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Biographies
George Herring was born November 13, 1812, in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. At the time of his birth his father James was 24 and his mother, Mary, was 21. George was tried on 11 July 1832 in York (West Riding) quarter sessions for stealing clothes. He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years. He was transported on the barque Neva which
arrived from England at Port Phillip on 21 November 1833. When he was transported he was 20 yrs old, he was a farm boy, he was single, 5' 7" tall with a ruddy complexion. He could read and write, and was a Protestant.
In 1837 he was assigned to William Mannix of Airds where he may have met Jane Mitchell Wakefield as her mother was housekeeper and later wife to William Mannix. On 15 July 1839 he received his Certificate of Freedom.
By 1856 when George was 44, he had been in Australia 20 years, and was working as a carrier and lived at Wildes Meadow. He was in a defacto relationship with Jane Mitchell Wakefield. There is no record of their marriage but they had five children. At the time of one of her children’s births she lived(?) at Shipleys Farm Wingecarribee Swamp.
George died on May 5, 1875, in Burrawang, New South Wales, at the age of 62, and was He was buried 7 May 1875, Bong Bong, New South Wales.
Somewhere along the line George’s surname acquired an ‘e’ and it became Herringe
Submitted by Researcher (2820) on 6 November 2015
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Convict Ship Neva 1833
The Neva arrived in Port Jackson on 21 November 1833
Source: Free Settler or Felon.
www.jenwilletts.com/convict_ship_neva_1833.htm
Submitted by Researcher (66) on 18 August 2019
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Disclaimer: The information has not been verified by Claim a Convict. As this information is contributed, it is the responsibility of those who use the data to verify its accuracy. Sources
- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/9, p.186
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