First Name:
John (Lieutenant) and Rachel Anne Sophia
Source:
Maitland Baptism Register p .51
Details:
Edmund George Lethbridge Wood, son of John and Rachel Anne Sophia Wood born 12 December 1832. Baptised 28 July 1833. Occupation of John Wood - Lieut. R.N.
Date:
1st to 7th July 1838
Source:
Female prisoners received and discharged from the Female Factory at Newcastle. State Archives NSW; Kingswood, New South Wales; Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Series: 2329; Item: 4/3898; Roll: 139
Details:
Ann Davey per ship Caroline 1833 assigned to Lieut. Wood at Maitland
Source:
Return of Female Convicts arrived in NSW between 1 Jan 1833 and 31 Dec 1834. Settler and Convict Lists. Ancestry
Details:
Olympia Edwards per Numa assigned to Lieut. John Wood at Maitland
Source:
Return of Female Convicts arrived in NSW between 1 Jan 1833 and 31 Dec 1834. Settler and Convict Lists. Ancestry
Details:
Elizabeth Fellows per Fanny assigned to to Lieut. John Wood at Maitland
Details:
St. Peter s Church Centenary Celebrations - In 1830 a resident officer, Lieut. John Wood, accepted office as a catechist and conducted regular services in the old court house, in hotels, and private homes. He also established the first Church of England Sunday School in the Maitland district. He received material assistance in his work from some of the early settlers, notably Lieuts. E. C. Close and T. V. Blomfield, but the work was only spasmodic, until the arrival of Mr. Rusden, who laboured until his death in 1859. He was followed by Rev. John Greaves, Archdeacon Tyrrell, who was rector for 40 years. Archdeacon Tollis, Canon Portus and Rev. K.S. Single followed. The first church was erected during Rev. Rusden s term of service and was opened in 1840. It was consecrated by the Bishop of Australian Rev. Dr. W. Broughton in June 1843.
First Name:
Lieutenant, R.N
Details:
A resident of Newcastle unearthed a valuable book relating to early convict days in Newcastle containing original depositions of the cases heard at the Newcastle Police Office in the year 1829 - Daniel Coyle, for disobedience and insubordination, 100 lashes in the yard of the penitentiary. Lieutenant Wood R.N. said the prisoner asked him for twopence, and he refused to give it him. The prisoner then addressed him in the most scurrilous and indecent language by saying that he did not care a ....for him
