Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Joseph White was transported on the Surrey Or Surry, departing 2nd Oct 1822 and arriving 4th Mar 1823 with 161 passengers.
Built at Harwich in 1811 a square-rigged transport ship of 443 tons and copper lined she had two decks with a height between decks of 5 ft. 8 ins. In 1818, she had a major refit increasing the decks (and convict carrying capacity) to three. She was owned by the London firm of F. & C.F. Mangles.
Surrey Or Surry (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 225 (113) |
| 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
1862. Noted in the Liverpool Asylum Register for the Infirm & Destitute Name; Joseph White Age; 70 [looks like] Ship; Surrey / 23 Free by Servitude. Died; 3 October 1862 ** All details per the Register FIND A GRAVE Joseph White Birth; 1792 Death; 31 Oct 1862 (aged 69–70) Burial; Liverpool Pioneer Memorial Park Liverpool, Liverpool City, New South Wales, Australia Memorial ID; 274940707 Place of Death: ASY., Address: LIVERPOOL ASYLUM Gravesite Details Age: 70, Interment date: 1 Nov 1862
At our Sessions, Thursday last, holden before …… Magistrates, … Joseph White (a well known impostor, pretending to have lost an arm), was sentenced to seven years transportation, for having stolen for having stolen coat, the property of Mr Charles Curtis, which was hung out for sale at his door last fair. Immediately after the sentence was pronounced, the prisoner used the used the most opprobrious language to the Recorder, Mayor, and Magistrates. Hampshire Chronicle, 16 Sep 1822
New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867 Offence; NOT LISTED Ticket of Leave Date: 28 DECEMBER 1830 No: 30/892 Native Place: KIDDERMINSTER Date Of Trial: 12 SEPTEMBER 1822 Complexion: RUDDY, POCK MARKED AND FRECKLED Height; 6 FT 3 INCHES WITH OUT SHOES Hair: DARK SANDY Eyes; DARK HAZEL GENERAL REMARKS; WAS SENTENCED TO TRANSPORTATION FOR 3 YEARS TO A PENAL SETTLEMENT BY THE BENCH OF MAGISTRATES AT PATTERSONS PLAINS 29 MARCH 1827 FOR ATTEMPTING TO DROWN A CONSTABLE WHILE IN THE EXECUTION FO HIS DUTY, WHICH SENTENCE THE GOVENOR HAD BEEN PLEASE TO CONVICT