Robert Anthony

Robert Anthony, one of 160 convicts transported on the Sir Charles Forbes, 01 April 1830

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Robert Anthony
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1776
Occupation:	Shepherd
Date of Death:	1840
Age:	64 years

Life Span

Male median life span was 51 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 14 years

Crime:	Stealing
Convicted at:	Devon Quarter Session
Sentence term:	14 years
Ship:	Sir Charles Forbes
Departure date:	1st April, 1830
Arrival date:	27th July, 1830
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 159 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 289 (147). Tasmanian Archives - convicts. Conduct Record pg 9, Indent pg 112.
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.

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Carol Axton-Thompson on 22nd January, 2014 wrote:

Robert ANTHONY was convicted at Exeter, Devon on 20/10/1829 for stealing fowls. 14 yr transportation sentence. Gaol Report: transportation sentence previously.
Transported to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) on the ‘Sir Charles Forbes’, arriving July 1830.

Aged 54yrs; born 1776 Newberry, nr Plymouth; shepherd; 5’3 1/4”; widower, 9 children.

Assignments of service in the Colony.
Recorded 1830-1835 for Public Works.

Died 1840.

Maureen Withey on 11th April, 2021 wrote:

National Archives. Criminal Petitions.
This appears to relate to his previous sentence of transportation.

HO 17/30/11821

Prisoner name(s): Robert Anthony.

Court and date of trial: Devon Summer Assizes 1821.

Crime: Stealing 3 small pigs value 12s property of William Organ.

Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): He has a wife and 9 children; some in distressed situation; promises to behave in future if given a chance to support his family.

Additional Information: In Exeter High Gaol.

Penny-Lyn Beale on 26th May, 2021 wrote:

New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters.
Year; 1835
No; 360
Name; Robert Anthony
Ship; Sir Castle Forbes
Noted against name; DIED; 30 April 1840
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Convict Changes History

Carol Axton-Thompson on 22nd January, 2014 made the following changes:

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