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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z W - Y
Mathew Walker Convicted of stealing money in Yorkshire in January 1835 and sentenced to transportation for 7 years. Assigned to Aspinall Brown & Co. Bathurst.
George Wall Convicted of stealing cidar in Bridgwater, Somerset. Considered a bad character as had been transported before. Assigned to Goat Island. Ticket of Leave issued for Invermein 1840
Charles Wallace Publican convicted of stealing an umbrella. Assigned House of Correction, Sydney. Married Jane Christy 1842.
William Wallis Born in London. Gardener's labourer convicted of stealing mutton. Certificate of Freedom issued in 1842.
Lazarus Wells Convicted of horse stealing. Assigned to Hamilton Hume, Yass. Ticket of leave issued for the district of Yass in 1848 and cancelled in 1857 for being absent from his district. Ticket later restored.
Mathew Westlake 25 year old draper convicted of stealing money.
George Wharton Shoemaker convicted of stealing shoes. Transported before. Served six years in Bermuda. To be kept at labour on public roads. Possibly died 1839
William Whittle Seaman convicted of smuggling. Ticket of Leave for district of Wellington 1841. Applied to marry Elizabeth Hunt 1844.
John Wicks Farm servant aged 30 convicted of sheep stealing at the Surry Quarter Sessions in February 1835. Assigned to Thomas T. Bloomfield, Liverpool.
John Wilby Farm servant and butcher from Norfolk convicted of stealing poultry. He had sandy whiskers, and was bald. A Ticket of Leave was issued for the district of Port Phillip
Isaac Wilcox 42 year old father of five from Whatley, Frome convicted of receiving one hundred weight and half of hay belonging to William Sheppart knowing it to be stolen. The hay had been stolen by John Wilcox and Job Humphries. He suffered from scurvy on the passage out and was assigned to J. McDonald, Windsor on arrival. He was issued with a ticket of leave in 1841 and applied to marry Margaret Painter in 1843.
Henry Wilkinson Fifteen year old carpenter's boy from Plymouth convicted of stealing a watch and chain. No previous convictions. Assigned to Thomas Icely, Bathurst.
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Henry Williams Bricklayer's labourer from Buckinghamshire convicted of stealing bacon. Sentenced to 7 years transportation. Ticket of Leave issued for Windsor altered to Bathurst
James Robert Williams Carvers composition maker from London Convicted of robbing his master and sentenced to 14 years transportation. Application to marry Margaret Hunter in 1842 in Campbelltown. . Pe ter WilliamsCarvers composition maker born Gloucestershire. Assigned C.T. Smith, Illawarra. Particular marks: dark carroty whiskers, small raised mole back left side of neck , scar back of left thum, blue ring middle finger left hand
Joseph Wilmott Joseph Wilmott was born in Hanham, Gloucestershire, England. One of eight children born to Sylvia Brown and Samuel Wilmott, he was christened on 24th February, 1811 in Hanham. His brothers and sisters were William, Ann, Sarah, Hannah and Robert. Hanham is situated in the area that in the time of ancient Britons was covered by a huge forest later known as Kingswood Forest. By the time Joseph was born many men in Hanham earned their living on the land or in the quarries or pits. Coal was quarried out of shallow pits as early as the 13th century. Towards the end of the 18th century many pits became deeper although other shallow pits were located on the north side of Stonehilll and several were at the back of Hanham Hall about 80 to 100 yards deep. Joseph's father Samuel worked in the coal mines in Hanham along with other members of the family. In June of 1836, a traveller to the area recorded in his diary of the area of Hanham: 'I took a riverside walk from Bristol to Hanham Mills. Crews Hole was flat and unprofitable, but from the turn of the river beyond this place all was new and beautiful, the banks of the river assuming a bolder and loftier aspect, and being clothed with a richness of verdure contrasting strongly with the tameness of the first part of my walk. The scenery was charming and diversified with its rocky and richly wooded river far surpassed my utmost expectations presenting at every turn fresh combinations of the beautiful and the grand' In 1835, when he was 24 years old, Joseph left his family and Hanham, never to return. He travelled to the Parish of Kington Saint Michael in the County of Wiltshire. It was here at 1 a.m. on the 25th of February, 1835, that Joseph, together with accomplice, Frederick Williams broke into the house of the Reverend Thomas Hawkins and stole one hundred pounds weight of bacon to the value of forty shillings, one hundred pounds weight of pork to the value of forty shillings and ten pounds weight of mutton to the value of four shillings. Joseph was also indicted for unlawfully and maliciously stabbing, cutting, and wounding William Hatherill, to prevent his lawful apprehension. Joseph was found guilty and sentence of death was passed upon him by Mr. Justice Patteson. Frederick Williams had a sentence of death recorded against him for aiding and abetting Joseph. They were tried and found guilty at the Wiltshire Assizes on 7th March, 1835. Joseph's sentence was commuted to transportation to Australia for life. He was to leave behind in England his young wife and infant. Joseph was assigned to work for the Australian Agricultural company in their coal mines at Newcastle. Newcastle's Hunter Street at this time consisted of a few scattered houses, shops and hotels. Some of the houses and shops were little more than lean-tos. Hunter Street was much lower than it is today and was likely to flood at the high tide. Ti-tree scrub and sand surrounded the area.Joseph obtained his Ticket of Leave and Certificate of Freedom and in 1839 or 1840 started a relationship with widow Mary Rice (nee Murphy) who had arrived on the 'Caroline' in 1833. Mary was 26 years old and had a daughter Catherine born to her first husband, convict Patrick Rice. When Patrick died in Newcastle Hospital in 1839 Mary was left in Newcastle with an infant daughter to raise. By 1845 when he married Mary Rice he was no longer working in the coal mines but had turned to timber getting. Sawyers and timber cutters at this time often travelled up the Hunter and Paterson Rivers to fell the valuable cedar trees. On the 9th June, 1856, Joseph made his Will leaving his property including horses, cattle, land and house at Shepherd's Hill, Newcastle to his wife and four sons. His four daughters were to inherit only if their mother and all four brothers pre-deceased them. Joseph died aged 42 years, in Newcastle N.S.W. on 7th July 1856 due to heart disease. He was buried in the Church of England burial ground on 10th July, 1856.
Thomas Wilson Cheesmonger aged 24. Assigned to Australian Agricultural Company Newcastle.
James Wyse 62 years old. Convicted of horse stealing and sentenced to transportation for life. Assigned to J.M. Grey, Illawarra
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Richard Woolford 21 year old farm servant convicted of poaching. Ticket of leave issued in 1840 and cancelled in 1841 for stealing lead.
George Woollard Twenty years old. Convicted of stealing harness in June 1835. No prior convictions. Assigned to Thomas Moore at Liverpool in 1837
William Youngman Farm servant and shepherd from Suffolk sentenced to 14 years for housebreaking. Ticket of leave issued for district of Bathurst
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