Richard Boyton (1811-?)

Richard Boyton was transported to Australia in 1829 arriving in 1830. His crime was poaching.

On the NSW Records Webpage a search of Certificates of Freedom will show that he arrived on a ship named "Katherine Stewart Forbes".

Richard received his Certificate of Freedom in 1843 having been assigned to properties in the Lake Bathurst region near Goulburn, NSW.

Richard married Ann Winters in 1843 althought they had already had had a daughter in 1842 named Lydia Winters Boyton.

Richard is thought to have died in around 1851 to 1853 in the Goulburn area. There was apparently an inquest into his death but I do not know the details.

Ann remarried in 1853 to a William Law and appears to have had 2 children.

Lydia had a short marriage to Joseph Watkins but he disappears soon after with no death record found. Lydia had some 12-13 children to Alexander Hamilton. She registered some as Boytons and some as Hamiltons. Lydia lived in the Goulburn region and died in her early 40s.