Abraham Johnson

Abraham Johnson, one of 208 convicts transported on the Lady Harewood, 24 March 1829

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Abraham Johnson
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

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

Life Span

Male median life span was 60 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Stealing a pig
Convicted at:	Suffolk Quarter Session
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Waterloo
Departure date:	12th March, 1829
Arrival date:	9th July, 1829
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 117 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number H011/7, Page Number 14
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

D Wong on 23rd October, 2017 wrote:

23/7/1828 Bury and Norwich Post Suffolk, England:
SUFFOLK SESSIONS
Abraham Johnson and Thomas Lame, for stealing a pig, the property of Mr. Woolby, of Halesworth, were sentenced to he transported for 7 years.

Abraham Johnson and Thomas Lame were listed as having arrived on the ‘Lady Harewood 1829’ to VDL - however both arrived together on the ‘Waterloo 1829’ to NSW and are on the NSW Convict database.

Abraham John received his TOL in 1833 at Prospect.

Convict Changes History

D Wong on 23rd October, 2017 made the following changes:

voyage, gender: m, occupation, crime