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140796
Surname: Burraston (Barastan) (Burraston)
First Name: James
Ship: Marquis of Hastings 1828
Date: 1837
Place: Invermein
Source: GRC
Details: Age 27. Tried in Warwick. Assigned to Archibald Bell junior


31030
Surname: Burraston (Barristone)
First Name: James
Ship: Marquis of Hastings 1828
Date: 1828
Place: Segenhoe, Hunter River
Source: 1828 Census
Details: Labourer assigned to P. McIntyre


30053
Surname: Burraston (Burrowsen)
First Name: James
Ship: Marquis of Hastings 1828
Date: 1828 October
Place: -
Source: AO NSW Convict Indents. Fiche No. 670
Details: Age 19. Pocket book maker from Birmingham. Tried at Warwick 13 April 1828 and sentenced to 14 years Transportation for house breaking. Two prior convictions. Assigned to Peter McIntyre at Segenhoe on arrival


160598
Surname: Burrell
First Name: Ann
Ship: -
Date: 1818 3 August
Place: Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle
Source: Church of England Marriage Register Book 1818 - 1825. University of Newcastle
Details: No. 4. Marriage of Richard Binder to Ann Burrell. Witness David Thurston. Minister Rev. William Cowper


176619
Surname: Burrell
First Name: Ann
Ship: Mary Ann 1816
Date: 1816
Place: -
Source: Convict Indent. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4005]; Microfiche: 636
Details: Age 22. Tried 11 March 1815 in Lincoln.


34281
Surname: Burrell
First Name: Ann
Ship: Mary Anne 1816
Date: 1816 23 March
Place: Newcastle
Source: CSI
Details: On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per Lady Nelson


46345
Surname: Burrell
First Name: Barnabas
Ship: -
Date: 1848 11 October
Place: Maitland
Source: MM
Details: Unclaimed letter held in the General Post Office, Sydney for the month of September


64576
Surname: Burrell
First Name: Benjamin
Ship: -
Date: 1830 6 May
Place: Paterson
Source: SG
Details: Sentence of death passed on Burrell for robbery in the dwelling house of Samuel Adair on 22 November 1829


181446
Surname: Burrell
First Name: Benjamin
Ship: -
Date: 25 August 1825
Place: Newcastle
Source: NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825 (Ancestry)
Details: William Ryan per Medina, in the service of government charged with theft. The sentry on duty on the wharf yesterday states I was on my post yesterday and saw the prisoner secrete a pair of shoes amongst the coals. I reported the circumstance to the chief constable. I am positive the prisoner is the man who hid the shoes. The chief constable states - in consequence of the report of the sentry I searched amongst the coals and found a pair of slop shoes which were immediately owned by Benjamin Burrell. Benjamin Burrell a prisoner of the crown states...I was on the wharf yesterday waiting for the passage boat to take me up the river. I sat down on a stone and laid my shoes beside me, in a few minutes they were gone. The shoes I afterwards saw in the chief constables hands are mine.. William Ryan sentenced to 50 lashes and to work in the gaol gang until further orders


34282
Surname: Burrell
First Name: Benjamin
Ship: Norfolk 1825
Date: 1825 14 October
Place: Hunter River
Source: CSI
Details: Servant to J. Reid of Hunter River


48208
Surname: Burrell
First Name: Benjamin
Ship: Norfolk 1825
Date: 1830 28 April
Place: East Maitland
Source: BR
Details: Executed. Buried in Glebe Cemetery


98970
Surname: Burrell
First Name: Benjamin
Ship: Norfolk 1825
Date: 1830 11 March
Place: -
Source: SG
Details: Absconded from service of James Reid. Charged with robbery. Description - Ploughman aged 25 from Essex. 5'4"; dark grey eyes, brown hair, fresh freckled compl.,


195142
Surname: Burrell
First Name: Benjamin
Ship: Norfolk 1825
Date: 19 August 1825
Place: Sydney
Source: Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4009A]; Microfiche: 656
Details: Benjamin Burrell age 20. Ploughman from Essex. Tried at Chelmsford 2 August 1824. Sentenced to transportation for life. Very well behaved on the voyage out. Assigned to Lieut. James Reid on arrival. Note - brother of John Burrell who arrived on the same ship


95882
Surname: Burrell
First Name: H.Y
Ship: -
Date: 1852 3 November
Place: Reedy Creek
Source: MM
Details: Notice of Unclaimed letter in Post Office Sydney


202381
Surname: Burrell
First Name: James
Ship: -
Date: 8 September 1870
Place: Wallsend
Source: Newcastle Chronicle
Details: Court case - Joseph P. Tyler was contracted to erect the Primitive Methodist Chapel at Wallsend. Witnesses Edwin Tyler, father and builder; Thomas Adam, building surveyor; George Henry Cox, builder; Edward Cook Pritchard; Joseph Backhouse; Richard Ward, plasterer; Thomas Smith, builder; James Burrell; trustee of Chapel


34283
Surname: Burrell
First Name: John
Ship: Norfolk 1825
Date: 1825 14 October
Place: Hunter River
Source: CSI
Details: Servant to J. Reid of Hunter River


98971
Surname: Burrell
First Name: John
Ship: Norfolk 1825
Date: 1830 11 March
Place: -
Source: SG
Details: Absconded from service to James Reid. Charged with robbery. Description - Reaper aged 30 from Essex. 5'7", dark grey eyes, brown hair, brown compl.,


166913
Surname: Burrell
First Name: John
Ship: Norfolk 1825
Date: 19 August 1825
Place: Sydney
Source: Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4009A]; Microfiche: 656
Details: John Burrell age 24. Reaps and thrashes. Native place Essex. Tried at Chelmsford August 1824. Sentenced to transportation for life. Conduct middling on the voyage out. Assigned to Lieut. James Reid on arrival. Note - brother of Benjamin Burrell who arrived on the same ship


188124
Surname: Burrell
First Name: John and Benjamin
Ship: -
Date: 30 April 1830
Place: Wallis Plains
Source: Maitland Burial Registry
Details: Three men Sharpe, John Burrell and Benjamin Burrell were executed by order of the Supreme Court and were buried on 30 April 1830


166914
Surname: Burrell
First Name: John and Benjamin
Ship: Norfolk 1825
Date: 16 September 1824
Place: -
Source: UK Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books
Details: John Burrell age 19 and Benjamin Burrell age 23 sentenced to transportation for life for burglary. Admitted to the hulk Leviathan from Chelmsford on 2 August 1824 and transferred to the Norfolk for transportation to NSW on 4 April 1825