Joseph Chant

Life Span

Male median life span was 61 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 1072 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.

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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