Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
William Arch was transported on the Lady Nugent, departing 12th Jul 1836 and arriving 12th Nov 1836 with 290 passengers.
Lady Nugent (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 314 |
| 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 Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
Claims
"William Arch is my third great grandfather."
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Convict Notes
Tasmanian Records. Convict Conduct Record: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-2/CON31-1-2P150 No 743. William Arch, per Lady Nugent. Tried Warwick S.P. 1 Dec 1835. 14 years. Transported for stealing a pair of sheets and a pair of trowsers. Gaol report, convicted before once. tried as a vagrant. Hulk report. Good. Single. Stated this offence. Stealing sheets, &c by housebreaking at Doverton, once for a Handkerchief, & flogged, never was in as a vagrant. Single, T of L, 19/5/1845. See record for full list of offences and punishments – drunk several times,
Warwickshire Midsummer Sessions. PICK-POCKETING. William Arch, charged with picking the pocket of Mr. John Dale, at Birmingham, of cotton handkerchief, on the ? of June inst. Guilty privately whipped and discharged. Leamington Spa Courier, 4 July 1835. Wm. Arch, for stealing two watches, the property of Richard Starkey, of Aston, on the 13th of November.—Caroline Dean was her master’s shop on the above night, and saw a man thrust his hand into the window and take two watches. She ran to the door, saw the prisoner run away, and she followed him. He had not gone far before he fell, when she held him down until assistance arrived. The watches dropped out of his hand. The prisoner had been before convicted.—Transported for 14 years. Leamington Spa Courier, 5 Dec 1835. CONVICTED FELONS. —The following convicts, sentenced to transportation at our late County General Sessions, were put on board the Ganymede hulk Woolwich, on the 16th inst: viz., William Arch, for breaking into and robbing the dwelling house of Richard Starkey, Aston, for 14 years. . Leamington Spa Courier, 26 Dec 1835.
William Arch married Sarah Lucas, the daughter of James Lucas and Elizabeth Murray; the granddaughter of First Fleet convicts Nathaniel Lucas & Olivia Gascoigne, and convict Kennedy Murray & Second Fleet convict Ann White. After William was 'free by servitude', he and his family migrated to Tarrangower, Victoria (now known as Maldon) and was one of the town's earliest pioneers.