Was a convict. Apparently went insane, no record of his demise.
=== EXTRACT ===
880- JOHN DUNCOMBE was indicted for stealing, on the 26th of September last, two hundred and ten years of everlasting, value 10l. the property of Archibald Bryson.
The prisoner was taken by the watchman, who, on suspecting him, confessed the robbery; no promises were made to him.
GUILTY
Transported for seven years
Trial by the first Middlesx Jury before Mr. Recorder
=== FROM Denise Richardson's Records on Ancestry.Com.Au ===
Perhaps born in London in 1772, the son of Edward and Mary DUNCOMB, John DUNCOMBE was convicted of stealing at the Old Bailey in 1787 and transported on Albemarle, one of the Third Fleet ships, arriving in Sydney in 1791. He was transferred to Norfolk Island on Atlantic the following month and remained there as a carpenter after his sentence expired.
He left for the Derwent with the HAMBLY family, on HMS Porpoise in 1807 and married Elizabeth HAMBLY in Hobart the following year. Neither was able to sign their name. They had three daughters. He built mills with William HAMBLY and the family moved to their 60 acre land grant at Pittwater in 1815.Unfortunately John DUNCOMBE became deranged and was sent to an asylum in Sydney in 1819. he died in Sydney in 1835.
=== EXTRACT ===
880- JOHN DUNCOMBE was indicted for stealing, on the 26th of September last, two hundred and ten years of everlasting, value 10l. the property of Archibald Bryson.
The prisoner was taken by the watchman, who, on suspecting him, confessed the robbery; no promises were made to him.
GUILTY
Transported for seven years
Trial by the first Middlesx Jury before Mr. Recorder
=== FROM Denise Richardson's Records on Ancestry.Com.Au ===
Perhaps born in London in 1772, the son of Edward and Mary DUNCOMB, John DUNCOMBE was convicted of stealing at the Old Bailey in 1787 and transported on Albemarle, one of the Third Fleet ships, arriving in Sydney in 1791. He was transferred to Norfolk Island on Atlantic the following month and remained there as a carpenter after his sentence expired.
He left for the Derwent with the HAMBLY family, on HMS Porpoise in 1807 and married Elizabeth HAMBLY in Hobart the following year. Neither was able to sign their name. They had three daughters. He built mills with William HAMBLY and the family moved to their 60 acre land grant at Pittwater in 1815.Unfortunately John DUNCOMBE became deranged and was sent to an asylum in Sydney in 1819. he died in Sydney in 1835.
- 19 Jul 1772 - Birth - ; St Giles, Cripplegate, London, England
- 19 Jul 1772 - Christening - ; St Giles, Cripplegate, London, England
- 23 Nov 1835 - Death - ; Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia
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M | John Duncombe | ||
Birth | 19 Jul 1772 | St Giles, Cripplegate, London, England | |
Death | 23 Nov 1835 | Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia | |
Marriage | 27 Jun 1808 | to Elizabeth Hambly |
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Birth | 19 Jul 1772 | St Giles, Cripplegate, London, England | |
Death | 23 Nov 1835 | Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia | |
Marriage | 27 Jun 1808 | to Elizabeth Hambly | |
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PARENT (F) Elizabeth Hambly | |||
Birth | 17 Jan 1794 | Norfolk Island | |
Death | 6 Sep 1853 | Port Sorell, Tasmania | |
Marriage | 27 Jun 1808 | to John Duncombe | |
Marriage | to William Steer | ||
Father | William Hambly | ||
Mother | Mary Springham | ||
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F | Mary Duncombe | ||
Birth | 1813 | ||
Death | 29 Jul 1874 | Port Sorell, Tasmania | |
Marriage | 4 Jul 1827 | to Charles Richardson at Sorell, Tasmania, Australia | |
F | Sophia Duncombe | ||
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1 John Duncombe b: 19 Jul 1772 d: 23 Nov 1835
+ Elizabeth Hambly b: 17 Jan 1794 d: 6 Sep 1853
2 Mary Duncombe b: 1813 d: 29 Jul 1874
+ Charles Richardson b: 1797 d: 8 Mar 1875
3 Mary Ann Richardson b: 6 Apr 1832 d: 20 Jul 1860
+ Charles Payne b: 1818 d: 9 Jan 1867
4 William Payne b: 12 Sep 1855
4 Arthur Payne b: 31 Jul 1854
4 Stephen Payne b: 1857
4 Mary Jemina Payne b: 23 Oct 1852 d: 14 Jan 1920
+ Charles Kingston b: 1 Feb 1844 d: 31 Oct 1922
5 Cecil Herbert Kingston b: 8 Nov 1885 d: 15 Sep 1916
5 Charles Egan Kingston b: 7 Jun 1870 d: 17 Oct 1911
5 Amy Edith Mary Ann Kingston b: 5 May 1872 d: 14 Sep 1950
5 Francis Stephen Edward Kingston b: 10 Oct 1875 d: 23 Feb 1933
+ Bertha Alice Clifford b: 1881 d: 1958
5 Arthur Ernest William Kingston b: 1 May 1878 d: 21 Feb 1879
5 Ernest Albert Kingston b: 13 Aug 1879 d: 14 Nov 1879
5 Alfred Leonard Kingston b: 9 Oct 1880 d: 27 Jan 1882
5 Archie Edward Kingston b: 4 Feb 1883
5 Effie Hilda Blanche Kingston b: 13 Nov 1887 d: 1963
5 Olive Ada Beatrice Kingston b: 14 Nov 1889 d: 13 Mar 1893
5 Frederick Clyde Kingston b: 11 Aug 1892 d: 5 Aug 1920
+ Virginia Olga Largen d: 27 Mar 1967
6 Douglas Clyde Kingston b: 2 Jul 1919 d: 15 Sep 1980
5 Bertha Louise Kingston b: 4 Oct 1873 d: 1966
+ Harold Witcombe b: 23 Jul 1853 d: 5 Jun 1921
6 Joyce Hilda Witcombe b: 25 Dec 1915 d: 18 Jan 1994
+ Robert Frank Morton Bob Cleeland b: 24 Jul 1911 d: 20 Apr 1999
7 Peter Robert Cleeland b: 31 May 1938 d: 17 Sep 2007
+ Private
+ Janet Dorothy Reid b: 1 Dec 1946 d: 28 Nov 2010
6 Charles Harold Witcombe b: 20 Aug 1904 d: 20 Jul 1975
6 William John Witcombe b: 1906 d: 9 Oct 1926
6 Mary Eleanor Witcombe b: 14 Oct 1907 d: 2007
6 Roy Edgar Witcombe b: 1912 d: 7 Nov 1924
3 Susan Richardson b: 8 Dec 1829
3 Charles Richardson b: 11 Jul 1834
3 William Richardson b: 26 Sep 1836
3 James Richardson b: 10 Oct 1838
3 Emily Richardson b: 10 Sep 1843
3 Hannah Richardson b: 19 Mar 1846
3 Rachel Richardson b: 11 Sep 1848