James Jarratt

Summary

Born
Jan 1810
Conviction
Sheep-stealing
Departure
Nov 1832
Arrival
Mar 1833
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: James Jarratt
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1810
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Convicted at: Oxford Assizes
Sentence term: Life

Voyage

Departed: 13th Nov 1832
Ship: Andromeda
Arrival: 11th Mar 1833
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

James Jarratt was transported on the Andromeda, departing 13th Nov 1832 and arriving 11th Mar 1833 with 189 passengers.

Also, same day, from Cork, whence she sailed May 25th, the ship Andromeda, 401 tons, Benjamin Gales master, with 173 female prisoners; Henry Kelsawl, Esq., Surgeon-superintendant. Passengers — Fourteen free females, viz. Mary Manning, Martha Morron, Margaret Mahon, Margaret Sheedy, Mary Ann Nixon alias Welsh, Catherine Kiernan, Mary Cassock, Catherine Stanton, Johanna Neville, Mary Lyons alias Hynes, Maria Moran, Catherine O'Donnel, Margaret Kennedy, and Mary Sullivan, and twenty-six children; also twenty-three children belonging to the prisoners. Sydney Monitor, 20 Sept 1834.

AndromedaAndromeda (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 457 (229)
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 24th January 2026

James Jarratt and John Jarratt, charged with having, on the 14th of July instant, feloniously  killed a sheep, the property …..., with intent to steal the carcase,  … Windsor and Eton Express, 21 July 1832.  On Tuesday last, Benjamin Gearing, James Jarratt, and John Jarratt, were removed from our county gaol, to the hulks at Portsmouth, pursuant to their sentences of transportation, Gearing for seven years, and the two Jarratts for life. Oxford University and City Herald, 28 July 1832. ------------------------------------------------------------- National Archives. HO-9-9_5 page 18/52. York Hulk Records, Portsmouth. Received: Oxford, 24 July 1832. Jno Jarratt, age 62, Sheep Stg, Tried Oxford, 18 July 1832, Life, Died 12 Mar 1833. Jas. Jarratt, age 22, Sheep Stg, Tried Oxford, 18 July 1832, Life, NSW 8 Nov 1832.