John Griffin

John Griffin, one of 150 convicts transported on the Shipley, November 1821

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	John Griffin
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1797
Occupation:	-
Date of Death:	16th September, 1822
Age:	25 years

Life Span

Male median life span was 57 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	-
Convicted at:	Lancaster, Liverpool Boro' Quarter Sessions
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Shipley
Departure date:	November, 1821
Arrival date:	11th March, 1822
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 149 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 106
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.

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Community Contributions

Penny-Lyn Beale on 21st April, 2020 wrote:

Name: John Griffin
Death Age: 25
Event Type: Burial
Birth Date: abt 1797
Death Date: abt 1822
Burial Date: 19 Sep 1822
Burial Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Parish as it Appears: Liverpool St Luke’s

Pris. Ship Shipley. District of Bringelly Died 16/09/1822 (Killed by a fall of a tree) Buried on the 19th instant

Convict Changes History

Penny-Lyn Beale on 21st April, 2020 made the following changes:

date of birth: 1797 (prev. 0000), date of death: 16th September, 1822 (prev. 0000), gender: m