Neal Smith

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 9th October 2020

New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1802 Atlas II Age; 31.

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Maureen Withey on 13th February 2020

colonial Secretary Index. SMITH, Neal. Per "Atlas", Oct 1802; constable at Newcastle, Liverpool and Port Macquarie 1811 Jan 12 - Claiming that his sentence to Newcastle had expired; had applied to be returned to Sydney (Reel 6066; 4/1804 p.54) 1814 May 19 - Discovered illicit still (Reel 6066; 4/1805 p.151) 1814 Aug 6 - Paid from Police Fund for detecting an illicit still at Newcastle (Reel 6038; SZ758 p.516) 1814 Jun 18 -Escorting Mary Hecford to Sydney (Reel 6066; 4/1805 p.153) 1815 Mar 10 - Jailor at Newcastle. Granted permission to proceed to Sydney per "Estramina" for seven days (Reel 6004; 4/3493 p.479) 1815 Mar 15, Dec 13,30 - Proceeding to Sydney (Reel 6066; 4/1805 pp.181b, 203, 205) 1815 Dec 20 - A seven day pass to Sydney approved by the Governor (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.289) 1821 May 1 - Recommended as constable for Liverpool and Minto (Reel 6051; 4/1749 pp.335-6) 1821 Oct 16 - Constable. Evidence given by (Reel 6051; 4/1750 p.206) 1822 Jan 7 - Paid from the Colonial Fund for apprehending three bushrangers (Reel 6039; 4/424 p.81) 1822 Sep 2 - Entrusted with description of Daniel Quin (Reel 6055; 4/1761 pp.154-5) 1822 Dec 12 - Dismissed as a constable at Lower Minto for gross misconduct (Reel 6039; 4/424 p.117) 1822 Dec 18-1823 Jan 1 - To be transported for four years. In reports of prisoners tried at Court of Criminal Jurisdiction (Reel 6023; X820 p.75) 1823 - Former district constable at Lower Minto; under sentence to Port Macquarie. Petition to be sent to Emu Plains as men he had apprehended were serving at Port Macquarie (Fiche 3053; 4/1832 No.360) 1823 Jan 11 - Re sentence of (Reel 6057; 4/1766 pp.9-10) 1823 Jan 15 - Re punishment for perjury (Reel 6010; 4/3507 p.192) 1823 Feb 11 - On lists of prisoners transported to Port Macquarie per "Lady Nelson"; listed as Smyth (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.33, 386-7) 1823 Mar 22 - His wife could not join Smith at Port Macquarie as she had been taken up for misconduct at Liverpool & ordered by the Bench to the Female Factory, Parramatta, for three months as a vagrant (Reel 6068; 4/1815 p.179) 1823 May 10 - Re request by Smith that his wife, in the House of Correction at Parramatta, be allowed to join him at Port Macquarie (Reel 6069; 4/1817 p.12). Reply, 13 May (Reel 6010; 4/3508 p.295) 1823 c.Aug - Husband of Mary Maguire; constable at Port Macquarie. Petition that his wife be compelled to join him or be sent to the Female Factory (Reel 6069; 4/1817 p.7) 1823 Aug 30 - Request to the Resident Magistrate at Liverpool for an enquiry into & report upon the circum-stances set out in Smith's petition concerning his wife (Reel 6011; 4/3509 p.156). Reply, 6 Sep (Reel 6069; 4/1817 p.22) 1824 Apr 24 - Reporting that his wife Mary was living with a man named Swan at Liverpool (Reel 6069; 4/1817 p.46) 1824 May 28 - His letter requesting that his wife be ordered to join him at Port Macquarie referred to Saxe Bannister, Attorney General (Reel 6013; 4/3511 p.330) 1824 May 31 - Saxe Bannister, Attorney General, requiring more information as to Smith's case (Reel 6060; 4/1777 pp.209a-b). Reply, 5 Jun (Reel 6013; 4/3511 p.385) 1824 Jun 7 - Opinion of Attorney General, Saxe Bannister, as to whether Smith could insist that his wife accompany him on his transportation (Reel 6060; 4/1777 pp.210c-d) 1825 Feb 12 - Former constable and gaoler; prisoner at Port Macquarie. Petition to be returned to Sydney (Reel 6069, 4/1817 p.75; Fiche 3252, 4/1875 p.211). Reply, 20 Apr (Reel 6019; 4/3864 p.233) Irish Convict Database: Neil Smith, (alias Smyth) tried 1799, at Dublin & Carrick on Shannon. per ship Atlas "II" 1802; an Irish rebel. Notes: NSW 1804 Castle Hill revolt.