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Transportation
Wright Morris 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 295 (149) |
| 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
Absconded Prisoners. 2. Wright Morris, Sir Wm. Bensley, 32, Lancashire, 5 feet 8 and 3 quarter inches high, hazle eyes, brown hair, ruddy comp. Byron's Gang. Sydney Gazette, 6 Nov 1823. ----------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. MORRIS, Wright. Per "Sir William Bensley", 1817. 1819 Oct 22 - On list of prisoners sent to Newcastle per "Princess Charlotte" (Reel 6006; 4/3500 p.319) 1821 Nov 30 - On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per "Elizabeth Henrietta" (Reel 6008; 4/3504A p.109) 1824 Jan 12 - On lists of prisoners transported to Port Macquarie per "Sally" (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.103, 460-1)
HO-9-7-1 p 22/47.Hulk Report Record for Hulk Retribution at Sheerness. Received 16 June 1816. Wright Morris, age 28, Cap. Respite, tried at Lancaster, 23 March 1816, sentence, NSW Life, Transpd. 11 Sept 1816.
Lancaster Assizes. Wright Morris, for a burglary in the house of Ralph Peters, Esq. at Ince, within Mackersfield. Lancashire Gazette, 23 March 1816. Lancashire Assizes. The Judge passed...sentence of Death upon the prisoners capitally convicted, as follow: … Wright Morrri (28) ... for burglary, … The Judge was pleased to reprieve the whole of those prisoners condemned, with the exception of Michael Henshaw, for maliciously shooting, and John Jones, for forgery. Lancashire Gazette, 13 April 1816.