Isaac Leach

Isaac Leach, one of 180 convicts transported on the Almorah, April 1817

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Isaac Leach
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	-
Occupation:	-
Date of Death:	3rd March, 1837
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 51 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	-
Convicted at:	Lancaster Quarter Session
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Almorah
Departure date:	April, 1817
Arrival date:	29th August, 1817
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 182 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 339 (171) Tasmanian Archives - convicts The Colonial Times 1830
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

Carol Axton-Thompson on 3rd October, 2012 wrote:

Isaac Leach was convicted 22 Jan 1817 and sentenced to 7 yrs Transportation. ‘Almorah’ and then transferred to van Diemen’s Land on the ‘Pilot’.

Colonial Offences:
09/06/1821: Receiving sundry articles of wearing apparel knowing them to be stolen - acquitted.
29/08/1829: Committed for trial for having in his possession 5yds of Callico, knowing it to be stolen. Also having in his possession a coat.
15/03/1830 Tried and convicted in Hobart, receiving stolen property and sentenced of 14yrs Transportation.
08/05/1830 The Colonial Times reports him to be one of two of the greatest and most notorious receivers in this community!

Ticket of Leave March 1837.

Died at H.M. Colonial Hospital 03/03/1837.

Convict Changes History

Carol Axton-Thompson on 3rd October, 2012 made the following changes:

source, date of death 3rd March, 1837, gender