Source:
Archives Office of NSW. Colonial Secretary: Misc records (4/4570D)pp1-88
Details:
On list of assigned convicts who are not mechanics. Assigned to Alexander Shand.
Source:
NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825 (Ancestry)
Details:
William Hudson per Shipley, assigned to Alexander Shand. Charged with giving information against his master which he could not afterwards substantiate. Sentenced to 50 lashes
Place:
Counties of Northumberland and Durham
Details:
On monthly return of convicts assigned. Assigned to Thomas Addison
Details:
Convict servant of James McGillivray. To be victualled from the Stores at Newcastle for six months
Details:
On monthly return of prisoners punished at Newcastle
Source:
Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle p. 68
Details:
Marriage of Robert Jackson aged 34 and Mary Sinclair aged 21 both from Clarencetown.
Details:
Aged 30. Assigned to the gaol at Newcastle
Details:
Forwarded to Newcastle
Source:
NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825 (Ancestry)
Details:
69. John Low per Shipley, runaway from Port Macquarie charged with theft on board H.M. Cutter Mermaid....Mary Morrage, a soldier s wife proceeding from Port Macquarie to Sydney per Mermaid, states.....In the course of yesterday I came on shore from the cutter, leaving my box on the quarter deck. When I returned on board I found that it had been broken into and various articles stolen therefrom and from a pack belonging to my husband, amongst other things 5 new shirts, a pair of blue regimental trousers, a white jacket, a red striped gown, 2 children s frocks and a petticoat. The gown, frocks and petticoat now before the court are my property. John Collins, soldier of the Buffs, states I was at the wharf yesterday afternoon at the wharf. I saw the prisoner with a bundle under his arm. I suspected it to be stolen property and examined it. I found it to consist of the gown and other articles before the court....David Meffan, overseer of the gaol gang, states....the prisoner belongs to my gang. He was at work yesterday on the wharf. I saw the sentry take the gown, frock and petticoat from the prisoner. The prisoner in his defence states, that not having been on the Mermaid he could not have been guilty of the theft and that he found the property under the wharf.. Guilty of having stolen property in his possession knowing it to have been stolen.. Sentenced to fifty lashes
First Name:
John (Joseph)
Details:
On list of runaways from Port Macquarie forwarded to Newcastle
Details:
Obtained Ticket of Leave
Details:
Labourer aged 23. Free by servitude. Employed by John Brown
Details:
Ticket of leave holder
Source:
Maitland Family History Circle's Pre 1900 Pioneer Register
Details:
Born 1803 Birmingham, England. Spouse Elizabeth Trim. For more information about descendants see Pioneer Register Entry No. 954
Source:
Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Class: HO 10; Piece: 20
Details:
Assigned to Mr. Oliver at or near Newcastle in 1825
Details:
Servant aged 26. Free by servitude. Servant to John Huxham
Date:
1st to 28th February 1823
Source:
Colonial Secretary's Papers. Monthly return of Corporal Punishments
Details:
Sentenced to 25 lashes for insolence to his Master
Details:
Aged 23; native of Eversham; 5'5"; hazel eyes, dark flaxen hair, florid complexion; absconded from James Mudie
Source:
Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Class: HO 10; Piece: 20
Details:
Assigned to government employment at Newcastle
Details:
Out pensioner; employed on Newcastle road gang. Petition of his wife Catherine to be placed on the Stores
