Benjamin James

Benjamin James, one of 188 convicts transported on the Recovery, 30 July 1819

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Benjamin James
Aliases:	none
Gender:	-

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	-
Occupation:	-
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Median life span was 57 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	-
Convicted at:	Glamorgan Great Session
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Recovery
Departure date:	30th July, 1819
Arrival date:	18th December, 1819
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 187 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 190
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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Maureen Withey on 6th September, 2020 wrote:

Colonial Secretary Index.

JAMES, Benjamin. Per “Recovery”, 1819.

1819 Dec 30 - On list of convicts disembarked from the “Recovery” and forwarded to Parramatta for distribution (Reel 6007; 4/3501 p.144)

1823 Aug 1 - On lists of prisoners transported to Port Macquarie per “Sally” (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.62, 414-5)

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Absconded.
James Benjamin, Recovery (2), 27, Sailor and Butcher, Swansea, 5 feet 4½, blue eyes, flaxen hair, fresh pale comp. From Mr. J. B. Bettington. A notorious runaway.
NSW Govt Gaz. 4 Apr 1832.