Hi
I recieved this email this week from a friend that we previously helped with the Matthews family. I can't convince them to log into Rootschat themselves for some reason.
HI J??, MY CRAZY COUSIN AND I ARE DESPERATE T FIND OUT OUT THIS JAMES CASTLE, WE DONT KNOW
IF HE OONE OF OURS.. I WONDER IF YOU WOULD HELP AND ASK MR T?? {Tranaxription agent}IF HE CAN TOO.
CASTLE, JAMES – CONVICT
ENTRY 370 SEX M ALSO KNOWN AS CASTLE JOHN
BORN 1759
DIED ABT 1803 AT PROSPECT HILL, NSW
BURIED/ NO RECORDS, HE WAS FOUND DEAD ON HIS 30 ACRES OF LAND GRANTED TO HIM AT PROSPECT,
WE SUSPECT THEY BURIED ON HIS LAND,.. LEONIE HAS LOOKED AT ALL PARISH AND CHURCH RECORDS, NOT RECORDED DEATH
CONVICTION DETAILS,
STATUS ON ARRIVAL CONVICT SHIP SCARBOROUGH 1788
CRIME STEAL A SILVER WATCH, A PAIR OF SHOES AND A SILK HANDKERCHIEF
TRIED AT OLD BAILEY
PRIOR TO ARREST JAMES CASTLE HAD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BEEN WORKING AT PUDDLE DOCK.
2 DEC 1788- FOUND GUILTY OF STEALING GOODS FROM A FELLOW CONVICT, ANN SANDLIN AND HIS SENTENCE WAS AMENDED TO LIFE.
18 JULY 1791 SETTLED AT PROSPECT ON 30 ACRES OF LAND.
1792 FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF INTENSE HEAT DAVID COLLINS RECORDED THE JAMES CASTLE’S HUT HAD BURNT DOWN
WITH ALL HIS POSSESSIONS AND A QUANTITY OF WHEAT. THE GOVENOR ORDERED THAT THE HUT BE REBUILT AND THAT CASTLE BE GIVEN EVERY ASSISTANCE TO REPAIR HIS LOSSES.
MID 1800—LISTED AS JOHN CASTLE, LIVING ALONE ON A PURCHASED 20 ACRE FARM AND OOFF STORES
3 JULY 1803—THE SYDNEY GAZETTE. CARRIED A NOTICE THAT JAMES CASTLE’S FARM ( HIS ESTATE)
WAS OFFERED FOR SALE BY AUCTION.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS HIS ORIGIN, AND PARENTS NAMES IF THEY CAN BE FOUND
THANK YOU IN ANTICIPATION
WE CAN’T FIND ANYTHING.. NO FAMILY OR CHILDREN ARE MENTIONED ANYWHERE
THANK YOU REGARDS J AND L
Can anyone else find a record of his death? I looked under evey variation of CA* that I could find, any suggestions?
mum mum