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Voyage
Transportation
Charles Waters was transported on the Henry Porcher, departing 1st Aug 1836 and arriving 15th Nov 1836 with 261 passengers.
1825 Journey. On Saturday morning (3 Dec) arrived from London and Dublin, the ship Henry Porcher, Captain John Thompson, with 175 male prisoners, having lost one man - the rest in good health. She sailed from London the 10th of July, and Dublin the 5th of August. The guard comprises a detachment of the 47th Regiment, under the orders of Captain Donaldson. The Surgeon Superintendent is Dr. CARTER, R. N. Sydney Gazette, 5 Dec 1825.
Henry Porcher (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 328 |
| 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
"Believed to be my Great x2 Grandfather Charles Walters, attempting to confirm my supposition."
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Convict Notes
Brother of William Waters who arrived aboard Lord Lyndoch in 1841. Both he and his brother used the surname Walters after receiving their Conditional Pardons.
Richard Mold, aged 21, Thomas Mold, aged 18, and Charles Waters, aged 17, were charged with stealing a sheep, the property of Robt. Blencowe. Robert Blencowe lives Marston St. Lawrence. Monday, March 1, he had 53 sheep. On the Thursday morning following a man named Richard Stanton brought him one of the skins. Richard Stanton works for Mr. Blencowe. He and another man named Thomas Stanton, who has since gone to America, found the skin under a hedge. About 40 yards off they found ash stick. Mr. Weston produced the examination of the prisoners before the magistrates. R. Mold stated that, on the Wednesday night, he and the other two prisoners went into a grass field where there some sheep. They drove them into corner, caught one, killed it, skinned it, and carried it home and divided it. Thomas Mold and Charles Waters made similar admission. The Jury found all the prisoners guilty. Transported for life. Thomas Mold, aged 19, and William Spencer, aged 20, were charged with stealing sheep, the property of Jos. Mawle, of Warkworth. Thos. Mawle the son of the prosecutor. He counted his father's sheep on the 26th February. the following morning one was missing, and he found a sheep skin in a neighbouring field, which he supposed to belong to his father's sheep. He showed it to his father. Joseph Mawle identified the skin belonging to one his sheep. . The examinations of the prisoners were read by Mr. R. Weston, admitting the felony. Guilty; Transportation for life. William Smith, aged 24, and Thomas Mold, aged 19, were indicted for stealing a sheep, the property of Mr. Wm. Dickins, of Warkworth. Wm. Gray ploughboy Mr. Dickins. On a Saturday evening February last, he counted his master's sheep. Mr. .... Northampton Mercury, 9 April 1836. ----------------------------------------------------------- The following convicts have been removed to Portsmouth, and put on board the Leviathan hulk:—George Thompson, Charles Waters, Richard Mold, Thomas Mold, and William Smith, for life; Joseph Houghton, Thomas Boddington, and William Jarvis, for 14 years; Thomas Peach, John Wright, John Price, William Twisleton, Charles Duke, for seven years.