Name: | Joseph Chant |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | - |
Occupation: | - |
Date of Death: | 8th July, 1790 |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Stealing fowls |
Convicted at: | Dorset Assizes |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Neptune, Scarborough and Surprize |
Departure date: | December, 1789 |
Arrival date: | 26th June, 1790 |
Place of arrival | New South Wales |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 1071 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 31 (17) |
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 Project. |
D Wong on 24th September, 2017 wrote:
Joseph Chant was transported for ‘stealing 4 barton fowls’. He was tried on 26/7/1787 and was listed as on the ‘Neptune’.
8/7/1790: Joseph was buried - he arrived in a desperate condition due to the horrific conditions on the voyage.
D Wong on 24th September, 2017 made the following changes:
date of death: 8th July, 1790 (prev. 0000), gender: m, crime
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