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170555
Surname: Lewis
First Name: Henry or James
Ship: Guildford 1824
Date: 1825
Place: Newcastle
Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Class: HO 10; Piece: 19
Details: Assigned to Joseph Thew in the district of Newcastle


42601
Surname: Lewis
First Name: James
Ship: -
Date: 1838 10 February
Place: Campbell's Creek
Source: SG
Details: Sentenced to transportation for life for robbing a dwelling (shepherd's hut) belonging to R.B. Dawson


48670
Surname: Lewis
First Name: James
Ship: -
Date: 1848 14 August
Place: East Maitland
Source: BR
Details: Free by servitude. Died aged 35. Buried at Glebe Cemetery


199699
Surname: Lewis
First Name: James
Ship: -
Date: 15 January 1870
Place: Wallsend
Source: Newcastle Chronicle
Details: Insolvency proceedings


202264
Surname: Lewis
First Name: James
Ship: -
Date: 15 January 1870
Place: Wallsend
Source: Newcastle Chronicle
Details: Insolvent estate of James Lewis of Wallsend, special meeting held at East Maitland


106767
Surname: Lewis
First Name: James
Ship: Bengal Merchant 1835.....
Date: 1837
Place: Patrick Plains
Source: GRC
Details: Assigned to James Bowman. Aged 22


173718
Surname: Lewis
First Name: James
Ship: Bengal Merchant 1835.....
Date: 11 May 1844
Place: Newcastle gaol
Source: State Archives NSW; Gaol Entrance Book, Item: 2/2020; Roll: 757 (Ancestry)
Details: Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Maitland charged with being illegally at large. Sentenced to 14 days in the cells and return to govt. service


131939
Surname: Lewis
First Name: James
Ship: Bengal Merchant 1835.......
Date: 1837 8 November
Place: Ravensworth
Source: GG
Details: Groom age 23 from Pembrokeshire. 5ft 4 in, fair ruddy complexion, brown hair, chestnut eyes, cast inward in left eye, eyebrows partially meeting, scar right cheek, mole right side of neck, Absconded from J. Bowman 30th October 1837


167896
Surname: Lewis
First Name: James
Ship: Mangles 1820
Date: November 1824
Place: Newcastle
Source: State Records NSW. Colonial Secretary's Correpondence. Special Bundles, 1794-1825. Series 898
Details: Assigned to Duncan Sinclair. Sentenced by the Pattersons Plains Bench to 100 lashes for mutinous conduct and inciting his fellow prisoners to misbehaviour


180728
Surname: Lewis
First Name: James
Ship: Mangles 1820
Date: 7 December 1824
Place: Newcastle
Source: NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825, 1826-1827 (Ancestry)
Details: Assigned to Duncan Sinclair. Sentenced to 2 years at Port Macquarie for theft


62921
Surname: Lewis
First Name: James
Ship: Marquis of Huntley 1826
Date: 1828
Place: Port Stephens
Source: 1828 Census
Details: Labourer aged 23. Assigned to Australian Agricultural Company


106769
Surname: Lewis
First Name: James
Ship: Marquis of Huntley 1826
Date: 1837
Place: Port Stephens
Source: GRC
Details: -


164738
Surname: Lewis
First Name: James
Ship: Marquis of Huntley 1826
Date: 24 December 1840
Place: Port Stephens
Source: Application to Marry
Details: James Lewis age 35 arrived per 'Marquis of Huntley', application to marry Catherine McLaren age 24 (free)


195520
Surname: Lewis
First Name: James
Ship: Marquis of Huntley 1826
Date: 14 September 1826
Place: Sydney
Source: Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4011]; Microfiche: 661
Details: James Lewis age 21. Poulterer from London. Tried London 7 April 1825. Sentenced to transportation for life for robbery. Assigned to the Australian Agricultural Company on arrival


43437
Surname: Lewis
First Name: James Henry
Ship: -
Date: 1848 15 July
Place: Newcastle
Source: MM
Details: Unclaimed letter held General Post Office, Sydney