Monday, February 6, 2012

MORBY: SURNAME AND SHIP

Morby was also a family name, as well as that of a ship, in the 1820s.

MORLEY: SURNAME AND SHIP

Morley was a surname as well as that of a ship in New South Wales in the early 1800s.
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Joseph Morley
According to the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, in May 1820 he was a constable and pound-keeper at Prospect near Campbelltown south of Sydney.
But two months later he was replaced having been dismissed for improper conduct.
The recommendation of dismissal was made to the Governor by H McArthur Esq, the principal magistrate of Parramatta.
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In March 1826, a policeman was dismissed for assaulting Joseph Morley.
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On Friday 5 May 1826, in the Supreme Criminal Court, Sydney, a man was indicted for receiving, knowing it to be stolen, a horse, the property of Mr George Morley of Sydney, at Liverpool, on the 19th ... December 1823.
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On Wednesday 10 May 1826, the name was corrected to 'Joseph' Morley who resided in Sydney, but had a farm and stock at Prospect.
The defendant was found by a jury to be 'not guilty'.
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John Morley
In July 1823, John Morris (Morley) was appointed constable at Windsor, replacing the former occupant of the position who had absconded.

Saturday, February 4, 2012

MORE CONVICTS

I have found 10 more convicts with names that may be variant spellings of 'Mawbey' on the Tasmanian Archives and Queeland State Archives databases.
MEABY
William arr. 1828; John arr. 1829; Richard arr. 1849; Thomas arr. 1854 (only on Qld State Library convict database)
MANBY
John arriv. 1804; Robert arriv. 1816; William arriv. 1820; Ann arriv. 1827 (Ann only on Qld State Library convict database)
MOOBIE
William arriv. 1842
MOABY
John arriv. 1826