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Transportation
Duplicate Henry Wensford was transported on the Earl Spencer, departing 30th Apr 1813 and arriving 9th Oct 1813 with 203 passengers.
Built 1803, London - Thames, 672 ton required 56 crew and mounted with 16 guns.
Earl Spencer (generic)References
| Primary Source | Dictionary of Educational History in Australia and New Zealand (DEHANZ), 16 July. Available: http//dehanz.net.au |
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Convict Notes
Wensford arrived on the Earl Spencer in 1813. He was born in Worcester in 1784. He was sentenced in 1812 for 7 years and at the time of his conviction was a soldier, a lieutenant in the dragoons. He received a ticket of leave and later a certificate of freedom. In 1815 he was sent to Newcastle to become the first school teacher in the settlement there. From the Colonial Secretary’s records, on 5 May he sent the Colonial Secretary a list of the names and ages of all his children at his school in Newcastle. In 1819 he settled at Wallis Plains, but in 1820 returned to Sydney where he was appointed schoolmaster at Castlereagh. Burkhardt, G. 2015. Convict and emancipist teachers. Dictionary of Educational History in Australia and New Zealand (DEHANZ), 16 July. Available: http//dehanz.net.au