William Jerrett

William Jerrett, one of 300 convicts transported on the Coromandel, 27 October 1819

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	William Jerrett
Aliases:	none
Gender:	-

Birth, Occupation & Death

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

Life Span

Median life span was 58 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Sheep-stealing
Convicted at:	Wilts. Assizes
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Coromandel
Departure date:	27th October, 1819
Arrival date:	5th April, 1820
Place of arrival	New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 298 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 260
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

Maureen Withey on 9th May, 2019 wrote:

William Jerrett, for stealing sheep, the property of Charles Miles, Damerham;
Hampshire Chronicle, 2 Aug 1819

Wiltshire Assizes …. Wm. Jerrett, and James Scarlett, for sheep-stealing. All the above prisoners, excepting the first two, Watkins and Webb, have been reprieved.
Oxford University and City Herald, 7 Aug 1819

Maureen Withey on 9th May, 2019 wrote:

HO 9-9-1 Records of Laurel, Hardy and York Hulks, in Portsmouth Harbour, 1805-1831,
p 51. (Laurel)
Recd from New Sarum, 23 Sept 1819 (12 prisoners)
Wm. Jerrett, age 22, convicted at New Sarum of a felony 24 July 1819, sentenced to transportation for life. 21 Oct 1819, NSW.

Convict Changes History

Maureen Withey on 9th May, 2019 made the following changes:

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