John Eighteen

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Mary Felgate on 14th September 2023

Correction: The Cornwall Chronicle report of the Inquest is dated 21st April 1875 - not the 12th. My apologies.

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Mary Felgate on 14th September 2023

IPSWICH JOURNAL, Saturday, 7th December, 1844 Suffolk Adjourned Sessions. Bury, Tuesday, December 3rd, 1844. The said Charles Baker and John Eighteen, 18, were charged with stealing four plough shares, the property of Robert Rand and Joseph Rand. Three calendar months with hard labour. IPSWICH JOURNAL, Saturday, 2nd August, 1845. Burglary at Hadleigh. Charles Clarke 23, John Eighteen 19, and Robert Skinner 19, were indicted for having burgulariously & feloniously broken and entered into the dwelling-house of Mary Ann Terry, of Hadleigh, and stolen a ham, some bacon, and other articles. Clarke and Eighteen were found guilty, and sentenced to 20 years transportation, a previous conviction having been proven against them. Skinner was acquitted, but his Lordship directed a bill to be preferred against him for receiving the stolen property. CONVICT RECORDS INDEX John Eighteen, Suffolk Assizes. Departure date 3rd January 1846. Arrival date 16th May 1846 Van Dieman's Lane & Norfolk Island. Arrival Ship “China”. TASMANIA TRANSPORTATION REGISTERS John Eighteen, Suffolk Assizes, 26th July 1845, 20 years. Voyage date 3rd January 1846 Van Dieman's Land. TASMANIA COMPREHENSIVE REGISTER OF CONVICTS 1841-1845. John Eighteen, Suffolk, 26th July 1845. 20 years. CONVICT LEDGER RETURNS p. 639, 1846. Norfolk Island. John Eighteen, Suffolk, 1845. 20 years “China”. CONVICT MUSTERS, TASMANIA, LEDGER RETURNS. 1849. John Eighteen, ship “China” to Norfolk Island 1845. Trial Suffolk 1844, sentence 20 years. Position: Constable. TASMANIA EMPLOYMENT REGISTER OF CONVICTS HIRED BY PRIVATE EMPLOYERS 1850-1852. John Eighteen, ship “China”, by William Overall, Glennaby, £10.0.0. 13th July 1850. (1 mth) John Eighteen, ship “China”, by Arthur Thompson, Sandy Bay. £9.0.0. 18th July 1850. (1 mth) John Eighteen, ship “China”, by Ann Wilson of Davey Street. £9.0.0. 13th February 1851 (12 mths) John Eighteen, ship “China”, by Thomas Judd, Huon River. £9.0.0. 28th February 1851 (1 mth) (In brackets are periods of employment in months) REGISTER OF EMPLOYMENT OF PROBATION PASSHOLDERS: John Eighteen, ship “China” James Boyd, Depot Hobart from R.154. p.266. 28th Feb. 1851. £6.0.0. (6 mths) REGISTER OF WOMEN'S APPLICATIONS FOR PERMISSION TO MARRY. Roberts, Mary Ann, (Free), & John Eighteen - Ship “China”. 17th November 1853. Roberts, Mary Ann, (Free), & John Eighteen - Ship "China". 23rd January 1854. CONVICT PARDONS 1854-1855: John Eighteen, Ship “China”, Convicted Hadley (sic), July 1845. Sentence 20 years. Period convicted 9 years. REGISTER OF CONDITIONAL PARDONS ISSUED 1853-1956. No. 1488. John Eighteen, ship “China” 4th March 1856. MARRIAGE: John Eighteen married Saran Ann Edge, 20th September 1869, Hobart. Sarah Ann Edge was also a convict and transported under her maiden name of Sarah Ann Orrin per ship “Margaret”. TASMANIA REPORTS OF CRIME 1870. Warrants issued under this Office, Hobart Town in the 5th instant by A. B. Jones, esquire, J.P. for the arrest of John Eighteen, charged with having on the 28th ultimo at Hobart Town, feloniously stolen 2 bullock hides, the property of Joseph Cook. Description not given. TASMANIA REPORTS OF CRIME 1870. Vide Crime Report of the 12th ultimo, p.132 John Eighteen has been arrested by District Constable Phillips of the Kingborough Territory Police. TASMANIA REPORTS OF CRIME 1870 - Return of Persons convicted in persuence of 31 Vict. No. 12 week ending 24th September 1870. page 163. Hobart Town. John Eighteen, “China”, Free by Servitude, Larceny, sentence 3 months. Native Place: Suffolk, labourer. Age 42. Height 5 ft. 9½ inches. Prior: None. District Hobart Town. PRISONERS DISCHARGED FROM H.M. GAOLS & HOUSES OF CORRECTION. Hobart & Launceston during the week ending 12th December 1870. John Eighteen, ship “China”, Tried Hobart 22nd September 1870. Offence Larceny. Sentence 3 months. Native Place Suffolk. Age 42. Height 5ft.9 inches. Hair brown. Free by servitude. Scar on chin. DEATH INDEX John Eighteen, age 53, Died 14th April 1875. Hobart Tasmania. Registration No. 2706. THE CORNWALL CHRONICLE (LAUNCESTON) Wednesday, 12th April, 1895. At the Bird in Hand, on Monday afternoon, Mr H. M. Hull, coroner, held an Inquest on the body of a man named John Eighteen, who died on Saturday in the General Hospital. The enquiry elicited the following facts : — On Wednesday last the deceased, who was employed by Mr H. M. Evans, was engaged in shifting timber near the barque Free Trader. In dragging a piece of timber off the heap his heel caught the edge of the deck, and he fell backward between the barque and the wharf, which is constructed of pile and stone. The vessel was about three feet from the side of the wharf. The deceased struck against the vessel's side, and fell into the water, head downwards. A man named Joseph Chance jumped down and took him out. Eighteen said that he was all right, but afterwards complained of a pain in his back. Mr Evans then sent for a cab, and the poor fellow was conveyed to the General Hospital , where he was attended to by Dr. Bright. The latter gentleman informed the jury that death resulted from a fracture of the upper dorsal vertebrae. The jury brought in a verdict of “Accidental Death”. INQUESTS - May 1875. An Inquest was held at Hobart Town on the 19th ultimo, before Hugh Munro Hull, Esquire, Coroner, on the body of John Eighteen, about 53 years of age, labourer. Verdict - accidentally killed. BURIAL John Eighteen, buried 20th April 1875 at Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, age 43-44. Plot Pauper, A, No. 148. (Find a Grave Index) DEATH OF WIFE - DEATH INDEX Sarah Ann Eighteen, Age 60, Died 16th July 1879, Hobart, Tasmania. Registration No. 1955. Buried 19th July, 1879 Cornelian Bay Cemetery. Plot: Pauper A, No. 277. (Find a Grave Index)