Richard Evans

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Summary

Born
Unknown
Conviction
Highway robbery
Departure
Sep 1817
Arrival
Apr 1818
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Richard Evans
Gender: Male
Born: Unknown
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Stonemason

Crime

Convicted at: Salop Assizes
Sentence term: 99 years

Voyage

Departed: 30th Sep 1817
Ship: Batavia
Arrival: 5th Apr 1818
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Richard Evans was transported on the Batavia, departing 30th Sep 1817 and arriving 5th Apr 1818 with 220 passengers.

BataviaBatavia (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 391 (197)
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Maureen Withey avatar
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on 23rd February 2025

At Shrewsbury Assizes, … Richard Evans, for highway robbery; and … received sentence of death : but were all afterwards reprieved. Staffordshire Advertiser, 29 March 1817.

Maureen Withey avatar
341
on 30th October 2021

Tasmanian Record https://librariestas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/tas/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fARCHIVES_DIGITISED$002f0$002fARCHIVES_DIG_DIX:CON13-1-1/one CON13-1-1 Image 210 List of Sixty male convicts embarked on H.M. Brig Prince Leopold for the Public service in Van Diemen’s Land, with their sentences of Transportation duly extracted from the Indents, and Descriptions as taken on the Muster at arrival in New South Wales. Secretary’s Office, Sydney. 5 March 1819. Richard Evans, per Batavia, Tried Salop Ass., 19 Mar 1817, Life, Stone cutter & setter. Not mustered on board ship being sent to Hospital sick on arrival in Sydney Bay. -------------------------------------------------- Convict Conduct Record. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-9$init=CON31-1-9p217 No 43. Richard Evans, Prince Leopold, 1819. Tried Salop 19 March 1817, Life.