Name: | Robert Anthony |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
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
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 |
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. |
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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Carol Axton-Thompson on 22nd January, 2014 made the following changes:
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. (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Pi
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