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17679
Surname: Stroud (Strood)
First Name: George
Ship: Mellish 1829
Date: 1832 5 July
Place: Wollombi
Source: SG
Details: Ploughman assigned to James Bridge


34928
Surname: Stroud (Strood)
First Name: George
Ship: Mellish 1829
Date: 1836 March
Place: Maitland
Source: SG
Details: Obtained Ticket of Leave


99503
Surname: Stroud (Strood)
First Name: George
Ship: Mellish 1829
Date: 1841 23 November
Place: Paterson
Source: SG
Details: Granted Ticket of Leave


122573
Surname: Thompson
First Name: George
Ship: Mellish 1829
Date: 1843 15 April
Place: Paterson
Source: GG
Details: Granted Ticket of Leave


193736
Surname: Thompson
First Name: George
Ship: Mellish 1829
Date: 1829
Place: -
Source: Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4014]; Microfiche: 671
Details: George Thompson age 21. Tailor from Carlisle. Tried at Newcastle upon Tyne 4 March 1828. Sentenced to transportation for life for robbery of the person. Assigned to John Hawdon at Elderslie on arrival


17727
Surname: Turner
First Name: William
Ship: Mellish 1829
Date: 1832 5 July
Place: William's River
Source: SG
Details: Cabinet locksmith assigned to Michael Henderson


136876
Surname: Turner
First Name: William
Ship: Mellish 1829
Date: 1837
Place: Maitland
Source: GRC
Details: Age 26. Assigned to Houston Mitchell


169310
Surname: Turner
First Name: William
Ship: Mellish 1829
Date: September 1836
Place: Maitland
Source: Historical Records of Australia Series 1, Vol XVIII, p 566
Details: In order to prosecute the present Inquiry, I have waited upon Mr. Houston Mitchell, and having requested that Gentleman to afford me the names of those of his Prisoners, who were at Church on the 14th ultimo, and having examined them separately in their Master s presence, I have now the honor to hand you their Individual Statements. John Jones - States, on Sunday, the 14th ultimo, he was at Church with some of his fellow Prisoners: that the Parson appeared very angry and told them the Catholics were getting the upper hand, and that the Bible was going to be taken away from them, and that none of them, who were Protestants, were to go away after Church until they had written their names down. Jones further states that, after the service. Goldingham, the Clerk, brought a piece of paper, a pen and Ink into the Church, and the Parson went to the door, and asked the people as they went out to stop and put down their names. Jones and his fellow Prisoners were on the Steps going away, when the Parson said Come and sign this my Men ; it will not do you any harm, but will get you schools, towards which I myself have given five pounds. Jones then wrote his own name as well as those of some of his fellow Prisoners who could not write. The Parson and Clerk were then both standing at the Table, and they both knew them to be Prisoners ; the former had often spoken to them, and the latter knew them perfectly well. Jones did not see any Petition ; there was nothing on the Paper he signed but a few names. John Morgan states that he cannot write; that, after Church on Sunday, the 14th ultimo, he was coining home when the Parson called him back to write his name; the clerk also told them they were to go and put down their names. Morgan said he could not write, and Jones wrote his name for him. Hawes. Riley, and Turner corroborate the above Statements, and not being able to sign their own names, they asked Jones to write them for them. Walker corroborates the statement of Jones, but wrote his own name; he did not know what he signed, but thought he was obliged to do as the Parson told him, and that they wanted to find out how many Protestants there were in the Colony.


193737
Surname: Turner
First Name: William
Ship: Mellish 1829
Date: 1829
Place: -
Source: Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4014]; Microfiche: 671
Details: William Turner age 21. Brass cabinet locksmith for 5 years. Native place Tamworth. Tried at Stafford 19 March 1828. Sentenced to transportation for life for house breaking. Assigned to Dept. of Public Works on arrival. Note - brother of John Turner who arrived on the same vessel


193738
Surname: Vandy
First Name: William
Ship: Mellish 1829
Date: 1829
Place: -
Source: Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4014]; Microfiche: 671
Details: William Vandy age 28. Ploughm and and shears. Married with 2 children. Tried at Durham 2 August 1828. Sentenced to 14 years transportation for stealing coal. Assigned to the A.A. Company on arrival.. Note - idiotical


193740
Surname: Wade
First Name: John
Ship: Mellish 1829
Date: 1829
Place: -
Source: Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4014]; Microfiche: 671
Details: John Wade age 24. Shoemaker from Yorkshire. Tried 11 July 1827. Sentenced to 7 years transportation for receiving stolen goods. Assigned to J. B. Weller at Hunter River on arrival


26021
Surname: Watkins
First Name: George
Ship: Mellish 1829
Date: 1846 12 December
Place: Scone
Source: MM
Details: Alias Phillips. alias Jones


28542
Surname: Watkins
First Name: George
Ship: Mellish 1829
Date: 1831 4 January
Place: Hunter River
Source: SG
Details: In service to James Bowman. Appointed honorary constable


68503
Surname: Watkins
First Name: George
Ship: Mellish 1829
Date: 1832 21 March
Place: Upper Hunter's River
Source: 1832 GG
Details: Granted Ticket of Leave


101057
Surname: Watkins
First Name: George
Ship: Mellish 1829
Date: 1835 9 May
Place: -
Source: SG
Details: Ticket of leave cancelled for being convicted of telling a gross falsehood


137348
Surname: Watkins
First Name: George
Ship: Mellish 1829
Date: 1837
Place: Patrick Plains
Source: GRC
Details: Age 23. Assigned to government service at Patrick Plains


193739
Surname: Watkins (alias Phillips) (alias Jones)
First Name: George
Ship: Mellish 1829
Date: 1829
Place: -
Source: Convict Indents. In order to prosecute the present Inquiry, I have waited upon Mr. Houston Mitchell, and having requested that Gentleman to afford me the names of those of his Prisoners, who were at Church on the 14th ultimo, and having examined them separately in their Master s presence, I have now the honor to hand you their Individual Statements. John Jones - States, on Sunday, the 14th ultimo, he was at Church with some of his fellow Prisoners: that the Parson appeared very angry and told them the Catholics were getting the upper hand, and that the Bible was going to be taken away from them, and that none of them, who were Protestants, were to go away after Church until they had written their names down. Jones further states that, after the service. Goldingham, the Clerk, brought a piece of paper, a pen and Ink into the Church, and the Parson went to the door, and asked the people as they went out to stop and put down their names. Jones and his fellow Prisoners were on the Steps going away, when the Parson said Come and sign this my Men ; it will not do you any harm, but will get you schools, towards which I myself have given five pounds. Jones then wrote his own name as well as those of some of his fellow Prisoners who could not write. The Parson and Clerk were then both standing at the Table, and they both knew them to be Prisoners ; the former had often spoken to them, and the latter knew them perfectly well. Jones did not see any Petition ; there was nothing on the Paper he signed but a few names. John Morgan states that he cannot write; that, after Church on Sunday, the 14th ultimo, he was coining home when the Parson called him back to write his name; the clerk also told them they were to go and put down their names. Morgan said he could not write, and Jones wrote his name for him. Hawes. Riley, and Turner corroborate the above Statements, and not being able to sign their own names, they asked Jones to write them for them. Walker corroborates the statement of Jones, but wrote his own name; he did not know what he signed, but thought he was obliged to do as the Parson told him, and that they wanted to find out how many Protestants there were in the Colony.
Details: George Watkins alias Phillips, alias Jones, age 19. Ploughman and shepherd from Hereford. Tried at Brecon 8 April 1828. Sentenced to transportation for life for sheep stealing.. Note - debilitated, no place of assignment recorded


28428
Surname: Watkins (Phillips)
First Name: George
Ship: Mellish 1829
Date: 1836 9 December
Place: Patrick Plains
Source: SM
Details: Alias Phillips, alias Jones. Obtained ticket of leave


41690
Surname: Watkins (Phillips)
First Name: George
Ship: Mellish 1829
Date: 1836 10 December
Place: Patrick Plains
Source: SG
Details: Obtained Ticket of Leave


204707
Surname: Wilkinson alias Tulinbar
First Name: John
Ship: Mellish 1829
Date: 8 July 1861
Place: -
Source: Empire
Details: Richard Ainsworth per Isabella to VDL was charged with forging a petition and the signatures of several magistrates and gentlemen, either at Port Macquarie or the Macleay river, on which a man named John Wilkinson or Tulinbar, per ship Mellish, was discharged from Cockatoo Island on 19th June 1851, under the authority of a letter from the Honorable the Colonial Secretary No. 51-113, dated 16th June, 1851; Wilkinson was apprehended and returned to Cockatoo on 14th February 1852