Joseph Scott

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Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Joseph Scott
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1792
Occupation:	Soldier
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 56 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Desertion from army
Convicted at:	-
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Patriot
Departure date:	19th November, 1837
Arrival date:	1st February, 1838
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 14 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Convict Printed Indentures (1838)
Source description:

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Community Contributions

Wendy Smith on 18th May, 2020 wrote:

The Patriot Convict Indentures state that Joseph Scott was 46 years old. He could read and write; religion Protestant; status single and a native of Brigham, County Cumberland. His trade was linen weaver and soldier in 41 Regiment. He was convicted of desertion at Bellary, South India on 1 March 1837 and convicted to 7 years transportation. He had prior convictions for which he served 6 weeks and 300 lashes. Physical attributes - Height 5 feet 6 inches; complexion dark sallow; hair brown mixed with grey and eyes hazel.
Transport number: 2. Prisoner number 38-199.
Received Certificate of Freedom in 1847 (number 47/490). Hand written comment a bit faded.

Convict Changes History

Wendy Smith on 18th May, 2020 made the following changes:

convicted at, term: 7 years, voyage, source: Australian Convict Printed Indentures (1838) (prev. ), firstname: Joseph, surname: Scott, alias1: , alias2: , alias3: , alias4: , date of birth: 1792, date of death: 0000, gender: m, occupation, crime