Samuel Bednall

Samuel Bednall, one of 100 convicts transported on the Woodford, 29 July 1826

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Samuel Bednall
Aliases:	Pye (alias)
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1802
Occupation:	Carter
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 57 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 14 years

Crime:	Burglary
Convicted at:	Chester Session of Pleas
Sentence term:	14 years
Ship:	Woodford
Departure date:	29th July, 1826
Arrival date:	22nd November, 1826
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 99 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 39 (21). Tasmanian Archives.
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.

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Community Contributions

Nell Murphy on 3rd February, 2019 wrote:

Samuel BEDNALL (alias name PYE) was convicted at Chester, England on 3 April 1826 for burglary. Previous offence. 14 yr transportation sentence. Sent to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) per the ship ‘Woodford’ arriving Nov 1826.

Aged 23 yrs; single man; trade - a carter.

Colony of VDL:
Assignments of work service.
1828 - in a Chain Gang, at Oatlands.
1837: Conditional Pardon approved, no. 1357.
29 June 1846 (or 1848) Free Certificate issued.

14 June 1848: Departure from Launceston, Van Diemen’s Land to Melbourne, Victoria per the ship “Shamrock”. Free by Servitude, Ship to Colony - “Woodford”. (ref. Tas Archives 220/1/1 pg2)

Convict Changes History

Nell Murphy on 3rd February, 2019 made the following changes:

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