Alexander Hewitt (c.1777- ) was found guilty on 13th January 1801 at the Chester Quarter Sessions, Cheshire, of petty larceny. Sentenced to 7 years transportation he arrived at Sydney aboard the Glatton in March 1803. His wife Jane née Starkey (married, 1 July 1797) and son Alexander remained in England — his wife was sentenced to transportation in April 1803. She joined her husband and they had a daughter in 1807.
Hewitt was assigned to Peter Hibbs in 1806. On 16 January 1810, Hewitt, his wife, and a number of other men were charged with stealing a copper, the property of the Crown. They were acquitted in March. Hewitt, who was listed as a tinman in 1814, separated from his wife and, by 1814, lived with Sarah Smith (Friends).
* information from Biographical Database of Australia — https://www.bda-online.org.au
'Hewitt, Alexander (c. 1777–?)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/hewitt-alexander-31890/text39347, accessed 1 September 2024.
c.
1777
Manchester,
England
Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Crime: theft
Sentence: 7 years
Court: Cheshire
Trial Date: 13 January 1801
(1801)
Married: Yes
Children: Yes (1)
Children: Yes (1)