John Scadden

   Cause of his death was execution.

  General Notes:

John Scadden (Scadding) on 9th March 1795 John was charged with: "Burglar seriously breaking and entering the Dwelling House of Grace Hathaway, wid ow at the parish of Evershot about 2 in the night of the 28th ( February ?) .... stealing 7 yards of chocque (sic.) linen cloth and other goods val ued at £7:6:6 her property.

He was charged in front of Sir W Oglander JP who sent to prison the same d ay with his accomplices, Samuel and Thomas Foster of Broadwindsor, brothe rs in their early 20s.
John at this time was: John Scadding, Chideock, shoemaker, married, age 3 4, size 5' '6", hair dark, eyes grey, short smooth face, broad at the eye s, taper towards the chin. Nose sharp at the top. Lusty.

Incredibly the three burglars were tried at the Lent Assize in Dorchest er on 11th March just two days after their arrest. The verdict was:- Attai nted of burglary. Let them be severally hanged by the neck until they a re dead. Samuel was reprieved and sent to NSW for life,. Thomas walked fr ee after giving evidence. For a more detailed account of the trial see;- w ww.scadding.net

He later added:
After the Execution of John Scadding or Scadden in 1795, his widow, Mary [nee Warren], was left quite destitute and with a young family to care for.

However, Mary [and an unknown partner], had another child, called Joseph, who was born in 1800.

At this time the family was living in the small village of Chideock, Dorset. It appears that Joseph was a determined youngster not content with a life of poverty in Chideock.

At the young age of 13 he enlisted as a crew member on a coaster called "London". This coaster docked in the small harbour of West Bay, near Bridport. From this time Joseph's surname in the records changed from "Scadding or Scadden" to "Scadeng". Joseph used his mother's maiden name, "Warren", as a middle name and from there on was known as "Joseph Warren Scadeng" .

Joseph remained a crew member of the "London" until he was aged 17.

Joseph worked his way up as a Merchant Seaman and eventually became employed as, "Master" of the "William Fawcett".

This ship plied between England and Ireland and as far south as, [at least], Gibraltar.

The "William Fawcett" was a relatively small boat but became famous as the first boat of the P&O shipping company.

There is a very good model of the "William Fawcett" on display at the South Kensington Science Museum in London.

Joseph Warren Scadeng established a "dynasty" of Scadengs, firstly near the docklands of east London. The Scadengs have now spread to many parts of the UK and aboard. See "Scadden Mailing List" dated March 2007…"Some notes on the SCADENG Family"

Joseph started his merchant navy career in 1813 when the south of England was in fear of a Napoleonic invasion.

It would be interesting to discover more about Joseph's life at this time.

In the more peaceful time of the 1830's Joseph was Master of a ship which carried passengers to Belfast and Dublin, calling in at Plymouth and Falmouth en route.

I have noticed a few advertisements in the "Morning Post" of the 1830's about this .

The "Morning Post" of 2nd January 1835 has the following :-

"STEAM to DUBLIN, calling at PLYMOUTH and Falmouth".

The "LONDONDERRY, J.SCADENG, Commander, will start from her moorings off Union Stairs, below the TOWER, on SUNDAY MORNING next, January 4, at Nine. Horses, Carriages and heavy Packages to be sent to the Dublin Steam Packet Wharf, adjoining St. Katharine's Dock. Branch Office, No. 33, Regent Circus; from which small parcels are forwarded at 3s 6d. each."

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. http://www.scadding.net/johnscadding1759.htm where there is an interesting article on John Scadden by Alan Scadding

John married Mary Warren, daughter of Thomas Warren and Anne Diment, on 20 May 1777 in Symondsbury, Dorset England. (Mary Warren was born circa 1760.)