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William Button

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Departure
Jun 1810
Arrival
Dec 1810
Death
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Personal Information

Name: William Button
Gender: Male
Born: Unknown
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown
Aliases: Buttons, Johnson, Yarmouth

Crime

Crime: Unknown
Convicted at: Warwick Assizes
Sentence term: 99 years

Voyage

Departed: 30th Jun 1810
Ship: Indian
Arrival: 16th Dec 1810
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

William Button was transported on the Indian, departing 30th Jun 1810 and arriving 16th Dec 1810 with 201 passengers.

IndianIndian (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 20
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Maureen Withey avatar
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on 3rd October 2025

WARWICK ASSIZE. The assizes for this county closed on Friday night, when Sir Simon Le Blanc, in a most solemn manner, passed the awful sentence of death upon the following prisoners, viz. …  William Buttons, alias Johnson, alias Yarmouth, for returning from transportation; … Patrick Wickham and Susannah Grant are left for execution; all the others his Lordship reprieved before he left the town.  Aris’s Birmingham Gazette, 7 Aug 1809.

Maureen Withey avatar
343
on 3rd May 2022

William Buttons, for being large previous the expiration of his term of transportation; ... Northampton Mercury, 5 Aug 1809. ----------------------------------------------------- William Buttons, alias Johnson, alias Yarmouth, for returning from transportation; ... Worcester Journal, 10 Aug 1809.

Maureen Withey avatar
343
on 3rd May 2022

Portsmouth Hulks. HO-9-8-3. One of nine arrived from Warwick 29 July 1809. William Button, age 21, Being at large after an order of Transportation, tried at Warwick 29 July 1809, NSW Life, Sent on Indian, 27 Jun 1810.

Penny-Lyn Beale avatar
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on 20th November 2021

1817 - New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1817 Name; William Button Ship; Indian - Dec 1810. Master Barclay Where; Warwick - March 1808. Sentence; Life - RUN; 1814. How Disposed off and Remarks; RETURNED; in Fame from England - 1817