John Green was a convict after the Third Fleet transported to New South Wales
John Green was born about 1787 in Oxfordshire[1]. He was a convict who came to Australia in September 1826 sentenced on 29 March 1826 for seven years having been convicted at Gloucester Assizes. The ship he travelled on was the England. In 1828 he was working as a labourer in Port Stephens.
In 1855 Green was confined to the gaol in Newcastle, New South Wales having been sent there from Maitland[2]. The records do not give the reason for this. However, they reported that Green was about 5 feet 1 3/4 inches tall of a slight build, sallow complexion and grey hair. The records stated that Green was a Roman Catholic, had achieved his freedom by servitude and was a brickmaker by trade.
Sources
↑ New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930, State Archives NSW; Roll: 181
↑ New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930, State Archives NSW; Roll: 757
Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868: Home Office: Convict Transportation Registers; (The National Archives Microfilm Publication HO11); The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England.
New South Wales Government. Musters and other papers relating to convict ships. Series CGS 1155, Reels 2417-2428. State Records Authority of New South Wales. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia (entry for John Green)
1828 New South Wales, Australia Census (TNA Copy) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. (entry for John Green, 1828).
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