Free Settler or Felon
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55892
Surname: Porter
First Name: John
Ship: -
Date: 1849 20 June
Place: 2 miles from Lochinvar
Source: MM
Details: Servant employed by Mr. Harper. Robbed by bushrangers who bailed up the Singleton mail


56773
Surname: Porter
First Name: John
Ship: -
Date: 1849 18 July
Place: Maitland
Source: MM
Details: Fined 5/- for allowing pigs to stray about the streets


82332
Surname: Porter
First Name: John
Ship: -
Date: 1851 1 March
Place: Maitland
Source: MM
Details: Ordered to keep the peace after being charged by his wife with assaulting her


82733
Surname: Porter
First Name: John
Ship: -
Date: 1851 2 April
Place: Maitland
Source: MM
Details: Charged with threatening his wife Mary Ann Porter. Ordered to keep the peace for 12mths


82808
Surname: Porter
First Name: John
Ship: -
Date: 1851 5 April
Place: West Maitland
Source: MM
Details: Thomas Hubbard committed for trial for stealing a harness cask belonging to Porter


82898
Surname: Porter
First Name: John
Ship: -
Date: 1851 9 April
Place: Maitland
Source: MM
Details: Thomas Hubbard sentenced to 6mths hard labour for stealing a cask belonging to Porter


86998
Surname: Porter
First Name: John
Ship: -
Date: 1851 29 November
Place: Maitland
Source: MM
Details: Convicted of absconding from hired service of Bourn Russell. Ordered to return to work and forfeit wages


87058
Surname: Porter
First Name: John
Ship: -
Date: 1851 6 December
Place: Maitland
Source: MM
Details: On the application of his wife Mary Ann Porter, ordered to pay 20s maintenance for herself and children


87211
Surname: Porter
First Name: John
Ship: -
Date: 1851 20 December
Place: Maitland
Source: MM
Details: Neglecting to pay maintenance for his wife. Committed to gaol until payments made but released soon after


87483
Surname: Porter
First Name: John
Ship: -
Date: 1852 10 January
Place: Maitland
Source: MM
Details: Appeared in court to answer charge of disobeying bench order to pay wife maintenance. Order to pay immediately with costs


123407
Surname: Porter
First Name: John
Ship: -
Date: 1892 15 January
Place: Campbells Hill Burial Ground
Source: Maitland Burial Records
Details: Died aged 82


126420
Surname: Porter
First Name: John
Ship: -
Date: 1856 13 August
Place: Maitland Quarter Sessions
Source: SMH
Details: Indicted for having stolen a cow and heifer belonging to Edward Payne at Wollombi. Postponement granted


146235
Surname: Porter
First Name: John
Ship: -
Date: 1892 6 August
Place: Bourke St., West Maitland
Source: MM
Details: Died at his residence in Bourke Street, aged 80 years


153953
Surname: Porter
First Name: John
Ship: -
Date: 1865 13 April
Place: Harper's Hill, near Lochinvar
Source: NSW Death Registration Ref 1865/4331
Details: Born in Norfolk, England. Spouse Sarah Rae. 21 years residence in NSW. Died aged 85 in the house of farmer James Sneesby and buried Wesleyan Burial Ground, Harper's Hill


162696
Surname: Porter
First Name: John
Ship: Adrian 1830
Date: 16 March 1843
Place: Maitland
Source: Australasian Chronicle
Details: Granted Ticket of Leave


177980
Surname: Porter
First Name: John
Ship: Adrian 1830
Date: 16 August 1846
Place: Newcastle Gaol
Source: Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book. State Archives NSW. Roll 757
Details: Butcher from Essex. Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Maitland sentenced to 3 months confinement


192493
Surname: Porter
First Name: John
Ship: Adrian 1830
Date: 1830
Place: -
Source: Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4015]; Microfiche: 676
Details: John Porter, age 19. Poulterer, reaps, shears, milks. Native place Essex. Tried at Chelmsford 12 January 1830. Sentenced to 14 years transportation for stealing fowls. Assigned to Edgar Hyland at Sydney on arrival


187466
Surname: Porter
First Name: John
Ship: Born in the colony
Date: 11 August 1856
Place: Newcastle gaol
Source: Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book - State Archives NSW; Roll: 757
Details: Sent to Newcastle gaol. To be sent for trial. Discharged on his own recognizance November 56


60536
Surname: Porter
First Name: John
Ship: Henry Tanner 1834
Date: 1839 19 March
Place: Brisbane Water
Source: SG
Details: Granted Ticket of Leave


82735
Surname: Porter
First Name: John
Ship: Henry Tanner 1834
Date: 1837
Place: Brisbane Water
Source: GRC
Details: Assigned to William Pickett. Aged 24