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Biographies
Joseph was sentenced to death at the February 1786 Old Bailey Sessions for Highway Robbery.
(See Trial Transcript Ref. t17860222-4)
He is said to be one of three men who had snatched a bundle of clothing from a fourteen year old boy in New Bond Street, near Cork Street, London.
He had been caught by constables after a chase through the streets, having dropped the bundle as he ran.
The bundle contained a black silk gown and petticoat, a linen handkerchief, and 16 yards of black bombozon.
At the trial Butler employed a defence counsel Mr Peatt, who closely cross examined the witnesses and attempted unsuccessfully to confuse the boy that the woman who owned the clothes.
Butler called three character witnesses and was recommended to mercy by the prosecutor.
Nearly a year later at the January 1787 Old Bailey Sessions he was reprieved to transportation for seven years.
(See Trial Transcript Ref. 017870110-2)
He remained in Newgate goal until 8th October, 1787 when he was sent on board the Thames hulk "Stanislaus" at Woolwich, age given as 19.
In April 1788 he moved with other convicts to the "Lion" hulk at Portsmouth, whence he was embarked on the "Neptune" transport on the 23 December, 1789 with the second fleet.
The "Neptune" left Portsmouth on the 19th January 1790 with 424 male convicts and 78 female convicts. There was 147 male convicts and 11 female convicts who died on the 160 day voyage. During the voyage 12 male convicts were put on board from the "Guardian" shipwreck in February 1790. The master of the vessel was Donald Trail and the surgeon was William Gray.
The "Neptune" arrived in Port Jackson, New South Wales on the 28th June 1790 with 289 male and 67 female convicts.
Joseph appears to have behaved well in the colony and by early 1794 he was settled on land in the Hawkesbury District. The grant of 30 acres at Mackenzie Creek near the junction with the South Creek at Pitt Town Bottoms was officially registered on the 3rd November, 1794 in the Colonial Secretary's Office.
Butler later lived with Mary Holland (B.C. arrived on the "Indispensable" in 1796, after having been tried in Surry).
Mary Holland bore two sons; James (B.1802) and Silvester (B.1804) who appear to have been fathered by Joseph Butler.
By 1806 the couple had separated.
In 1806 he was recorded as a laborer, probably in the Hawkesbury District.
The 1814 General Muster of NSW indicates that Joseph off stores, free, a landholder, probably the 15 acres he was leasing in 1812 and two children are residing with him but does not indicate a spouse.
He owned 9 hogs and the land was fully cleared with 14 acres cultivated in wheat, maize, potatoes and vegetables.
20th September 1816 - Listed as a free settler in the Windsor district.
In the 1822 General Muster of NSW it shows Joseph as a landholder in Windsor.
The 1825 muster records him in the Wilberforce District.
In the 1828 Census records Joseph is listed as free by servitude, aged 66 years, religion as Protestant and he was a farmer on 30 acres of land with 15 acres cleared, 14 acres under cultivation at Lower Portland Head and Mary was is listed as free by servitude, aged 50 years and being Joseph Butler's servant.
Death Certificate No. 283 V20/1836.
Name Joseph Butler
Abode Hospital
Date of Death Not Listed
Date of Burial 25th January 1836
Age 63
Quality or Profession Labourer
Minister Richard Hill
Religion Church of England.
Parish St James, Sydney
County Cumberland
Comments
Place of death shown as Hospital - this is Sydney Hospital.
Joseph was buried in Elizabeth Street Burial Ground (near where Central Station now stands) but when the Elizabeth S
Submitted by Researcher (2038) on 8 May 2014
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