Name: | Samuel Bednall |
Aliases: | Pye (alias) |
Gender: | m |
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
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 |
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. |
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)
Nell Murphy on 3rd February, 2019 made the following changes:
source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 39 (21). Tasmanian Archives. (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 39 (21)), alias1: P
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