Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Master and convict

In 1824 (or thereabouts), George Faulkner's name appears again in the Colonial Secretary's correspondence. He is an assigned convict mechanic, or tradesman - his trade is given as blacksmith, his ship the Eliza (2) - whose master Chas. McLeod is "a defaulter in payment".

His residence is Hunter's River (Newcastle).

NSW State Records, Colonial-Secretary's Correspondence, Reel 6061; 4/1778, p.265f

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