HOOPER
| John HOOPER | b. abt. 1800 ENG d. bef. 1838? m. 1830 Newcastle NSW AUS - Rebecca BLOXHAM Notes: Convict arrived VDL 1819 per Hibernia. Transported to Newcastle per Elizabeth Henrietta 1820. Removed from Newcastle to Port Macquarie per Mermaid 1823. Ticket of Leave granted 1834. In the Decisions of the Superior Courts of NSW 1788-1899 there is a case where one of the defendants is a John Hooper. It was a murder case heard in January 1831 where John and two other men were charged with the murder of a prisoner in Newcastle jail. It is believed this is my John as the 1828 Census shows him working at Newcastle jail. John and one of the co-accused were found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to a further three months imprisonment having already served seven months prior to trial. This would explain how/why John & Rebecca ended up in Sydney - it would also have been a difficult time for Rebecca who was pregnant with Amelia. Rebecca remarried in 1838 but no suitable death for John found at this stage. Note that John may have been returned to Van Diemans Land. |
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b. 1831 Sydney NSW AUS d. unknown
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- Children of John HOOPER & Rebecca BLOXHAM
| Sarah HOOPER | b. 1836 NSW AUS d. 1879 Lismore NSW AUS m. 1850 NSW AUS - James BARROW |
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