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163152
Surname: Corrigan
First Name: Paul
Ship: Bencoolen 1819
Date: 1823/24/25
Place: near Newcastle
Source: General Muster of New South Wales 1823, 1824, 1825
Details: Free by servitude. Employed by Dr. William Evans


167977
Surname: Corrigan
First Name: Paul
Ship: Bencoolen 1819
Date: July 1824
Place: Paterson's Plains
Source: State Records NSW. Colonial Secretary's Correpondence. Special Bundles, 1794-1825. Series 898
Details: Assigned to William Dun. Sentenced to 50 lashes for having wheat in his possession stolen from his master


36818
Surname: Cumerford (Comerford)
First Name: Henry
Ship: Bencoolen 1819
Date: 1821 12 September
Place: Newcastle
Source: CSI
Details: On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per Elizabeth Henrietta


36819
Surname: Cumerford (Comerford)
First Name: Henry
Ship: Bencoolen 1819
Date: 1823 11 January
Place: Hunter river
Source: CSI
Details: Principal overseer at limeburner s station. Petition for mitigation of sentence


36820
Surname: Cumerford (Comerford)
First Name: Henry
Ship: Bencoolen 1819
Date: -
Place: Newcastle
Source: CSI
Details: Clerk at Newcastle


63406
Surname: Cumerford (Comerford)
First Name: Henry
Ship: Bencoolen 1819
Date: 1826 6 December
Place: Pattersons Plains
Source: SG
Details: Free. Appointed to Clerk to Bench of Magistrates in room of Jones who was dismissed


163130
Surname: Cumerford (Comerford)
First Name: Henry
Ship: Bencoolen 1819
Date: 1823/24/25
Place: near Newcastle
Source: General Muster of New South Wales 1823, 1824, 1825
Details: Free by servitude. Employed by Thomas Boardman


163219
Surname: Cumerford (Comerford)
First Name: Henry
Ship: Bencoolen 1819
Date: 1819
Place: -
Source: Surgeon s Journal. National Archives
Details: Age 26. Tried October 1818 in Dublin and sentenced to 7 years transportation for felony of a coat


166981
Surname: Cumerford (Comerford)
First Name: Henry
Ship: Bencoolen 1819
Date: 19 August 1819
Place: Ireland
Source: Chief Secretary s Office Registered Papers, National Archives, Ireland
Details: Also letter from Henry Comerford, convict, recently a prisoner in a Dublin jail, now onboard the ship Bencoolen, at Cobh, Cork, to Robert White, high sheriff of city of Dublin, requesting that he forward the enclosed letter to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary. Enclosed letter of Comerford, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, refers to prison abuses, and presents a detailed picture of the situation he witnessed as a prisoner in one particular Dublin prison, warning that it is too much the Interest of every Person connected with its management to keep you from the real state of things least [sic] they might lose their valuable Employments


117780
Surname: Cumerford (Cornerford) (Comerford)
First Name: Henry
Ship: Bencoolen 1819
Date: 1819 14 April
Place: On board the Bencoolen
Source: The National Archives Catalogue. Medical Journal of the Bencoolen
Details: Henry Cornerford and George Murphy to assist in the sick bay


117782
Surname: Cumerford (Cornerford) (Comerford)
First Name: Henry
Ship: Bencoolen 1819
Date: 1819 30 April
Place: On board the Bencoolen
Source: The National Archives Catalogue. Medical Journal of the Bencoolen
Details: Appointed to read divine service to protestant prisoners each Sunday and occasionally during the week


37649
Surname: Dalton
First Name: James
Ship: Bencoolen 1819
Date: 1821 7 November
Place: Newcastle
Source: CSI
Details: On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per 'Sally'


37650
Surname: Dalton
First Name: James
Ship: Bencoolen 1819
Date: 8 October 1824
Place: Newcastle
Source: NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825 (Ancestry)
Details: Archibald Noble per Atlas and James Dalton per Bencoolen, both in service of government, charged with stealing wheat, the property of the Crown. Corporal Ireland of the Buffs states.... I had the command of the main guard yesterday and was on the wharf in the course of the day. The cutter Mars was discharging a cargo of wheat for the Kings Stores. I noticed Dalton coming on shore from the vessel with a bag. I examined the bag and found it full of wheat - at the same time I saw the Principal Superintendent stop Noble and take a quantity of wheat from him also. Archibald Noble sentenced to 50 lashes. James Dalton sentenced to 50 lashes


37651
Surname: Dalton
First Name: James
Ship: Bencoolen 1819
Date: 1825 8 April
Place: Newcastle
Source: CSI
Details: Runaway from Newcastle. Apprehended in Brisbane Water district


117788
Surname: Dalton
First Name: James
Ship: Bencoolen 1819
Date: 1819 15 May
Place: On board the 'Bencoolen'
Source: The National Archives Catalogue. Medical Journal of the 'Bencoolen'
Details: Taken ill. Acute pain in the head, nausea etc


163217
Surname: Dalton
First Name: James
Ship: Bencoolen 1819
Date: Tried in 1818
Place: Dublin
Source: Surgeon's Journal National Archives
Details: Age 17. Tried August 1818 in Dublin and sentenced to 7 years transportation for felony of a time piece


163327
Surname: Dalton
First Name: James
Ship: Bencoolen 1819
Date: 1823/24/25
Place: near Newcastle
Source: General Muster of New South Wales 1823, 1824, 1825
Details: Free by servitude. Employed by Mr. (Philip?) Thorley


111854
Surname: Dalton
First Name: James (John)
Ship: Bencoolen 1819
Date: 1825 14 April
Place: Newcastle
Source: SG
Details: Aged 23. From Dublin. Grey eyes, brown hair, fair pale complexion. Absconded from Government employment at Newcastle


38701
Surname: Delany
First Name: James
Ship: Bencoolen 1819
Date: 1821 21 February
Place: Newcastle
Source: CSI
Details: On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per 'Elizabeth Henrietta'


38702
Surname: Delany
First Name: James
Ship: Bencoolen 1819
Date: 1822 3 July
Place: Port Stephens
Source: CSI
Details: Runaway from Port Macquarie. Captured at Port Stephens