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Stephen Compton was transported on the Asia 1, departing 29th Sep 1831 and arriving 13th Feb 1832 with 200 passengers.
Built by A Hall & Co at Aberdeen in 1818. A Brig of 536 tons. (Wikipedia) 1830 - Voyage. Asia from Ireland. Female Convict Ship; Stead; Master, Alexander Nesbit M.D. Surgeon Superintendent. Arrived in Sydney Cove 13 Jan 1830. Mustered - 186. Died on Voyage - 3. Disembarked - 1. Total Embarked - 200
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 177 (91). FindAGrave. NSW State Records, Pardon (Reel No: 785; Roll No: 1250) |
| 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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Burial: Campbells Hill Cemetery, Maitland, NSW, Location: Sect B1, plot 43-44 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80640159 Convicted: 30 June 1831 Conditional Pardon No.48/106 dated 31 December 1847, aged 51, Trade: Plasterer, Offence: Stealing a bed
7/7/1831 Brighton Gazette Sussex, England: LEWES SESSIONS Stephen Compton, 34, convicted of stealing at the same place, (Brighton) a bed, bolster, three pillows, one counterpane, and a teakettle, the property of John Philcox. Stephen Compton was 36 yers old on arrival. Native Place: Dorsetshire. The son of Robert Compton and Martha Warr, he was born at Tarrant Monkton, Dorset, Eng. 15/1/1822 Married Elizabeth (Betty) Jones in Newport, Isle of Wight, Eng. Children: Robert Compton George Compton William Compton Henry Compton - 23/4/1853 Henry committed suicide by cutting his throat at Maitland. 25/3/1853 The Sydney Morning Herald: SUICIDE FROM INTEMPERANCE -On Wednesday morning, a great sensation was caused in West Maitland by the news that Henry Compton, aged 24 years, the son of Mr. Stephen Compton, plasterer, an old and respected inhabitant of Maitland, had cut his throat while suffering from delirium tremens. An inquest was held on the body the same day, when it appeared that for some days young Compton's mind had been wandering from continued intemperance, and that his relatives were obliged to keep a watch over him. On Tuesday night he suffered greatly from the horrors, keeping his family up almost all night in dread of his doing something violent. On Wednesday morning he eat a hearty breakfast, but some short time after his father and one brother had left to go to work, he got some hot water, saying he wanted to shave himself, and got a razor by force from his mother ; he refused to shave in her presence, and ran up stairs towards his own room, and although his brother James followed immediately Henry cut his throat on the landing place with the razor, so deeply that he died instantly. The Jury returned a verdict that the deceased killed himself while labouring under temporary insanity from intemperance. The feeling this act treated in Maitland was increased by the statement that one of young Compton's boon companions was in the same state of mind, having actually been pulled out of the river, after throwing himself in ; and that a third young man was very ill from similar causes. Maitland Mercury. John Compton James Compton Charles Compton, born 14/2/1849, West Maitland. Stephen was Protestant, married with 5 children, 5'3½" tall, ruddy complexion, brown to grey hair, blue eyes, deep scar in left jaw. Assigned to William Dangar, Scone. 1839: Petitioned Governor Gipps for his family to be brought to Australia...They arrived in 1840 and then lived at Maitland, NSW. 1840: TOL: Invermein. 12/5/1841: TOL Passport, by Captain Maclean's Orders. 1842: TOL, Maitland. 31/12/1847: CP 3/9/1878: Stephen Compton died at West Maitland, NSW, aged 83. Wife Elizabeth died 14/2/1880 at West Maitland.
He Stole a Bed