People Australia

James Vandercom was sentenced to life transportation on 14 September 1796 at the Old Bailey, London. He arrived at Sydney in May 1798 aboard the Barwell. By 1806 he had received an absolute pardon and was living with Elizabeth Jones; the couple married on 2 February 1810.

Vandercom was working as an overseer of bricklayers in 1806. In 1810 he was issued with a licence to retail beer, ale and porter. In 1814 he assisted in the valuation of buildings situated on the Government Domain that had been ordered to be removed. He was the publican of the Windmill in Sydney in 1817. In 1818 he recommended that his wife's grandson, Thomas Rose, be given land. His employment was listed as butcher in 1825.

Vandercom's date of death is not known.

* information from Biographical Database of Australia — https://www.bda-online.org.au — accessed 3 September 2020