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Voyage
Transportation
Benjamin Briggs was transported on the Marion, departing 22nd Nov 1843 and arriving 3rd Apr 1844 with 302 passengers.
Built 1834 at Calcutta. Wood ship of 684 Tons. The 1847/48 voyage sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) BUT also went on to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria where 300 exiles disembarked. (The newspaper source says they were from Millbank, Pentonville & Parkhurst prisons.)
Marion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 501 (232) |
| 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
CRIME: Benj. Briggs and Daniel Vince, charged with having stolen, from the bam of Thomas Boutell at Kersey, about six bushels of undressed wheat, his property. Suffolk Chronicle, 15 July 1843_ __________ Tasmanian Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-53$init=CON33-1-53p50 ___________ Died 1882: found dead, with a broken spine, under a train carriage in Sydney. No knowledge of how,when,by whom or accidental. See https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1785/images/32090_223369-00040?pId=87683
Benj. Briggs and Daniel Vince, charged with having stolen, from the bam of Thomas Boutell at Kersey, about six bushels of undressed wheat, his property. Suffolk Chronicle, 15 July 1843. ---------------------------------------------------- REMOVAL OF CONVICTS.- On Wednesday last, the following seven convicts were removed from Bury Goal to the Millbank Prison, by order of the Secretary of State, viz.: Robert Fisher and George Kett, to be transported for 15 years; Henry Horrex and William Grimwade. for 12 years; and Benj. Briggs, John Stedman, and Charlotte Blunston, for 10 years, Ipswich Journal, 16 Sept 1843. -------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-53$init=CON33-1-53p50