Sunday, May 9, 2010

To Newcastle as an assigned servant...

The Index to the Colonial-Secretary's Papers, 1788-1825, includes an entry for a John Faulkner, who also supposedly arrived on the Eliza (2) in 1822. On 25 July 1823 this John Faulkner was permitted to travel to Newcastle on the Fame as the assigned servant of A. McLeod.

Since the convicts on the Eliza (2) did not include a John Faulkner, the "John" seems to be an incorrect transcription of George.

Alexander McLeod had a large property called Luskintyre, near Wallis Plains (Maitland). Chas. McLeod, the defaulter in payment for George Faulkner almost a year later, was presumably a member of the same family.

NSW State Records, Index Colonial-Secretary's Correspondence, Reel 6010; 4/3508, p.712)

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