"Parkhurst Boys" transported to NZ 1842/43

[BAC3]

The George BAKER quoted above as a "Parkhurst Boy" is, sadly, incorrect.

He was actually born on 08/03/1825 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, where he was found guilty on 30/03/1839 of robbing a carrier's cart and sentenced to 7 years transportation.   His parents were Joseph Baker and Frances Baker (nee Double) and he was brother to Mary, William, Frances and half-brother to Thomas Cook Double.

All other detail posted is correct.

[JohnGillNZ]

I have matched the list of Parkhurst Boys against the list of Colonists registered by their families for  the 1940 Centenary. Any descendants of the following please get in touch with me to confirm, or not, that your ancestor belongs on both lists:

St George 1842

George Baker
G. Brown
George Isaac Burnard
James Coley
George Edge
John Floyd
T. Harvey
W. Hollis
John Lee
John Malcolm
John Nicholson
James Rampling
John Saunders
William Smith

Mandarin 1843

Isaac Eggerton
James Griffith
John Lynch
William Paton

Any other Parkhurst Boy descendants or researchers do make contact too.

[Baker Park]

My ancestor was George baker does anyone have any info on him once he got here?

[BAC3]

Hello,

I missed your message concerning George BAKER.   

Possibly I can help, especially if you understand he may have "migrated" to Melbourne in the early 1850's.

BAC3

[Baker Park]

Hi

Very possible. I believe my three times grandfather Thomas Baker born 1850/1851 in Thames coromandel may have been his son.

I do know that Thomas refused to acknowledge either of his parents and there was no birth certificate for him.