John Suffolk died on the 18th of November 1852 'aged 65' from natural causes related to intemperance, which would make his year of birth somewhere around 1787. (1) But was he actually 69? John Suffolk was illiterate and seems to have lost track of time for the period between his conviction and his marriage in Australia to fellow convict Elizabeth Cockshall.
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Showing posts with label Suffolk family. Show all posts
Monday, 23 January 2017
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Joseph Suffolk - Richard Reynolds 1836
Joseph Suffolk arrived in Port Jackson on the 1st of March 1836. He and his wife Jane were unassisted immigrants (posh, compared to all the assisted immigrants and criminals in my family tree) travelling in steerage (less posh) of a barque laden with merchandise and one other passenger.
Saturday, 7 January 2017
John Suffolk and Elizabeth Cockshall, convicts
John Suffolk was convicted at the Berkshire Assizes (Abingdon, Berkshire) in July 1818 for receiving stolen goods and transported for 14 years via the Lord Sidmouth following a sojourn on the prison hulk Justicia from the 20th July to about the 25th of August 1818.
On the 15th of May 1821 John married Elizabeth Cockshall, a needlewoman who had been transported for 14 years on the Morley(3), at St. John's church Parramatta. John was 35 and Elizabeth was recorded as 21 but may have been a little younger.
On the 15th of May 1821 John married Elizabeth Cockshall, a needlewoman who had been transported for 14 years on the Morley(3), at St. John's church Parramatta. John was 35 and Elizabeth was recorded as 21 but may have been a little younger.
Thursday, 29 December 2016
Probate notice for John Suffolk
Joseph Suffolk (later a resident of Tomerong) is believed to be the son of John Suffolk, convict, who was transported via the Lord Sidmouth(1) in 1819. This notice in the NSW Government Gazette 9 August 1853 seems to support this:
Trial of John Suffolk, Cheesemonger
John Suffolk was transported to NSW in 1819 via the Lord Sidmouth(1).
The Windsor and Eton Express gives a description of his crime as follows:
Windsor and Eton Express - Sunday 12 July 1818 p. 3-4
Berkshire. - These assizes commenced at Abingdon on Monday last. ...
Mary Sims, aged 23, single woman, charged with feloniously stealing, on the 24th of June, at the parish of Thatcham, 37 promissory notes, of the value of £73, the property of Joseph May. - Two years imprisonment to hard labour.
John Suffolk, aged 35, cheesemonger, charged with having, on the 25th day of June, at the parish of Thatcham, received and had the same promissory notes, knowing the same to have been so feloniously stolen by the said Mary Sims. - Transported for 14 years.(Retrieved from http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/)
It's interesting the receiving of stolen goods had a harsher penalty than stealing the promissory notes, but hard labour wouldn't have been a picnic either and John seems to have done alright in the colony.
The Windsor and Eton Express gives a description of his crime as follows:
Windsor and Eton Express - Sunday 12 July 1818 p. 3-4
County Assizes
Berkshire. - These assizes commenced at Abingdon on Monday last. ... Mary Sims, aged 23, single woman, charged with feloniously stealing, on the 24th of June, at the parish of Thatcham, 37 promissory notes, of the value of £73, the property of Joseph May. - Two years imprisonment to hard labour.
John Suffolk, aged 35, cheesemonger, charged with having, on the 25th day of June, at the parish of Thatcham, received and had the same promissory notes, knowing the same to have been so feloniously stolen by the said Mary Sims. - Transported for 14 years.(Retrieved from http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/)
It's interesting the receiving of stolen goods had a harsher penalty than stealing the promissory notes, but hard labour wouldn't have been a picnic either and John seems to have done alright in the colony.
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