see also:

• Descendants of Richard LOWE and Hannah FLAHERTY
• Ayton origins

• a convict from London who settled in Longford becoming a brewer and farmer and started a line of AYTON's in Tasmania who migrated to Victoria and WA after he married Margaret LOWE in 1851 in Launceston.
  • see my webpage of his descendents here: Lowe family
• convicted with another man Richard Sullivan, for stealing a pocket handkerchief at Temple Bar and transported on the “Surrey” in 1842. Died in Longford. See here and here.
• hope this page helps others researching this family.

Richard George AYTON's grave at Longford Pioneer Cemetery - photo taken by Peter Cubit

Court record in 1841, numbered 6412 as George Ayton at age 18yrs and sentenced to 10yrs:

the following is the opposite page of the above, George is line 2:

• Offence:  “picked pockets of a Gent at Temple Bar”
• Trade: butcher
• Native Place: Boro, London
• F. Christopher (ie. his father)
• B. Wm, Christopher, Hy, Robt (ie. brothers William, Christopher, Henry, Robert)

below is another record of his sentence and here is noted his alleged accomplice Richard Sullivan aged 19yrs:

below is his prison record:

below is his marriage record to Margaret LOWE:

and below is his wife's death record: