Name: | William Acres |
Aliases: | Akers, Ekers |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1808 |
Occupation: | Farm labourer |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Machine breaking |
Convicted at: | Essex Quarter Sessions |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Proteus |
Departure date: | 12th April, 1831 |
Arrival date: | 3rd August, 1831 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 111 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 82 SHIPS, ELIZA, PROTEUS and OTHERS, SWING RIOTERS to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) compiler. Geoffrey Sharman, Tasmania. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~austas/proteus.htm http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON31-1-2,174,46,F,60 |
Source description: | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project. |
greg petersen on 19th February, 2017 wrote:
Born: 1808 in Waltham, Essex, Acres was one of about 475 Swing Rioters, convicted for ARSON, MACHINE BREAKING, RECEIVING, or RIOTING, transported to Van Diemen’s Land (VDL, now Tasmania) or New South Wales from 18 Counties of south east England 1831-33
Description: Height w/out shoes: 5’11¾”, Age: 23
Complexion: Fair, Head: Round, Hair: D Brown
Whiskers: ditto?, Visage: Round, Forehead: High
Eyebrows: Brown, Eyes: Grey, Nose: Roman
Mouth: M.W., Chin: M.L.
November 14th 1831 drunk in the P.B. on Saturday night last, Tread Wheel 10 days
November 28th 1831 absent from the P.B. yesterday afternoon without leave T Wheel 10 days
January 19th 1832 repeated neglect of duty 50 lashes
Free pardon 3rd February 1836
A Lee on 26th July, 2019 wrote:
Baptized William Ekers 1 May 1808 Kirby-le-Soken, Essex, England. Offence took place at nearby Walton-le-Soken, Essex, mistranscribed as Waltham in some reports. Parents William Eker and Elizabeth nee Smith, married 27 Feb 1807 Kirby-le-Soken. Two siblings recorded: Susan Akers b.1812 KLS and Martha Akers b.1815 WLS. Source Essex Parish Registers, Essex SEAX, Colchester, England, UK
greg petersen on 19th February, 2017 made the following changes:
source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 82 SHIPS, ELIZA, PROTEUS and OTHERS, SWING RIOTERS to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) compiler. Geoffrey Sharman, Tasmania. http://www.rootsweb.ancest
A Lee on 26th July, 2019 made the following changes:
alias2: Ekers
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