John Downing

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Maureen Withey on 29th January 2023

Colonial Secretary Index. DOWNING, John. Per "General Stuart", 1818 1821 Aug 6,7 Re permission to marry at Sydney; listed as Dowling (Reel 6008; 4/3504 p.209) 1822 Nov 12 Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3216; 4/1865 p.26) 1824 Apr 28 Tailor. On return of bonded mechanics (Fiche 3293; 5/3821.1 p.8) 1824 May 15 On list of prisoners assigned (Fiche 3290; 4/4570D p.32) 1824 Oct 8 Tailor. Assigned convict tradesmen whose master was a defaulter in payment for (Fiche 3293; 5/3821.1 p.2) --------------------------------------------------- John Downing married Sarah Burgess, a convict who arrived in Indispensible. ---------------------------------------------------- BURGESS, Sarah (Per "Indispensible", 1809) see also DOWNING, Sarah BURGESS, Sarah. Per "Indispensible", 1809 1817 Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3175; 4/1850 pp.44-44b) 1821 Aug 6,7 Re permission to marry John Downing at Sydney (Reel 6008; 4/3504 p.209) 1825 Jan 27 Re admission to the General Hospital (Reel 6014; 4/3513 p.333) 1825 Oct 18,27 Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3244; 4/1873 pp.26-26c) DOWNING, Sarah. Per "Indispensible", 1809 as Sarah Burgess (which see also) 1822 Nov 12 Petition for mitigation of sentence by her husband John having been in her service for two years (Fiche 3216; 4/1865 p.26) 1822 Dec 18-1823 Jan 1 Michael Brown tried by Court of Criminal Jurisdiction for stealing from Downing (Reel 6023; X820 p.73) 1823 Jun 30, Sep 30 Of Phillip Street. On list of persons to whom convict mechanics have been assigned (Fiche 3296; X53 p.73) 1824 Jan 5 To be received into the General Hospital (Reel 6012; 4/3510 p.118) 1824 Apr 3-1825 Jan 27 Re admission to the General Hospital Reel 6012, 4/3510 p.616; Reel 6014, 4/3513 p.333 & 4/3514 p.488) 1824 Apr 13 Of Pitt Street. On list of persons receiving an assigned convict (Fiche 3291; 4/4570D p.107) 1824 Apr 28 Of York Street. On list of individuals to whom bonded mechanics have been assigned (Fiche 3293; 5/3821.1 p.8) 1824 May 15 Husband John assigned to her. On list of persons receiving an assigned convict (Fiche 3290; 4/4570D p.32) 1824 Jun Petition for mitigation of sentence on behalf of her husband John. Includes extract of their marriage certificate (Fiche 3240; 4/1872 pp.38-38d) 1824 Jun 9 Her letter requesting that her husband receive a ticket of leave referred to the Acting Chief Engineer, Major Ovens (Reel 6013; 4/3511 p.405) 1824 c.Jul Of Phillip Street. On account of rents received for assigned convict tradesmen for the three quarters ending 30 Jun 1824 (Reel 6061; 4/1779 p.173b) 1824 Oct 3 William Bland, surgeon, attesting to her indisposition (Reel 6061; 4/1780 p.302) 1824 Oct 4 Extremely ill and seeks indulgence (Reel 6061; 4/1780 p.303) 1824 Oct 8 On list of defaulters in payment for assigned convict tradesmen up to 30 Sep 1824 (Fiche 3293; 5/3821.1 p.2) 1825 Wishing to be excused payment of the fee for husband John (Reel 6064; 4/1789 p.86) -----------------------------------------------------

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Maureen Withey on 19th May 2022

... the following five prisoners received sentence of death; like the other five, were all reprieved before the Judge left Bury, viz. .. John Downing for a burglary in the house of John Brown, of Bradfield St. George, and stealing divers goods; ... Norfolk Chronicle, 4 April 1818. -------------------------------------------------- The following seven male convicts were removed from our Gaol, to be put on board the hulks at Portsmouth: — John Smith, alias Suttle, John Downing, Mingay Rampling, and James Ely, to be transported for life; and Captain Thomas Brown, alias Bowen, Orbell Scarrow, and Richard Elliott, for 7 years. Bury and Norwich Post, 20 May 1818.