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Pierce Brigginton Collitts (abt. 1765 - 1848)

Pierce Brigginton Collitts aka Colletts, Collits
Born about in Thomastown, Irelandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 15 Nov 1795 in St Dunstan, Stepney, London, Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , , , , , and
Died at about age 83 in Hartley, New South Wales, Australiamap
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Biography

Ireland Native
Pierce Collitts was born in Ireland.
Pierce Collitts was a convict after the Third Fleet transported to New South Wales

Pierce was born in Thomastown, Kilkenny, Ireland.

Pierce married Mary Hardwick 1795 in Stepney, London, England.[1]

In July 1800, he was convicted at the Old Bailey, London, for receiving stolen goods from Edward Baldwin.[2][3] He was sentenced to 14 years transportation, and transported to the Colony of New South Wales per the Minorca, arriving 14 December 1801.[4]

After his conviction, his wife Mary and their children moved to the Colony.

He constructed Mitchell's Pass down the western flank of the Blue Mountains, and also constructed Inns at Little Hartley (Collitts Inn) and at Hartley on the River Lett.[5]

Pierce died in 1848 and was buried in the cemetery behind his inn in Hartley Vale, New South Wales.[6]

Sources

  1. ↑ Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932 [database on-line]; London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Dunstan And All Saints, Register of marriages, P93/DUN, Item 049; Pierce Collett and Mary Hardwick, 15 Nov 1795, St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney.
  2. ↑ Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 10 June 2019), July 1800, trial of EDWARD BALDWIN PEARCE COLLETT (t18000709-94).
  3. ↑ Home Office: Criminal Registers, Middlesex and Home Office: Criminal Registers, England and Wales; Class: HO 26; Piece: 7; Page: 16. Images available online here and here.
  4. ↑ Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 [database on-line], State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4004]; Microfiche: 630; Pierce Collits, convicted 9 Jul 1800 at London, arr. Sydney, 14 Dec 1801 per Minorca, 14 years.
  5. ↑ Collitts Inn history by Bob Wright
  6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #123803297 Pierce Collitt, 19 Sep 1848, Mount York, Hartley Vale.




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