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Transportation
Richard Gadd was transported on the Florentia, departing 14th Aug 1827 and arriving 3rd Jan 1828 with 173 passengers.
Florentia was a 453-ton merchant ship built at Newcastle upon Tyne, England in 1821. Two voyages to Australia transporting convicts - 1827 and 1830.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 269 (136) |
| 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 |
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Convict Notes
Old Bailey Online (DoB from here) 1217. RICHARD GADD and FRANCIS HAYES were indicted for stealing, on the 18th of April , 1 boy's dress, value 3s. , the goods of Richard Riley . RICHARD RILEY. I live in Hackney-road , and am a salesman - this suit of clothes hung outside my window. On the 18th of April I saw it safe at half-past eight o'clock, when I went out - I returned between ten and eleven, and missed it - also a coat. I had seen Gadd pass the shop two or three times, but do not recollect Hayes. ROBERT TYRRELL . I am an officer. I found this dress in Gadd's house about twelve o'clock - he lives with his father and mother. I had been out that morning and saw the two prisoners going to and fro, past Riley's shop. I saw Hayes pull the dress down - Gadd followed him immediately; they went down a turning. I went down another turning to meet them, but could not get that way, About eleven o'clock, I was in Shoreditch, and met the two prisoners in company and took them. I then went to Hayes' house and found the property rolled up in the corner of the stairs. EDWARD MOODY . I lodge with Gadd's mother. On the day in question his father and mother were out. The officer came - he knocked at my door, which I opened - it threw a light on the landing-place, and he found the clothes in the corner. GADD's Defence. I never saw the clothes. GADD - GUILTY . Aged 15. HAYES - GUILTY . Aged 15. Transported for Seven Years .
Richard Gadd was 15 years old when, together with Francis Hayes also 15, they stole a boy's dress, value 3s. He was described as: Protestant, could read and write, native place was London, No former convictions, 5'7" tall, ruddy freckled complexion, dark brown hair, light hazel eyes, large burn mark on back of right wrist. 24/6/1834: COF 6/2/1841: Notice of lost COF - Richard was working as a labourer for a Mr. Smith in the Port macquarie district. He may have married Ann Brown at St. Thomas's Port Macquarie. 1842. They had no children. Richard died in 1853 at Maitland aged 39 and is buried at Campbells Hill Cemetery B8.