Robert Davis

Robert Davis, one of 399 convicts transported on the Moffatt, 05 May 1836

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Robert Davis
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1811
Occupation:	Indoor servant
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 57 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Mutiny
Convicted at:	Jamaica
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Moffatt
Departure date:	5th May, 1836
Arrival date:	31st August, 1836
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 403 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 276
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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Community Contributions

Penny-Lyn Beale on 28th July, 2020 wrote:

Robert Davis
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842. Annotated Printed Indentures 1836
No; 36 – 1789
Age; 25
Education: None
Religion; Rom. Cath.
Married/Children; Single
Native Place: Jamaica
Calling; Indoor Servant and Stockman
Offence; Mutiny
Where Convicted; Jamaica
Date ; 25/04/1832
Sentence; Life
Height; 5 ft. 3 3/4 inches
Complexion: Black
Hair: Black & Woolly
Eyes; Black
Man of Colour

Convict Changes History

Penny-Lyn Beale on 28th July, 2020 made the following changes:

date of birth: 1811 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime