Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1836.....
Source:
Newcastle Bench Books. AO NSW Reel 2722
Details:
James Ryan, William Blake and Peter Fleming all charged with assaulting Constable William Ledgerwood when he attempted to arrest them. Ryan, the ringleader was sentenced to 12 months in irons and the others to 100 lashes each
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1836.....
Place:
Justitia Hulk at Woolwich
Source:
UK Prison Hulk Registers. Ancestry
Details:
Age 21. Admitted to Justitia Hulk from Edinburgh 7 June 1836 having been convicted at Glasgow on 27 April 1836 of robbery. Transferred to the Bengal Merchant for transportation to NSW on 27 July 1836
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1836......
Source:
Newcastle Bench Books. AO NSW Reel 2722
Details:
William Blake, Peter Cobham, Edward Black, Peter Flemming all assigned to Lieut. Lugard, charged with being absent. Sentenced to 50 lashes each. David Bowerman witness
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1836......
Source:
Convict indents State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12189; Item: [X639]; Microfiche: 724
Details:
Age 23. Reads. Native place Refrewshire. Married, no children recorded. Occupation butcher. Offence stealing money. Tried at Glasgow Court of Justiciary 27 April 1836 and sentenced to 7 years transportation. Black hair, dark hazel eyes, dark freckled and pockpitted complexion. Angular scar top of centre forehead, scar left cheek bone etc.
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1836.......
Details:
Tried in Glasgow. Assigned to George Glue
Surname:
Fleming (Flemming)
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1836.......
Source:
Newcastle Bench Books. AO NSW Reel 2722
Details:
James Ryan, William Blake and Peter Fleming all assigned to Henry Lugard sentenced to 50 lashes each for being absent from their Master's farm without a pass. Found in a public house on the Maitland road
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1836......
Details:
Rope maker age 23 from Yorkshire. 5ft 6 in, ruddy and freckled complexion, brown hair, grey eyes, scars on right eyebrow, scar outside right eye, few dark moles left cheek WT inside lower right arm. Absconded from the A.A. Company in May 1837
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1836......
Details:
Tried in Norfolk. Assigned to A.E. Campbell
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1836......
Details:
Pedlar from county Mayo convicted of larceny in Sheerness. Witness in trial of John Martin
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1836......
Details:
Assigned to Mr. Bettington in 1836. Absconded with John Mason
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1836......
Details:
Apprehended after absconding from J.B. Bettington. Select http://www.jenwilletts.com/j_bettington.htm to find the location of J. B. Bettington's estate
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1836......
Place:
Newcastle (hospital)
Source:
Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. Burials p4
Details:
Assigned to Mr. Lowe. Died aged 27. Burial date
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1836......
Details:
Tried in Edinburgh. Assigned to Alexander Bell Lowe. (Search the database for more information about Alexander Bell Lowe)
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1836......
Details:
Tried in Edinburgh. Assigned to James Arundell
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1836......
Source:
Australasian Chronicle
Details:
Granted Ticket of Leave
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1836......
Details:
Apprehended after absconding from service of A.A. Company
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1836......
Source:
Gaol Entrance Books. State Archives NSW; Item: 2/2009; Roll: 757 (Ancestry)
Details:
Admitted to Newcastle gaol on a charge of feigning illness. Remanded
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1836......
Source:
Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book. State Archives NSW. Roll 136
Details:
Miner from Shropshire. Admitted to Newcastle gaol. Remanded for examination on a charge of disorderly conduct
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1836.......
Details:
Assigned to the Australian Agricultural Company
Surname:
Hammett (Emmett)
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1836......
Details:
Aged 19. Assigned to Peter Fagan
