HORNERY/HONNERY FAMILY
This page contains information on our Rascal Relatives.
I will start with our Convict Ancestors and branch out from there.
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Great Grandfather of Mary and Sarah Frazer, the wives of Edward and John Onery.
Circa 1764
OCCUPATION
Silkweaver
TRIED
Old Bailey, London, England,
14th January 1784
SENTENCED
7 Years
IMPRISONED
30th March 1784
Mercury Transport
ESCAPED
March 1784
RE-CAPTURED
13th April 1784 at Helena
IMPRISONED
Exeter Gaol
RE-TRIED
24th May 1784
by Special Commission
IMPRISONED
end of June 1784
Dunkirk Hulk
DISCHARGED to "FRIENDSHIP"
11th March 1787
TRIED
Criminal Court, Sydney, NSW
27th February, 1788
SENTENCED
300 Lashes
PARDONED
28th February
TRIED
Magistrates Court, Sydney, NSW
17th November, 1788
SENTENCED
Discharged
TRIED
Criminal Court, Sydney, NSW
18th November, 1788
SENTENCED
Acquitted
He was found guilty and sentenced 7 years Transportation.
On the 30th March, both were sent to the Mercury Transport from Newgate. Ryan (recorded as this henceforth) escaped at Torvay during a Convict Mutiny (his companion did not escape). He was recaptured on the 13th April at Helena, committed to Gaol at Exeter, remanded to former orders on the 24th May by the Special Commission. He was then imprisoned on the Hulk, Dunkirk at the end of June aged 19. Whilst on the Dunkirk, he was reported to be "in general, tolerably well behaved but troublesome at times". He was discharged to the "Friendship" on the 11th March 1787. He was reported by Ralph Clark as aged 20, his trade Silkweaver.
He left England on the 13th May 1787 on board the "Friendship" Transport ship in the First Fleet. They arrived in Sydney Cove on the 21th January 1788. The Master of the ship was Francis Walton, and the Surgeon was Thomas Arndell. The ship left with 76 Males and 21 Females on board.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT JOHN RYAN
He was reported to have been indicted with the surname BRYANT, but is known as RYAN in all subsequent records.
In February 1788, he was accused of theft of butter, 'pease' and pork.
On Wednesday, the 27th February 1788, he was tried for this offence in the Criminal Court with Thomas BARRETT; Henry LOVELL and Joseph HALL. "At 1 o clock their sentence was read, the charge being clearly proven of their stealing butter, pease, and pork." John's 3 accomplices were sentenced to death whilst he was sentenced to receive 300 lashes. Later that day when the hanging was to take place, LOVELL and HALL were granted a 24 hour respite. BARRETT was considered to be "a most vile character" and was hanged. The next day LOVELL and HALL were pardoned on condition they were to be banished. John RYAN was also forgiven and did not have to receive the 300 lashes he was sentenced to. The governor pardoned them based on a petition that LOVELL; HALL and RYAN wrote to him, begging to be forgiven. They promised that if they were forgiven, the Governor would "have no reason to find fault with" any of them again.
On Wednesday, the 12th November, John RYAN was taken into custody, accused of breaking and entering and stealing from Ann WARBURTON's hut.
Ann claimed that on Tuesday, the 11th November, she was lying awake in her hut, when the door opened and a man come in. She assumed the man was there to see Amelia LEVY (described as "a loose girl") and turned her back. The man left 5 or 10 minutes later. Ann got up to close the door and noticed an apron; a pair of trousers and some sheets were missing.
On Wednesday, the 12th November, Ann found a bundle on her doorstep, which contained all the things missing from her hut. This was when John RYAN was taken into custody.
On Monday, the 17th November, John RYAN was tried at Magistrate's Court. He was accused of stealing 5 pounds of flour, the property of Henry ROACH. ROACH gave evidence and RYAN was discharged.
On Tuesday, the 18th November, a Court of Criminal Juristriction tried John RYAN. He was indicted that "on the night of Tuesday 11th between 9 and 11 under force and arms in the dwelling house of Ann WARBURTON, feloniously and burglariously did break and enter and steal a pair of trousers of the value of 3/6, of the goods and chattels of WIlliam McNAMARA, two shirts of the value of 1/6, of the goods and chattels of John WELCH, two aprons of the value of one penny, of the goods and chattels of Ann WARBURTON, one bedgown of the value of 6d, one silk handkerchief of the value of 6d, and one pair of stockings of the value of 6d, of the goods and chattels of Amelia LEVY, in the same dwelling house" Ann WARBURTON, Amelia LEVY (who took oath on the Old Testament), Ann FARMER, Bartholomew REARDON (alias BARTLETT) and Francis FOWKES gave evidence. RYAN was acquitted.
In 1789, he worked as a servant to Robert Sidaway (Convict)
In 1790, he was sent to Norfolk Island on board the "Sirius".
* 'The Women of the 1790 Neptune' by Anne Needham
* First Fleet Website
* John A Frazer
* Shirley Muir
* Beverley Weymouth
* 'The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet' by Dr M Gillen
* 'Sydney Cove 1788' by J Cobley
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