Researchers who have claimed this convict
There are currently 3 researchers who have claimed Melancthon Balcomb
- Researcher (6372)
- Researcher (Dennis PETERSEN)
- Researcher (Suzanne Blackwood)
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Biographies
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Melancthon Balcomb
Buckland (alias), George Melancthon Balcombe, Bokcom, Bokcum
Submitted by Researcher (Suzanne Blackwood) on 26 August 2023
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Birth: 19th January, 1815
Occupation: Labourer
Death: 21st August, 1888
Age: 73 years
Submitted by Researcher (Suzanne Blackwood) on 26 August 2023
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Crime: Theft
Convicted at: Surrey Quarter Session Sentence term: 7 years
Ship: Mangles
Departure date: 18th March, 1837 Arrival date: 10th July, 1837
Place of arrival: New South Wales
Submitted by Researcher (Suzanne Blackwood) on 26 August 2023
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37-1256. Indent Number 254
Melanchthon Balcomb. Alias Buckland.
Cannot read or write.
Protestant.
Single.
Native place: Surrey.
Trade: Laborer.
age 20,
Submitted by Researcher (Suzanne Blackwood) on 26 August 2023
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Offence: Stealing Hide.
Tried Where: Surrey Quarter Session
28 June 1836
Sentence: 7 years
Prev conviction: 6 months
Submitted by Researcher (Suzanne Blackwood) on 26 August 2023
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Height: 5’8”
Complexion: dark sallow and freckled
Hair: dark Brown nearly black.
Eyes: dark brown
Scar and hairy on left cheek, nose inclining to the right side, warts on back of right han
Submitted by Researcher (Suzanne Blackwood) on 26 August 2023
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He was committed on the 10th of June 1836, by T Budgen, esq., charged on the oaths of William Snelling and others, with feloniously stealing, at Burstow, Surrey, a bullock's hide, his property.
Submitted by Researcher (Suzanne Blackwood) on 26 August 2023
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He was held in custody until Tuesday 28th of June 1836, when he appeared at the General Quarters Session at Guildford, Surrey, and was sentenced to Seven years Transportation.Thus he came to Australia
Submitted by Researcher (Suzanne Blackwood) on 26 August 2023
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He had previously been convicted on the 6th January 1835, and sentenced to six months hard labour at Brixton, for stealing one truss of hay valued at two shillings from John Creasey
Submitted by Researcher (Suzanne Blackwood) on 26 August 2023
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When Melancthon Balcomb was born on Jan 19, 1815, in Horne, Surrey, England, his father, James, was 24 and his mother, Mary, was 19. He married Bridget CONWAY on Feb 8, 1845, in Geelong, Victoria Aust
Submitted by Researcher (Suzanne Blackwood) on 26 August 2023
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Disclaimer: The information has not been verified by Claim a Convict. As this information is contributed, it is the responsibility of those who use the data to verify its accuracy. Sources
- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/11, p.22
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