Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838......
Place:
Newcastle (hospital)......
Source:
Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. Burials p14
Details:
Belonging to the ironed gang? Died aged 23. Burial date
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838......
Details:
Obtained Ticket of Leave for Maitland district
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838....
Source:
Newcastle Court of Petty Sessions Letter Book
Details:
Letter 44/122. Drowned off Bullock Island near Throsbys Creek on the 1st July 1844
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838......
Place:
Newcastle Stockade
Details:
Deceased. *See letter 44/7233
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838......
Place:
Newcastle hospital
Details:
Ticket of leave holder. Not reported till June 1844
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838......
Details:
Ticket of leave cancelled. Deceased
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838......
Details:
Obtained Ticket of Leave
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW. Microfiche 733. (Ancestry)
Details:
Age 15. Errand boy from Co. Middlesex. Tried Surry Quarter Sessions 23 October 1837 and sentenced to 7 years transportation for stealing a coat
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838
Source:
Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book. State Archives NSW. Roll 136
Details:
Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Newcastle. Sentenced to 2 months on the treadmill. Sent to Sydney 27 June 1840
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838
Source:
Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930
Details:
James Rainsley, labourer from Lancashire. Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Maitland. Sentenced to 6 weeks hard labour for having no visible means of support
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838......
Details:
Granted Ticket of Leave
Surname:
Richardson (alias Waterson)
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838......
Source:
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey Online
Details:
Age 25. Sentenced to 14 years transportation for stealing, on 30 October 1837, articles of clothing belonging to James Bramble. He had been before convicted of a felony
Surname:
Richardson (alias Waterson).......
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838.......
Source:
UK Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books. Ancestry
Details:
Age 25. Received from Newgate onto the Fotitude Hulk on 8th December 1837, having been tried at CCC on 27 November and sentenced to 14 years transportation for stealing and having a former conviction. Reads and writes. Occupatuion Law Stationer. Gaoler's report - Transported before. Transferred to the Bengal Merchant convict ship on 20 March 1838 for transportation to New South Wales,
Surname:
Richardson (alias Waterson).........
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838........
Source:
Application to Marry
Details:
Henry Richardson aged 34 arrived per 'Bengal Merchant', application to marry Margaret Catherine Gartlen (an emigrant per 'Strathfieldsaye')
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838...
Source:
State Archives NSW; Gaol Entrance Book, Item: 2/2020; Roll: 757 (Ancestry)
Details:
Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Paterson on a charge of insolence and disobedience of orders. Sentenced to 2 months on the treadmill for each offence and return to government
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838....
Source:
State Archives NSW. Gaol Entrance Books. Item: 2/2020; Roll: 757
Details:
Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Paterson for insubordination. Sentenced to 2 months on the treadmill (in Sydney) and return to service
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838......
Details:
Ticket of leave cancelled for breach of agreement
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838......
Details:
Labourer aged 26 from Yorkshire. Ruddy and little pockpitted complex., brown hair, grey eyes, lost two front upper teeth, small scar on right cheek bone, 5 moles on right and two on left side of neck, another on right collar bone, several small moles on both arms, lost a nail of little finger of left hand. Absconded from the Stockade 3 October
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838
Source:
Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book. State Archives NSW. Roll 136
Details:
Labourer from Surry. Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Maitland. Sent to Sydney for trial. Sentenced to transportation
Surname:
Shillingsworth (alias Daintry)
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW. Microfiche 733. (Ancestry)
Details:
Age 25. Single man from Middlesex. Labrourer. Tried CCC 27 November 1837 and sentenced to 10 years transportation for stealing fowls..
