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Voyage
Transportation
John Burton was transported on the Dromedary, departing 11th Sep 1819 and arriving 10th Jan 1820 with 371 passengers.
Dromedary (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 216 |
| 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
NSW BDMs Marriages 1010/1832 V18321010 16 BARTON JOHN MURPHY ELIZABETH CD (Church of England Castlereagh)
He is "John BARTON " in nearly all records seen. Birth about 1798 [age 22 in hulk 1819; age 27 in certificate of freedom 1826; age 29 in 1828 census] Date Convicted: 27 March 1819, at the Warwick Lent Assizes sentence of death for burglary [John 'Burton' in Criminal Register]. There is a newspaper report that "John Barton for privately stealing", was condemned to death but reprieved to 7 years transportation by the Judge prior to leaving the town. [Northampton Mercury 17 April 1819] Received on the hulk 'Retribution' at Woolwich: 18 May 1819, Name: John Barton, Age: 22, "Cap'l Resp" (capital respite) Transported on board the ship "Dromedary" which sailed from Portsmouth on 11 Sep 1819, arrived Hobart 28 Jan 1820. In the 1820 convict muster he was in government employment, Hobart Town, and in a list of convicts he was described as a farmer's labourer. On 23 January 1821 he was convicted of stealing wearing apparel in the dwelling house of Charles Sefton the property of Wm Bent. Sentenced to be transported to Newcastle for the remainder of his original sentence, he was sent to Newcastle on 4 Feb 1821, on the "Elizabeth Henrietta". In a list of prisoners on the ship he has the trade 'farmer'. He obtained his Certificate of Freedom on 8 June 1826 - his 'calling' was bricklayer, age 27 and has his description: 5ft 8in, dark sallow complexion, dark brown hair, hazel eyes. In the 1828 Census Householders Returns: He is 29, Protestant, FS (Free by Servitude), and working at William Lee's Farm at Botany, as a 'sawer'. Note that this was incorrectly copied into the 1828 Census Alphabetical Return as 'GS', and 'surveyor'. In 1832 John Barton and a convict, Elizabeth Murphy (age 21 ship 'Edward' 7 years Ticket of Leave) applied to the Governor to marry, recommended by Reverend Fulton of Castlereagh. On 24 July 1832 they married at Castlereagh. In the baptism at Castlereagh Church of their daughter Mary on 20 January 1833, John is described as a bricklayer, abode Evan. Son George Thomas was born 1834. Son Henry was born 1836 In the baptism at Castlereagh Church of son John in 1838, John is described as a labourer, abode Castlereagh. Apparently John and his family moved from Castlereagh to the Hartley area by the time of his son James's birth at Lowther in 1840. I have not found his death record. It appears he died around this time because his widow Elizabeth Barton nee Murphy applied to marry convict William Powyer on 29 January 1842 and their son William Powyer had been born at Lowther on 23 May 1841.