John Ballantyne (abt. 1814 - 1898)

Born about 1814 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Husband of Annie (Munro) Ballantyne — married 14 Sep 1840 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 1 Jul 1898 at about age 84 in Woodburn, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

John Ballantyne was a convict after the Third Fleet transported to New South Wales

John Ballantyne was born in Paisley, Scotland in about 1814. He was the son of William Ballantyne and Mary Kennedy.

John was a weaver. He was convicted at Glasgow for housebreaking and stealing from his parent's neighbours on the 23 September 1833 ^[1], and transported to New South Wales in 1834 on the Henry Tanner (14 years). He was 5 foot and 4 ¾ inches tall, and had a ruddy & freckled complexion, sandy to red hair, and hazel eyes. ^[2]

John received permission to marry Annie Munro, a free settler, on the 22nd May 1840.^[3] They married at Wollongong on the 14th September 1840.^[4]

The family moved to the Shoalhaven area, and later to Woodburn where John died in 1898.^[5] John and Annie are buried in the Woodburn Cemetery.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Trial documents obtained from the National Records of Scotland. AD14/33/232 Precognition against John Ballantyne for the crime of theft by housebreaking and opening lockfast places and JC26/1833/433 Trial papers relating to John Ballantyne for the crime of theft by housebreaking and opening lockfast places. Tried at High Court, Glasgow 23 Sep 1833
2. ↑ Certificate of Freedom 48/181, 10 Apr 1848
3. ↑ New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851. Retrieved from Ancestry.com.au
4. ↑ NSW BDM: Marriage 744/1840 V1840744 75
5. ↑ NSW BDM: Death 8591/1898 BALLANTYNE, JOHN, father: WILLIAM, mother: MARY, registration district: BALLINA
   1898 1st July Woodburn, John Ballantyne, Farmer, male 82 years, cause: Natural causes, duration of illness: one month, inquest unnecessary, William Gollan J.P. last saw deceased 2 July 1898, father: William Ballantyne, Farmer, mother: Mary Kennedy, Certified by David Ballantyne, son, Woodburn, registered: 6 July 1898 Ballina, buried: 2nd July 1898 Woodburn, minister: John Strang, witnesses: David Ballantyne, H? Keats, born: Paisley, Scotland, 64 years in N.S.Wales, married: Shoalhaven N.S.Wales, age: 26 years, wife: Ann Munro, children of marriage: Living, William 52 years, Ann 49, David 47, Mary 45, Jane 43, May 41, James 39, John 37.
6. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #148463867 (accessed 11 March 2024)
   Memorial page for John Ballantyne (1814-1 Jul 1898), citing Woodburn Cemetery, Woodburn, Richmond Valley Council, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by Kathleen Cobcroft (contributor 48442010).

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 07 June 2017, 11:47), entry for John Ballantyne(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KZC4-L46); contributed by various users.