Name: | William Shepherd |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1797 |
Occupation: | Farm labourer |
Date of Death: | 1825 |
Age: | 28 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to Life
Crime: | Sheep-stealing |
Convicted at: | Southampton Assizes |
Sentence term: | Life |
Ship: | Chapman |
Departure date: | 6th April, 1824 |
Arrival date: | 27th July, 1824 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 179 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 143 (73) |
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. |
Penny-Lyn Beale on 5th July, 2021 wrote:
Alphabetical Registers of Male Convicts. (CON23)
No; 625
Height; 5 Ft 5 1/2 IN
Hair; D. Brown
Eyes; Brown
Age; 27 [1797]
Trade; Farm Lab
Trial; Southampton - 8 July 1823 - Life
Ship; Chapman
Native Place; Little Sunburn near Safford
Remarks; Rather deaf
Conduct Record;-
No; 625.
Trial; 8 July 1823 - Life
Transported for stealing sheep from Wm Lane
Wife & 2 children at Little ? near Stafford.
Burials in the Parish of St David’s in the County of Buckingham the Year 1825
No; 1009
Name; William Sheppard [William Shephard]
When Died; 1825, 8 July
When buried; 1825, 12 July
Age; 40 years ** as per register **
Ship’s Name; Chapman
Quality or profession. Convict -
By Whom Ceremony was preformed; Wm. Bedford
Penny-Lyn Beale on 5th July, 2021 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1797 (prev. 0000), date of death: 1825 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime
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