Henry
Surname
Angel
Birth
Note: Alternative Birthdate: 28 Dec 1791, Woodgreen, Hants, Hampshire, England. Source: Transcriptions © Hampshire Genealogical Society, Find My Past
Christening
Occupation
Farmer, labourer
Event
Note: History of the crime of robbery, trial and sentencing

History of the crime of robbery, trial and sentencing

Monday 24 March 1817: The newspaper advised that Henry had been committed to Fisherton Goal, Salisbury and Winchester Journal

Monday 21 July 1817: Had his sentence dealt within the Salisbury Assizes. Salisbury and Winchester Journal

28/07/1817: Henry Angel and George Sheryer were convicted for robbing Harry Witt, on the Highway. It appeared that the prosecutor, who is a baker, residing at Hale, on the 18th of March last took the sum of 6l 10s at Salisbury, for some potatoes which he had sold there, and on his return home, stopped at the George, in Dowtown, where he sat next to the prisoners, and he gave Angel some beer, informing him that he had been to Salisbury and got the money for the potatoes (which Angel, appeared, had helped him to dig) and he added that the money was in his watch pocket.

Between 11 and 12 o'çlock, he left the George in the company of Jacob Spratt and the two prisoners, as all the party lived near together. Whilst proceeding on their way, the prisoners lingered behind, and as soon as Spratt left Witt, in order to go to his house, the prisoners followed Witt, overtook him, knocked him down, and robbed him of the money in his watch pocket.

No words passed during the robbery, but as soon as Witt was released, he said "it was very hard for one neighbour to rob another". In the summing up, the learned Judge made appropriate comments, in the course of which he said, the guilt of Angel was much aggravated by the circumstance of his having been a servant to the prosecutor, whom it was his duty to have protected.

Salisbury and Winchester Journal, South West, England. 28/07/1817

Further to the story: The next day he (Harry Witt) saw Henry Angel thrashing in a barn and said to him "I say, you might as well give me back that money you robbed off me last night". Soon afterwards he saw Sherior and hallooed to him, that he should want him in a few hours. Sentence- death. Hampshire Chronicle, Monday 28 July 1817

23 October 1817: Removed from Fisherton Gaol and taken to Woolwhich to be placed on a Convict Hulk. Salisbury and Winchester Journal

Arrived in Australia
on "Neptune" as a convict
May 9, 1818 (aged 27 years)
Event
New South Wales State Archives
between 1824 and 1840 (aged 48 years)
Note: Entries on the New South Wales State Archives Website

Entries on the New South Wales State Archives Website

Information taken from the Colonial Secretary Index, New South Wales State Archives Oline.
ANGELL, Henry. Per "Neptune", 1818
1824 Feb 17, Employed by Hamilton Hume (Fiche 3093; 4/1837B No.481 p.848)
1824 Feb 19: To take charge of the grazing run of H Hume situated thirty miles west of Goulburn Plains (Reel 6012; 4/3510 p.375)
1825 Jul 5: Journeyed with Hume and Hovell to Bass Straits. Recommended for a ticket of leave by Hovell & Hume (Reel 6064; 4/1787 p.13)

Received a recommendation for a conditional pardon, 12 November 1840: New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave, 1834-1859

New South Wales State Records Authority
Ticket of Leave
February 23, 1832 (aged 41 years)
Note: "Granted in consideration of his exertions in the capture of Patrick Bourke the bushranger". Allowed to remain in the district of Illawara
Event
Permission to Marry
July 5, 1834 (aged 43 years)
Note: Henry and Mary were granted permission to marry. Mary was living at Wollongong at the time.
Marriage
Birth of a son
Christening of a son
Birth of a son
Christening of a son
Census
Note: There were 8 people living in the house- Henry, Mary, their children plus one person. One single male was a ticket of leave holder and it was probably he who was Roman Catholic as all other household members were Church of England. This may have been a convict assigned to Henry.
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a son
Christening of a daughter
Christening of a son
Birth of a son
Christening of a son
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a son
Christening of a daughter
Christening of a son
Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Christening of a son
Christening of a son
Census
between 1855 and 1886 (4 years after death)
Address: Henry was living "near Fairy Meadow Road"
Marriage of a daughter
Marriage of a son
Marriage of a son
Marriage of a son
Address: Church of England School, Woonona, New South Wales, Australia
Note: Marriage Notice, Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 25 April 1867

Marriage Notice, Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 25 April 1867

On the 18th instant, by special license, at the Church of England School, Woonona, by the Rev. T. C. Ewing, Mr. WILLIAM ANGEL, of Wagga Wagga, to SARAH MARY, daughter of Mr. HENRY HARRIS, teacher, Woonona.

Death of a son
Cause: Accident- hitting a tree whilst riding a horse (3 hours).
Note: Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle (New South Wales : 1860 - 1870) Saturday 28 May 1870

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle (New South Wales : 1860 - 1870) Saturday 28 May 1870

Mr Robert Angel, at Wagga Wagga, was recently killed through his horse bringing him into violent collision with the trunk of a tree.

Note: According to his death certificate, at the time of his death, Robert was 28 years old and was working as a labourer. He lived for three hours after being accidentially struck by a tree when riding a horse and was attended to by Dr William Lyons. Witnesses to his burial were Henry Maxham and Denis Bergin. Source- Sandie McKoy
Burial of a son
Marriage of a daughter
Marriage of a son
Note: The Sydney Morning Herald (New South Wales : 1842 - 1954), Saturday 9 August 1873

The Sydney Morning Herald (New South Wales : 1842 - 1954), Saturday 9 August 1873
On the 10th of July at Rudd's Point, on the Murrumbidgee River, by the Rev S.A. Hamilton, Mr Henry Angel of Elginbab to Frances Eleanor Jane Cunningham of Rudd's Point.

Marriage of a son
Marriage of a son
Marriage of a son
Death
Note: Australian Town and Country Journal (New South Wales : 1870 - 1907) Saturday 17 December 1881

Australian Town and Country Journal (New South Wales : 1870 - 1907) Saturday 17 December 1881

"AN OLD COLONIST GONE.-The late Mr. Henry Angel who died at Lake Albert, near Wagga, at his residence on the 7th instant, at the age of 91 year, was a colonist for over 60 years, having arrived in the colony in 1819. He first settled in Kiama as a farmer. In 1824 he went with Humo and Hovell's party on the expedition overland to Hobson's Bay. He was one of the first men who crossed the River Murray and was always foremost in any difficult situations or hardships on the journey. Mr. Hume, in his reports of the expedition, frequently mentions the name ot Henry Angel, and speaks highly of his courage and determination. He appears always to have been a man on whom great reliance was placed by the explorers iu any difficulty or hardships.

Mr. Angel afterwards followed the occupation of a farmer and became a squatter on the Murrumbidgee. He eventually settled near Wagga, and became possessed of a considerable landed estate. He was noted in the district for his strict integrity. ln 1832 he married Mary Brooker. There were l6 children of the marriage, eight of whom and the widow and 70 grandchildren survive their father.

Burial
Cemetery: Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery
Address: Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery, Kooringal Road, Kooringal, New South Wales
Family with Mary Brooker
himself
17911881
Birth: January 28, 1791Salisbury, England
Death: December 7, 1881Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
wife
Mary Brooker marriage to Christopher Ledwidge
18121890
Birth: November 28, 1812 52 36 Hawkesbury District, New South Wales, Australia
Death: September 29, 1890Spring Vale, Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage MarriageSeptember 3, 1834Church of England Schoolhouse, Dapto, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
son
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18361924
Birth: November 16, 1836 45 23 Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia
Death: July 9, 1924Wagga Wagga District Hospital, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
son
18381891
Birth: November 17, 1838 47 25 Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia
Death: October 28, 1891“Fair View“, Forbes Street, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
daughter
18411932
Birth: October 5, 1841 50 28 Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia
Death: November 22, 1932"Iona, " Junee road, North Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
son
18411870
Birth: October 5, 1841 50 28 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Death: May 20, 1870Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
son
18441907
Birth: February 19, 1844 53 31 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Death: June 18, 190711 Wallundry Street, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
4 years
daughter
18481932
Birth: February 10, 1848 57 35 Dapto, New South Wales, Australia
Death: July 6, 1932Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
1 month
son
18481926
Birth: March 8, 1848 57 35 Dapto, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Death: June 5, 1926Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
4 years
son
18521934
Birth: June 13, 1852 61 39 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
Death: November 8, 1934Springvale, Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia
18 months
son
18531938
Birth: December 18, 1853 62 41 Wardry Station, near Hay, New South Wales, Australia
Death: April 21, 193842 Trail Street, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Christopher Ledwidge + Mary Brooker
wife’s husband
17991834
Birth: 1799Dublin, Ireland
Death: February 5, 1834Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
wife
Mary Brooker marriage to Christopher Ledwidge
18121890
Birth: November 28, 1812 52 36 Hawkesbury District, New South Wales, Australia
Death: September 29, 1890Spring Vale, Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage MarriageApril 16, 1833St Marys Roman Catholic Cathedral, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
-8 months
stepson
18321873
Birth: July 26, 1832 33 19 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
Death: July 1, 1873Hay, New South Wales, Australia
19 months
stepson
18341869
Birth: February 5, 1834 35 21 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Death: August 8, 1869Balranald, New South Wales, Australia
John Hart + Mary Brooker
wife’s husband
18001829
Birth: 1800
Death: July 1829At sea off the northern Illawarra coast
wife
Mary Brooker marriage to Christopher Ledwidge
18121890
Birth: November 28, 1812 52 36 Hawkesbury District, New South Wales, Australia
Death: September 29, 1890Spring Vale, Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage MarriageFebruary 13, 1829St Marys Roman Catholic Cathedral, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Birth
Christening
Event
Arrived in Australia
New South Wales State Records Authority
Event
Marriage
Census
Census
Death
Burial
Birth

Alternative Birthdate: 28 Dec 1791, Woodgreen, Hants, Hampshire, England. Source: Transcriptions © Hampshire Genealogical Society, Find My Past

Event

History of the crime of robbery, trial and sentencing

Monday 24 March 1817: The newspaper advised that Henry had been committed to Fisherton Goal, Salisbury and Winchester Journal

Monday 21 July 1817: Had his sentence dealt within the Salisbury Assizes. Salisbury and Winchester Journal

28/07/1817: Henry Angel and George Sheryer were convicted for robbing Harry Witt, on the Highway. It appeared that the prosecutor, who is a baker, residing at Hale, on the 18th of March last took the sum of 6l 10s at Salisbury, for some potatoes which he had sold there, and on his return home, stopped at the George, in Dowtown, where he sat next to the prisoners, and he gave Angel some beer, informing him that he had been to Salisbury and got the money for the potatoes (which Angel, appeared, had helped him to dig) and he added that the money was in his watch pocket.

Between 11 and 12 o'çlock, he left the George in the company of Jacob Spratt and the two prisoners, as all the party lived near together. Whilst proceeding on their way, the prisoners lingered behind, and as soon as Spratt left Witt, in order to go to his house, the prisoners followed Witt, overtook him, knocked him down, and robbed him of the money in his watch pocket.

No words passed during the robbery, but as soon as Witt was released, he said "it was very hard for one neighbour to rob another". In the summing up, the learned Judge made appropriate comments, in the course of which he said, the guilt of Angel was much aggravated by the circumstance of his having been a servant to the prosecutor, whom it was his duty to have protected.

Salisbury and Winchester Journal, South West, England. 28/07/1817

Further to the story: The next day he (Harry Witt) saw Henry Angel thrashing in a barn and said to him "I say, you might as well give me back that money you robbed off me last night". Soon afterwards he saw Sherior and hallooed to him, that he should want him in a few hours. Sentence- death. Hampshire Chronicle, Monday 28 July 1817

23 October 1817: Removed from Fisherton Gaol and taken to Woolwhich to be placed on a Convict Hulk. Salisbury and Winchester Journal

Event

Entries on the New South Wales State Archives Website

Information taken from the Colonial Secretary Index, New South Wales State Archives Oline.
ANGELL, Henry. Per "Neptune", 1818
1824 Feb 17, Employed by Hamilton Hume (Fiche 3093; 4/1837B No.481 p.848)
1824 Feb 19: To take charge of the grazing run of H Hume situated thirty miles west of Goulburn Plains (Reel 6012; 4/3510 p.375)
1825 Jul 5: Journeyed with Hume and Hovell to Bass Straits. Recommended for a ticket of leave by Hovell & Hume (Reel 6064; 4/1787 p.13)

Received a recommendation for a conditional pardon, 12 November 1840: New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave, 1834-1859

New South Wales State Records Authority

"Granted in consideration of his exertions in the capture of Patrick Bourke the bushranger". Allowed to remain in the district of Illawara

Event

Henry and Mary were granted permission to marry. Mary was living at Wollongong at the time.

Census

There were 8 people living in the house- Henry, Mary, their children plus one person. One single male was a ticket of leave holder and it was probably he who was Roman Catholic as all other household members were Church of England. This may have been a convict assigned to Henry.

Death

Australian Town and Country Journal (New South Wales : 1870 - 1907) Saturday 17 December 1881

"AN OLD COLONIST GONE.-The late Mr. Henry Angel who died at Lake Albert, near Wagga, at his residence on the 7th instant, at the age of 91 year, was a colonist for over 60 years, having arrived in the colony in 1819. He first settled in Kiama as a farmer. In 1824 he went with Humo and Hovell's party on the expedition overland to Hobson's Bay. He was one of the first men who crossed the River Murray and was always foremost in any difficult situations or hardships on the journey. Mr. Hume, in his reports of the expedition, frequently mentions the name ot Henry Angel, and speaks highly of his courage and determination. He appears always to have been a man on whom great reliance was placed by the explorers iu any difficulty or hardships.

Mr. Angel afterwards followed the occupation of a farmer and became a squatter on the Murrumbidgee. He eventually settled near Wagga, and became possessed of a considerable landed estate. He was noted in the district for his strict integrity. ln 1832 he married Mary Brooker. There were l6 children of the marriage, eight of whom and the widow and 70 grandchildren survive their father.