George Denton

Summary

Born
Jan 1812
Conviction
Cow stealing
Departure
Nov 1832
Arrival
Mar 1833
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: George Denton
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1812
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Crime: Cow stealing
Convicted at: Northampton Assizes
Sentence term: Life

Voyage

Departed: 13th Nov 1832
Ship: Andromeda
Arrival: 11th Mar 1833
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

George Denton was transported on the Andromeda, departing 13th Nov 1832 and arriving 11th Mar 1833 with 189 passengers.

Also, same day, from Cork, whence she sailed May 25th, the ship Andromeda, 401 tons, Benjamin Gales master, with 173 female prisoners; Henry Kelsawl, Esq., Surgeon-superintendant. Passengers — Fourteen free females, viz. Mary Manning, Martha Morron, Margaret Mahon, Margaret Sheedy, Mary Ann Nixon alias Welsh, Catherine Kiernan, Mary Cassock, Catherine Stanton, Johanna Neville, Mary Lyons alias Hynes, Maria Moran, Catherine O'Donnel, Margaret Kennedy, and Mary Sullivan, and twenty-six children; also twenty-three children belonging to the prisoners. Sydney Monitor, 20 Sept 1834.

AndromedaAndromeda (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 456
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Maureen Withey avatar
Level 347
on 31st July 2026

NSW BMD George Denton, per Andromeda, Ticket of Leave, no 41/1231. District, Yass; Tried , Northampt Ass. George Denton, per Andromeda, Ticket of Leave, no 45/1782. Ditrict Singleton; Tried, Northampt ass. George Denton, per Andromeda, Conditional pardon, 20 Dec 1848. No 49/80.

Maureen Withey avatar
Level 347
on 31st July 2026

Northampton. One of the cases disposed of on Tuesday, the only one worthy of any notice, was that of George Denton, a youth 20 years of age, convicted of stealing a cow. County Herald, 21 July 1832. Northampton, George Denton was indicted for stealing a cow, the property of Mr Geo Robert Skene. The evidence was clear against the prisoner, and ... Baldwin’s London Weekly Journal, 21 July 1832.