Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
William Johnstone was transported on the York, departing 3rd Sep 1830 and arriving 7th Feb 1831 with 200 passengers.
The York I was built in Southwick, West Sussex, England in 1819. 429 tons. Three voyages to Australia with transport convicts - 1829, 1830 and 1832. The York II was built in Sunderland, England in 1854. 940 ton ship. Transported convicts and pensioner guards and families to Western Australia in 1862.
York (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 487 (246) |
| 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
Correction to my earlier comment. George was my 4x great grandfather.
My 5x great grandfather was a certified master mariner in 1799, a ship owner and then a convict ship owner and transporter before a legal case went against him and he was bankrupted. He had connections with Queen Caroline, wife of King George IV and served his country in the British Navy and a commission in the British Army. He could not restore his fortunes and lost his business, his wife and children, his London house and good lifestyle before stealing a pair of boots and being sentenced under his alias of William Johnstone at the Old Bailey to 7 years in a penal colony in Australia. Once he had gained his freedom he stayed in NSW in Port Macquarie and despite wanting to return to England died there in July 1850. There is nothing to suggest he had any contact after 1830 with his young family who relocated to Yorkshire. No personal effects belonging to George appear to have survived within the family but I would love to know more about his life and death in Port Macquarie.