Name: | William Freeman |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 10th December, 1817 |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Date of Death: | 16th April, 1899 |
Age: | 81 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Stealing cheese |
Convicted at: | Wilts. Quarter Sessions |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | John |
Departure date: | 26th January, 1832 |
Arrival date: | 8th June, 1832 |
Place of arrival | New South Wales |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 199 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 262 |
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. |
Leonie Freeman on 19th May, 2012 wrote:
Born Freshfield Somerset, was convicted aged 13 years. On arrival, William, "Billy", was assigned to John Hawdon, JP. of "Burgalia" Bateman’s Bay. Appears he was on the first overland trip by Joseph Hawdon, John’s brother,to SA with sheep and cattle. William became a Cobb and Co driver, butcher and owned a farm at Macclesfield. He married Sarah Stacey also from Somerset in Adelaide 15 September 1840. She had come out on the "Charles Kerr" 1840 with her family. William was convicted and jailed a second time for being accessory to his wife burning down their daughter’s house.
D Wong on 21st April, 2020 wrote:
William died, aged 82, on 16/4/1899, in the old Marra house on Cunliffe Street, then the home of his daughter Emma. He, Sarah and one son, John Henry, are buried just inside the main gate of the old Church of England Cemetery in Luck Street, Macclesfield, South Australia.
Occupation at the time of conviction: Factory Boy.
Leonie Freeman on 19th May, 2012 made the following changes:
gender m
Ruth Sloan on 9th November, 2012 made the following changes:
date of birth 10th December, 1817, date of death 16th April, 1899
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