George Southerton

  Noted events in his life were:

• Emigration: to New York City, USA on Brig Westmoreland aged 12, 14 Jun 1832, Aldingbourne, Sussex, England. ² The parish of Aldingbourne paid the expenses for transport of 38 residents from Portsmouth, Sussex to New York City in the spring of 1832 at a total cost of 200 pounds. The cost of just the passage (not including food) was approximately 4.4 pounds per individual. The cost of the food and conveyance from Aldingbourne to the port of Portsmouth was also paid by the Overseers of the Poor for Aldingbourne.