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168283
Surname: Hurst
First Name: John
Ship: Hercules 1832
Date: 1841
Place: Newcastle
Source: Newcastle Gaol Description Books 1841 - 1848. Roll 759. Page 3
Details: 5ft 6 in, stout, sallow complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes. Admitted to Newcastle gaol


169280
Surname: Hurst
First Name: John
Ship: Hercules 1832
Date: 29 September 1840
Place: Newcastle gaol
Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Entrance Books. State Archives NSW; Item: 2/2020; Roll: 757
Details: Admitted to Newcastle gaol on a charge of burglary


179455
Surname: Hurst
First Name: John
Ship: Hercules 1832
Date: 29 May 1840
Place: Newcastle gaol
Source: Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book. State Archives NSW. Roll 136
Details: Waterman from Manchester. Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Newcastle. Sentenced to 7 days in the cells. Returned to service 6 June 1840


131580
Surname: Hurst
First Name: Joseph
Ship: -
Date: 1835 26 November
Place: Supreme Criminal Court Sydney
Source: SG
Details: Joseph Kay, James Hanson, John Williams, John Hobart alias Stoddart, Thomas Ford, James Brennan, William Brennan, John Stockwell and Joseph Hurst convicted of burglary in the house of W. Wentworth and of seizing the vessel 'Alice' with intent to escape from the Colony. Sentenced to death


132167
Surname: Hurst
First Name: Joseph
Ship: Henry Tanner 1834
Date: 1844 15 March
Place: Phillip Island Norfolk Island
Source: GG
Details: Waterman and seaman age 27 from Lincolnshire. 5ft 6 1/4in, ruddy and little pockpitted complexion, brown hair, hazel grey eyes, two front upper teeth apart, forehead pockmarked, scar right side of upper lip, middle finger of right hand contracted, scar back of right thumb, scar back of fourth finger of left hand. Absconded from Norfolk Island 1st December 1840


116208
Surname: Hurst
First Name: Mary
Ship: Diana 1833
Date: 1833
Place: -
Source: A.O. N.S.W. Convict Indents 1832 - 33 Fiche 685, (4/4017) pp 179 - 233
Details: Dairy maid aged 19 from Lancashire. Offence: picking pockets. Tried at Salford QS 21st August 1832 and sentenced to 7 years transportation. No prior convictions. 5ft 6in; fair ruddy complexion, sandy hair and grey eyes


67183
Surname: Hurst
First Name: Mary Ann
Ship: Diana 1833
Date: 1838 11 July
Place: Patrick Plains
Source: GG
Details: Apprehended after absconding from R. Marshall


99537
Surname: Hurst
First Name: Mary Ann
Ship: Diana 1833
Date: 1837
Place: Merton
Source: GRC
Details: Aged 23 . Assigned to J. Pike


131178
Surname: Hurst
First Name: Mary Ann
Ship: Diana 1833
Date: 1837 10 May
Place: Patrick Plains
Source: GG
Details: Dairymaid, allwork age 23 from Lancashire. 5ft 6 in, fair ruddy complexion sandy flaxen hair, grey eyes, stout made hands, very large. Absconded from R. Marshall 2nd May


66705
Surname: Hurst
First Name: Mary Anne
Ship: Diana 1833
Date: 1838 4 April
Place: Patrick Plains
Source: GG
Details: Occupation - allwork. Aged 24. Tried Lancashire. 5' 6" fair, ruddy, freckled; sandy hair grey eyes; stout made; hands very large. Absconded from Robert Marshall her husband since Feb 22


199654
Surname: Hurst
First Name: Rev. George
Ship: -
Date: 25 December 1869
Place: Maitland
Source: Newcastle Chronicle
Details: Chairman of the Maitland District. Wesleyan Church picnic


50570
Surname: Hurst
First Name: Richard
Ship: -
Date: 1849 17 January
Place: Pickering
Source: MM
Details: Lost a prize ticket in the Bank Partition when the Mail was robbed by a bushranger


148608
Surname: Hurst
First Name: Richard
Ship: -
Date: 1855 14 July
Place: Maitland
Source: MM
Details: Thomas Chilton fined 20s for using obscene language to Mary Duckworth, Richard Hurst and Louisa Chilton


4345
Surname: Hurst
First Name: Richard
Ship: Florentia 1830
Date: 1842 26 February
Place: Merton
Source: HRG
Details: Obtained T of L for Merton 1842


99539
Surname: Hurst
First Name: Richard
Ship: Florentia 1830
Date: 1837
Place: Merton
Source: GRC
Details: Assigned to J. Pike


138625
Surname: Hurst
First Name: Richard
Ship: Florentia 1830
Date: 1830 December
Place: -
Source: AO NSW Convict Indents Fiche No. 677
Details: Age 28. Flannel weaver from Rochdale. Tried in Lancaster 6th March 1830 and sentenced to transportation for Life for horse stealing. Assigned to John Pike at Hunter River


192831
Surname: Hurst
First Name: Richard
Ship: Florentia 1830
Date: 28 May 1830
Place: -
Source: Convict Prison Hulks: Registers and Letter Books; Class: HO9; Piece: 1
Details: Richard Hurst age 26. Tried at Lancaster 6 March 1830. Sentenced to transportation for life for horse stealing. Received on to the Dolph hulk from Lancaster 28 May 1830. Transferred to the Florentia on 4 August 1830


202360
Surname: Hurst
First Name: Sophia and Isaiah
Ship: -
Date: 28 April 1870
Place: Wallsend
Source: Maitland Mercury
Details: William Davis, on bail, was indicted for committing a rape upon Jane Beath aged 16, at Wallsend. George Shoesmith and Robert Ship, both on bail were indicted for aiding and abetting in the offence. All pleaded not guilty. Witnesses for the prosecution – Constable Leonard, Jane Beath, Jane Horn, Sophia Hurst, Isaiah Hurst, Thomas Duggan and James Wilson. Witness for the defence – John McDonald, William Murray and David Murray…. The jury after a short deliberation found a verdict of not guilty and the prisoners were discharged


181531
Surname: Hurst
First Name: Thomas
Ship: -
Date: 2 November 1825
Place: Newcastle
Source: NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825 (Ancestry)
Details: Thomas Perkins, Edward Davis, George Piggot and Thomas Hurst all in government service, charged with disorderly conduct...Mr. Dixon, Principal Superintendent states - I was near the house where Perkins resides last night about 1/2 past eight. I heard a great disturbance in it. Hurst was near the door. I searched him and found some articles of wearing apparel which afterwards was ascertained to belong to Perkins wife. Before I had searched Hurst, I asked him what he had in the bosom of his shirt. He replied Nothing. On my going into the house I found it a scene of complete uproar. Perkins was on the ground drunk. Davis and Piggot who were drunk also were beating him. These men had been absent from work since 12 oclock. Sarah Perkins states - my husband and the others were drunk and I wished to move my clothes out of the way of being destroyed. I threw them out at the door and Hurst picked them up for me. The prisoners admit the impropriety of their conduct. Sentenced to 4 days solitary confinement on Bread and Water


99542
Surname: Hurst
First Name: William
Ship: Mangles 1837
Date: 1837
Place: Liverpool Plains
Source: GRC
Details: Aged 20. Assigned to A.J. Leddington