William MOORE, CONVICT "ROYAL ADMIRAL" 1800, Convict "Royal Admiral" 1800^[1]

1781 - 1842  (61 years)

• Name	William MOORE, CONVICT "ROYAL ADMIRAL" 1800
  Suffix	Convict "Royal Admiral" 1800
  Born	18 Apr 1781	Leicestershire, United Kingdom
  Gender	Male
  Died	25 Dec 1842	Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia
  Buried	27 Dec 1842	Parramatta, NSW, Australia
  Person ID	I503842	mytree
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2025

  
  

  Family	Eleanor Mary WISE, convict "Minstrel" 1812,   b. 1785, London, Greater London, United Kingdom ,   d. 30 Jun 1862, Castle Hill, NSW, Australia  (Age 77 years)
  Children	1. William Charles MOORE,   b. 5 Dec 1813, Castle Hill, NSW, Australia ,   d. 23 Jan 1883, Wollombi, NSW, Australia  (Age 69 years)   2. Samuel J MOORE,   b. 22 Oct 1815, Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 9 Jan 1902, Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 86 years)   3. Thomas James MOORE,   b. 1818,   d. 1890  (Age 72 years)   4. Elizabeth Sarah MOORE,   b. 5 Jan 1822, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 19 Sep 1908, Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 86 years)   5. Eleanor MOORE,   b. 1826,   d. 1868  (Age 42 years)   6. Mary MOORE,   b. 1826
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2025
  Family ID	F500973	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  William Moore was born about 1783 in Leicestershire England. He was a labourer in Middlesex County (London or Nearby)at the time of his arrest. The following is an entry in the Sessions Rolls in the Sessions of Delivery of the Gaol of Newgate in the County of Middlesex, which were held at the Old Bailey. William's trial was held at the Old Bailey,London,on April18th 1798. William Moore, late of the Parish of Hampstead in the County of Middlesex, labourer, on the eighteenth day of March in the 36th year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, King of Great Britain,with force and arms at the Parish aforesaid, 1 linen shirt of the value of five shillings, and 1 pair of worsted stockings ,value 2 shillings and sixpence, of the goods and chattels of George Davies, then and there being found, feloniously did steal, take away and carry away against the peace of our said Lord the King, his Crown and Dignity. At his trial, William was sentenced to seven years transportation, arriving in Sydney aboard the "Royal Admiral' on the 20th November 1800 aged 17. His entry in "The Book of Pardons' reads: William Moore, tried London, April 1798,7 years Royal Admiral, November 1800, time expired 1805. Certificate given 24.3.1810 (Renewed 25.9.1823 vide no. 226/109, that having been mutilated and torn up.) His description at the time was: 5ft 1in, sallow, hazel eyes,iron grey hair, from Leicestershire. William married Eleanor Wise at St Johns Church of England, Parramatta, on the 12th April 1813. Eleanor was born in London England about 1785.

  
  

• Sources

  [S500011] Geni World Family Tree, (MyHeritage), https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40000-86811325/william-moore-convict-royal-admiral-1800-in-geni-world-family-tree (Reliability: 3), 5 Jun 2020. Added via a Record Match