Name: | Edward Bearcroft |
Aliases: | Edward Beecroft |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 12th May, 1799 |
Occupation: | - |
Date of Death: | 21st January, 1857 |
Age: | 57 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to Life
Crime: | - |
Convicted at: | Hertford Assizes |
Sentence term: | Life |
Ship: | Prince Regent |
Departure date: | 17th September, 1819 |
Arrival date: | 27th January, 1820 |
Place of arrival | New South Wales |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 171 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 231( 117) |
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. |
Denis Pember on 23rd August, 2015 wrote:
Edward married Corah Maskey, 18 August, 1823 at Castlereagh. He was 24 and Corah was only 15.
Corah was born in the colony 1809 and was the daughter of John Maskey (Convict, Duke of Portland, 1807) and Mary Pritchard (Convict, Glatton, 1803).
Denis Pember on 23rd August, 2015 wrote:
Sainty & Johnson: 1828 Census of New South Wales;
[Ref B0690]; Baycroft, Edward, m26, TL, Prince Regent, 1819, 14 years, farmer at Evan. 9 acres all cleared and cultivated 8 horned cattle.
Also listed Corah age 19, born in colony and their son Edward 2, born in the colony.
Denis Pember on 23rd August, 2015 wrote:
Edward and Corah raised quite a family on their little property. 14 children traced so far.
Denis Pember on 23rd August, 2015 made the following changes:
alias1: Edward Beecroft, date of birth: 12th May, 1799 (prev. 0000), date of death: 21st January, 1857 (prev. 0000), gender: m
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