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Transportation
Bennett Bantock was transported on the Asia 1, departing 5th Jan 1825 and arriving 29th Apr 1825 with 201 passengers.
Built by A Hall & Co at Aberdeen in 1818. A Brig of 536 tons. (Wikipedia) 1830 - Voyage. Asia from Ireland. Female Convict Ship; Stead; Master, Alexander Nesbit M.D. Surgeon Superintendent. Arrived in Sydney Cove 13 Jan 1830. Mustered - 186. Died on Voyage - 3. Disembarked - 1. Total Embarked - 200
Asia 1 (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 204 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
Suffolk Assizes. ... Bennett Bantock, for receiving sundry goods, the property of Mr. J. Nunn, shopkeeper of Woolpit, well knowing the same have been stolen, was sentenced to be transported for 14 years. … Cambridge Chronicle, 13 Aug 1824.
Muster on Asia 5. Bennett Banlock Suffolk (Liberty of Bury St Edmunds) Assizes, tried 5 Aug 1824. 14 years.
Bennett Bantick/Bantock son of Thomas Bantick and Elizabeth Bennett of Ixworth, convicted at Suffolk Assizes BSE 5/4/1824 sentenced to be transported for 14 years for receiving sundry goods of the property of J Nunn head gamekeeper of Woolpit, well knowing the same to be stolen. (Norwich and Bury Post Article)
Bennett Bantock went under the alias of George Bentick and had three children with Anne Hearne at Meadow Flat. He received his certificate of freedom on 17 August 1840 but was charged with Highway Robbery in 1851 at Bathurst and served at Towrang Stockade - being released in 1856 with a ticket of leave restricting him to the Goulburn district. He died in a house fire at Towrang in 1865 in premises occupied by Mr Henry Mohr.
BANTOCK Bennett Asia 1825 40/1339 17 Aug 1840 Certificate of Freedom [4/4360; Reel 1006] BANTOCK Bennett Asia 1825 34/901 Ticket of Leave [4/4095; Reel 922] District: Bathurst; Born: Suffolk; Trade: Carter; Tried: Suff ass BANTOCK Bennett Asia 1825 56/31 Ticket of Leave [4/4230; Reel 892] District: Goulburn; Tried: Bathurst 1852 Alias - George Bentick He lived at Meadow Flat with partner Anne Hearne and they has three children: Alice Maude Mary Bentick, Bennett Bentick and Mary Elizabeth Bentick. He purchased 30 acres at Meadow Flat and tried to obtain licences to sell alcohol from a store he established. He was chaarged and fined in the Bathurst courts for sly-grogging and was eventually arrested and sent to Goulburn to service out a sentence for armed robbery. Anne then married George Baily who had arrived as a convict on the Asia with Bennett Bantock. Copies of newspaper articles can be found through TROVE. He died at Towrang near Goulburn NSW in 1865