Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Robert Armstrong was transported on the Baring, departing 31st Mar 1815 and arriving 7th Sep 1815 with 302 passengers.
Baring (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 199 (101) |
| 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 |
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Convict Notes
LANCASTER ASSIZES. There are no less than sixty-four prisoners for trial at our Assizes, which commence on Wednesday next, many of whom, we are sorry to observe, are charged with capital offences. The following are their names: … Robert Armstrong, Mary Armstrong, ... for uttering base coin. Lancaster Gazette, 27 Aug 1814.
LANCASTER ASSIZES. In addition to the three prisoners mentioned in our last to have received sentence of Death, at our Assizes, no less than fifteen others have been since convicted, and condemned, viz. ... Thomas Martin and Robert Armstrong, for uttering base coin. Lancaster Gazette, 10 Sep 1814.
New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851 Granted 1839 Catherine McCormick 40 bond (7Yrs) per ship George Hibbert to marry Robert Armstrong 53 ToL (life) per ship Baring (1) Rev C Atchison Parramatta
According to a "List of Prisoners in Chester Gaol 1815-1816" from the England GenWeb Project, he was a deserter from a Scottish regiment. He was tried as Armstraham at Manchester,along with his wife Mary Mahon/McMahon/alias Johnston with tendering base coins and they were sentenced for one year. (Year not mentioned). In 1814 tried at Lancaster for possessing a large quantity of base coin - death, commuted to transportation for life. Sent to the hulk "Captivity" at Portsmouth, before being transported per "Baring" in 1815. On arrival shown as a weaver, the same occupation as his wife, who arrived for a different crime per "Mary Ann (1)" in 1815 . Sent to Windsor, received a TofL and later a Conditional Pardon in 1839. In spite of having a wife, he received permission, as a batchelor, to marry Catherine McCormick at Parramatta in 1839. Date of death not known.