| Name: | John Brown |
| Aliases: | Browne |
| Gender: | m |
| Date of Birth: | 1768 |
| Occupation: | - |
| Date of Death: | - |
| Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
| Crime: | - |
| Convicted at: | Ireland, Limerick |
| Sentence term: | 7 years |
| Ship: | Atlas |
| Departure date: | 29th November, 1801 |
| Arrival date: | 7th July, 1802 |
| Place of arrival | New South Wales |
| Passenger manifest | Travelled with 199 other convicts |
| Primary source: | http://www.nationalarchives.ie New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Description Book, Parramatta 1839-1842 NSW Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867 |
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Dianne Jones on 7th February, 2021 wrote:
1802: On arrival in NSW, John BROWN per Atlas 1802 was 37; and had been tried at Limerick in Summer 1800 and sentenced to 7 years (see New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849).
1816: John BROWN per Atlas 1, tried Limerick; his sentence of 7 years had expired in Summer 1807; he was assigned to a landholder at Windsor (see New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834; New South Wales; Male 1816).
Dianne Jones on 7th February, 2021 wrote:
1832: John BROWN per Atlas 1 was admitted to Sydney Jail. No other details are recorded here (see New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930).
1841: John BROWNE per Atlas, 73, born 1768, was admitted to Parramatta Jail; described as 5’9¾” tall, slight build, fair complexion, grey hair and grey eyes (see New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Description Book, Parramatta 1839-1842).
1841, 20 January: John BROWN, per Atlas and free by servitude, is on a list of persons appearing before the Quarter Sessions (see New South Wales, Australia, Criminal Court Records, 1830-1945; Quarter Sessions; ALL; Index to Quarter Sessions, Criminal Cases, 1839-1888).
Dianne Jones on 7th February, 2021 wrote:
1844, 20 January: At Norfolk Island – John BROWN, per Atlas, convicted in the Quarter Sessions, Campbelltown on 20 January 1841, and sentenced to 10 years for embezzlement, is on a list of prisoners who are deemed “Invalids and Ineffective” and recommended for removal to Sydney. He arrived on Norfolk Island on 4 March 1841, and is described as “aged 80, but healthy” (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891; Norfolk Island: Returns of Convicts to NSW, 1844-1845).
Dianne Jones on 7th February, 2021 wrote:
Addenda:
1811, 26 February: John Brown per Atlas 1 was granted a Certificate of Freedom No.416/915 on this date (see NSW Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867; (NRS 12208) Register of Certificates of Freedom; Registers of Certificates of Freedom, 4 Feb 1810 - 26 Aug 1814).
Eric Harry Daly on 26th December, 2012 made the following changes:
convicted at, term 7 years, voyage, source, firstname, surname, alias1, alias2, alias3, alias4, date of birth 0000, date of death 0000, gender, occupation, crime
Eric Harry Daly on 26th December, 2012 made the following changes:
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Dianne Jones on 7th February, 2021 made the following changes:
source: http://www.nationalarchives.ie New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Description Book, Parramatta 1839-1842 (prev. http://www.nationalarchives.ie), date of birth: 1768 (prev. 0000)
Dianne Jones on 7th February, 2021 made the following changes:
alias1: Browne
Dianne Jones on 7th February, 2021 made the following changes:
source: http://www.nationalarchives.ie New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Description Book, Parramatta 1839-1842 NSW Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867 (prev. http://www.nationalarchives.ie New South
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