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Matthew Charlton was transported on the Recovery, departing 30th Jul 1819 and arriving 18th Dec 1819 with 189 passengers.
Built 1799 Batavia, 493 tons. 1823 voyage. Also arrived the same morning, (i.e. Thursday last) from Ireland, having sailed from the Cove of Cork on the 5th April, the ship Recovery, Captain Fotherley, with 180 male convicts, in tolerable health : no deaths on the passage. Surgeon Superintendent, Dr. Cunningham, R. N. The guard comprises a detachment of the 1st, or Royals, commanded by Captain Gill, who is accompanied by his Lady. Three free passengers come out by this conveyance, at the expence of the Crown. Sydney Gazette, Thurs 7 Aug 1823. 1835 voyage. Surgeon's general remarks. On 5th October 1835, the Guard embarked at Deptford, consisting of 1 staff, 1 subaltern, 2 sergeants, 1 drummer, 26 rank and file of the 28th Regiment, accompanied by 8 women and 4 children. On the 19th at Spithead we received on board 160 male convicts from the Leviathan and 120 from the York Hulk and in the 30th got under weigh, previous to which, the convicts were discharged to the hulks in consequence of their being a great nuisance on board. Source:The medical and surgical journal of HM convict ship Recovery for 5 October 1835 to 16 March 1836 by Alexander Neill, during which time the said ship was employed in passage to Sydney New South Wales
Recovery (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 198 |
| 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
The following 27 prisoners, who had been capitally convicted, were then placed at the bar, and arraigned in the following order, and received sentence of Death. — … Thos. Parker, John Cawthorne, Matthew Charlton, Charles Castles, Wm. Waid , Geo. Wilson, and Wm. Hurdcastle, for burglary— … Lancaster Gazette, 27 March 1819.
In the 1828 Census of New South Wales, we find Matthew with his son Matthew and also his brother William who had arrived in the colony only 2 years before. Charlton, Matthew, 30, TL, Recovery, 1819, Life, Labourer at Cumberland Street. [C0962 - page 87] Charlton, William, 28, CF, Elizabeth, 1826 [C0963 - page 87] Charlton, Matthew (jnr), 3, BC. [C0964 - page 87]
When Matthew arrived in the colony, he quite quickly for a relationship with Hannah Grave {AKA Wane}(Convict, Minstrel, 1812). Hannah had been living with one Thomas Collins (?) and had two sons to him, born 1815 and 1816. However, she married Matthew formally, in 1821, under the name of Hannah Collins. In 1825 Hannah and Matthew had a son also Matthew. Then in 1828 Hannah died, leaving Matthew with three boys, two teenagers and a 3 year old! In 1832 Matthew married the newly arrived Matilda {AKA Mary} Smith (Convict, Earl Of Liverpool, 1831). It would seem that no children were born to the couple. Matthew lived a long life but further details on Matilda have not been located.
New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1825 G. S. his wife - Sydney