Name: | Henry Selwyn |
Aliases: | Selwin |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 19th May, 1811 |
Occupation: | Farm labourer |
Date of Death: | 4th November, 1885 |
Age: | 74 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Horse theft |
Convicted at: | Gloucester Assizes |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Manlius |
Departure date: | 16th July, 1828 |
Arrival date: | 9th November, 1828 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 175 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 445 (224) |
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 5th April, 2019 wrote:
24/1/1828 Cheltenham Chronicle
Cheltenham Chronicle Gloucestershire, England:
Henry Selwyn, by R. F. Onslow, Clerk, and O Ricardo. Esq. charged with stealing a ass, the property of F. Hatton, of Okenhall.
Henry was listed as 15 years old on arrival.
Place of Birth: Newent, Gloucestershire.
Henry was 4’10” tall, brown hair, grey eyes, a man and woman CJWS moon and 7 stars, Apl 2 1828 inside right arm, heart and darts, laurel, mermaid, fish SSWS and sun inside left arm, a horizontal diamond between finger and thumb left hand, ring pricked on mid finger same hand.
1830-32 Musters: Assigned to Mr. Wm. Harris.
1833: TOL
28/4/1834: Married Ann Mary Bramer at the New Church Trinity Parish, Clarence Plains.
Children:
15/5/1836: Benjamin Selwin - Henry listed as a farmer at Clarence.
6/9/1839: Thomas - Henry listed as a labourer at Clarence.
2/4/1835: Free by Servitude.
4/11/1885: Henry died at the Kyneton Hospital, Kyneton, Victoria - of Cancer of the stomach and pneumonia. Age on death certificate: 78 years.
Buried on the 6/11/1885 at Kyneton Cemetery.
Parents listed as Benjamin and Sarah.
Anne Mary Selwyn died 6/5/1845, aged 28, accidently burned.
Also found a death for William Selwin, aged 3 years on the same date as above, at Clarence Plains - farmer’s child.
Russ Gloster on 4th April, 2019 made the following changes:
date of birth: 19th May, 1811 (prev. 0000), date of death: 4th November, 1885 (prev. 0000)
D Wong on 5th April, 2019 made the following changes:
alias1: Selwin, gender: m, occupation, crime
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