Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
John Barnes was transported on the Andromeda, departing 13th Nov 1832 and arriving 11th Mar 1833 with 188 passengers.
Also, same day, from Cork, whence she sailed May 25th, the ship Andromeda, 401 tons, Benjamin Gales master, with 173 female prisoners; Henry Kelsawl, Esq., Surgeon-superintendant. Passengers — Fourteen free females, viz. Mary Manning, Martha Morron, Margaret Mahon, Margaret Sheedy, Mary Ann Nixon alias Welsh, Catherine Kiernan, Mary Cassock, Catherine Stanton, Johanna Neville, Mary Lyons alias Hynes, Maria Moran, Catherine O'Donnel, Margaret Kennedy, and Mary Sullivan, and twenty-six children; also twenty-three children belonging to the prisoners. Sydney Monitor, 20 Sept 1834.
Andromeda (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 452 |
| 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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"4 x Great Grandfather"
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Convict Notes
Commitments.— 4th inst. John Barnes and Zachariah Button, by J. R, Brise, Esq. charged with breaking into the dwelling houses of Richard Ridgwell and Thomas Perry, and stealing therefrom various articles, their property. Essex Standard, 16 June 1832. ————————————————————————— John Barnes, 20, and Zachariah Button, 1?, were convicted of breaking into the house of Richard Ridgwell, at Little Sampford, and stealing a quantity of tea, two tobacco boxes, and other articles. An entrance was effected at back window, which the prosecutor left fastened on going to chapel on the 3d of June. A person named Green saw the prisoners running away from the house, and heard Barnes say to one Mary Martin, hope you will say nothing about it. They were seen by Martin Perry’s house which adjoins Ridgwell’s.—Abraham Johnson, the constable, proved that Barnes said, when he went to take him into custody, and told him the charge against him, dear, I’ve been expecting you all the afternoon. I did it, and sorry- for it. On the road to gaol, Button said, that all was right that was charged against him, excepting that he did not take quite so much tea as he was accused of having stolen.—There was another indictment against the prisoners for a similar in the house of Thomas Perry, but at his Lordship’s suggestion, it was not proceeded with. The Learned Judge ordered the sentence of Death to be recorded, observing to the prisoners— I’ll take care you shall break into no more houses in this country. Chelmsford Chronicle 27 July 1832.