Robert Hays

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Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Robert Hays
Aliases:	Hayes
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1798
Occupation:	Soldier
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 Life

Crime:	Street robbery
Convicted at:	Ireland, Waterford
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Mary
Departure date:	25th May, 1819
Arrival date:	26th August, 1819
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 160 other convicts

References

Primary source:	NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849
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Community Contributions

Dianne Jones on 8th July, 2020 wrote:

TRIED: Lent 1817 (see NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849).

Dianne Jones on 28th July, 2020 wrote:

1819, 25 August: Robert HAYS – convicted Waterford, Summer/Lent 1817; life; native place Waterford; soldier; 21, 5’10¾”; fair ruddy complexion, flaxen hair and grey eyes (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Bound Indentures 1818-1819).

Dianne Jones on 5th August, 2020 wrote:

1825: Robert HAYES (HAYS) – convict – Mary 1819, life; with G. Cox Esq, Bringelly (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849; New South Wales General muster A-L 1825).

1837: Robert HAYES (HAYS) – convict – Mary 1819, life; aged 40; with Major Lockyer, Hunters Hill (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849; NSW General muster L-Q 1837).

1849, 15 February: Robert HAYS – granted Conditional Pardon #49/592 – native place Waterford; labourer; life; born 1798, 51 years; 5’10¾”, fair ruddy complexion, flaxen hair and grey eyes (see NSW, Australia, Convict Registers of Conditional and Absolute Pardons, 1788-1870; Conditional 1849 (Reel 791).

Convict Changes History

Dianne Jones on 8th July, 2020 made the following changes:

convicted at, term: 99 years, voyage, source: NSW Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849 (prev. ), firstname: Robert, surname: Hays, alias1: , alias2: , alias3: , alias4: , date of birth: 1798, date of death: 0000, gender: m, occupation,

Dianne Jones on 8th July, 2020 made the following changes:

convicted at, crime

Dianne Jones on 5th August, 2020 made the following changes:

alias1: Hayes