Chatman/

CHATMAN/CHAPMAN, James (c1815–1844) alias James Sharp, was born at Lancashire where he was a weaver and stableman before being convicted for larceny in 1834 and sentenced for 12 months. In 1835, after being convicted of house-breaking and sentenced for 14 years, he was transported to New South Wales arriving in October 1836. In late 1843 at Braidwood he was granted a ticket-of-leave but still required permission to marry Keturah Small at Sydney in March 1844. They moved to Jondaryan Station on the Darling Downs where he was a carpenter, credited with slab huts and other structures, but died in December at Jondaryan. His only son and namesake committed suicide at Eugowra in 1904.

Migration and Travel

183611 Oct 1836, arr. Sydney from London, prisoner on “Lady Kennaway”

Employed:

-1843

Braidwood

1844

Bush carpenter, Jondaryan Station, Darling Downs

Genealogy

[F / M] ?

[C/B]James CHATMAN/Chapman (1817–1844) b. c1817, Hampshire; d. 1844, Jondaryan Stn. Darling Downs, Qld [convict, carpenter].

[S, 1844, Sydney] Keturah Small (1824–1893) b. 21 Sep 1824, Hastings, Sussex, Eng; d. 10 Aug 1893, Ipswich, Qld.
[S2, 1845, Brisbane] William Nowlan (1826–1902) b. 19 Mar 1826, Surrey, Eng; d. 19 July 1902, Brisbane Street, Ipswich, Q
[CB] James Chatman (1844–1903) b. 27 Aug 1844, Jondaryan, Qld; d. 17 Mar 1903, Eugowra, NSW
[S, 12 Aug 1868, Camden / M] Julia Maria Merrick Herbert (1847–1912) b. 9 Aug 1847, Castlereagh NSW; d. 21 Jan 1912, Eugowra, NSW
[10C/5B]
[10C/5G]

References

Commercial Journal (Syd) 15 Oct 1836, 2; NSWGG, No 109, 19 Dec 1843, 1663; Queensland Times, 15 Aug 1893, 2; Queensland Heritage Register, 6006235