James
Antwhistle
aka Entwhistle
Born about in County Antrim, Ireland
Son of William Antwhistle
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Dorothy (Antwhistle) Moore, John Antwhistle, Eliza Antwhistle, Charlotte (Antwhistle) Hunter and Jane (Antwhistle) May
Husband of
Eliza (Murphy) Antwhistle
— married
12 Jan 1844 in Aghalee, County Antrim, Ireland
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
in Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Sep 2016
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Biography
James Antwhistle was a convict after the Third Fleet transported to Van Diemen's Land
James Antwhistle was born in Ireland.
James Antwhistle (or Entwhistle) was probably born about 1821 in Ballinderry Parish, County Antrim, Ireland. His father died in 1844 in Kilcreeny, Ballinderry and his mother and two siblings were still resident there in the 1851 Ireland census.[1]
James Antwhistle married Elizabeth Murphy in 1844 in Aghalee, County Antrim.[2][3]
James Antwhistle was aged about 26 when he was convicted of larceny (stealing a goat) in Antrim on 21 June 1847 and sentenced to seven years transportation.[4] James travelled to Van Diemen's Land on board the Blenheim arriving there on 2 February 1849.[5]
James's gaol report was good. He was a Protestant and could read and write. James was a farm labourer at the time of conviction. He was five feet eight inches tall, had a fresh complexion, long head, brown hair and whiskers, grey eyes and a long dimpled chin. James had several warts on the back of his left hand and scars on his hands.[5]
In 1851 James successfully applied for his family to be given free passage to Van Diemen's Land.[5] According to his convict indent record, James had no children at the time of his conviction so it is not clear who his "family" members were that received this passage apart from Elizabeth.[6][7]
James obtained his certificate of freedom in Launceston on 5 July 1856.[5]
Sources
- ↑ National Archives of Ireland. 1851 Ireland census: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1851/Antrim/Upper_Massereene/Ballinderry/Kilcreeny/2/
- ↑ Platt, Lyman. Irish Records Extraction Database [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
- ↑ "Ireland Marriages, 1619-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGFG-SLQ : 10 February 2018), James Antwhistle and Eliz. Murphy, 12 Jan 1844; citing Aghalee,Antrim,Ireland, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 908,817.
- ↑ National Archives of Ireland, Irish Transportation Database, PDF compilation database of records contained in the National Archives of Ireland; entry for James Antwhistle, page 44; Record reference code: TR 6, P 3.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Archives of Tasmania, PDF original convict conduct record for James Antwhistle.
- ↑ Archives of Tasmania, PDF original convict indent record for James Antwhistle.
- ↑ Archives Office of Tasmania; Tasmania, Australia; Descriptive List of Immigrants; Film Number: SLTX/AO/MB/138; Series Number: CB7/12/1/1-3. Arrival record for Elizabeth Entwhistle.
- Archives of Tasmania, PDF original convict description record for James Antwhistle.
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