Name: | James Quested |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 22nd April, 1791 |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Date of Death: | 29th October, 1877 |
Age: | 86 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to Life
Crime: | Smuggling |
Convicted at: | Kent Special Session of Gaol Delivery |
Sentence term: | Life |
Ship: | Governor Ready |
Departure date: | 26th March, 1827 |
Arrival date: | 31st July, 1827 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 189 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 125 (64) |
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. |
D Wong on 8th October, 2013 wrote:
James Quested was 36 years old on arrival in VDL.
James was 5’7 1/4” tall, grey eyes, brown hair, small scar on wrist joint left arm.
James was married to Jane Seath on 5/9/1818 and had 5 children, they arrived per Mellish in 1830. James lived at Hawkinge in Kent and had 14 acres of land, formally in the service of Sir J Bridgtes. His trades were, Gentleman’s Servant and a Pit Sawyer.
1830: Assigned to Dr Desailley at Jericho.
1832: Assigned to his wife.
1833: TOL
9/3/1839: CP
James had a very good conduct record with no offences.
29/10/1877: James died at 7 Melville Street, Hobart and is buried at Cornelian Bay Cemetery.
Loz Dee on 8th October, 2013 made the following changes:
firstname James (prev. james), gender, occupation, crime
D Wong on 8th October, 2013 made the following changes:
date of birth 1791, date of death 29th October, 1877
Kerry Couchman Swinnerton on 1st September, 2018 made the following changes:
date of birth: 22nd April, 1791 (prev. 1791)
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