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I am looking for birth records of William Reynolds born about 1820 probably a little earlier in Kingsdown Somerset. He was sent to Australia as a convict.
He would be in 1841 census as l think from memory he was convicted in 1842/43 but l am unable to find Kingsdown on any census records and l'm sorry don't know somerset that well. Can anyone look him up for me please. If possible parents and siblings or maybe just parents and address. Thanks for the help. I am in Tasmania and can't find it myself. Dianne Berry

A tree on ancestry has this


View Tasmania, Reports of Crime, 1861-1883
Name: William Reynolds
Birth Year: abt 1820
Age: 55
Year: 1875
Place: Tasmania, Australia
Description: AU6103-1875 Tasmania Reports of Crime 1875
Crime deserting his three children Jane John and Henry and leaving them with. No vivsble support

Father
Robert Raynolds
1773–1836
BIRTH 1773 • Kingsdon, Somerset, England
DEATH 1836 • Kingsdon, Somerset, England

Mother
Honor Laver
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 11 Apr 1799
Marriage Place: Kingsdon,Somerset,England
Spouse: Robert Raynolds
FHL Film Number: 0563315 IT 3


William Roe Reynolds Convict
1822–1890
BIRTH 1822, 1808 • Kingsdon,Somerset,England
DEATH 13 AUGUST 1890 • Latrobe,Tasmania,Australia

Honour Laver
Event Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 21 Mar 1779
Baptism Place: South Cadbury, Somerset, England
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Father: George Laver
Mother: Mary Laver

He seems to have been born earlier

William Row
[Willielmus Row]
Event Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 13 Sep 1812
Baptism Place: Kingsdon, Somerset, England
Parish as it Appears: Kingston
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Father: Robert Raynolds
Mother: Honor Raynolds

He seems to be the same guy

Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 No Image
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Name: William Roe Reynolds
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Saunders
Marriage Date: 14 Jul 1856
Marriage Place: Tasmania
Registration Place: Morven, Tasmania
Registration Year: 1856
Registration Number: 768

Edit he did have several children including a John Harriet Jane and a Henry

Seems there are two William Reynolds’s who went to Australia

View New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896
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Name: William Reynolds
Birth Year: abt 1820
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Arrival Date: 13 Oct 1841
Vessel Name: Lady Kennaway

This one is said to be a native of London

Parents William and Alice

gives his dob as 1822

William Roe Reynolds
Australia Marriages, 1810-1980
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Name:
William Roe Reynolds
Birth Date:
1822
Age:
34
Spouse's Name:
Elizabeth Saunders
Spouse's Birth Date:
1840
Spouse's Age:
16
Event Date:
14 Jul 1856
Event Place:
Evandale, Tasmania, Australia

Elizabeth Saunders
Australia Marriages, 1810-1980
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Name:
William Roe Reynolds
Birth Date:
1822
Age:
34
Spouse's Name:
Elizabeth Saunders
Spouse's Birth Date:
1840
Spouse's Age:
16
Event Date:
14 Jul 1856
Event Place:
Evandale, Tasmania, Australia

note daughters middle name


Elizabeth Saunders
Sex:
Female
Husband:
William Reynolds
Daughter:
Sarah Honor Reynolds
Other information in the record of Sarah Honor Reynolds
from Australia Births and Baptisms

Name:
Sarah Honor Reynolds
Gender:
Female
Birth Date:
08 Aug 1861
Birthplace:
MORVEN, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA
Father's Name:
William Reynolds
Mother's Name:
Elizabeth Saunders

Thank you so much for this information, yes he was known as William Roe Reynolds
Not sure where Roe/Row came from but after many years of looking l can now look up his parents. Again thank you heaps Dianne

He seems to have taken some years off his age as the baptism shows he was born earlier

Unless the earlier one died and they named the son born in 1820 with the same name

If this is him he wasn’t born c1820

William Reynolds
Vessel: Lady East
Convicted Date: 3 Jun 1824
Voyage Date: 4 Nov 1824
Colony: Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land)
Place of Conviction: Middlesex, England

Robert
Last name Raynolds
Sex Male
Residence Kingsdon
Banns year 1799
Banns date 03 ? 1799
Marriage year 1799
Marriage date 11 Apr 1799
Denomination Anglican
Place Kingsdon
Spouse's first name(s) Honour
Spouse's last name Laver
Spouse's residence Kingsdon
First witness William Little
Second witness Joseph Little
County Somerset
Country England
Document type Parish records

a son
Robert
Last name Raynolds
Birth year -
Baptism year 1816
Baptism date 31 Jan 1816
Residence Kingsdon
Denomination Anglican
Place Kingsdon
County Somerset
Country England
Father's first name(s) Robert
Father's last name Raynolds
Mother's first name(s) Honour
Father's occupation Labourer
Event type Baptisms, marriages & burials

Robert
Last name Raynolds
Birth year -
Baptism year 1773
Baptism date 08 Jul 1773
Denomination Anglican
Place Kingsdon
County Somerset
Country England
Father's first name(s) George
Father's last name Raynolds
Mother's first name(s) Catharine
Event type Baptisms & burials
Archive
Somerset Archives
Document type Parish records
Archive reference D/P/KINGSD 2/1/3
Year range 1758-1812

I would like to thank everyone again for your help, very much appreciated Dianne