Joseph Brayshaw

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Summary

Born
Jan 1796
Conviction
Theft - larceny
Departure
Jul 1817
Arrival
Nov 1817
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Joseph Brayshaw
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1796
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Labourer - general
Aliases: Bradshaw

Crime

Convicted at: York Leeds Borough Quarter Session
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 24th Jul 1817
Ship: Larkins
Arrival: 22nd Nov 1817
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Joseph Brayshaw was transported on the Larkins, departing 24th Jul 1817 and arriving 22nd Nov 1817 with 250 passengers.

1829 Voyage - Ship; Larkins, Captain Campbell, from Cork the 10th August, with 195 male prisoners. A Surgeon Superintendent, P. Sprout, Esquire. Arrived; 22 December 1829. Recapitulation; Mustered; 196. Died on Voyage; 3. Disembarked; 1. Total; 200

LarkinsLarkins (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 369 (186)
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Maureen Withey avatar
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on 3rd December 2025

Hulk Record HO-9-7_1 page 28. Sheerness Hulk. Retribution, and Bellerophon. Received from York 12 May 1817. Josh. Brayshaw, age 18, Pt. Larceny, Tried Leeds Qr Sess, 21 Apr 1817, 7 years, Transported 3 July 1817.

Maureen Withey avatar
343
on 15th November 2025

Borough Sessions- Monday Jan. 20.  John Lund, aged 17, and Joseph Brayshaw, aged 19, stealing two silver tea spoons ; Leeds Mercury, 25 Jan 1817. The following male convicts left the Castle, on Monday morning, to be delivered on board the Retribution Hulk at Sheerness, up the river Medway, viz ... Also, John Ommeroyd, John Lund, Peter Parkin, and Joseph Brayshaw, to be severally transported for seven years.  York Herald, 17 May 1817.

D Wong avatar
221
on 3rd December 2016

Colonial Secretary Papers: BRAYSHAW, Joseph. Per "Larkins", 1817 1823 Jan: Servant of J Gilberthorpe of Pitt Town; attestation as to his character for a ticket of leave (Reel 6026; 4/1715 p.271) 1823 Jan 29: On list of persons who obtained tickets of leave during the last week (Reel 6039; 4/424 p.132) 30/1/1823 Sydney Gazette: TOL - Listed as 'Joseph Brayshaw' 24/6/1824: COF - Listed as Joseph 'Brayshaw' 1828 Census: Bradshaw, Joseph, 32, free by servitude, Larkins, 1817, 7 years, Protestant, labourer with Moses Nelson at Pitt Town. 1831: Married Eliza Miles (1814-1845 Born in the Colony, daughter of Thomas Jones alias Miles 'Barwell 1797') at Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, NSW - 1 daughter Elizabeth 1834-1918.