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Transportation
Joseph Chapman was transported on the Larkins, departing 24th Jul 1817 and arriving 22nd Nov 1817 with 250 passengers.
1829 Voyage - Ship; Larkins, Captain Campbell, from Cork the 10th August, with 195 male prisoners. A Surgeon Superintendent, P. Sprout, Esquire. Arrived; 22 December 1829. Recapitulation; Mustered; 196. Died on Voyage; 3. Disembarked; 1. Total; 200
Larkins (generic)References
| Primary Source | James McClelland's researches |
| 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
Colonial Secretary Index. CHAPMAN, Joseph. Per "Larkins", 1817 1817 Dec 2 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Larkins" and forwarded to Windsor for distribution (Reel 6005; 4/3497 p.192) 1818-19 On lists of convicts maintained by William Cox free of expense to the Crown; in 1818 and 1819 (Fiche 3062, 4/1834B No.73 p.443; Reel 6058, 4/1769 p.86a)
Hulk Records. HO-9-4_2 page 22/49 Woolwich Hulks, (Prudentia, Retribution and Justitia) Received 5 May 1817. Joseph Chapman, age 24, Burglary, Tried Bedford 13 March 1817, NSW, Life, Transp’d 28 June 1817.
At Bedford assizes, Gutley sheep stealing; John Hervey, Joseph Chapman, John and William Swales, for house breaking, were capitally convicted and received sentence of death, but were afterwards reprieved ; Northampton Mercury, 22 March 1817
Joseph was born about 1792. He was a labourer of Bedfordshire when sentenced and was sallow, brown hair, hazel eyes 5'2".