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Voyage
Transportation
Jacob Mayell was transported on the Sir William Bensley, departing 9th Oct 1816 and arriving 10th Mar 1817 with 201 passengers.
Sir William Bensley (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 299 (151) |
| 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
Place of origin: Birmingham, Warwickshire To V.D.L. per Ship: Elizabeth Henrietta No; 403 1821 - Port Dalrymple Population Muster, 1821. On stores 1825 - 18 June 1825. Absent from muster - Reprimanded 1825 - 2 July. Keeping a disorderly house & suffering card playing there-in - fined 20 dollars 1825 - 22 September 1825. Harboring a convict, Reprimanded 1825 - 26 November 1825. Keeping a disorderly house & refusing to open the door to the night watch 1826 - 5 July 1826. Being absent from muster & divine service. 1826 - 26 August. 1826. Felony. Receiving & having in procession a quality of silver jewelry & paper money also a quality of jewelry. Committed for Trial. Colonial Times and Tasmanian Advertiser Fri 16 Feb 1827. Page 1 . Supreme Court. RIMINAL SIDE, LAUNCESTON. Tuesday, Jan. 30.—The trial of James Holman, Maria Fitzgerald, Joseph Bonney, Jacob Mayell, John Barber, Robert Grew, William Coombes, and Richard Naylor, which we noticed as having commenced, in our Paper the week before last, occupied the whole of this day; which closed the case of the prosecution. Wednesday.—As soon as the Court had sat, the prisoners above-named severally entered on their defence, with the exception of Coombes and Barber, there being no evidence which affected them. His Honor the Chief Justice Pedd er summed up the evidence; when the Jury, after a consultation for nearly an hour, acquitted Holman, Coombes, Barber, and Naylor. The prisoners, Maria Fitzgerald and Robert Grew were found guilty of stealing, but not in a dwelling-house; Joseph Bonney and Jacob Mayell guilty of receiving the said stolen property, which was £715 in cash, the property of Serjeant Macdonald, of the 40th Regiment. Robert Grew and Maria Fitzgerald were immediately sentenced to be severally transported, as principals, for 7 years; and Mayell and Bonney, as receivers, for 14 years. 1827 - 31 January 1827. Sentenced; 14 years 1833 - Australia Convict Musters, Tasmania. Hannah Mayall per Ship; Janus. No; 19. Married to Jacob Mayall. 1832 - Australia Convict Musters, Tasmania. Hannah Mayall per Ship; Janus. No; 19. Married to Jacob Mayall. 1835 - Australia Convict Musters, Tasmania. Hannah Mayall per Ship; Janus. No; 19. Assigned to her Husband. 1836 - Burials in the Parish of Trinity Name; Jacob Mayol. Burial; 2 August 1836 Abode; Launceston Age; 36 years. ** Age as per Register ** Ship; No details Status; Convict. Ticket of Leave
At Shrewsbury there were thirty-three prisoners for trial, of whom, … Mayell , for uttering forged notes, and ... were sentenced to fourteen years, ... Hereford Journal, 27 March 1816.