1820 Settler: William Simmons
Home Page| Settler ID | 1769 | |
| 1820 Settler Ship | Kennersley Castle | |
| Party | Greathead | |
| Gender | M | |
| Age in 1820 | 38 | |
| Occupation | Weaver and army pensioner | |
| Date or Year of Birth | 1782 | |
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| Other Information | Found on board the Kennersley Castle after she sailed Dorothea Rowse wrote: 1. Described as a single man, a weaver and an Army pensioner, he embarked as an unofficial emigrant who was found on board the Kennersley Castle after she sailed with Greathead’s Party. 2. He was said to be 38 at the time of the voyage and so born around 1781. 3. He is probably the Williams Simmons baptised on 22.3.1780 in Stoke Damerel (also known simply as Stoke; once part of Devonport and now part of greater Plymouth), the son of William and Charity Simmons. 4. The name is very common and the reason for the choice of this baptism is that he initially joined the Army in Plymouth. 5. His service record gave his place of birth as Revelstoke which is a very small parish on the coast in the South Hams about 10 miles from Plymouth, which may have been where he was brought up. There is no Simmons baptism in the records for that place. 6. He was listed as a Substitute in the Reserve of the 28th Foot in Plymouth, Devon from 25.8.1803. This was the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot (the Glorious Glosters). 7. He enlisted fully in the 28th Foot later that year in Fermoy, County Cork (25.10.1803), having presumably arrived there with the Regiment. He served as a Private for 11 days short of 16 years. 8. His regiment did serve at the Battle of Waterloo but he seems not to have taken part as he does not appear on the medal roll, but according to his service record he was based there for the last 2 years of his army service. 9. He was discharged as a result of being severely affected with Chronic Rheumatism at Gosport Barracks on 9.7.1817. In spite of his health issues he does not seem to have been admitted as a pensioner in the Royal Hospital Chelsea. 10. Discovered as a “stowaway” on the Kennersley Castle after she sailed, he joined Bradshaw’s Party at sea and on arrival settled at New Gloucester. 11. He was known to have been on the location at the time of Hayward’s visit but was not actually given a grant. 12. It is possible that he was acquainted with Joshua Davies before he joined the ship. They both served in regiments that fought together in most of the Peninsula wars. |
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