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Transportation
Benjamin Hanslow was transported on the Guildford, departing 22nd Aug 1823 and arriving 15th Mar 1824 with 160 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 89 (46) |
| 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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Family connections for Benjamin (Hanslow) are: HANSLOW ??? (Hanslow) produced perhaps 2children: 1.Peter (Hanslow/Onslow) was born about 1798 & became a blacksmith. He was tried w/3others for stealing wick yarn of Samuel (Lefevre) at Warwick Assizes, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW on 8 1 1819 oafter a voyage of 4months on GLOBE. He was a blacksmith when he married firstly as an emancipist Mary Ann (Porter age16) on 7 3 1825 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. On 16 11 1825 his brother was assigned to him. He was recorded in 1828 as Peter (Onslow) as blacksmith with his family & brother at Clarence St Sydney.>>> ..[Some details taken from this Website] ..Mary Ann (Porter) was born on 3 11 1809 & baptised on 31 5 1810 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She was recorded in 1828 as Mary (Onslow) with her family at Clarence St Sydney. She died on 25 10 1839 age30-. .. >>>Peter (Hanslow/Onslow) married secondly Louise (Berringer) in 1840 at St Lawrence Sydney. He died on 28 2 1866 age68 father of 12children. ..Louisa (Berringer) was born on 3 7 1817 & baptised on 1 1 1824 age6 w/Ann & Sarah at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She was recorded in 1825 with her parents at Sydney-Kissing Point. Her mother assumed the surname of (Watts) for her after 1826. She was recorded in 1828 with her mother at Kissing Point. She died on 3 4 1869 ae51. .. 2.Benjamin (Hanslow/Onslow) was born about 1804/5. He was tried w/5others for burglary of Joseph (Waring) of Birmingham at Warwick Assizes, sentenced to death reprieved to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict on 15 3 1824 after a voyage of 7months on GUILDFORD. On 16 11 1825 he was assigned to his brother. He was recorded in 1828 as Benjamin (Onslow) with his brother at Clarence St Sydney. He was a blacksmith when he married Catha/erine (Richardson age16) on 14 1 1828 at St James CofE Sydney. He was recorded in 1829 as a blacksmith. He died on 1 7 1857 age52. ..[Some details taken from this Website] ..Catherine (Richardson) was born on 24 10 1812 & baptised on 3 1 1813 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. ..Details of Catherine (Richardson)s family are shown in entry for Robert (Richardson ROYAL ADMIRAL 1800) on this Weebsite. ..Benjamin (Hanslow/Onslow) & Catherine (Richardson) produced 10childrn: ..1.John (Hanslow) was born on 20 6 1828. ..2.John Samuel (Hanslow) was born on 7 7 1829 in Sydney & baptised on 2 8 1829 at St Marys RC Sydney. ..3.Catherine (Hanslow) was born in 1830. ..4.-9.??? (Hanslow) .10.??? (Hanslow) was born about 1846. Reference: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.
Northampton Mercury Sat 19 Apr 1823 p.4 WARWICK ASSIZES... ...CONDEMNED. ... James Mears, Benjamin Hanslow, John Robinson, Henry Hobbins, Susannah Evans, and Ann Pope, for a burglary in the house of Joseph Waring, in Birmingham - [The above six offenders formed a desperate gang of housebreakers]. The death penalty was reprieved to a sentence of Transportation for Life. Benjamin arrived in New South Wales in March 1824 and joined his elder brother Peter who had been transported for 7 years for theft in 1817. He is present with Peter and his family in the 1828 Census. Page 292… [Ref O0292] Onslow, Peter, 28, free by servitude, Globe, 1818, 7 years, blacksmith, Clarence Street Sydney. [Ref O0293] Onslow, Mary, 19, born in the colony. [Ref O0294] Onslow, John, 2, born in the colony. [Ref O0295] Onslow, Richard, 6 months, born in the colony. [Ref O0296] Onslow, Benjamin, 24, government servant, Guildford, 1823, 14 years. Around the same period, Benjamin married Catherine Richardson at St James, Sydney. Catherine had been born in the colony, the daughter of Robert Richardson (Convict, 1800, "Royal Admiral") and Elizabeth Celly (Convict, 1798, "Britannia"), Benjamin and Catherine had 10 children, born between 1829 and 1846.