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119912
Surname: O Donnell
First Name: Michael
Ship: Eliza 1827
Date: 1839 11 December
Place: Maitland
Source: GG
Details: Apprehended after absconding from R.P. Marshall


12398
Surname: O'Donnell
First Name: Michael
Ship: Eliza 1827
Date: 1844 27 July
Place: Maitland
Source: MM
Details: Obtained ticket of leave


65016
Surname: Pennington
First Name: William
Ship: Eliza 1827
Date: 1832 23 April
Place: Maitland
Source: SH
Details: Obtained Ticket of Leave


68161
Surname: Power
First Name: John
Ship: Eliza 1827
Date: 1828
Place: Port Stephens
Source: 1828 Census
Details: Labourer aged 38. Assigned to A.A. co


126249
Surname: Power
First Name: John
Ship: Eliza 1827
Date: 1840 6 May
Place: Port Stephens
Source: GG
Details: Granted Ticket of Leave


129458
Surname: Power
First Name: John
Ship: Eliza 1827
Date: 1837
Place: Port Stephens
Source: GRC
Details: Age 45. Assigned to Australian Agricultural Company


179548
Surname: Powers
First Name: John
Ship: Eliza 1827
Date: 14 June 1840
Place: Newcastle gaol
Source: Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book. State Archives NSW. Roll 136
Details: Labourer from Co. Cork. Admitted to Newcastle gaol. Remanded for examination


179550
Surname: Powers
First Name: John
Ship: Eliza 1827
Date: 16 June 1840
Place: Newcastle gaol
Source: Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book. State Archives NSW. Roll 136
Details: Sentenced to 3 days in the cells. Discharged 19 June 1840


134069
Surname: Roach (Roche)
First Name: William
Ship: Eliza 1827
Date: -
Place: Patrick Plains & Liverpool Plains & Murrurundi & St. George Qld
Source: Singleton Pioneer Register p. 75
Details: Born 1805 Newcastle West County, Limerick, Ireland. Occupations Grazier, innkeeper. Spouse Magaret Day. See Pioneer Register for details of descendants


34880
Surname: Roche (Roach)
First Name: William
Ship: Eliza 1827
Date: 1836 March
Place: Invermein
Source: SG
Details: Obtained Ticket of Leave


68368
Surname: Roche (Roach)
First Name: William
Ship: Eliza 1827
Date: 1828
Place: Patrick Plains
Source: 1828 Census
Details: Shepherd aged 28 assigned to Andrew Loder


68389
Surname: Roche (Rocher)
First Name: John
Ship: Eliza 1827
Date: 1828
Place: Port Stephens
Source: 1828 Census
Details: Labourer aged 18 assigned to A.A. Co


68442
Surname: Russell
First Name: John
Ship: Eliza 1827
Date: 1828
Place: Pickering Hunter River
Source: 1828 Census
Details: Groom aged 25 assigned to John Pike


128700
Surname: Russell
First Name: John
Ship: Eliza 1827
Date: 1838 18 December
Place: -
Source: CDR
Details: Hung for the murder of blacks


162912
Surname: Russell
First Name: John
Ship: Eliza 1827
Date: 5 December 1838/ 20 December 1838
Place: Sydney
Source: The Colonist/ Sydney Gazette
Details: The Liverpool Plains Massacre - (Myall Creek Massacre) - The trial took place in the Supreme Court on Thursday 29th November, before is Honor Judge Burton and the following civil jury: - Mr. John Sewell, Foreman; Mr. William Knight of Castlereagh Street; Mr. Francis King, soap boiler, King Street; Mr. John Little, publican, King Street; Mr. Richard Leworthy, tailor, George Street; Mr. Henry Linden; Mr. Benjamin Lees, Parramatta; Mr. E. Hyland, Redwood; Mr. W. Johnson; Mr. Alexander Long, publican, York Street; Mr. John Leary, publican, York Street, and Mr. William Jones, Pitt Town. The prisoners arraigned at the bar were Charles Kilmaister, James Oates, Edward Foley, John Johnson, John Russell, William Hawkins and James Parry. The indictment contained twenty counts, the first five charging the prisoners with the murder of an aboriginal child; the next five with the murder of a male aboriginal child; the next five with the murder of a female aboriginal child, and the last five with the murder of an aboriginal boy named Charlie. The case for the prosecution was conducted by the Attorney General, assisted by Mr. Therry. The defence was conducted by Messrs A Beckett, Foster and Windeyer, who had been specially retained for that purpose by the Hunter River Black Association. Witnesses included Thomas Foster, superintendent on the estate of Dr. Newton at the Big River about 150 miles beyond Invermein; William Hobbs, superintendent on Henry Dangar s estate at the Big River; Edward Denny Day, Police Magistrate; George Anderson, an assigned servant of Henry Dangar; John Bates, assigned servant to Mr. Dight of Richmond and employed on Dight s station at the Big River; Mr. Kinnear Robertson, Colonial Surgeon; Robert Sexton, assigned servant to Dr. Newton; Charles Reid, a ticket of leave holder employed by Henry Dangar; Andrew Burrows, an assigned servant to Henry Dangar. At a quarter past one the Jury retired, and at two o clock returned to Court with a verdict, finding the prisoners guilty on the first five counts of the indictment and acquitting them on the last five. On Tuesday morning 18 December 1838 at nine o clock, Kilmaister, Hawkins, Johnson, Parry, Foley, Oates and Russell, the seven men convicted of the murder of the blacks at Liverpool Plains, underwent the last penalty of the law at the rear of the gaol. From the time they received sentence, even up to the morning of their execution, there were many persons who thought it probably that the sentence would not be carried into execution, and attempts were made by petitioning His Excellency to extend mercy to them; but the reply was, that the law must be carried into effect. Shortly before nine a guard of eighteen men of the 59th regiment under the command of Lieut. Sheaffe arrived and immediately afterwards the Sheriff. The men had been engaged in their religious exercise previously and when the clock struck nine, the procession began to move. Kilmaister, Hawkins, Johnson and Parry, Protestants, were attended by the Rev. Mr. Cowper and Mr. Hyndes of Sussex Street; and Foley Oates and Russell, Catholics by the Rev. F. Murphy. They seemed greatly dejected, and Russell was much agitated, that he was obliged to cling to the Priest s coat for support. As soon as they had entered the yard, the High Sheriff read over to them the warrant for their execution, which he said by a letter from His Excellency the Governor had been appointed to take place that morning. When the warrant had been read over, Foley, the youngest of the culprits, addressed Mr. Macquoid and requested permission to embrace his unfortunate companions and the request being complied with, they kissed and shook each others hands and with eyes streaming with tears, bade each other a last adieu. The shook hands with Mr. Keck and embraced Mr. Hibbs the turnkey and then knelt down and proceeded with their devotions at the close of which they mounted the scaffold, attended by the clergymen who continued to exhort them while the final preparations were being completed. These don, the Rev. Gentlemen and the executioners descended from the scaffold, and in the short interval that followed previously to the falling of the drop, the cries of the men to God for mercy were distinctly audible, and they were soon launched into eternity


68444
Surname: Rutherford
First Name: George
Ship: Eliza 1827 (came free)
Date: 1828
Place: Luskintyre
Source: 1828 Census
Details: Came Free. R.N. Surgeon


173615
Surname: Ryan
First Name: Michael
Ship: Eliza 1827
Date: 9 April 1844
Place: Newcastle gaol
Source: State Archives NSW; Gaol Entrance Book, Item: 2/2020; Roll: 757 (Ancestry)
Details: Admitted to Newcastle gaol. Detained by order of the Court Quarter Sessions


52619
Surname: Ryan
First Name: Richard
Ship: Eliza 1827
Date: 1831 24 December
Place: Patrick Plains
Source: SG
Details: Obtained Ticket of Leave


68449
Surname: Ryan
First Name: Richard
Ship: Eliza 1827
Date: 1828
Place: Patrick Plains
Source: 1828 Census
Details: Shoemaker aged 22 assigned to James Bowman


42730
Surname: Shee
First Name: James
Ship: Eliza 1827
Date: 1828
Place: Luskintyre
Source: 1828 Census
Details: Labourer aged 30. Assigned to George Rutherford