Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Eli Burningham was transported on the Fortune, departing 31st Oct 1812 and arriving 11th Jun 1813 with 200 passengers.
Fortune (generic)References
| Primary Source | Hampshire Chronicle 02 March 1812 The British Newspaper Archive findmypast.co.uk |
| 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 |
Claims
"Eli Burningham is my 4th Great-grandfather"
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Convict Notes
Eli was born in Kingsley, Hampshire to Elis Burningham Senior and Ann Mayhew. He married Ann Windibank in1804 and had a daughter also called Anne (b. 1810). A transcript of the Hampshire Chronicle's publication of Eli's crime reads as follows: 'Eli Burningham, aged 28, for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of George Sheppard, at Kingsley, in the night of the 11th of Feb. last, and stealing some writings, &c. From the evidence of the prosecutor, his wife, and J. Marshall, her brother, who lodged in the house, it appeared, that they were alarmed after they were in bed, by the cry of fire [...] Mrs. Sheppard locked the door and went to bed again. Soon afterwards she heard the latch lifted, and immediately the door was broken open. She was certain it was the prisoner, as she had known him from a child [...] her draws had been rifled, and the clothes therein thrown about the room. The clock was torn down and thrown into the garden, and her brother's title deeds taken out of the drawers. Some of the clothes was stained with blood, and she found a plaister in the room. [...] The prisoner was taken a few days afterwards, at Warblington Castle. When he was committed his hand was bloody, apparently from an old sore'.
2/3/1812 Hampshire Chronicle Hampshire, England: HAMPSHIRE LENT ASSIZES Eli Burningham, aged, 28, for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of George Sheppard, at Kingsley, in the night of the 11th of Feb. last, and stealing some writings, &c. 19/10/1831: Recommended for a CP Apr. 1833: CP. 1857: NSW BDM - died as Eli Birmingham, aged 73, at Windsor NSW.