Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
George Bowerman was transported on the Indian, departing 30th Jun 1810 and arriving 16th Dec 1810 with 201 passengers.
Indian (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 17 (10) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
(Laurel) Hulk Records. HO-9-9-1. Received from Oxford , 28 April 1809. Geo. Bowerman, age 17, Burglary, Tried at Oxford 8 Mar 1809, Life, to NSW 27 June 1809.
As a result of the wrongful execution, Mary Ann was granted a special 'allowance'. She had a servant of the crown appointed to 'help' her manage the property. This was William Thomas (Convict, Batavia, 1818). he was evidently, the father to 7 children with Mary Ann but most of these children took the surname of Bowerman. Mary Ann [Ref B1792] can be found in the 1828 census with son George 10 and another, Richard aged only 4?. Also, William Thomas [Ref T0574] is noted as working for Mrs Bowerman, and has a daughter Mary Ann aged 3.
Then disaster took place! George's two brothers Solomon and James were tried with George and several others for Highway Robbery. Although George pleaded his innocence, he was convicted with the others and executed. Lachlan Macquarie's journal records: 'Friday 22. Decr. 1820. The following Felons, vizt. Jno. Bagnalls, George Bowerman, Solomon Bowerman, and James Bowerman (– three Brothers –), Nichs. Cook, and James Classey, were executed in pursuance of their Sentence. However: George was subsequently found to be innocent: Sydney Gazette, 25 August 1821: 'On the verge of eternity, Geary solemnly exculpated George Bowerman (one of the three brothers that were executed some months since for a robbery on the Windsor-road) from all knowledge of the transaction for which he had innocently paid the forfeit of his life. He (Geary) declared himself to have been the man, in company with the other Bowermans that had perpetrated the robbery; and that George Bowerman was the unhappy man identified in the place of Geary. We must leave the Public to judgement, at so awful a period; but, it may be remembered, that the deceased George Bowerman positively asserted his innocence to the last moment of existence. During his trial, Geary alleged, and in fact it was proved, that he had committed no violence, no act of inhumanity; but at the place of execution, he declared that he had committed an innocent man (the father of a family) to become a sacrifice to his wanton rapacity!'
In the colony, George married Mary Ann Partridge June 20th 1814. Mary Ann was the daughter of John Partridge (First Fleet Convict, Scarborough, 1788) and Mary Ann Greenwood (First Fleet Convict, Lady Penrhyn, 1788). George Bowerman, Prisoner per Indian, age 24, of the parish of St John Parramatta and Mary Partridge, free, 18 of ditto were married in this church by banns this 20th day of June 1814 by me Samuel Marsden. George and Mary made their X marks in the register in the presence of Richard Partridge and Mary Partridge who both made their X marks. George and Mary Ann had two sons, Solomon 1816 and George 1818.
[Oxford Journal Sat 11 Mar 1809 p. 3] George Bowerman and Samuel Franklin for burglariously breaking open the dwelling houses of R. Leatherman and T. Edney, of Caversham and Shiplake, and stealing sundry articles were found guilty of stealing, but acquitted of the burglary. [Oxford Journal Sat 18 Mar 1809 p. 3] George Bowerman and Samuel Franklin were not acquitted of the burglary, as incorrectly stated last week, but convicted, and also received sentence of death;...George Bowerman and Samuel Franklin are reprieved.