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Transportation
George Withers was transported on the Guildford, departing 22nd Aug 1823 and arriving 15th Mar 1824 with 160 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 83 (43) |
| 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 |
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Convict Notes
Convict Application to Marry. George Withers, per Guildford 6, age 26, 7 years; Free; and Susanna Lloyd, per Harmony, age 22, 7 years; Bond. Date of permission, 16 June 1830.Campbell Town.
Hulk Records Portsmouth, Laurel and Hardy hulks.- Probably Laurel hulk. HO-9-9_3 page 6. Received from Reading, 14 May 1823. Geo. Batten, age 23, Felony, Tried Newbury, 8 April 1823, 7 years, To NSW, 13 Aug 1823. Geo. Withers, age 19, Felony, Tried Newbury, 8 April 1823, 7 years, To NSW, 13 Aug 1823.
The Quarter Sessions for Berkshire were held at Newbury, Tuesday, before C. Dundas, Esq. and a full Bench of Magistrates, when the following prisoners were tried :—George Batten and George Withers, for stealing six sheep skins, the property of M. Montagu, Esq.—seven years transportation. Hampshire Chronicle, 14 April 1823.
1825 Muster: assigned to Richard Dunn, Liverpool. https://branchesofmyfamilytree.weebly.com/george-withers.html
George re offended (Larceny)and was convicted at the Campbell Town Quarter sessions on 14 May 1835. He was sentenced to 3 years at Moreton Bay and returned 7 July 1838. Reference:www.records.nsw.gov.au/indexes/details Withers, George No 8 Page 303 Item 4/8391 Reel: 2401 Date: 1835 Place: Campbelltown
The 1828 NSW Census shows that George Withers was assigned as a convict labourer to Amos Crisp, a farmer, at lower Lower Minto, NSW. His certificate of freedom was granted on 13 April 1830 and he married Susannah Lloyd on 4 August 1830 at St Peter's Church of England in Campbelltown. The couple was married by Thomas Reddall, the Anglican minister to whom Susannah was assigned upon arrival in New South Wales. He was quite a prominent person in the colony. George reoffended in 1835 and was sent to Moreton Bay. In 1840 he was assigned to the widowed Mrs Elizabeth Hume at Collingwood Station, near Gunning NSW. George and Susannah had 12 known children together between 1831 and 1851. All but one survived to adulthood. George died on 28 August 1878 and is buried in the disused churchyard of St Brigid's Catholic Church at Mutmutbilly, near Breadalbane, NSW.