Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Date:
1st to 31st March 1823
Source:
Colonial Secretary's Papers. Monthly Return of Corporal Punishments
Details:
Alexander Maclean, Thomas Jones, John Davis, Patrick McGee and Patrick Dunn sentenced to 25 lashes each for robbery on board the 'Lady Nelson'
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Source:
Convict Settlement
Details:
Punished for Gambling
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Source:
General Muster of New South Wales 1823, 1824, 1825
Details:
Convict under sentence of transportation for life. Assigned to government employment at Newcastle
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Place:
Newcastle district
Source:
Newcastle (Hunter River) Population Book, 1824 - Ancestry
Details:
Assigned to Henry Dangar s surveying party
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Source:
NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825, 1826-1827 (Ancestry)
Details:
John Davis a prisoner of the Crown per Sir William Bensley, charged with a robbery in the house of Patrick Reilly at Newcastle on Wednesday 8th February 1826...Constable William Turvey deposed - on Wednesday afternoon as I went my rounds, It met Davis coming out of Mr. Reillys yard I saw something bulky in his possession and I stopped him and found the linen now produced ( a tablecloth, two sheets) At the same moment Mrs. Reilly came towards me exclaiming she was robbed. I showed her what I had taken from Davis which she identified as her property. Catherine Riley deposed - I missed some articles of linen from my house. I had seen them only a few minutes before I ran out exclaiming I had been robbed. I met Turvey with some linen. I examined it. It is my property. The prisoner makes no defence but throws himself on the mercy of the court. John Davis sentenced to 3 years to a penal settlement
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4005]; Microfiche: 637
Details:
Henry Dye age 34. Ship caulker from Norfolk. Tried at Middlesex 29 May 1816. Sentenced to 14 years transportation
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Source:
Hobart Town Gazette
Details:
George Edwards, Robert Dye, John Johnson, John Richards and David Kelly apprehended after attempting to escape in a govt vessel
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Details:
Captain Wallis, Commandant at Newcastle, informed that Dye, a pirate from VDL being a dangerous and desperate character, was to be wrought in double irons and strictly watched
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Details:
Granted Certificate of Freedom
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Source:
UK Prison Hulk Registers
Details:
Robert Henry Dye age 22 tried at Middlesx 19 May 1815. Sentence to 14 years transportation. Received on to the hulk at Portsmouth 20 June 1816
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4005]; Microfiche: 637
Details:
Robert Henry Dye, age 23. Baker from Norfolk tried Middlesex 29 May 1816. Sentenced to 14 years transportation.
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Source:
Application to Marry
Details:
Thomas Foard, 40, free, application to marry Ann Gratton 41, arrived per Harmony. Granted
Surname:
Foard (Ford) (Fourd)
First Name:
Constable Thomas
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Source:
Colonial Secretarys Papers. NRS 898 Special Bundles, Ancestry
Details:
On monthly return of prisoners punished at Newcastle - Constable punished for sleeping at his post
Surname:
Foard (Ford) (Fourd)
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Details:
On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per Elizabeth Henrietta. Sent for 1 year
Surname:
Foard (Ford) (Fourd)
First Name:
Thomas (Robert)
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Details:
On list of prisoners sent to Newcastle per Mary
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Details:
On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per 'Lady Nelson'
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Details:
On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per 'Elizabeth Henrietta'
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Source:
Convict Settlement
Details:
Punished for disobedience of Commandant's orders and insolence to goaler
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Details:
On list of prisoners sent to Newcastle per "Lady Nelson"
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Details:
On monthly return of prisoners punished at Newcastle