William
Dove
Born about in Reepham, Norfolk, England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of William Dove
[uncertain]
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Sarah Ann (Stanhope) Dove
— married
22 Mar 1838 in Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, Australia
Descendants 
Died
at about age 57
in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Aug 2019
This page has been accessed 755 times.
Biography
William Dove was a convict after the Third Fleet transported to Van Diemen's Land
William Dove (sometimes mistranscribed Dow/Dew) was born Reepham, Norfolk, England, 05 August 1809. [citation needed]
He was a ploughman. [1]
In the 1830s he participated in the Swing Riots as a "machine breaker", rebelling against farming machinery introduced during the Industrial Revolution. [1]
He was convicted in Norfolk of being a rioter, and as punishment was transported from England to Australia in 1831 on the ship Proteus along with 87 other male convicts. [2]
He was pardoned February 1836. [1]
He married Sarah Ann Stanforth, Hobart, Tasmania, 22 March 1838. [3]
William died aged 57, Hobart 27 September 1866. [4]
Research Notes
Possibly the son of William Dove christened Reepham 1787, based on matching name and location.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bruce W Brown, THE MACHINE BREAKER CONVICTS FROM THE PROTEUS AND THE ELIZA, 2004, https://eprints.utas.edu.au/19178/7/Brown_whole%20_thesis_missing_pages_added.pdf
Another successful machine breaker was the Norfolk ploughman William Dove, who had received a free pardon in February 1836. In March 1838, at New Town, he married Sarah Ann Stanhope, the daughter of an emancipated convict. The witnesses to the marriage were a fellow machine breaker, the Oxfordshire wheelwright/carpenter, Joseph Fisher and Sarah's sister, Rosanna. (In 1842, when Joseph and Rosanna married, the Doves reciprocated as witnesses). In 1839, Dove bought the Scotch Thistle Hotel in Liverpool Street, Hobart for 500 pounds and remained licensee of the hotel until 1853. He sold it for 1410 pounds that year. By 1855, he owned a number of properties in Hobart Town, but his greatest purchase was the country mansion and property of Oakwood, still standing by the Midlands Highway at Mangalore, for 3250 pounds in 1860. He died in 1866, a very wealthy man.
- ↑ Unsourced: Geoffrey Sharman, FORMER SWING RIOTERS LIVING IN VAN DIEMEN'S LAND PRE 1856, http://sites.rootsweb.com/~austas/proteus.htm
DOVE [DOW], William: b 1809 Reepham NFK; m 1838 TAS ch; d 1866 TAS PNFK004
- ↑ Libraries Tasmania, Names Index
- Name: Stanforth, Sarah Ann
- Record Type: Marriages
- Gender: Female
- Spouse: Dove, William
- Gender: Male
- Date of marriage: 22 Mar 1838
- Registered: Hobart
- Registration year: 1838
- Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:824348
- ↑ Libraries Tasmania, Names Index
- Name: Dove, William
- Record Type: Deaths
- Gender: Male
- Age: 57
- Date of death: 27 Sep 1866
- Registered: Hobart
- Registration year: 1866
- Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1147205
Is William your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
contact
the profile manager, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA
No known carriers of William's DNA have taken a DNA test. Have you taken a test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
No known carriers of William's DNA have taken a DNA test. Have you taken a test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Rejected matches › William Davey (1811-1897)
Featured Eurovision connections: William is 40 degrees from Agnetha Fältskog, 31 degrees from Anni-Frid Synni Reuß, 34 degrees from Corry Brokken, 29 degrees from Céline Dion, 33 degrees from Françoise Dorin, 24 degrees from France Gall, 34 degrees from Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, 34 degrees from Lill-Babs Svensson, 21 degrees from Olivia Newton-John, 32 degrees from Henriette Nanette Paërl, 37 degrees from Annie Schmidt and 23 degrees from Moira Kennedy on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
When the convict transport ship "Proteus" arrived in Hobart on 4/8/1831, on board was William Dove, 21, a Luddite (or Swing’s rioter) of Norfolk.
This created a problem for future genealogists as there were now two men named William Dove in Hobart, and both were convicts of about the same age.
As stated in the profile above, William Dove of Norfolk, illiterate, married Sarah Ann Stanhope aka Stanforth/Stammers/Stanfield on 22/3/1838. He received an early pardon, and died in 1866. (Ref: Archives Office of Tasmania - Con 31/10; 18/18; 14/3). Both Sarah Ann's parents were convicts. William Dove of Norfolk's will, dated 1866, is a KEY document: signed with his mark (he was illiterate all his life), it mentions his wife, Sarah, and his family in Norfolk.
The other William Dove (Dove-1687), a silk-weaver turned poacher, of Bethnal Green, off the ship "Manlius", married Mary Ryan. He was literate. Many people still confuse the two, which is why the above-mentioned will is so important.
edited by Jay H.
We are featuring this profile in the Connection Finder this week. Between now and Wednesday is a good time to take a look at the sources and biography to see if there are updates and improvements that need made, especially those that will bring it up to WikiTree Style Guide standards. We know it's short notice, so don't fret too much. Just do what you can.
Thanks!
Abby