Name: | James Key |
Aliases: | Keys |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1805 |
Occupation: | Ploughman and shepherd |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 56 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Breaking and entering and stealing |
Convicted at: | Northampton Assizes |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Surrey or Surry |
Departure date: | 15th July, 1831 |
Arrival date: | 26th November, 1831 |
Place of arrival | New South Wales |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 200 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 135 (70) |
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. |
D Wong on 29th February, 2020 wrote:
Northampton Mercury Northamptonshire, England
24 Jul 1830:
CROWN COURT
Isaac Peach, aged 23, and James Key, 23, charged with breaking into the mill of Joseph Dickins, of Kilsby, and stealing therefrom some flour and sacks.__Seven Years’ Transportation.
Isaac Peach arrived NSW per ‘Georgiana’ 1831.
James Key was listed as 25 years old on arrival.
Native Place: Northampton.
James could read, was protestant, married with 1 male and 2 female children, he was 5’11¾” tall, ruddy complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes, small scar over left eye, dark mark outside on upper part right arm.
Assigned to William G. Cann at Patrick Plains on arrival.
D Wong on 29th February, 2020 made the following changes:
alias1: Keys, date of birth: 1805 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime
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