Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Charles Matthews was transported on the Fame, departing 9th Oct 1816 and arriving 8th Mar 1817 with 201 passengers.
Fame (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 281 (142) |
| 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 Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
At the General Quarter Sessions Sessions of the Peace for this City, held on Monday last, the following prisoners were tried : .... Charles Stephens, Charles Matthews, Ann Chattel, and Sarah Arnold, for stealing ... Bristol Mirror, 27 April 1816.
Colonial Secretary index. MATTHEWS, Charles. Per "Fame", 1817. 1817 Mar 14 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Fame" & forwarded to Parramatta for distribution (Reel 6005; 4/3496 p.54) 1823 Apr 30 Affidavit that Robert Harris came with him on the "Fame" (Reel 6028; 4/1690 p.33) -------------------------------------------------- New South Wales, Cumberland, to wit, Benjamin Knutt who arrived by the Shipley (1) , now free, and Charles Matthews, who arrived in the ship Fame, also free, being severally sworn, saith that Robert Harris now here was tried and convicted at Bristol on the 22nd April 1816, and received sentence of Transportation with those Deponents, and Charles Matthews for himself further saith that the said Robert Harris came to this Colony with him in the ship Fame in 1817. Benjamin Knutt, his mark X. Charles Matthews, his mark X. Sworn before me, a Justice of the Peace for the said Territory, dated 30 April 1823.