John Gadd, Convict "Lord Lyndoch" 1840

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John Gadd

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Farnham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Death: January 26, 1888 (73)
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Place of Burial: Hobart, TAS, Australia
Immediate Family:

Son of James Gadd and Frances Gadd
Husband of Sarah Ann Gadd, {Australian Immigrant}
Father of William John Gadd; Charles Gadd; Clara Emma Noble; James Felix Gadd; Frances Jane Gadd, infant and 10 others

Managed by: ara Gadd
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About John Gadd, Convict "Lord Lyndoch" 1840

John Gadd was born in Farnham, Surrey, to James Gadd and Frances Taphouse.

John Gadd born to James Cook Gadd and Frances Parker was born in London.

BIRTH & BAPTISM
First name(s) John
Last name Gadd
Father's first name(s) James
Father's last name Gadd
Birth year -
Mother's first name(s) Frances
Birth place -
Mother's last name -
Baptism year 1814
Baptism date 07 Jul 1814
Place Farnham
County Surrey

ARREST & TRIAL
MORNING POST 28 MAY 1839
SURREY SESSIONS MONDAY MAY 27
JOHN GADD, a tall powerful young man, was indicted for robbery, accompanied with personal violence, on Henry Hart, a farmer, residing in a place called Ashe, in the lower part of the county.
[Assaulted him and stole his watch while in company with Young, also sentenced and convicted]
Gadd absconded from custody and was recaptured at Margate on 25th ult where he was working in a brick field. etc etc
The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years.

Kentish Mercury 4 May 1839
A man named John Gadd, who was advertised in the Hue and Cry of 17th February last, charged with committing highway robbery at Farnham, in Surrey, was brought before the Margate Bench on Friday se'night and remanded; he did not deny that he was the person advertised, and on Monday a person came down from London who identified him. This is the fourth case from the Hue and Cry taken by the Margate police in 6 months etc etc.
ALSO: London Courier and Evening Gazette 28 May 1839; London Evening Standard 28 May 1839; Bell's New Weekly Messenger 2 June 1839; and several others.

Kentish Gazette 7 May 1839
On Friday last, John Gadd was brought before J.T.Pratt, Esq., by Inspetor Marchant, as being the man described in the Hue and Cry of 17th february last, charged with committing a highway robbery near farnham, Surrey. The prisoner was apprehended near Canterbury by police constables Solly and Crump. He denied being the man, but was committed for re-examination for a week, and on Monday was brought before the Rev. F. Barrow, and identified by the High Constable of Farnham, who stated he had been concerned in a great number of robberies in that neighbourhood. He was delivered up to the Surrey authorities. There was an award of L15 offered for his apprehension. etc etc.

TRANSPORTATION
First name(s) John
Residence Newbay
Last name Gadd
State New South Wales
Birth year -
Arrival year 1841
Ship name Lord Lynedoch
Where convicted Surrey
When convicted 1839
Sentence 15 years

First name(s) John
Last name Gadd
Residence P B Hobart
State New South Wales
Birth year -
Country Australia
Arrival year 1841
Ship name Lord Lyndoch
Where convicted Surrey
When convicted 1840
Sentence 15 years

First name(s) John
Last name Gadd
Ship name Lord Lyndoch (3)
Ship number 3
Supplied full name Gadd, John
Document ref Appropriation List CON27/1/8; Conduct Record CON33/1/5; Description List CON18/1/26; Indent CON14/1/5; Muster Roll CSO5/1/278 Page 7223; Muster Roll MM33/8
Sex Male
State Tasmania
Year 1840-41
Departure date 11 Sep 1840
Departure port London
Arrival date 5 Feb 1841
Voyage number 171

Launceston Examiner 17 Nov 1849
CONVICT DEPARTMENT November 12 1849
John Gadd, Lord Lyndoch 3, is granted a Ticket of Leave.

MARRIAGE
First name(s) John
Last name Gadd
Spouse's first name(s) Sarah
Spouse's last name Manton
Sex Male
Spouse's sex Female
Age Adult
Spouse's age Minor
Marriage year 1850
Registration number 816
Marriage date 03 May 1850
Registration year 1850
District New Norfolk

Hobarton Guardian etc 11 Jan 1851
Comptroller-General's Office 6th January 1851
John Gadd, Lord Lyndoch 3, is granted a Conditional Pardon.

Reports of Crime, Tasmania, 1866
Constable John Gadd of the New Norfolk Municipal Police makes an arrest. (same man??)

DEATH & BURIAL
First name(s) John
Last name Gadd
Registration year 1888
Birth year 1819
Registration number 1228
Death year 1888
Age at death 69
State Tasmania
Country Australia
District Hobart

Mercury 27 Jan 1888
GADD.-On January 26, 1888, at his late residence, Cascade-road, Hobart, John Gadd, aged 69 years.

TROVE has the marriages of John's children.

Daily Post (Hobart) 21 June 1917
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES & DEATHS.
DEATHS.
GADD.—On June 20, 1917, at the residence of her son-in-law, H. Noble, 378 Macquarie street, Sarah, relict of the late John Gadd, aged 84 years.

Examiner of 23 March 1905 advertises a photograph of Mrs John Gadd and 4 generations of descendants.

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John Gadd, Convict "Lord Lyndoch" 1840's Timeline

1814
July 7, 1814
Farnham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
July 1814
Farnham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
1850
March 24, 1850
New Norfolk, TAS, Australia

Name:
Gadd, Given Name Not Recorded
Record Type:
Births
Gender:
Male
Father:
Gadd, John
Mother:
Manton, Sarah
Date of birth:
24 Mar 1850
Registered:
New Norfolk
Registration year:
1850
Record ID:
NAME_INDEXES:991949
Resource:
RGD33/1/28/ no 69

1851
October 5, 1851
New Norfolk, Derwent Valley Council, Tasmania, Australia

Name:
Gadd, Charles
Record Type:
Births
Gender:
Male
Father:
Gadd, John
Mother:
Manton, Sarah
Date of birth:
05 Oct 1851
Registered:
New Norfolk
Registration year:
1851
Record ID:
NAME_INDEXES:993588
Resource:
RGD33/1/29/ no 443

1854
August 6, 1854
New Norfolk, TAS, Australia

Name:
Gadd, Clara Emma
Record Type:
Births
Gender:
Female
Father:
Gadd, John
Mother:
Manton, Sarah
Date of birth:
06 Aug 1854
Registered:
New Norfolk
Registration year:
1854
Record ID:
NAME_INDEXES:996787
Resource:
RGD33/1/32 no 1006

1855
1855
New Norfolk, TAS, Australia

Name:
Gadd, James
Record Type:
Births
Gender:
Male
Father:
Gadd, John
Mother:
Manton, Sarah
Date of birth:
30 Nov 1855
Registered:
New Norfolk
Registration year:
1855
Record ID:
NAME_INDEXES:998361
Resource:
RGD33/1/33 no 1228

1857
July 23, 1857
New Norfolk, TAS, Australia

Name:
Gadd, Frances Jane
Record Type:
Births
Gender:
Female
Father:
Gadd, John
Mother:
Manton, Sarah
Date of birth:
23 Jul 1857
Registered:
New Norfolk
Registration year:
1857
Record ID:
NAME_INDEXES:1002168
Resource:
RGD33/1/35 no 1609

1859
February 21, 1859
New Norfolk, TAS, Australia

Name:
Gadd, Louisa Ann
Record Type:
Births
Gender:
Female
Father:
Gadd, John
Mother:
Manton, Sarah
Date of birth:
21 Feb 1859
Registered:
New Norfolk
Registration year:
1859
Record ID:
NAME_INDEXES:1006517
Resource:
RGD33/1/37 no 1626