John Weeks

Abt 1775 - 1857  (~ 82 years)

• Name	John Weeks  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Born	Abt 1775  [4]
  	Based on age at death
  Christened	Abt 6 Apr 1779	Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England
  Gender	Male
  Trial	Oct 1803	Dorchester Assizes, Dorchester, Dorset, England   [4]
  	Convicted of deer stealing
  Trial	Mar 1815	Dorchester Assizes, Dorchester, Dorset, England
  	Convicted of beating a keeper in the execution of his duty.
  Trial	1824	Dorchester Assizes, Dorchester, Dorset, England
  	Found not guilty of deer stealing
  Trial	1825	Dorchester Assizes, Dorchester, Dorset, England
  	Convicted of poaching
  Trial	1828	Dorchester Assizes, Dorchester, Dorset, England
  	Convicted of assault
  Trial	17 Oct 1837	Dorchester Assizes, Dorchester, Dorset, England
  	Convicted of stealing six bushels of wheat
  Transportation	13 Nov 1837	Dorchester Prison, Dorchester, Dorset, England   [4]
  	Sentenced to transportation and hard labour for 7 years.
  Emigration	Apr 1838	Portsmouth, Hampshire, England   [4]
  	on board Lord William Beninck II
  Departure	11 Apr 1838  [2, 3]
  Arrival	26 Aug 1838	Van Diemen's Land   [2]
  	Ship: Lord William Bentinck
  CriminalConviction	Dorset Quarter Session   [2]
  Residence	Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land)   [3]
  Died	1 Oct 1857	Fishery Creek, West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia   [4, 5]
  Buried	Abt 3 Oct 1857	Church of England Cemetery, Campbells Hill, Maitland, New South Wales, Australia   [4]
  Person ID	I7654	So Many Generations
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	James Weeks,   b. Abt 1755, More Crichel, Dorset, England ,   d. 1840, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England  (Age ~ 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Marey Sisley,   b. 1754, Dorset, England ,   d. 21 Jun 1814, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England  (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	26 Nov 1775	Donhead St Andrew, Wiltshire, England   [4]
  Family ID	F2355	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Diana Hayter,   b. Feb 1781, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England ,   d. 7 Mar 1821, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Married	28 Sep 1802	Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Maria Weeks,   b. Abt 1803, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England ,   d. 1855, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England  (Age ~ 52 years)  [natural] + 2. Myrina Weeks,   b. 1805, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England ,   d. Between 1842 and 1851, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England  (Age 37 years)  [natural] + 3. William Weeks,   b. 1808, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England ,   d. 5 Jul 1885, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England  (Age 77 years)  [natural]   4. Jane Weeks,   b. 6 May 1809, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England ,   d. 15 Nov 1871, Camden, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 62 years)  [natural] + 5. John Weeks,   b. Aug 1810, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England ,   d. 6 Jul 1881, Camden, New South Wales, Australia  (Age ~ 70 years)  [natural] + 6. Benjamin Weeks,   b. Between Feb and Nov 1812, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England ,   d. 28 Feb 1885, Camden, New South Wales, Australia  (Age ~ 69 years)  [natural] + 7. Charles Weeks,   b. 1817, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England ,   d. Jan 1897, Blandford, Dorset, United Kingdom  (Age 80 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2021
  Family ID	F2349	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S9] Source, (Name: http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=18031271249&indiv=try;). Marriage date: 23 Sep 1802Marriage place: Handley, Dorset, EnglandResidence date: Residence place: England [S2203] Web: Australia, Convict Records Index, 1787-1867, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2018;), State Library of Queensland; South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 245 (124). Record for John Weeks [S2204] Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868, (Name: The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Location: Kew, Surrey, England;), Class: HO 11; Piece: 11. Record for John Weeks [S2205] Anon, Handley Stories, John Weeks - The Poacher, accessed 6 Aug 2020. This page is part of the Handley Stoies on the 6d Handley and Pentridge Community Website. [S1] Australia, New South Wales, Registrar of Births Deaths & Marriages, Index of Births, Deaths & Marriages, 1857 3440/1857 Issued at Sydney 19 Sep 2016.