Name: | William Foster |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1797 |
Occupation: | Farm labourer |
Date of Death: | 13th May, 1847 |
Age: | 50 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to Life
Crime: | Highway robbery |
Convicted at: | Hertford Special Session of Gaol Delivery |
Sentence term: | Life |
Ship: | Champion |
Departure date: | 24th May, 1827 |
Arrival date: | 17th October, 1827 |
Place of arrival | New South Wales |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 127 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 184. Tasmanian Archives - convicts. Conduct Record http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON35-1-2,406,187,L,80. |
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. |
Carol Axton-Thompson on 5th January, 2014 wrote:
William Foster was convicted at Hertford on 16/12/1826 for Highway Robbery. Life Sentence. Transported to New South Wales, Australia on the ‘Champion’, arriving 17/11/1827.
Served time in NSW and received a Ticket of Leave (no. 37/1698 district Patrick Plains) on 02/12/1837.
Carol Axton-Thompson on 5th January, 2014 wrote:
2nd OFFENCE:
William Foster was again convicted, at Maitland, New South Wales on 14/09/1844 for stealing a heifer. 15yr transportation sentence. He was on a Ticket of Leave.
Transported to Port Arthur Penal Settlement, Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) on the ‘Governor Phillip’ ship, arriving 23/11/1844.
Details 1844: farm labourer; married; 5’9”; aged 47yrs; fresh complexion; dk brown hair; dk brown eyes.
Native Place: Hertford, England.
Several tatoos, including one “I love too well to kiss and tell”.
16/04/1846: Port Arthur - misconduct. 7 days solitary confinement.
03/08/1846: Crown - misconduct. 14 days hard labour.
Died, Port Arthur, 13/05/1847.
amy on 1st February, 2018 wrote:
William foster was born in the small village of High Cross, England. The highway robbery made William gain 40 pounds.
Tony Beale on 23rd March, 2021 wrote:
New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts’ Applications to Marry, 1826-1851
Refused 10/8/1841 Jane Trewick 49 per ship per ship George Hibbert refused to marry William Foster42 per ship Champion as she stated she was married with 2 children and he was married with 4 children. Rev J Hetherington Patricks Plains
Carol Axton-Thompson on 5th January, 2014 made the following changes:
source, date of birth 1797, date of death 13th May, 1847, gender, occupation, crime
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