Henry Eggatt

Summary

Born
Jan 1795
Conviction
Highway robbery
Departure
Jul 1817
Arrival
Nov 1817
Death
Oct 1837
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Personal Information

Name: Henry Eggatt
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1795
Death: 28th Oct 1837
Age at death: 42
Occupation: Labourer - general

Crime

Convicted at: Norfolk Assizes
Sentence term: Life

Voyage

Departed: 24th Jul 1817
Ship: Larkins
Arrival: 22nd Nov 1817
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Henry Eggatt was transported on the Larkins, departing 24th Jul 1817 and arriving 22nd Nov 1817 with 250 passengers.

1829 Voyage - Ship; Larkins, Captain Campbell, from Cork the 10th August, with 195 male prisoners. A Surgeon Superintendent, P. Sprout, Esquire. Arrived; 22 December 1829. Recapitulation; Mustered; 196. Died on Voyage; 3. Disembarked; 1. Total; 200

LarkinsLarkins (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 363 (183)
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Maureen Withey avatar
Level 347
on 5th November 2025

Colonial Secretary Index. EGGATT, James and Henry (Per "Larkins", 1817) see AGGATT, James and Henry AGGATT, Henry. Per "Larkins", 1817 1817 Dec 2 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Larkins" and forwarded to Liverpool for distribution (Reel 6005; 4/3497 p.192) 1824 Feb On return of convicts returned to Government, transferred & assigned to settlers in the District of Appin; listed as Hagget (Reel 6028; 2/8283 p.53) AGGATT, James. Per "Larkins", 1817 1817 Dec 2 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Larkins" and forwarded to Liverpool for distribution (Reel 6005; 4/3497 p.192)

Maureen Withey avatar
Level 347
on 5th November 2025

… the following were capitally convicted and received sentence of death : … William Boyce and Henry Barker  for robbing the shop of W. Waller, of Hingham ; … and Henry and James Eggatt, (brothers) for stopping Mr. Brett, of Lynn, on the highway between that place and Downham, on the 18th ult. — They attacked him at South Runeton, and knocked  him off his horse, when one most inhumanly beat him about the head and arms with a hoe  while the other robbed him of a gold watch, a guinea, and an eighteen-penny bank token. — All the 14 capital convicts were reprieved, except the two Eggatts, who are to be executed on the Castle Hill on Saturday next.    Bury and Norwich Post, 9 April 1817. The two Eggatts who were to have been executed this day on the Castle Hill, Norwich, for a highway robbery, have been respited during the Prince Regent's pleasure. Suffolk Chronicle, 12 April 1817.

Penny-Lyn Beale avatar
Level 338
on 13th October 2024

1833 - New South Wales, Australia, Tickets of Leave. No; 33/138. 11 November 1863 Trial; 22 March 1817. Allowed to remain in the District of Liverpool 1835 - Ticket of Leave. Cancelled. Offence on suspicion of robbery and neglecting to attend the quarterly muster 1837 - New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register Death; Accidently killed at Norfolk Island. 28 October 1837