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205342
Surname: -
First Name: -
Ship: General Hewitt 1848
Date: 14 November 1848
Place: Sydney
Source: The Daily News and Evening Chronicle
Details: Arrival - November 13 - General Hewitt, ship, 961 tons, Captain Gatenby, from Plymouth 12th August, with immigrants. Passengers Mr. and Mrs. Pickering, Mr. G. Rees, Mr. Sparrow, Mr. Boxwell, Mr. Thelwall, Mr. Matterson, Dr. and Mrs. Harrison


209095
Surname: -
First Name: -
Ship: General Hewitt 1848
Date: 15 March 1854
Place: Sydney
Source: Maitland Mercury
Details: Last evening Mr. John Harrison, who in 1848 arrived here as surgeon-superintendent of the General Hewitt, emigrant ship, was found dead in his bed, at his lodgings in Sussex-street. He had unfortunately been addicted to intemperance for some months past, and has left a widow and one child


209088
Surname: Cawrse
First Name: James and John
Ship: General Hewitt 1848
Date: Novemeber 1848
Place: Port Jackson
Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896
Details: James Cawrse age 26, agricultural labourer from St. Neot, Cornwall and John Cawrse age 20, blacksmith, sons of William and Catherine, assisted immigrants on the ship General Hewitt. Note - an uncle named John Cawrse already in the colony, residing near Hunter River


49950
Surname: de Richie (Richez)
First Name: Jean
Ship: General Hewitt 1848
Date: 1848 16 December
Place: Maitland
Source: MM
Details: Son in law of Isaac Parkes died aged 28 from Typhus fever


49951
Surname: de Richie (Richez)
First Name: Jean
Ship: General Hewitt 1848
Date: 1848 16 December
Place: Maitland
Source: MM
Details: Refugee from France


209085
Surname: Denison
First Name: Joseph, Anne, John, Priscilla, Amelia, Margaret, Enneretta
Ship: General Hewitt 1848
Date: November 1848
Place: Port Jackson
Source: State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Persons on Bounty Ships to Sydney, Newcastle, and Moreton Bay (Board Immigrant Lists); Series: 5317; Reel: 2458; Item: [4/4906]
Details: Joseph Denison age 42, agricultural labourer from Yorkshire, son of John and Mary; Anne age 39, house servant, daughter of John and Mary; John age 13; Priscilla age 11; Amelia age 9; Margaret age 3; Enneretta age 5. Assisted immigrants on the ship General Hewitt. Note - a brother of Anne Denison already in the colony, residing near Newcastle and a sister Elizabeth Dawson residing in Sydney


209084
Surname: Gillies
First Name: John, Janet, Neill, John
Ship: General Hewitt 1848
Date: November 1848
Place: Port Jackson
Source: State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Persons on Bounty Ships to Sydney, Newcastle, and Moreton Bay (Boards Immigrant Lists); Series: 5317; Reel: 2458; Item: [4/4906]
Details: John Gillies age 31, shepherd from Campbell, Argyleshire, son of Neil and Christina Gillies; Janet age 30, house servant from Airdrey, Lanarkshire, daughter of Thomas and Margaret Matthews; Neill age 11; John age 6. Assisted immigrants on the ship General Hewitt. Note - a brother of John senr., already in the colony, residing at Adelaide


209083
Surname: Gillies
First Name: Neil
Ship: General Hewitt 1848
Date: 9 February 1861
Place: Maitland gaol
Source: State Archives NSW; Kingswood, New South Wales; Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Roll: 2370
Details: Neil Gillies, compositor from Lanarkshire. Admitted to Maitland gaol from the Quarter Sessions. Sentenced to 3 months imprisonment in Darlinghurst gaol


49753
Surname: Harrison
First Name: Dr.
Ship: General Hewitt 1848
Date: 1848 29 November
Place: -
Source: MM
Details: Wife gave birth to a son on board the ship 'General Hewitt'


209086
Surname: MacLaughlan
First Name: John, Mary, Allan, Sarah, Hugh, Flora, Duncan, Donald
Ship: General Hewitt 1848
Date: November 1848
Place: Port Jackson
Source: State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Persons on Bounty Ships to Sydney, Newcastle, and Moreton Bay (Board Immigrant Lists); Series: 5317; Reel: 2458; Item: [4/4906]
Details: John MacLaughlan age 39, shepherd and agricultural labourer from Argyleshire, son of Allan and Anne, both deceased; Mary age 37, farm house servant daughter of Hugh and Flora McKenzie both deceased; Allan age 15 farm servant; Sarah age 14, farm house servant; Hugh age 12; Flora age 10; Duncan age 7; Donald age 4. Assisted immigrants on the ship General Hewitt. Note - a sister of John MacLaughlan, Bell MacLaughlan already in the colony, residing at Hunter River and married to D. Cameron


49765
Surname: Parkes
First Name: Frederick
Ship: General Hewitt 1848
Date: 1848 29 November
Place: -
Source: MM
Details: Immigrant. Complained of the lodgings provided by J.B.R. Robertson


49946
Surname: Parkes
First Name: Frederick
Ship: General Hewitt 1848
Date: 1848 16 December
Place: Maitland
Source: MM
Details: Sentenced of 14 days in gaol remitted as he had a wife and several children to support


49902
Surname: Parkes
First Name: Frederick (?James)
Ship: General Hewitt 1848
Date: 1848 13 December
Place: Maitland
Source: MM
Details: Sentenced to 14 days in Newcastle gaol after being charged with neglect of work by J.B.R. Robertson


209094
Surname: Parkes
First Name: Frederick, Joan Catherine; Frederick, Victoria, Celina
Ship: General Hewitt 1848
Date: November 1848
Place: Port Jackson
Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896
Details: Frederick Parkes age 34, machine maker, parents on board; Joan Catherine age 26, house servant, born Flanders; Frederick age 10 born Lille, France; Victoria age 7; Celina age 5. Assisted immigrants on the ship General Hewitt


49952
Surname: Parkes
First Name: Isaac
Ship: General Hewitt 1848
Date: 1848 16 December
Place: Maitland
Source: MM
Details: son in law Jean de Richie (Richez) died of typhus fever


103977
Surname: Parkes
First Name: Isaac
Ship: General Hewitt 1848
Date: -
Place: -
Source: Maitland Family History Circle's Pre 1900 Pioneer Register
Details: Born Nottinghamshire. Spouse Dolly (Dorothy) Ward. For information about descendants see Pioneer Register Entry No. 1142


209093
Surname: Parkes
First Name: Isaac, Dolly, Hannah, Susannah, Charlotte, Robert, John, Charles
Ship: General Hewitt 1848
Date: November 1848
Place: Port Jackson
Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896
Details: Isaac Parkes age 60, machine maker, son of Hesketh and Elizabeth; Dolly age 60 house keeper daughter of Robert and Dorothy Ward; Hannah age 42, governess; Susannah age 38 milliner and dress maker; Charlotte age 37 milliner and dressmaker; Robert age 32 machine maker born in Belgium; John age 24 born Flanders; Charles 19, born Lille, France. Assisted immigrants on the ship General Hewitt


209089
Surname: Prior
First Name: Edwin
Ship: General Hewitt 1848
Date: November 1848
Place: Port Jackson
Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896
Details: Edwin Prior, age 19, labourer from Beckshill, Sussex, son of Thomas and Jane. Assisted immigrant on the ship General Hewitt. Notie a brother Frederick Prior already in the colony, residing at Barkers Mills, Scone


209091
Surname: Stewart
First Name: Allan
Ship: General Hewitt 1848
Date: November 1848
Place: Port Jackson
Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896
Details: Allan Stewart age 22, agricultural labourer from Argyleshire, son of Allan and Kate, assisted immigrant on the ship General Hewitt. Note - cousins George, Hugh, Duncan and Allan Cameron already in the colony, living near Hunter River