Source:
State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12189; Item: [X642A]; Microfiche: 742
Details:
Seaman age 40 from Bristol. Tried at Kent Quarter Sessions 2 January 1840. Sentenced to 7 years transportation for stealing an ass. Note - transported before to this colony in the name of James Ellis per Cambridge in 1827 for 7 years
Details:
Assigned to the gaol
Details:
Assigned John Galt Smith
Details:
Apprehended after absconding from John Galt Smith
Details:
Jeweller aged 21 from Birmingham. 4' 9 3/4"; ruddy freckled complexion, brown hair, brown eyes, tattoos, small scar centre forehead, circular scar right cheek. Absconded from John Galt Smith 21 August
Source:
Convict Indents State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4016]; Microfiche: 677
Details:
James Bennett, age 16. Jeweller from Birmingham. Sentenced to 7 years transportation for stealing a handkerchief. Assigned to John Laurio Platt at Hunter River on arrival
First Name:
James and Sarah
Source:
Australian Births and Baptisms - Family Search Historical Records
Details:
Baptism of Anne, daughter of James and Sarah Bennett (born 17 March 1831)
First Name:
James and Sarah
Source:
Maitland Baptism Register
Details:
Anne, daughter of James and Sarah Bennett born 17 March 1831. Baptised 22 October 1831. Occupation of James Bennett, servant to Dr. James Bowman
First Name:
James or John
Ship:
Isabella 1842 (came free)
Source:
State Archives NSW. Gaol Entrance Books. Item: 2/2020; Roll: 757
Details:
James Bennett and Michael Brett, soldiers of the 99th regiment sent to Newcastle gaol for a military offence. Sentenced to 48 hours in the cells
Details:
Sentenced to 50 lashes for losing a sheep belonging to his master Mr. Marshall
Details:
Obtained ticket of leave
Details:
Obtained Ticket of Leave
Place:
Cairdness, Paterson Plains
Details:
Seaman assigned to James Adair
Date:
1836 October (Burial date)
Details:
Informant E.D. Day
Source:
State Archives NSW Bound Indents. Microfiche 663
Details:
Seaman aged 37. Native of Croydon. Tried at Norfolk 18 March 1826 and sentenced to 14 years transportation for stealing money. Assigned to James Adair, settler at Paterson River on arrival
Source:
Maitland Burial Register p. 70
Details:
James Benstead, ticket of leave holder, died aged 60. Buried 30 October 1836
Source:
Newcastle Gaol Description Book. State Archives NSW; Roll: 137 (Ancestry)
Details:
Assigned to Mr. Wood. Admitted to Newcastle gaol on a charge of absconding. Bad character
Details:
Ticket of Leave granted
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4012]; Microfiche: 663
Details:
James Bent age 27. Cotton spinner from Stockport. Married with 3 children. Tried at Chester 3 April 1826. Sentenced to transportation for life for burglary. Assigned to William Oulds at Castle Hill. Note - transported to Moreton Bay for 14 years commuted from sentence of death by Superintendent in Sydney 1829 for burglary. Conditional Pardon 19 January 1850
Place:
East Maitland Burial Ground
Source:
Maitland Burial Records
Details:
Minister of the Presbyterian Church for 34 years. Husband of Harriett who died in England in 1866. Died aged 80 years