The INDIAN 1849

(a barque of 557 tons bult at Hull in 1839). She departed from London 10 - 04 1849
with Captain Isaac Thorney (J.F.) English. This was not a happy voyage at all.
She carried 2 passengers and 222 emigrants, and her surgeon superintendent was Dr Sandford.
The INDIAN arrived Port Adelaide on 7-08-1849, in ignominious circumstances.

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Thanks to these reports we have been able to add much additional information to the Passenger List publishen in the South Australian REGISTER.



The INDIAN Affair

INDIAN 1849 - PASSENGERS LIST
  BRISTOW, A Esq. - cabin   JOHNSTON / JOHNSON, William (appointed Mess Captain 16 on the voyage)
  SANFORD, Dr (surgeon superintendent) - cabin   JOHNSTON / JOHNSON, Mrs and 3 children
     KING, Joseph
  ANDREWS, George   KNIPE / KNIFE, Dixon and wife Nancy
  ANSOM, W and wife and 5 children   LEWIS, Rebecca
  ARNOLD, Caroline (appointed Mess Captain 28 on the voyage)   MALVIN / MALOM, Fanny
  BARLOW, Alfred (appointed Mess Captain 3 on the voyage)   MARSHALL, Ann
  BARNE, John and wife   MARSHALL, Elizabeth
  BAYES, Henry Wm   MARSHALL, John H
  BEAGLEY / BEAZLEY, Joab (appointed Mess Captain 1 on the voyage)   MARSHALL, Mary
  BEMBRIDGE / BENBRINGE, Stephen and wife Elizaand child   MAY, Alex. H (a Mr May appointed schoolmaster for the voyage)
  BENNETT, Aaron (appointed Mess Captain 22 on the voyage)   MAY, W K and wife Jane and child
  BENNETT, Mrs   McEWEN, Margaret
  BENNETT, 2 children incl. one born on voyage)   MOORCROFT, Joseph (appointed Mess Captain 14 on the voyage)
  BENNETT, William and wife Sarah and 2 children   MOORCROFT, Mrs (a babe stillborn on voyage)
  BERKIN / BIRKIN, Ebenezer and wife Eliza and 2 children   MURPHY, Richard and wife Harriett and 2 children
  BONUS / BOWES, John and wife Margaret and 2 children - Margaret and Rosa   NEWBOLD, Henry and wife Sarah and 2 children
  BRADLEY, Anthony and wife   PEACH, W and wife and 2 children
  BRANFORD, Elljah   PEACOCK, John (appointed Mess Captain 20 on the voyage)
  BROWN, John   PEACOCK, Mrs and 3 children
  BURNE, Mr (not listed in the SAR)   PEARCE, James (appointed Mess Captain 12 on the voyage)
  BURNE, Charlotte (not listed in the SAR)   PEARCE, Mrs Harriett and child
  BUXTON, W   PRINCE / PRENCE, John (appointed Mess Captain 13 on the voyage)
  CHARLES, Joseph   PRINCE / PRENCE, Mrs and 4 children
  CLARKE, John and wife   RAINE / PAINE, Thomas (appointed Mess Captain 19 on the voyage)
  CONKE, Benjamin   RAINE / PAINE, Mrs Martha (wife of Thomas)
  COOK, John (appointed Mess Captain 7 on the voyage)   REVELL, William (appointed Mess Captain 6 on the voyage)
  COOK, Mrs Sarah and 2 children (incl. Walter ?)   REVELL, Sarah (wife of William)
  COUZENS / COUSINS, Amos (appointed Mess Captain 24 on the voyage)   RITCHIE, J and wife and child
  COUZENS / COUSINS, Mrs Maria (she was "much afflicted"
    following the birth of her baby during voyage)
  ROBERTSON, Alex. and wifeHannah
  DAKIN, Richard and wife Frances   SAMPSON, John and wife Harriett
  DALE, W M/Matthew M (appointed Mess Captain 10 on the voyage)   SAMPSON, 2 children (one born on voyage) incl. Mary Ann
  DALE, Mrs Maryand child (a babe born on voyage)   SANDERSON, W and wife and child (one born on voyage)
  DENLEY, W   SEWELL, Charles (appointed Mess Captain 4 on the voyage)
  ELEY, John (appointed Mess Captain 15 on the voyage)   SHAW, Thomas (plasterer) - appointed Mess Captain 17 on the voyage
  ELEY, Mrs Sarah and 3 children   SHAW, Mrs Alice and 3 children incl. Elizabeth and Ann
  ELLIOTT, J B   SIMMS, Ann
  ETHERIDGE, G   SNASHALL / SUASHALL, Thomas (appointed Mess Captain 11 on the voyage)
  EVANS, James and wife Lucy and 3 children   SNASHALL / SUASHALL, Elizabeth 26 (wife of Thomas ?)
    Some records indicate she died on the voyage
  FISH, Henry (appointed Mess Captain 9 on the voyage)   SNASHALL / SUASHALL, (one died and one born on voyage)
  FISH, Mrs and child   STIGGANTS / STINGGANTS, Henry (appointed Mess Captain 23 on the voyage)
  FLEMING, Catherine (appointed Mess Captain 26 on the voyage)   STIGGANTS / STINGGANTS, Mrs Miriam
  GATER, Herbert   STOKES, James (appointed Constable on the voyage)
  GODSON, Wm   STOKES, Mary A
  GOODMAN, J P   STRINGER, Joseph (appointed Mess Captain 18 on the voyage)
  GOULD, Thomas S   STRINGER, Mrs Caroline and child
  GREEN, W J   THOMPSON / THOMSON, David and wife Ann and child
    (one child born on voyage and died within a few days)
  GREGORY, Ralph   THOMPSON / THOMSON, Isaac (listed in SAR as J. Thomson and wife and 2 children)
  HEMPSON, Sam   THOMPSON / THOMSON, Elizabeth (wife of Isaac) and 2 children - William and Ann
  HILL, Joseph (appointed Mess Captain 8 on the voyage)   THEOBALD, George Hart (appointed Mess Captain 2 on the voyage)
  HILL, Mrs Mary Ann and 5 children incl. John, Mary and Jane   THWAITES, Thomas M
  HOLDWORTH, Robert (appointed Constable on the voyage)
    - acted like a true gentleman
  THWAITES, Caroline A
  HOLDWORTH, Mrs Sarah and 2 children   THWAITES, Ellen M
  HORRIGIN / HARIZAN, Margaret   TOOTELL / TOOTEL, John and wife Phoebe and 2 children
  HOUGH, Ellen   TOOTELL / TOOTEL, Jacob (appointed Mess Captain 5 on the voyage)
  HOUGH, William   TURNER, B and wife and child (one child born on voyage, and one died aged 6 months)
  HUNT, Absalom and wife (a babe stillborn on voyage)   UNWIN, Mr William (doctor's assistant) and wife - not listed in SAR
  ILLINGWORTH / ILLINGWARTH, Samuel and wife Dorothy   UNWIN, William infant buried at sea
  IRONS Turner (b.1812)
    - brother of John Iron who arrived at Adelaide in 1848 aboard the "Harpley".
  WALTERS, Elizabeth
  IRONS Ann (wife of Turner) and six children.   WELSHWOOD, Mary
  JARVIS, Isaac   WOOD, William (appointed Mess Captain 25 on the voyage)
  JOHNSTON / JOHNSON, Jesse and wife Ann and 4 children (one born during voyage)   WOOD, Mrs and 4 children
  JOHNSTON / JOHNSON, Mary Ann (possibly wife of Jesse)
     appointed Mess Captain 27 on the voyage
  WRIGHT, Joseph and wife Mary Ann