Source:
NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825 (Ancestry)
Details:
Dennis Sellers and James McNab, assigned servants to Peter Sinclair charged with frequent neglect of work. Mr. Sinclair states....The prisoners are constantly in the habit of neglecting their work on my farm on the plea of illness and when taken to the surgeon there does not appear any reason for their complaining. Both men sentenced to 50 lashes each and to be returned to their master
Ship:
Marquis of Wellington 1822
Details:
Came Free. Settler at Newcastle. Permitted to proceed to Newcastle
First Name:
Peter and Duncan
Source:
Colonial Secretary's Papers. (NRS 937. Copies of Letters sent within the colony. Ancestry
Details:
Free setter Andrew Dickson permitted to travel to Newcastle on the vessel 'Elizabeth' with five servants - Thomas Jones per 'John Barry'; John Bradfield per 'Isabella'; Michael Quinlan per 'Guildford'; Marmaduke Burrows and Anthony Morrison. Free settlers Peter and Duncan Sinclair given permission to travel to Newcastle on the 'Elizabeth' with assigned servants William Brown, William Sutton and Thomas Read. Free Settler John Brown given permission to travel to Newcastle on the Elizabeth. Margaret Stafford (free by servitude) given permission to accompany Mr Sinclair as servant
Surname:
Sinclear (Sinclair)
Place:
County of Durham, Parish of Thornton
Source:
Index to map of the country bordering upon the River Hunter... by Henry Dangar (London : Joseph Cross, 1828). p12
Details:
Granted 1050 acres of land. Quit rent £ 1 1s
