Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Place:
County of Northumberland & Durham
Details:
Assigned servant to T.V. Bloomfield
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Source:
Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Class: HO 10; Piece: 20
Details:
Assigned servant to John Smith at Newcastle
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Source:
NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825 (Ancestry)
Details:
William Perry in the service of Mr. John Smith. Charged with neglect of duty and drunkenness. The prisoner has been in my service some months and up to Christmas last has behaved well, since which, period he is in the constant habit of absenting himself from his work and getting drunk. I have repeatedly remonstrated with him and threatened him with punishment but in vain. The prisoner makes no defence. Sentenced to 50 lashes. Mr. Smith having requested the bench to take into consideration the former good conduct of the prisoner, it is ordered that the infliction of the punishment be suspended for the present but to be put into execution whenever it is proved that he has been guilty f a repetition of his offence
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Details:
Butcher aged 41 assigned to John Smith
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Details:
On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Details:
Aged 23. Absconded from service
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Details:
From Isle of Mull. Absconded from service
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Details:
On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per Elizabeth Henrietta
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Details:
5' 5"; ruddy complexion. Absconded from service
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Details:
Aged 23; native of Isle of Mull; 5' 5 1/2"; hazel eyes, brown hair; ruddy complexion. Absconded from Newcastle
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Details:
Absconded from Newcastle penal settlement
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Details:
Absconded from Newcastle penal settlement
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Source:
Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Class: HO 10; Piece: 20
Details:
Labourer at Newcastle
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Details:
Seaman aged 25. Native of Portsmouth. Lately returned from Newcastle to Sydney. Absconded.
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Details:
Sentenced to 100 lashes and three years at Newcastle penal settlement for seizing the Government launch at Hobart with intent to escape
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Details:
Two convicts by this name by this ship. On list of prisoners went to Newcastle per 'Lady Nelson'. Capt. Wallis, Commandant at Newcastle, informed that Smith, 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:
On list of prisoners supposed to have made their escape from the colony in an open boat on 25th or 26th December. Seaman aged 25 from Portsmouth; 5' 7 1/2in, Sallow complexion, Black hair and eyes. Lately returned from Newcastle
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Source:
The Hobart Town Gazette
Details:
Age 22. Fresh complexion, tried at Edinburgh in 1816 and sentenced to 14 years. Came from England in the Sir William Bensley and t0 VDL on the Elizabeth Henrietta. Formerly a bushranger and was wounded and taken at the time Geary was shot at the Black Brush. Absconded from Hobart Town with six others including Valentine Wood and at large without passes
Ship:
Sir William Bensley 1817
Source:
State Archives NSW; Gaol Entrance Book, Item: 2/2020; Roll: 757 (Ancestry)
Details:
Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Maitland on a charge of stealing. Sent for trial