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Transportation
Richard Sowden was transported on the Isabella, departing 3rd Apr 1818 and arriving 14th Sep 1818 with 234 passengers.
The Isabella was built in London in 1818. She was owned by William Wiseman, Patrick Chalmers and James Wallace. The Isabella transported convicts to Australia in 1818 (NSW), 1822 (NSW), 1823 (NSW), 1832 (NSW), 1833 (VDL) and 1842 (VDL).
Isabella (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 11 (7) |
| 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
26/1/1815 Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette Somerset, England: Wm. C. Steward, John Goodson, K. Thompson, G. Sherborne, Richard Sowden, J. Sheppard, John Northcote, and Thos. Vowles, for various of theft, were sentenced to be transported for seven for years. Richard Sowden was 22 years old on arrival in NSW. 25/9/1823 Sydney Gazette: Richard Sowden and Charles Fleming were found Guilty of stealing in the dwelling-house of Mr. Joseph Underwood-7 years transportation. 15/8/1829: Was at Port Macquarie - Then tried in Sydney for theft and sentenced to 150 lashes. 11/4/1831: Permission to marry Mary Ann Ramsden (Roslin Castle 1830) - she was 25 and he was 35 and free. No children found. 11/4/1838 The Sydney Monitor: Law Intellligence. QUARTER SESSIONS. MONDAY, APRIL 9. Richard Sowden, and Mary Ann his wife, arrived here free, were indicted for stealing four one-pound notes, and other articles, the property of Francis Begge. The prosecutor meeting the prisoners in a Public-house in York-street, invited him home to their house to take tea. He complied, and went home with, them. After tea he lay down to sleep, and was awakened by feeling the prisoner's hands about his pockets. On leaving the house he missed the property in question. He gave information to the Police; the house was searched and a pair of spectacles, the property of the prosecutor, was found; some remains of receipts, which had been folded with the notes, were also found in a washing-tub, and certain memoranda out side the house.-Guilty. 'The man was sentenced for three years to an ironed gang, and the woman twelve months to the factory, every alternate week to be spent in solitary confinement. 7/8/1844 Morning Chronicle, Sydney: Sydney Quarter Sessions Richard Sowden, assault; 2 months' confinement in Sydney gaol. 16/11/1853 Empire, Sydney: Richard Sowden pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a chair, the property of H. D. Cockburn. Remanded for sentence. Twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labour, in Sydney Gaol. No date of death found.