Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
John Smith was transported on the Baring, departing 30th Nov 1818 and arriving 26th Jun 1819 with 302 passengers.
Baring (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 127 (65) |
| 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
"John Smith is my 3rd Great Grandfather on my mothers side, Valerie Alice Smith. I am Kerry Mclean (Kerry Clarke/Speakman) born Canberra 1954"
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Convict Notes
Re Permission to Marry Sarah Hockley at Sydney 7/4/1823. John Smith, convict per Baring and Sarah Hockley, Free. Requested by Rev Wm Cowper, Asst. Chaplain, Sydney, 10 April 1823. 21 Oct 1823. John Smith, per Baring (2), assigned to Sarah Smith, resident at Brickfields. Charles Smith, per Baring (2), assigned to Ann Smith, resident York Street. On list of people receiving an assigned convict. 21/10/1823 Sarah Smith, per Baring, 1819. Of Brickfields; wife of John Smith, formerly Sarah Hockley (which see also) Marriage Reg Ref: 3111/1823, John Smith and Sarah Hockley, CA district (Church of England, Sydney, St Phillips’s)
LINCOLNSHIRE. LINDSEY. Kirton.— At the General Quarter Sessions holden by adjournment the 17th July instant, .. Thomas Smith, late of Winterton, laborer, and John Smith, late of the same place, laborer, convicted of stealing four bacon hams, one hempen sack, and one other hempen sack, from Robert Everatt, of Saxby, ... Stamford Mercury, 31 July 1818. Thomas Smith, John Smith, John Jones, and William Gunhouse, under sentence of transportation for seven years each, from Kirton sessions; ... Stamford Mercury, 24 July 1818. The following convicts, under sentence of transportation, were removed on the 21st inst. from Lincoln Castle to the Justitia hulk in the Thames at Woolwich. ..., Thomas Smith, John Smith, ... Stamford Mercury, 21 Aug 1818.
My 3rd Great Great Grandfather on my mothers side ( Kerry Clarke). Married 12 May 1823 to Sarah Dollison Hockley (1806-1896), St Phillips Church, Sydney NSW, had 13 children. Lived around Sydney.
Stole bacon hams with brother Thomas and sold them on Hull market.
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Smith of Winterton north Lincs. One of three brothers who were transported.