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Bengal Merchant 1835.......
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Age 37. Assigned to R. Crawford
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Bengal Merchant 1835
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Granted Ticket of Leave
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Bengal Merchant 1835
Source:
Title: Muswellbrook Court of Petty Sessions, Bench Books, 1838-1843. Ancestry.com
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John Boyle per Clyde 1832 and Thomas Jenkins per Marquis of Huntley 1835 charged with house robbery and Joseph Thurley per Bengal Merchant 1835 charged with being an accessary to the offence and with receiving stolen property knowing the same to be stolen. Richard Ward, shopkeeper of Muswellbrook deposed - My house was robbed on the evening of Saturday 10 February last about 8 oclock. Robert Howlett a convict servant of Mr. Macqueens was tried for the same offence as a principal and convicted and sentenced to be transported for life. Another servant of Mr. Macqueens was also tried and convicted for receiving part of the property stolen from me, his name was Powell and two servants of Mr. McIntyres Hall and Skeldon were also tried and convicted. All the prisoners mentioned were living close to Aberdeen at the time and the prisoners Boyle and Jenkins were also at Aberdeen as assigned servants of Mr. Macqueen. John Robinson gave evidence - I am a convict arrived per Asia. Have lately held a ticket of leave but in February last I was in the bush. I absconded from the lockup at Patrick Plains. I remember the night of the robbery at Wards. Settler Charles Henry Buchanan gave evidence. Samuel Ellis, overseer to Mr. Macqueen at Aberdeen gave evidence. William Lambert, shoemaker, holding a ticket of leave for Invermein gave evidence. The prisoners John Boyle and Thomas Jenkins were committed for trial
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1835
Details:
Assigned to H.C. Semphill
Surname:
Whithead (Whitehead)
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1835
Source:
Application to Marry
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William Whithead per Bengal Merchant, age 32, ticket of leave holder, application to marry Ellen Burke age 21, free immigrant per Agnes. Rev. J. Lynch
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1835
Source:
Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book. State Archives NSW. Roll 757
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Sent to Newcastle gaol. Unable to support himself. Sent to Hyde Park Barracks
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1835.....
Source:
AO NSW Convict Indent Fiche No. 694
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Reads and writes. Two children. Native of Beverley, York. Occupation Gardener. Tried at Stafford Assizes 11 March 1834 and sentenced to transportation for life for stealing jewellry. Lost the front upper teeth
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1835......
Source:
Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book. State Archives NSW. Roll 757
Details:
Gardener from Yorkshire. Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Maitland. Sentenced to 1 month confinement
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1835.......
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Apprehended after absconding from Sampson Marshall
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1835........
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Ticket of leave cancelled. Unable to support himself due to bad health
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1835........
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Labourer aged 28 from Nottingham. 5' 8 1/2"; sallow and freckled complexion, brown hair, light brown eyes, lost two front upper teeth, slight perpendicular scar centre of upper lip. Absconded from Lieut. Sampson Marshall R.N. 5th April
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1835.........
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Granted Conditional Pardon
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1835
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Shoemaker aged 21. Tried London. Absconded from J. Dobson Feb 12
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Bengal Merchant 1835
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Farriers boy aged 18 from Middlesex. Pale complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes, small scar centre of forehead, tattoos. Absconded from James Dobson 1st April
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1835
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Age 20. Assigned to G. Brown
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1835.......
Place:
Clarence River (?Clarence River)
Details:
Age 15. Assigned to James Dobson