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33399
Surname: Preston
First Name: George
Ship: Sir Godfrey Webster 1826
Date: 1847 4 August
Place: Newcastle
Source: MM
Details: Obtained Ticket of Leave


68186
Surname: Preston
First Name: George
Ship: Sir Godfrey Webster 1826
Date: 1828
Place: Port Stephens
Source: 1828 Census
Details: Labourer aged 55. Assigned to A.A. Co


195397
Surname: Preston
First Name: George
Ship: Sir Godfrey Webster 1826
Date: 12 January 1826
Place: Sydney
Source: Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4011]; Microfiche: 660
Details: George Preston age 31. Coachman and servant from Dublin. Married with 3 children. Tried at Dublin 23 October 1824. Sentenced to transportation for life for stealing. Well behaved on the voyage out. Assigned to Samuel Terry in Sydney on arrival


10239
Surname: Preston
First Name: Henry
Ship: Portsea 1838
Date: 1844 27 January
Place: Patrick Plains
Source: MM
Details: Ticket of Leave granted.


54353
Surname: Preston
First Name: Henry
Ship: Portsea 1838
Date: 1840 1 December
Place: Williams River
Source: CSIL 40/12813 AONSW Reel No. 2679.
Details: To be sent to Pinchgut Island for allowing himself to be bailed up by bushrangers


7656
Surname: Preston
First Name: James
Ship: -
Date: 1837
Place: Newcastle
Source: GRC
Details: Assigned to John Smith


84352
Surname: Preston
First Name: Jane
Ship: -
Date: 1851 12 July
Place: Maitland
Source: MM
Details: Cautioned and discharged after being charged with drunkenness


205063
Surname: Preston
First Name: Jane
Ship: Born in the colony
Date: 29 May 1850
Place: Newcastle gaol
Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930
Details: Jane Preston, born in Sydney. Admitted to Newcastle gaol. Sentenced to 3 months hard labour for being unlawfully on the property of another person


205443
Surname: Preston
First Name: Jane
Ship: Born in the colony
Date: 11 May 1851
Place: Newcastle gaol
Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930
Details: Jane Preston, servant, born at Newcastle. Admitted to Newcastle gaol under sentence of 2 months hard labour as an idle and disorderly character


210612
Surname: Preston
First Name: John
Ship: -
Date: 7 February 1857
Place: Maitland
Source: Maitland Mercury
Details: Inquest held touching the death of a child named Ellen Preston, a child about six years of age, the daughter of John Preston by an aboriginal woman. Witnesses Margaret McLean and Richard Bennett. Verdict, accidentally drowned in a water hole


167250
Surname: Preston
First Name: John
Ship: Prince of Orange 1821.....
Date: August 1824
Place: Newcastle
Source: Colonial Secretary's Papers. Special Bundles
Details: Sentenced to 25 lashes for spoiling his work and insolence to his master


166678
Surname: Preston
First Name: John
Ship: Prince of Orange 1821......
Date: 11 June 1823
Place: Newcastle
Source: Colonial Secretary's Papers. NRS 898 Special Bundles. Ancestry
Details: John Preston per 'Prince of Orange', assigned to James M. Clement at Newcastle


29264
Surname: Preston
First Name: John Wight
Ship: Prince of Orange 1821......
Date: 1834 19 July
Place: Newcastle
Source: SG
Details: Obtained Ticket of Leave


90424
Surname: Preston
First Name: John Wright
Ship: -
Date: 1852 2 June
Place: Collected at Hexham
Source: MM
Details: Subscribed to Testimonial for E.C. Close


106621
Surname: Preston
First Name: John Wright
Ship: -
Date: 1849 October
Place: Newcastle
Source: Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. Marriages p28
Details: Marriage of John Wright Preston aged 49 and Jane Walker aged 17. Witness at marriage Eliza Simmons(?) of Newcastle


170158
Surname: Preston
First Name: John Wright
Ship: Prince of Orange 1821
Date: 1825
Place: Newcastle
Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Class: HO 10; Piece: 20
Details: Assigned servant to John Laurio Platt


71676
Surname: Preston
First Name: John Wright
Ship: Prince of Orange 1821......
Date: 1821
Place: Newcastle
Source: CSI
Details: On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per 'Governor Bligh'


163821
Surname: Preston
First Name: John Wright
Ship: Prince of Orange 1821......
Date: 14 February 1843
Place: Newcastle
Source: Application to Marry
Details: John Wright Preston aged 44, arrived per 'Prince of Orange', application to marry Elizabeth Capps aged 43. Application refused


9751
Surname: Preston
First Name: Joseph
Ship: -
Date: 1843 18 November
Place: Wollombi
Source: MM
Details: Signed a petition dated 9.11.1843 disclaiming knowledge or participation in a petition implying neglect of duty of Magistrate David Dunlop


10751
Surname: Preston
First Name: Joseph
Ship: -
Date: 1841
Place: McDonald River
Source: 1841 Census Index
Details: McDonald River, Wollombi, 54