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Voyage
Transportation
John Barber was transported on the Marquis Of Wellington, departing 31st Jul 1814 and arriving 27th Jan 1815 with 202 passengers.
Marquis Of Wellington (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 165 (84) |
| 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
At the Isle of Ely Assizes, ... and John Barber, for stealing a bay mare, the property of Mr. R. Burgess, of Wainfleet, were both capitally convicted, and received sentence of death, but were afterwards reprieved. Stamford Mercury. 4 March 1814.
John was born 1788 at Campsea Ashe, Suffolk. He was a labourer and could write, but in an early convict document John was noted as being a Horse Doctor - an uncommon occupation. This, in modern times, would make him a veterinarian & possibly the first in Australia. 1817-1820 - A Muster servant to Mr. Hassall. 1821 - Muster servant to Sir John Jamieson 1821 - John married Jane Wyer at St. Luke's, Liverpool on 23rd April, 1821, Jane's mother was Sarah Tandy, alias Mary West, who arrived per Experiment on 7th May, 1804, Sydney. Sarah had also been a convict & brought Jane as a babe in arms to Australia. Sarah married William Burgin, a former convict who became a prominent hotel keeper in Parramatta. 24.6.1821 Son Joseph Rambler born 1822 - Muster servant to I. Mills. Liverpool 1825 - Govt Servant to his wife Jane Barber 1823 - 1828 Several children born 1828 - Certificate of Freedom. In 1828 Census John was noted as a Protestant & householder at Parramatta with 60acres, 1 horse, 6 cattle. He & Jane's children thus far were: Joseph, Lucy, Andrew, William had died 1826. The family seemed to have moved to Goulburn after a problem with an overseer on Charles Marsden's estate. John, by the court, was found innocent of any wrongdoing, but they're found at Goulburn with the birth of son Henry in 1837 John died the day before the 1841 Census at Goulburn & the Census lists Jane at Bourke Street, Goulburn with 7 living with her. John's parents were William Barber & Mary Friend who were married at Campsea Ashe, Suffolk, England in 1783. They had 11 children. William died on 6.8.1815 & Mary died 27.10.1849. 61 & 93 years respectively.