Name: | John Browne |
Aliases: | Brown |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1796 |
Occupation: | - |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to Life
Crime: | Highway robbery |
Convicted at: | Carlow County |
Sentence term: | Life |
Ship: | Minerva |
Departure date: | 22nd December, 1817 |
Arrival date: | 6th July, 1818 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 72 other convicts |
Primary source: | Tasmanian Archives - Convicts & Permission to Marry. Hobart Town Gazette 14/07/1834 & 21/01/1835. |
Source description: |
Carol Axton-Thompson on 14th October, 2012 wrote:
John Browne was convicted of Highway Robbert at Carlow, Ireland in July 1817 and was given a Life Sentence. He was transported on the ‘Minerva’ departing 22/12/1817, arriving Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) on 07/06/1818.
Convict no. 8037. Aged 42 yrs.
Colonial Offences:
15/10/1821: Drunk & disorderly - Reprimanded & discharged.
04/05/1824: Refuse to obey the Magistrate - to forfeit Ticket of Leave and returned to Port Arthur penal settlement.
06/08/1830: Absent from quarterly Muster - admonished.
08/08/1831: Married Mary Lynch (convict per ‘Morley’). Ref. 1745/1831-36. Sorell district. Under surname ‘Brown’ (no ‘e’).
21/08/1832: Conditional Pardon no. 403.
Hobart Town Gazette has a Conditional Pardon granted on 14/07/1834 and a Free Pardon 21/01/1835 (but these are not recorded in Conduct Record Book).
Carol Axton-Thompson on 14th October, 2012 made the following changes:
convicted at, term 99 years, voyage, source, firstname, surname, alias1, alias2, alias3, alias4, date of birth 1796, date of death 0000, gender, occupation, crime
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