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Voyage
Transportation
John Wilford Creighton was transported on the Bencoolen, departing 24th Apr 1819 and arriving 25th Aug 1819 with 153 passengers.
Departed from Cork. 150 Male passengers - no deaths. 123 of the convicts were trans-shipped to Van Diemens Land in the Admiral Cockburn, arriving there in September 1819.
Bencoolen (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Class: HO 10; Piece: 20. NSW, Aust., Convict Ship Muster Rolls & Related Records, 1819, Bencoolan |
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Convict Notes
Colonial Secretary Index. CREIGHTON, John (Per "Bencoolen", 1819) see WILFORD JOHN WILFORD, John or CREIGHTON. Per "Bencoolen", 1819. 1823 Nov 25 On lists of prisoners transported to Port Macquarie per "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.91, 450-1) 1824 Oct 30 Convict recently received into Sydney Gaol from Newcastle; to be issued with slop clothing. Appears as Woolford (Reel 6013; 4/3512 p.641) 1824 Dec 10 Runaway from Port Macquarie; sentenced to Macquarie Harbour, Van Diemen's Land. On return of fines and punishments in the Police Office; listed as Woolford (Reel 6023; 4/6671 p.103) 1825 Jan 11 On list of runaways from Port Macquarie forwarded to Newcastle per "Sally"; listed as Woolford (Reel 6014; 4/3513 p.229) --------------------------------------------------- John Wilford was charged with attempting to take slops out of the prisoners' barracks, with an intent to make away with them; for which very offence the prisoner had already been twice corporally punished. He was now ordered to be whipped, and solitary confined 14 days. Sydney Gazette, 23 Sep 1820.
Tried: March 1819 Trade: Carpenter / Plasterer Aged 19 on 1819 on NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records and convicted of Felony of Table Cloth
One of the participants in the first Australian Bank Robbery September 1828