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Transportation
James Goodwin was transported on the Eliza, departing 13th Jul 1822 and arriving 22nd Nov 1822 with 161 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
Eliza (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 188. Kirkpatrick Family Archives. Marriage reference. NSWBDM V1849296 34C/1849. Forbes Advocate Newspaper 18th December 1959 an article written by George A Hunt about Forbes named "Out of the Past" |
| 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 |
Claims
"James Goodwin was related to me through marrying Catherine Green daughter of Mary Ready my 3xGGG."
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Convict Notes
James trial was held in Maidstone, Kent on 18th March 1822 where he was convicted and sentenced to death, his death sentence later commuted to transportation to the Colony for the term of his natural life. He was recommended for a conditional pardon in October 1837 and this was granted on 20 November 1837. James married Catherine Green/Ready who was born in 1821 in Parramatta. She was the daughter or Mary Ann Ready convict and the marriage took place on 6 August 1849 in Carcoar, NSW. Children to James Goodwin and Catherine were Elizabeth Fanny Goodwin b. 1844, Bringelly NSW and Susan Goodwin b.1847 in Bringelly. James died 26 February 1851, aged 60 years at Forbes, NSW. His grave states " Sacred to the memory of James Goodwin, who died February 26, 1851, aged 60 years. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord". Next to James Goodwin's grave is a small tombstone of an infant with the words " Just like an early rose, I've seen an infant bloom, but death perhaps before it's blown, will lay it in the tomb." This would have been another baby for Catherine and James Goodwin buried next to its father on the Bundaburra homestead property at Forbes. These graves are on the bank of the Lachlan River, west of Forbes. To this day, members of the Green family still live at and own this property.
The undermentioned eighteen Convicts, tried the last Assizes, were on Wednesday last conveyed from the County gaol to Sheerness, and put board the Retribution Hulk for transportation, as follows, viz.: James Goodwin, for uttering forged note, at Chart Sutton; ...—To be transported for life. Kentish Weekly Post, 3 May 1822.