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James STANBURY
1834 - Abt 1858 (~ 23 years)
Has 40 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name James STANBURY Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England 
Baptised 22 Mar 1834 St. Andrew’s Church, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England - From Dartmoor Press index of PR entries
Shows James Stanbury, s of Benjamin (labourer) and Nan. abode: Buckland
Gender Male Military Service From 15 Oct 1850 to 31 Jan 1858 Royal Marine - A James Stansbury joined the Marines in Plymouth on 15 October 1850. He gave his age as 19, and birthplace as Buckland Monachorum. Both the date of his baptism and the age given in the census suggest that this James would probably only have been 16 or 17 at this time. Judging from the 1841 and 1851 censuses there was only the one Stan(s)bury family in Buckland Monachorum at this time - his father had moved to the village from Sourton, near Okehampton. And I have not found any evidence of James from Buckland Monachorum anywhere else after the 1841 census, just the 1851 census for the Marine Barracks.
Hence, despite the age discrepancy, I do believe the James who joined the Marines was this one.
The Attestation Paper shows that James enlisted for a Bounty of £3.17.6, and was willing to serve for 12 years. Unfortunately he was to serve for just a little over 7.
A few months enlisting, at the time of the 1851 census he was a Private in the Marine Barracks in East Stonehouse. Subsequently he was to serve on H.M.S. Sappho; presumably he was aboard her when she left Portsmouth in March 1856 with a crew of about 140 under the command of Commander Fairfax Moresby. She was to be part of a British squadron patrolling the coast of West Africa to suppress the slave trade.
Possibly unlawfully Sappho seized the American barque Panchita at Porto de Lenha on the Congo river in May 1857. Legally, Sappho intercepted a schooner preparing to board slaves on 10 September and burned her. Just 8 days later Sappho engaged a much larger slaver and drove it ashore. Sadly about 150 slaves were drowned, but in the region of 380 were rescued, and prize money was awarded to the crew of the Sappho.
The contentious diplomatic incident concerning the Panchita led to Commander Moresby being censured; Sappho was ordered to sail to the Australian Station. She left from the Cape of Good Hope on 8 January 1858, but never arrived at Sydney. She was last sighted at the western entrance to Bass Strait on 18 February. There are a few theories and also colourful rumours concerning her disappearance. Most likely is that she capsized during gales that lashed Bass Strait on the days immediately after she was last seen. Naval brigs such as Sappho were unstable due to the combination of fine hull-lines, heavy armament and high sail area.
(the above information about H.M.S. Sappho is from a Wikipedia article, which includes more details)
(TNA ref for marine attestation: ADM 157/159/41)
Died Abt Feb 1858 Bass Strait, Australia, At Sea Cause: Drowned (assumed) Siblings6 brothers and 3 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Benjamin STANBURY, b. Abt 1792, Sourton, Devon, England, d. Sep 1873, Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England (Age ~ 81 years) (Father) 
Elizabeth, b. Between 1708 and 1720, d. May 1794, Dunterton, Devon, England (Age ~ 86 years) (Great Grandmother) Person ID I12889 All Last Modified 1 Sep 2023
Father Benjamin STANBURY, b. Abt 1792, Sourton, Devon, England , d. Sep 1873, Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England (Age ~ 81 years) Mother Nann JUSTHAM, b. 1791, d. Dec Q 1863, Tavistock Reg Dist, Devon or Cornwall, England (Age 72 years) Married 20 Jul 1813 St. Andrew’s Church, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England [1] Family ID F917 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From Dartmoor Press index of PR entries
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Born - - Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England 
Baptised - 22 Mar 1834 - St. Andrew’s Church, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England 
Died - Cause: Drowned (assumed) - Abt Feb 1858 - Bass Strait, Australia, At Sea = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
Sources - [S198] Buckland Monachorum - St. Andrew’s Church - m/f images, St. Andrew’s Church (Buckland Monachorum, Devon), Marriage of Nann Justham; DE/REG/57873/1-18 (Reliability: 3), 26 Aug 2013.
Benjamin Stanbury of this Parish
Bachelor
and Nann Jetsham of this Parish
Spinster
were married in this Church by Banns with Consent of
___ this twentieth Day of
July in the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirteen
By me Rd. Reed, Curate
This Marriage was solemnized between us {The Mark + of Benjamin Stanbury{The Mark + of Nann Jetsham
In the Presence of { Elias Dunnich{ Mark Tucker
No. 2.