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Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Philip Butcher was transported on the Surrey Or Surry, departing 31st Dec 1813 and arriving 28th Jul 1814 with 204 passengers.
Built at Harwich in 1811 a square-rigged transport ship of 443 tons and copper lined she had two decks with a height between decks of 5 ft. 8 ins. In 1818, she had a major refit increasing the decks (and convict carrying capacity) to three. She was owned by the London firm of F. & C.F. Mangles.
Surrey Or Surry (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 137 (70) |
| 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
Hulk Record. HO 9/8 page 19. Received Nine prisoners from Horsham 7 Sept 1813. Philip Butcher, age 20, C.R (Capital respite) tried at Lewes, 13 Aug 1813, Life, Per Surrey.
As per death certificate: Philip Butcher died 18th December 1863 North Richmond NSW. Occupation: Splitter. Male 68 years old. Cause of death: Decay of nature 6 months. Informant John Phillip Loman (grandson). John Loman didn't know the date of marriage and made mistakes in naming Philip's parents' names. He has put his grandparents' names down (Philip Butcher and Mary Jacob). States Philip Butcher born in London and has resided in the colony of NSW 49 years. He lists the names of children to Philip Butcher and Mary Jacob as Mary Ann aged 38, Christopher aged 29, Thomas aged 27, Ellen aged 34, James aged 36 and two sons dead.
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Age: 21 Occupation: Labour Ticket of Leave - 1878 Conditional Pardon - Absolute Pardon -
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 74... [Ref B3499] Butcher, Philip, 34, ticket of leave, Surry, 1814, life, Protestant, farmer North Richmond. 15 acres, all cleared and cultivated. 1 cow. [Ref B3500] Butcher, Mary, 30, free by servitude, Elizabeth, 1818, 7 years, Catholic. [Ref B3501] Butcher, Mary A., 3, born in the colony. [Ref B3502] Butcher, Richard, 1, born in the colony.
1825 Muster... Butcher, Philip, ticket of leave, Surry, 1814, life, labourer, Melville. Jacob, Mary, convict, Elizabeth, 1818, 7 years, government servant, with Phillip Butcher Richmond.
In the colony, Philip married Mary Jacobs (Convict, Elizabeth, 1818). They married At Parramatta in 1820. Philip and Mary had 7 children being 5 sons and 2 daughters between 1825 and 1838.
Sussex Advertiser Mon 19 Apr 1813 p.3... One day last week Philip Butcher and Thomas Cooper, were committed to Horsham jail, charged with breaking open a house at Warminghurst, and stealing therein, a silver watch; also with stealing a sack of seed oats, in a field belonging to a farmer in that neighbourhood. Sussex Advertiser Mon 16 Aug 1813 p.3... Philip Butcher, 20, and John Cooper, 21, for burglariously entering the dwelling house of Wm. Golds, and feloniously stealing therein, a silver watch and its appendages, Guilty. Sussex Advertiser Mon 23 Aug 1813 p.3... Philip Butcher, John Cooper, and Stephen Burcher, capitally convicted on Saturday, for offences mentioned in our last, were also sentenced to be hanged, but the Judge reprieved them all before he left town.