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David Sherborn (D) was transported on the Hilsborough, departing 30th Sep 1798 and arriving 26th Jul 1799 with 300 passengers.
Hilsborough (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 255 (128) The Leeds Intelligencer, Monday, March 20, 1797; pg. 3; Manuscript Diary of William Noah, convict in"Hillsborough" - 'A Voyage to Sydney in New South Wales in 1798 & 1799' per online access State Library of NSW. |
| 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 Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
*** 95 convicts died on the voyage of "Hillsborough" - not "865' - typo!
The Leeds Intelligencer, Monday, March 20, 1797; pg. 3; DAVID SHERBURN or SHERBORN did not arrive in NSW but was one of the 865 convicts who died on the voyage. It seems as his name was on one of the lists for "Barwell" that he might have been intended for that ship, but for some reason fate put him on the death ship "Hillsborough" instead. He had stolen sheep and was tried at york Castle, sentenced on 11 March 1799 and received the death sentence,. Obviously was commuted to life transportation. The Leeds Intelligencer, Monday, March 20, 1797; pg. 3; ” LEEDS, March 20th ” On Saturday sen’night, the assizes for this county were opened at York, by the Hon Sir Giles Rooke, Knight, one of his Majesty’s Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, before whom the following prisoners have taken their trials, viz; Owen Pendergrass, John Clark, [‘BARWELL”] and William Henderson, [‘BARWELL”] for highway robberies; and RIchard Dunn [‘BARWELL”] and David Sherburn, [‘BARWELL”] for sheep stealing, were all found guilty and received sentence of death. " ON BOARD A HULK He was put on the "Lyon" hulk which was at Gosport on the mouth of Portsmouth Harbour and on 22 Nov 1798 was embarked on the Hillsborough. [per diary of Convict William Noah]. Convicts on the hulks at Portsmouth Harbour (“Lion” at Gosport) were employed at Weevil Lines where they were bricklayers, stone masons, & carpenters; and labourers in removing earth, mud and gravel, and forming Glacis ( a bank sloping down from a fort). They could only be employed in fine weather because of the risk of escape in dark foggy weather. [House of Commons Report, convicts in hulks 1797] VOYAGE * 23 December 1798 Hillsborough departed England * late March 1799 it got to Cape Town * 7th March 1799 David Sherburne Died at Cape Town. His last day on earth must have been especially unpleasant since William Noah writes: "Sunday 7th [April]- … no water was served this day but a general noise taking place it was got then late at night. Departed this life David Sherburne." BURIAL Wm Noah made no comment about his mode of burial, however, convicts who had died there in the days beforehand, and the next one after him on 9th April, had their bodies "committed to the depths.".