John Shaw

John Shaw, one of 400 convicts transported on the Moffatt, 04 January 1834

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	John Shaw
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1793
Occupation:	Ploughman
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 61 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Receiving
Convicted at:	Stafford Quarter Session
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Moffatt
Departure date:	4th January, 1834
Arrival date:	9th May, 1834
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 399 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 269 (136)
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.

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Community Contributions

D Wong on 10th February, 2019 wrote:

12/1/1833 Staffordshire Advertiser Staffordshire, England:
John Shaw, for feloniously receiving 6lbs. weight of brass, the property of John Smith, for 7 years.

John Shaw was 41 years old on arrival in VDL, 5’3½” tall, dark complexion, reddish brown hair and whiskers, light blue eyes.
Married, wife Harriet at Newcastle, 2 or 4 children.

Native Place: Pipe Gate, Shropshire.

1840: Free Certificate.

Convict Changes History

D Wong on 10th February, 2019 made the following changes:

date of birth: 1793 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime