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Voyage
Transportation
Richard Beavis was transported on the Indefatigable And Minstrel, departing 9th May 1812 and arriving 19th Oct 1812 with 331 passengers.
The Indefatigable was built at Whitby, England. She was square-rigged three masted ship of 549 tons and had three decks; a length of 127 ft. and a beam of 31ft. 8ins. The Indefatigable sailed from England on 4th June 1812 in company with the Minstrel. The Indefatigable came direct to Hobart, VDL arriving there on 19 October 1812. One prisoner died on the voyage out. Having disembarked the prisoners in Hobart, the Indefatigable arrived in Port Jackson on 6 December 1812, departing there bound for England in January 1813. The Indefatigable returned to Australia with convicts in 1815 (see separate listing).
Indefatigable And Minstrel (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 57 (30) |
| 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
6/4/1811 Oxford Journal: ASSIZES. At Cambridge, Richard Beavis and William Prior, the former for a burglary at Stapleford, and the latter for stealing from a dwelling house at Granchester, were both capitally convicted, and received sentence of death, but were reprieved. William Prior arrived NSW per Guildford 1812. Richard Beavis was listed as being 30 years old on arrival in VDL - he was born at Stapleford, Cambridge. Birth dates of 1782 and 1789 found. Richard was 5'9" tall, sallow complexion, dark brown hair, hazel eyes. 31/1/1820: Conditional Emancipation. 1830 Muster: Free by servitude. 1832 Muster: Free by pardon. 5/7/1868: There is a death listed for Richard BEVIS who died at the Brickfields Depot, of 'disease of the heart', aged 79. A pauper.