James Williams

James Williams, one of 280 convicts transported on the Aboukir, 24 December 1851

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	James Williams
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1828
Occupation:	Sailor
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 10 years

Crime:	Malicious wounding
Convicted at:	Somerset Assizes at Wells
Sentence term:	10 years
Ship:	Aboukir
Departure date:	24th December, 1851
Arrival date:	20th February, 1852
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land and Norfolk Island. [These convicts appear to have all landed in Van Diemen's Land]
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 279 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 311 (158)
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

Rhonda Cole on 11th February, 2021 wrote:

Info from original UK Gaol record, now in Australia. Return is from Pentonville Prison, dated 2 Jan 1850 when age given as 21.
Tried with Thos. Matthews, same ship, qv, 4 Aug 1848, “Sailor”.
Maliciously wounding with a stone.
Incarcerated Wilton County Gaol; Millbank; Pentonville; “York” [hulk] thence to VDL
Conduct Millbank, Pentonville, York hulk “good”.
“Once prevs imprisoned for drunkenness”.
Next of kin is given as “Jas Williams [presumably father?] Printer, 2 Wyld Court Wyld Street Drury Lane”.

Convict Changes History

Rhonda Cole on 11th February, 2021 made the following changes:

date of birth: 1828 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime