Nicholas Russell

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Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Nicholas Russell
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1788
Occupation:	Stonemason
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 53 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to unknown

Crime:	-
Convicted at:	Ireland, Down
Sentence term:	unknown
Ship:	Guildford
Departure date:	1815
Arrival date:	8th April, 1816
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 225 other convicts

References

Primary source:	http://www.jenwillets.com; Sydney Gazette.
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Community Contributions

Carol Axton-Thompson on 16th February, 2014 wrote:

Nicholas Russell was convicted at Co. Down July 1815.
Aged 28yrs; stonemason.
Native Place: Wicklow, Ireland.

One of the convicts who escaped from the Colony 12/09/1816 having seized the brig ‘Trial’. No trace of them was found despite attempts to trace them. The wreck of the ‘Trial’ was however found. Some were believed to have gone bush or went in a small boat made from the shipwreck.

Maureen Withey on 30th March, 2021 wrote:

Sydney Gazette, 21 Sept 1816.

PRINCIPAL SUPERINTENDANT’S OFFICE,
Sydney, September 14, 1816.
SEVERAL Prisoners having absconded from their Employment during this Week, and particularly the undermentioned, it is hereby directed that every Exertion shall be made on the Part of the Police, as well as the Settlers and Inhabitants of the Colony, to apprehend the Persons referred to, who are suspected of the Piracy of the Brig Trial, on the Night of the 12th Instant.

Nicholas Russell, tried at County Down in July 1815, reports himself to be convicted for 7 years only, 28 years of age, by trade a stonemason, native of Wicklow, 5 feet 11 inches high, stout made, hazle eyes, light brown hair, ruddy complexion, arrived per ship Guilford, Captain Johnstone, and employed as a labourer, at Macquarie Tower.

Convict Changes History

Carol Axton-Thompson on 16th February, 2014 made the following changes:

convicted at, term: years, voyage, source: www.jenwillets.com; Sydney Gazette. (prev. ), firstname: Nicholas, surname: Russell, alias1: , alias2: , alias3: , alias4: , date of birth: 1788, date of death: 0000, gender: m, occupation, crime