Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
George Goodwin was transported on the Burrell, departing 22nd Jul 1830 and arriving 31st Dec 1830 with 193 passengers.
Burrell (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 451 (228) |
| 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
Wilts Lent Assizes, Crown Court. The business of these Assizes commenced on Monday last, at Salisbury. Mr Justice Gazelee presided. - George Godwin for stealing a pig at Foxley, - “Transportation for life.” Hampshire Advertiser, 13 March 1830 Petition for Appeal - Ref: HO 17/98/112, National Archives, 1830-1846 Prisoner name: George Godwin. Prisoner details: Aged 23. Court and date of trial: Wiltshire Lent Assizes, New Sarum [Salisbury] 1830. Crime: Stealing a pig, property of William Baker of Foxley, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire, yeoman. Initial sentence: Transportation for life. Gaoler's report: Former course of life bad; before convicted of felony. Annotated: Nil. Petitioner(s): Nathaniel Godwin of Westport, Malmesbury, farmer, the prisoner's father, undersigned by William Baker, the prosecutor, and 21 people, including three of the prisoner's former masters, testifying to his good character. William Baker, the prosecutor, Nathaniel Godwin, the prisoner's father, and 42 inhabitants of Malmesbury and district. Grounds for clemency: The prisoner is young; his aged father requests that he be imprisoned in this country; after 16 years the prisoner claims that he has been recommended for a conditional pardon. Correspondence: Covering letter for second petition from Joseph Neeld, Grosvenor Square. Additional Information: Prisoner previously convicted of stealing fowls. Held on board Captivity hulk. Transported to Sydney.
Convicted as George Godwin.
George received his ticket of leave on 18/12/1839. In 1862 George Godwin and his wife Mary Ann Jones and their first five children were the first white settlers in the Forster area of NSW. George took up a 40 acre piece of land. They had 15 children.