Elizabeth Dean

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Biography of Elizabeth Dean
Second-Fleet Convict and early European Australian mother
Elizabeth Dean (or Deane) was born ca. 1769 in Warwickshire and arrived in the Colony as a convict in the Second Fleet <http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/ifhaa/ships/2ndfleet.htm> on the Lady Juliana on 3 June 1790, aged about 19. She had been tried, together with Mary Warren, at the Warwick Assizes on 2 April 1788, found guilty of "feloniously stealing" linen and other goods 1 and sentenced to be transported for seven years. 2
Elizabeth married fellow Second Fleeter Anthony Brian </familyhistory/getperson.php?personID=I0055&tree=DavoTree> in Sydney on 3 October 1795 by Rev Richard Johnson. From the X with which both signed the register it appears that neither was literate. 3 The couple had three children:
Mary </familyhistory/getperson.php?personID=I0054&tree=DavoTree>, born 7 April 1792 at Sydney Cove, who at age 15 married Second Fleeter William Furber </familyhistory/getperson.php?personID=I0053&tree=DavoTree> on 4 January 1808;
Ann, born 11 January 1795 at Sydney Cove, and
Maria, born 27 November 1796 at Sydney Cove, who married another convict, Patrick Field.
On 19 November 1794 Anthony settled on a 30-acre farm at Eastern Farms (Kissing Point), roughly at the present site of Ryde High School and Christine Avenue, North Ryde. 4 By about 1799 his marriage had broken down, and Elizabeth left him for one James Evans, a Sydney carpenter, by whom she bore numerous children, the first in August 1800, before her death in 1829. 5
Elizabeth Dean was buried (as Evans) on 28 December 1829, probably in the Elizabeth St Burial Ground (later known as Devonshire St Cemetery). 6
Compiled by Ian Davidson
http://familyhistory.davoweb.net
Last modified 10 Jan 2007

Crime:Theft of linen
Convicted at:Warwick
Sentence term:7 years
Ship:Lady Juliana
Departure date:June, 1789
Arrival date*: 31st January, 1790
Place of arrivalNew South Wales
Passenger manifest Travelled with 238 other convicts
http://www.convictrecords.com.au/convicts/dean/elizabeth/129058

References
1FLYNN, Michael, The Second Fleet - Britain's Grim Convict Armada of 1790, Library of Australian History, Sydney, 1993, p.242
2COBLEY, John, The Crimes of the Lady Juliana Convicts - 1790, Library of Australian History, Sydney, 1989, p.43
3FLYNN, Michael, op. cit., p.242
4ibid, p.282
5ibid, p.242
6ibid, p.242
Ian Davidson- http://familyhistory.davoweb.net

James Evans

Born: c1776 London, England.
Arrived Sydney: 14th February 1792
Vessel: Pitt.
Status: Convict, transported for 7 years.
Common Law Wife: Elizabeth Dean.
Occupation: Carpenter/Shingler.
Buried: 18th February 1832 at Sydney.

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Prior to the Macquarie era the following children were born to James and Elizabeth:-
Margaret born 4th August 1800 and died shortly afterwards.
James born 24th September 1801.
Eliza born 1st August 1804.
Charles born 24th August 1805.
Susannah born 21st August 1809.

During the Macquarie era the following child was born to James and Elizabeth:-
Harriett born in c1811.

James Evans was sentenced to 7 years transportation for stealing lead at the Old Bailey at the Sessions commencing 13th April 1791. It appears James always lived in Sydney.
By the early 1800's he was living with Elizabeth Dean at Princes Street in the Rocks.
In 1804 James fought with the Government troops at the battle of Vinegar Hill; and in 1808 he was a signatory to the letter requesting Major Johnston to assume control of the Colony after Governor Bligh was deposed.
In the 1811 and 1814 Musters James occupation was given as carpenter and he continued to live in Princes Street until his death.

Contributed by Association Member, Hazel Punton.

Reference: A Register of Pioneer Families, Volume 1, Page 142.
Lynette Ramsay Silver, The Battle of Vinegar Hill, Page 189.
State Archives Convict Records.
http://www.the1788-1820pioneerassociation.org.au/James%20Evans.html

Elizabeth married Anthony Brian on 3 Oct 1795 in St Phillips, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA.⁶⁴ (Anthony Brian was born about 1760 in Middlesex England ⁶⁶ and was buried on 16 Sep 1826 in St Anne's Church Ryde, New South Wales, Australia ⁶⁵.)