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Home Ø Migrants Ø William Coombe on John Barry 1836 Migrants - William Coombe on John Barry - 1836 William Coombe was convicted at Devon Assizes for sheep stealing and sentenced to a term of life on 17 March 1835.  Transported as a convict to New South Wales, he arrived in Port Jackson on 17 January 1836 aboard the convict ship John Barry. Research is pending into his English origins.  (The convict records indicate he had a wife, a son and 3 daughters in England.) William obtained a ticket of leave 30 March 1844.  He bought some suburban lots in South Brisbane in August 1848, the year before marrying Joanna Murphy at the Presbyterian Church at Kangaroo Point, Moreton Bay (QLD). This land was known as Coombe’s Swamp and is now in West End, Brisbane.  Johanna Murphy arrived in Moreton Bay in May 1849, aged 18, on board the migrant ship Chaseley, the second ship of free settlers to come directly to Moreton Bay from England in a migration programme organised by John Langmore Lang (new window). Below is a family chart for this family. The following abbreviations are used: ? = uncertain, NI = no issue, ... indicates known descendants, NSW = New South Wales, QLD = Queensland. William Coombe b.c. 1808 Devon?, d. ? + ? ├── ? ├── ? ├── ? └── ? + Joanna Murphy, b. 1829/30 Cork Ireland, m. Jul 1849 Kangaroo Pt, Moreton Bay ├── Mary Jane Coombe, b. 1850, d. Beaudesert QLD ... ├── Elizabeth Mortimer Coombe, b. 1853 ├── Joanna Alice Coombe, b. 1854 └── John Coombe, b. 1855 To add, contribute, comment, contact: Simon Dunne and David Coombe Updated: 10 Apr 2012