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John White was transported on the Boyd, departing 10th Mar 1809 and arriving 14th Aug 1809 with 144 passengers.
395 ton ship. Departed Cork, Ireland for New South Wales, Australia 1809. After leaving Australia, for New Zealand, the vessel was set upon by natives from Bay of Islands and most onboard the ship were massacred (including cannibalization). The boat was captured and towed to Motu Wai (Red Island) were it was totally destroyed.
Boyd (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834 - New South Wales Male 1818 |
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Convict Notes
Colonial Secretary Index. WHITE, John. Per "Boyd", 1809. 1814 On list of criminals convicted of murder (Reel 6070; 4/1265 p.151) 1814 Jul 23 Executed for murder (Reel 6038; SZ758 p.511)
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. John White, per Boyd (1809), Tried at Tipperary, 1807, 7 years sentence.
SHOCKING MURDER.— Early on Sunday morning last an account was received in Town of the murder of Mr. William Jenkins, a dealer of Sydney, and Mr. Rowland Edwards, a settler of Hawkesbury, who were both shot at the Parramatta Tollgate (kept by Edward Mayne), between ten and eleven the preceding night ; of which melancholy fact the following are the particulars :—Mr. Jenkins, coming towards Sydney, and Mr. Edwards, proceeding for Hawkesbury, met at the Toll house, and not inclining to pursue their different journies further, received the proffer of such accommodation as the place afforded. At an early hour they went to bed, as likewise did their host ; who being some time afterwards disturbed by a voice requiring that the toll-gate should be opened, arose and went out to obey the summons ; but on opening the door saw two men armed with muskets, ready to burst into the house, one of them much taller than the other, and both wearing handkerchiefs over their faces. The shortest man's gun he immediately seized hold of, and a scuffle ensued ; during which he endeavored and partly succeeded in unmasking both the villains, exclaiming at the same time, "Oh, save me! save me!" The lamentable appeal aroused his sleeping guests ; and they, with a moment's pause, sprung to his relief ; but, fatal to both the effort proved! for they had scarcely crossed the threshold, when the taller ruffian, levelling his musket at the foremost, who happened to be Edwards, fired, & both fell on the explosion.—Jenkins was killed on the spot, and the unhappy partner in his destiny survived four painful hours—then followed him to the shades of death! So near was the assassin when he fired, that the whole contents are supposed to have entered his right side, in which 15 shot and slugs were found ; and two others, which proved the instantaneous death of Jenkins, one entering the lungs, and the other the groin, are supposed to have passed through the body of the former.—Mayne, the gate keeper, still struggled with the shorter assailant, who finding himself likely to be overpowered, repeatedly demanded of the other to knock him down, which he effected by a blow with the butt of his musket on the head, and various parts of the body ; when, either from a supposition he was dead, or possibly becoming too anxious for their own security to hazard delay, they made off precipitately. As soon as Mayne had sufficiently recovered from his blows, he made the best of his way into Parramatta and there acquainted the Rev. Mr. Marsden, resident Magistrate, with the dreadful occurrence, naming at the same time his suspicion that the assassins were two labourers employed in the construction of the Liverpool road, who inhabited huts about two and a quarter miles from Parramatta, their names Michael Woollaghan, and Alexander Suitar. A party of the military detachment with several constables, went to the place, and found four men in their beds or hammocks, in two huts nearly contiguous, Woollaghan and Suitar in one hut, and two others, whose names are Bond and Day, in the other. They were all apprehended, and taken into Parramatta, where they appeared before the Coroner's Inquest, which sat on Sunday and Monday ; in the course of which days, in addition to the circumstances above detailed, it appeared that the men who had attacked the gate house left behind them two handkerchiefs, (supposed to be those they had worn over their faces), and a hat ; which if clearly recognized by any disinterested person may afford considerable strength to any evidence to the fact that may have already been obtained.—A Verdict of Wilful Murder was returned by the Jury against Wollaghan and Suitar, who were accordingly fully committed by the Coroner for trial ; and Bond and Day were desired to be held in custody until legal advice should he obtained relative to them. The body of Mr Edwards was buried at Parramatta on Monday, and the remains of W. Jenkins were brought to Sydney by his relations, and interred on Tuesday.—We are further concerned to state, that they both leave families to deplore their dismal end. Sydney Gazette, 4 Jun 1814. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/628939?searchTerm=Alexander Suiter Account of the trial at the Court of Criminal Jurisdiction, on Saturday June 25, of Alexander Suitar and Michael Hoollaghan, alias Woolagan, for the wilful murder of Rowland Edwards, and the subsequent death sentence. --------------------------------------------------- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/628951?searchTerm=Rowland Edwards Later trial of John White for aiding and assisting Dennis Donovan, (previously executed for another murder) for the wilful murder of Rowland Edwards, at the Court of Criminal Jurisdiction, on Wednesday, 20 July 1814, subsequently found guilty and sentenced to Death, which sentence was carried out on Friday 21 July 1814. ------------------------------------------------------ Dennis Donovan was also a convict per Boyd.
New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834 - New South Wales Male 1818 Noted against name Executed for Murder 1814