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The extraordinary life of Jonathan Whiting
From Kent to Van Diemen's Land
From Kent to Van Diemen's Land
Celebrating the life and times of a bit of a rogue..
I welcome contact with
researchers and would be
happy to answer your
questions and put you in
touch with descendantstouch
with descendants.
Contacts:
The Whiting Family
from Maidstone, Kent
I have been researching my Whiting
ancestors for over 15 years and whilst
the Australian family is well documented,
the Whitings in Kent remain elusive. If
you believe you are related, please get in
touch. Max Carrick
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Jonathan Whiting was convicted in Kent and transported to
Van Diemen's Land where he arrived in Hobart Town at the
end of 1823. He was 18 years old.
By age 28 he had been sent to the Port Arthur Penal Settlement (pictured).
By age 28 he had been sent to the Port Arthur Penal Settlement (pictured).
If you prefer mail or
telephone contact, let me
know by email and I can
provide details
The story of Jonathan Whiting is a complete adventure - a young man
rebels against the treatment given him and fights the colonial penal
system for thirteen years. Then, when he meets a good woman his life
is transformed and he settles to become a model husband, father and
citizen. He was part of the establishment of Australia through two of our
most famous colonial towns but he died in tragic circumstances.
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