William (George) Douglass

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. Petri Krohn & Marion Purnell where it is noted:
Convict aboard the ship 'Coromandel' which arrived in the colony 7 May 1804.
William Douglass, one of 338 convicts transported on the ship 'Coromandel' and Experiment, November 1803.
Sentence details: Convicted at York Assizes for a term of life.
Vessel: Coromandel and Experiment.
Date of Departure: November 1803.

• Convict, 1802. ⁶ York, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom Charged with stealing 4 silver pints worth 6 pounds. Sentenced to hang. Commuted to life transportation

• Convict: Convict aboard the "Coromandel 2". Assigned to D. Brown, 7 May 1804. ⁶ Applied for Pardon. Granted 1 January, 1811.

• Occupation: Police Constable and Pound Keeper, 1812-1824. ⁶ 1824: Chief Constable - then Accussed of embezzling police funds. 50 lashes
1832: Stock-Keeper

William married Mary Ann Cross, daughter of Charles Cross and Rose Hannah Flood, in 1809 in Windsor, NSW Australia. (Mary Ann Cross was born in 1792 in Wilberforce, County of Cumberland, NSW Australia, died on 15 Jul 1862 in MacDonald River, Hawkesbury, NSW Australia and was buried on 18 Jul 1862 in Lautondale Cemetery, Wisemans Ferry, NSW Australia ⁶.)