Michael Bryant

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Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Michael Bryant
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1767
Occupation:	Seaman
Date of Death:	22nd December, 1791
Age:	24 years

Life Span

Male median life span was 61 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 14 years

Crime:	Receiving stolen property
Convicted at:	Old Bailey
Sentence term:	14 years
Ship:	Friendship
Departure date:	13th May, 1787
Arrival date:	21st January, 1788
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 103 other convicts

References

Primary source:	http://www.firstlanding.com.au
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Community Contributions

Eric Harry Daly on 12th January, 2013 wrote:

Micheal Bryant was tried at Old Bailey, London on 10 December 1783 for receiving stolen goods.
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t17831210-139-defend1345&div=t17831210-139#highlight
He was sentenced to transportation for 14 years and left England on the Friendship aged about 20 at that time (May 1787).
Guilty of return from transport following the Mercury mutiny.Report from Dunkirk hulk was “troublesome at times”.

Convict Changes History

Eric Harry Daly on 12th January, 2013 made the following changes:

convicted at, term 14 years, voyage, source, firstname, surname, alias1, alias2, alias3, alias4, date of birth 1767, date of death 0000, gender, occupation, crime

Flare Chi on 28th June, 2018 made the following changes:

date of death: 22nd December, 1791 (prev. 0000)