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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Benjamin Burridge was transported on the Susan, departing 6th Oct 1835 and arriving 7th Feb 1836 with 301 passengers.
Susan (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 180 |
| 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
Sheep Stealing, &c, at Corston.— Charles Bence, Geo. Bence, jun , Wm. Braddick, John Ludlow, Edwin Wood, Benj. Burridge, and Aaron Gane, who were apprehended in August last,-fit a beer-house in Corston (the particulars which were stated in our Paper at the time)  were tried Saturday, and sentenced as follows: Braddick, Ludlow, and Wood, transportation for life,- Charles Bence. fourteen years; and Burridge, years. Geo. Bence, jun., and Aaron Gane were acquitted; and against Robert Starks, no bill was found.  Bath Chronicle, 9 April 1835.
Benjamin Burridge was listed as 23 years old on arrival. Native Place: Somerset. Benjamin was literate, Protestant, married with 1 male child, 5'4" tall, fair ruddy complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes, heart, three dots and two blue marks lower left arm, blue ring fore, middle, and fourth fingers left hand. 19/5/1842: COF From: https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/women_of_pitt_street_1858 Liverpool Street to Goulburn Street Next door used to be a fruit shop run by Mrs Theresa Burridge a few months ago, but now it is the home of Mrs Rachel Moss, a general dealer, who has moved from York Street. Having had a confectioner's licence in her own name, Burridge will shortly marry another Pitt Street resident, Isaac Norris. After his sudden death in 1864, she will assume control of his well-established ginger beer manufactory. A force to be reckoned with, she will run the business for another decade.
20 persons signed a petition saying he was innocent and requesting he be found not guilty. Once free in Sydney - He eventually had a family with a woman from Cork in Ireland (who had immigrated to Sydney) with her brother and sister). She was one of Sydney's earliest small business owners and is noted in the well known book - "Colonial Business Women in Sydney".
Benjamin and his wife are burried in st Stevens church yards in Newtown nsw he left a son in England when transported
Could find no record of marriage but had a common law marriage to Theresa cottrill they are burried in st Stevens church yard Newtown nsw Benjamin left a wife and son in England
Married Therese Cottrell in 1840 in Sydney NSW. They had 6 children that I can find. He is listed at living in Pitt St Sydney NSW in the 1849 Census and he died on 17.9.1852 aged 39 yrs. His Son Benjamin is buried at Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney along with other decedents.