Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Richard Eagles was transported on the Neptune, departing 30th Nov 1817 and arriving 5th May 1818 with 169 passengers.
NeptuneReferences
| Primary Source | Birmingham, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812. Baptism Register 1811 |
| 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 |
Claims
"My 4th great grandfather"
"Richard is my wife’s 4x great-grandfather"
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Convict Notes
His crime was for 'Robbery in a dwelling house'. He and two companions stole 'from the person of J. Chandler, at the Grey Horse, in Dale End, Birmingham, a purse, with three 1 pound notes, and cash to the amount of 45 shillings and 12 pence, his property'
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 134.... [Ref E0028] Eagles, Elizabeth, 22, born in the colony. [Ref E0029] Eagles, Richard, 34, convict, Neptune, 1816, life, Protestant, servant to Mrs. Broughton of Appin. [Ref 0030] Eagles, Emma, 7 months, born in the colony.
In the colony, Richard married Elizabeth Stanton, 15th February 1825 at St Peters, Campbelltown. Elizabeth was the daughter of James Stanton (Convict, Active, 1791) and Frances Haggart (Convict, Earl Cornwallis, 1801). Richard and Elizabeth had 10 children between 1826 and 1844.
Oxford Journal Sat 16 Aug 1817 p.4...... WARWICK ASSIZES. - The following are the names and offences of the prisoners capitally convicted:-...John Short, Richard Eagles, and George Gardner, for stealing from the person of J. Chandler, at the Grey Horse, in Dale End, Birmingham, a purse, with three 1 pound notes, and cash to the amount of 45 shillings and 12 pence, his property...They all were reprieved before the Judges left town.