John Fordyce

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D Wong on 1st May 2020

National Records of Scotland Title Precognition against John Fordyce, Ann Fordyce, Catherine Alves, William Paterson, James Aleves for the crime of theft and reset of theft. Dates 1820 Accused John Fordyce, wright, Address: St Nicholas Street, Aberdeen Ann Fordyce, wife of John Fordyce, St Nicholas Street, Aberdeen, m.s. Aleves, Address: [St Nicholas Street, Aberdeen] Catherine Alves, wife of James Alves, Vennel, Aberdeen, m.s. Shepherd, Address: [Aberdeen] William Paterson, labourer, Address: Hardgate, Old Machar, Aberdeenshire James Aleves, labourer, Address: Vennel, Aberdeen. 3/5/1827: COF After being tried at Campbelltown John Fordyce was sent to Moreton Bay. Listed as 38 years old, 5'2½" tall, ruddy complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes. 7/11/1835: Returned to Sydney. Son Alexander Fordyce (1829-1899) became a bushranger in NSW.

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Tony Beale on 1st May 2020

New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891 for John Fordyce Assignment and Employment of Convicts Assignment of Convicts, 1822-1824 On assigned list Employed for 2 years by Mr J B L De Arieta from cow pastures as a carpenter New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 Main Series of Letters Received, 1788-1826 quarter ending 31/3/1824 On a list of defaulters on account of convict payments. Was employed by J B L De Arieta from cow pastures New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 New South Wales General muster A-L 1825 On List employed by Mr G T W Darrietta of camden New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867 (NRS 12210) Butts of Certificates of Freedom 1827 May 3 Description: Convicted in Aberdeen and from Aberdeen. Born 1791 a carpenter and convicted for 7 years. 5' 2 3/4" ruddy complexion, brown to grey hair. Hazel eyes New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851 Granted 1827 Permission to marry Mary Gill age 20 from Grenada. He was free and she was on a bond. Permission granted 18/9/1827 at Sydney John Fordyce in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950. Married In 1828 Mary Fordyce listed as 21 living at Upper Minto and employed by her husband John. She was a protestant and a government servant. New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 for John Fordyce Entrance Book Sydney 1825-1832 August 11 1829, Convicted of robbery 1 bushell of wheat transported for 7 years. Convicted at Campbelltown and ended up on hulk Phoenix The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) Thu 20 Aug 1829 Page 2 CAMPBELL TOWN ASSIZES. CAMPBELL TOWN ASSIZES. A list of prisoners tried at the adjourned Sessions of the Supreme Court, holdan at Campbell-Town, on the 7th of August, 1829, before the Honorable the Chief Justice:-John Fordyce, for feloniously receiving, at Campbell Town, on the 22d of June last, 1 bushel of wheat, the goods of Thomas Galvin, knowing the same to be stolen.- Guilty. Transported for seven years. New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891 for John Fordyce Phoenix Hulk Phoenix Hulk: Discharge Book, 1825-1830 I believe he would have been transferred somewhere else as it says in the record. The hulk Phoenix was decommissioned at this time, so;d and turned into scrap