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Transportation
George Pain was transported on the Asia 1, departing 1st Apr 1822 and arriving 24th Jul 1822 with 192 passengers.
Built by A Hall & Co at Aberdeen in 1818. A Brig of 536 tons. (Wikipedia) 1830 - Voyage. Asia from Ireland. Female Convict Ship; Stead; Master, Alexander Nesbit M.D. Surgeon Superintendent. Arrived in Sydney Cove 13 Jan 1830. Mustered - 186. Died on Voyage - 3. Disembarked - 1. Total Embarked - 200
Asia 1 (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 154 |
| 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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NSW BDM - Named George Payne, Death 23 July 1861, Registration No.4981/ 1861, aged 70 years, No parents listed, Died in District of Wagga Wagga
Hulk Report, National Archives, HO9-9-2. p.51 Received on hulk from Fisherton Gaol,15 May 1821, with 7 other prisoners, one of whom was William Barnes. George Pain, age 27, convicted at New Sarum quarter Sessions, 1 May 1821, of a felony, sentenced to 7 years. Left hulk for NSW 26 Mar 1822.
Transportation for 7 years – Geo. Pain and Wm Barnes, for stealing about ? lbs of hay, the property of Mr Thomas Waters, at Stratford under the Castle. Salisbury Journal, 10 May 1821
Tried and convicted at the Wiltshire Quarter Sessions on 1st May 1821, sentenced to transportation for 7 years. Left England on 4th April 1822. Ship:- the 'Asia I' sailed with 190 male convicts on board of which 1 died during the voyage. Arrived on 24th July 1822. George had married Sophia Able on 21st November 1818 in Wiltshire, England, they had 2 children, both of whom died along with Sophia in England. George married convict Margaret Irvine ('Elizabeth' 1828) on 29th June 1829 at Sydney, they had no recored children, it is unclear what became of Margaret after that. From the early to mid 1830's he began a relationship with 2 women at what apears to be the same time :- With Eliza Garthwaite (a free settler who arrived on the 'Layton' with her sister in 1833) he had 4 children between 1836-1844. With Mary Ann Jackson (daughter of convicts John Jackson, 'Earl Cornwallis' 1801 & Mary Ann Kershaw, 'Canada' 1810) he fathered 13 children between 1836-1862, (the last one being born after George died in 1861 at Wagga Wagga), he did eventually marry Mary Ann on 18th February 1850 at Campbelltown.