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New South Wales

CONVICTS

TRANSPORTED

to

PORT MACQUARIE

UNDER COLONIAL SENTENCE

14

th SEPTEMBER 1825 - 20

th APRIL 1829

VOLUME 2

M-Z

First published 2014

©

National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication

entry

Title: Convicts Transported To Port Macquarie

Under Colonial Sentence

14TH

September 1825 – 20TH

April 1829

ISBN:

Dewey Number:

Includes Index:

Volume 1 A-L

Volume 2 M-Z

PREFACE

This Local Studies project was undertaken to provide and record

information regarding convicts being transported to Port Macquarie

Penal Settlement a second place of punishment within the time frame

of September 1825 to April 1829, listing their name, ship of arrival to

Port Jackson Sydney, Indent information and the ship of transportation

to Port Macquarie.

For anybody requiring further information on any convict there are

more records available for research held at Port Macquarie-Hastings

Library and at the State Records of New South Wales at Kingswood.

Convicts transported to Port Macquarie within these dates are listed

under the heading of 'Colonial Sentence' so that the reader may

distinguish between any other date of transportation to Port Macquarie,

as many convicts were sent to and from the Settlement.

All care and accuracy has been taken whilst transcribing from

available documentation at the time of publication, and are transcribed

as per original. "Written as" refers to records that differ in spelling etc.

Permission

Researched by members of

Port Macquarie-Hastings Library

Grant Street

Port Macquarie NSW

2444

Jan Shelley

Pam Yates

Cheryl Perry

Anne Keena

Matters of Interest

Females Transported within this project

Jane Bailey per Indispensable 1809

Anne Lang per Mariner 1825

Mary Lowry per Elizabeth 1818

Catherine Maddingan now Fox per Lord Wellington 1820

Eliza Pigott per Mariner 1825

Money Value

Old Bailey Proceedings Online value of monies written as 3 l. 2s. 6d =

3 pounds 2 shillings and 6 pence. l being the sign for English pounds,

Latin Libra or Roman Librae.

Phoenix Hulk

The Phoenix 1824 picked up a pilot outside Sydney Heads but on

entering the harbour struck the reef Sow and Pigs. The ship was

refloated and moored in Hulk Bay Port Jackson, Sydney now known

as Lavender Bay and made into a prison hulk, it could hold up to 200

prisoners.

Piracy of the Brig Wellington

Seized by convicts on the voyage to Norfolk Island and sailed to New

Zealand.

A number of convicts were sent illegally from Port Macquarie onboard

the Wellington to be employed as good mechanics on Norfolk Island.

Proclamation

Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Volume X11 page 514

31st August 1826 Governor Ralph Darling, remitting sentences on

certain convicts at Port Macquarie, and sentence be limited to three

years.

Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Volume X111 page 522

26th

November 1828 Governor Ralph Darling stating at present there

are about 530 Prisoners at Port Macquarie.

Run from the Colony and Retransported

William Chapman per Admiral Gambier + Greyhound

Samuel Harris per Norfolk + Marquis of Wellington

Thomas Hughes per Elizabeth + Asia

John Murrell per General Hewett + Hayeston

Samuel Williams per Earl St Vincent + Ann

Youngest Convicts within this project

Thomas Jones per Indefatigable 1815 age 10years

Joseph Bagot per Larkins 1817 age 14years

James Hutchings per Dick 1821 age 14years

Commandants of Port Macquarie

Captain Francis Allman April 1821 - April 1824

Captain John Rolland April 1824 -November 1824

Lieutenant G.R. Carmac 3rd

Regiment Acting Commandant,

Engineer November 1824 - December 1824

Captain Henry Gillman January 1825 - February 1826

Captain Samuel Wright 3rd

Regiment February 1826 - November 1826

Captain Archibald Innes November 1826 - April 1827

Lieutenant Thomas Owen 3rd

Regiment April 1827 - October 1827

Captain Francis Crotty 39th

Regiment October 1827 - June 1828

Lieutenant Thomas Meyrick 39th

Regiment Acting Commandant

June 1828 - August 1828

Captain Robert Hunt Acting Commandant October 1828 –

November 1828

Captain Henry Smyth 15th

November 1828 - June 1832

Captain Philip Aubin 57th

Regiment Commandant August 1828

October 1828

Ships listed arriving at Port Macquarie within this project

Elizabeth Henrietta 14th

September 1825

Elizabeth Henrietta 29th

November 1825

Mary Elizabeth 29th

December 1825

Amity 7th

January 1826

Mary Elizabeth 28th

January 1826

Amity 7th

February 1826

Mary Elizabeth 18th

August 1826

Mary Elizabeth 12th

September 1826

Mary Elizabeth 22nd

January 1827

Alligator 26th

February 1827

Amity 21st April 1827

Alligator 21st August 1827

Lucy Ann 10th

April 1828

Mary Elizabeth 16th

October 1828

Isabella 22nd

December 1828

Governor Phillip 7th

February 1829

Mary Elizabeth 2nd

April 1829

Mary Elizabeth 20th

April 1829

Bibliography

State Records NSW Reel 824 4/ 3865 written as Colonial Sentence

State Records NSW Colonial Secretary’s Correspondence

State Records NSW Conditional Pardons

State Records NSW Ticket of Leave

State Records NSW Convict Death Records

State Records NSW Reel 2723 4/5636 – 4/4637

State Records NSW Reel 1062 4/3896

Ancestrylibrary.com Port Macquarie – Hastings Library

Free access

"Port Macquarie The Windingsheet" – Port Macquarie

Historical Society

Trove Digitised Newspapers National Library of Australia "The

Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser", written throughout

as "The Sydney Gazette". Also "The Australian"

The Proceedings of Old Bailey London Central Criminal Court

Musters and Census of NSW

Convict Indent Records

"Historical Records of Australia"

National Archives UK, reference ADM

Index: Listing convict name and ship of arrival to Port Jackson,

Sydney, New South Wales

Volume 1 A-L

Volume 2 M-Z

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MADDINGAN now FOX Catherine per Lord Wellington

20th

January 1820

MADDINGAN Catherine Tried Limerick County Summer 1818

Sentence 7 years

Trade Servant


3rd

April 1820

List of Persons Praying His Excellency’s Permission to have their

names Published in Church in order to their being married

Listed

Patrick Fox Convict per “Earl St Vincent”

Catherine Maddingan written as Catherine Mettican Convict per

“Lord Wellington”

Signed William Cowper

Ass. Chaplain

Approved L. Macquarie

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1820

Written as Catherine Madigan married Patrick Fox, C of E St Phillip’s

Sydney

Registration reference: V1820 2537 3A

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The Sydney Gazette

14th

October 1826

Laurence Harrogan and Catherine Fox, were severally

charged with a robbery on the person of James Chapman, commonly

called “Little Chappy” The female had smiled upon him at a public

house, where at he had taken his abode as a traveller, had enticed him

to go home with her, but while on the road to enjoy the proffered

hospitality some tall man came behind him and knocked him down.

The property stolen was surrendered by the man to the Chief

Constable, but not under and inducement like “better for you” but

arose out of his own feeling and opinion. The man and woman have

lately cohabited together.

Mrs Fox has a husband at Port Macquarie and also two

favourites, one at the place with her husband and the other at Norfolk

Island.

She is an unfortunate woman, and has been rendered single

every sessions held during the last twelve months. – Guilty

To be transported to such penal settlement as His Excellency

the Governor may determine on for the term of 7 years.

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State Records NSW Reel 824 4/3865 Colonial Sentence Catherine Maddingan now Fox

Transported to Port Macquarie 22nd

January 1827

Per Mary Elizabeth

Tried Windsor Quarter Sessions

Date 10th

October 1825

Sentence 7years

Note: Husband of Catherine Maddingan, Patrick Fox per

Earl St Vincent transported to Port Macquarie 28th

January 1826 per

Mary Elizabeth

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1822 General Muster NSW page 320 Maddigan Catherine Convict per

Lord Wellington Sentence 7years. Written as wife of J. McHenry,

Windsor

1823-1825 General Muster of NSW page 376 Maddigan Catherine

Convict Ticket of Leave per Lord Wellington 1820 Sentence 7years,

Wife of Patrick Fox, Windsor

Son, Patrick Maddigan, Age 4, Son of Patrick Fox, Windsor

1828 Census page 154 Fox Catherine, written as per Wellington

Sentence 7years, Port Macquarie

1829 Baptised Catherine Fox, Father Patrick Mother Catherine

Port Macquarie C of E Registration No.V1829 9386 1C

Certificate of Freedom 101/4778 19th

January 1826

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MAGGS Samuel per Eliza 21st January 1820

MAGGS Samuel Tried Somerset (City of Wells)

Quarter Sessions 3rd

April 1818

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Bristol

Trade Blacksmith 6 or 7 months

Age 16, Height 5ft 2¼in, Complexion Dark Ruddy, Hair Flaxen,

Eyes Hazel


Transported to Newcastle per Snapper Samuel Maggs per Eliza

Sentence to one year

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May 1822 Punished at Newcastle

Samuel Maggs Settlers man, received 50 Lashes for refusing to do his

Masters work and insolence

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24th

August 1822 Runaway from Emu Plains

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State Records NSW Reel 6019 4/3864 7

th October 1822 Transported to Port Macquarie per Lady Nelson

Tried Penrith Rev. Fulton, Renewal of Original Sentence

5th

October 1822

Remarks – Run 3rd

quarter of 1822

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The Sydney Gazette

19th

May 1825

Samuel Maggs free, charged with having stolen a quantity of

Negro head tobacco, which was in a keg in a stall in the Market Place,

and which it appeared he gave to another man to sell for him, who

happened to offer it to the party from whom it had been stolen. The

man who tendered it for sale immediately conducted the owner to the

prisoner, who was near at hand, and he was taken into custody –

Remanded

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State Records NSW Reel 824 4/3865 Colonial Sentence

Transported to Port Macquarie 14th

September 1825

Per Elizabeth Henrietta

Tried Sydney Quarter Sessions

Date 30th

August 1825

Sentence Five years

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1828 Census page 257 Maggs Samuel per Eliza Sentence 3 years,

Port Macquarie


April 1825


October 1830

5

MAHER Mathias per Earl St Vincent 17th

August 1820

MAHER Mathias Tried Middlesex Gaol Delivery 15th

September 1819

Sentence Life

Native Place Cashel Ireland

Trade Midshipman

Age 24, Height 5ft 5in, Complexion Fair Pale, Hair Brown,

Eyes Hazel

Old Bailey online Reference t18180506-36

6th

May 1818

Mathias Maher was indicted for forging a power of attorney, with

intent to defraud Christopher Cooke, James Halford and James

Halford Jun.

The prisoner did not plead to the indictment.

The Jury found him Insane.

Note: For further information of this trial see The Sydney Gazette and

New South Wales Advertiser 26th

December 1818

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Google Books online

The Annual register, or, A view of the history, politics.

Volume 60 page 274-275-276

Extract from above record

Old Bailey Friday May 8 Insanity, Mathias Maher was brought

to the bar apparently in state of furious derangement the purpose of

being arraigned a charge of forging a power of attorney with intent to

defraud Thomas Moore under the prosecution of the Board of

Admiralty.

The prisoner was conducted to the bar by three men at each

arm and one behind a fast hold of him. He secured by a strait

waistcoat by weighty chains at his feet.

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State Records New South Wales, Fiche 3222 4/1866

Mathias Maher Petition for Mitigation

Parroquet Hill

2nd

April 1822

Sir,

From the philanthropy you have sustainably manifested since

your arrival in this colony has induced me to take the liberty of

submitting to your perusal a short mention of my unfortunate case

brought with such a variates of peculiar hardships as seldom antic in

the catalogue of ills befalling my individual so young and short lived

as myself against your humane bosom couldn’t surely refuse me the

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wanted sympathy you have so frequently displayed in blessing the

unfortunates after your discerning penetration had selected the objects

fittest and best entitled to such powerful protection as yours – in the

depth of my abject unworthiness I yet dare to aspire to the churning

radiance of a glance of your undistinguishable exertions of mind and

whilst I evoke a blessing on your unfading exertions in the cause of the

morality of this Colony I most humble crave your attention to my

unfortunate case.

I beg Sir to inform you that I am the son of a most respectable

Physician now resides in Cashel in Ireland. When I first received the

rudiments of a liberal education that as early as the tenth year of my

age I enlisted as a Midshipman in the Navy under the patronage of the

late Vice Admiral Hamilton. It is useless in me in informing you of my

little occurrence that might have transpired during my servitude for

ten years as a Midshipman on board a Man of War – but present to

inform you Sir, that I was shipwrecked in the “Lively” frigate – that I

served in “Leonidas” boats in the cutting out various vessels in the

Adriatic Sea – and in one of these excursions I had the misfortune to

receive two wounds in my head and to have one of my thighs broken.

That I served in the “Avon” in the engagement with the United States

Ship “Wasp”, and finely that I served as Acting Lieutenant in the

“Superb” in the Battle of Algeciras where on my return to Europe I

went to London under the hopes of obtaining my commission but like

all wild youths I cannot list a course of crime and folly by indulging in

the use of spirituous liquor which though the wounds I received in my

head drove me into a state of derangement during that time some bad

company signed another mans name to a receipt for ₤12, I was

assigned on this charge in the year 1817 but evidence having been

produced of my then and previous derangement, the jury returned a

verdict that I was insane and stood mute by the visitation of God – I

was then sent to New Bethlem Hospital in St Georges-Fields there I

remained for upwards of two years – and finding when my disordered

intellect had arrived to some degree of equilibrium that by an act of

Parliament that I was to be kept in Confinement during His Majesty’s

pleasure and being aware that Lord Sidmouth did not wish to permit

Criminal Lunatics to be at large – I petitioned my Prosecutor to bring

me to Trial and that I would plead Guilty to the Capital indictment of

forgery. It was recommended to the Government to grant me an

emancipation in this county.

I beg to inform you Sir that I was removed from Bethlem to

Newgate and no evidence been offered on the part of the prosecution I

pleaded Guilty to the indictment and received Sentence of Death for

the same, and only for my family Sir upon whom my misfortunes have

brought such single disgrace with all my honourable prospects and

dearest hopes blasted in the reason which should have cherished them

to maturity stripped of character, exiled from my friends, and only for

trusting in the beneficence of the Great Being who sent me into this

world I would not have felt one from in quitting it forever if I did not

wish to render myself up were they in the Sight of Heaven by the

repentance and integrity of that portion of my life which is nearest to

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me next to this wish there was another which spring from the very

source of my feelings – it is that my family, my young sister, my

excellent brothers, my aged parents might never be reproached by the

ignominious death of that unhappy child who was once the object of

their strongest affections.

When reflection comes Sir, I can not help shedding tears for my

misfortunes but permit me to inform you that I came to this Colony as

Doctors Mate of the Ship “Earl St Vincent” 2nd

- and from the strong

recommendation of Mr Hill the present Colonial Assistant Surgeon

together with that of Captain McDougall of the 10th

Regiment who

recalling Governor Macquarie was present to give me the Station of a

Constable which I have now held close on two years – highly to the

satisfaction of my Superiors – and I have to say that I can safely arrive

from my conscience that I have always done my duty with that alacrity

and faithfulness - for this His Majesty’s Government has become the

dearest man.

Understanding Sir that one of the Constables belonging to

Ground houses is to be removed considering that one is sufficient for

the reduced quantity of men, may I most humbly beg Sir that I may

make here the preference having been the longest time a Constable

than any in the Colony who are prisoners – and you may depend Sir, I

will do the utmost in my power to fulfil a strict discharge of my duty.

I have the honor to be

Sir,

With the utmost respect

Your most Obedient Humble Servant

Constable at the First Road Watch House

PS

I take the liberty Sir of leaving for your perusal certificates for years

good conduct but the one received from His Majesty’s Ship “Superb” I

have mislaid

Mathias Maher

To continue a Constable

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17th

May 1822

Constable at Parroquet Hill. Re robberies of stores at Charters

Barracks

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12th

July 1822

Praying His Excellency’s permission to marry in the Roman Catholic

Church – Mathias Maher Convict “Earl St Vincent” and Ann Davey

Free

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Apprehension of Bushrangers – Extract

26th

December 1822

Parroquet Hill

Sir,

I beg most respectfully to acquaint you Sir, that they had all

kind of cooking utensils and they slept in this place in the day time and

plundered in this Road and other places at night, John Carr who gave

me the information says – that a free man named Andrew Fergusson

has lived with them some time and frequently brought them supplies –

may I beg Sir, to inform you that this Andrew Fergusson was an

Overseer placed by Major Druitt at Gross-farm.

Name of Bushrangers listed

Josh Stephenson, advertized nine times

William Hennis, advertized twice

John Williams, advertized once

J. Jones escaped from Cells P. Barracks &

John Carr Runaways from Emu Plains

Signed M. Maher

Constable at Parroquet Hill

Joseph Jones, Joseph Williams, Joseph Stephenson and William

Hennis were brought before the Bench of Magistrates this day – and

Convicted of being Runaways and severally sentenced to receive One

Hundred Lashes each and afterwards to be worked in the Gaol Gang

for Six Calendar Months.

Signed Samuel Davenport

Ass. Clerk Police Office

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28th

March 1823

Sydney

Honored Sir,

I must humbly trust you will be pleased to pardon me for the

liberty I have taken in addressing you – but being about to return to

my Station at Wellington Valley I am emboldened to most humbly hope

you will be pleased to allow me to have the Certificates which I had

the honor to transmit for Your Honor's perusal. I am entirely acquitted

of the most grave and malignant charge which some of my envoys have

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circulated to injure my character but permit me to say Sir, I never in

my life to my knowledge committed any crime and Captain, Sir James

Brisbane of the Navy – will am sure before eight months – certify to

His Excellency – the whole truth of the misfortune which sent me to

this Colony – for insanity caused from the wounds I received in my

head from my gallant conduct in the Navy – occasioned me to have

falling into the unknown error which sent me to this colony from the

Criminal Lunatic Asylum in London where I was confined for two

years after the Jury returned me insane.

Believe me Honored Sir, I would not attempted to have come to

Sydney if I thought I should have gained your displeasure but you will

find Sir, when Mr Simpson makes his report to you, that I have been

the most serviceable man in the Settlement to him for I have done the

duty of three different situations on my way to Wellington.

Viz – Constable

Flogger

Storekeeper

Clerk to Commod't and Princ'l Overs'r

but only being in the dread of being reported to Gov't I would never

consent to punish the men on our way to Wellington for by so doing my

name is branded all up the Country and I am pointed at and abused

where ever I go but I have obeyed me orders and done my duty for

Government whom I trust hereafter will reward me for my good

Conduct in fulfilling that duty.


Sir, with utmost resp't

your most obd't humble servant

Mathias Maher

PS Will you also be dearest Sir, to let me have my pass.

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24th

July 1823

Remarks about Lieutenant Simpson of Wellington Valley

Note: For more information refer to Colonial Secretary's Index.

State Records NSW

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Wellington Valley and the loss of cattle

Extract of letter

12th

August 1823

Wellington

Sir,

On the 25th

ultimo I had the honor of addressing two reports to

you relative to the infamous conduct of the Overseer Chambers,

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Maher the Constable, and others, concerned in a plan to overthrow

this Settlement – since the date of the above reports, Chambers and

Maher arrived here on finding that their schemes were discovered and

consequently all hope of ever being again employed by Government.

A sound was heard to driving away the cattle. A few nights

after their return a horse that was in the stable, was let out of it the

barricade having been thrown inward and turned on the wheat.

My dogs gave the alarm which induced me to get out of bed,

then about three o'clock in the morning leaving the hut, that actually

was the case – time enough however to have the horse turned off the

field before any damage

To

Colonial Secretary

Sydney

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14th

October 1823

Suspended from position of constable at Wellington Valley

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12th

July 1824

Wellington

A weekly return of sick

Mathias Maher – violent conduct – July 11

to Percy Simpson Esq James Kiernan

Commandant Wellington Surgeon - Wellington

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8th

October 1824

Transported to Port Macquarie per Sally

Tried Bathurst, Major Morisset Sentence Two years

Return Date 29th

September 1826

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October 1828

Per Mary Elizabeth

Sent down in ordinary service of the Crown

Proceeding as Overseer of the Commissariat Store Gang

Return Date 26th

July 1829

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The Westernport Settlement 1826 – 1828 - online

Mathias Maher was appointed Overseer of Convicts by Mr McLeay,

Despatch No. 2 November 1826 with the salary of 15 pence per day

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State Records NSW Reel 1062 4/3896 + 4/3897

Mathias Maher at Hyde Park Barracks

12th

August 1829, 23rd

November 1830, 17th

March 1832,

7th

December 1832

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17th

March 1832

Overseer at Norfolk Island

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10th

July 1839

Marriage of Mathias Maher Bachelor, Age 43, Earl St Vincent, Life

Ticket of Leave Sydney and Margaret Maher Spinster Age 21 per

Margaret 7 years Bond, 1839 St Mary’s Sydney. Registration No 1839434 90

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1823-25 General Muster NSW page 377 Maher Matthias Convict per

Earl St Vincent 1820 Sentence Life Government Employ, Port

Macquarie

1828 Census page 258 written as Maher Matthias per Earl St Vincent,

Port Macquarie

1837 General Return of Convicts page 375 Maher Mathias Age 36 per

Earl St Vincent 1819 Ticket of Leave, Parramatta

Ticket of Leave 29/280, 15th

June 1829, District of Parramatta

Written in Remarks – Granted in pursuance of the Gov.t order dated

1st January 1827 and also in consideration of his having apprehended

10 runaways one of who was being a Bushranger –

Cancelled before delivery Maher having been dismissed from the

Situation of Overseer of the Commissariat Store Gang at Port

Macquarie for Stealing Corn –

Ticket Destroyed 22nd

Sept.1829

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Ticket of Leave 35/974 District of Parramatta

Conditional Pardon 43/150 1st April 1842

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MANN John Simon per Speke 18th

May 1821

MANN John Simon Tried Middlesex Gaol Delivery

13th

September 1820

Sentence Life

Native Place London

Trade Errand boy

Age 17, Height 5ft 8¼in, Complexion Pale, Hair Brown,

Eyes Hazel

Old Bailey Proceedings Online t18200918-28

September 1820

John Simon Man was indicted for stealing on the 5th

of July one watch

value 3 l; one chain value 30s; three seals value 30s; and one key

value 1d the goods of Samuel Furze from his person

Guilty – Age 17

Transported Life

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April 1828

Per Lucy Ann

Sent down in the Ordinary service of the Crown

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State Records NSW Reel 662 X709

Bench of Magistrates Port Macquarie

29th

November 1836

John Mann per Speke, Holding Ticket of Leave

Accuser G. Green

Charge Drunkenness & attempting to stab a constable

Punishment Ordered Two Months Tread Mill

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1828 Census page 260 Mann John per Speke 1, Port Macquarie

1837 General Return of Convicts page 380 written as Mann J. S.

Age 32 per Speke 1821 Ticket of Leave, Port Macquarie

Ticket of Leave 34/274 District of Port Macquarie – Remarks Trade

Blacksmith

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MARTIN James per Asia 28th

December 1820

MARTIN James Tried Middlesex Gaol Delivery 28th

June 1820

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Donaghmore County Tyrone

Trade Horse breaker

Age 24, Height 5ft 8¼in, Complexion Fair Ruddy, Hair Black,

Eyes Hazel


28th

June 1820

James Martin, William Hyde, and Ann Hyde, were indicted for

stealing, on the 25th

May, one pelisse, value 10s, one petticoat, value

2s, one pair of stockings, value 1s, one cap, value 6d, one bolster,

value 1s, two curtains, value 2s, one bonnet, value 2s, and one tea-

kettle, value 1s, the goods of Dennis Jackson

Guilty – Age 22

Transported for Seven years

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State Records NSW Fiche 3297 X643

4th

May 1822

Bench of Magistrates Parramatta, Charged with Eloping from his

Masters Service, Sentenced to receive 50 Lashes and to be worked

within the Gaol Gang until further orders

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8th

July 1822

Bench of Magistrates Parramatta, Charged with stealing a quantity

ironing articles which was drying on the property of Benjamin Rally of

Parramatta, Sentenced to receive 100 Lashes – and be sent to Port

Macquarie during the remainder of his sentence – Sentence mitigation

to 50 Lashes – to the Prison Barracks

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13th

July 1822

Transported to Port Macquarie per Lady Nelson

James Martin per Asia (1) Tried Parramatta Bench 8th

July 1822,

Renewal of Original Sentence, Trade Labourer, Tried London

28th

June 1820 Seven years

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Note: Three men of the same name at Port Macquarie at the same time


Commandants Office

Port Macquarie

28th

June 1824

Sir,

With reference to your letter of the 22nd

instant, in which I am

informed James Martin is allowed to return to Head Quarters I have

the honor to state that there are three persons of that name on the

Settlement as per margin, and to request that you will be pleased to

instruct me to which of them the permission of His Excellency is

intended to apply.

In looking over the original lists for the names of the men I find

that those lists marked in the margin are missing and I have to beg the

favour of you to furnish me with true copies of them as they are

invariably referred to before a prisoner under sentence here.

Listed in margin

James Martin per (no ship)

James Martin per “Asia”

James Martin per “Chapman”

To

F. Goulburn

Colonial Secretary

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Note: James Martin (no Ship) refers to James Martin per Atlas

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Reply to above letter

Colonial Secretary’s Office

27th

July 1824

Sir,

The lists required by your letter of the 28th

ultimo are now

forwarded to you – The James Martin who is to be allowed to return to

Head Quarters came to the Colony by the Ship “Atlas” in the year

1819

Signed F. Goulburn

To

Captain Rolland

Commandant

Port Macquarie

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State Records NSW- Extract of letter Reel 6019 4/3864


29th

December 1825

Sir,

I have the honor to acquaint you that His Majesty’s Colonial

Brig “Mary Elizabeth” is dispatched to Port Macquarie.

The Convicts names in the margin of whom three are

Runaways from Port Macquarie.

William Henry

James Martin

Oliver Wilkes

Signed F. Goulburn

To

Captain Gillman

Commandant Port Macquarie

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December 1825

Per Mary Elizabeth

Remarks Tried London 28th

June 1820, 7 years, labourer

Returned having came up on a Charge of Murder – see page 12 line 4

and page 73 line 7 of old Register

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Note: Page 12 line 4 and page 73 line 7 refers to SR Reel 6019 4/3864

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1828 Census page 262 Martin James per Asia on Phoenix Hulk,

Sydney


July 1830

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MASON Joseph per John Barry 26th

September 1819

MASON Joseph Tried Middlesex Gaol Delivery 2nd

December 1818

Sentence Life

Native Place London

Trade Butchers boy

Age 19, Height 5ft 6¼in, Complexion Florid, Hair Brown,

Eyes Dark


December 1818

Joseph Mason wads indicted for feloniously assaulting Levi Bassett on

the King’s highway on the 7th

of November at St James, Westminster

putting him in fear and taking from his person and against his will two

seals value 30s; two watch keys value 13s; and one ring value 5s his

property

Guilty – Age 18

Death

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th February 1823

Bench of Magistrates

John Pegg, Freeman was brought before the Bench of

Magistrates later that day for harbouring Joseph Mason and Thomas

Jones two runaways from Mr Crawford's Clearing Party and fined in

the Penalty of Seven Pounds agreeable to the Gov. and Gen Order the

24th

July 1822.

Police Office

8th

February 1823

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June 1823

Discharged from Emu Plains to Port Macquarie

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24 June 1823

Transported to Port Macquarie per Sally

Tried Penrith 14 June 1823

Remarks ran 4th

March 1824

Returned 16th

August 1826

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State Records NSW Real 6014 4/3513

21st December 1824

Forwarded to Newcastle per Sally

Listed as 1 of 30 Runaways from Port Macquarie

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August 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth

Tried Penrith John McHenry Esq

Date 14th

June 1823

Sentence Renewal of Original

Return Date 7th

March 1828

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1822 General Muster NSW page 328 Mason Joseph Convict

per John Barry Sentence 7 years assigned to Clearing Party

Mr Crawford, Parramatta

1837 General Return of Convicts page 386 Mason Joseph Age 38

per John Barry 1818 assigned to Thomas F. Hawkins, Bathurst

Ticket of Leave 41/525 District of Bathurst

Ticket of Leave 43/183 District of Braidwood

Conditional Pardon 48/1065

18

McAWARD John per Prince Regent 9th

January 1821

McAWARD John Tried Donegal Lent 1820

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Letterkenny

Trade Hawker

Age 16, Height 5ft 2½in, Complexion Florid, Hair Light Brown,

Eyes Hazel


7th

June 1825

Transported to Port Macquarie per Elizabeth Henrietta

Tried Windsor General Sessions 3rd

May 1825

Sentence three years in addition to his original sentence

Remarks - ran 24th

June 1825 returned 12th

September 1826

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September 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth

Tried Windsor General Sessions

Date 3rd

May 1825

Sentence Three years in addition to Original Sentence

Remarks – Came up from Port Macquarie lately thro mistake

Return Date 20th

May 1828

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July 1829


July 1834

19

McBRIDE Philip per Chapman 26th

July 1817

McBRIDE Philip Tried County Antrim Summer 1816

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Belfast

Trade Labourer

Age 18, Height 5ft 5in, Complexion Dark, Hair Brown,

Eyes Hazel

State Records NSW Reel 6008 4/3504a

30th

November 1821 transported to Newcastle per Elizabeth Henrietta

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Police Office

13th

August 1822

To certify that a apprehension of a convict under the hand of

Thomas Moore Esq JP at Liverpool that Henry Murrall a Constable at

Liverpool did apprehend Philip McBride at Mr Dean’s farm on the

Western Road by whom he had been employed that the said Philip

McBride had been advertised fifteen times as a runaway and is now

lodged in His Majesty’s Gaol at Sydney

D. Wentworth

Supt of Police

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14th

August 1822


Sir,

I do myself the honor to request information as to the steps

which have been taken by the Liverpool Bench against Mr Dean, for

having harboured at his Farm on the Western Road Philip McBride a

Convict Runaway advertised in the Sydney Gazette fifteen several

times.

I have the Honor to be

Sir

Your Obedient Humble Servant

F. Goulburn

Colonial Secretary

Thomas Moore Esq

JP

Liverpool

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17th

August 1822, Liverpool

Sir,

In reply to your letter of the 14th

instant respecting Philip

MacBride, I have to inform you that he was sent to Sydney in

ignorance of the party to which he belonged, having a false

Certificate; and that his return alone delays the proceedings against

Mr Deane and his presentation by Murrall the only competent witness

in the case.


Sir

Your obedient humble servant

Signed Thomas Moore JP

To F. Goulburn Esq.

Colonial Secretary

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The Sydney Gazette

Quarter Sessions

9th

February 1826

Phillip McBride was charged with stealing a silver watch, one

rupee and some halfpence, the property of George Rowe.

The prosecutor and two other privates in the 57th

Regt. were

drinking together at a public-house on the rocks on the 4th

of Jan. last.

They all became more or less intoxicated and leaving the house laid

themselves down under a cart and fell asleep. Shortly after the

prosecutor’s pockets were picked by the prisoner of the articles laid in

the indictment.

Guilty – Sentenced to a penal settlement for 7 years

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February 1826

Per Amity


Date 6th

February 1826

Sentence Seven years

Remarks – Run 10 June 1827, surrendered himself at Port Macquarie

8th

July 1827

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1822 General Muster NSW page 303 McBride Philip Convict per

Chapman Sentence 7 years assigned to Liverpool Road Party

1823-25 General Muster NSW page 354 McBride Philip Convict per

Chapman 1817 employed by Joseph Underwood

1828 Census pate 243 McBride Phillip per Chapman Sentence

7 years, Port Macquarie


March 1833

22

McCARTHY Daniel per Surrey 20th

December 1816

McCARTHY Daniel Tried Tipperary County March 1816

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Tipperary

Trade Jobber and Labourer

Age 25, Height 5ft 6in, Complexion Fair Sallow, Hair Flaxen,

Eyes Hazel



August 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth

Tried Sydney Criminal Court

Date October 1823

Sentence Fourteen years

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Port Macquarie Bench

9th

July 1833 Daniel McCarthy per Surrey – Charged with Insolence

Guilty – 14 days in the cells

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1822 General Muster NSW page 305 written as

McCathy Daniel Convict per Surry Sentence 7 years Government

Servant assigned to N. Bryan, Liverpool

1828 Census page 244 written as McCarthy Daniel per Surry Sentence


1837 General Return of Convicts page 393 McCarthy Daniel Age 40

per Surry 1816 Government Employ, Port Macquarie

23

McCRACKEN Edward per Bencoolen 25th

August 1819

McCRACKEN Edward Tried City of Dublin September 1818

Sentence 7 years


Trade Groom and Saddler

Age 23, Height 5ft 11½in, Complexion Fair Pale, Hair Brown,

Eyes Hazel blind of right eye


11th

June 1821 Commuting Capital Sentence, Launceston

Van Diemen’s Land – Edward McCracken

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The Hobart Gazette

9th

June 1821 Court of Criminal Jurisdiction

William Lloyd, Robert Gillaird, Edward McCracken and

Thomas Philips, were put to the bar of the Courts, charged with

stealing from the dwelling-house of William Chapman, goods and

chattels above the value of 40s, and putting the said William

Chapman, and others then in the said dwelling-house, in bodily fear of

their lives, &c. Also, with a like felony, in the dwelling-house of Robert

Wilson, and putting him, Robert Wheeler, and others in bodily fear, &c

also with a like felony, in the dwelling-house of Nathaniel Lucas, and

putting Robert Scott and others in bodily fear, &c. William Chapman

deposed, this about six weeks ago, five men came to his house, about

six o’clock in the evening, that the four prisoners were four out of the

five; they staid there half an hour, during which time the candle was

on the table; they had only one musket, which Lloyd held; he levelled it

at him, and said that he would blow his brains out if he stirred; that

his children and servants were in the house at the time, he then

identified a blue jacket, same check, and other things produced, as

taken at the time. Henry Mammott his servant confirmed him in every

respect – that Lloyd and McCracken forced him to sit down or

threatened that they would blow his brains out.

Robert Wilkes deposed that the same night at nine o’clock as

he heard of Chapman’s robbery the next morning three of the

prisoners Lloyd, Gillaird and Philips, entered his house; there were

others outside; he went out to the door on hearing the dogs bark, when

the men rushed upon him and forced him in again to the house, where

they remained 10 or 15 minutes, during all this time he held a light in

his hand amongst other things, they took away a bayonet, which had

the No 18 on it; the bayonet now produced in Court, he believed to be

the same; the linen bag produced he would sware positively as his wife

had a gown of the same pattern.

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25th

July 1821

Sir,

I have in command from His Excellency the Governor to

request that you will give the necessary direction that the Prisoners

named in the margin, who have arrived from Van Diemen’s Land on

the Ship “St Michael” may be received and secured in Sydney Gaol

until they can be forwarded to Newcastle

Signed F. Goulburn

To

John Thomas Campbell Esq

Provost Marshal

Listed

Edward McCracken

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Extract:

25th

July 1821


W. Dunne,

Proper escort of Constables and receive into your charge the

prisoners named in the margin, and the same in Sydney Gaol.

To

W. Dunne

Chief Constable

Sydney

Listed

Edward McCracken

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26th

July 1821 Transported to Newcastle per Mermaid

25



23rd

August 1821

Sir,

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of

the 28th

Unto, transmitting to me the Warrant of His Excellency the

Governor for the commutation of the Sentence passed on Edward

McCracken for Felony in Van Diemen’s Land, I now transmit an

attested Copy of the said document for the purpose of being deposited

in your office.

Signed F. Goulburn

To

J.T. Campbell Esq

Provost Marshal

Sydney

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Extract of letter


23rd

August 1821

Sir,

For the purpose of being deposited in your Archives, an

attested Copy of a Commutation of Sentence in favour of Edward

McCracken

Signed F. Goulburn

To

The Honorable

The Judge Advocate

Of New South Wales

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Extract of letter

Judge Adv. Office

23rd

August 1821

Sir,

Copy of the Commutation of Sentence in favour of Edward

McCracken will be filed in my office

Signed John Wylde

To F. Goulburn Esq

Colonial Secretary

26

State Records NSW Reel 6008 4/3504A

Extract

27th

December 1821

List of Prisoners at Newcastle under sentence from the late Criminal

Court in Van Diemen’s Land

Listed – Edward McCracken, 15th

May 1821, Sentenced to Life

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January 1822 Gaol Gang Newcastle

Edward McCracken per “Bencoolen” – Gaol Gang, 100 Lashes for

cutting their Irons, breaking away from their Gang and taking to the

bush

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September 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth

Tried Launceston Criminal Court

Date 15th

May 1821

Sentence C.R. Life


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1822 General Muster NSW page 306 written as Mc Cracker Edward

Convict per Bencoolen Sentence Life Government Employ, Newcastle

1828 Census page 246 McCracken Edward per Bencoolen Sentence

Life, Port Macquarie

Ticket of Leave 32/1018 District of Port Macquarie

Remarks – Vide Col. Sec. letter No 32/1062 November 1832

Returned the holder having Died at Port Macquarie 20th

September

1836 as stated in letter Police Magistrate dated 15th

October

Colonial Pardon 11th

June 1821

Convict Death Record

Edward McCracken Died 27th

September 1836 Port Macquarie Age 43

27

McGINLEY John per Sophia 17th

January 1829

McGinley John Tried Antrim, 24th

March 1828

Sentence Life house-breaking

Age 36

Married Three children

Reads and writes, Roman Catholic

Height 5ft 4in, Complexion Dark Ruddy Pock Pitted, Hair Black to

Grey, Eyes Dark Hazel

Cripple with his right arm disabled, paralytic



February 1829

Per Governor Philip

In ordinary service of the Crown

Remarks: A cripple

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Port Macquarie The Windingsheet – Port Macquarie Historical Society

Page 116

Port Macquarie Police Office 21st December 1833

Charged with Gambling

John George Green, Overseer of the Prisoners’ Barracks having been

sworn states: “Yesterday between two and three o’clock in the

afternoon, I was going around the outside of the Barracks. I saw

through the palings the three prisoners at the Bar gambling in the

yard, at “Pitch and Toss” I entered the yard and took from them 13

pence in coppers” Signed John George Green.

Guilty

McGinley sentenced to fourteen days in the cells, Driscoll and Stack

were sentenced to 7 days in the cells. The money was forfeited.

Died 1837 Port Macquarie

He was buried by Rev Cross on 13 October 1837.

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1837 General Return of Convicts page 403 Government Employed,

Port Macquarie

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McGINNIS John per Chapman 26th

July 1817

McGINNIS John Tried City of Dublin 17th

December 1816

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Dublin

Trade Servant


Eyes Grey


9th

August 1817

John McGinnis listed as one of 70 Prisoners onboard the "Jupiter" to

Hobart Town – List Signed by Pexton Master Ship "Pilot" July 1817

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Matter of Interest: The Brig Jupiter hit by Lightning

Secretary’s Office

9th

August 1817

Sir,

Under the circumstances of your vessel the “Jupiter” being

engaged by the government to convey Convicts, hence to

Van Diemen’s Land it was your duty to Report at my Office the nature

and extent of the Damage sustained by your vessel and the persons on

board her, which have rendered your return to this Port necessary –

As you have neglected to make this report I now call on you to furnish

it forthwith and to say in what time you will be ready to resume the

voyage.

Signed J. T. Campbell

To

M. Bunster

Master of the Brig “Jupiter”

Sydney Cove

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9th

August 1817

Dear Sir,

You have probably heard of the “Jupiter’s” return to Port in

consequence of injury sustained from the lightning the day before

yesterday.

As several of the Convicts on board have been struck and

probably some of them internally injured, I request that you will direct

Mr Hutchinson to hold as many men of those per “Pilot” in readiness

to embark as may be requisite to supply tho other places.

I have written to Doctor Wentworth requesting him to send an

Officer of his Department on board the “Jupiter” to ascertain the

degree and extent of the injury sustained by the ill fated Convicts of

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the “Chapman” and from his report Mr Hutchinson will be enabled to

ascertain the numbers necessary to supply their places.

Your Dear Sir

Signed J.T. Campbell

To

Captain Gill

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9th

August 1817

Sir,

The circumstances which occurred on Board the hired Convict

Transport “Chapman” whereby several of the Convicts were killed

wounded and otherwise severely punished requiring that the Strictest

investigation of the whole proceedings should take place, I have to

convey to you His Excellency the Governors desire that you do not on

any account whatever return the Register of that Ship to the Captain

or deliver it out of your hands to any person whatever without His

Excellency’s Special authority being conveyed to you to that effect.

The object of this injunction is to guard against any risk of the

Master of the “Chapman” endeavouring to escape from the Harbour,

which would be facilitated by his possessing the Register.

I have the Honor to be

Sir


J. T. Campbell

Sec.

To

John Piper Esq.

Naval Officer

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The Sydney Gazette

Extract – Brig Jupiter hit by Lightning

9th

August 1817

The brig “Jupiter” Captain Bunster, on board left the Heads

on Thursday morning last for Hobart Town, having on board 70 of the

prisoners landed from the “Chapman”, to be conveyed to that

Settlement; but returned to port last evening, owing to severe damage

by lightning during the heavy thunder storm on Thursday evening, by

which one of the prisoners, named George Mullins, was killed, and

several others were much scorched. The lightning struck the vessel

twice within ten minutes. It was about half-past five, the evening very

dark, the thunder awful, the lightning excessively vivid, and

accompanied with torrents of rain, when the first stroke was received,

by which her main-top gallant-mast was shivered and set on fire.

Nothing was visible but the sparks it threw out, and had it not been for

the heavy rain it is impossible to calculate upon the extent of the

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damage to have been apprehended. The mast was cut away with all

possible expedition, and on examination was found to be burnt within

to charcoal, the sail being also scorched throughout, and rendered

useless, the electric fluid descending by the mast, killed the

unfortunate man above named, and produced so dreadful a concussion

between decks, accompanied with a report similar to the explosion of a

cannon, that it threw the whole of the prisoners into so dreadful a state

of alarm, or rather of consternation and panic, that giving a loose to

the horrors they had before experienced, some prayed they might not

be shot; others in the violence of agitation begged to know why they

were to be shot, and all passionately begged that their lives might be

spared. It was some time before they could be convinced of the true

cause of the disaster; and it was no less wonderful, than merciful in an

Almighty Providence, that the fluid should change its direction, or

otherwise expend itself without passing into the hold and through the

vessel’s bottom, thence consigning in a instant all on board to an

irrevocable destiny. The second shock now followed, and every man on

deck was thrown down be the violence of the percussion; a seaman

sounding the pump had the iron rod curled round his hand by the

lightning, but escaped any other hurt than a painful swelling in the

hand. No other person was injured; but the horror of such a situation

it is almost impossible to have a conception of. On both occasions the

electric Fluid appeared to strike the deck in the shape of a collected

body of fire, some considered it globular, and resembling a fire-ball

and all agree that in both instances the collected mass darted forward

over the bows, with the report of a cannon.

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7th

July 1821 Transported to Newcastle per Mermaid

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State Records NSW fiche 3298 X727

25th

November 1825

Tried Supreme Court of NSW as Maginnis

Tried for Larceny – Guilty 7years

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State Records NSW fiche 3298 X730

7th

December 1825

Supreme Court of NSW – Tried for Larceny – Guilty – 7years

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January 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth


Date 7th

December 1825


Remarks – Trade Carpenter

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9th

December 1826

John McGinnis, on board the "Phoenix" Hulk to be transferred from

Port Macquarie to Norfolk Island as a mechanic, per the Brig

"Wellington"

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Piracy of the Brig Wellington

The Sydney Gazette

10th

February 1827

The brig “Wellington”, belonging to Mr Joseph Underwood,

which was carrying prisoners to Norfolk Island, with the notorious

Anthony Best, and others criminals on board, when within two days

sail of her destination, was piratically captured by the convicts – the

captain, crew, and troops made prisoners – and Mr Buchanan, the

engineer, had his head laid opened with a musket. As soon as the

vessel was in their possession the pirates made for New Zealand,

where it providentially happened that the “Sisters” was lying at

anchor off the Bay of Islands. We hear that an action commenced

between the pirates and the whaler, which lasted for six hours, in

which two of the former were killed. Captain Duke then went on board

with a flag of truce, and declared if they did not surrender he would

bear down upon them, assisted with 200 or 300 natives, and put every

man to death. This had the effect, and the pirates surrendered. Some of

them however made their escape on shore, but by means of the

extraordinary exertions of Captain Duke, assisted by the natives, the

whole were soon retaken. The following is a list of the gang which

have been brought back to Sydney on the “Sisters” – the remainder

being on board the “Wellington”, which was off the heads yesterday

evening late, having Anthony Best on board;

Listed also

John McGuiness

Cornelius Callaghan

James Bennett

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The Sydney Gazette

Written as Maginnis

24th

February 1827

Maginnis was a prisoner under sentence of transportation for

seven years in pursuance of which sentence he had been forwarded to

Port Macquarie by the Acting Governor, Col. Stewart. It appears,

however that he together with some other prisoners, were drafted from

the settlement in consequence of an order from the Governor to

transmit a number of mechanics, and Maginnis was put on board the

“Wellington” in irons for the purpose of being sent to Norfolk Island.

Mr Rowe contended that the prisoner having been assigned by the

proper authority to Port Macquarie the Governor could not withdraw

him without a fresh charge, and send him to a worse penal settlement,

and therefore his detention on board the “Wellington” was illegal.

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The Sydney Gazette Written as Magennis

Extract

Supreme Criminal Court Wednesday

24th

February 1827

As regards Magennis, I am of the opinion that he was

irregularly removed to Norfolk Island. He appears to have been

ordered there from Port Macquarie, as a mechanic – the order merely

directing a certain number of mechanics, without mentioning their

names, and leaving the selection to the Commandant.

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23rd

April 1827

John McGinnis on board the "Phoenix" Hulk Sydney, transported to

Port Macquarie per "Amity"

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Colonial Sentence

Transported to Port Macquarie 21st April 1827

Per Amity


Date 7th

December 1825


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1822 General Muster NSW page 311 McGinnis John Convict per

Chapman Sentence 7 years Government Employ, Newcastle

1823-25 General Muster NSW page 363 written as McGennis John

Convict Free by Servitude per Chapman Sentence 7 years in gaol

Newcastle for trial

1828 Census page 249 McGinnis John per Chapman, Port Macquarie


December 1823

Certificate of Freedom 34/1532 3rd

November 1834

34

McGRODEN Bryan per Daphne 21st September 1819

McGRODEN Bryan Tried Monaghan Summer 1818

Sentence 7 years

Native Place County Monaghan

Trade Stable Man

Age 27, Complexion Dark Ruddy, Hair Dark Brown,

Eyes Hazel


nd September 1824

We humbly Certify that Bryan McGroden, who came by the ship

‘Daphne’, which arrived in the year 1819, has not been convicted of

any crime or misdemeanour in this Colony, but is our certain belief, an

Honest, Sober, and Industrious, character having served faithfully

John Blaxland Esq residing in the District of Bringelly from September

1819 to the present period.

Newington Robert Moore

Sept 2nd 1824 Assistant Magistrate

Bryan McGroden

Monaghan summer 1818

Seven years J. Blaxland

I do not know anything of the prejudice of Bryan McGroden

Robert Cartwright

Assist Chaplain

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January 1826

Per Amity

Tried Liverpool Quarter Sessions

Date 28th

December

Sentence Three years

Return Date 13th

January 1829

35

1822 General Muster NSW page 312 written as McGregor Bryan

Convict per Daphne Sentence 7 years Government Servant assigned to

Mr Blaxland, Liverpool

1828 Census page 250 written as McGrender Brian per Daphne 3

years, Port Macquarie

Ticket of Leave 24/370, District of Liverpool

Remarks, Born Mon. Co. 1794

Trade Labourer

Tried Salop Ass. 1817


August 1825

Remarks, Ticket of Leave 369/1301


January 1829


December 1840

36

McKAY James per Eliza 22nd

November 1822

McKAY James Tried Edinburgh Court of Justiciary

26th

November 1821

Sentence 14 years

Native Place Edinburgh

Trade Painter, Glazier

Age 18, Height 5ft 3in, Complexion Fresh freckled, Hair Black,

Eyes Hazel to grey



January 1826

Per Amity

Tried Sydney Bench

Date 28th

December 1825


Return Date 13th

January 1829 per Isabella

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Ticket of Leave 33/50 District of Windsor


February 1836

37

McKAY John per Almorah 22nd

December 1820

McKAY John Tried County Down Summer 1819

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Banjor

Trade Labourer

Age 28, Height 5ft 8½in, Complexion Dark Ruddy, Hair Black,

Eyes Dark



December 1825

Per Mary Elizabeth

Tried Windsor Bench

Date 8th

November 1825

Sentence Two years

Return Date 13th

May 1828

38

McLAUGHLIN John per Daphne 21st September 1819

McLAUGHLIN John Tried Roscommon Lent 1819

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Roscommon

Trade Labourer

Age 25, Height 5ft 6½in, Complexion Dark Sallow, Hair Black,

Eyes Blue


Forwarded to Windsor

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State Records NSW Fiche 3290 4/4570D

12th

September 1823

John McLaughlin – Assigned to Thomas Sidderson of Clarence Street

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December 1825

Per Mary Elizabeth

Tried Cawdor H.C. Antill Esq

Date 24th

October 1825

Sentence Two years

Return Date 17th

April 1826

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1822 General Muster NSW page 315 McLaughlin John Convict per

Daphne Sentence 7 years in Sydney Gaol


April 1826

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McLAREN William per England 18th

September 1826

McLAREN William Tried Edinburgh 27th

February 1826

Sentence Life

Native Place Perth

Trade Cabinet Makers Apprentice

Offence Shop lifting

Age 17, Single, Reads, Writes, Protestant, Height 5ft 4½in,

Complexion Ruddy Freckled, Hair Dark Brown, Eyes Brown

Remarks - Scar on top of head- Mark near left ear

Ticket of Leave 40/1840 Cancelled and sent to Cockatoo Island for

12 months - No 45/3276 dated 7th

April 1845 (Letter)



April 1829

Per Mary Elizabeth

In the ordinary service of the Crown

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Ticket of Leave 40/1840 District of Maitland

Ticket of Leave 47/95 District of Moreton Bay

Passport 42/409 on application of George Hobler

Passport 43/94 recommendation of Maitland Bench

Passport 47/481 recommendation of Boyd Esq

Passport 48/240 recommendation of Scone Bench

Passport 49/292 as above

Passport 51/209 as above

Bank Warrant 46/85

Conditional Pardon 52/338 dated 18th

November 1850 written as

William McLearen per England 1826

40

McLEAN Donald per Asia 3rd

May 1821

Alias Donald PAISLEY

McLEAN Donald Tried Glasgow Court of Justiciary

2nd

October 1819

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Paisley

Trade Carter

Age 18, Height 5ft 8½in, Complexion Fair Ruddy, Hair Flaxen,

Eyes Grey

Remarks – Alias Paisley



February 1826

Per Amity

Tried Windsor A. Bell Esq

Date 21st January 1826

Sentence Renewal of Sentence

Return Date 22nd

December 1826

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1823-25 General Muster NSW page 370 McLean Donald Convict per

Asia 1821 Sentence 7 years assigned to Gaol Gang, Windsor

41

McLEAN Hugh per Asia 28th

December 1820

McLEAN Hugh Tried Glasgow Court of Justiciary 27th

April 1826

Sentence 14 years

Native Place Glasgow

Trade Labourer

Age 20, Height 5ft 7½in, Complexion Fair, Pale, Hair Brown,

Eyes Hazel



January 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth

Tried Parramatta John Harris Esq



Return Date 23rd

March 1829

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1822 General Muster NSW page 316 McLean Hugh Convict per Asia

Sentence 14 years assigned to Clearing Party Mr Howe, Liverpool

1828 Census page 253 McLean Hugh per Asia 3 years, Port Macquarie

Ticket of Leave 31/668 District of Newcastle

Remarks – Trade Sawyer


May 1854

42

McMAHON John per Medina 29th

December 1823

McMAHON John Tried Dublin City 26th

April 1823

Sentence Life

Native Place Westmouth

Trade Reaper

Age 19, Height 5ft 3½in, Complexion Freckled, Hair Brown,

Eyes Grey


6th

January 1824

Forwarded to Bathurst

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10th

April 1824

Listed with other convicts at Bathurst with Sentence not transmitted

John McMahon per "Medina" tried Dublin City 26th

April 1823

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31st July 1824 – 24

th September 1825

John McMahon per "Medina" assigned at Queen Charlotte’s Vale as

Shepherd

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November 1825


Tried Bathurst Captain Farrell

Date 27th

September 1825


Return Date 13th

January 1829

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1828 Census page 254 McMahon John per Medina 3 years,

Port Macquarie

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MIGNOTT Andre per Marquis of Wellington 27th

January 1815

MIGNOTT Andre Tried Kent Assizes 14th

March 1812

Sentence Life

Native Place France

Trade Sailor

Age 30, Height 5ft 8in, Complexion Sallow, Hair Light Brown,

Eyes Blue


2nd

February 1815 Forwarded to Liverpool

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Written as Edward Mignot

8th

September 1821

Boatman, victualled H.M. Magazines

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Written as Edward Mignotte

22nd

September + 15th

October 1823

Court of Criminal Jurisdiction Tried as Edward Mignotte, James

Curtis, John Bryan and Peter Coleman charged with feloniously

robbing Richard Brewer and William Coleman Knapsack Valley near

Emu Plains – Guilty – Death

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Written as Edward Mignotte

10th

November 1823

Tried Sydney Criminal Court commencing 22nd

September and ending

15th

October – following

Sentence commuted to Life to Port Macquarie in Double Irons

Listed

Thomas Hughes

Edward Mignotte

James Tileman

44


Letter: Commutation of sentence

Extract: written as Edward Mignotte

Provo Marshall’s Office

12th

November 1823

Sir,

The Warrant of His Excellency the Governor Commuting the

Capital Sentence passed by the last Criminal Court on twenty one

culprits into Transportation for life to Port Macquarie

Signed Fred Goulburn

Col. Secretary

I have now the further honor to state that I have notified His

Excellency’s humane pleasure to the twenty one culprits

Namely

George Browing Thomas Hughes

Edward Mignotte James Curtis

John Bryan Peter Coleman

George Gromley John Baker

Joseph Shelton James Tileman

John Betterage Thomas Moore

Charles Downes James Edward Turner

Patrick McCourt Bernard Duffey

Thomas Halls Edward Harnett

Michael Duggan George Wilson

William Hennessey

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26th

November 1823 Transported to Port Macquarie per Lady Nelson

Tried Sydney Criminal Court October and November 1823, Sentenced

Life in Double Irons

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September 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth


Date November 1823

Sentence Life

Remarks – Runaway from Port Macquarie

45


Transported to Port Macquarie 21st August 1827

Per Alligator


Date November 1823

Sentence Life in Double Irons


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The Sydney Gazette

26th

June 1823 Absconded, from T. Laycock's Clearing Party

14th

August 1823 Absconded, from Maidstone Emu Plains

29th

April 1826 Age 42, Absconded from Port Macquarie

21st October 1830 Run from Norfolk Island, Age 45, Sailor

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Written as Andrew Mignotte

17th

August 1827

Andrew Mignotte on board the "Phoenix" Hulk sent to Port Macquarie

per "Alligator" – Life – Labour in chains

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14th

January 1829

Andre Mignott Runaway from Port Macquarie

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Written as Edward Mignote

5th

February 1829

Edward Mignote on board the "Phoenix" Hulk

Sent to Norfolk Island per "Isabella"

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Colonial Pardon 10th

November 1823 Edward Mignotte, no ship listed

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Convict Death Records

19th

June 1830 Age 45, Norfolk Island

Remarks, Col Sec. letter 30/88826 26th

October 1830

46

MILES Richard per Adamant 8th

September 1821

MILES Richard Tried Surrey Quarter Sessions 4th

December 1820

Sentence 7 years


Trade Coachman

Age 22, Height 5ft 5½in, Complexion Dark Sallow, Hair Dark Brown,

Eyes Dark


July 1824

Returns of Finds and Punishments Police Office

Richard Miles, Runaway with 12 others from Port Macquarie,

Sentenced to Macquarie Harbour, Van Diemen’s Land for the residue

of their respective sentences

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15th

December 1824

Richard Miles runaway from Port Macquarie forwarded to Newcastle

on H.M. Colonial Cutter “Mars” for the purpose of being kept at hard

labour in double irons at that settlement

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September 1825


Tried Newcastle Captain Allman

Date 5th

September 1825

Sentence Remainder of Sentence

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September 1825

Hunters River

Richard Miles per “Adamant” – 50 Lashes – runaway

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14th

November 1825


Sir

I beg to call your attention to the enclosed list of runaways

whose names have not, I believe, been published in the Gazette and I

solicit a statement of the reasons of these omissions to enable me to

adopt measures to prevent their reoccurrence.

I have the honour

Sir

Your obedient Servant

(signed) F. Goulburn

F. A. Hely Esq

Principal Supt of Convicts

Sydney

Listed

Richard Miles

Assignment Government, Hunters River

25th

August 1825 date of desertion

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December 1827

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MILLS George per Mary 23rd

January 1822

MILLS George Tried Surrey Assizes 29th

March 1821

Sentence Life

Native Place Surrey

Trade Copper Forger

Age 22, Height 5ft 3in, Complexion Ruddy, Hair Brown,

Eyes Hazel



November 1825


Tried Cawdor J. McArthur Esq

Date 3rd

October 1825

Sentence Two years

Return Date 13th

November 1827

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1822 General Muster NSW page 335 Mills George Convict per Mary

assigned to Clearing Party Fitzgerald, Windsor

1828 Census page 269 Mills George per Mary employed by Mineral

Survey Department Sydney



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MILSON Joseph per Guildford 5th

March 1824

MILSON Joseph Tried Somerset Assizes 29th

March 1823

Sentence Life

Trade Stonecutter

Native Place Bath

Age 19, Height 5ft 4in, Complexion Dark, Hair Brown, Eyes Hazel


18th

October 1824

Police Office

Absent from the service of their master Robert Crawford Esq. and

found concealed under a rock at Middle Harbour

Joseph Milson Implicated with the above – 25 Lashes and returned

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State Records NSW Fiche 3126 4/1841A No.176

1825

Mustered in the service of Robert Crawford, 1824

Joseph Milson per "Guildford"

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September 1825


Tried Sydney General Sessions

Date 3rd

September 1825

Sentence One year

Return Date 29th

September 1826

Remarks – Tried Somerset 29th

March 1823 Trade Stonecutter

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Ticket of Leave 33/235 District of Sydney – Tried Somerset Assizes

50

MINTON John per Brampton 22nd

April 1823

MINTON John Tried County Tipperary Special Sessions 1822

Sentence 7 years


Trade Soldier

Age 29, Height 5ft 8in, Complexion Fair Freckled, Hair Dark Brown,

Eyes Dark Hazel



December 1828

Per Isabella

Proceeding in the ordinary service of the Crown

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1828 Census page 269 Minton J. per Brampton, Rooty Hill Prospect


March 1829

51

MITCHELL John per Fortune 11th

June 1813

MITCHELL John Tried Middlesex Gaol Delivery 1st July 1812

Sentence Life

Native Place London

Trade Attorneys Clerk

Age 24, Height 5ft 4in, Complexion Pale, Hair Brown, Eyes Grey

Remarks - Died 10th

July 1847


July 1812

John Mitchell and Joseph Davis were indicated for feloniously

stealing, on the 24th

of June, from the person of James Willit Lyon, a

pocket-book, value 2d and five 1 l bank-notes

Guilty – Aged 24

Transported for Life

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8th

September 1821

John Mitchell per "Fortune" employed as a Clerk, Commissariat

Department

----------


10th

August 1825 Transported to Port Macquarie per Mermaid

Tried Sydney General Sessions, 20th

July 1825, Sentence Three years

Return Date 7th

November 1828

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The Sydney Gazette

28th

July 1825

John Mitchell holding a Ticket of Leave, was charged with

having defrauded his employer for whom he had been engaged in

making out accounts and bills to deliver to his customers and from

whom he has received various sums to the amount of about 36s., and

appropriated to his own use, having dealt the receiving thereof was

sentenced to have his Ticket of Leave cancelled, and to be removed to

a penal settlement for 3 years.

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Written as John Snett

22nd

April 1829

John Snett per Recovery

John Mitchell per "Fortune"

Acquitted by the Supreme Court, and returned to Port Macquarie per

"Mary Elizabeth"

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John Mitchell on board "Phoenix" Hulk, Sydney

11th

November 1828 John Mitchell to Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney

24th

April 1829 sent to Port Macquarie per "Mary Elizabeth"

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April 1829

Per Mary Elizabeth

In the ordinary service of the Crown

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1814 General Muster of NSW page 121 Mitchell John Convict off

stores, Mr Crosley

1822 General Muster NSW page 337 Mitchell John Ticket of Leave

per Fortune Sentence Life Clerk, Sydney

1837 General Return of Convicts page 426 Mitchell John Age 40 per

Fortune 1813 assigned to Government, Port Macquarie


Remarks – 21st August 1845 – 6 months, Irons – Gross Prevarication

Ticket of Leave 47/334, District of Port Macquarie

Remarks – Died 10th

July 1847

Reference No. V1847 727 44B + V1847 1161 32B

John Mitchell Died 9th

July 1847 Buried 10th

July 1847

Port Macquarie

Age 53, Ticket of Leave, Ship "Fortune" 1813

53

MOGNEHAN Patrick per Mangles 18th

February 1826

MOGNEHAN Patrick Tried Cork August 1825

Sentence Life

Native Place Cork

Trade Labourer

Offence – 3 Previous Convictions

Age 40, Married, 2 Children, Catholic, Height 5ft 5in,

Complexion Sallow Freckled, Hair Light Brown, Eyes Grey

Remarks – Well

Blue scar on bridge of the nose

Died in the Hospital, Port Macquarie 23rd

August 1835 see report 25th

same month



December 1828

Per Isabella


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Written as Patrick Moynihan

Patrick Moynihan Died 23rd

August 1835, Port Macquarie

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Page 90

Extract: Written as Patrick Moynehan

On the 8th

January 1833, he was employed as Hut-Keeper for

the Road Party at Port Macquarie, and had been assigned to John

Davis from 1st to 30

th September 1833.

A widower with seven children, aged 55, he died in the hospital

and was buried by Rev Cross on 24 August 1835.

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MOORE William per Earl St Vincent 17th

August 1820

MOORE William Tried Surrey Quarter Sessions 7th

June 1819

Sentence 7 years

Native Place London

Trade Dry Cooper 4 years

Age 19, Height 5ft 3¼in, Complexion Fair Pale, Hair Brown,

Eyes Blue



November 1825



Date 5th

October 1825


Return Date 7th

November 1828

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1822 General Muster NSW page 342 Moore William Convict per

Earl St Vincent Sentence 7 years Labourer assigned to Richmond Road

Party

1823-25 General Muster NSW page 404 Moore William Convict per

Earl St Vincent 1820 Sentence 7 years in gaol, Sydney


March 1829


February 1840

55

MOORE William per Medina 22nd

December 1823

MOORE William Tried Dublin City 10th

June 1823

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Athy County Kildare

Trade Footman

Age 28, Height 5ft 8¼in, Complexion Brown Pock Pitted, Hair Brown

to Grey, Eyes Hazel to Grey



September 1825



Date 22nd

August 1825

Sentence Two years

Return Date 21st September 1827

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Certificate of Freedom 30/427 22nd

June 1830

56

MORTON John per Eliza 21st January 1820

MORTON John Tried Middlesex Gaol Delivery 21st April 1819

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Leicestershire

Trade Bargeman

Age 21, Height 5ft 3in, Complexion Fair Ruddy, Hair Lt. Brown,

Eyes Hazel


19th

April 1819

John Morton was indicted for stealing on the 19th

of April one bag

value 1s and 18lbs of tea value 6 l, the goods of Thomas Pickford,

Matthew Pickford, Zachariah Langton, Joseph Baxendale and Charles

Inman

Guilty – Age 19

Transported Seven years

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8th

September 1821

John Morton victualled from H.M. Magazine, employed in the Row

Guard Boat, 1 ½ Rations

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Deposition re Stephen Milton

11th

July 1822

Cumberland

To Wit,

John Morton one of the crew belonging to the row guard boat

being sworn deposeth that about 6 o'clock yesterday evening he

observed the boat belonging to the "Elizabeth Henrietta" make a feint

as if going to the "Bathurst" but deponent continued to watch the

coming of the boat and saw that the boat went alongside the

"Emerald" which ship the boat returned alongside the "Elizabeth

Henrietta" and confirms the statement of Thomas Biddon as to the

circumstances of his securing one basket of tobacco on board the brig

and one basket on board the boat.

John Morton

X

his mark

Edw. Riley JP

Sworn the 11 July 1822

Before

John Jamison JP

Tho. Macvitie JP

Cumberland

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To Wit,

John Shout master of the brig "Elizabeth Henrietta" being

interrogated voluntarily admits that in consequence of a suggestion

made by Mr Stephen Milton the boatswain of H. M. Dockyard that he

had purchased some tobacco from the ship "Emerald" and in

compliance with his wish to desire some of his boats crew to fetch the

tobacco from the "Emerald" deponent gave direction to his mate to

send a boat on board the "Emerald" to fetch some tobacco – and

supposing himself authorised by Mr Milton to act as he did he suffered

the guard boat to go to the "Emerald" for the purpose before stated.

John Shout

Taken as the voluntary

declaration of J. Shout

Before

John Jamison JP

J. Bosoman JP

Thomas Macvitie JP

Edw. Riley JP

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State Records NSW Fiche 3220 4/1866

Petition for mitigation

6th

August 1822

To

His Excellency Sir Thomas Brisbane K.C.B. Governor General and

Commander in Chief in and over His Majesty’s Territory of

New South Wales and its Dependencies

The Humble Petition of

Edward Jenkinson

James Waters

Richard Kelly

John Moreton

James Burton

Respectively Sheweth

That your Excellency’s Petitioners who are respectively

Prisoners of the Crown have served in the Row Guard Boat where of

Mr Daniel Cubitt is Master since the 3rd

of March 1821 a period of 12

months and 5 months.

That on the first establishment of the Row Guard Boat it was

ordained that such persons who should conduct themselves in that

service during twelve months should be rewarded with the indulgence

of a Ticket of Leave

That the men whom your Petitioners succeeded at the

recommended Twelve months did receive their indulgence so

promised and such being a stimulant for your Petitioners to enter in

58

the service in which they have exceeded the prescribed Time of five

months

Now Humbly Pray Your Excellency will be please to take into

Consideration their Petition by granting unto them the indulgence

each a Ticket of Leave which they will strive to merit by obedience to

the performance of good conduct and Petitioners as in duty bound we

pray

Edward Jenkinson

James Waters

Richard Kelly

John Morton

James Burton

Sydney NSW

6th

August 1822

These are to certify that the above named men have served as

above stated, during which time they have conducted themselves to my

satisfaction

Daniel Cubitt

Master

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The Sydney Gazette

Absconded

14th

July 1825 + 19th

July 1825

John Morton "Eliza" (1) 26, Leicestershire, 5ft 3in Hazel eyes,

Light Brown hair, Dark Ruddy complexion

Emu Plains

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Written as John Morton

6th

September 1825

John Morton apprehended at Penrith

Date received at Penrith Gaol, 11th July 1825, John Morton per

“ Eliza” 1819 – Run from the Government Establishment at Emu

Plains – Date Discharged July 23 – 3years added to his sentence and

returned to the Plains

59



November 1825


Tried Penrith Bench

Date 11th

October 1825


Return Date 17th

May 1826

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1822 General Muster NSW page 346 written as Morton John Convict

per Eliza Sentence 7 years assigned to Row Guard Boat, Sydney

1828 Census page 276 written as Morton John Age 30 Free by

Servitude per Eliza 1 1820 Sentence 7 years Religion Protestant

Occupation Bargeman lives at Josh Bennett, Parramatta


May 1826

60

MORGAN Francis per Mary 25th

August 1819

MORGAN Francis Tried County Armagh Spring 1818

Sentence 7 years

Native Place County Armagh

Trade Soldier


Eyes Grey



September 1825



Date 30th

August 1825


Return Date September 1828

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1822 General Muster NSW page 343 Morgan Francis Convict per

Mary Sentence 7 years labourer assigned to Road Party, Sydney

1828 Census page 274 written as Morgan Frances Age 60 Free by

Servitude per Mary I 1820 Sentence 7 years Religion Catholic Servant

to Thomas Spicer George Street, Sydney


March 1825

Certificate of Freedom 28/861 1st October 1828

61

MORGAN Thomas per Grenada 16th

September 1821

MORGAN Thomas Tried Dorset Assizes 27th

July 1820

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Milford Haven

Trade Farmers man

Age 32, Height 5ft 9½in, Complexion Dark Sallow, Hair Brown,

Eyes Grey



September 1825


Tried Camden Bench 22nd

August 1825


Remarks – Run and returned 18th

August 1826

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August 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth

Tried Camden Bench

Date 22nd

August 1825


Return Date 18th

August 1828

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1828 Census page 273 Morgan Thomas per Grenada on board

Phoenix Hulk, Sydney


August 1828


February 1829

62

MURRAY Peter per Royal Charlotte 29th

April 1825

MURRAY Peter Tried Morpeth 29th

April 1824

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Londonderry

Trade Ploughman

Age 21, Height 5ft 6in, Complexion Brown, Hair Brown, Eyes Hazel



February 1826

Per Amity


Date 4th

February 1826


Return Date 20th

March 1829

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24th

March 1829

Peter Murray on board the "Phoenix" Hulk discharged to Hyde Park

Barracks

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1828 Census page 281 Murray Peter per written as Princess Charlotte

Sentence 3 years, Port Macquarie


May 1831, Tried Northumberland.

Remarks – Sandy whiskers, Scare on bridge of nose, scare on top of

forehead, lost left thumb, Anchor between fore finger & thumb of left

hand. Was Transported to Port Macquarie by the Parramatta Bench for

Three years 4 February 1826 –

In the name of Peter Murray per Royal Charlotte

Note: Morpeth a town in Northumberland England

63

MURRELL John per General Hewitt 7th

February 1814

Retransported per Hayeston 13th

March 1816

Alias John PORTER

MURRELL John Tried Essex Assizes 8th

March 1813

Sentence Life

Native Place Essex

Trade Sawyer

Age 60, Height 5ft 10¾in, Complexion Fair Pale, Hair Grey,

Eyes Hazel

The Sydney Gazette

1814 – 1816

Public Notice – Dated 10th

December 1814 to 19th

March 1816

The under mentioned Prisoners having absented themselves from their

respective Employments

Listed

John Murrell, Sawyers Gang

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John Murrell per General Hewitt apprehended retransported

from India per Hayeston 13th

March 1816

Per “Hayeston”

Dupt. Per “Lynx” Secretary’s Office Sydney

10th

May 1816

Sir,

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of

the 30th

Aug.1815 with the Several Documents therein referred to

respecting a Prisoner who calls himself John Porter and who had been

transmitted to your presidency by the Gov. of Prince of Wales’s Island

under suspicion of being a Runaway Convict from hence.

Conformably to the wish of the Honourable the Vice President

in Council I submitted the foregoing letter & Documents attending it to

His Excellency Governor Macquarie and have it now in Command to

acquaint you for the Information of the Honourable the Vice President

in Council at Fort William that His Excellency the Governor is fully

sensible of the Zealous Exertions made by the Governments of Prince

of Wales’s Island and of Bengal for the detailing the Imposition

attempted to be practised by the person who called himself John

Porter.

64

As this Person whose real name is John Murrell has been

returned to this Country per Ship “Hayeston” any Description of him

from hence becomes now unnecessary – This man is a Convict for Life

and originally arrived here per Ship “General Hewitt”.


Sir



Secretary

To

A. Trotter Esq.

Ast. Sec. to Gov.

Fort William

Bengal

NB: duplicate per Brig “Lynx”

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Muster of Convicts on board the Ship Hayeston 1816

The above muster list of the Hayeston shows John Porter age 22 and

John Murrell also known as John Porter age 63 as two different men

Extract of this document re John Porter and John Murrell has been

transcribed on the following page

65

State Records NSW Reel 2422/8262

Muster list per Hayeston 1816

Muster of Eleven Convicts arrived on board the Ship “Hayeston” of

Calcutta – Hogg Master from Calcutta arrived Sydney the 13th

March1816 and mustered at the Secretary’s Office there on the 15th

March 1816 – Also Muster of two returned Runaways.

Listed

John Porter

Age 22

Trade Hatter & Clerk

Native Country Middlesex

Height 5ft 6 ¾ in

Complexion Sallow

Eyes Hazel

Hair Light Brown

Tried Madras 10th

October 1814


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The following Prisoners Runaways from New South Wales came also

on the “Hayeston” having been apprehended in India

Listed

John Murrell

Age 63

Trade Sawyer

Native Country Middlesex

Height 5ft 10 ¾ in

Complexion Fair Ruddy

Eyes Hazel

Hair Grey

Tried Essex Gaol Delivery March 1813

Sentence Life per General Hewitt

Called himself John Porter at Batavia, Prince of Wales Island at

Calcutta – said he escaped in the “Broxbornebury” Pilcher Master

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An order from Government to prevent runaways from the Colony of

New South Wales

Original per Ship “Hayeston”

Dept. per Ship “Mary”

Trip. Per Brig “Campbell Macquarie”

Secretary’s Office Sydney

New South Wales 14th

May 1816

Sir,

I have it in Command from His Excellency the Governor to

acquaint you for the information of the Right Humble the Governor

General in Council, that as Convicts have of late been much in the

Habit of Secreting themselves on board Ships leaving this Colony.

In order to guard as much as possible against the recurrence

of such circumstances and to prevent persons whether Convicts or

Others from leaving this Colony without due Authority it has been

usually the custom here to hold a Muster at the Secretary’s Office of

any persons legally authorized to depart from hence Inclusion the

Master and Crew of each Ship and a Regular Muster Roll of the names

is affixed to the Ships Clearance under the Official Seal.

Any persons found on board of Ships from hence whose names

are not inserted in the Clearance are of cause either Runaway

Convicts, or Fugitives to avoid Debts or other legal responsibilities

and not warranted to leave the Colony.

I have now therefore the Honor to enclose you a copy of the

Muster Roll of the Ship “Hayeston” Hogg Master by which Ship this

letter will be forwarded to you.

If a muster were held immediately on the arrival of Ships or

Vessels from hence agreeable to the Muster Roll attached to the

Clearance it would be the best means of discovering any fugitive and I

respectfully beg to suggest the adoption of that plan as likely to

produce the desired effect. I shall do myself the Honor to transmit you

a copy of the clearance of all Vessels sailing in future from hence to

Calcutta – comparable to the present mode.

I have the Honour to be

Sir


J.T. Campbell

To

C.N. Ricketts Esq

Chief Sec. to Gov.,

Fort William

Bengal

67

Note: Original per Ship “Hayeston” = 1st copy of letter

Dept. per Ship “Mary” = duplicate copy of letter

Trip. Per Brig “Campbell Macquarie” = triplicate copy of letter

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Matter of Interest: Ship Broxbornebury

The Sydney Gazette 12

th November 1814

Notice

Whereas the undernamed Seamen have deserted the Ship

“Broxbornebury” on her arrival in this Port, and are still absent, a

reward of Four Pounds Sterling per man will be paid by the

Commander on their Apprehension and delivery on board the said

Ship.

Note: Listed 13 Seamen as deserters, maybe this being the reason John

Murrell could sail on board the said Ship.

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John Murrell charged with perjury and to be flogged

Copy

The Court of Criminal Jurisdiction New South Wales

Memorandum 2nd

May 1822

John Murrell a prisoner of the Crown was placed at the Bar

and having been heard upon the matter in charge the Court

pronounced Judgment.

That the Prisoner having in the opinion of the Court been

proved guilty of suborning false witnesses in order to cause the

conviction of innocent persons and thereby present the conviction of

the Four persons yesterday convicted of the robbery and burglary

committed on James McKenzie at Caddie near Windsor on 19 March

last and having also on the trial of the said Prisoners with like intent

been Guilty of most foul deliberate and malicious Perjury the Court do

summarily adjudge, that the said John Murrell be kept in strict charge

and that on such days respectively and at such hour as His Excellency

the Governor in Chief may direct, be flogged at the Carts Tail on the

bare back in and through the open street from the Market place in

Sydney to the Gaol and afterwards in like manner from the further end

of George Street Windsor to the Gaol at Windsor – a painted Board

being affixed over the Cart with the words following “For foul and

malicious Perjury and subornation of Perjury – to convict the Innocent

and clear the Guilty of the Burglary and cruel personal violence

committed on James McKenzie at Caddie”

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That the said John Murrell be also afterwards kept in His

Majesty’s Gaol at Windsor for the term of fourteen days on bread and

water and in solitary confinement, except as to being taken with a

Wooden label with the like words as aforesaid affixed to his person

round the Town of Windsor and afterwards remaining one hour

standing in the centre of Thompsons Square in the said Town. And that

upon the expiration of the said Fourteen Days, that the said John

Murrell be sent to Port Macquarie for the residue of his Original Term

of transportation.

Signed John Wylde

Judge Adv. NSW

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Note: For further information in regard to the trial mentioned above

refer to The Sydney Gazette 3rd

May 1822 which states John Murrell, a

very old man was called on in behalf of the prisoners. His evidence

went to criminate the approver Lenaghan, and two other men. Also

stating the whole story was fabrication of Murrell.

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25th

July 1822

John Murrell per "General Hewitt" in Sydney Gaol Sentence to Port

Macquarie for the remainder of sentence

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30th

July 1822 John Murrell Transported to Port Macquarie

per Lady Nelson, Tried Sydney Criminal Court, 2nd

May 1822,

Sentence to Remainder of Original Sentence, Trade Sawyer,

Per General Hewitt, Tried Chelmsford 8th

March 1813, Life

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9th

December 1826

John Murrell onboard the "Phoenix" Hulk as a Mechanic from Port

Macquarie to be sent to Norfolk Island per "Wellington"

23rd

April 1827 on board the Hulk to be sent to Port Macquarie

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Note: John Murrell one of many convicts being sent illegally from Port

Macquarie to Norfolk Island as a good mechanic, per the Brig

Wellington.

The convicts onboard seized the vessel and sailed to New

Zealand where the crew of the Sisters, a Whaler, recaptured the

Wellington.

The Wellington and Sisters sailed back to Sydney 10th

February

1827 with Cornelius Callaghan, James Bennett, John McGuinness and

John Murrell on board the Sisters

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Transported to Port Macquarie 21st April 1827

Per Amity


Date 2nd

May 1822

Sentence Remainder of Original Sentence

Remarks – Tried Essex Assizes, 8th

March 1813, Life, Trade Sawyer,

In the name of John Murrell per General Hewitt

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1822 General Muster NSW page 353 Murrell John Convict per

General Hewitt Sentence Life assigned to Public works, Port

Macquarie

1828 Census page 281 Murrell John per General Hewitt respite, Port

Macquarie

1837 General Return of Convicts page 447 Murrell John Age 84 per

General Hewitt 1803 assigned to Government, Port Macquarie

Ticket of Leave 38/1136 – Dated 25th

July 1838

John Murrell, General Hewitt

Remarks – Died 26th

August 1841, Port Macquarie


John Murrell Died 26th

August 1841, Age 84, Port Macquarie

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MURRELL John per General Hewitt 7th

February 1814

Retransported per Hayeston 13th

March 1816

Alias John PORTER

Tried Madras 10th

October 1814

Sentence 7years

Native Place Middlesex

Trade Hatter and Clerk

Age 22, Height 5ft 6 ½ in, Complexion Sallow, Hair Brown, Eyes

Hazel


Letter Re; John Porter per Hayeston 1816

Extraction from the Calendar of Prisoners Tried at the

Sessions of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol delivery held at the

Town of Madras, the Tenth day of October One Thousand Eight

hundred and fourteen, before the Supreme Court.

No1.

Name John Porter

Verdict , Guilty of Grand Larceny

Sentence; let him be forthwith transported to the East Coast of New

South Wales for the term of Seven Years.

Signed F. Macnaghton

Signed A. Ormy

Clerk of the Crown

Supreme Court

Jurisdiction

Madras

Fort St. George

16th

October 1814

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State Records NSW Reel 6005 4/3497 page 57

Listed under the name of John Murrell per General Hewitt 1816

The Colonial Secretary’s Index lists John Porter, Transported to

Newcastle 16th

September 1817

List of Prisoner to be sent to Newcastle per "Mary" Schooner

September 16th

1817

John Porter per "Hastings", Convict Convicted by D. Wentworth Esq.,

29th

August 1817, Sentence One year

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State Records NSW Reel 6007 4/3502 page 171

Listed under the name of John Murrell per General Hewitt 1816

The Colonial Secretary’s Index lists John Porter, Transported to

Newcastle 1st August 1820

List of Prisoners Transported to Newcastle 1st August 1820 per the

Brig "Lady Nelson"

John Porter, Convicted by the Bench of Magistrates Sydney, 31st July

1820, Trade Labourer, Sentence One year, Ship "Hayeston", Tried

Madras, 10th

October 1814, sentence Seven years

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Note: Confusion between two men of the name John Porter

John Murrell alias John Porter Convict runaway retransported

from India per Hayeston 1816

The Colonial Secretary’s Index lists John Murrell per General

Hewitt retransported as John Porter.

From the Indent information noted above the descriptions

differ so greatly it would not deem possible for the two men to be one

and the same.

The above records show John Porter and John Murrell are

different men, although John Murrell did claim his name to be Porter

in Batavia.

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Page 166

Port Macquarie, 3 March 1841

Enquiry held before me William Nairn Gray Esq, JP touching

the death of John Murrell, holding a Ticket of Leave.

George Horn, holding a Ticket of Leave, being sworn states:

'The deceased was living with me as Hut Keeper and about a week

back he was taken ill, and was unable to do anything. He laid down on

the berth for a short time then asked me for some drink, I gave some

milk and water and toward evening he recovered a little. I did not feel

alarmed, the deceased being an old man. Yesterday morning the

deceased was again taken bad and he could not eat anything I gave

him towards four o'clock in the afternoon he became quite insensible

and continued in that state until about one o'clock in the morning

when he expired. The deceased was 86 years of age and had for

several years past been in a very weak state. I wanted deceased to go

into Hospital but he would not. The body is now in exactly the same

state as when deceased died. I am employed Sawing for Major Innes

and the only person who lives with me is a man named Murrell who

works with me. I am living about five miles from the town.' George

(His X Mark) Horn Sworn before me, 3 March 1841.

72

General Hospital Port Macquarie – 4 March 1841

"I certify that I have examined the body of the individual

named John Murrell, holding a Ticket of Leave, and found that he

suffered from extensive chronic inflammation of the stomach, and that

the immediate cause of death was the effusion of a considerable

quantity of blood into the stomach from its inflamed and ulcerated

surface".

Signed P. Mollison MD, Colonial Surgeon.

Verdict: died by the Visitation of God.

He was buried by Rev John Cross.

73

MYLEY Patrick per Recovery 30th

July 1823

MYLEY Patrick Tried County Dublin 15th

January 1823

Sentence 7years, stealing a Harness

Trade Servant

Native Place Dublin

Complexion Brown, Height 5ft 7 ½ in, Hair Brown, Eyes Brown

Remarks – Forehead broad and prominent – Scar on left side of upper

lip


8th

August 1823 Patrick Myley "Recovery" assigned to John Dickson,

Steam Engine

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December 1825

Per Mary Elizabeth

Tried Parramatta D. McLeod Esq

Date 5th

November 1825


Return Date 23rd

January 1829

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10th

January 1829

Patrick Myley per "Recovery" sent from Port Macquarie to Head

Quarters per "Isabella".

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AncestryLibrary.com

7th

January 1835

Application to marry – Allowed

Patrick Myley Age 30 per “Recovery” 7years Free, Sydney

Ann Walker Age 23 per “Southworth” 7years Bond, Sydney

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January 1830

74

NETTERVILLE Lorenzo per Neptune 16th

July 1820

NETTERVILLE Lorenzo Tried Middlesex Gaol Delivery

2nd

December 1818

Sentence 7 years


Trade House Painter and Glazier


Eyes Blue


2nd

December 1818

Lorenzo Netterville was indicted for stealing, on the 31st of October

one coat, value 30s, three shirts, value 9s, nine cravats, value 4s, four

waistcoats, value 10s, and one pair of breeches value 2s, the goods of

Frederick Chamier Esq. and one shirt, value 2s, one pair of stockings,

value 6d, one pair of drawers, value 2s, one waistcoat, value 3s, the

goods of John Chamier Esq. in his dwelling-house

Guilty – Aged 21

Of stealing to the value 3 of 39s only


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1825

To Frederick Goulburn Esquire Colonial Secretary &c &c &c

The Memorial of L. Nettervill

Painter at Liberty by the Indulgence of paying Three Shillings and

sixpence per week

Humbly Sheweth,

That,

Memorialist was put into Government Employ in consequence

of the delay in payment, which originated Solely from Ill health when I

lost the use of my right side for three months which prevented me

attending my business, as I am now restored to my strength, I humbly

beg leave to apply to your honor for the indulgence of my Liberty

again to get in my money, as I shall be able to pay the amount in Six

weeks.

Memorialist Humbly hope your Honor will be graciously

pleased to grant him his liberty for that period.

Memorialist will as in duty bound ever pray

75



September 1825


Tried Penrith John McHenry Esq

Date 15th

January 1825


Return Date 29th

December 1825

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December 1825

76

NEWINS John per Henry 26th

August 1823

NEWINS John Tried Kent Special Gaol Delivery 16th

December 1822

Sentence Life

Native Place Kent

Trade Sailor

Age 42, Height 5ft 3½in, Complexion Fresh, Hair Dark Brown,

Eyes Light Blue



November 1825



Date 15th

October 1825


Return Date 13th

January 1829

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1828 Census page 284 written as Newings John per Henry 3 years,

Port Macquarie

1837 General Return of Convicts page 452 written as Newin John Age

56 per Henry 1823 assigned to S. Wright, Morton

Ticket of Leave 43/2678 District of Muswellbrook


Recommended Conditional Pardon


John Newins Died 11th

August 1869 at the Liverpool Asylum

77

NICHOLLS George per Asia 24th

July 1822

NICHOLLS George Tried Stafford Assizes 1st September 1821

Sentence Life

Native Place Birmingham

Trade Navigator

Age 36, Height 5ft 1½in, Complexion Pock Marked, Hair Brown,

Eyes Blue

State Records NSW Reel 6009 4/3506 + Fiche 3291 4/4570D

29th

July 1822

George Nicholls – landed per "Asia" Assigned to Mr Romker, Sydney

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4th

September 1824

To

Major Goulburn,

Colonial Secretary

Weekly Return of Convicts Received into or Discharged out of

Parramatta Barracks September 1824

George Nichols "Asia" Domain Party – To mess and sleep in

Barracks, per order of the Magistrate.

T. Plunkett

Supt. P.B.

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State Records NSW Index Online, Criminal Jurisdiction

19th

November 1825

Supreme Court Sydney – Joseph Challinor and George Nichols,

Charged with the Murder of John Simmons

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State Records NSW Fiche 3298 X727 + X730 Tried Supreme Court Sydney

19th

November 1825

Joseph Challinor and George Nichols – Charged with Murder –

Not Guilty of Murder but Guilty of Manslaughter

Joseph Challinor Transported for the Term of Two years

George Nichols Transported for the Term of Four years

Sentence to be carried into execution and to be sent to Port Macquarie

Signed William Stewart

Note: Joseph Challinor per Princess Royal transported to Port

Macquarie 7th

January 1826

78

The Australian

Written as James Challinor and George Nicholl

24th

November 1825

Criminal Court, Prisoners received the following sentences

James Challinor and George Nicholl were tried for the murder

of John Simmons on the 6th

of October last. It appeared in evidence

that the deceased was a man employed by Mr John Raine of

Parramatta, in the capacity of carter. The deceased's employer having

purchased a quantity of green stuff in conjunction with a Mr Walker

for the use of horses, deceased went to where the property was being

distributed. Here he thought some injustice was shewn to his master in

the distribution of the load of fodder, and accordingly informed the

prisoner of the circumstances; the later thereupon became outrageous

– a quarrel ensued between the parties, and at length caused a fight,

during which the prisoner Nicholl struck deceased a violent blow on

the neck, which felled him to the ground. He was conveyed to the

hospital a short time afterwards and expired on the following morning,

from which the effects of the blow given by the prisoners. Nicholl was

wholly unacquainted with deceased and had struck him a blow whilst

in the act of retreating from the other prisoner. The jury found both

prisoners guilty of manslaughter. The prisoner Challinor was

sentenced to be transported for the term of two years, and the other for

four years.

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January 1826

Per Amity


Date 19th

November 1825

Sentence Four years

Return Date 23rd

April 1829

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1828 Census page 285 Nicholls George per Asia (2) - 4 years, Port

Macquarie

79

NORMAN John per Somersetshire 15th

October 1814

NORMAN John Tried Northumberland Assizes 19th

August 1813

Sentence Life

Native Place Hull

Trade Cooper

Age 50, Height 5ft 6½in, Complexion Sallow, Hair Silver to Grey,

Eyes Hazel


27th

October 1820

Transported to Newcastle per Elizabeth Henrietta

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The Sydney Gazette

3rd

November 1825

John Norman prisoner of the Crown was charged with stealing

a quantity of staves, the property of Government; and George Cooper

Green, a cooper a free man with having purchased the staves knowing

them to have been stolen.

Norman was remanded. Green fully committed for trial but

admitted to bail; which bail was however not taken at the Police

Office, but before one of the Judges of the Supreme Court.

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January 1826

Per Amity

Tried Sydney Bench

Date 8th

November 1825

Sentence Twelve Months

Return Date 4th

January 1827

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1822 General Muster NSW page 358 Norman John Convict per

Somersetshire Sentence Life Wheelwright, Sydney

80

NUGENT Mathew per Ann & Amelia 2nd

January 1825

NUGENT Mathew Tried Dublin 25th

July 1823

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Waterford

Trade Errand boy

Age 17, Height 5ft 6½in, Complexion Fair, Hair Flaxen,

Eyes Blue

Remarks Well

Assigned to Appin



January 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth




Return Date Came up by Mistake returned 12th

September 1826

----------



September 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth




Return Date 20th

August 1829

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1828 Census page 288 Nugent Mathew per Ann & Amelia 3 years, Port

Macquarie

81

O’NEIL William per Lady Castlereagh 1st May 1818

O’NEIL William Tried Surrey Assizes 13th

August 1817

Sentence 7 years

Native Place County Down

Trade Shoemaker

Age 18, Height 5ft 3in, Complexion Fair Ruddy, Hair Dark Brown,

Eyes Hazel


22nd

August 1821

Transported to Newcastle per Mermaid

----------


30th

November 1821


Remarks – A runaway from Newcastle

----------


19th

November 1822


----------


January 1823

William O’Neil, received 75 Lashes for Deserting from the Settlement

of Newcastle

----------

State Records NSW Fiche 3298 X730 + X727

12th

January 1825 – 28th

May 1825

Supreme Court Convicted of Grand Larceny – Guilty – Transported

for the term of 7 years

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7th

June 1825 Transported to Port Macquarie per Elizabeth Henrietta

Remarks – Run and returned 21st August 1827

82



Per Alligator


Date 21st May 1825


Runaway from Port Macquarie – run and sent to Norfolk Island

29th

August 1828

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1822 General Muster NSW page 366 written as O’Neal William

Convict per Lady Castlereagh Sentence written as Life Gaol Gang,

Sydney

1828 Census page 291 written as O’Neill, William per Lady

Castlereagh 7 years, Norfolk Island


September 1824

Certificate of Freedom 32/536 1st June 1832


June 1839

83

O’SHEA John per Prince Regent 15th

July 1824

O’SHEA John Tried Tipperary November 1823

Sentence 7 years


Trade Reaper

Age 28, Height 5ft 4½in, Complexion Brown, Hair Dark Brown,

Eyes Grey



January 1826

Per Amity

Tried Liverpool Quarter Sessions

Date 28th

December 1825

Sentence Twelve Months

Return Date 4th

January 1827

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July 1831

84

OGDEN John Born in the Colony of New South Wales

OGDEN John Born in the Colony



September 1825


Tried Parramatta Quarter Sessions

Date 17th

August 1825


Return Date 18th

August 1828

Trade Labourer

The Sydney Gazette

16th

January 1828

Police Report

Timothy Flanagan, Bernard Batten and John Ogden, three

runaways from Port Macquarie, were next placed at the bar. The

prisoners were apprehended in the bush and confessed that they had

absconded from Port Macquarie. Ogden, who is a native of the

Colony, under a Colonial sentence for three years, stated that his

reason for running was in order that he might be sent to some other

settlement, in consequence of the hardships he had endured at Port

Macquarie, from the tyranny of prisoner overseer who, he averred to

gain favour with their superiors, would swear any man’s life away.

Flanagan pleaded that he was free, his original sentence having

expired while serving that passed on him by a Bench of Magistrates in

Sydney, who had sent him to a penal settlement for a limited time, by

which was not stated to be in addition to his original sentence. Ogden

and Batten were directed to be forwarded to Port Macquarie to be

dealt with there; and with respect to Flanagan, the Bench signified

their intension to submit his case for opinion of the Attorney General.

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August 1828

85

PAIN William per Malabar 30th

October 1819

PAIN William Tried Essex Assizes 8th

March 1819

Sentence Life

Native Place Buckinghamshire

Trade Stableman


Eyes Hazel

State Records NSW Reel 6062 4//1781

1824

Assigned to Mr D. Daniels, C. Party, Camden

in present employ

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State Records NSW Reel 6062 4//1781

1825

Assigned, mustered in the service of Archibald Bell from November

1824

----------



September 1825


Tried Windsor General Sessions

Date 3rd

September 1825

Sentence Three years in addition to Original Sentence

Return Date 13th

January 1829

----------

1828 Census page 297 written as Payne William per Malabar 3 years,

Port Macquarie


Remarks – Stableman

Recommended Conditional Pardon 1st May 1843

Conditional Pardon 44/183 1st May 1843

86

PARFITT Charles per Princess Royal 9th

March 1823

PARFITT Charles Tried Somerset Assizes 30th

March 1822

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Hastings

Trade Groom

Age 19, Height 5ft 5½in, Complexion Brown Freckled, Pock Pitted,

Hair Dark Brown Eyes Blue


17th

March 1823 Forwarded to Windsor

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January 1826

Per Amity

Tried Sydney Bench

Date 28th

December 1825


Return Date 13th

January 1829

----------

1828 Census page 294 written as Parfett Charles per Princess Royal


Certificate of Freedom

29/403 4th

May 1829

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The Sydney Gazette

10th

June 1833

On Thursday a fellow named Charles Parfitt for whom police

have for some time been looking out for, was detected walking off with

a chest of tea from the shop of Mr Brown in Market Street and was

taken into custody

.

87

PATTISON Joseph per Princess Royal 9th

March 1823

PATTISON Joseph Tried Northampton Town Assizes

21st February 1823

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Northampton

Trade Shoemaker

Age 19, Height 5ft 5in, Complexion Pale Pock Pitted, Freckles,

Hair Dark Brown Eyes Dark Grey


17th

March 1823 Forwarded to Windsor

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Forwarded to Colonial Secretary's Office

11th

April 1823

Colonial Secretary's Office

Gentlemen,

I have the honor to request that the Convicts named in the

margin now in the employ of Mr John Campbell may be forwarded by

the earliest opportunity to this Office under charge of a Constable.

Signed F. Goulburn

The Bench of Magistrates,

Parramatta

Listed

Joseph Pattison

Valentine Bullen

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14th

April 1823

Court of Magistracy

Parramatta

Sir,

I have the Honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter

addressed to the Bench of Magistrates at Parramatta of the date the

Eleventh Instance and agreeable to the instructions pertained herein

have to day forwarded to your office in charge of a constable.

Valentine Bullen and Joseph Patterson per the ship "Princes Royal"

last in the Employ of Mr John Campbell.

To Frederick Goulburn Esq.

Colonial Secretary

Signed Henry G. Douglass JP

88

State Records NSW Fiche 3293 5/3821.1

8th

October 1824

Joseph Patterson – Shoemaker per "Princess Royal"

Assigned to William Barker, Pitt Street, Master a defaulter – two years

----------



September 1825



Date 5th

September 1825

Sentence Two years

Return Date 19th

October 1827

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1828 Census page 297 Pattison Joseph per Princess Royal



March 1829


June 1833


August 1841

89

PAYNE William per Canada 1st September 1819

PAYNE William Tried Middlesex (Westminster) Quarter Sessions

7th

January 1819

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Bath

Trade Labourer

Age 19, Height 5ft 4½in, Complexion Fair Sallow, Hair Brown,

Eyes Hazel


21st February 1821 Transported to Newcastle per Elizabeth Henrietta

Trade – Brick maker – 14 years

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State Records NSW Fiche 3156 4/1844B No.748

1825

Mustered in the employ of John Smith of Newcastle, 1823 and 1824

----------


In the service of John Smith of Newcastle at the last two musters

14th

October 1825

Sir,

The records of this office having been examined, in

consequence of your memorial of the 1st ult, it appears that the

convicts named on the margin were in your service at both last

Musters, I am instructed therefore to acquaint you that as you have

received already One hundred and forty acres of land, an additional

grant of four hundred and sixty is to be allowed to you.

Signed F. Goulburn

Mr John Smith, Newcastle

Listed

William Payne per "Canada" 1823 to 1824

----------



Per Alligator

Tried Hobart Town Criminal Court

Date 19th

January 1821

Sentence Fourteen years


90

1822 General Muster NSW page 374 Payne William Convict per

Canada Sentence 7 years Government Employ, Newcastle

1828 Census page 297 Payne William per Canada 14 years, Port

Macquarie


November 1836

91

PEATFIELD John per Atlas 22nd

July 1816

PEATFIELD John Tried Nottingham Gaol Delivery 20th

July 1815

Sentence Life

Native Place Lincoln

Trade Church Clerk

Age 23, Complexion Dark Pitted, Hair Sandy, Eyes Hazel


6th

August 1819 Sent to Newcastle per Elizabeth Henrietta

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Petition for assignment – written as Peartfield

14th

August 1822

To

Frederick Goulburn Esq.,

Colonial Secretary

The Petition of Jas. Dunlop, Sydney

Humbly Sheweth,

That Petitioner holds the Indulgence of a Ticket of Leave and

was married in Scotland, and has a wife and 4 infant children

depending on him for support.

That Petitioner is by trade a Confectioner, in which his wife

assists him, and he supplies a number of the shops in Sydney and its

inversions with there articles and their character for honest industry

will be found of good repute since in the Colony.

That in Petitioners business his wife and self are often absent

in the day time supplying their customers during which their infant

family are left in the house under no persons care.

That a poor man presently at Grose Farm and an Invalid

being affected with Paralatic Stroke in his side, and of whose honesty

Petitioner can depend, ( having known him since he came to the

Colony) named John Peartfield your Petitioner is anxious to take off

H.M. Store for the purpose of taking care of his Family and house in

his absence and from the annexed certificate from the Overseer of

Grose Farm can be well spared from that establishment and of good

character.

That Petitioner Humbly hopes your Honor will consider his

case and allow him the said John Peartfield off H. M. Store for the

purpose before stated as the lives of his children are often in danger

for wont of a person to take care of his house and for this act of

humanity petitioner will be bound ever to pray.

James Dunlop

92


Shortage of provisions at Grose Farm

As stated previously this letter has been transcribed as it was written.

Refer to copy of this letter on the following pages

Gross farm Sept 17 1822

Sir I have took the liberty of writing these few lines for to

inform your honour that the said Prisoners of Gross Farm had

informed your honour that they where robed of their provisions and

that the Bread that the said Prisoners showed to your honour where

2lb and half short of the wheight when you ordered that the said

provisions was for to be brought before your honour when the said

men whanted for to com to seek and adress they took and handidcofted

the said men and put them in a prisom sell whithout bringing them

before your honour they maid the said men this answer that they might

take their provisions and be damed for they should have no

recempence for it and may it pleas your honour for to send for the said

men for to sertify ither said crime and Mr Welsh for akusing the said

men and calling the said men and striking and abusing John Peartfield

witch the said man hass plenty of wittness for the said thing don to him

James McConell Thomas Wood Samuell Williams Charles Rea Henery

Ellis Hennery Hawker Sir those is the said men can dentify itt for the

truth that Welsh did abuse me he the said man John Peartfield very ill

and when I whanted for to com to cort I whent and tould the

superintendant of the said farm and he tould me for to go about my

business or he would putt me in the sell on so saying I whent to my

work and sir whe have no other plase for to ply to for to get justis only

to your honour I remain your humble servant and duty bound for to

pray for your honour

John Peatfield

93



94



95


Petition of James Dunlop asking for John Peatfield to be assigned

Sydney 18th

January 1823

Sir,

As a poor illiterate man addressing the Colonial Secretary I

most humbly ask pardon for the liberty and should any part of this

bear the face of presumption, I most earnestly entreat that ignorance

may be accepted as excuse.

Some time ago I applied to Mr Connor, Supt. of the Convict

Barracks to certify of a man of the name of John Peatfield, which

testimony I beg leave most respectfully to enclosed – His Character I

took to the Colonial Secretary’s Office, it proved satisfactory, was

accepted and approved & I received an Order under the hand of Mr

Crawford ( a copy of which is attached ) to Mr Hutchinson, stating as

you Sir may perceive. John Peatfield is assigned to James Dunlop and

the said Order was executed for the Colonial Secretary –

The extract of reference under the hand of Mr Connor & bore

the most candid appearance of duty, acknowledgement that John

Peatfield was received from Newcastle on the 10th

March, & further

that he had been punished with 50 Lashes, and there unto even adding

his crime that he has been found guilty of, standing with a barrow in

the streets contrary to orders – Now Sir I would most humbly by leave

to observe, that as the punishment prescribed for the offence

committed, was no doubt wisely put in force with the view of reforming

the evil complainant as the man now can now produce an

unquestionable character during the time subsequent to his exile as

well for honesty and sobriety and as he is compelled to walk with a

stick or crutch, that it may be pleasing to Frederick Goulburn Esquire

to pardon the former offence he may have committed and to allow him

a further opportunity of proving himself in some degree worthy of any

indulgence you may be pleased to extend to him.

With due difference to the Principal Superintendant of

Convicts, and yet with a grateful remembrance of the Document under

the hand of Mr Crawford Sec. my regret on seeing Mr Hutchinson tear

the instructions that he had received, stating that Peatfield was a D –

D thief and should go off the Stores.

I am particularly desirous to receive this very man for reasons

for which I shall not be able to submit in my petition annexed, and as

the man himself feels contrition for the offence he has committed and

more so as he has received the punishment awarded his offence and

endeavoured to contrive for the same by obedience to the will of his

superiors. I venture to endure that F. Goulburn Esq. the Colonial

Secretary, will in pity to the reformed, allow him to review his last

offence with honor and contrition, as he endeavours to feel to the hope

of Liberty at a future day by the recitation of his conduct.

Hoping that you maybe pleased to procure the Petition, I beg

leave most humbly dutifully to subscribe myself

James Dunlop

To F. Goulburn, Colonial Secretary

96


17th

January 1823

Prisoners Barracks

To Certify of John Peatfield per “Atlas”3rd

that on 18th

March

last he was received from Newcastle, to which it appears he was

discharged on 16th

March 1821, after receiving 50 Lashes for Standing

with a Barrow in the streets – of orders – 0n 5th

June last he was

discharged to Grose Farm, and at present he is attached to Bryan

McMahon’s Road Party, nothing prejudicial to him, (otherwise than

as above stated) appearing on the Books of this Establishment

John Connor

Supt.

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17th

January 1823

John Peatfield “Atlas” (3) assigned to James Dunlop, Kent Street

Sydney

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17th

January 1823

John Peatfield per the “Atlas” (3) is assigned to James Dunlop, Kent

Street

Signed Mr Hutchinson

Robert Crawford for the Col. Sec.

The bearer says that Mr Hutchinson tore up the former order

Major Ovens

Signed R. C.

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25th

November 1823 Transported to Port Macquarie per Lady Nelson

Tried Sydney D. Wentworth Esq 4th

November 1823, Sentence to

Remainder of Original Sentence

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December 1828

Per Isabella


97

1828 Census page 303 written as Pitfield John per Atlas Parish Clerk,

Port Macquarie

1837 General Return of Convicts page 477 Peatfield John Age 56 per

Atlas 1816 Government Employ, Port Macquarie

Ticket of Leave 38/1613 Port Macquarie

Remarks Tried Nottingham Gaol Delivery

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Port Macquarie The Windingsheet – Port Macquarie Historical Society- Page 184

23 May 1834 he was charged with Wilful deception with intent of

defrauding the Government for which he received 14 days in the Cells.

1837 he is with the Government at Port Macquarie.

1838 received a Ticket of Leave.

Port Macquarie – 17th

January 1842

Enquiry held before me William Nairn Gray Esquire, Police

Magistrate touching the death of John Peatfield per Ship Atlas 3, Life

1816

Henry Milton, Wardsman of Prisoners Barracks, being sworn

states: I knew the deceased John Peatfield who was an invalid in the

Prisoners Barracks, and for the last twelve months he has been in a

bad state of health. Yesterday morning I was called by a man named

Gray to see the deceased. I found him very ill, but did not consider him

in a dangerous state. I gave him the necessary medicine, and desired

him to lie down and be quiet. On my returning from the Hospital about

five o'clock in the afternoon I found him dead, the deceased was

consumptive, asthmatic and paralytic. When I saw the deceased in the

morning he was quite sensible, and did not complain to me of having

been annoyed by anyone. He appeared in his usual state of health.

Hy Milton

Sworn before me

17th

Jany 1842

W. N. Gray PM

Charles Grey, Overseer of Lunatics, being sworn states: I knew

the deceased John Peatfield, who was an invalid in the Barracks.

Yesterday about one o'clock one of the men came and told me that the

deceased was worse. I immediately went to him, and he said he wanted

to see the Doctor. I asked him if he would be sent to the Hospital and

he said no, that he could not be carried there. I then went to the

Dispenser Milton who was at the Hospital and on my going back to

him after sending away the Messenger, the deceased threw himself

back and expired almost immediately. He had been somewhat worse

than usual in the morning and had been seen by the Dispenser. He was

paralytic and had lost the use of one side.

98

He was quite sensible and did not complain to me of having

been disturbed or annoyed by anyone.

C. Grey.

Sworn before me

17th

January 1842

W. N. Gray PM

HMG Hospital Port Macquarie

17th

January 1842

I certify that I have made a Post Mortem examination of the

individual named (John Peatfield, Atlas), and found that he died from

the rupture of a blood vessel in the substance of the lungs.

P. Mollison MD Colonial Surgeon

Verdict: That the deceased John Peatfield died from Natural Causes

To

W.N. Gray Esq

Police Magistrate

He was buried by Rev John Cross.

99

PIGOTT Eliza per Mariner 10th

July 1825

PIGOTT Eliza Tried Dublin, 6th

December 1824

Sentence 7years

Native Place County Westmeath

Trade Milliner

Age 27, Height 5ft ½ in, Complexion Pale, Hair Dark Brown, Eyes

Hazel Grey, Protestant

Remarks, Good, Single

The Sydney Gazette

Written as Piggott

5th

January 1826

Eliza Piggott, prisoner of the Crown in the service of the

Superintendent of Police, was brought upon various charges viz. of

repeatedly returning home in a drunken and disorderly state, and

particularly with having stolen from her fellow servant, certain

articles of wearing apparel found in her possession. The evidence was

so conclusive against the prisoner and the circumstances altogether of

so aggravated a nature that the Bench sentenced her to be remover to

Port Macquarie or such other penal settlement as His Excellency the

Governor should direct for the term of 3 years.

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January 1826

Per Amity

Tried Sydney Bench

Date 27th

December 1825


----------


Application to Marry

18th

February 1830

Eliza Pigott per Mariner (2) Age 32, Sentence 7years, Bond

William Rowan per Surry (4) Age 35, Free

Revd W. Cowper, Sydney

----------

State Records NSW Fiche 780 4508

Written Eliza Piggott

Application to Marry

19th

August 1830

Henry Johnson per Elizabeth, Age 38, Sentence 7years, Free

Eliza Piggott per Mariner (2), Age 32, Sentence 7years, Ticket of

Leave, Revd R. Hill, Sydney.

100

The Sydney Gazette

11th

January 1831

Eliza Pigott per "Mariner", Ticket of Leave cancelled for

highly improper conduct and drunkenness

----------

Ticket of Leave 29/1022 District of Sydney



February 18342

101

PINCOCK Richard per Grenada 21st October 1819

PINCOCK Richard Tried Lancaster Quarter Sessions

22nd

October 1818

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Bolton

Trade Seaman

Age 50, Height 5ft 7½in, Complexion Dark Ruddy, Hair Black,

Eyes Hazel


30th

October 1819 Forwarded to Emu Plains

----------


21st June 1822

Discharged from Emu Plains, by Authority of Major Ovens, sent to

Sydney. Received Slop Clothing 14th

May 1822

----------


11th

June 1824

Richard Pincock Assigned to John T. Maughan of Newcastle

----------


9th

July 1825,

Wallis Plains Hunters River

Sir,

Four of my assigned servants being James Smith, “Atlas”4,

Thomas Holmes, “Recovery”1, James Clancy, “Minerva”2nd

and

Richard Pincock “Granada”1st – reported themselves Free in one or

two months time and not being themselves certain as to the exact time,

I have therefore to request you will be pleased to direct that the

necessary information may be given me as to the time their respective

Term of Service expires. Not being in possession of that information at

the Commandants Office at Newcastle.

Signed John Thomas Maughan

To

Fredrick Goulburn

Colonial Secretary

102

The Sydney Gazette

1st February 1826

Police Report

Richard Pincock, free charged with having stolen a white

counterpane from the garden palling of a poor washerwoman. The

property was missing immediately after its removal, and on an alarm

given, the prisoner was pursued and apprehended

----------



February 1826

Per Amity


Date 6th

February 1826


Return Date 18th

March 1829

----------

1828 Census page 302 Pincock Richard per Grenada 3 years, Port

Macquarie


November 1825

103

PINDER James per Hindostan 24th

November 1821

PINDER James Tried York (West Riding) Quarter Sessions 30th

April

1821 Sentence 7 years

Native Place Sheffield

Trade Knife Cutter

Age 18, Height 5ft 1in, Complexion Dark Sallow, Hair Brown,

Eyes Brown


22nd

December 1822

Discharged from Emu Plains to Dr West's clearing party

----------



November 1825


Tried Parramatta John Campbell Esq

Date 5th

October 1825


Return Date 20th

May 1828

----------

1822 General Muster NSW page 383 Pinder James Convict per

Hindostan Sentence 7 years Government Labourer, Windsor


June 1828

104

PONT James per Ocean 27th

August 1823

PONT James Tried Sussex Assizes 3rd

August 1822

Sentence Life

Native Place Sussex

Trade Ploughs and Milks

Age 20, Height 5ft 8in, Complexion Brown, Hair Flaxen, Eyes Blue

The Sydney Gazette

20th

October 1825

John Britter and James Pont, prisoners of the Crown, charged

with having gone on board a vessel at Shoalhaven with intent to

escape from the Colony, for which they had amply provided

themselves, were sentenced to a penal settlement for three years to

labour.

----------



November 1825



Date 10th

October 1825


Remarks – Run 26th

May 1826

105

READY John per Asia 28th

December 1820

READY John Tried Middlesex Gaol Delivery 28th

June 1820

Sentence 7 years

Native Place London

Trade Seaman

Age 25, Height 5ft 4½in, Complexion Dark, Ruddy, Hair Black,

Eyes Hazel


28th

June 1820

John Ready was indicted for stealing, on the 6th

of June, one fixture

(i.e.), one copper, value 20s, the goods of Joseph Sapswell, and fixed

to a certain building of his, the prisoner having no title, or claim of

title, to the same

Guilty – Aged 25


----------



January 1826

Per Amity

Tried Penrith Bench

Date 28th

December 1825


Return Date 13th

January 1829

----------

1828 Census page 312 Ready John per Asia 3 years, Port Macquarie


March 1829

106

REED Michael per John Barry 7th

November 1821

REED Michael Tried Dublin City 12th

January 1821

Sentence 7 years

Native Place City of Dublin

Trade Labourer

Age 18, Height 5ft 5¼in, Complexion Dark Sallow, Hair Brown,

Eyes Grey


9th

November 1821 Forwarded to Airds

----------



November 1825



Date 22nd

October 1825

Sentence Two years

Return Date 17th

November 1827

----------

1822 General Muster NSW page 399 Reed Michael Convict per

John Barry Sentence 7 years Government Servant assigned to J.

Kibby, Liverpool

1828 Census page 313 Reed Michael Age 30 Free by Servitude per

John Barry 1821 7 years Religion Protestant Labourer, Concord


February 1828

107

REES John per Guildford 15th

July 1822

REES John Tried Middlesex Gaol Delivery 11th

April 1821

Sentence Life

Native Place Acton

Trade Labourer

Age 29, Height 5ft 5in, Complexion Pale, Hair Dark, Eyes Dark

Right eye defective


11th

April 1812

John Rees was indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the

dwelling-house of Richard Rogers, at Ealing, about twelve o’clock in

the night of the 7th

of April, with intent to steal, and stealing therein.

1 lb of tobacco, value 4s one sieve cloth value 2d, and the sum of 25s,

in copper monies, numbered, his property

Guilty – Death Aged 28

----------


24th

July 1822 Assigned to Mr Winter, Sydney

----------


16th

November 1824

Returns of Finds and Punishment Liverpool John Rees, "Guildford"

(5) Wardsman at the Gaol, convicted for Robbery of Barrack Garden –

3months in Gaol Gang

----------



January 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth

Tried Penrith Rev. Henry Fulton

Date 13th

January 1826


----------

1828 Census page 314 Rees John per Guildford 3 years, Port

Macquarie

Ticket of Leave 34/638 District of Wilberforce

Ticket of Leave 38/1293 District of Vale of Clwyd

Passport 39/68 16th

March 1839 recommendation of Penrith Bench

Passport 40/126 18th

April 1840 as above

Passport 41/147 24th

April 1841 as above

Conditional Pardon 43/260 1st July 1842

108

RISLEY William per Earl St Vincent 17th

August 1820

RISLEY William Tried London Gaol Deliver 15th

September 1819

Sentence Life

Native Place London

Trade Watch Gilder

Age 18, Height 5ft 1in, Complexion Fair Ruddy, Hair Brown,

Eyes Hazel


15th

September 1819

William Risley was indicted for stealing, on the 9th

of July, at St

Swithin’s London Stone, in the dwelling-house of Patrick Johnston, 1 l.

12s 6d in monies numbered, two 10 l, and two 1 l bank notes his

property

Guilty – Death Age 18

Recommended to Mercy by the prosecutor

----------


29th

August 1820 Forwarded to Parramatta

----------


23rd

December 1824

Assigned to Sarah Tighe, Windsor

----------



November 1825


Tried Windsor W. Cox Esq

Date 17th

September 1825


Return Date 13th

January 1829

----------

1828 Census page 319 Risley William per Earl St Vincent 3 years,

Port Macquarie

Ticket of Leave 43/975, District of Parramatta

Passport 43/604 4th

May 1843, recommendation of Parramatta Bench


109

ROBERTS Alexander per Countess of Harcourt

12th

July 1824

Alias Alexander LOOMAN

ROBERTS Alexander Tried York (West Riding) Quarter Sessions 15th

January 1824 Sentence 7 years

Native Place Sligo

Trade Sailor

Age 29, Height 5ft 4½in, Complexion Brown, Hair Flaxen,

Eyes Light Blue


29th

October 1824 Alexander Roberts, Assigned to Thomas Wright,

Philip Street

----------


Alexander Roberts to take charge of the Grazing run of T. Rice


5th

November 1824

Sir,

I am directed by the Governor to convey to you His sanction

for the temporary occupation of Six hundred Acres of land in a circle

around your stock yard to be marked between the boundaries of Mr

Butons Farm and Bradley’s Head at the Black native settlement at

George’s Head for the all of your herd now praying to be placed

under the charge of Alexander Roberts per “Countess of Harcourt”

provided that it is now depasturing by no previous occupant that the

Cattle kept thereon are marked as directed on the margin they may in

and until such time as government may choose (six months this notice

having previously given) to work this indulgence and resumed the

possession to self.

Signed F. Goulburn

To

Mr Thomas Rice

Philip Street Sydney

Written in margin

TR on off Hip (Cattle brand)

110



November 1825



Date 5th

October 1825


Return Date 13th

January 1829

Remarks – Alex Roberts alias Looman

----------

1828 Census page 319 Roberts Alexander per Countess of Harcourt



February 1831


October 1840

111

ROBINSON Thomas per Recovery 30th

July 1823

ROBINSON Thomas Tried County Dublin

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Bidford

Trade Waterman and Soldier

Age 19, Height 5ft 10¼in, Complexion Fresh, Pock Pitted,

Hair Dark Brown, Eyes Hazel


4th

August 1823 Forwarded to Windsor

----------



February 1826

Per Amity


Date 28th

January 1826


Return Date 20 March 1829

Remarks – Tried Dublin, 5th

October 1822 – Muster Roll

----------

1828 Census page 321 Robinson Thomas per Recovery



October 1829

112

ROLFE William per Sir William Bensley 10th

March 1817

ROLFE William Tried Middlesex Gaol Deliver 3rd

April 1816

Sentence 7 years

Native Place London

Trade Baker

Age 19, Height 5ft 1½in, Complexion Ruddy, Hair Brown,

Eyes Hazel


3rd April 1816

William Rolfe was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 8th

of April,

a handkerchief, value 4s the property of William Hollamby, from his

person

Guilty – Aged 15


----------


21st March 1817 Forwarded to Parramatta

----------


19th

January 1824 – 19th

February 1824

Court of Criminal Jurisdiction – charged with stealing two bags of

flour, value twenty shillings the goods of James Ramplton of Sydney

Guilty – to be transported to such place as His Excellency the

Governor shall direct for the term of Seven years

----------


2nd

February 1824 Transported to Port Macquarie per Lady Nelson

Charged Sydney Criminal Court, January 1824 – Seven years

----------


April 1824 –Assigned as a Baker to John Webster, York Street Master

defaulter for three years

written as Rolph

----------

State Records NSW Fiche 3293 5/3821.1 8

th October 1824

Assigned as a Baker to Joseph Mundi, York Street Master defaulter for

One year

113



September 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth


Date January 1824



----------

The Sydney Gazette

22nd

January 1824

William Rolfe and Joseph Mead were convicted of stealing

200lbs of flour the property of James Ramplton

Sentence 7yrs transportation.

----------

31st January 1831

William Rolfe (Free) married Catherine Duffy (Free)

St Thomas C of E Port Macquarie Reference V18315122 3B/1831

----------

1828 Census page 323 Rolfe William per Sir William Bensley 7 years,

Port Macquarie

114

ROTHWELL John per Henry 26th

August 1823

ROTHWELL John Tried Lancaster (Liverpool borough) Quarter

Sessions 22nd

July 1822

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Liverpool

Trade Cotton Spinner

Age 20, Height 5ft 5in, Complexion Pock Pitted, Hair Dark Brown,

Eyes Brown


29th

August 1823 Forwarded to Liverpool

----------

State Records NSW Fiche 3146 4/1843B No.571

1824 – 1825

Servant to Hannibal MacArthur, Bringelly

----------

The Sydney Gazette

Absconded

24th

March 1825

Rothwell John per “Henry” age 21- Liverpool 5ft 5in etc.

Servant to H. McCarther Esq 5th

April 1825

Absconded

28th

September 1827

Rothwell John per “Henry” age 21 – Trade Cotton spinner

Age 24 – Liverpool, 5ft 5”etc

Absconded

24th

December 1827

Rothwell John per “Henry” Trade – Cotton spinner etc from

No. 10 Iron Gang

----------



December 1825

Per Mary Elizabeth

Tried Bringelly Robert Lowe Esq

Date 14th

November 1825


Return Date 4th

January 1827

----------


July 1832


February 1834

115

RYAN William per Isabella 14th

September 1818

RYAN William Tried Middlesex Gaol Delivery 3rd

December 1817

Sentence 7 years

Native Place London

Trade Plaister

Age 16, Height 5ft 6½in, Complexion Florid, Hair Dark Brown,

Eyes Hazel


3rd

December 1817

William Ryan and John Servett were indicted for stealing, on the 3rd

of

December, one handkerchief, value 2s, the goods of Thomas Want,

from his person

The prisoner begged for mercy

Guilty – Ryan Age 15


----------



January 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth


Date 28th

February 1825


----------

1822 General Muster NSW page 420 Ryan William Convict per

Isabella Sentence 7 years Government Servant assigned to M. Ryan,

Windsor

1828 Census page 328 Ryan William per Isabella 7 years, Port

Macquarie


February 1825

Certificate of Freedom 45/109 21st January 1845

116

SAW John per Surry 28th

July 1814

SAW John Tried Somerset Assizes 28th

March 1811

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Somerset

Trade Slater and Plaisterer

Age 42, Height 5ft 6in, Complexion Fair, Hair Black and Bald,

Eyes Hazel

Remarks – 23rd

December 1839 to Port Macquarie


written as John Saul

25th

February – 27th

March 1822

Court of Jurisdiction – Charged with breaking & entering dwelling

house of Richard Parsons at Sydney in the day time & stealing

thereout various articles above the value of 4pd – Guilty – to be

transported to such place as His Excellency the Governor may direct

for the term of seven years

----------


20th

March 1822 Transported to Newcastle per Elizabeth Henrietta

----------


25th

September 1823 – Removed from Newcastle to Port Macquarie

per Elizabeth Henrietta

Remarks Run 12th

October 1823 – Came up by mistake and returned

12th

September 1826

----------



September 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth


Date February 1822



Return Date 18th

March 1829

117

1814 General Muster of NSW page 127 John Saw Convict on Stores

Trade Plasterer

1822 General Muster NSW page 424 Saw John Convict per Surry

Sentence 7 years Government Employ, Newcastle

1828 Census page 331 Saw John per Surry 7 years, Port Macquarie

1837 General Return of Convicts page 538 Saw John Age 64 per Surry

on Phoenix Hulk


March 1829

118

SCANLAN Thomas per Governor Ready 16th

January 1829

SCANLAN Thomas Tried Kerry 24th

March 1828

Sentence Life, Horse stealing

Native Place Kerry

Age 30, Height 5ft 8in, Complexion Ruddy, Hair Dark Brown to grey,

Eyes Grey, Reads, Catholic, Married

Remarks – Cripple

Disposed of to Woolloomooloo Road Party, Left arm disabled.

Died Port Macquarie 22nd

March 1833



February 1829

Per Governor Phillip

Remarks – In ordinary service of the Crown

----------


Thomas Scanlan Died 29th

December 1833 Age 40, Port Macquarie

----------


Page 76

29th

December 1833

Written as Thomas Scanlon or Scanton

Died as Thomas Scanlon

Buried by Rev Cross.

119

SHEEHY James per Isabella 9th

March 1822

SHEEHY James Tried County Clare March 1821

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Limerick

Trade Sailor

Age 29, Height 5ft 2¾in, Complexion Ruddy, Hair Brown,

Eyes Hazel


20th

November 1822 Forwarded to Parramatta

----------



September 1825



Date 1st September 1825


Remarks – Tried Ennis March 1821, Trade Seaman

Supposed to have Drowned, 18th

September 1826 in a Lime Vessel

----------

Matter of Interest

The Trusty known as the Lime Vessel carrying Lime between Camden

Haven and Port Macquarie disappeared September 1826 with the loss

of all lives.

Convicts on board were as follows:

George Atkins per Guildford

Benjamin Gardener per Hindostan

John Gordon per Agamemnon

William Jones per Swallow

James Sheehey per Isabella

John Williams Ship unknown

James Moore Ship unknown

120

SHINE Denis per Dorothy 19th

September 1820

SHINE Denis Tried Cork City Lent 1820

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Cork

Trade Labourer

Age 22, Height 5ft 2½in, Complexion Ruddy, Hair Brown,

Eyes Hazel


19th

December 1822

Assigned to Road Gang, victualled from H.M. Stores, Windsor

----------


31st March 1824

Denis Shine of the Western Road Party –

Punished at the Bench of Evan – 50 Lashes - Theft

----------



January 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth

Tried Penrith Rev. Henry Fulton

Date 13th

January 1826


Return Date 23rd

March 1827 per Alligator

----------

1822 General Muster NSW page 432 Shine Denis Convict per Dorothy

Sentence 7 years assigned to Road Party, Windsor

1828 Census page 337 written as Shine Dennis Age 30 Free by

Servitude per Dorothy 1820 Sentence 7 years Religion Catholic

Labourer Employed by George Cutler, Camden


March 1827

121

SIDDON James per Canada 1st September 1819

SIDDON James Tried Surrey Quarter Sessions 12th

January 1819

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Surrey

Trade Carpenter

Age 20, Height 5ft 5½in, Complexion Florid, Hair Brown,

Eyes Hazel


8th

September 1821

Victualled H.M. Magazines – Carpenter

----------


2nd

August 1822

Assigned to John Dight, Windsor

----------


2nd

January 1823

Discharged from Emu Plains to Sydney

----------


10th

January 1824

Victualled member of a surveying party County of Argyle

----------

The Sydney Gazette

8th

September 1825

September 1 – James Siddons, prisoner of the crown, who with

a man named William Welch, free had been brought up on Monday

last on a charge of having sold a quantity of shingle nails, stolen from

Government, was this day further examined, and the evidence being

conclusive against the prisoner Siddons he was sentenced to a penal

settlement for two years, Welch was discharged

122



September 1825




Sentence Two years


----------

1822 General Muster NSW page 433 written as Siddons James

Convict per Canada Sentence 7 years Government Employ, Emu

Plains

1828 Census page 338 written as Siddons James Age 29 Ticket of

Leave per Canada 1819 Sentence Life Religion Protestant Occupation

Sawyer, Bathurst


September 1827

123

SIMPSON Edward per Martha 24th

December 1818

SIMPSON Edward Tried County Down August 1817

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Killeybagh Armagh

Trade Tailor

Age 24, Height 5ft 3in, Complexion Ruddy Pock Pitted, Hair Sandy,

Eyes Grey


4th

January 1819 Forwarded to Windsor

----------


20th

November 1819 Sent to Newcastle per Elizabeth Henrietta

----------


February 1820

Punished at Newcastle – 50 Lashes – Running away from Settlement

----------


November 1821

Punished at Newcastle – 25 Lashes – Having in his possession Stolen

Property

----------


10th

June 1822 Transported to Port Macquarie per Lady Nelson

Tried Sydney Criminal Court 4th

June 1822 Sentenced to Remainder of

Sentence

----------


13th

May 1825

To be transported for seven years tried before the Supreme Court

Sydney – Grand Larceny – Guilty, but recommended Mercy by the

Jury. Sentence – Transported for the term of 7 years

124


Petition of Edward Simpson

2nd

June 1825

Sydney Gaol

Sir,

I have taken the liberty of addressing these fine lines to your

Honor, trusting your humane disposition will take my unfortunate

case into consideration as having received the sentence of Seven years

at Port Macquarie, to humbly beg of you to intrude in my behalf in

getting me sent to Norfolk Island, in consequence of when I was at

Port Macquarie previous to being free, I was the instigation of taking

Several Bush Rangers and by those means I shall stand in danger of

my life by going there again as your Honor is well aware what spite

and malice the Prisoners have to any one who gives and kind of

information in any respect whatever and as I am informed there a

Draft of Prisoners about to leave this in the cause of a day or two, do

humbly throw myself for your goodness – and further beg have to

inform you that if you think proper to allow one, to take the place of

inflicting corporeal punishment I will undertake it – or if your Honor

pleases to any other of the nine Settlements that you may think proper

to send me, but do most humbly intrude of your goodness not to send

me to Port Macquarie, and further beg of your Honor if convenient to

send me an answer I shall ever be in duty bound to pray for your

sincere welfare.

Edward Simpson

Taylor

Sydney Gaol

NB: Taylor=Tailor

----------


Edward Simpson asking for Mitigation of Sentence

3rd

June 1825

To

His Excellency Sir Thomas Brisbane

Commander and Chief Governor of the Territory of New South Wales

&c &c &c

The Humble Petition

Of Edward Simpson Prisoner of the Crown

Sheweth,

That he received the Sentence of Seven years transportation to

Port Macquarie, upon the charge of stealing some articles of wearing

apparel, although found guilty I declare to my Almighty Maker that I

am innocent of the crime.

125

And beg leave to lay before your Excellency that my

Prosecutor is of an infamous Character and is well known to have

perjured himself (by name Richardson) but is well known both in

Parramatta Court and in this by Doctor Wentworth, by the Nick name

of Dicky Gossip.

That your Petitioner humbly implores your Excellency for a

mitigation of Sentence

And as in duty bound shall ever pray

Edward Simpson

----------


Reply to above letter

Edward Simpson

I am directed by the Governor to acquaint you that your

application cannot be granted for a mitigation of your sentence.

By His Excellency Command

F. Goulburn


11th

June 1825

----------

The Sydney Gazette

3rd

June 1825

Absconded from Mr Scott’s establishment, Port Macquarie

----------


7th

June 1825 Transported to Port Macquarie – Tried Sydney Criminal

Court 21st May 1825 – Seven years

Remarks – Run – Apprehended Moreton Bay and Returned –

See page 10 old book

----------

Note: Reference to "See page 10 old book" refers to SR Reel 6019

4/3864 Transported to Port Macquarie 4th

June 1822

126



January 1827

Per Mary Elizabeth


Date 20th

May 1825

Sentence 7years

Remarks - Runaway & apprehended at Moreton Bay some months ago.

See 1241 P90 old book

----------

Note: Reference to "See 1241 P90 old book" refers to SR Reel 6019

4/3864 Transported to Port Macquarie 7th

June 1825

----------

1822 General Muster NSW page 435 Simpson Edward Convict per

Martha Sentence 7 years, Port Macquarie

1828 Census page 339 Simpson Edward per Martha 7 years, Port

Macquarie


August 1824


Edward Simpson Age 56, Died 28th

June 1831 Port Macquarie

------------


Extract page 62

He petitioned not to be sent to Port Macquarie as his life would

be in peril at that Settlement. He had been the Flagellator and

Scourger, and claiming he was innocent of the offence for which he

was convicted on perjured evidence of Richardson (Dicky Gossip)

7 June 1825 he arrived at Port Macquarie on the "Elizabeth

Henrietta"

He was buried by Rev Cross on 29 June 1831.

127

SMITH Charles per Dick 12th

March 1821

SMITH Charles Tried Hertford Assizes 11th

July 1820

Sentence Life

Native Place Hampshire

Trade Basket Maker

Age 21, Height 6ft, Complexion Dark, Hair Black, Eyes Black

State Records NSW Reel 6019 4/3964 page 358-9

1822 Transported to Port Macquarie – Charles Smith per – Dick (2)

Tried Liverpool Bench 4th

May 1822 – Two years

Remarks Date of return 11th

August 1823 Allowed

-----------

State Records NSW Reel 6054 4/1758 + Reel 6010 4/3507

Extract

17th

– 19th

December 1822

Witness in murder trial – sent to Sydney per "Lady Nelson"

to allow the sittings of the present Criminal Court

----------


26th

December 1822


Sir,

You will please to receive and victual on the strength of the

Hyde Barrack, the prisoners named in the margin being evidences

from Port Macquarie.

Signed F. Goulburn

Col Sec

Mr John Connor

Supt Hyde Park Barrack

Listed

Charles Smith per "Dick"

-----------



December 1825

Per Mary Elizabeth

Tried Sydney Bench

Date 26th

November 1825


128



September 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth

Tried Sydney Bench

Date 26th

November 1825



Return Date 18th

August 1828 – Committed for trial

----------

1822 General Muster page 440 Smith Charles Convict per Dick

Sentence Life, Port Macquarie

1828 Census page 348 written as Smith C. per Dick in gaol, Sydney


Passport 25th

July 1844 recommendation of Windsor Bench

Passport 26th

November 1845, as above


Remarks Letter 40/367 dated 26th

June 1840

129

SMITH George per Grenada 16th

September 1821

SMITH George Tried Middlesex Gaol Deliver 10th

January 1821

Sentence 7 years

Age 19, Complexion Fair, Hair Brown, Eyes Hazel


10th

January 1821

George Smith and William Richardson were indicted for stealing, on

the 5th

of January, one pair of breeches, value 1s, the goods of John

Wilson

Guilty – Age 19


----------



January 1826

Per Amity

Tried Sydney Bench

Date 28th

December 1825


Remarks – Trade Brick maker

----------

1822 General Muster NSW page 441 Smith George Convict per

Grenada Sentence 7 years Brick maker Carters Barracks, Sydney

1828 Census page 348 Smith George per Grenada 3 years, Port

Macquarie


February 1829


May 1832

130

SMITH Jarvis per Anne 26th

February 1810

SMITH Jarvis Tried Leicester Assizes 20th

March 1806

Sentence Life

Remarks - Died at Port Macquarie 9th

October 1834


Transported to Newcastle per Lady Nelson

----------


8th

September 1821

Victualled from H.M. Magazine – Stationary servant

----------



December 1828

Per Isabella


----------

1814 General Muster NSW page 125 Sydney Jarvis Smith per Anne

(2) Convict on Stores, Lumber yard

1828 Census page 343 written as Smith Jervis Age 55 Government

Servant Written as per Ann 1808 Sentence Life Religion Protestant

Invalid, Rooty Hill Estate Melville


Jervis Smith Died 9th

October 1834 Port Macquarie. Age 75

131

SMITH John per Agamemnon 22nd

September 1820

SMITH John Tried Middlesex Gaol Delivery 1st December 1819

Sentence Life

Native Place London

Trade Coopers Apprentice and Sail maker

Age 18, Height 5ft 6in, Complexion Sallow, Hair Brown,

Eyes Hazel


1st December 1819

John Smith and William Moore were indicted for burglariously

breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Robert Gregory Dendy,

about seven o’clock in the night of the 13th of November, at Hampton,

with intent to steal, and burglariously stealing therein twenty-three

yards of corduroy, value 3 l, eighteen yards of flannel, value 2 l,

twenty yards of woollen cord, value 7 l, and two waistcoat-pieces,

value 30s, his property

Guilty – Death Age 17

----------



January 1826

Per Amity

Tried Liverpool Bench

Date 17th

December 1825


Return Date 20th

March 1829

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1822 General Muster NSW page 444 Smith John per Agamemnon

Sentence Life assigned Clearing Party, Badgery Liverpool

1828 Census page 348 Smith John per Agamemnon Sentence 3 years,

Port Macquarie



Conditional Pardon 45/410 15th

March 1845

Conditional Pardon 42/318 1st October 1841

132

SMITH John per Earl St Vincent 17th

August 1820

SMITH John Tried Stafford Quarter Sessions 20th

October 1819

Sentence 7 years

Native Place County Limerick

Trade Footman

Age 28, Height 5ft 10in, Complexion Dark Ruddy, Hair Black,

Eyes Hazel


29th

March 1821Transported to Newcastle per Elizabeth Henrietta

Sentenced to One year

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15th

October 1823


John Smith "Earl St Vincent" – Tried 27th

September 1823 –

Sentenced to renewal of original sentence – Trade Gardener

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9th

July 1824

Police Office – being 12 in number all runaways from Port Macquarie

Sentence to Macquarie Harbour, Van Diemen's Land for the residue of

their transported sentences

Listed

John Smith runaway from Port Macquarie

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21st December 1824

Forwarded to Newcastle per "Sally" for the purpose of being kept at

hard labour in double irons at that Settlement as a runaway from Port

Macquarie

Listed

John Smith "Earl St Vincent" – Servant

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August 1825

Punished at Newcastle,

John Smith in employment of Government – 50 Lashes – runaway

133



September 1825



Date 31st August 1825


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1822 General Muster page 444 Smith John Convict per Earl St Vincent

Sentence 7 years Government Servant assigned to J. McDougall,

Windsor

1823-25 General Muster NSW page 532 Smith John Free by Servitude

per Earl St Vincent 1820 Sentence 7 years Government Employ, Port

Macquarie


October 1826


April 1833

Certificate of Freedom 40/544 21st March 1840

134

SMITH John per Larkins 24th

March 1818

SMITH John Tried York Assizes 8th

March 1817

Sentence Life

Note: Three men of the same name onboard this ship


2nd

December 1817 Forwarded to Windsor

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14th

April – 8th

May 1823

Tried John Smith, Henry Price, Joseph Wotton and George Barwick

Tried Court of Criminal Jurisdiction sentenced to Death

Charged with robbing in dwelling house of Christopher Bumbury

putting him and Eleanor Bumbury his wife in bodily fear of their lives

Guilty – John Smith recommended to Mercy

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The Sydney Gazette

1st May 1823

John Smith, Henry Price, Joseph Wotton and George Barwick,

were indicted for a burglary in the house of Christopher Bumbury, at

Minto, on the morning of the 30th of January last. Christopher

Bumbury, an apparently emaciated old man, deposed, that he had

been in an ill state of health for 16 months prior to the affair which he

was about to relate to the Court. That upon the night of the robbery he

was sitting by the fire-side in much pain; that about two o'clock in the

morning, as near as he could suppose, he heard a noise, which was

attributed to the dog, and in less than a minute after, the door was

forced in, and three men entered armed with bludgeons. Without

uttering a word, they beat the witness over the head, the arm, and

other parts of the body; in a moment the poor man was covered with

blood. One of ruffians seized him by the throat; another beat his wife,

who was in bed, in the same cruel way; and the third broke open a

box, which was emptied of its contents. His wife was the laundress for

the gentry in the neighborhood; a quantity of wet linen was pendant on

a line, which was also secured by the gang. Being interrogated as to

his knowledge of the parties who thus treated him, he told the Court,

that before he was struck, owing to a fine moonlight morning, and a

large fire in the room, he had a full and satisfactory view of the

prisoners, viz. Price, Wotton, and Smith. The latter prisoner had

resided under the same roof with him for six months; indeed, he had

only removed about 2 months prior to the robbery. As for Price, he

had intimately known him as a stock-keeper for two years. And the

135

third prisoner, Smith, he could not mentally recognise by name, on the

night of the robbery, but having described him to the police officer

next morning, Smith was apprehended; and he (Bumbury) then, and in

Court, identified him as the man that broke open the box. It is as well

to remark, that Smith used no violence; but, the prosecutor swore

again and again, that Price and Wotton both struck him together. The

poor man with much difficulty ascended the witness-box, having to

sustain himself by a crutch, owing to the dislocation of the right hip,

which misfortune he met with on the night of the robbery, from one of

the miscreants pressing him to the earth with his knees; in which

position, however, he had a much clearer view of the prisoners. They

remained about 15 minutes, and then went off, obeying a signal from

without; which circumstance prompted Bumbury to crawl to the door,

and then he saw a fourth man, whom, however, he could not swear to.

The perilous situation of the prisoners was represented to the

prosecutor in the most lively way, by His Honor the Judge Advocate;

the awful possibility of swearing the lives of the innocent away, was

brought to his mind; but he again, and that repeatedly, swore that

three of the prisoners at the bar were the men. Barwick he did not

identify.

Eleanor Bumbury confirmed her husband's testimony. She said

she was in bed when the door was forced in; and the first attraction

was, that of her husband being beaten with bludgeons. She cried aloud

for mercy; told them he was a sickly old man; to take what the house

contained; but to show her husband mercy. Upon repeating those

mournful entreaties, the prisoner Wotton gave her two violent blows

across the neck, and one on the arm: - blood flew in all directions. She

still implored mercy, though her little daughter of 6 years old, who

was huddled up in the blankets, besought her mother to be silent, for

fear of being killed. Wotton then seized another stick, and again struck

the poor woman! Independent of the identity of the latter prisoner, she

also positively swore to the prisoner Price, saying she knew him well

for two years; and Wotton lived in the same hut with her husband for 6

months. Three men entered the humble cottage, but to the third she

could not speak. [With the circumstances of this cruel robbery, Wm.

Howe, Esq. the Resident Magistrate was made acquainted; and, from

the information of Bumbury, the four prisoners were immediately

apprehended: they formed part of a clearing gang on Mr. Howe's

estate at Minto, four miles from Bumbury's hut.] Two police officers

were called to prove some circumstances connected with the

apprehension of the prisoners; and the overseer of the gang, to which

they were attached, deposed that they were in their huts at 8-o'clock

muster on the preceding evening, and were also at their station at day-

light next morning. The prosecution here closed.

Many fellow convicts were called by the prisoners to prove

their actually sleeping in the huts with them, on the night of the

robbery; and it was astonishing to hear it stated, that four of those

witnesses slept in one hut with one of the prisoners, and that each of

them, on that identical night, should have particularly observed their

mess-mate in bed, and that at different hours.

136

They were certainly the poorest alibis ever attempted to be

proved; for it was impossible to listen to such inconsistencies with

patience, and have a regard for truth. The prisoners denied the charge

exhibited against them. The Court retired for about a quarter of an

hour, and brought in a verdict of Guilty against John Smith, Henry

Price, and John Wotton; who were remanded for sentence. George

Barwick was found Not Guilty.

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Commutation warrant

27th

May 1823

New South Wales

By His Excellency Sir Thomas Brisbane Knight Commander of the

most Honorable Military Order of the Bath

Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over

His Majesty's Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies

Whereas at the Court of Criminal Jurisdiction in and for the

Territory aforesaid convicted at Sydney in the said Territory on the

Fourteenth of April last and continued by adjournment to the Eighth

day of May following William Welsh- John Sullivan- Benjamin Cross-

Thomas Belcher- Samuel Phipps- John Smith- Edward McKeigh and

Henry Clarke were tried and duly adjudged Guilty of Felony in respect

where of Judgement of Death was afterwards then and there

pronounced on them the said William Welsh- John Sullivan- Benjamin

Cross- Thomas Belcher- Samuel Phipps- John Smith- Edward

McKeigh and Henry Clarke.

And whereas I see cause to judge the said Offenders for objects

to His Majesty's Royal Mercy so far as to respite the Execution of the

said Judgment of Death on Condition that they the said –William

Welsh- John Sullivan- Benjamin Cross- Thomas Belcher- Samuel

Phipps- John Smith- Edward McKeigh and Henry Clarke be

respectively Transported to Port Macquarie in the said Territory for

and serving the term of their natural lives and there and so long be

kept at hard labour in double Irons and shall not ever be found at

large without lawful cause at or within any other part or place in or of

the said Territory.

By virtue of the power and authority vested in me as the said

Governor in Chief in and over the said Territory I do hereby grant

unto them the said William Welsh- John Sullivan- Benjamin Cross-

Thomas Belcher- Samuel Phipps- John Smith- Edward McKeigh and

Henry Clarke a reprieve from and as to the said Sentence of Death on

the Condition above specified, and do accordingly order and direct

that Execution of the said Sentence upon them the said William Welsh-

John Sullivan- Benjamin Cross- Thomas Belcher- Samuel Phipps-

John Smith- Edward McKeigh and Henry Clarke be respected until

and so long as they shall be and remain at Port Macquarie in the said

137

Territory, but that Execution therefore be had and done on them the

said William Welsh- John Sullivan- Benjamin Cross- Thomas Belcher-

Samuel Phipps- John Smith- Edward McKeigh and Henry Clarke

without further cause or delay if they during the said term of their

natural lives be found at large with out lawful cause as aforesaid at

any other part or place in or of the said Territory except at Port

Macquarie aforesaid contrary to the express Tenor, Meaning and

Condition hereof.

Given under my Hand and Seal at Government House Sydney in

New South Wales aforesaid this twenty seventh day of May

in the year of Our Lord

One Thousand Eight hundred and Twenty Three

Signed Thomas Brisbane

To

The Provost Marshal of

The Territory of New South Wales aforesaid

And to all others whom it may Concern

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27th

May 1823

Tried Sydney Criminal Court commencing 14th

April and ending

8th

May 1823 – following


Listed

John Smith

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Attested copy of respite

4th

June 1823

Provost Marshal's Office

Sir,

I have been informed by your communication of yesterday's

date accompanied by "an Attested Copy of the Respite" or warrant of

His Excellency the Governor commuting the sentences of the eight

prisoners named in the margin; Also with His Excellency's "General

Warrant for the due Execution of all the sentences, the Capital alone

excepted "(attached to the Report of the Judge Advocate and members

of the late Court of Criminal Jurisdiction) " determined at a conviction

of the Criminal Court holden at Sydney on the 14th

of April last. And

directing that I shall issue instructions to the Keeper of His Majesty's

Gaol for carrying into effect these several significations of the

Governor's pleasure.

138

In looking over the report I observe that with the exception of

two sentences which are for Transportation per "Newcastle" all tho I

hear sentence of Transportation are to such place as His Excellency

the Governor shall direct – and I do not find that any directions as to

the plans so determined is within inserted in the report itself, or in any

Document with which I am yet honored – you will therefore perceive

that it is not at present competent to me to take any step towards their

removal from the Gaol where they now are.

I shall not fail to give you the necessary instructions to the

Gaoler for his due attention to the Command of His Excellency

trusting the Prisoners under Sentence, now in his custody.


Sir,

Your Obedient Servant

J. Campbell Provost Marshal

Listed

John Smith

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5th

June 1823


Sir,

Herewith you will receive an altered Copy of the respite

extruded to the Prisoners named in the margin, together with a

General Warrant for the due execution of all the Sentences the Capital

alone excepted determined at a Conviction of a Court of Criminal

Jurisdiction holden at Sydney on the 14th

day of April 1823: and I am

to request that instructions may be issued to the Keeper of His

Majesty's Gaol for Carrying into effect these several significations of

The Governor's Pleasure.

Listed

John Smith

Signed F. Goulburn

To

John Thomas Campbell Esq.

Provost Marshal of

New South Wales

139


3rd

June 1823 Transported to Port Macquarie per Sally

Remarks – John Smith Tried Criminal Court Sydney, Capital Respites

Life in Double Irons – Labourer – Tried York 8th

March 1817, Life

Ran the 18th

May 1824 – returned 12 September 1826 having come up

thro mistake

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September 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth


Date May 1823

Sentence C.R. Life

Tried York 8th

March 1817 Life Trade Labourer

Note: C.R. = Capital Respite

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1822 General Muster NSW page 445 Smith John Convict per Larkins

Sentence Life Government Servant assigned to William Cox Windsor

1823-25 General Muster NSW page 532 Smith John per Larkins 1817

Free by Servitude Sentence 7 years employed by Mr Brabyn, Windsor

1828 Census page 348 Smith John per written as Larkens, Port

Macquarie


Remarks – Born Nottingham Trade Labourer Tried Sydney Criminal

Court/York


Remarks – Born Nottingham, Trade Labourer

Tried Sydney CC/York


October 1834

Remarks – Ticket of Leave 710/930

Recommended Conditional Pardon 1st April 1839

Conditional Pardon 38/11056 21st March 1839

Conditional Pardon 40/54 1st April 1839

140

SMITH Robert per Ann & Amelia 2nd

January 1825

SMITH Robert Tried Dublin 25th

July 1824

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Leitrim

Trade Carpenter and Joiner

Age 23, Height 5ft ¾in, Complexion Swarthy Picketed,

Hair Dark Brown, Eyes Blue

Remarks - Well

Assigned to Hayes



September 1825



Date 20th

August 1825

Sentence Two years


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1828 Census page 342 Smith Robert Age 26 Government Servant per

Ann & Amelia 1825 Sentence 7 years Religion Protestant a Carpenter

employed by Jas. Busby, Hunters Hill

141

SNELL Joseph per Recovery 18th

December 1819

Alias GREEN John

SNELL Joseph Tried Southampton Assizes 2nd

March 1819

Sentence Life

Native Place Hampshire

Trade Labourer

Age 18, Height 5ft 2¾in, Complexion Dark Ruddy, Hair Black,

Eyes Dark


30th

December 1819 Forwarded to Parramatta

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State records NSW Reel 6053 4/1754 + 4/1755

March 1822

Working on roads listed as James Snell

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20th

November 1822 Forwarded to Windsor

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State Records NSW Reel 6059 4/1773 + Fiche 3062 4/1834B

30th

April 1823

Employed and maintained by William Cox

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The Sydney Gazette

31st March 1824

Joseph Snell, Run from Newcastle

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State Records NSW 6019 4/3864

15th

June 1824 Transported to Port Macquarie per Lady Nelson

Tried Windsor, William Cox Esq. 15th

May 1824

Sentence to remainder of Original Sentence

Remarks – Run the 3rd

Quarter of 1824 and Returned 10th

August 1828

Under sentence of Criminal Court in name of John Green see page 96

line 6

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Note: John Green page 96 line 6 refers to SR Reel 6019 4/3864

10th

August 1825

142


th June 1824 Joseph Snell per Recovery


Tried Windsor, William Cox Esq., Remainder of Sentence, Trade

Brick maker

Remarks – Tried Southampton Sentence Life

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21st May 1824

Joseph Snell in Sydney Gaol – bushranger and striking a Constable

with an axe – remainder of sentence to Port Macquarie – discharged

15th

June 1824 "Lady Nelson".

14th

August 1824

Joseph Snell alias John Green in Sydney Gaol – ran from Port

Macquarie.

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10th

December 1824

Runaway from Port Macquarie – Sentenced to Macquarie Harbour

Van Diemen’s Land –

Listed

Joseph Snell one of 49 Prisoners runaways from Port Macquarie

----------


21st December 1824

Runaway from Port Macquarie forwarded to Newcastle per Sally

----------


23rd

June 1825

Supreme Court of NSW written as John Green

Stealing in Dwelling House and putting in Bodily Fear – Guilty –

Judgment of Death recorded

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25th

June 1825

Charged with stealing from the dwelling house of William Townsend

and putting in Bodily fear – Guilty – Sentence Death commuted –

Transported to Norfolk Island

143


10th

August 1825 Transport to Port Macquarie per Mermaid

as John Green

Tried Southampton 2nd

March 1819 Life Brick maker


June 1825 Life

Remarks – Run 15th

April Apprehended 15th

May

Returned 21st August 1827

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The Sydney Gazette

6th

August 1827

Joseph Snell, Run from his Escort to Parramatta

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Colonial Sentence


Per Alligator


Date 23rd

June 1825

Sentence Life

Return Date 14th

September 1828 for Government Disposal


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The Sydney Gazette

8th

September 1828

Joseph Snell, Run from Government Port Macquarie, 4th

time

of Running

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13th

September 1828

Joseph Snell per "Recovery" on board "Phoenix" Hulk – 18th

April

1829 sent to Port Macquarie

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Written as John Snett

22nd

April 1829

John Snett per “Recovery”

John Mitchell per “Fortune”

Acquitted by the Supreme Court and returned to Port Macquarie per

“Mary Elizabeth”

144

State Records NSW – Criminal Jurisdiction Index online

James Gardner, John Hilton, William Yems and Joseph Snell –

Stealing at Port Macquarie, 7th

April 1829

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The Sydney Gazette – written as William Snell and John Yems

9th

April 1829

Supreme Criminal Court Sydney

John Yems, John Hilton, James Gardner and William Snell,

were indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of our

Sovereign Lord the King, putting three persons therein, namely,

Thomas Maskery, William Wedlock and John Whatt, in bodily fear and

stealing two guns and other property.

In this case it appeared in evidence that the three witnesses

produced in support of the prosecution were Convicts attaint; and as

they were severally put into the box, Mr Rowe, who appeared for the

prisoners, raised an objection as to their competency to give evidence.

Mr Rowe contended that in England, such witnesses would not be

competent, and as there was no express provision to the contrary, in

the now existing Act of Parliament for New South Wales, the Court

must be governed by the same rule of evidence on this particular

matter, as in the mother county.

The Chief Justice thought the objection raised by Mr Rowe of

too great importance to be decided at once. Should the case call for

the opinion of the Court upon a future occasion, in consequence of

conviction of the prisoners at the bar or either of them the point might

be agued when he would have the assistance of his learned brethren.

The Jury found Gardner and Yems Guilty, and acquitted the

other two prisoners.

The point raised by Council will now be argued before the Judges in

Banco.

145

Matter of Interest

Mutiny on Norfolk Island 1834

Extract taken from The Sydney Herald 10th

March 1834

Colonial Secretary’s Office Sydney March 4th

1834 – His

Excellency the Governor directs it to notified, that a Despatch has

been received at this Office, from Captain Foster Fyans, of the 4th

or

King’s Own Regiment, Acting Commandant of Norfolk Island, dated

16th

February, reporting that a Mutiny had broken out in that Island

on the morning of the 15th

January last, in which about one hundred

and fifty convicts, comprising the gaol gang, capital respites and

others were concerned; but which was soon quelled, with the loss of

five convicts killed, six wounded, and two soldiers wounded.

In addition to these numbers, a soldier and a constable were

unfortunately shot by a military party, who were out in pursuit of

certain convicts that had taken to the bush, and who unhappily mistook

them for the runaways of whom they were in search.

Convicts Wounded and now Convalescent

Listed

Joseph Snell “Recovery”

Note: For more information about the Norfolk Island Mutiny refer to

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 1834

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The Sydney Gazette

23rd

August 1834

The following is an account of the persons tried at Norfolk

Island during the late sessions, with the results of the various trials.

Joseph Snell was found Guilty of a Highway Robbery on John Pike,

and sentenced to Death

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The Sydney Gazette, Extract

16th

October 1834

Norfolk Island – Thirteen desperate men have been executed,

pursuant to the sentence of the court lately held on the island; and we

are informed, died penitent Listed

Joseph Snell

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1822 General Muster NSW page 450 Snell Joseph Convict per

Recovery Sentence Life Government Employ, Parramatta

1828 Census page 349 Snell Joseph per Recovery Sentence Life,

Port Macquarie

146

STACK John per Isabella 16th

December 1823

STACK John Tried Tipperary County Spring Assizes 1823

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Fethard County Tipperary

Trade Errand boy

Age 18, Height 5ft 3in, Complexion Pale, Hair Flaxen, Eyes Grey


8th

July – 5th

October 1824

John Stack Assigned to Walter Boston, Sydney

John Stack Assigned to William Lawson, Prospect

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State Records NSW Fiche 3153 4/1844A No. 707

3rd

March 1825

John Stack assigned to A.J. Ross

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3rd

March 1825


Sir,

I have the honor to request that Mr A. J. Ross and the six

convict servants named in the margin, may be victualled from His

Majesty's Stores for six months from the present date.

Signed F. Goulburn

To William Wemyss

Deputy Commissary General

Listed

John Stack

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The Sydney Gazette

19th

January 1826

Henry Hughes and John Stack prisoners of the crown charged

with having stolen some articles of wearing apparel, form the hut of an

overseer and which articles were traced into their possessions.

Convicted and sentenced each to a penal settlement for the term of 3

years.

147


Colonial Sentence


January 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth


Date 4th

January 1826


Return Date 20th

March 1829

Remarks – Trade Stone Cutter

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1828 Census page 351 Stack John per Isabella Sentence 3 years,

Port Macquarie


March 1830


January 1833

148

STEEL William per Princess Royal 9th

March 1823

STEEL William Tried Woolwich (Marine Barracks Court Martial)

3rd

April 1822

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Cheshire

Trade Gardener

Age 21, Height 5ft 8½in, Complexion Fresh, Hair Dark Flaxen,

Eyes Grey


1825

Exempted from the Treadmill at Carters Barracks by the Acting

Engineer

Listed

William Steel – Harris Gang

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Colonial Sentence


January 1826

Per Amity

Tried Sydney Bench

Date 28th

December 1825


----------


William Steel Died 9th

November 1828 Age 28, St Thomas Port

Macquarie

149

STEPHENS Charles per Prince Regent 27th

September 1827

STEPHENS Charles Tried Kingston 18th

December 1826

Sentence 7 years

Native Place London

Trade Baker

Offence Burglary

Age 17, Single Protestant, Height 5ft 4½in, Complexion Dark Ruddy,

Hair Brown, Eyes Brown

Remarks - Assigned to William Barnett, Parramatta


Colonial Sentence


April 1829

Per Mary Elizabeth


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1828 Census page 354 Stephens Charles Age 18 Government Servant

per Prince Regent 1827 Sentence 7 years Religion Protestant a Baker

with William Bennett, Parramatta


December 1833

150

STEVENS John per Royal Charlotte 29th

April 1825

STEVENS John Tried Wells 17th

August 1823

Sentence Life

Native Place Birmingham

Trade Indoor Servant

Age 21, Height 5ft 5in, Complexion Fair, Hair Brown, Eyes Grey

Remarks - Ordinary

Assigned to Windsor

Chestnut mark on left eye

A lunatic re letter 46/2669 dated 3rd

April

The Sydney Gazette

Extract:

20th

October 1825

Charged with having committed a robbery to a very serious

extent, on a settler from Newcastle. It appeared that the settler had

become intoxicated and was lying down in George Street with property

about him in bills and dollar notes to the amount of near ₤300 and that

he had invited some men who had found him in that situation to drink

with him in a public house in Market Street where they had no sooner

been seated than one of the prisoners drew from the trowsers pocket of

the settler a parcel containing the property in question, with which he

immediately ran off and was joined with the rest of the party, in which

is termed “a rush” – that the men all got clear away with the bounty

but on the following morning, two of them Jackson and Jones were

challenged by the police constables being strangers in Sydney and

pulled up and on searching Jackson several dollars and dollar notes

were found in his possession. ….. Sentence Stevens and Gill should

each be sent to a penal settlement for three years.

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Colonial Sentence


November 1825



Date 15th

October 1825


Return Date 13th

January 1829

Remarks – Tried Somerset Assizes

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State Records Reel 822 4/6285

17th

January 1829 John Stevens, "Royal Charlotte" on board the

"Phoenix" Hulk sent to Hyde Park Barracks

151


18th

January 1829

John Stevens sent to Hyde Park Barracks from the Hulk

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1828 Census page 352 Stevens John per Royal Charlotte


1837 General Return of Convicts page 583 written as Stephens John

Age 30 per Royal Charlotte 1825, Cassilis with Ticket of Leave

Ticket of Leave 33/830 District of Patricks Plains

Remarks –Born Manchester, Trade Groom, Tried Somerset

Ticket of Leave 51/229 District of Cassilis

152

STILEMAN Joseph/James per Surry 4th

March 1823

STILEMAN Joseph Tried Middlesex Gaol Delivery 2nd

May 1822

Sentence Life

Native Place Marlebone

Trade Soldier

Age 22, Height 5ft 7½in, Complexion Pale, Hair Dark Flaxen,

Eyes Hazel

Old Bailey Proceedings online t18220522-27

22nd

May 1822

James Stileman Indicted for feloniously assaulting Samuel March, on

the Kings Highway, on the 7th

May at St. Clement Danes, putting him

in fear and taking from his person and against his will, two seals,

value 2 l., and part of a gold watch chain, value 10 s., his property.

Guilty – Death – Age 22

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Listed as James Styleman

23rd

June 1823


Sir,

I am directed to convey to you the Governors sanction to the

sentences passed by the Sydney Bench on the Prisoners named in the

margin and to signify to you his instructions that they may be carried

into immediate effect

Signed F. Goulburn

To

Mr. W. Hutchinton

Superintendent of Convicts

Listed

James Styleman

153


listed as Joseph Tileman

Breaking out of Sydney Gaol

County Gaol Sydney

August 13th

1823

Sir,

I beg leave to inform you that at 12 o’clock last night the

approvers confined in the back Room of the Gaol attempted to effect

their escape by breaking through the back wall of such room under the

Barracks on which they slept, but from suspicions as they were

carefully watched and detected in their design of breaking thro the

Wall before they had succeeded in making an aperture thro the same,

although they had removed several Stones, which will require

immediate repair – I also beg leave to favour you with the names of

the Men, Crimes Ext in the Margin concerned in the above affair and

on interrogating such men how they came to break out as being

admitted as Approvers they replied that they were determined not to

become Approvers but to stand their Trials on account of not having

more in Provisions given them as Approvers and as a further reason

for their escape was in order to get into the Town to plunder for

provisions as they had had nothing but the Gaol allowance since their

coming into Gaol.

Signed John Redman

Jailor, County Gaol Sydney

James Brown an Approver against William Banks and others

12 weeks confinement

Richard Simonds an Approver against Tilman and others

5 weeks confinement

Henry Welch Runaway from Parramatta a supposed Approver

2 weeks 1 day confinement

George Browning Robbery – Crim. Court – a supposed Approver

3 weeks 5 days confinement

Joseph Tilman Criminal Court conspiring with others to murder and

firing at Martin Connor acting Constable


Thomas Jones Assault for wont of Bail

154


Listed as James Tileman

Court of Criminal Jurisdiction

22nd

September 1823 +15th

October 1823

Charged with being present, aiding and abetting said Joseph Shelton

in doing and committing said felony – Guilty – Sentence Death –

Remarks – The Judge Advocate suggested to the Court his opinion that

the prisoners could not be capitally convicted under the Statute 43

George 5. Ch. 50. the said act extending to the Territory but only

relating to the capital offence. Pardon was recommended in England

and Ireland

The Prisoner Tileman – Recommended for Mercy

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10th

November 1823

Tried Sydney Criminal Court commencing 22nd

September and ending

15th

October – following


Listed

Thomas Hughes

Edward Mignotte

James Tileman

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Letter: Commutation of sentence

Extract: written as James Tileman


12th

November 1823

Sir,




Signed Fred Goulburn

Col. Secretary

155



Namely


Edward Migniotte James Curtis









William Hennessey

----------


Listed as Tileman

Judge Advocate

24th

November 1823

Sir,

I have now the honor to transmit, as directed the reports of the

Trials to be forwarded to Earl Bathurst, for the purpose of being laid

before His Majesty in Council of the respective Prisoners named in the

margin and capitally convicted before the last Court of Criminal

Jurisdiction

Signed John Wylde

Listed

Rex v Shelton

Tileman

Betterage

Moore

Rex v Ward

Rowd

To

Major Goulburn

Colonial Secretary

of New South Wales

156

The Sydney Gazette

9th

October 1823

Criminal Court Sydney

Joseph Shelton, James Tileman, John Betterage and Thomas

Moore, were indicted as follows: Joseph Shelton the first prisoner, for

firing at Martin Connor a constable, with intent to kill and murder, to

prevent lawful apprehension; and the other prisoners for inciting and

aiding and abetting the said Joseph Shelton to perpetrate the said

crime.

The verdict was Guilty – Remanded

----------

The Sydney Gazette

Written as James Tileman

16th

October 1823

Wednesday, This forenoon all the prisoners who have been

convicted and remanded during the sessions, were now brought up for

the judgement of the Court. Death

Sentenced Death James Tileman

----------


26th

November 1823Transported to Port Macquarie per Lady Nelson

Joseph Stileman, per Surry (4) Tried Sydney Criminal Court October

and November 1823, Sentence Life in Double Irons.

Remarks – Run the last quarter of 1825, returned to Port Macquarie

12th

September 1826 having came up by mistake

----------


Colonial Sentence


September 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth


Date November 1823

Sentence Life

----------

The Sydney Gazette

27th

September 1832

James Stileman per “Surry” – Assigned Labourer and Soldier

to Jeremiah Bryan, Pitt Water

157

1828 Census page 352 written as Stillman Joseph, Port Macquarie

James Stileman per Surry 1823

Ticket of Leave 40/1694 District Port Phillip

Remarks: Born London Trade Labourer Tried MGD

Written as James Stileman


James Stileman per Surrey 1823

Recommended Conditional Pardon


James Stileman per Surry

Colonial Pardon 1st February 1833

James Stileman per Surry


June 1850

James Stillman per Surry 1823

Ticket of Leave Passport 48/688 9th

October 1848

Remarks: Ticket of Leave 40/1694

Recommendation of the Crown Lands New England

158

SULLIVAN Peter per Malabar 30th

October 1819

SULLIVAN Peter Tried Middlesex Gaol Delivery 13th

January 1819

Sentence Life

Native Place London

Trade Bricklayer 3 years

Age 23, Height 5ft 5in, Complexion Dark Ruddy, Hair Black,

Eyes Hazel

Old Bailey Proceedings t18190113-68

13th

January 1819

Peter Sullivan and John Driscoll were indicted for burglariously

breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Joseph Peppercorn,

about one o’clock in the night of the 15th

of January at St. Mary

Matfelon, alias Whitechapel with intent to steal and burglariously

stealing therein the sum of 2s. 7d in monies numbered his property

Guilty – Death – Aged 24

----------


Colonial Sentence


January 1826

Per Amity

Tried Sydney bench

Date 12th

December 1825


Return Date 13th

January 1829

----------

1822 General Muster NSW page 463 written as Sullivant Peter

Convict per Malabar Sentence 7 years assigned to Government boat,

Sydney

1823-25 General Muster NSW page 555 Sullivan Peter Convict per

Malabar 1819 Sentence Life Government Employ, Sydney

1828 Census page 352 Sullivan Peter per Malabar Sentence 3 years,

Port Macquarie

159

SUTTON John per Glory 14th

September 1818

SUTTON John Tried Lincoln Assizes 19th

July 1817

Sentence Life

Native Place St. Germans Norfolk

Trade Labourer

Age 30, Height 5ft 6¾in, Complexion Ruddy, Hair Dark Brown,

Eyes Hazel


Written as James Sutton per Tottenham

26th

January 1822

Bench of Magistrates, Parramatta

James Sutton, Bond and Thomas Short, Bond per “Tottenham”

Charged – Short with stealing his fellow Prisoners clothes

Charged – Sutton with receiving knowing them to be stolen

Sentence – 100 Lashes each and sent to Port Macquarie until further

Orders – An overseers man

----------


6th

February 1822 Transported to Newcastle per Elizabeth Henrietta

Remarks: John Sutton Tried Lincoln 19th

July 1817

----------


24th

March 1824 Transported to Port Macquarie from Newcastle per

Lady Nelson John Sutton per Glory Tried Parramatta Bench,

28th

January 1822,

Sentence Renewal of Original Sentence

Remarks – 7th

February 1825, having been written for

----------


22nd

December 1824


Gentlemen,

I have the honor to enquire the term of the Sentence to Port

Macquarie on the 28th

January 1822 of Thomas Short and John Sutton

of the Ships “Earl St Vincent” and “Glory"

Signed F. Goulburn

The Bench of Magistrates

Parramatta

160


2nd

January 1825

Court of Magistracy

Parramatta

Sir,

In reply to your letter of the 22 ultimo, I have the honor to

inform you, that on examining the minutes of this Office, no specified

period of Sentence to Port Macquarie is there laid down against

Thomas Short and John Sutton on the 26th

January 1822

Signed Dan Macleod

To

Fredrick Goulburn Esquire

Col. Sec.

Sydney

Written across top of letter

I have the honor to request the return of the convicts names in

the margin, sent down by the Parramatta Bench to Port Macquarie

during pleasure

----------


7th

January 1825


Sir,

I have the honor to request you return to Sydney the Convicts

Named in the margin. Sent by the Parramatta Bench to Port

Macquarie during pleasure.

Signed F. Goulburn

Thomas Short per Ship “Earl St Vincent”

John Sutton per “Glory”

To

Lieutenant Carmac

Acting Commandant

Port Macquarie

161


Colonial Sentence


January 1826

Per Amity

Tried Sydney Bench

Date 10th

December 1825


Tried Lincoln 19th

July 1817, Life, per Glory

----------

1822 General Muster NSW page 464 Sutton John Convict per Glory


1823-25 General Muster NSW page 557 Sutton John Convict per

Glory

Port Macquarie the Windingsheet – Port Macquarie Historical Society

Page 39

27th

April 1826

John Sutton per "Glory" Died of a wound Port Macquarie. Age 37

162

SWEENEY John per Minerva 18th

December 1819

SWEENEY John Tried County Galway Lent 1819

Sentence Life

Native Place Ballinasloe

Trade Baker

Age 20, Height 5ft 6¾in, Complexion Fair Ruddy Freckled, Hair

Sandy, Eyes Grey


30th

December 1819 Forwarded to Parramatta

----------


30th

April 1822

Assigned to Nicholas Delany – District of Evan

----------


17th

May 1824 Transported to Port Macquarie per Lady Nelson

John Sweeney Charged 8th

May 1824 – Sentenced Seven years

Remarks Return Date – 23rd

June 1827

----------


Written as William Sweeney

6th

July 1824

Servant to N. Delany – Bench of Evan – Charged with Rioting – 75

Lashes

Bench of Evan – Charged with killing a Colt – Sentence Seven years to

Port Macquarie

----------


Colonial Sentence


November 1825



Date 28th

October 1825

Sentence Remainder of Original Sentence

163

1822 General Muster NSW page 464 Sweeney John Convict per

Minerva Sentence Life Government Servant assigned to N. Delany,

Windsor

1828 Census page 360 Sweeney John per Minerva with Road Party

No 16

1837 General Return of Convicts page 596 Sweeney John Age 38 per

Minerva 1819 assigned to F.A. Hely, Yass

Ticket of Leave 30/855 District of Camden

Ticket of Leave 34/83 District of Lumley

164

SYME John per Isabella 14th

September 1818

SYME John Tried Glasgow Court of Justiciary 25th

September 1817

Sentence 14 years


Trade Weaver


Eyes Hazel


22 September 1818 Forwarded to Windsor

----------


Colonial Sentence


January 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth

Tried Wallis Plains Bench

Date 30th

September 1825


----------


September 1831

165

TACEY James per Mary 23rd

January 1822

TACEY James Tried Nottingham Town Assizes 16th

March 1821

Sentence Life

Native Place Nottingham

Trade Carter

Age 19, Height 5ft 4in, Complexion Fair Ruddy, Hair Light,

Eyes Hazel


10th

April 1824

Sent to Bathurst with Sentence not transmitted –

James Tacey per "Mary" Nottingham 16th

March, Sentence Life

----------


Colonial Sentence


November 1825


Tried Bathurst Captain Farrell

Date 27th

September 1825

Sentence Two years

Return Date 29th

October 1827

----------

1828 Census page 361 written as Tacey John per Mary 2


Ticket of Leave 33/173 District of Goulburn


166

TAYLOR Benjamin per Hebe 31st December 1820

TAYLOR Benjamin Tried York Assizes 4th

March 1820

Sentence Life

Native Place Sheffield

Trade Horse dealer and Book binder 18mths

Age 18, Height 5ft 4½in, Complexion Fair Pale, Hair Dark Flaxen,

Eyes Hazel


11th

January 1821 Forwarded to Windsor

----------


11th

June 1824 Benjamin Taylor Assigned to Duncan Sinclair,

Newcastle

----------


Colonial Sentence


April 1829

Per Mary Elizabeth


----------

1822 General Muster NSW page 467 Taylor Benjamin Convict per

Hebe Sentence Life Government Employ, Sydney



Benjamin Taylor Died Port Macquarie. Age 27

Buried by Rev Cross on 28 June 1835

167

TREACY Michael per Governor Ready 16th

January 1829

TREACY Michael Tried Tipperary 7th

April 1828

Sentence Life


Trade Ploughs and Reaps

Offence Conspiracy or Murder with 1 Previous conviction

Age 23, Single, Catholic, Height 5ft 6½in, Complexion Dark Ruddy,

Hair Dark Brown, Eyes Hazel

Remarks - (Cripple) Lame of left leg- Scar on left forefinger


Colonial Sentence


February 1829

Per Governor Phillip


----------


168

TROY John per Asia 21st February 1825

TROY John Tried City of Dublin 13th

July 1824

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Kings County

Trade Master Weaver

Age 19, Height 5ft 3½in, Complexion Fresh, Hair Light Brown,

Eyes Light Blue

Remarks - Suspicious

Assign to Appin

The Sydney Gazette

5th

September 1825

John Troy prisoner of the Crown, charged with two separate

offences; the first with having forcibly taken from the person of an old

man in the street, at the hour of 9 at night, three yards and a half of

calico, with which he run off, but on an alarm being given was

immediately traced into a public-house, and there apprehended; not

before he had contrived to part with the property which was not

recovered. The other charge was for having on the same evening

entered the sleeping room of an apprentice of Mr Wilshire’s on the

Brickfield-hill, and stolen thence some monies and a hat belonging to

the apprentice. Sentence to a penal settlement for two years

----------


Colonial Sentence


September 1825




Sentence Two years

Return Date 19th

October 1827

----------

1823-25 General Muster NSW page 578 Troy John Convict per Asia

1825 Sentence 7 years Government Employ, Port Macquarie

1828 Census page 373 Troy John per Asia on Phoenix Hulk, Sydney


October 1831

169

UNCLES John per Speke 26th

November 1826

UNCLES John Tried Manchester 10th

April 1826

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Manchester

Trade Factory boy

Offence Stealing clothes

Age 18, Single, Protestant, Height 5ft 5½in, Complexion Sallow,

Hair Brown, Eyes Light Brown

Remarks - Yellow mark on right cheek bone, Scar over left same


Colonial Sentence


August1829

Per Mary Elizabeth


Remarks – Tried Liverpool Quarter Sessions, 10th

April 1826, 7 years

----------

Ticket of Leave 33/1036


September 1833

170

USHER James per Glory 14th

September 1818

USHER James Tried Lancaster Quarter Sessions 17th

April 1817

Sentence 7 years

Native Place County Galway

Trade Seaman

Age 34, Height 5ft 3½in, Complexion Fair Pale, Hair Sandy,

Eyes Grey


1st February 1819 Transported to Newcastle per Lady Nelson

Sentenced Two years

----------


17th

November 1821 Transported to Newcastle per Sally


----------


March 1820

Punished at Newcastle – 25 Lashes for having stolen property in his

possession

February 1821

Punished at Newcastle – 50 Lashes for Inattention at work &

threatening to strike his Overseer with an Axe

January 1823

Punished at Newcastle – 25 Lashes for neglect of Government Work

----------


11th

July 1825

James Usher Hunter River

I return to you herewith your Memorial because by a reference

to the Gazette of the 20th

of last May, you will perceive that – “All

correspondence with the local Government respecting Grants of land

must take place through the Office of the Surveyor General”

By His Excellency’s Command

F. Goulburn


11th

July 1825

171


Colonial Sentence


February 1826

Per Amity


Date 6th

February 1826


----------

1822 General Muster NSW page 487 Usher James Convict per Glory


1823-25 General Muster NSW page 584 Usher James Free by

Servitude per Glory 1818 Sentence 7 years Labourer, Sydney

1828 Census page 376 Usher James per Glory Sentence 7 years,

Port Macquarie


April 1824

Certificate of Freedom 251/3479 31st March 1825


June 1825


February 1833

172

VARDON Samuel per Larkins 22nd

November 1817

VARDON Samuel Tried Warwick Assizes 1st April 1817

Sentence 14 years

Native Place Warwickshire

Trade Ribbon Weaver

Age 24, Height 5ft 2in, Complexion Dark Sallow, Hair Black,

Eyes Hazel blind of left


2nd

December 1817 Forwarded to Windsor

----------


5th

August 1822

Bench of Magistrates Parramatta

Samuel Vardon ( Bond ) attached to the Lumber Yard – charged with

six others with being away from their lodgings at a late hour at night,

drinking in the Licensed House of Patrick Kirk of Parramatta. Vardon

ordered to sleep in the Prisoners Barracks at night

The whole are assigned to the Lumber yard.

----------


Colonial Sentence


January 1826

Per Amity


Date 29th

October 1825


Return Date 13th

January 1829

----------

1822 General Muster NSW page 488 written as Varden Samuel

Convict per Larkins Sentence 14 years Government Employ,

Parramatta

1823-25 General Muster NSW page 585 Vardon Samuel Convict per

Larkins 1817 Sentence 14 years Government Employ, Parramatta

1828 Census page 377 written as Varden Samuel per Larkens



April 1831

173

VILLIERS Denis per Mangles 8th

November 1822

Alias Denis CELLERS

VILLIERS Denis Tried Kings County, Summer 1821

Sentence 7 years


Trade Labourer and Soldier

Age 36, Height 5ft 6in, Hair Light Brown, Eyed Blue


3rd

January 1823

Assigned as Sillers/Sellors to Elizabeth Kelly of Hunter Street

----------


6th

May 1823

Assigned to Mr Sinclair, permitted to Newcastle per "Eclipse"

----------


January 1824

Punished at Newcastle as Dennis Sellers – 50 Lashes – Absenting from

his Masters Farm, and frequent neglect of work

July 1824

Punished at Newcastle as Dennis Sellers, at Patterson Plains, 50

Lashes Refusing work and absenting himself from his Masters Farm

----------


Colonial Sentence


November 1825


Tried Patterson Plains Bench

Date 27th

October 1825


Remarks – Denis Villiers or Cellais, Tried Kings County Summer

1821, Sentence Seven years, Trade Labourer

----------


August 1828

Remarks – Cancelled as not entitled till August 1831 – In the name of

Denis Villiers alias Cellers


February 1829


February 1832 – In the name of

Denis Villiers alias Cellers

174

VOISEY Richard per Globe 9th

January 1819

VOISEY Richard Tried Devon Assizes 19th

March 1817

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Devon

Trade Labourer

Age 26, Height 5ft 7in, Complexion Dark Ruddy, Hair Dark Brown,

Eyes Hazel


8th

September 1821

Victualled from H.M. Magazines – Assigned Town Carts – 1 1/2

rations

----------


1st October 1822

Assigned to Christopher Harris, Brickfields

----------


Written as Voicy

21st September 1824

Police Office – Richard Voicy – Free – charged with stealing a jacket

Sentenced to the Gaol of House of Correction for three months

----------


Colonial Sentence


September 1825



Date 30th

August 1825

Sentence Five years

175

State Records NSW Reel 2723 4/ 5636

Port Macquarie Bench Book

Richard Voicey "Globe"

Monday 24th

March 1828

Tried for absconding himself from his Master without a pass

Thomas Kelly sworn- I am Servant of Dr McIntyre & reside on his plot

of ground, North Shore. Saturday last on my return home from the

Settlement, I perceived a boat hauled up, in sequence of which I

enquired at Mr Partridge’s place and learned that the Prisoner and

three Blacks had passed by, the same information was given me on Mr

Smith ground. Shortly after having posted myself by the boat the

Prisoner made his appearance I challenged him as to the business he

had on this side the river ( his station being Settlement Farm ) He

offered me a Dollar to purchase my convenience which I refused. I had

previously the information of his trafficking with the free persons

Servants and that on the day of his apprehension he was to have

received some corn and 42 Pumpkins.

Guilty – Sentence 35 Lashes

----------


March 1824

176

WAINWRIGHT John per Batavia 5th

April 1818

WAINWRIGHT John Tried Bristol

Sessions of Pleas Oyer Terminer Gaol Delivery 12th

April 1817

Sentence Life

Native Place Lancashire

Trade Groom

Age 25, Height 5ft 4¾in, Complexion Sallow, Hair Light Brown,

Eyes Hazel


14th

April 1818 Forwarded to Windsor

----------


Colonial Sentence


December 1825

Per Mary Elizabeth

Tried Windsor Bench

Date 8th

November 1825


Return Date 13th

January 1829

----------

1822 General Muster NSW page 489 Wainwright James Convict per

Batavia Sentence Life Government Servant assigned to R. Gorrick,

Windsor

1823-25 General Muster NSW page Wainwright John Convict per

Batavia 1818 Sentence Life Government Servant assigned to Mr

Yeomans, Wilberforce

1828 Census page 378 Wainwright John per Batavia Sentence 3 years

Port Macquarie

177

WALSH Henry per John Barry 7th

November 1821

Alias Henry FOX

WALSH Henry Tried Galway County

Sentence 7 years


Trade Footman

Age 30, Height 5ft 4½in, Complexion Pale Florid, Hair Fair,

Eyes Grey


9th

November 1821 Forwarded to Liverpool

Listed as Henry Wash or Fox

----------


Written as Henry Welch

Breaking out of Sydney Gaol

County Gaol Sydney

August 13th

1823

Sir,

I beg leave to inform you that at 12 o’clock last night the

approvers confined in the back Room of the Gaol attempted to effect

their escape by breaking through the back wall of such room under the

Barracks on which they slept, but from suspicions as they were

carefully watched and detected in their design of breaking thro the

Wall. Before they had succeeded in making an aperture thro the same,

although they had removed several Stones, which will require

immediate repair – I also beg leave to favour you with the names of

the Men, Crimes in the Margin concerned in the above affair and on

interrogating such men how they came to break out as being admitted

as Approvers they replied that they were determined not to become

Approvers but to stand their Trials on account of not having more in

Provisions given them as Approvers and as a further reason for their

escape was in order to get into the Town to plunder for provisions as

they had had nothing but the Gaol allowance since their coming into

Gaol.

Signed John Redman

Jailor

County Gaol Sydney

James Brown an Approver against William Banks and others

12 weeks confinement

Richard Simonds an Approver against Tilman and others

5 weeks confinement

Henry Welch Runaway from Parramatta a supposed Approver


George Browning Robbery – Crim. Court – a supposed Approver

178

3 weeks 5 days confinement

Joseph Tilman Criminal Court conspiring with others to murder and

firing at Martin Connor acting Constable

5 weeks 1 day confinement Thomas Jones Assault for wont of Bail

----------


19th

February 1824 Transported to Port Macquarie per Lady Nelson

Renewal of Original Sentence

Remarks Run 21st March 1824 – returned see page 94 this book

----------

Note: Returned see page 94 this book refers to SR Reel 6019 4/3864

13th

July 1825

----------


Transported to Newcastle per Sally as a runaway from Port Macquarie

21st December 1824


Sir,

I have the honor to acquaint you that His Majesty's Colonial

Cutter "Sally" is dispatched to Newcastle with Thirty Runaways from

Port Macquarie described in the accompanying list, to be lodged in

the Gaol during their hours of relaxation, to be kept constantly in

Double Irons, and to be employed for the present upon any hard work

to which they can be set without facilitating their escape.

Signed F. Goulburn

To

Captain Gillman,

Commandant

Newcastle

Listed

Henry Walsh, John Barry, Labourer

----------


13th

July 1825 Transported to Port Macquarie per Elizabeth Henrietta

Remarks Tried Galway August 1820 as per Muster Roll – Sentence

Three years

179

State Records NSW Reel 6015 4/3515 + 6063 4/1784

Runaways from Newcastle

14th

/ 19th

November 1825


14th

November 1825

Sir,

I beg to call your attention to the enclosed list of runaways,

whose names have not, I believe, been published in the Gazette, and I

solicit a statement of the reason of these omissions to enable me to

adopt measures to prevent their recurrence

Signed F. Goulburn

To F.A. Hely Esq

Principal Supt. of Convicts

Sydney

Listed

Henry Walsh or Fox, John Barry Labourer

----------



August 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth

Tried Windsor William Cox Esq

Date 28th

May 1825

Sentence Renewal of Original

----------

The Sydney Gazette

1st March 1832

Absconded

Henry Walsh per "John Barry", 40 a Footman, Tried Galway,

5ft

4in, Grey Eyes, Fair Hair, Fair Complexion

From Moreton Bay – under Colonial Sentence

----------

1837 General Return Convicts page 631 Walsh Henry Age 44 per

John Barry 1818 Iron Gang, Newcastle


August 1827 – Alias Fox


August 1838 – Alias Fox

180

WARD John per General Stuart 31st December 1818

WARD John Tried Middlesex Gaol Delivery 6th

May 1818

Sentence 14 years

Native Place London

Trade Letterpress and Printer

Age 17, Height 5ft 4in, Complexion Fair Ruddy, Hair Dark Brown,

Eyes Hazel


6th

May 1818

John Ward was indicted for stealing, on the 12th

of April, two seals,

value 16s, and one watch-key, value 2d, the goods of Christian George

Ochse, from his person

Guilty – Age 18

Transported for Fourteen years

----------



January 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth


Date 12 December 1825

Sentence Eighteen Months

Return Date May 1827

Remarks – Trade Stone cutter

----------

1822 General Muster NSW page 494 Ward John Convict per as

written General Stewart Sentence 14 years Government Servant

assigned to Mr Howe , Liverpool

1823-25 General Muster NSW page 591 Ward John per as written

General Stewart 1818 Sentence Life Government Employ, Sydney

1828 Census page 382 Ward John per General Stewart Hyde Park

Barracks, Sydney

181

WARWICK John per Minerva 19th

November 1824

WARWICK John Tried Warwick 1st April 1823

Sentence Life

Native Place Staffordshire

Trade Gold and Silversmith

Age 22, Height 5ft 4½in, Complexion Brown, Hair Brown,

Eyes Bluish Grey

Remarks - Tolerable

Assign to Mr Robertson, Bathurst

State Records NSW Fiche 3298 X727 + Fiche 3298 X730

16th

November 1825

Supreme Court of NSW – Guilty – Judgment of Death recorded

19th

November 1825

Guilty of sheep stealing – Death Sentence commuted to transportation

for 7 years

----------



January 1826

Per Amity


Date 9th

December 1825

Sentence Life

Return Date 29th

March 1829

Remarks Commuted to seven years by Gov. Stewart

----------

1828 Census page 383 Warwick John per Minerva Sentence


1837 General Return of Convicts page 637 Warwick John Age 40 per

Minerva 1823 assigned to Dr James McIntyre, Port Macquarie



July 1848

John Warwick married Margaret Molloy Port Macquarie 1849 Reference V1849 619 34C

John Warwick Died 1st February 1882 Age 81, Port Macquarie

Reference 8928/1882

182

WELFORD Robert per Surry 4th

November 1823

WELFORD Robert Tried York West Riding Assizes 20th

July 1822

Sentence Life

Native Place Yorkshire

Trade Painter and Glazier

Age 25, Height 5ft 7in, Complexion Sallow, Hair Brown,

Eyes Brown


Written as Robert Wilford

31st August 1824

Police Office –

Charged with assaulting his overseer – treadmill for 7 days

----------


12th

February 1825

Transported to Port Macquarie per Amity

Tried Sydney 11th

January 1825

Sentenced to 3 years

Return date 1st February 1828

-----------



August 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth

Tried Sydney D. Wentworth Esq

Date 8th

January 1825


----------

1828 Census page 388 Welford Robert per Surry on Phoenix Hulk,

Sydney

183

WESTGARTH Thomas per Batavia 5th

April 1818

WESTGARTH Thomas Tried Northumberland Quarter Sessions

17th

April 1817

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Newcastle on Tyne

Trade House Carpenter

Age 20, Height 5ft 7in, Complexion Dark Pitted, Hair Brown,

Eyes Brown

State Records Reel NSW 6006 4/3498

14th

April 1818 Forwarded to Parramatta

----------


Sent to Newcastle per Princess Charlotte

-----------


7th

November 1822

Discharged from Emu Plains to Sydney

10th

January 1823

Discharged from Emu Plains to Windsor

----------

State Records Reel 6061 4/1778, Fiche 3293 5/3821.1

April to October 1824

Thomas Westgarth per "Batavia" assigned to George Palmer at

Parramatta – Trade Carpenter. Master is defaulter.

Number of payments due 2 years

----------


18th

April 1825


Sir,

I am directed by the Governor to have the honour to request

that Thomas Westgarth by the “Batavia” may be received into the

General Hospital.

I have the honour to be sir, your obedient servant

F. Goulburn.

James Bowman Esquire,

Principal Surgeon of the Infirmary

184



November 1825



Date 11th

November 1825


Return Date 29th

December 1828

----------

The Sydney Gazette

13th

October 1825

October 7th

– Thomas Westgarth, free, charged with having

stolen a set of iron tracers from the shop of a man named Iredale, a

blacksmith. The prisoner came into the shop on some frivolous

pretence, and took his opportunity to walk off with the irons; but being

immediately pursued was apprehended with the stolen articles.

Fully committed for trial

----------

The Sydney Gazette

Written as John Westgarth

14th

November 1825

John Westgarth was indicted for stealing a pair of traces, the

property of Mr Launcelot Iredale, on the 4th

of October last.

Launcelot Iredale deposed that the prisoner was in the habit of

coming to his shop on various trivial pretences; that on the 10th

of

October, it being a market day, he had occasion to go into a room

behind the shop to procure some change, and that on his return he saw

the prisoner leaving the shop with the traces in his hand, and that he

sized and gave him in charge to a constable. The prisoner pleaded

drunkenness – Guilty. To be transported for two years

----------

1823-25 General Muster NSW page 603 Westgarth Thomas Convict

per Batavia 1818 Sentence 7 years Colonial Sentence, Port Macquarie


April 1824

Certificate of Freedom 123/3606 21st April 1825

185

WILCOCKSON John per Shipley 26th

September 1820

WILCOCKSON John Tried Nottingham Assizes 18th

March 1820

Sentence Life

Native Place Nottingham

Trade Carpenter and Boat Builder

Age 48, Height 5ft 10½in, Complexion Dark Sallow, Hair Brown,

Eyes Hazel

Remarks - Died 18th

June 1847 in General Hospital Parramatta

47/3889 31st May


29th

December 1820

Transported to Newcastle per Lady Nelson

Tried Sydney 14th

December 1820

Sentence 1 year

Trade Boat Builder

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7th

May 1822

Transported to Newcastle per Elizabeth Henrietta – Tried Sydney

15th

April 1822 renewal of sentence Trade Boat Builder

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Permission to marry

20th

September 1824

List of prisoners praying his Excellency the Governor’s permission to

have their names published in church in order to their being married

John Wilcockson per “Shipley”

Charlotte Hunt per “Providence”

Signed George Augustus Middleton

Assistant Chaplain

Signed Thomas Brisbane

186



December 1828

Per Isabella


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1822 General Muster NSW page 511 Wilcockson John Convict per

Shipley Sentence 14 years Government Employ, Newcastle

1823-25 General Muster NSW page 612 Wilcockson John Convict per

Shipley 1820 Sentence 14 years Government Employ, Moreton Bay

1828 Census page 399 written as Wilcoxson John per Shipley Hyde

Park Barracks, Sydney


187

WILKES Oliver per Guildford 5th

March 1824

WILKES Oliver Tried Stafford Assizes 13th

March 1823

Sentence Life

Native Place Wolverhampton

Trade Locksmith

Age 22, Height 5ft 6½in, Complexion Sallow, Hair Brown,

Eyes Grey

Remarks – Sent to Norfolk Island

State Records NSW Reel 6061 4/1778 + Fiche 3293 5/3821

April 1824 to 8th

October 1824

Assigned Blacksmith Sydney, Master defaulter

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State Records NSW Reel 6023 4/6671 + Fiche 3293 5/3821.1

2nd

September 1824

Police Office – 50 Lashes – under strong suspicion of robbing his

master and found in another dwelling with intent to steal – Guilty –

Sent to Port Macquarie

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17th

September 1824 Transported to Port Macquarie per Sally, Tried

Sydney 2nd

September Trade Whitesmith – Renewal of sentence

Remarks – Came up on charge of Murder

Return date December 1825

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State Records NSW- Extract of letter Reel 6019 4/3864


29th

December 1825

Sir,

I have the honor to acquaint you that His Majesty’s Colonial

Brig “Mary Elizabeth” is dispatched to Port Macquarie.

The Convicts names in the margin of whom three are

Runaways from Port Macquarie.

William Henry

James Martin

Oliver Wilkes

Signed F. Goulburn

To

Captain Gillman

Commandant Port Macquarie

188



December 1825

Per Mary Elizabeth

Return Date 26th

May 1829

Remarks – Returned having came up on a Charge of Murder – see

page 12 line 4 and page 73 line 7 of old Register

Trade, Whitesmith

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Note: Page 12 line 4 and page 73 line 7 refers to SR Reel 6019 4/3864

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The Sydney Monitor

15th

June 1829

Extracts from a Journal kept at Port Macquarie

by an Officer there of long standing an Emigrant

May 7. Oliver Wilkes prisoner was through an informer,

suddenly accused before the Magistrate for being short of brass. In

defence, the man offered to produce the brass which he was accused of

purloining. He was permitted to fetch it. On his return he placed

before the worthy Justice two pair of brass spurs, which the fellow had

the audacity to allege, were made by the order of the said Justice for

his own use. The Justice said “go along about your business you d----d

rascal” The spurs were ordered to be kept in the King’s magazines,

and there they are at this time.

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The Sydney Gazette

Absconded

8th

September 1829

Oliver Wilkes per “Guildford” (6) Age 28, 5ft 6 ½ in, Dark

Grey Eyes, Hair Brown, Complexion Sallow, Lock and Blacksmith,

Wolverhampton – Run from P. Cunningham Esq

29th

June 1830 Apprehended

12th

August 1830 Run

Oliver Wilkes, run from P. Cunningham – 3rd

time of running

27th

February 1847

Ticket of Leave Cancelled

Oliver Wilkes per “Guildford” assault; Hyde Park Barracks Bench

189

The Sydney Monitor

4th

January 1832

Capture of Three Bushrangers

On the 28th

Instant, about 9 o’clock night, the house of Mr. J. J.

Peacock on the Hawkesbury, was entered, by two armed men. Upon

their coming in, Mr P. attempted to defend himself with a chair, when

a third man also armed, came in at the front door, and desired Mr P.

to desist. They then ordered Mr. and Mrs. P. to go into the kitchen,

and placed one man as sentry over them, while the other two were

rummaging the house. They took goods and cash to a considerable

amount, and spent upwards of an hour in packing up the plunder.

When they had finished, they released Mr. and Mrs. P and requested

some refreshment, which was given them. They then left the premises,

taking some provisions, wine, and a boat, for the purpose of conveying

the property. When they were gone, Mr P. lost no time, but collected a

small party, consisting of the constable stationed in the district, two

prisoners of the Crown, and two other persons, and at daylight the

next morning commenced the pursuit they being all well armed. Upon

proceeding a small distance up the First Branch, the party discovered

Mr P’s boat secured to a tree and upon going up to it, found the track

of the robbers following which the greater part of the stolen property

was found concealed under a rock, and, about half a mile further they

discovered the depredators regaling themselves with mulled wine,

bread, and meat. After surrounding the cave, the constables called to

the bushrangers, and then ordered them to surrender, or they were

dead men. One of the (Oliver Wilks) replied, "Surrender be ------".

Upon receiving this reply Mr. P’s party fired one shot. The

bushrangers then attempted to get to their arms, Wilks being the

foremost man, and he succeeded in seizing a carbine. The constable

then fired, and wounded him in the arm, which caused him to fall, and

the other two shortly after surrendered. Mr. P. and his party, after

securing them, brought them to Windsor, and lodged two of them in

the gaol, the other (Wilks) was conveyed to the hospital, where his arm

was amputated. Too much praise cannot be given to the constable

(Cavenagh), the Government men, and others composing the party, for

their spirited exertions in the capture, it is to be hoped that His

Excellency the Governor will be pleased to bestow upon them some

token of his approbation. The names of the bushrangers are, Oliver

Wilks, per "Guildford", and Phillip Eaton, per "Bussorah Merchant",

both Government servants to Mr Ogilvie, of Merton, the other is

Thomas Smith, per "Malabar", a runaway from an iron gang. They

have for a considerable time past infested the old road to Hunter’s

River by the Bulga, and have committed a great number of robberies

in the vicinity of the Lower Hawkesbury and parts adjacent. Easton

joined the others about three weeks or a month since. On the 30th

ult.

they had a long examination before the Police and another Magistrate,

where the money, property, and arms (one carbine and three horse-

pistols) found on them were exhibited, and the prisoners remanded.

190

The Sydney Gazette

20th

January 1832

Tuesday – Before Judge Dowling and the usual Commission

Oliver Wilkes, Thomas Smith and Phillip Eaton, were jointly indicted

for a burglary in the dwelling house of John Peacock, at Portland

Head. The prisoners were found guilty, and the learned Judge passed

the awful sentence of death upon them

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Oliver Wilkes on board the "Phoenix" Hulk 22nd

May 1828 – to Hyde

Park Barracks

Admitted to the "Phoenix" Hulk 28th

February 1832 – to Norfolk

Island

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16th

March 1832.

Written as Oliver Wilks to Norfolk Island per "Governor Phillip"

To be properly Ironed

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1828 Census page 398 written as Wilks Oliver Age 36 Government

Servant per Guildford 1823 Sentence Life Religion Protestant a

Blacksmith to William Ogilvie Merton, Hunter River

Passport 44/66 3rd

February 1844, recommendation of Captain Innes

Ticket of Leave 44/181 District of Parramatta, written as Wilks

Ticket of Leave 48/22 District of Patricks Plains

Remarks – Vide Governors Minute on Petition Reg. 47/6138

191

WILLIAMS Robert per General Hewitt 7th

February 1814

WILLIAMS Robert Tried Salop Quarter Sessions 15th

July 1814

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Denbigh

Trade Labourer

Age 41, Height 5ft 8½in, Complexion Dark Sallow, Hair Light Brown,

Eyes Hazel



November 1825



Date 9th

November 1825


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26 July 1814

On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per Lady Nelson

Sentence 3 years

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24 March 1816

On list of prisoners received on board the Kangaroo to be sent to

Newcastle.

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19 Sept 1816

On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per Lady Nelson

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State Records NSW Reel 6032 4/1718 Sept 1817

On monthly return of prisoners punished at Newcastle

50 lashes for theft

192


Affidavit re loss of his certificate of freedom

1 Oct 1824

New South Wales

Cumberland to wit

Robert Williams who came by the ship 'General Hewitt' in

1814, being duly sworn maketh oath and saith that he this Despondent

is free by servitude that four or five years ago he received a Certificate

of Freedom from the Secretary's Office, which he kept in his

possession about six months. That one day as deponent was walking

through the streets having his said certificate in a pouch, which he

carried in a bundle with other things. The bundle by some means

became untied and the pouch fell out. That on the following day

deponent picked up the pouch in the street through which he had

passed but the certificate (which was in a very ragged and mutilated

condition) had been taken out and deponent has never seen since the

said certificate, but a little girl afterward told the deponent that she

had found the fragments of his certificate which she threw away

supposing it to be of no value or use. This statement deponent

solemnly declared upon his oath to be the truth.

Robert Williams

X

His mark

Sworn before me

this first day of October

in the year of our Lord

1824

(Not signed)

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The Sydney Gazette

14th

November 1825

Robert Williams was indicted for stealing a handkerchief, the

property of Mrs Anne Corsan on the 1st of October last – Guilty

To be transported for 3 years

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September 1824

In lieu of 26/2067

193

WILLIAMS Samuel per Anne 26th

February 1810

Alias Benjamin Cordell

Retransported per Earl St Vincent 17th

August 1820

WILLIAMS Samuel Tried Middlesex Gaol Delivery 1st June 1808

Sentence Life

CORDELL Benjamin per Earl St Vincent 17th

August1820

Tried Middlesex Gaol Delivery 3rd

December 1817

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Penzance

Trade Ivory Carver

Age 48, Height 5ft 5in Complexion Dark Ruddy, Hair Black,

Eyes Hazel


3rd

December 1817

Benjamin Cordell was indicted for burglariously breaking and

entering the dwelling house of Mary Williams, on the 21st November,

with intent to steal, and burglariously stealing therein, two blankets,

value 2s.; one sheet, value 1s.; one bolster, value 1s.; one

counterpane, value 1s., the goods of Samuel Bishop; two pots value 1s.

6d the goods of John Penn; and one canister, value3d.; one glass,

value 3d., and one gown, value 1s., her property.

Guilty – Age 35


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15th

September 1820 Transported to Newcastle per Elizabeth Henrietta

as Benjamin Cordell

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23rd

April 1824

Assigned to John Bingle as Benjamin Cordell

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3rd

December 1824

Proceeding to Sydney from Newcastle

194

State Records NSW Reel 6063 4/1784 Letter: Retransported – written as Cordill

Police Office Sydney

19th

October 1825

Sir,

Having been chiefly instrumental in recognizing the Person of

Samuel Williams who came as a Prisoner per “Ann” in 1810 under

sentence of Transportation for Life, and who has in consequence been

ordered by the Bench to his Original Sentence I humbly hope I may

appeal to the Consideration of Government for some Remuneration as

I may be entitled to on the occasion. It appeared that the Prisoner

Samuel Williams came a Second time in the “Earl St Vincent” under

the name of Benjamin Cordill.


Sir,

Your most obedient humble Servant

J.H. Riley

Asst. Clerk

Police Office

----------

In Reply to above letter


11th

November 1825

Sir,

The Governor does not consider you to be entitled to any

remuneration, although he is glad to learn that you have done your

duty in the case of Samuel Williams, who having escaped from the

Colony while a Convict, came back under a Second Sentence in the

name of Benjamin Cordell.

I am Sir,

Your Obedient Servant

Signed F. Goulburn

To

Mr J.H. Riley

Asst. Clerk

Police Office

195


Letter extract

Police Office Sydney

19th

October 1825

Sir,

Having been duly identified at this office, altho it appears he

came again to this Colony per the Ship “Earl St Vincent” in 1820 by

the name of Benjamin Cordell, has been Sentenced by the Bench of

Magistrates at this office to the Tread Mill for twenty eight days.

Signed G. Rossi JP

Superintendant of Police

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January 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth


Date 24th

January 1826


Return Date 20th

March 1826

Remarks – Samuel Williams per Anne

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April 1829

Per Mary Elizabeth

In the ordinary Service of the Crown

Remarks – Samuel Williams per Anne Tried Middlesex Goal Delivery

1st June 1808

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1828 Census page 396 Williams Samuel per Anne Colonial Sentence 3

years, Port Macquarie

Ticket of Leave 38/893, District of Port Macquarie

Remarks – Trade Waterman, Fireman

Passport 45/209 4th

March 1845, on application of Mr Polhill


December 1824, Samuel Williams

Remarks – Retransported Earl St Vincent 1820 as Benjamin Cordell

196

WILLIAMS William per Coromandel 7th

May 1804

WILLIAMS William Tried Hants (Portsmouth Borough)

Quarter Sessions 21st April 1803

Sentence 7 years

State Records NSW Reel 6038 SZ758

9th

June 1810

Granted Certificate of Freedom

William Williams per "Coromandel" 1804

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February 1826

Per Amity


Date 6th

February


Return Date 18th

March 1829

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1822 General Muster NSW page 517 Williams William Free by

Servitude per Coromandel Sentence 7 years Lodges

E. Harvey, Sydney

1823-25 General Muster NSW page 618 Williams William Free by

Servitude per Coromandel 1804 Sentence 7 years employed by

Mr Derietta, Cawdor

1828 Census page 396 Williams William per Coromandel Colonial


197

WILLIAMS William per Lord Sidmouth 11th

March 1819

WILLIAMS William Tried Denbigh Assizes 18th

March 1818

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Cornwall

Trade Labourer

Age 29, Height 5ft 3½in, Complexion Dark Ruddy, Hair Dark Brown,

Eyes Hazel


20th

February 1822


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25th

September 1823

Transported to Port Macquarie from Newcastle per Lady Nelson tried

Sydney Bench renewal of original sentence February 1822

Remarks date of return 9th

April 1825

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January 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth


Date 4th

January 1826

Sentence Two years

Return Date 18th

January 1828

Remarks – Tried Derby 18th

March 1818

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1822 General Muster NSW page 517 Williams William Convict per

Lord Sidmouth Sentence 7 years Government Employ, Newcastle

1823-25 General Muster NSW page 618 Williams William Free by

Servitude per Lord Sidmouth 1819 Sentence 7 years Labourer, Sydney


April 1825


January 1828

198

WILSON George per Larkins 22nd

November 1817

WILSON George Tried London Gaol Delivery 16th

April 1817

Sentence Life

Native Place County Cork

Trade Plasterer and Whitewasher

Age 17, Height 5ft 4in, Complexion Fair Pale, Hair Dark Brown,

Eyes Hazel


16th

April 1817

William Dracas and George Wilson were indicted for stealing, on the

25th

of March, one pocket handkerchief, value 2s, the property of

Henry Pater, from his person

Guilty – Wilson Aged 17

Transported for Life

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20th

January 1820 Transported to Newcastle per Elizabeth Henrietta

Sentenced Two years

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November 1821

Punished at Newcastle George Wilson per "Larkins"

75 Lashes – House Breaking and Robbery

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The Sydney Gazette

Absconded

18th

September 1823

George Wilson runaway from Emu Plains

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22nd

September – 15th

October 1823

Charged with feloniously entering the dwelling house of Benjamin

Jameson on the Western Road putting him and his wife in bodily fear

and stealing various goods above the value of forty shillings – Guilty –

Death – Port Macquarie

199

The Sydney Gazette

9th

October 1823

Criminal Court

Michael Duggan, George Wilson and William Hennessy, were

indicted for robbing the house of Benjamin Jamison, at Prospect, and

putting the inmates in bodily fear, and Patrick Maddock and John

Cambridge, for feloniously receiving stolen property.

All Guilty Remanded

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30th

October 1823


Sir,

Herewith I have the Melancholy Honor of enclosing Warrant

for the execution of the three unhappy Criminals named on the margin.

I have the honour &c

F. Goulburn

To

John Thomas Campbell Esquire

Provost Marshal of The Territory

Bernard Duffy

George Wilson

William Hennessy

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1st November 1823

Sentence of Death reprieved - date of warrant 1st November 1823

Tried Sydney – 15th

October – Felony

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Petition of Mr & Mrs Jameson for George Wilson

3rd

November 1823

To His Excellency Sir Thomas Brisbane,

May it please your Excellency to peruse the Humble Petition of

Benjamin and Sarah Jameson of the Western Road; who was rob'd on

the 2nd

April last by five men entering the dwelling house 4 men later

tryed and one last for Death who is to be Executed on Thursday next;

as no violence was used by the parties I beg the Judge & the

Gentlemen of the Jury to have Mercy on the prisoners at the bar may it

please your Excellency to Mitigate the Sentence of the individual

unfortunate man Willson.

We both shall ever be in Duty Bound to pray

B & S Jameson

200

Monday Morning

Extract: Written on bottom of page

3rd

Nov. 1823

William Hennessy also ordered for execution was tried and convicted

with Wilson of the house robbery in question committed in the evening

concerned by 5 accomplices runaways from Emu Plains.

Note:

Bernard Duffy, George Wilson and William Hennessy sentence

commuted as there was no violence committed

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5th

November 1823

Private Official Judge Ado. Office

5 Nov. 1823

2 o'clock pm

Sir,

In acknowledging almost at the moment of receipt, your letter

of this Day's date- covering one memorials in favour of two Criminals

ordered for execution to morrow , I hasten in Duty to suggest, that on

the perusal no new circumstance or Trail whatever, as I am aware of

appears disclosed in them, which was not fully known and had in

Judgment, before the warrants of Execution were advised to be made

out – I find myself therefore most painfully, as totally unable to submit

any single new additional observation or in any way further to assist

upon cases, or on which indeed the most mature consideration on the

part of His Excellency the Governor, seemed to me to have been

previously and most arduously bestowed.

Signed John Wylde JP

Bernard Duffy

George Wilson

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5th

– 6th

November 1823

5th

November 1823 Government House, Parramatta

November 5th

1823

Sir,

A strong interest has been made in favor of Hennessy, Duffy &

Wilson to be executed tomorrow by the individuals on whom the

robberies have been committed, and as no violence seemed to

aggravate their crime, I feel the utmost disposition to spare them if you

will give your concurrence, in which case a communication to Major

Goulburn will authorize to stay the Execution of the Warrants.

I have the honor &c

Thom. Brisbane

His Honor

The Judge Advocate

201


5th

– 6th

November 1823

6th

November 1823 Colonial Secretary's Office

Sir,

I have to signify to you the Governor's Commands that the

Execution of the Sentence of Death, ordered to be made and done this

day upon Bernard Duffy, George Wilson and William Hennessy, now

in the Gaol at Sydney, be respited until further signification of His

Excellency's pleasure.

Signed F. Goulburn

P.S. The receipt of this letter is requested to be acknowledged

John Thomas Campbell Esq.

Provost Marshal of

The Territory

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6th

November 1823

Provost Marshal Office

12 o'clock

Sir,

I have the honor to inform you that in pursuance of your

notification to me this Morning of His Excellency, the Governor's

Commands, I have not carried with effect His Excellency's previous

Commands conveyed to me in His Excellency's Warrants for the

execution of Bernard Duffy, George Wilson and William Hennessey, to

whom I have notified His Excellency & having been pleased to witness

their Executions.


Pro. Mas.

To

Major Goulburn

Colonial Secretary

202


Extract: Execution withheld - Commuted

10th

November 1823


Sir,

Withholding the Execution of the Criminals Hennessy, Wilson

and Duffy in consequence of which His Excellency's pleasure has been

expressed to me to insert their names in a Warrant Commuting to hard

labour for Life in double Irons at Port Macquarie.

Their Capital Sentence

Signed F. Goulburn

To

The Honorable

The Judge Advocate of

New South Wales

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10th

November 1823

Tried in Sydney. Sentence commuted to transportation

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State Records NSW Reel 6069 4/1817 Letter: Commutation of sentence

Extract:


12th

November 1823

Sir,




Signed Fred. Goulburn

Col. Secretary



Namely


Edward Migniotte James Curtis









William Hennessey

203


17th

December 1823 Transported to Port Macquarie per Lady Nelson

George Wilson tried Criminal Court Sydney – Oct/Nov 1823

Sentenced to Life in Double irons

Also transported to Port Macquarie as above Bernard Duffy per

Shipley and William Hennessey per Mary

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September 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth


Date November 1823

Sentence life


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1822 General Muster NSW page 520 Wilson George Convict per

Larkins Government Employ, Sydney

1823-25 General Muster NSW page 621 Wilson George Convict per

Larkins 1817 Sentence Life Government Employ, Port Macquarie

1828 Census page 398 Wilson George per written as Larkens respite,

Port Macquarie

Ticket of Leave 40/1892 District of Liverpool


Conditional Pardon George Wilson per Larkins 47/744 30th

July 1847

Remarks – Crossed out

204

WILSON John per Henry 1st December 1823

WILSON John Tried Ayr Court of Justiciary 20th

September 1822

Sentence 14 years


Trade Twine Spinner

Age 19, Height 5ft 3in, Complexion Fresh Full, Hair Brown,

Eyes Grey



January 1826

Per Amity


Date 3rd

December 1825


Return Date 13th

January 1829

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1828 Census page 398 Wilson John per Henry

Colonial Sentence 3 years, Port Macquarie

Ticket of Leave 44/1826 District of Illawarra


February 1847

205

WOODLAND Thomas per Royal Charlotte 29th

April 1825

WOODLAND Thomas Tried Bristol 5th

April 1824

Sentence 14 years

Native Place Somerset

Trade Plasterer and Painter

Age 35, Height 5ft 10in, Complexion Red Freckled, Hair Sandy,

Eyes Hazel



January 1826

Per Mary Elizabeth


Date 13th

January 1826


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1828 Census page 403 Woodland Thomas per Royal Charlotte

Sentence 3 years, Norfolk Island

1837 General Return of Convicts page 671 Woodland Thomas Age 52

per Royal Charlotte 1824 assigned to R. P. Jenkins, Berrima

Ticket of Leave District of Sydney

Remarks – Trade Plasterer, Born Somerset


October 1838

206

WRIGHT James per Coromandel 4th

April 1820

WRIGHT James Tried Essex Assizes 24th

July 1819

Sentence Life

Native Place Epping

Trade Labourer

Age 20, Height 5ft 6in, Complexion Dark Sallow, Hair Dark Brown,

Eyes Dark


8 January 1821

Transport to Newcastle per Prince Leopold

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June 1824

James Wright employed by William Evans at Patterson's Plains –

Punished at Newcastle – 50 Lashes – Frequently absenting himself

from his master’s farm without permission.

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12 July 1824

Bellevue, Hunters River July 12 1822

Agreeable to the suggestion contained in your last, I have

requested Mr Livingston, master of the “Eclipse” Cutter to pay to the

Surveyor General such fees as may be due and to obtain the

Certificate of my being in possession of 1000 acres of land which I

have requested him to leave at your office. I have also subjoined a list

of the servants in my employ.

Listed

James Wright per “Coromandel”

W. Evans

Bellevue Hunters River

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February 1826

Per Amity


Date 4th

November 1825

Sentence Two years

207

1822 General Muster NSW page 528 Wright James Convict per

Coromandel Sentence Life Government Employ, Newcastle

1837 General Return of Convicts page 675 Wright James Age 36 per

Coromandel 1820, Bathurst with Ticket of Leave


Conditional Pardon 43/433 1st October 1842

208

WRIGHT John per Shipley 11th

March 1822

WRIGHT John Tried St James Court Martial 30th

July 1821

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Sussex

Trade Soldier and Brick maker

Age 24, Height 5ft 8½in, Complexion Ruddy, Hair Light,

Eyes Grey

Remarks - Died Norfolk Island


24th

June 1825

Supreme Court - John Wright

Shooting at William Ikin with intent to kill – pleaded guilty – Sentence

of Death passed

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State Records NSW Fiche 3298 X730 25

th June 1825

Supreme Court convicted for wilfully shooting at William Ikin on the

Liverpool Road

Sentenced to Death

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13th

July 1825

Transported to Port Macquarie per Elizabeth Henrietta – crossed out,

Transported 10th

August 1825 per Mermaid


June 1825 – Sentenced to Life

Remarks – Run and returned 12th

September 1826

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December 1825

Per Mary Elizabeth


Date 25th

June 1825

Sentence Life


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1828 Census page 404 Wright John per Shipley 4, Port Macquarie


September 1826

209

WRIGHT William per Morley 7th

November 1818

WRIGHT William Tried Middlesex Gaol Delivery 6th

May 1818

Sentence 7 years

Native Place Jamaica

Trade Servant and Soldier

Age 25, Height 5ft 8in, Complexion Black, Hair Black,

Eyes Black


6th

May 1818

William Wright was indicted for stealing, on the 29th

of April, one pair

of trousers, value 3s, one shirt, value 2s, the goods of James Patterson,

two jackets, value 4s, one waistcoat, value 1s, one towel, value 5d, and

one pair of stockings, value 6d, the goods of Alexander Raitt

Guilty – Aged 25


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17th

November 1818 Forwarded to Parramatta

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2nd

February 1824

Transported to Port Macquarie 2 February 1824

Tried Sydney Bench 14th

January 1824 - Sentence Renewal of original

sentence

Return date 6th

June 1825

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Loss of Certificate of Freedom

29th

September 1825

Cumberland

To Wit,

William Wright who came to this Colony on the “Morley”(2)

In the year (space) being duly sworn deposeth that about two months

since he obtained at the Colonial Secretary’s Office his Certificate of

his term of transportation having expired that about a month since on

his way to Church (St Philips) he was stoped by two men, (one of them

named John Murphy was known to Deponent who snatched at

Deponent’s pocket and took there from his said Certificate, made off

and escaped the pursuit of Deponent – Deponent made this

circumstance known the same day to Mr Dunn the Chief Constable

210

Deponent further swears that he has not sold or disposed of the said

certificate in any improper manner whatever

Sworn before me A Justice of Peace

Signed William Wright

X

For the Factory His Mark

This day of Sept 1825

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The Sydney Gazette

20th

October 1825

Police Court

Wednesday Oct. 12 – William Wright a black man free,

charged with having stolen from a woman named Mary Darbyshire a

pair of britches and from the dwelling of Mr Ward in Castlereagh

Street a silver watch. The articles were found on the prisoner, and he

was ordered to stand committed for trial to the Criminal Court.

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The Sydney Gazette – Extract

14th

November 1825

William Wright (a black man) was indicted for stealing a pair

of breeches, the property of James Derbyshire, on the 12th

of October

last Not Guilty.

The same prisoner stood further charged with stealing a silver

watch.

The Jury found the prisoner Guilty – To be transported for five

years. This prisoner was tried at the very last Quarter Sessions for

some petty robbery, but then escaped.

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November 1825



Date 9th

November 1825

Sentence Five years

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1828 Census page 404 Wright William per Morley 2 Sentence



June 1825


September 1825


September1831

211

YOUNG Andrew per Ann & Amelia 2nd

January 1825

YOUNG Andrew Tried Dublin 27th

April 1824 Sentence Life

Native Place Dublin

Trade Sailor and Tailor

Age 32 Height 5ft 7in Complexion Brown Hair Brown

Eyes Blue

Remarks - Well

Assigned to Pendray

29/873 To Cockatoo Island by order 45/9738 dated 18th

October 1845

Removed to Hyde Park Barracks 46/5057 8th

June 1846

Died in Bathurst Hospital 30th

July 1849



January 1826

Per Amity

Tried Sydney Bench

Date 29th

December 1825

Sentence Eighteen Months

Return Date July 1827 per Alligator

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1837 General Return of Convicts page 678 Young Andrew Age 40 per

Ann & Amelia assigned to John Piper, Bathurst

Ticket of Leave 29/873 District of Camden


212

YOUNG Richard per Eliza 22nd

November 1822

YOUNG Richard Tried York Assizes 4th

August 1821

Sentence Life

Native Place Harewood

Trade Scrivener (Scribe)

Age 27, Height 5ft 6¾in, Complexion Fresh, Hair Light Brown,

Eyes Hazel

Remarks - Died 10th

May 1845 in Hospital, Sydney

State Records NSW Reel 6065 4/1799 Petition

Bathurst

September 7th

1825

Sir,

I hope that you will not think me troublesome in thus troubling

you, I have Sir Unfortunately been Committed from Bathurst to the

present Criminal Court now holding in Sydney and from that Court

Transferred to the Quarter Sessions. Both courts finding no

prosecution against me, and my being a prisoner of the Crown I was

turned over to the police office, and there without Evidence, I Received

the Sentence of three years to Norfolk or any of His Majesties Islands.

The favour Sir that I am now troubling you upon is to ask if you

would be kind enough to cause my Transportation of three years to be

served in Norfolk Island I wish most particularly to be sent to Norfolk

as I am acquainted with the Commandant and my sentence is for life it

is my intentions Sir to remain there as long as I live provided it should

meet with your approbation.

This Sir is my first time of ever having committed the slightest

error and I see dayley the different errors to which men are so liable

to fall into in this part that I never wish Sir to return, hoping Sir you

will excuse this liberty I have taken in trespassing upon your time.

Your humble petitioner

Richard Young

Ship "Eliza" the second

Capt. Kent

PS

Sir, I have had three months Confinement in the Gaol waiting

for Tryall and should wish to go with the first draft for Norfolk

R. Young

To Fredrick Goulburn Esq

Col. Sec.

Sydney

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Note: dayley = Daily, Tryall = Trial

213

State Records NSW Reel 6015 4/3515 Reply: Written as Robert Young

Robert Young

The Governor directs me to acquaint you that your wish to be

sent to Norfolk Island cannot be indulged.

By His Excellency’s Command

F. Goulburn


27th

September 1825

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September 1825



Date 2nd

September 1825


Return Date 20th

March 1829

Remarks- Trade Castrator

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The Sydney Gazette

8th

September 1825

Rich'd Young was charged at Bathurst uttered and received the

value in cloth for 2 orders in writing, one for ₤2 10s and the other ₤1

5s, both forged and counterfeit. Bench sentenced him to be transported

to a penal settlement for the term of 3 years.

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1828 Census page 406 Young Richard per Eliza Colonial




Richard Young Died 10th

May 1845, Age 54 Sydney – Attached to

Hyde Park Barracks

214

INDEX VOLUME 1 - A to L

A

Abrahams Lyon per Larkins .............................................................. 1-3

Abwell John per Neptune ........................................................................ 4

Adam John per Countess of Harcourt .................................................... 5

Allen Thomas per Guildford .................................................................... 6

Allen William alias Thomas Eldridge per Surry ...................................... 7

Amos Samuel William per Surry ............................................................. 8

Aston David per General Stuart ........................................................ 9-10

B

Bagot Joseph per Larkins ................................................................. 11-12

Bailey Jane per Indispensable ................................................................ 13

Baker James per Norfolk ........................................................................ 14

Baker Thomas per Earl Cornwallis ................................................. 15-16

Baker William per Morley ............................................................... 17-18

Ball John per Ann & Amelia ................................................................... 19

Banks William alias Johnson William per Baring ....................... 174-175

Barber William per Ocean ..................................................................... 20

Barnes William per Adamant ................................................................. 21

Barnett Levi per Elizabeth ..................................................................... 22

Bates William per Asia .......................................................................... 23

Bell John per Asia ............................................................................ 24-25

Bennett James the Younger per Mangles......................................... 26-27

Bentley Thomas per Hadlow ........................................................... 28-30

Best John per General Hewett ......................................................... 31-32

Bishop William per Isabella ............................................................ 33-34

Blower Benjamin per Countess of Harcourt ......................................... 35

Bolton George per Lonach ..................................................................... 36

Bradley John per Dick ............................................................................ 37

Brady James per Tyne ............................................................................ 38

Britter John per Minerva .................................................................. 39-40

Brown George per Isabella .............................................................. 41-42

Brown William per Guildford .......................................................... 43-44

Browning George per Countess of Harcourt ................................... 45-46

Burgen William per Morley ............................................................. 47-48

Burke Edward per Pilot ................................................................... 49-50

Burns Daniel per Guilford ..................................................................... 51

Butler Henry per Guildford .............................................................. 52-53

Butler Thomas per Hadlow .................................................................... 54

C

Callaghan Cornelius per Guildford ................................................. 55-56

Campbell George per Minerva .............................................................. 57

Cassidy Thomas per Countess of Harcourt .......................................... 58

Caulfield James per Earl St Vincent ...................................................... 59

Cellers Denis alias Villiers Denis per Mangles ................ Vol 2 M-Z 173

Challinor Joseph per Princess Royal ............................................... 60-64

215

Chapman John per Mangles ................................................................... 65

Chapman William

per Admiral Gambier & Greyhound ........................................... 66-70

Clarke John per Baring .................................................................... 71-72

Clarke William per Fame ................................................................. 73-74

Clarkson John per Minerva .................................................................... 75

Clayton Alexander per Princess Royal .................................................. 76

Cobb James per Anne ....................................................................... 77-80

Connolley John per Ocean ..................................................................... 81

Connor John per Medina ........................................................................ 82

Conway Andrew per Lord Sidmouth ............................................... 83-84

Cordell Benjamin alias Williams Samuel

per Earl St Vincent & Anne ................................... Vol 2 M-Z 193-195

Cornwallis William per Pegasus ........................................................... 85

Coyle Thomas per John Barry ......................................................... 86-88

Cremine John alias Gearey per Dorothy ................................................ 89

D

Darlington Richard per Princess Royal ................................................. 90

Davey Lazarus per Mangles................................................................... 91

Davies Peter per General Stewart .......................................................... 92

Dicks William per Morley ..................................................................... 93

Dillon John per Governor Ready ..................................................... 94-95

Disney Joseph per Hebe ......................................................................... 96

Donovan Daniel per Mangles ................................................................ 97

Dorsett James per Marquis of Wellington .............................................. 98

Dougherty Marcus per Almorah ............................................................ 99

Drumgoolde Patrick per Isabella ......................................................... 100

Dunn Patrick per Recovery .................................................................. 101

Dwyer Hugh per Dorothy .................................................................... 102

Dwyer John per Asia ............................................................................ 103

Dwyer William per Medina ................................................................. 104

E

Eldridge Thomas alias Allen William per Surry...................................... 7

Ellis William alias Jones William per Mary ........................................ 181

F

Farrell Thomas per Isabella ................................................................. 105

Fearbey Thomas per Ocean ......................................................... 106-108

Fitzpatrick Bernard per Three Bees ............................................. 109-112

Flanagan Timothy per John Barry ............................................... 113-115

Fletcher James per Hercules ................................................................ 116

Flinn John per Countess of Harcourt ................................................... 117

Fox Henry alias Walsh per John Barry ...................... Vol 2 M-Z 177-179

Fox John per Lonach ............................................................................ 118

Fox Patrick per Earl St Vincent ........................................................... 119

Fuller William per Prince of Orange ................................................... 120

216

G

Garey Timothy per Ocean ................................................................... 121

Gearey John alias Cremine per Dorothy ................................................ 89

George John per Baring ............................................................... 122-124

Gibson John per Minerva ..................................................................... 125

Gill Henry per Shipley ......................................................................... 126

Goate Henry per Prince Regent ........................................................... 127

Goddin James alias James Godwin per Mangles ................................. 128

Godsell John per Agamemnon ............................................................. 129

Godwin James alias James Goddin per Mangles ................................. 128

Gordon John per Agamemnon .............................................................. 130

Green John alias Joseph Snell per Recovery .............. Vol 2 M-Z 141-145

Green Stephen per Minerva/Shipley ............................................ 131-136

Groves John per Mangles..................................................................... 137

H

Halls William per Elizabeth ................................................................. 138

Harper Moses per Batavia ........................................................... 139-143

Harris John per Minerva ...................................................................... 144

Harris John per Minerva ...................................................................... 145

Harris Samuel William

per Norfolk & Marquis of Wellington...................................... 146-148

Hart Thomas per Ocean ............................................................... 149-151

Harvey Robert per Malabar ................................................................. 152

Hellaher Patrick alias Edmund Leary

per Governor Ready ........................................................................ 153

Henry William per Morley ........................................................... 154-156

Hewson James per Surry .............................................................. 157-160

Hinds Nicholas per Minerva ................................................................ 161

Hodgson William per Shipley .............................................................. 162

Hogan John per Minerva ...................................................................... 163

Holbury William per Minerva ............................................................. 164

Holmes William per Ann & Amelia ...................................................... 165

Honey James per Guildford ................................................................. 166

Hughes Henry per Minerva .......................................................... 167-168

Hughes Thomas per Elizabeth & Asia .......................................... 169-171

Hunter Jeremiah per Shipley ................................................................ 172

Hutchings James per Dick .................................................................... 173

J

Johnson William alias Banks William per Baring ....................... 174-175

Jones George per Norfolk ..................................................................... 176

Jones James per Princess Royal ........................................................... 177

Jones Thomas per Indefatigable .................................................. 178-179

Jones Thomas per Elizabeth................................................................. 180

Jones William alias Ellis per Mary ...................................................... 181

Jones William per Neptune .......................................................... 182-183

Jones William per Swallow .................................................................. 184

217

K

Keane Daniel per Minerva ........................................................... 185-186

Keefe Denis per Isabella .............................................................. 187-188

Keefe John per Earl St Vincent ............................................................ 189

Keefe Michael per Lord Sidmouth ....................................................... 190

Keenehan Patrick per Prince Regent ................................................... 191

Kehoe William per Minerva ................................................................ 192

Kelly Peter per Guildford..................................................................... 193

Kelly James per Recovery .................................................................... 194

Kelly Thomas per Asia......................................................................... 195

Kilfoil Laurence per Pilot ............................................................ 196-197

L

Lancaster Samuel per Indefatigable............................................. 198-200

Lang Anne per Mariner ............................................................... 201-202

Lang John Robertson alias William per Asia ............................... 203-205

Lang William alias John Robertson per Asia ............................... 203-205

Large John per Atlas .................................................................... 206-209

Largy John per Isabella ....................................................................... 210

Lawless John per Prince Regent .......................................................... 211

Lawson John per Guildford ................................................................. 212

Leary Edmund alias Hellaher Robert

per Governor Ready ........................................................................ 153

Lee John per Mary ............................................................................... 213

Lee Thomas per Neptune ..................................................................... 214

Lidgard Lancelot per Hindostan .......................................................... 215

Lomas John per Ann & Amelia ............................................................. 216

Looman Alexander alias Roberts Alexander

per Countess of Harcourt ...................................... Vol 2 M-Z 109-110

Lowe Thomas per Prince of Orange ................................................... 217

Lowry Mary per Elizabeth ................................................................... 218

Lynn William per Asia ................................................................. 219-220

218

INDEX VOLUME 2 M to Z

M

Maddigan now Fox Catherine

per Lord Wellington ........................................................................ 1-2

Maggs Samuel per Eliza ...................................................................... 3-4

Maher Mathias per Earl St Vincent .................................................... 5-11

Mann John Sinion per Speke .................................................................. 12

Martin James per Asia ...................................................................... 13-15

Mason Joseph per John Barry.......................................................... 16-17

McAward John per Prince Regent ......................................................... 18

McBride Philip per Chapman .......................................................... 19-21

McCarty Daniel per Surrey .................................................................... 22

McCracken Edward per Bencoolen ................................................. 23-26

McGinley John per Sophia..................................................................... 27

McGinnis John per Chapman .......................................................... 28-33

McGroden Bryan per Daphne .......................................................... 34-35

McKay James per Eliza ......................................................................... 36

McKay John per Almorah ...................................................................... 37

McLaughlin John per Daphne ............................................................... 38

McLaren William per England .............................................................. 39

McLean Donald alias Paisley per Asia .................................................. 40

McLean Hugh per Asia .......................................................................... 41

McMahon John per Medina ................................................................... 42

Mignott Andre per Marquis of Wellington ...................................... 43-45

Miles Richard per Adamant ............................................................. 46-47

Mills George per Mary........................................................................... 48

Milson Joseph per Guildford ................................................................. 49

Minton John per Brampton .................................................................... 50

Mitchell John per Fortune ............................................................... 51-52

Mognehan Patrick per Mangles ............................................................. 53

Moore William per Earl St Vincent ....................................................... 54

Moore William per Medina ................................................................... 55

Moreton John per Eliza .................................................................... 56-59

Morgan Francis per Mary ...................................................................... 60

Morgan Thomas per Grenada ................................................................ 61

Murray Peter per Royal Charlotte .......................................................... 62

Murrell John alias John Porter

per General Hewett & Hayeston ................................................. 63-72

Myley Patrick per Recovery ................................................................... 73

N

Netterville Lorenzo per Neptune ...................................................... 74-75

Newins John per Henry .......................................................................... 76

Nicholls George per Asia ................................................................. 77-78

Norman John per Somersetshire ............................................................ 79

Nugent Mathew per Anne & Amelia ....................................................... 80

219

O

O’Neil William per Lady Castlereagh ............................................. 81-82

O’Shea John per Prince Regent ............................................................. 83

Ogden John Born in the Colony ............................................................. 84

P

Pain William per Malabar ..................................................................... 85

Paisley Donald alias McLean per Asia .................................................. 40

Parfitt Charles per Princess Royal ......................................................... 86

Pattison Joseph per Princess Royal .................................................. 87-88

Payne William per Canada .............................................................. 89-90

Peatfield John per Atlas ................................................................... 91-98

Pigott Eliza per Mariner ................................................................ 99-100

Pincock Richard per Grenada ...................................................... 101-102

Pinder James per Hindostan................................................................. 103

Pont James per Ocean .......................................................................... 104

Porter John alias John Murrell

per General Hewett & Hayeston ................................................. 63-72

R

Ready John per Asia............................................................................. 105

Reed Michael per John Barry .............................................................. 106

Rees John per Guildford ...................................................................... 107

Risley William per Earl St Vincent ...................................................... 108

Roberts Alexander alias Looman

per Countess of Harcourt ........................................................ 109-110

Robinson Thomas per Recovery .......................................................... 111

Rolfe William per Sir William Bensley ........................................ 112-113

Rothwell John per Henry ..................................................................... 114

Ryan William per Isabella ................................................................... 115

S

Saw John per Surry ...................................................................... 116-117

Scanlan Thomas per Governor Ready ................................................. 118

Sheehy James per Isabella ................................................................... 119

Shine Denis per Dorothy ...................................................................... 120

Siddon James per Canada ............................................................ 121-122

Simpson Edward per Martha ....................................................... 123-126

Smith Charles per Dick ................................................................ 127-128

Smith George per Grenada .................................................................. 129

Smith Jarvis per Anne .......................................................................... 130

Smith John per Agamemnon ................................................................ 131

Smith John per Earl St Vincent .................................................... 132-133

Smith John per Larkins ................................................................ 134-139

Smith Robert per Ann & Amelia ........................................................... 140

Snell Joseph alias John Green per Recovery ................................ 141-145

Stack John per Isabella ................................................................ 146-147

Steel William per Princess Royal ........................................................ 148

Stephens Charles per Prince Regent .................................................... 149

Stevens John per Royal Charlotte ................................................ 150-151

220

Stileman Joseph/James per Surry................................................. 152-157

Sullivan Peter per Malabar .................................................................. 158

Sutton John per Glory .................................................................. 159-161

Sweeney John per Minerva .......................................................... 161-163

Syme John per Isabella ........................................................................ 164

T

Tacey James per Mary ......................................................................... 165

Taylor Benjamin per Hebe ................................................................... 166

Tracey Michael per Governor Ready ................................................... 167

Troy John per Asia ............................................................................... 168

U

Uncles John per Speke ......................................................................... 169

Usher James per Glory ................................................................. 170-171

V

Vardon Samuel per Larkins ................................................................. 172

Villiers Denis alias Cellers per Mangles .............................................. 173

Voisey Richard per Globe ............................................................ 174-175

W

Wainwright John per Batavia .............................................................. 176

Walsh Henry alias Fox per John Barry ........................................ 177-179

Ward John per General Stuart ............................................................. 180

Warwick John per Minerva .................................................................. 181

Welford Robert per Surry .................................................................... 182

Westgarth Thomas per Batavia .................................................... 183-184

Wilcockson John per Shipley ....................................................... 185-186

Wilkes Oliver per Guildford ........................................................ 187-190

Williams Robert per General Hewett .......................................... 191-192

Williams Samuel alias Benjamin Cordell

per Anne & Earl St Vincent ..................................................... 193-195

Williams William per Coromandel ...................................................... 196

Williams William per Lord Sidmouth .................................................. 197

Wilson George per Larkins .......................................................... 198-203

Wilson John per Henry ........................................................................ 204

Woodland Thomas per Royal Charlotte .............................................. 205

Wright James per Coromandel .................................................... 206-207

Wright John per Shipley ....................................................................... 208

Wright William per Morley ......................................................... 209-210

Y

Young Andrew per Ann & Amelia ....................................................... 211

Young Richard per Eliza .............................................................. 212-213