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Overseer of Stone masons and builders
Source:
The Evidence Before Commissioner J.T. Bigge
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EVIDENCE OF JAMES CLOHESY, STONE MASON JANUARY 1820. 1. How long have you been in this settlement? Four years next August. 2. Were you employed by Captain Wallis to build the church, the gaol and the hospital? I was particularly employed in building the church and I cut the stone for the other buildings. 3. Had you any promise of freedom from Captain Wallis in consequence of your exertions in these works? I had no promise of freedom, but only of a recommendation to the Governor when they were finished which recommendation was made on his Excellency s last visit to this place, but I have received no indulgence as yet. 4. Do you know why the recommendation of Captain Wallis has not been carried into effect? Only I believe, that the Governor wished me to assist in forwarding and finishing the pier that is now in hand. 2 5. Who drew the plan of the church? I drew the first plan, but it has been altered and amended by Captain Wallis. 6. What number of persons was it calculated at first to contain? Two hundred men, at first as there were not more than 85 in the settlement exclusive of the limeburners and the settlers and the military. 158 7. What year was that in? In 1816.
Source:
Colonial Secretary's Papers. State Records of NSW Special Bundles
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Marriage of James Clohesy age 36 arrived per Somersetshire, to Maria Wilson age 40 arrived per Alexander
Place:
Perseus hulk at Portsmouth
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Tried at Winchester on 27 July 1813. Admitted to the Perseus hulk on 5th October 1813. Sent to the Somersetshire for transportation to NSW March/April 1814.
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On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per Lady Nelson
Source:
Convict Settlement
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On list of prisoners convicted to Newcastle between 1811 & 1819
Place:
Patterson's Plains
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Aged 34. Ticket of leave holder. Shoemaker employed by John Tucker junior
Source:
Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book - State Archives NSW; Roll: 757
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Sent to Newcastle gaol from Maitland. Sentenced to 1 month hard labour for larceny
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On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per "Elizabeth Henrietta" (Reel 6005; 4/3497 p.146)
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On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per 'Elizabeth Henrietta'
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To be strictly watched at Newcastle as he was notorious for forgeries
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On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per 'Lady Nelson'
Source:
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey Online
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Age 31. Sentenced to 14 years transportation for feloniously without lawful excuse, had in his custody and possession, two forged bank notes, knowing them to be forged
Source:
Ancestry.com. UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849 Home Office: Convict Prison Hulks: Registers and Letter Books; Class: HO9; Piece: 4.
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Tried at Middlesex 14th July 1813 and sentenced to transportation for 14 years. Admitted to the Retribution hulk on 3 January 1814 and transferred to the convict ship Somersetshire for transportation to New South Wales on 5th March 1814. Age 31
Ship:
Somersetshire 1814 (?)......
Source:
Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1825 Series:NRS 897) Main series of letters received, 1788-1825 Item: 4/1807 Page: 30 (Ancestry)
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Extract of correspondence by J. T. Morisset, Commandant at Newcastle in 1819 to J.T. Campbell.....Henry Dale died yesterday morning, he had held the situation of Gaoler and was a trusty well behaved man and I fear I shall find it difficult to replace him.
Place:
Mt. Hunter, Luskintyre
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Aged 40. Stockkeeper assigned to Thomas Hunt
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Obtained ticket of leave
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On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per 'Sally'
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Granted Ticket of Leave
