Name: | William Hall |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1789 |
Occupation: | - |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | - |
Convicted at: | Sussex Assizes |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Ocean |
Departure date: | August, 1815 |
Arrival date: | 30th January, 1816 |
Place of arrival | New South Wales |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 220 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 241 (122) |
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. |
Glenda Humes on 31st July, 2017 wrote:
William Hall, native of Maresfield, Sussex, convicted on 20 March 1815 in the Horhsam Sussex Assizes, receiving Life Transportation for stealing a horse, the property of Mr. Knight of Maresfield,and a cart, the property of Mr Avis of Forest Row. William was aided in the theft by Thomas Hall (see this Thomas Hall-Ocean on this site) and William Randall,age 52. William Hall has an estimated birth date between 1781-1784 with 1781-2 likely per various Indent and Muster records that list his age. He was one of 5 convicts sent from Horsham Sussex prison to the Perseus Hulk in Portsmouth prior to Transportation, listed as age 33 (Thomas Hall, age 32, William’s brother was one of the 5 all sent to NSW the Ocean). In 1828, on the NSW Census, he is listed as 45; on the 1837 NSW convict muster he is listed as 53. Received a Ticket-of-Leave 4 May 1826 when he was in Broke Bay, Sydney, NSW. He died 14 Nov 1849 in Broke, NSW
Jeffrey Hall on 31st July, 2017 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1789 (prev. 0000), gender: m
Glenda Humes on 31st July, 2017 made the following changes:
term: 99 years (prev. 7 years), source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 241 (122);HO10/23 NSW Census E-H; NSW Convict Muster 1806-1849 D-J; UK Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books 1802-1849
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