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Henry Boswaite was transported on the Guildford, departing 31st Jul 1811 and arriving 18th Jan 1812 with 214 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 51 (27) |
| 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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Family connections for Henry (Boswaite) are: BOSWAITE/BUTTSWORTH Henry (Boswaite/Buttsworth/Bozeat) was born on 1 11 1789 at Great Staughton Huntingdonshire on 1 11 1789 & became a miller. He was charged w/1other for stealing sheep of Wm (Smith) Stoke Doyle Huntingdonshire, held at Huntingdon county gaol, transferred to Northamptonshire Gaol, tried at Northampton Assizes, sentenced to death commuted to Life on 5 3 1810, held on hulks COROMANDEL PERSEUS & LAUREL in Portsmouth Harbour from 26 9 1810 & arrived in NSW as a convict on 31 3 1812 after a voyage of 7months on GUILDFORD; he was Protestant. He married Sarah (Rose) on 8 11 1813 at St Matthews CofE Windsor & was assigned to her in 1813. He was recorded in 1822 as a settler & 1824 as a farmer. He had considerable difficulties with neighbourhood trespassing in 1826. He is recorded in 1826 as a farmer & in 1828 as having a Conditional Pardon farming on 115acres at Wilberforce. He was a miller when he died on 17 12 1853 age64 at Wilberforce Hawkesbury where he was buried-his property seems to have passed to his eldest son William. [Some details taken from this Website] Sarah (Rose) was born on 24 7 1795 & baptised on 10 11 1797 age2 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She died on 14 7 1869 age73-. Details of Sarah (Rose)s family are given in entry for William (Williams ALBEMARLE 1791) on this Website. Henry (Buttsworth) & Sarah (Rose) produced 13children: 1.Susannah (Buttsworth) was born on 13 9 1814 at Wilberforce & baptised on 16 10 1814 age13m at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She died on 4 2 1894 age79. 2.William (Buttsworth) was born on 26 3 1817 at Wilberforce & baptised on 6 7 1817 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. In 1854 he sought at court to obtain all property of his deceased father. He died on 25 6 1876 age59. 3.Elizabeth Jane (Buttsworth) was born on 16 11 1819 at Wilberforce & baptised on 26 12 1819 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. 4.Henry (Buttsworth) was born on 24 1 1822 at Wilberforce & baptised on 2 3 1822 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. He died on 5 1 1960 age?? age??. 5.John (Buttsworth) was born on 6 5 1824 at Wilberforce & baptised on 27 6 1824 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. He died on 29 7 1896 age72. 6.Richard William (Buttsworth) was born on 21 7 1826 at Wilberforce & baptised on 13 8 1826 at St Johns CofE Wilberforce. He died on 30 7 1900 age74+. 7.Sarah Ann (Buttsworth) was born on 5 6 1828 at Wilberforce & baptised on 6 7 1828 at St Johns CofE Wilberforce. She died on 20 6 1908 age80+. 8.-12.??? (Buttsworth) 13.??? (Buttsworth) was born about 1840. Reference: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.
Convicted 5 Mar 1810. Held on the Coromandel; Perseus; Laurel prison hulks in Portsmouth from 26 Sep 1810 until departure for NSW in August 1811. Source - Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849, Public Records Office HO 9/8 p32 of 47
NOTICE.— I DO HEREBY CAUTION ALL Persons, from Trespassing on my Farm, in the district of Willberforce. And also, those Persons who have fenced in part of my Land, to remove the same, within twenty-one days after this date, or an action in law will be commenced against them. Henry Buttsworth. Wilberforce, Aug. 15th, 1826. The Australian, 26 Aug 1826. ----------------------------------------------------- SOUTH WALES. ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c. To Sarah Buttsworth, the widow and the next of kin of Henry Buttsworth, late of Wilberforce, in the Colony of New South Wales, Miller, deceased. GREETINGS Whereas it hath been represented unto our Supreme Court of New South Wales, by the Proctor of William Buttsworth, the eldest son and heir-at-law of the said deceased, that the said Henry Buttsworth, late of Wilberforce aforesaid, Miller, departed this life on or about the seventeenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, having at the time of his death goods, chattels, and credits in the colony aforesaid ; We do, therefore, hereby peremptorily cite you and each of you to appear personally, or by your proctor, duly constituted, before our said Court, at the Court House, King street, Sydney, on the twenty-fifth day of March instant, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, and there to abide, if occasion shall require, during the sitting of the said Court, and then and there to accept or refuse Letters of Administration of all and singular the goods, chattels, and credits of the said deceased, or otherwise to shew sufficient, cause if you, or either of you, have or know any, why the same should not be committed to the said William Buttsworth, on giving sufficient security, and further to do and receive as to law and justice shall appertain, under pain of such letters of administration being granted to the said William Buttsworth, the eldest son and heir-at-law of the said deceased. Witness, the Honourable Sir Alfred Stephen, Knight, our Chief Justice of our Supreme Court of New South Wales, at Sydney, this ninth day of March, in the seventeenth year of our reign, and in the year of our Lord, 1854. S. RAYMOND, L.S. Prothonotary. Thomas Iceton, 354, Castlereagh-street, Sydney, Agent for Richard Coley. T, Hudson, Proctor for the said William Buttsworth. Empire, Sydney, 13 Mar 1854.
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Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 75... [Ref B3587] Butsworth, Henry, 38, conditional pardon, Guildford, 1812, life, Protestant, farmer, Wilberforce, 115 acres, 115 acres cleared and cultivated, 6 horses, 67 horned cattle and 160 sheep. [Ref B3588] Butsworth, Sarah 32 born in the colony. [Ref B3589] Butsworth, Susannah 14 born in the colony. [Ref B3590] Butsworth, William 12 born in the colony. [Ref B3591] Butsworth, Jane 10 born in the colony. [Ref B3592] Butsworth, Hy Jr. 7 born in the colony. [Ref B3593] Butsworth, John 5 born in the colony. [Ref B3594] Butsworth, Richard 3 born in the colony. [Ref B3595] Butsworth, Sarah Jr. 7 mo born in the colony.
Henry married Sarah Rose November 8th 1813 and was assigned to her since she was a free person. Sarh was the daughter of Thomas Rose and Jane (nèe Topp) who had come to the colony in 1792 as specialist farmers, sponsored by the government. Henry and Sarah had 13 children between 1814 and 1840.
Northampton Mercury Sat 6 Jan 1810 p.3... The following have been removed by Habeas Corpus from His Majesty's gaol for the county of Huntingdon, to the gaol of this county, viz. Henry Boswaite, charged with stealing four ewe sheep, the property of Wm. Smith, of Stoke-Doyle;... H. Boswait and W. Burditt, for sheep-stealing; received sentence of death, but were reprieved.