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Richard Bottington was transported on the John Barry, departing 30th Apr 1819 and arriving 26th Sep 1819 with 147 passengers.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 150 Sydney Gazette. Maitland Murcury |
| 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 Richard (Bottington) are: BOTTINGTON Richard (Bottington) was born about 1799 & became a painter & glazier. He was tried at Surrey Quarter Sessions on 20 7 1818, sentenced to 7years, held on hulk LAUREL or LEVIATHAN at Portsmouth & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 9 1819 after a voyage of 5months on JOHN BARRY; he was Protestant. He was a painter & glazier when he married firstly Elizabeth (Burnsides) on 10 7 1821 at St Phillips CofE Sydney; in 1821 his mistreatment of his wife caused her to leave the marriage.>>> [Some details taken from this Website] Elizabeth (Burnsides) was born in 1805. She arrived in NSW with her parents on 27 2 1810 after a voyage of 6months on ANNE; she was Protestant. She left the marriage after 1week due to mistreatment.>>> Details of Elizabeth (Burnside)s family are given in entry for Thomas (Nixon BARING 1819) on this Website. .. >>>Elizabeth (Burnsides) had a second relationship with Thomas (Nixon) his first relationship) & produced 6children. She is recorded in 1828 with her family (Nixon). She produced 6children in her lifetime. [Thomas (Nixon), maybe brother of Samuel, was tried for maybe the same crime as brother Samuel at Warwick Assizes, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 16 6 1819 after a voyage of 6months on BARING. He was recorded as a tailor in 1827, with his family in 1828 & as a tailor in 1831. He perhaps associated secondly with Elizabeth (Downing) in 1842 in Sydney. He produced 12children in his lifetime.] [Some details taken from this Website] .. >>>Richard (Botting/ton) married secondly Mary (Gorman her first marriage) on 5 3 1826 at St Marys RC Sydney; the marriage was judged to be bigamous & he was convicted, sentenced to 7years & sent on 17 1 1827 to Moreton Bay penal colony.>>> Mary (Gorman) was born about 1806 & became a needlewoman. She was tried for stealing a cloak at Dublin city Ireland in 1824, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 10 7 1825 after a voyage of 4months on MARINER; she was Catholic. Her first marriage was bigamous & resulted in her husband being imprisoned. She married secondly Thomas (Fitzgerald) emancipist of Sydney on 18 11 1828 at St Johns CofE Parramatta & produced 1child. She is recorded in 1828 with her husband at Hunter St Sydney. She was issued her Certificate of Freedom on 5 5 1831. She produced at least 1child in her lifetime. [Some details taken from this Website; where an Anne (Gorman) is also found] Thomas (Fitzgerald) was born about 1799 & became a shoemaker. He was tried at Dublin city Ireland, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 13 1 1819 after a voyage of 4months on TYNE; he was Catholic. He was recorded in 1828 Free by Servitude with his wife as shoemaker at Hunter St Sydney. [Some details taken from this Website] .. >>>Applications were made for Richard (Botting/ton) to marry Margaret (Curry/Corry) in 1839. In 1846 he was residing at High St West Maitland working as painter & glazier. Margaret (Corry/Curry) was born, maybe in 1810, on Isle of Man England & became a housemaid. She was tried for burglary at Liverpool Borough Quarter Sessions Lancashire on 19 1 1829, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 3 8 1829 after a voyage of 3.5months on SOVEREIGN. On 28 11 1829 she was tried for stealing at Criminal Court Sydney, sentenced to death reprieved to Life & apparantly sent to Moreton Bay Penal Establishment; she was 5'3" fresh complexion dark brown hair hazel eyes. On 19 9 1836 her sentence was reduced to 7years. [These details taken from this Website] 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.
Convict Application to Marry. Richard Bottington, per John Barry (1), disallowed, and Margaret Curry, per Sovereign, Female disallowed. Date of permission, 16 Dec 1839, Sydney.
Convict Application to Marry. Richard Bottington, per John Barry, age 39, Free, Widower; and Margaret Corry; alias Margaret Curry, per Sovereign, age 28, 7 years; Bond. Place: St Lawrence, Sydney.
The John Barry had arrived at Portsmouth on 16 April 1819 and on 20 April, 60 male convicts were embarked from the hulk Laurel and 80 from the hulk Leviathan in Portsmouth harbour. On 23 April 1819 two more convicts were sent on board the John Barry from the Leviathan. One of the passengers on board the John Barry was John Thomas Bigge, New South Wales’ first Royal Commissioner. The John Barry finally arrived at Port Jackson on Sunday 26 September 1819 (See The Campbelltown Convicts).
ried and convicted at the Surrey Quarter Sessions on 20th July 1818, sentenced to transportation for 7 years. left England on 30th April 1819. Ship:- the 'John Barry' sailed with 142 male convicts on board, there were no reported daths during the voyage. Arrived on 26th September 1819. Married Elizabeth Burnsides (daughter of soldier Ambroes Burnsides & his wife, Sarah) on 10th July 1821 at Sydney, after a week Elizabeth left him on 5th May 1826 he bigamously married Mary Gorman at Sydney while Elizabeth was still alive. On the 8th November 1826 he was convicted of bigamy (being married to both Elizabeth and Mary at the same time). His defence was that he thought Elizabeth had died. Sydney Gazette Wednesday 8th November 1826 p. 3 John Botting alias Bottington, painter and glazier, was indicted for, that he, on the 10th day of July 1821, did mary one Elizabeth Burnsides; and that afterwards, on the 5th of May 1826, he again married one Mary Gorman, his former wife being still alive, contrary to the statute &c. Thomas Taber, Clerk at St Philip's Church, Sydney, proved the marriage of the prisoner with Elizabeth Burnsides, on the 10th July, 1821. Ambrose Burnsides was present at the marriage of his daughter with the prisoner; he used her ill, and she ceased to live with him a week after they were married. Elizabeth Burnsides is a Protestant, and so also is the prisoner. The Rev. J.J. Therry, Roman Catholic chaplain, celebrated a marriage between a man named Botting, and a woman named Mary Gorman; could not swear positively to the person of the prisoner, but has a perfect recollection of the female. [Mary Gorman was here produced, and identified by the witness as the person he so married; the register of the marriage was also produced.] Cross-examined by Mr Rowe - Some prayers were said in Latin at the marriage, but the contract was made in English; mary Gorman is a Roman Catholic; Botting is a Protestant; witness knew that when he married them; is aware there is a prohibiting clause in the marriage act, but is also aware that it is not applicable to this colony. Mary Gorman was married to the prisoner between seven and eight months ago by The Rev. Mr Therry. Cross-examined. - Is a Catholic; the prisoner is a Protestant; the marriage ceremony was performed according to the Roman Catholic rite. Francis N. Rossi, Esq. Superintendent of Police, stated that he, some time since, received a letter from Government, informing him that a man named Botting was supposed to be married twice, and directing him to inquire about it. He accordingly went to the prisoner's house and questioned him, when, from his answers, he felt that the case was as had been represented to him, and he accordingly had him brought before the Bench and examined, when he acknowledged that he had been previously married to Elizabeth Burnsides, but that he thought she had been dead. The case for the prosecution being closed, Mr. Rowe, on the part of the prisoner, contended that the present prosecution did not come within the Act of James, commonly called the Bigamy Act. The Act was a mere local Act, and applied to second marriages within the dominions of England and Wales only. Mr Rowe also cited the authority of East in support of his view of the construction of the Act. The chairman overruled the objection, on the principle that the whole of the law of England, as far as it was applicable, was now in force here, but he was willing to reserve Mr. Rowe's objection, in order that he might have an opportunity of bringing the question before a superior court. Mr. Rowe stated, in that case, he would reserve what he had to urge on this and other points until the matter was brought under the consideration of the Supreme Court, which would be immediately done. The chairman summed up the evidence and the jury returned a verdict of guilty - judgment deferred. Richard Botting was sentenced to 7 years transportation for Bigamy, he left Sydney on 17th January 1827 for the Moreton Bay Penal Colony. In 1846 Richard was listed as a Plumber & Glazier at Maitland. Maitland Mercury Wednesday 15th July 1846 p. 3 Plumbing and Glazing. RICHARD BOTTING, PLUMBER and GLAZIER, begs to inform the inhabitants of Maitland and the neighbourhood that he is now residing at Mr. Jeffcott's Builder, High-street, West Maitland, and is prepared to execute any orders in his branch of trade, promptly, and on reasonable terms...