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Voyage
Transportation
John Gothard was transported on the Marquis Of Wellington, departing 31st Jul 1814 and arriving 27th Jan 1815 with 202 passengers.
Marquis Of Wellington (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 173 (88) |
| 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
Crown Court 13 prisoners were tried, nine of whom were capitally convicted, and received sentence of death, viz.— John Gothard, aged 33. for stealing a mare, land field, the property of James Harding. … The unhappy convicts were all reprieved before Judges left town. Sussex Advertiser, 28 March 1814.
Baxter, Carol; Muster of New South Wales 1825: Goddard, John, ticket of leave, Wellington, 1814, life, basketmaker, Sydney Goddard, Sarah, born in the colony, 24, wife of the above Goddard, Agnes, 11, born in the colony, child of above. Goddard, Henry, 9, born in the colony, child of above. Goddard, Cobney, 7, born in the colony, child of above. # NOTE Cobney would be the daughter 'Cologne'.
Baxter, Carol: Muster of New South Wales 1822: Goddard, John, ticket of leave, Wellington, life, dealer, Sydney Goddard, Sarah, born in the colony, wife of above Goddard, Agnes, 9 born in the colony, child of above Goddard, Henry, 6 born in the colony, child of above Goddard, Cobney, 3, born in the colony, child of above Goddard, Thomas, 1 and a half, born in the colony, child of above.
In the colony, John married Sarah Turner, around 1817 at Sydney. Their names were published in order 2 June 1817: John Goddard, Convict, Marquis Cornwallis and Sarah Turner, free. John and Sarah had 7 children and then Sarah died, leaving him with the young family in 1828. He then married Honora Sullivan (Convict, Lady Rowena, 1826) in late 1828. She had been assigned as a housekeeper for the young family. In the 1828 Census there is no sign of the Goddard family at all, although Honora is recorded as a servany to John Tovey, so clearly she is not with John Goddard then.
John Gothard was convicted of stealing a mare, at Lindfield, the property of James Harding. He was sentenced to death on 21 March 1814, the sentence reprieved to transportation for life.