Name: | Morris Long |
Aliases: | Mauris Long |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1810 |
Occupation: | Coachman |
Date of Death: | 1854 |
Age: | 44 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 14 years
Crime: | - |
Convicted at: | Herts Assizes |
Sentence term: | 14 years |
Ship: | Heroine |
Departure date: | 6th May, 1833 |
Arrival date: | 19th September, 1833 |
Place of arrival | New South Wales |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 259 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 100. Tasmanian Archives - convicts. |
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. |
Carol Axton-Thompson on 13th January, 2014 wrote:
Morris/Maurice Long was convicted at Herts on 18/07/1832. 14 yr sentence. Transported to Sydney,New South Wales on the ‘Heroine’, arriving Sept 1833.
1836: 75 lashes, harboring strangers.
1836: 75 lashes, neglect.
1837: 12mths irons, robbery.
1840: 50 lashes, absconding.
1841: 50 lashes, disob of orders
01/03/1842: Tried at Maitland, NSW for Robbery. Sentence to 15yrs at a Penal Settlement.
Carol Axton-Thompson on 13th January, 2014 wrote:
Native place of birth given as London.
1842 following conviction at Maitland, Morris Long was transferred to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) on the Sir John Byng, arriving 28/10/1843.
3 and half years Probation - sent to Port Arthur Penal settlement.
29/11/1845: removed from Port Arthur to Bridgewater.
21/08/1849: Ticket of Leave
11/01/1853: Conditional Pardon
1853: married Catherine Conway (transported per ‘Blackfriar’ 1851). Ref. 561/1851-37.
Note on the record of Catherine Conway that Morris died 1854 and she remarried - to Thomas Poole.
Carol Axton-Thompson on 13th January, 2014 made the following changes:
source, alias1, date of birth 1810, gender, occupation
Carol Axton-Thompson on 13th January, 2014 made the following changes:
date of death 1854
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