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John Broughton (convict)
BAROSSA’ [2nd voyage] Built 1811 at Bengal. Wood barque of 730 Tons. She carried 350 male convicts to Hobart and had two deaths en-route. She departed Sheerness on the 30th of August 1841 and arrived at Hobart on the 13th of January 1842. Master: Captain John Austin. Surgeon: Henry W. Mahon.
John Broughton
John Broughton, one of 350 convicts transported on the Barrosa, 27 August 1841 Salford, Lancashire General Quarter Sessions
He was sentenced to 15 years on 12th April 1841 for warehouse robbery, stealing money and notes. Spent part of his sentence at Salt Water River (creek) probation station and the latter part of his sentence at Bagdad/Green Ponds (Kempton) Ticket of Leave issued 12th February 1848 and recommended for full pardon 29th November 1849.
If convict John Broughton is the same John Broughton that married Elizabeth Worth, his mother’s name is Ellen Broughton, brother Thomas, sister Elizabeth and the coincidence is his children’s names, daughters Ellen, Elizabeth and Emma, sons Thomas, John and William.
Marriage 1854 to Elizabeth Worth. He list his age as 29 (suggesting he was born in 1825 (a ploy to hide his connection to convict 3563, he could read and write and had a clear signature. Her age was 25 giving her birth year as 1829. She signed documents with an “X” (her mark). Elizabeth arrived in the colony as a small child with her convict mother, Sarah Worth, and was placed in the King's Orphan School, New Town.
With the birth of their first child (also named John) his occupation is listed as “ostler” (A man employed to look after the horses of people staying at an inn). For the next few births he is listed as “cabman” , and later as Cab Proprietor.
From the The Mercury 2/5/1862
The plaintiff, John Broughton, deposed that he had an order for eight cabs for Mr. Neilson's funeral.and the cab in question was one. The cab was in good condition, their being nothing but a tear at the back, but when it returned it was all broken; the back knocked in eleven inches from the back panel, and knocked up the back squab. Witness produced part of the fragments. The coach makers Calloway and Tennent had charged£6 for the repairs.
John death was as a result of cardiac disease and congestion of the lungs on 31/5/1876 his death register entry lists him as 56 years of age, therefore born 1820.
Submitted by Researcher (3758) on 22 February 2015
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- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/12, p.369
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