John Edward COLSTON

• General Notes
  • Tried at Old Bailey, London on 16th February 1832, sentenced for transportation for seven years.
    
    Embarked from Plymouth 28th July 1833, one of 306 male convicts about the convict ship "Isabella", arrived Hobart, Van Dieman's Land 14th November, 1833, assigned to Public Works at Constitution Hill (1834) at New Norfolk (1836) later arrived in Melbourne VIC (c1839), {listed in Port Phillip Almanac Directory (1847) as a Blacksmith, of Bourke Lane, Melbourne}. Moved to South Heathcote / Tooborac, VIC 1860

Details of John's family with Anastasia (Annie) FITZPATRICK