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One hundred and forty five male prisoners arrived on the 'Midas' under Capt. Baigarie. 3 died prisoners died on the passage out. Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Morris., R.N. The Guard consisted of Lieut. Bowen and 30 rank and file of the 39th regt.,
Source:
Missionary Register by the Church Missionary Society
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Rev. James Norman with Mrs. Norman and 2 children, and Mr. and Mrs. Lisk embarked at Deptford on 18th September on the Midas, Capt. Baigrie for NSW, a passage having been granted by HM Govt..
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Aged 19. Labourer assigned to Australian Agricultural Company
Source:
State Archives NSW Bound Indents. Microfiche 663
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Age 18. Stable boy from Wiltshire. Tried 13 January 1826 at Devizes and sentenced to 7 years transportation for house breaking. Assigned to the A.A. Company on arrival.
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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
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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
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James Benstead, ticket of leave holder, died aged 60. Buried 30 October 1836
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Ticket of Leave granted
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4012]; Microfiche: 663
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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
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Assigned to R.A. Wiseman
Source:
Application to marry
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Widower aged 36. Applicaton to marry Bridget Finn
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4012]; Microfiche: 663
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William Bentham age 27. Farmer s man and ploughman from Northampton. Widower with 1 child. Tried at Oatsham 3 March 1826. Sentenced to transportation for life for house breaking. Assigned to Thomas Meehan, settler, on arrival
First Name:
William junior
Source:
Application to Marry
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William Bentham aged 38, arrived per Midas, application to marry Jane Allum aged 37, arrived per Pyramus. Granted
Surname:
Bentham (Beatham)
Details:
Granted Ticket of Leave
Surname:
Benton (Bentham)
Source:
Newcastle Gaol Description Book. State Archives NSW; Roll: 137 (Ancestry)
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Admitted to Newcastle gaol on a charge of robbery. Had been assigned to Richard Wiseman
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4012]; Microfiche: 663
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William Bessey age 27. Farmer s man from Norfolk. Tried 18 March 1826. Sentenced to transportation for 14 years for burglary. Assigned to H.G. Douglass at Camden on arrival. Note - wear earrings.
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Assigned to John Buckland
Source:
Secondary Punishment
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Return of Corporal Punishment inflicted by Sentence of the Bench in the presence of William Howe and John Coghill. 50 lashes for unlawfully employing the team of William Howe and intoxication. The part of the back exposed to the scourge assumed a deep purple colour before the end of the punishment and there was a breach of surface overthe greater part of the same space, which might be termed a 'raw' but no blood flowed. The manner of the prisoner indicated great pain
