Name: | Richard Durrant |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1777 |
Occupation: | - |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to Life
Crime: | Sheep-stealing |
Convicted at: | Northampton Assizes |
Sentence term: | Life |
Ship: | General Hewett |
Departure date: | August, 1813 |
Arrival date: | 7th February, 1814 |
Place of arrival | New South Wales |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 300 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 122 |
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. |
Maureen Withey on 2nd May, 2021 wrote:
At Northampton assizes, on the 3rd instant, ... Richard Durant and Jesse Russell, for sheep stealing, ... were also capitally convicted and condemned but afterwards reprieved; ...
Leicester Chronicle, 20 March 1831.
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Hulk Reports HO-9-8_2 page 17
Received six prisoners from Northampton, 12 May 1813,
Richard Durrant, age 36, C.R. Northampton 1 March 1813. Life, General Hewitt.
Maureen Withey on 2nd May, 2021 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1777 (prev. 0000), gender: m, crime
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