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Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
John Butcher was transported on the Guildford, departing 22nd Aug 1823 and arriving 15th Mar 1824 with 160 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.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 89 (46) |
| 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
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Indent No; 135. Name; Jno Butcher Age; 23 Trade; Writing ? & Cabinet Maker Height; 5 ft. 3 in Native Place; Salisbury Complexion; Pale Hair; Brown Eyes; Hazel Remarks; DIED; at Newcastle 12 Dec 1831 [Behavior on board ship] Indifferent Assigned; Edw. Hunt, George St. ----------------
Prison Hulk record HO 9-8-5 p 18. Received from Fisherton, 12 May 1823. John Butcher, age 24, Convicted of a felony at New Sarum, 8 Mar 1823, sentence - 14 yrs. Left hulk for NSW 13 Aug 1823.
Committed to Gaol: John Butcher and Wm. Edmonds, charged with having, on the night of the ? inst, burglariously broken into and entered the house of George Lewington at Fisherton Anger, and stolen therefrom two great coats, and other goods. … Salisbury and Winchester Journal, 27 Jan 1823 Convicted and sentenced as under: Death … John Butcher, and William Edmonds, for burglary;.. (all the above prisoners have been reprieved.) Salisbury and Winchester Journal, 17 Mar 1823 The following felons, eight in number, capitally convicted at our assizes, were on Monday last, removed from Gaol to the convict hulk lying off Gosport: George Quinton, James Rook, John Butcher, Wm. Edmonds, Thos. Brooks, and James Woodman, for burglary: Francis Willis, for horse-stealing; and Richard Waite, for destroying trees. They are to be transported. Salisbury and Winchester Journal, 19 May 1823