Simon Mills

Simon Mills, one of 180 convicts transported on the Ocean, August 1817

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Simon Mills
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	-
Occupation:	-
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 54 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Stealing
Convicted at:	Suffolk Assizes
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Ocean
Departure date:	August, 1817
Arrival date:	1st January, 1818
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 180 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 379 (191)
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

Maureen Withey on 14th January, 2021 wrote:

Suffolk Lent Assizes.
— Simon Mills, for stealing 10 geese and 4 turkies, the property of Stephen Clarke, of Pettistree, to be transported for 7 years. —
Bury and Norwich Post, 9 Apr 1817.

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Wednesday, the following convicts were removed from the County and Borough Gaols, in this town:—Daniel Spooner, Simon Mills, Moses Storkey. John Howes, Barnaby Gilson, and James Whitbread, be put on board the hulks at Gosport.
Suffolk Chronicle, 17 May 1817.

Convict Changes History

Maureen Withey on 14th January, 2021 made the following changes:

gender: m, crime