Name: | John Higgins |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1799 |
Occupation: | Farm servant |
Date of Death: | 24th May, 1845 |
Age: | 46 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to Life
Crime: | Burglary |
Convicted at: | Chester Session of Pleas |
Sentence term: | Life |
Ship: | Countess of Harcourt |
Departure date: | 29th April, 1828 |
Arrival date: | 8th September, 1828 |
Place of arrival | New South Wales |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 184 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 367 (185) |
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. |
D Wong on 20th February, 2019 wrote:
7/9/1827 Chester Chronicle Cheshire, England:
Assize Intelligence.
JOHGN HIGGINS, 25, charged with burglariously entering the dwelling house of John Lowe, at Moston, on the night of the 27th of April, and stealing therefrom a quantity of wearing apparel.__Death recorded.
John Higgins was listed as 28 years old on arrival.
Native Place: Cheshire.
Occupation: Farm Servant and Boatman.
John was literate, single, 5’7¾” tall, dark ruddy and pockpitted complexion, dark brown hair, hazel eyes, small scar over left eye.
Assigned to Berry and Wollstoncraft at Shoalhaven.
1836: TOL Illawarra.
1837: TOL Illawarra.
28/5/1840: TOL Passport Queanbeyan Bench.
16/6/1843: TOL Passport Queanbeyan Bench.
1844: Recommended for a CP
1/2/1845: CP
24/5/1845: Convict Death Register - John Higgins died at Berrima.
D Wong on 20th February, 2019 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1799 (prev. 0000), date of death: 24th May, 1845 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime
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