Source:
Application to marry
Details:
Free. 39 yrs of age. Application to marry Hannah Quigley
Source:
Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle p37
Details:
Marriage of William Johnson of Nelson's Plains aged 39 and Hannah Quigley aged 22 of Newcastle
Ship:
Somersetshire 1814.....
Source:
Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Class: HO 10; Piece: 19
Details:
Free by servitude. Residing at Newcastle
Surname:
Johnston (Johnson)
Ship:
Somersetshire 1814......
Source:
NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825 (Ancestry)
Details:
William Johnston assigned to John Smith charged with drunkenness, repeated misconduct and breaking out of the watch house....The Chief Constable states ....I was called up by Mr. John Smith last night to take into custody Johnston who was very drunk. I conveyed him to the watch house. He made a hole in the roof of the room where he was confined and escaped; he was shortly after retaken on the premises of Mrs. Clark, a free woman....Mr. Smith states....The prisoner was very drunk last night. I sent for a constable to have him taken into custody. He has behaved himself very improperly of late and has been frequently drunk and neglectful of his duty. Sentenced to 50 lashes and recalled to government