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Abraham Beeton was transported on the Chapman, departing 6th Apr 1824 and arriving 27th Jul 1824 with 180 passengers.
The Chapman ship was built at Whitby, England in 1777, rebuilt in 1811 and refurbed in 1815. Tonnage: 558 The 1817 voyage from Ireland to New South Wales, Australia is not yet fully recorded on this web site - currently being updated. A mutiny occurred on this voyage with 7 men killed and many others wounded. (200 male convicts embarked) 1824 voyage from England to Van Diemen's Land (180 male convicts). 1826 voyage from England to Van Diemen's Land (100 male convicts, 2 escaped). Royal Staff guards & 19 private passengers.
Chapman (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 144 |
| 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
Tasmanian Record. Conduct Record. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-1$init=CON31-1-1P286 No 748. Abm. Beeton, Conditional Pardon No 2250 31 Dec 1839. On side of record: Former practices said to be bad, having benn long suspected oas a sheep stealer. Wife and 3 children at Exning near Newmarket. Stated this offence: Sheep stealing from Mr Bryant. Worked for Mr Bryant. See record for details. Application to bring his family out. GO33/1/4p77 Indent record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON14-2-5$init=CON14-2-5P24 and https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON14-2-5$init=CON14-2-5P25 See record for details. Native place, Walham, near Newmarket. Married, 2 children. Trade, Farm plough. Age 26, tried Bury St Edmd. Life, 5 ft 2 in. ------------------------------------------------------------------- GOVERNMENT NOTICE. No. 221. Colonial Secretary's Office, August 21 1832. TICKETS of Leave have been granted to the undermentioned persons, on the occasion of the celebration of His Majesty's Birthday. Abraham Beeton, 748, Chapman (I) . Hobart Town Gazette, 24 Aug 1832. Possible death? https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-1p195j2k Hobart District, 14 Sept 1843, Abraham Beaton, age 51 years, Labourer, cause of death, rheumatism, No informant listed, but Dr Casey, named in last column.
Suffolk Assizes. The following prisoners were also capitally convicted,, and received sentence of death, but were all reprieved before the Judge left Bury : ... Abraham Beeton and James Stebbings, for stealing an ewe sheep, the property of W. Bryant, Esq. from a fold in a field at Exning; Cambridge Chronicle, 4 April 1823. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Friday last nine male convicts were removed from our Gaol to be put on board the hulks at Portsmouth, namely, Abraham Beeton, James Stebbings, Thomas Christmas, Isaac Eaton, Thomas Leonard, and John Ireland, to be transported for life; and Wm. Howard, Joseph Dunningham, and Elijah Radford, for seven years. Bury and Norwich Post, 30 April 1823. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hulk Records. HO-9-8_5 page 17/53. Portsmouth Hulks. Received from Bury St Edmonds. 26 April 1823. Abraham Beeton, age 24, Sheep stealing, Tried 21 March 1823, Bury St Edmunds, Life, NSW 25 March 1824. James Stebbings, age 21, Sheep stealing, Tried 21 March 1823, Bury St Edmunds, Life, NSW 25 March 1824. -----------------------------------------------------------------------