Marianne (Young) Hamilton (abt. 1812 - 1868)

Born about 20 Oct 1812 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of John Hamilton — married 11 Sep 1829 in South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland

Descendants

Died 6 Jun 1868 at about age 55 in Watsons Bay, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Mary was born in 1812 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland. She is the daughter of James Young and Ann Hope Lawson. She was baptised on 19 November 1811 at South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland ^[1]

She married John Hamilton on 11 September 1829 in South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland. ^[2]

Mary and John emigrated to Australia in 1841 with their first three children; John 10 years, Anne 4 years and Margaret aged 18 months. ^[3]

Their journey was a disastrous one. Their ship was under threat of pirates, but, fortunately, the pirates thought that Bounty emigrants would not be financially rewarding. Shortly after, the pirate ship was involved in a gun battle with HMS .... which it lost and the pirates were taken in to custody. Just two weeks later, the India burned. The 2nd mate, who was reportedly drunk and staggering, dropped a lit candle into the rum supply which instantly ignited. There was only enough life boats for a third of the souls on board. The first life boat was swamped by people clamouring to get on board. Sixteen passengers and 1 crew man, the boatswain, all drowned. The remaining passengers and crew were rescued by the crew of a Russian whaling ship and taken to Rio de Janeiro. The rescued passengers were later transported on the Grindlay to complete their journey to Port Phillip (to be later named Melbourne). ^[4]

"India, barque, 490 tons, Captain Hugh Campbell, Greenock 24 June 1841 to Rio and Melbourne with Scots migrants, caught fire NE of Rio 19 July 1841 and forced to abandon ship with insufficient lifeboats. One sailor and 17 immigrants lost, but remaining 198 dramatically saved by the French whaler Roland speeding to the scene in the nick of time. Many of the surviving migrants came on to Melbourne in the barque Grindlay, 368 tons, Captain Walter Grindlay, M& O. arrived Melbourne 22 October 1841." ^[5]

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Death: Mary Ann died on 6 June 1878 at Watson's Bay, New South Wales, Australia. She is buried at South Head Cemetery.

Sources

• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTT4-W9Z : 10 February 2018), Marianne Young, 20 Oct 1811; citing , reference 2:18RW8T7, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,067,779.

• "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYSM-4QH : 10 February 2018), John Hamilton and Mary Ann Young, 11 Sep 1829; citing South Leith,Midlothian,Scotland, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,067,776.

• New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896

• https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59009

• https://books.google.com.au/books?id=mFkcAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA545&lpg=PA545&dq=burning+of+the+barque+india&source=bl&ots=qgm_Rvkkl6&sig=rLCBXNR-H6Q8KFEBv5fB-jzlTEE&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjZrvOY7ObTAhUEG5QKHbI3BdcQ6AEIXDAN#v=onepage&q=burning%20of%20the%20barque%20india&f=false

• Painting (http://collections.anmm.gov.au/objects/44617)

• http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~nzbound/genealogy/fire.htm

• further reading (http://barronfamilyuk.weebly.com/the-india.html)

• Australia, Death Index, 1787 - 1985

• NSW Death Registration Number 2262/1868

• Public Records Office of Victoria - Search terms: Grindlay, Filter - Hamilton

Further Reading

http://barronfamilyuk.weebly.com/the-india.html

https://womanandhersphere.com/2012/07/26/glad-were-they-to-rest-on-australias-shore/

M. Cannon, Perilous Voyages to the New Land, Today’s Australia Publishing Co, 1997

R. Haines, Emigration and the Labouring Poor: Australian recruitment in Britain and Ireland 1831-60, Macmillan, 1997

R. Haines, Life and Death in the Age of Sail: the passage to Australia, NationalMaritimeMuseum, 2003.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564 - 1950
2. ↑ "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910,"
3. ↑ New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896
4. ↑ Note - this story is under development
5. ↑ http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~nzbound/genealogy/fire.htm
6. ↑ https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59009
7. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2955329
8. ↑ https://books.google.com.au/books?id=mFkcAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA545&lpg=PA545&dq=burning+of+the+barque+india&source=bl&ots=qgm_Rvkkl6&sig=rLCBXNR-H6Q8KFEBv5fB-jzlTEE&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjZrvOY7ObTAhUEG5QKHbI3BdcQ6AEIXDAN#v=onepage&q=burning%20of%20the%20barque%20india&f=false
9. ↑ http://collections.anmm.gov.au/objects/44617
10. ↑ http://barronfamilyuk.weebly.com/the-india.html