Joel Lovell

Life Span

Male median life span was 51 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Highway robbery
Convicted at:	Bristol Sessions of Peace, Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Guildford
Departure date:	August, 1811
Arrival date*:	31st March, 1812
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 195 other convicts

* Arrival date is estimated

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 45(24)
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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D Wong on 4th April, 2017 wrote:

Joel Lovell, William Durham, and James Hall were transported for robbing Mr. Francis Winbou on the highway. All were on board the Guildford.

Colonial Secretary Papers:
LOVELL, Joel. Government artificer

1815 Jul 18: On list of convicts to embark on “Emu” for the Derwent (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.126)

30/7/1815: Arrived VDL. Was then also listed as John Lovell.

7/8/1821: CP

31/5/1838: Died at the Hospital, Hobart - date of burial, institution, listed as an Object of Charity. Listed as 64 years old.

Maureen Withey on 18th February, 2021 wrote:

Tasmanian Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-1$init=CON13-1-1p44
List of Names of male and Female convicts, proceeding to the Derwent in H.M. Colonial Brig Emu. Sydney 17 July 1815.

Listed under heading of “Government Artificers.”
Joel Lovell, carpenter, per Guildford, 1813, Tried at Bristol G.D., 16 Apr 1810, Life.

D Wong on 4th April, 2017 made the following changes:

alias1: John Lovell, date of birth: 1774 (prev. 0000), date of death: 31st May, 1838 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime