Source:
General Muster of New South Wales 1823, 1824, 1825
Details:
Convict under sentence of transportation for life. Assigned to Mr. Moore at Newcastle
Source:
Sydney Gaol Entrance Book. State Archives NSW; Roll: 851 Ancestry
Details:
Sent to Sydney gaol for absconding. To be forwarded to Newcastle per Gurnett April 22nd
Place:
Patterson's Plains
Details:
Aged 26; native of Clifton; 5'7"; hazel eyes, sandy flaxen hair, dark pale complexion; absconded from J. Boughton
Details:
Obtained Ticket of Leave
Place:
Patterson's Plains
Details:
Aged 29. Stockman employed by John Tucker senior
Details:
Convict servant of John Earl. To be victualled from the Stores for 6mths
Details:
On monthly return of prisoners punished at Newcastle
Details:
Convict servant of John Tucker senior.
Details:
Ticket of leave holder. Iron Gang
Source:
Archives Office of NSW. Colonial Secretary: Misc records (4/4570D)pp1-88
Details:
Assigned to John Earle
Source:
State Archives NSW; Gaol Entrance Book. Roll: 136
Details:
Labourer from Bedfordshire. Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Maitland. Waiting the decision of His Excellency the Governor
Source:
Maitland Family History Circle's Pre 1900 Pioneer Register
Details:
Born c. 1812. Spouse Mary Hughes (Hews). For more information see Pioneer Register Entry No. 213
Details:
Granted Ticket of Leave
Details:
Ticket of leave cancelled for riotous conduct
Source:
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey Online
Details:
Sentenced to death with recommendation for mercy for stealing, on 21st November 1819, at Edmonton, one mare valued at 15 pounds, the property of William Cobbett. David Choat admitted his guilt at taking the horse as he wished to visit his ailing father. His evidence at the trial - 'I am Guilty, I took the mare on Sunday night from Cobbett's stable, rode away to Suffolk, about sixty miles, and stopped at Buckeridge for refreshment, and said, I was going to Cambridge, stopped about five miles from Cambridge, and said I was going to a clergyman with the mare. I rode across the country, and proceeded to Rattan, put up at the Red Lion, and told them it was my master's, Richard Gibson . I then went to my father's, stopped there, and said nothing about the mare. I was going to bring it home, and was afraid I should be apprehended with it. I was apprehended in coming home.'.
Source:
Application to Marry
Details:
David Choat per 'Agamemnon' application to marry Elizabeth Lannigan (born in the colony)
Source:
Application to Marry
Details:
David Choat per 'Agamemnon' application to marry Jane Waters per ' Roslin Castle'
Details:
Conditional Pardon - His Excellency the Governor has directed it to be notified, that Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to authorise the issue of a pardon to David Choat, on condition that he does not return to the countries or colonies from which he was transported during the remainder of the term of his sentence . Pardons available every-where except in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Dated 1st September,1848
Date:
1 October, 14 November 1822
Source:
CSI (Reel 6026; 4/1715 pp.77-81)
Details:
Petition enclosed stating that he was recommended for a ticket of leave after laying information against bushranger James Smedley
Source:
Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book. State Archives NSW. Roll 136
Details:
Gardener from Essex. Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Muswellbrook. To be sent to the probationary gang. Sent to Sydney 9 November 1839
