Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Source:
State Archives NSW; Gaol Entrance Book, Item: 2/2020; Roll: 757 (Ancestry)
Details:
Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Singleton on a charge of conspiring with William Newman to defraud Mr. Semphill of a horse. Sent for trial
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4004]; Microfiche: 634
Details:
John Glass tried 29 March 1813. Sentenced to 14 years transportation
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Place:
Laurel Hulk, Portsmouth
Source:
Home Office: Convict Prison Hulks: Registers and Letter Books; Class: HO9; Piece: 9. Ancestry
Details:
John Glass age 20. Tried at Warwick 29 March 1813. Sentenced to 14 years transportation for highway robbery. Received in to the Laurel hulk from Warwick on 5 Jun 1813. Transferred to the General Hewitt 19 August 1813
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Details:
On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per 'Princenss Charlotte'
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Place:
Retribution Hulk, Woolwich
Source:
Ancestry. Home Office: Convict Prison Hulks: Registers and Letter Books; Class: HO9; Piece: 4
Details:
John Green age 23. Tried at Kingston 29 March 1813. Received on to the Retribution hulk on 10 April 1813. Transferred to the General Hewitt on 6 August 1813
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4004]; Microfiche: 634
Details:
John Green, age 24. Occupation sawyer. Tried 29 March 1813. Sentenced to transportation for life
First Name:
Francis Howard
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Details:
Architect from Bristol. Appointed Civil Architect by Governor Macquarie in 1816. Designed the Lightouse at South Head, the Female Factory at Parramatta, the Convict Barracks in Sydney etc., Dismissed in 1822 after submitting a large bill for fees
First Name:
Francis Howard
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Source:
The Bicentenary Pioneer Register, Second Edition, Volume 111
Details:
Born c 1777 Mangotsfield near Bristol Avon, son of Francis and Ann nee Webb. Spouse Mary Woore. Issue 1) George 2)William 3)Francis. 4)Caroline. 5)Charles Capel. 6) Henry. 7) Agnes
First Name:
Francis Howard
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Place:
Captivity Hulk, Portsmouth
Source:
Ancestry. Home Office: Convict Prison Hulks: Registers and Letter Books; Class: HO9; Piece: 8
Details:
Francis Howard Greenway, age 29. Tried at Bristol 25 March 1812. Capital Respite. Sentenced to 14 years transportation. Received on to the Captivity hulk fro Bristol on 13 July 1812. Sent to the General Hewitt on 19 August 1813
First Name:
Francis Howard
Ship:
General Hewitt 1814
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4004]; Microfiche: 634
Details:
Francis Howard Greenway, age 34. Native place Gloucester. Occupation architect and painter. Tried at Bristol 23 March 1812. sentenced to 14 years transportation.
Ship:
Surprize 1790; General Hewitt 1814
Source:
The Narrative of a Voyage of discovery performed in His Majesty s Vessel Lady Nelson - The Monthly review
Details:
The Lady Nelson was now ordered to receive on board Lieutenant Governor Colonel Paterson and convey him to Hunters River, which, from the abundance of coals found on its banks, has obtained the name of Coal River. The object of this voyage was to make a survey of the river, to gain a knowledge of its natural productions, and whatever else might appear worthy of observation. Having all things in readiness, we set sail on the 10th of June, with the Francis schooner, which latter vessel was to be loaded with coals. With Colonel Paterson, we received on board Dr. Harris, Surgeon of the New South Wales Corps, Ensign Barreillier (the Surveyor), and a number of workmen and labourers, for the purpose of cutting and sawing timber, digging and loading coals, and other necessary works.; With us likewise went one of the natives, named Bangaree. On the next day, the weather was variable; and having a person on board as a pilot who had lately sailed from Sydney to the river for coals, I thought I could rely on his knowledge of the place, but herein I proved to be mistaken. He was nearly entering a wrong place, being deceived by the appearance of an island, and Hunter s, or Coal River, having one at its entrance. As we were in 17 fathoms water, and the weather was fair, I got my boat out, and Dr. Harris went on shore to reconnoitre the place. In the meantime I brought up with the kedge, and set my people to fishing, who caught a number of snappers and other fish. On Dr. Harris s return, he brought with him a native who, on seeing the boat, had run down to it, crying out several times, Whale Boat! and Budgerie Dick ! or Good Dick, a name we supposed had been given him by the people sent in search of those who ran away with the Norfolk, as before mentioned. This man had some fish with him, which he threw into the boat first, and then jumped into it himself, without the least hesitation. The report which Dr. Harris made on board was, that not the least appearance of any river was to be discerned; but the sea broke very heavily in an inlet behind the island.
Ship:
Surprize 1790; .....General Hewitt 1814
Details:
At Shane's Park, on Friday last, 27th April, John Harris, Esq., aged 76, the oldest Magistrate in the Colony
Ship:
Surprize 1790; .....General Hewitt 1814
Source:
Colonial Times (Hobart)
Details:
The venerable Dr. Harris departed this life on Friday last, at his residence at Shanes Park near Windsor in the 76th year of his age. Dr. Harris had formerly been surgeon of the 102nd regiment of infantry, known by the name of the New South Wales Corps and was the oldest magistrate in the Colony. HIs has left an estate both moveable and heritable, of the estimated value of 150,000 pounds
Ship:
Surprize 1790; .....General Hewitt 1814
Source:
The Annual Reigster. Discoveries in NSW
Details:
The sanguine hope which his Excellency the governor was induced to entertain, that by pursuing the course of the Macquarie river, which had been discovered running in a north-west direction, by John Oxley, esq. on his return last year from tracing the course of the Lachlan to the south-west, would have amply compensated for the disappointment sustained on the occasion ; and his Excellency having in consequence accepted the further services of Mr. Oxley, on a second expedition, the party, consisting of John Oxley, esq. surveyor-general ; John Harris, esq. late surgeon of the 102nd regiment (who most liberally volunteered to accompany the expedition ) ; Mr. Evans, deputy surveyor-general ; and Mr. Charles Frazier, colonial botanist; together with twelve men, having eighteen horses and two boats,, and provisions for twenty-four weeks, took their final departure, on the 4th of June last, from a depot prepared for the occasion in the Wellington Valley, at about ninety miles west of Bathurst.
Ship:
Surprize 1790; General Hewitt 1814
Source:
HR NSW. Vol IV. Hunter and King. 1800, 1801, 1802. Ed. by F. M. Bladen. pp 390 - 1
Details:
To accompany the Lady Nelson under Lieutenant James Grant to Hunter River
Ship:
Surprize 1790; General Hewitt 1814
Source:
HR NSW. Vol IV. Hunter and King. 1800, 1801, 1802. Ed.by F. M. Bladen. p. 448
Details:
With Lieutenant James Grant climbed Coal Island (Nobbys) and hoisted the Union on top of the hill
Ship:
Surprize 1790; General Hewitt 1814
Source:
HR NSW, Vol. VI, King and Bligh 1806, 1807, 1808. . p. 574
Details:
Services as Magistrate no longer required
Ship:
Surprize 1790; General Hewitt 1814
Details:
Appointed Magistrate of Police in Sydney
Ship:
Surprize 1790; General Hewitt 1814
Place:
Covent Garden, England
Source:
HRA, Series 1, Vol. VIIi, p. 56
Details:
John Harris - Memorial to Earl Bathurst requesting a land grant.....After a service of 22 years as assistant surgeon and surgeon of the 102nd foot, retiring from HM service on a Military Allowance. During previous residence had filled the situations of Naval Officer and Harbour Master of Port Jackson, had been Magistrate of Police for over ten years prior to his return to England. That in consequence of his advanced period of life, after a service of 32 years having been ten years in the Royal navy in India previous to being in 102nd foot and a residence during the whole of that period in a tropical climate, his health was endangered. Requesting as a free settler the indulgence of a land grant
Ship:
Surprize 1790; General Hewitt 1814
Source:
Colonial Secretarys Papers
Details:
At Lieut. Col. Patersons request, John Harris Esq, is sworn as a Magistrate to have charge of the Police at Sydney
