Place:
County of Durham, Parish of Eldon
Source:
Index to map of the country bordering upon the River Hunter... by Henry Dangar (London : Joseph Cross, 1828). p12
Details:
Granted 1550 acres of land. Annual quit rent £1/ 11s
Source:
General Muster of New South Wales 1823, 1824, 1825
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Ralph Cooper per 'Dromedary' assigned servant
Source:
Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Class: HO 10; Piece: 20
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James Roach per Mangles 1822 assigned servant
Source:
Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Class: HO 10; Piece: 20
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James Roche per Mangles 1822 assigned servant
Source:
Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Class: HO 10; Piece: 20
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John Rouston (Rolston) per Asia 1822 assigned servant
Place:
Newcastle district
Source:
Newcastle (Hunter River) Population Book, 1824 - Ancestry
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John Gates per Guildford employed as a sawyer by Joseph Pennington
Place:
Newcastle district
Source:
Newcastle (Hunter River) Population Book, 1824 - Ancestry
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Samuel Brennan per Mangles assigned to Joseph Pennington
Place:
Newcastle district
Source:
Newcastle (Hunter River) Population Book, 1824 - Ancestry
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John Doyle per Tyne employed by Joseph Pennington
Place:
Newcastle district
Source:
Newcastle (Hunter River) Population Book, 1824 - Ancestry
Details:
James Kearns per Earl St. Vincent assigned servant
Source:
NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825 (Ancestry)
Details:
James Brady and Thomas Buxton both in the service of Joseph Pennington charged with obtaining flour upon false pretences, the property of Joseph Thew and making away with the same.....Mr. Thew states...some time in April last I sent some wheat to the government mills to be ground; at this time Mr. Pennington and myself were concerned together in the sawing of timber and those men were acting under my orders. They had occasion to come from the 1st branch to Newcastle and as they were about to leave they asked me if they should call at the Mill for my flour. I told them not to do it, however on their arrival at Newcastle they stated they had my authority to take away the flour and it was accordingly delivered to them. I understand they afterwards got drunk and upset the bot, but whether my flour was lost by that accident or whether they had previously sold it I do not know, but I only received about 70lb which was brought to me by Robert Grant another of Mr. Penningtons servants; The prisoners admit having obtained the flour which they state to have afterwards with the exception of that taken by Buxton being lost when the boat upset. They further state they understood from Mr. Thew on leaving the 1st Branch that they were to get the flour and return with it if it was ground. This transaction having taken place so far back as April and the complaint having been suffered to stand over by Mr. Thew in the process of getting recompense by the prisoners for the loss, the infliction of corporal punishment in this case is dispensed with. They are ordered to work for Mr. Thew every Saturday until his demand is satisfied.
Source:
NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825, 1826-1827 (Ancestry)
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Thomas Welsh, service to Joseph Pennington, being found in the town without a pass from his master states - My Master is away from the farm at Port Stephens, and my mistress is in Sydney. The overseer has charge. He gave me a pass to come to Newcastle, he also gave me a pass some time since to go to Wallis Plains. I was to work on my own account and I agreed to pay him two bushels of wheat per week for liberty to work for myself. I had also a pass to go to Patterson Plains, it is written by the overseer, the signature is Mrs. Penningtons name but it is written by the overseer. He told me he had authority from Mrs. Pennington to do so. I did not receive any rations. When my master and mistress were at home I lived with the family. Thomas Welsh recalled to government service
Source:
NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825, 1826-1827 (Ancestry)
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John Rolestone, in service to Joseph Pennington charged with insolent conduct and refusing work upon various occasions. Andrew Brennan, overseer at Joseph Penningtons farm, states my master is absent at Port Stephens and has left me in charge of the farm under my mistresses orders. Our team of bullocks has been let out to Mr. Maughan to cart some articles from the wreck of the Australia brig and Rolestone was employed as bullock driver. On Friday last he returned to the farm alone and stated that the bullocks were ill used by Mr. Maughan which caused his return, he then said he did not choose to work off the farm as it was contrary to regulations, and shortly after he said he would not work for Mr. Pennington any where and insisted upon coming to Newcastle, upon which my mistress directed me to proceed with him according to his desire and to lodge him in the watch house which was done. Mr. J. T. Maughan, a free settler, states - I am concerned in getting the wreck of the Brig Australia off the beach, and Mr. Penningtons team of bullocks were hired to assist. The prisoner had the immediate care of them; I soon noticed that he was very idle and neglectful of his charge and I was under the necessity of looking very closely after him for as to prevent his starving the animals by keeping them tethered to one spot; about the middle of last week some difficulty arose in working the bullocks in consequence of the bullock bows being broken and labour was suspended until a supply could be obtained from Newcastle. Mr. Penningtons bullocks were accordingly unyoked and seeing the prisoner about to let them go without tethering them I called to him to put them on the tether. He replied there was no necessity and let them loose notwithstanding I forbad him. The bullocks immediately started away and one of them has not yet been recovered. The prisoner with others went in pursuit of them for a short distance but returned without success. Having afterwards been informed that the bullock now missing was about a mile off I desired the prisoner to go and drive it in. He replied he would be damned if he did, and persisted in refusing, stating he had no right to obey any orders but those of his master. Upon which I told him as he would not obey my orders he had better return to his masters farm. He said he had no intention of travelling through the bush and would go to Newcastle which he did, leaving the bullocks for me to look after. The prisoner states - that for some time past he has not been properly rationed and that he has not any blanket but admits that since the present overseer has had charge which was the beginning of May he had no reason to complain. Admits that he had a blanket from his master when first in his service but that he lost it when he took to the bush in January 1825. In consequence of the admitted irregularity in the issue of provisions to Mr. Penningtons servants, the court admonished the prisoner to a better line of conduct in future and ordered him to return to his masters service
Source:
NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825, 1826-1827 (Ancestry)
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Patrick Hoy, Samuel Harris, Edward Flyn, William Ward and John Austin, all in the service of the Australian Agricultural Company at Port Stephens charged with being at large without passes....Mr. George Muir, chief constable states - On Wednesday evening the prisoners were delivered to my custody by Constable George Higgins and a soldier of the Buffs who stated they had received them from Mr. Joseph Pennington, overseer and some native blacks at the 1st branch of the Hunter River. A letter from Mr. Joseph Pennington, a free settler, produced and read of which the following is a copy.....Leigh Farm, Hunters River, 14th November 1826...I beg leave to report that my overseer in junction with the following named black natives viz doughboy, Kennedy, Bremen, Taylor and Jemmy Murray, captured the five following named convict servants assigned to the A.A. Co., who ran from their service on Saturday evening last viz - Edward Flyn (Surry 4th), Samuel Harris (Norfolk), Patrick Hoy (Isabella), John Austin (Hebe) and William Ward (Ann and Amelia). I should conceive my overseer as well as the Blacks are entitled to some reward as a stimulus to future exertions and request they may be noticed as others are performing similar services, I am, Sir, Joseph Pennington......The prisoner being called on to account for their being absent from their assignments - Patrick Hoy states as follows - Our reason for leaving Port Stephens was for the purpose of proceeding to the nearest Magistrate to make our complaint - We were on the way to Newcastle when we met Mr. Pennington s overseer to whom we surrendered ourselves and accompanied him without objection altho we were five in number. Four of us belong to the same gang at Port Stephens and were employed in breaking up new ground. There were sixteen in the gang and every Monday morning one hundred rod per man was measured off for our weeks work. The ground was hard to work and we were not able to accomplish the task, upon one occasion 15 of the gang received 25 lashes each for not performing it. I escaped from being on the sick list, besides which it was sometimes the custom to stop our allowance of tea and sugar if the task was not completed. It is impossible to do 100 rod in a week on new ground such as we had to work. We tried to do it but could not. We have even got to work in the morning before the Bugle sounded for work to try what we could do but with our utmost efforts from day break to sun set we could not succeed. Our rations are good. We have no complaints on that account. Harris, Flyn and Ward corroborate this statement. John Austin states - I was employed with two others to put up fences, that is not my trade - I am a sawyer. We were tasked to do 20 rod of rail per week, to cut and split the stuff and mortice and put it up. It is more than any three men can do. On remonstrating with Mr. Dawson, he said we must do even more. Remanded for a further hearing
Place:
Newcastle/ Port Stephens
Source:
NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825, 1826-1827 (Ancestry)
Details:
Proceedings resumed relative to the five prisoners from Port Stephens - Patrick Hoy, Samuel Harris, Edward Flynn, William Ward and John Austin - Alexander Green states - I am a constable at Port Stephens. I was sent by Mr. John Dawson to appear against the prisoners at this place if necessary, for absenting themselves. I saw the prisoners at work at Port Stephens on the 11th instant. On the following day they were missed from the settlement. I am not positive as to their task but I believe 16 rod to be the general task work per day at Port Stephens. Some men lately arrived there from Sydney have done the task to within about two rod. I have frequently heard the prisoners complain they could not do their task. If it is not performed they are generally punished on the Monday following for not completing it. There is not any charge against the prisoners that I am aware of except for running away. Mr. Joseph Pennington states - I have been at Port Stephens on the ground where I understand the prisoners were at task work but not since they commenced working on it. The usual task there is 18 rods per man per day. It is hard work certainly, but can be done. Their rations are superior to those usually given to Government servants. Thirteen rod per day would be hard work for a man on a government ration. But these men might do the task on the ration allowed them. This is my opinion. Prisoners remanded for further hearing
Source:
NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825, 1826-1827 (Ancestry)
Details:
Mr. Joseph Pennington appeared this day to answer to a summons issued for his attendance on the complaint of William Jackson, a prisoner of the Crown assigned to him, for that he the said William Jackson had not been duly supplied with rations during the time he hath been in the service of Joseph Pennington, more especially from the 5th day of November last up to the time of his leaving his said masters farm to make his complaint, he had not any animal food served to him; which said complaint being duly stated to Mr. Pennington he admits generally the truth of the complaint as set forth by Jackson but not to its fullest extent; Further stated that the irregularity in the supplying of provisions to the servants on his farm occurred in consequence of the disobedience of the orders given by him to his overseer for his guidance during the absence of him the said Joseph Pennington on a subpoena from the Supreme Court requiring his attendance at Sydney where he was detained a much longer time than was contemplated. Further requesting that the said William Jackson and also his assigned servant Thomas Welsh, may be retained in government service, he having no longer any occasion for them.
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Passenger on the 'Heroine' from England'
First Name:
Joseph (Richard)
Source:
Criminal Court Records. Muswellbrook Court of Petty Sessions, Letter Books, 1838-1851. Ancestry
Details:
Request from Magistrate Edward Denny Day to the Principal Supt. of Convicts re Joseph Pennington and John Hyde who held tickets of leave for Muswellbrook, to be given passports for twelve months to employ themselves beyond the boundaries in the service of Henry Dangar
First Name:
Joseph and Ann
Source:
Colonial Secretary's Papers. State Records of NSW Special Bundles
Details:
Julia, daughter of Joseph and Ann Pennington on List of Christenings at Newcastle. Born 6 January 1815, baptised 23 August 1823
First Name:
Joseph and Ann
Source:
Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Class: HO 10; Piece: 20
Details:
Settlers at Newcastle. Came free per the Heroine.
