William Horton

William Horton, one of 180 convicts transported on the Norfolk, 15 April 1825

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	William Horton
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1804
Occupation:	Bootmaker
Date of Death:	14th October, 1879
Age:	75 years

Life Span

Male median life span was 54 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	House robbery
Convicted at:	Stafford Assizes
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Norfolk
Departure date:	15th April, 1825
Arrival date:	18th August, 1825
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 180 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 259 (131)
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

Susan Zeitunian on 18th January, 2018 wrote:

William Horton was convicted and transported with his brother Henry Horton, who was born about 1806 and received a life sentence.

D Wong on 31st January, 2018 wrote:

Henry Horton (aged 16,) and William Horton (18,) brothers, youths of notorious bad character, were indicted for breaking into the house of Mr. Hemphrey Evett, (the coach-proprietor,) at Handsworth, near Birmingham, and stealing four hams, Etc.

Police officers search the house where the prisoners lived, in Birmingham, and found two hams, ine in a bed-chamber and the other in a tub at the back door. - Guilty of stealing under 40s.
William Horton, sentenced to transportation for 7 years.

Henry Horton was again arraigned, under another indictment, for assaulting Richard Rowe on the King’s Highway, putting him in bodily fear, and stealing from his person two £30 promissory notes, a promissory note 13l.5s., twelve one-pound promissory notes, a pocket book, etc.
Guilty - judgement of death recorded.

(The father of the Hortons is now confined in Warwick gaol, being charged with four different robberies; and the lads themselves are well known offenders.

9/8/1831: COF
27/8/1832: COF renewed.

Convict Changes History

Susan Zeitunian on 18th January, 2018 made the following changes:

date of birth: 1804 (prev. 0000), date of death: 14th October, 1879 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime