Roger Harrison

Roger Harrison, one of 153 convicts transported on the Elizabeth, May 1816

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Roger Harrison
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	-
Occupation:	-
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 57 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 14 years

Crime:	Highway robbery
Convicted at:	Lancaster Assizes
Sentence term:	14 years
Ship:	Elizabeth
Departure date:	May, 1816
Arrival date:	5th October, 1816
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 153 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, 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.

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Community Contributions

Roger Thorpe on 22nd December, 2016 wrote:

Commuted from a death sentence, on 15 August 1815 at Lancaster Assizes, to 14 years transportation.Tried & convicted with Richard Harrison,Isaac Chapman,Edmund Stokes, Samuel Dean and Thomas Spence. Arrived Sydney NSW on 5 October 1816.

Convict Changes History

Roger Thorpe on 22nd December, 2016 made the following changes:

gender: m, crime