Joseph Blundell

  General Notes:

Joseph BLUNDELL (2) was baptised on 10th October 1798 at Thurnham near Maidstone in Kent, the eldest of seven children of Joseph Blundell (1774 - 1840) and Elizabeth Presnall (1781 - 1845).
In 1826 Joseph was sentenced to death for an assault on a gamekeeper at East Farleigh near Maidstone; subsequently this was commuted to life imprisonment and transportation to Australia.
He left England on 16th May 1826 on board the "Marquis of Huntly" and arrived in Port Jackson on 13th September 1826; he was disposed of to Dr Robert Townson of Bunbarry Curran.
Joseph was described as 5ft 6in, of ruddy complexion with light brown hair and blue eyes; he had a scar at the corner of his right eyebrow and his left leg was bowed above the ankle.
He would have been re-assigned by 1827 when Dr Townson died. Subsequently he gained a certificate of Freedom in 1834 and in 1842 a Certificate of Pardon.
The Convict Indents fiche shows him to have been married with no children prior to transportation, however no marriage has been found in England despite extensive searching.
Meanwhile in Australia, there is no doubt that Joseph Blundell, together with Susan Osborne produced eleven children between 1843 and 1859; again, no marriage has ever been found for the couple either in Australia or in England - including at Boxley which has recently been closely re-examined. No birth or baptism for Susan Osborne has ever been traced.
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  Death Notes:

Scar corner of right eyebrow. Left leg bowed above the ancle

Joseph married Susan Osbourne. (Susan Osbourne was born in 1812 in New Romney, Kent, England,³ died on 8 Apr 1892 in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia ¹ and was buried on 11 Apr 1892 in St John's Anglican Church, Canberra, Act, Australia ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

Cannot find any record of their marriage on FreeBMD so they may have immigrated before 1837.