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Peter Dalton was transported on the Caroline, departing 31st May 1827 and arriving 20th Feb 1828 with 7 passengers.
Departed Cove with 120 females from Cork and the surrounding various gaols - also on board were 56 free settlers along with their women and children. wed april 3 1833 .
Caroline (generic)References
| Primary Source | The Quarterly Oriental Magazine. January to June 1827. https://www.jenwilletts.com/convict_ship_calista_1828.htm |
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Convict Notes
Peter Dalton was listed as 28 years old on arrival. Native Place: Yorkshire. Peter could read, was single, 5' 6¼" tall, ruddy and pockpitted complexion, brown to grey hair, blue eyes, mark of cut on top of forehead right side, small cut on left little finger. 29/11/1832: At Newcastle - Permission to marry Ann Stockes (Princess Royal 1829) Listed as Stokes on entry to NSW - Ann was 21 and on Bond - Peter was 33 and on Bond. No registration found, no other marriages found for Peter Dalton and no deaths registered. 1/10/1839: TOL Passport, on recommendation of Patrick's Plains Bench.
Peter Dalton was one of eight prisoners transported from Calcutta on the Caroline to Hobart, and then transferred to the Calista to go to Sydney. Shipping Intelligence. On Monday arrived, from London, whence she sailed on the 1st of November, via Hobart Town on the 6th of April, the ship Calista, Captain Hawkins, with merchandize, and 100 Saxon, and 260 Derwent sheep. Passengers, Captain Bunster, and Messrs J. Andrews, J. J. Daker, D. Burn, C. Sladden, F. Watkins, and F. Anley, Mrs. Ridge, 2 children, and servant, with 4 steerage passengers. The Calista also brings 8 prisoners, who arrived at Hobart Town on the Caroline, from Calcutta. Sydney Gazette, 16 Apr 1828 https://www.jenwilletts.com/convict_ship_calista_1828.htm Peter Dalton, age 28, Farm servant and soldier. From Yorkshire. The Quarterly Oriental Magazine. January to June 1827. Supreme Court Madras. … His Lordship then proceeded to comment upon the several offences in the Calendar at some length, adverting particularly to the case of Peter Dalton, a Private in H. M. 30th Regiment, who stood charged by an indictment and also by the Coroner’s Inquest with the wilful murder of his comrade William Ashman, and stating ably and minutely the Law as applicable to the cases of Homicide. The business of the first criminal sessions for 1827 having closed on Friday last, both Juries were discharged with the thanks of the Court. The following were the Sentences passed by the Court on the Criminals at the Bar: … Peter Dalton, Guilty of murder, the Jury having recommended the Prisoner to Mercy, the Court instead of passing sentence of Death on the prisoner, ordered him to be transported to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. ... Commissariat Office, Sydney, 26th April, 1836 THE undermentioned Prisoners of the Crown have obtained Tickets of Leave since the last day of publication. Patrick’s Plains Dalton Peter, Calista and Caroline; This is possibly the same person? Patrick's Plains — Wllliam Molley, to be Constable from the 13th February, in room of Peter Dalton dismissed. By His Excellency's Command, E. DEAS THOMSON. Sydney Monitor 21 Apr 1837.