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Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
William Brown was transported on the Guildford, departing 4th Apr 1822 and arriving 15th Jul 1822 with 192 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 157 (79) |
| 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
NORFOLK ISLAND. The last accounts from this settlement were of a very unfavourable nature. On the morning of the 19th June, a most daring act of piracy was committed by eleven of the prisoners, who succeeded in making their escape from the island. These men, who are stated to be of the most desperate and abandoned characters, contrived to elude the vigilance of the constables on duty in the camp, proceeded to the settlement, distant about a quarter of a mile, and by some means, which have yet to be explained, within a few paces of the guard-house, and close to the sentry, succeeded in launching a new whale boat, but just finished, into which they put a few articles (after a fruitless attempt to break open the stores close to the guard), and were actually crossing the bar when the first alarm was given, which was done partly by the pirates giving three cheers, and partly by the sentry alarming the guard, who fired two or three random, but ineffectual shots at them. … … The Commandant, who had turned out when the alarm was given, and was nearly the first man on the spot, then became seriously alarmed for the safety of Mr. Cunningham, the botanist (who arrived there in May), and three men who accompanied him on a botanical tour to Phillip Island a few days previous. … [The Commandant was right to be concerned, for the runaways had, in fact, plundered Cunningham’s camp for all they could carry away. They then bore out to sea and were never heard of again. Chris Ison] (Sydney Gazette 30 Oct 1830, p. 2.) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE undermentioned Prisoners having absconded from the Individuals and Employments set against their Names, respectively, and some of them being at large with stolen Certificates, and Tickets of Leave, all Constables and others are hereby required and commanded to use their utmost Exertions in apprehending and lodging them in safe Custody. … … Brown. William, Guilford (5), 26, button maker, Gloucestershire, 5 feet 5, hazel eyes, dark hair, pale complexion, from Norfolk Island. … Callaghan James, John Barry (2), 27, Labourer, County Monaghan, 5 feet 4 ½ in, brown eyes, light hair, sallow comp. from Norfolk Island. … Darcey or Dacey James, Richmond, from Norfolk Island. … Fallen Peter, Bencoolen, 28, Labourer, Dublin, dark blue eyes, flaxen hair, fair ruddy comp. from Norfolk Island. [Probably Fallon – death recorded at NI 19 June 1830] … Hennessy William, Mary (1), 25, Plaisterer, London, hazel eyes, brown hair, fair ruddy comp. from Norfolk Island. [from 31 Oct 1830 - … Handley Florence, Mangles (1), … [rest of entry is duplicate of Hennessy above]] … Hammond Thomas, Asia (2), 24, Glass blower, London, 5 feet 2 ½ in, dark eyes, brown hair, rudy comp. from Norfolk Island … Keilley Michael, Hooghley, 28, Ploughman, Dangannon, 5 feet 8, grey eyes, brown hair, fresh comp. from Norfolk Island. … Mignott Andrew, Marquis Wellington, 45, sailor, from Norfolk Island. … Wallis John, Countess Harcourt, 24, Gardener, Dublin, 5 feet 4, grey eyes, flaxen hair, ruddy comp. from Norfolk Island. …Walker William, Minerva (5), 31, Weaver, Lanark, 5 feet 7, hazel grey eyes, brown hair, fresh comp. from Norfolk Island. (Sydney Gazette 21 Oct 1830, p. 4.)
1828 - Census. No; 1329. Sentence; Life. Norfolk Island. Noted against name; DEAD: June 1830. Convict Death Register. William Brown. Guildford 5. 19 June 1830. Norfolk Island. Col Sec Letter 30/888. 26 Oct 1830
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Name; John Brown ** 2 convicts by the same name on board ** Age; 23 [1798] Trial where & Date; 10 Sept 1821. Chester Sentence; Life. Height; 5 ft. Eyes; Hazel Hair; Light Completion; Pale 1825 - Convict Muster. Sentence; Life. In Goal Sydney 1825 - 4 Oct. Brown, William. Prisoner. Guildford. Committed by; David Reid. Esq. Crime; Bush-ranging. Punishment; Criminal Court Tried. 14 Oct 1825. 7 years. [Sentence of death recorded] Sent to the Hulk 9 Feb 1826.