runaway · 1839
This notice details several individuals, likely convicts or assigned servants, with their physical descriptions, origins, and the locations/individuals they absconded from, along with dates of abscondment.
[ 644 ] 8 feet of inches, ruddy comp., light brown hair, grey eyes, small scar left side upper lip, from Goat Island, …
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OffenderMary Burns
OriginGoat Island
LandholderAnn Garton
OriginSydney
OffenderJames Henry
ShipLady Nugent (2)
LandholderJohn Hector Bonthome
OriginHinton
OffenderJames Martin
ShipAlbion (1)
New South Wales Government Gazette, No. 420, 29 May 1839.
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People in this noticeSir Charles Forbes · Coakley Mary alias Julia Kelliher · Ann Garton · James Henry · John Hector Bonthome · James Martin
Also on page 10Joshua Woodcock, a chairmaker and French polisher, escaped from Richar · Elijah White, a ploughman, described with multiple tattoos and a scar, · This notice lists individuals apprehended as runaways during the last · John Lumley, Poundkeeper at Patrick's Plains, impounded several cattle
Elsewhere in this issueA notice regarding a land grant for Alexander Aiken, detailing claims · This notice lists several absconded prisoners with their descriptions, · This notice lists absconded prisoners with their descriptions, origins · Charles Ridgway, Poundkeeper at Muswell Brook, impounded one iron-grey · All 81 notices in this issue
The same week in the colonyNew South Wales Government Gazette 1 June 1839 · 12 notices
Near this placeGoat Island · Sydney · Hinton · Merton · Paterson