Hi Terri and Bryan I'm no expert but I have done a bit of work on my husband's 12 convicts and also indexed all the Picton Bench books. The districts I gather were police districts. Windsor is a long way from Dapto and there are several districts in between so if he was restricted to Windsor, the only way he sould be in Dapto without an official re-assignment out of area was if Larkin had a property in each district and he was sent between them depending on the amount of work at the time on each property. One of my hubby's convicts was assigned to Camden but he often went to the master's property at Yass for harvesting. A lot of assignments were not registered in Sydney. In the Picton Bench Books, it seemed there was a register of likely masters at the Bench. Quite often you see notations of a convict returned to govt and re-assigned to someone else in the area. Also I noticed in the Bench Books when one master had a lot of work on he borrowed convicts from another landowner. This was only registered when a convict was being naughty and brought up to the Bench for punishment. I would seriously consider you may well have the wrong man. Were there more than one convict John McDERMOTTs? Was the John MCDERMOTT in Dapto definitely a convict? Regards Liz Vincent - at Historic Picton NSW Australia lizv@fastlink.com.au ---------- > From: Terri BRYAN & Bryan GARVEY <bryan@nor.com.au> > To: AUS-NSW-SE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Was Dapto part of Windsor 1830s? > Date: Sunday, 27 December 1998 13:17 > > Hi to all on the list, hope your Christmas was a happy one. > > Would anyone be able to tell me if Dapto in the 1830s was part of > the Windsor District. > > My ggg grandfather, John McDermott was transported to NSW in 1832 and > apparently he was sent to work for Peter Larkin on his property Galway Farm > in Dapto for five years. John McDermott is mentioned in the Larkin book, > Ireland to Illawarra as being a convict worker on the property. > > John McDermott has left a fairly good paper trail but so far there is no > mention of him working on the Larkin property. After his arrival at Port > Jackson in 1832 John was supposed to have been sent to Port Macquarie on the > ship Isabella but his name was crossed off the list and noted beside it was > written "not to be sent." From the various Colonial Secretary's > correspondence on him, it would seem that he was held aboard the hulk > Phoenix for a time and in 1834 was part of a road party in Port Macquarie. > > John McDermott received his ticket of leave in 1837 and it stated "Allowed > to remain in the District of Windsor on recommendation of Port Macquarie > Bench." Nowhere is there mention of him working for Peter Larkin in Dapto. > Did the Windsor District encompass Dapto or (God forbid!!) do I have the > wrong man?? > > Any assistance or ideas would be appreciated. > > Best wishes, > > Terri BRYAN > bryan@nor.com.au > Yamba NSW Australia > > Researching: > Bryan, Curry/Currie, Davis, Lucas, > McDermott/McDiarmid, McPherson, > Machin, Norman, O'Neil, Pickford, > Pomeroy, Ruthven, Ryan, Soldi, > Stokes,Taylor, Valbusa, Vinco. > > > ==== AUS-NSW-SE Mailing List ==== > History and genealogy in South-East New South Wales, Australia >