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Voyage
Transportation
Robert Grant was transported on the Dromedary, departing 11th Sep 1819 and arriving 10th Jan 1820 with 371 passengers.
Dromedary (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 206 |
| 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
Lindsey Sessions. Robert Grant and Joseph Grant, of Coningsby, laborers, charged with stealing a stone weight of unthrashed barley, from the Rev. Mr. Roe, of Kirkby upon Baine, were acquitted. Stamford Mercury, 31 Jan 1817. Committed to Louth House of Correction on the 21th instant, (by the Rev. Thos. Roe, and the Rev. John Mouncev,) Robert Grant, Jos. Grant and James Morley, (three men who had their dwelling the Fen,) for stealing two pigs the property of Mr. Hill, of Greetham, and six bushels of barley and a large quantity of oats, the property of Mr. Stephen Bourn of Little Ashby. . Stamford Mercury, 28 Feb1817. Lindsey Sessions. Robert Grant, of Coningsby, and James Morley, of Thimbleby, laborers, convicted of stealing two pigs and two shuttles from Christopher Hill, of Greetham, were sentenced to be transported for seven years. Stamford Mercury, 2 May 1817 The following convicts under sentence of transportation have been removed from Lincoln Castle to the following hulks ; viz ….. And on board the Captivity at Portsmouth, ... and Robt. Grant, James Morley, … for the term of seven years. Stamford Mercury, 23 Jan 1818.
Robert Grant. Dromedary - Trial; 18 April 1817. Lincoln No; 157 Sentence; 7 years Certificate; 1825/301 Executed; 8 January 1827 Burials in the Parish of Hobart in the County of Buckingham in the Year 1827 No; 201 Name; Robert Grant Abode; Goal When buried; 8 Jan 1827 Age; No details Ship’s Name; No details Quality or profession. EXECUTED; for Sheep Stealing By Whom Ceremony was preformed; W Bedford Robert Grant - 8 January 1827 - Hanged at Hobart for sheep stealing from Edmund Bryant near Jericho
New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849. Tasmania. 1823 NO; 137. Robert Grant. Dromedary 1820. Lincoln. April 1817. 7 years. Assigned to Mr. Paton
n.b. There are 3 Robert Grant's on this voyage of the Dromedary. This Robert is identifier 3, convicted at Lincoln, 7yr transportation sentence.