William Barton

Level 7

Jodie Barton on 1st August 2023

25 Oct 1828 to end April 1829 • Winchester Gaol for 1st felony Prison registers entries: William Barton Larceny 6 months prison & once publicly whipped .Stealing horse hair. October Sessions for Newport. Hampshire Chronicle 27 October 1828 pg. 1 October 1829 to end June 1830 • Winchester Gaol for 2nd felony Stealing cheese. Eight months imprisonment and 1 month hard labour, the first and last fortnight of which term in solitary confinement - previously been convicted of a felony - stealing horse hair. 2 Nov 1829 • Newport Guildhall Quarter Sessions William Barton aged 21 for stealing 1lb of cheese from Jenny Woods– eight months imprisonment and 1 month hard labour, the first and last fortnight of which term in solitary confinement - previously been convicted of a felony. Sent to Winchester Gaol. Hampshire Telegraph 2 Nov 1829 pg.4 Midsummer 1830 • Winchester City Gaol Pre- and post his trial William, held at the Court in the Castle of Winchester, William is kept in the Hampshire County Gaol in Winchester. Source: Dorset County Chronicle Thursday 27 Oct 1831 Employment: 1 October 1831 • Chale, Isle of Wight, England William steals 2 bushels of coals from his employers - Peter Elsbury and John Dyer Source: Ancestry Civil Conviction: 18 Oct 1831 • Southampton Quarter Sessions, Winchester Age: 22. Convicted of Felony. 7 Years poaching Civil- Transportation for 7 years - 3rd felony 18 Oct 1831 • Grand Jury Chamber in the Castle of Winchester Can R&W, Protestant, Single, Ploughman, reaps, milks. Stealing coals, 5ft3.5in, Fair, Light, hair blue eyes. Speck on left eye, nostrils broad, woman and AB and other letters on lower left arm, 7 dots and other figures on back of L hand, MS back of R hand Residence: 04 Nov 1831 • Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Leviathan Prison Hulk Portsmouth for 11 weeks Salisbury & Winchester Journal 21 Nov 1831 pg.2. 'During the week, the following convicts found guilty at the last Quarter Sessions have been removed on board the Leviathan Hulk, in Portsmouth Harbour- William Barton, transported 7 years' Transportation: 13 March 1832 • Lady Harewood [3rd voyage] built 1791 Wood ship of 429 Tons. She carried 200 male convicts to Sydney Cove and had one death en-route. She departed Portsmouth on the 15th of March 1832 and arrived in Sydney on the 5th of August 1832. Master: Captain Richard W. Stonehouse. Surgeon: John Inches. Departure: 15 Mar 1832 • York, Yorkshire, England 'Lady Harewood' sailed for Port Jackson on 15 March, however were obliged to pull back because of tempestuous weather after getting only part way down the Channel. They sailed again on 25th March 1832. Voyage took 145 days. Arrival: 5 Aug 1832 • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia William was 23 when The Lady Harewood arrived at Port Jackson on 5 August 1832 with 199 male prisoners who were described in the Sydney Gazette as 'stout, able fellows'. Employment: 1835 • parsonage, Sutton Forest, New South Wales, Australia Employed by the Rev John Vincent - Source: Wedding Banns in Ancestry Marriage Bann 8 Feb 1839 • Sutton Forest, New South Wales, Australia Permission given by the Governor of NSW for Rev John Vincent to marry Elizabeth Seamour Certificate of Freedom: 07 Mar 1839 • Sutton Forest, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: 8 May 1839 • Berrima, Bong Bong, Sutton Forest, New South Wales, Australia All Saints Church of England, Sutton Forest, NSW. Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M13536-1 , System Origin: Australia-ODM , GS Film number: 993952. Residence: 1849 • Bega and Candelo William's son Charles born in Bega district (Candelo) in July 1849. His baptism certificate in January 1865 says his parents live in Candelo. Baptism conducted by Rev J L Knight in Kameruka, a few miles from Candelo. In Church notices 1865 Residence: Jan 1865 • Candelo, village, New South Wales, Australia Candelo first settled by Europeans in 1830s and became a village on a crossroads in 1860. William and Elizabeth live here in 1865, as noted on their son's Charles baptism record. Candelo is 446kms south of Sydney Property: 1866 • Candelo, New South Wales, Australia Pre-emptive purchase land/allotment in Candelo. Source: Bega Gazette 1 Feb 1866 Property: Aug 1872 • Numbugga, New South Wales, Australia Land purchases. William Barton, 40 acres Numbugga adjoining his son Charles's property (80 acres). Pre-emptive purchase Crown lands Act. Source: Bega Gazette Thurs 22 August 1872 Employment: 1876 • Spring Flat, Nimmitabel, New South Wales, Australia Shepherding at the station. His granddaughter is the property owner's wife. Death: 15 Feb 1880 • Spring Flat, Nimmitabel, New South Wales, Australia Age 68. Dropsy. Medical attendant Dr. Evershed, 3 weeks prior to death. Informant A A McKeachie, Friend, Mount Cooper, Nimitybelle; Registered Bombala. Children 2 Males 1 Female living, 1 Female deceased. Time in Colony. about 45 years. NSW Registry BDM Burial: 17 Feb 1880 • Mount Cooper Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia 'Monaro Pioneers' Undertaker John Geldmacher. Burial Mount Cooper Cemetery. Today cemetery on private land at Lot 98 Mt Cooper Rd NSW 2631. Headstone for William Barton exists

Level 11

peter shepherd on 23rd February 2019

assigned to henry badgery camden, buried mount cooper cemetery n.s.w. married to elizabeth seamour (convict - sir charles forbes)in sutton forrest. buried Bega n.s.w.

Level 11

peter shepherd on 23rd February 2019

assigned to henry badgery camden, buried mount cooper cemetery n.s.w.