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Item: 112915

Surname: Wixtead (Wicksted) (Wixted) (Wixstead)

First Name: Corporal John

Ship: -

Date: 1789 2 March

Place: Port Jackson

Source: Court of Criminal Jurisdiction, Minutes of Proceedings, SR NSW 1147A (Decisions of the Superior Courts of NSW

Details: Corporal of Marines. Witness at the trial of James Plowman

 

Item: 77137

Surname: Wixtead (Wixstead)

First Name: Corporal John

Ship: -

Date: 1801 July

Place: -

Source: HR NSW. Vol. IV. Hunter and King. 1800, 1801, 1802. Ed by F. M. Bladen. pp. 428 - 429

Details: Sent by Gov. King with 5 privates to form post at the entrance to Hunter River

 

Item: 167841

Surname: Wixtead (Wixstead)

First Name: Corporal John

Ship: Alexander 1788

Date: 1789

Place: -

Source: Moore, John, The First Fleet Marines 1789 - 1792. University of Queensland Press, 1987. p 159

Details: Extract from 'The First Fleet Marines' by John Moore.....The most common offence amongst marines was stealing, though the first instance recorded did not occur till 2 March 1789 when Corp. James Plowman was charged with stealing a short from Private Edward Odgers. Convicts Amelia Levy and Elizabeth Fowles gave evidence that they had been offered a shirt to spend the night with Plowman and Corporal John Wixstead. Wixstead rejected the accusation, but even so was reduced in rank and Private William Goodall was promoted corporal in his stead.

 

Item: 167840

Surname: Wixtead (Wixstead)

First Name: John

Ship: -

Date: 6 April 1798

Place: -

Source: Colonial Secretary's Papers. NRS 898 Special bundles. Item 9/2731 page 98

Details: On List of grants and leases of land registered in the Colonial Secretarys Office 260 acres on the banks of the George's river in the district of Banks Town

 

Item: 77144

Surname: Wixtead (Wixstead) (Wextead)

First Name: Corporal John

Ship: -

Date: 1801 November

Place: Coal River

Source: HR NSW, Mr. M. Mason to Governor King (King Papers), vol. IV, p. 627

Details: On duty at the Coal River. The woman he brought with given permission to stay

 

Item: 167843

Surname: Wixtead (Wixstead) (Winstead)

First Name: Corporal John

Ship: Alexander 1788

Date: 1788

Place: -

Source: -

Details: 1st Royal Marines - Corporal John Winstead (also Wixtead).

 

Item: 77335

Surname: Wixtead (Wixted) (Wextead) (Wixstead)

First Name: John

Ship: -

Date: 1809 5 March

Place: Newcastle

Source: SG

Details: John Wixted on the list of persons Granted approval to hold a License at Newcastle

 

Item: 168021

Surname: Wixted (Wixtead)

First Name: John

Ship: -

Date: 1810

Place: Sydney

Source: Marriage Index (Ancestry)

Details: Marriage of John Wixted and Ann Price

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