Christopher Spachat

Christopher Spachat, one of 209 convicts transported on the Hindostan, 05 October 1840

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Christopher Spachat
Aliases:	Spachet, Spachett
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1825
Occupation:	Labourer
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 51 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Larceny
Convicted at:	Central Criminal Court
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Hindostan
Departure date:	5th October, 1840
Arrival date:	19th January, 1841
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 208 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 226. Tasmanian Archives - convict records.
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

Nell Murphy on 12th June, 2017 wrote:

Christopher SPACHET was convicted at the CCC, London on 16 Dec 1839 for Larceny - steal from a shop in Whitechapel. Previous conviction. 7yr transportation sentence. Sent to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) per the ‘Hindostan’ arriving 19 Jan 1841.

Aged 16yrs; labourer; single man; 5’; fresh complexion; brown hair; blue eyes.
Place of Birth: Shoreditch, London.

2 yr Probation Period in VDL.
Numerous notes of misconduct on record.
27 June 1845 Ticket of Leave granted but cancelled in 1846.
21 Dec 1846: Certificate of Freedom issued.

(A Christopher Spachett left VDL on 28 Dec 1846 on the ship “John & Charlotte” from Hobart bound for Port Albert, Victoria - but not specified if this same person. ref. CUS36/1/306, although n uncommon name at this time in the Colony. Also a return in 1848 as a steerage passenger Christopher Spachet on the ‘Miranda’ from Port Albert to Hobart - ref. MB2/391/10)

Convict Changes History

Nell Murphy on 12th June, 2017 made the following changes:

source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 226. Tasmanian Archives - convict records. (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 226