Person:Joseph Blundell (3)

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Joseph Blundell
b.1798
d.13 Feb 1874 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Parents and Siblings
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m. 7 Nov 1797
  1. Joseph Blundell1798 - 1874
  2. Sarah Blundell1800 -
  3. Jane Blundell1804 - 1870
  4. Maria Eleanor Blundell1806 -
  5. George BlundellAbt 1807 -
  6. William BlundellAbt 1811 - Abt 1897
  7. John Blundell1812 - 1882
Spouse and Children
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  1. John Blundell1843 - 1927
  2. Susan Blundell1844 - 1875
  3. George Blundell1846 - 1933
  4. Abraham Blundell1847 - 1884
  5. Richard Blundell1848 - 1917
  6. William Blundell1850 - 1851
  7. Isaac Blundell1851 - 1910
  8. Jacob Blundell1853 - 1927
  9. Mary Jane Blundell1855 - 1873
  10. Rosanna Blundell1858 - 1939
  11. Catherine Blundell1859 - 1950
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Facts and Events
Name Joseph Blundell
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1798
Christening[1][2] 10 Oct 1798 Thurnham, Nr Maidstone, Kent, England
Marriage to Susan Osbourne
Death[3][4] 13 Feb 1874 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Burial[1] 14 Feb 1874 St John's Anglican Church, Canberra, Act, Australia

Joseph BLUNDELL (2) was baptised on 10th October 1798 at Thurnham near Maidstone in Kent, the eldest of seven children of Joseph Blundell (1774 - 1840) and Elizabeth Presnall (1781 - 1845). In 1826 Joseph was sentenced to death for an assault on a gamekeeper at East Farleigh near Maidstone; subsequently this was commuted to life imprisonment and transportation to Australia. He left England on 16th May 1826 on board the «i»"Marquis of Huntly"«/i» and arrived in Port Jackson on 13th September 1826; he was disposed of to Dr Robert Townson of Bunbarry Curran. Joseph was described as 5ft 6in, of ruddy complexion with light brown hair and blue eyes; he had a scar at the corner of his right eyebrow and his left leg was bowed above the ankle. He would have been re-assigned by 1827 when Dr Townson died. Subsequently he gained a certificate of Freedom in 1834 and in 1842 a Certificate of Pardon. The Convict Indents fiche shows him to have been married with no children «u»prior«/u» to transportation, however «u»no marriage has been found«/u» in England despite extensive searching. Meanwhile in Australia, there is no doubt that Joseph Blundell, together with Susan Osborne produced eleven children between 1843 and 1859; again, no marriage has ever been found for the couple either in Australia or in England - including at Boxley which has recently been closely re-examined. No birth or baptism for Susan Osborne has ever been traced.


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Additional information

Susan Osborne is an alias for Mercy Blanch nee Balcomb. Mercy married Robert Blanch on 12 October 1831 in Biddenden, Kent after her father "went to ground" evading debtors' prison and changing his name to Collins. Her sister, Mary Ann married Robert's brother, James Blanch, less than a year later and the 2 couples emigrated to NSW, Australia in 1838.

Life with her husband Robert Blanch must have been difficult for Mercy because, in August 1842, after bearing him 5 children, she absconded with an ex-convict, Joseph Blundell, and adopted her grandmother’s Christian name Susan, now calling herself Osborne (I don't know the origins of Osborne). There is no record of Mercy divorcing Robert Blanch or (Susan) ever marrying Joseph.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tony Teague Info.
  2. ↑ Hugh John Blundell MCCAFFREY. McCaffrey PRF
    claims 10 Oct 1798.
  3. ↑ Hugh John Blundell MCCAFFREY. McCaffrey PRF.
  4. ↑ Scar corner of right eyebrow. Left leg bowed above the ancle
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