| Name: | Joseph Willis |
| Aliases: | none |
| Gender: | m |
| Date of Birth: | 6th May, 1787 |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Date of Death: | 30th August, 1855 |
| Age: | 68 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 60 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
| Crime: | Theft~grand larceny |
| Convicted at: | Middlesex Gaol Delivery |
| Sentence term: | 7 years |
| Ship: | Surrey or Surry |
| Departure date: | January, 1814 |
| Arrival date: | 28th July, 1814 |
| Place of arrival | New South Wales |
| Passenger manifest | Travelled with 202 other convicts |
| Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 133 (68) |
| 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. |
D Wong on 18th July, 2013 wrote:
Joseph Willis was 30 years old when indicted, at The Old Bailey, for stealing a sack, value 2s., and 4 bushels of wheat, value 35s., the property of Thomas Jordan and Robert Heath, farmers at Stanwell.
6/10/1809: Married Ann Green, at Langley Marish, Buckinghamshire. They had 1 child, James Born 31/12/1809-Died 31/1/11810.
Joseph settledin Parramatta after he had served his 7 year sentence.
11/7/1820: Married Rosetta/Rose Murphy (Janus 1820) and they had 2 children, Mary 1821-1826 and John Aug/1825-22/11/1896.
Rosetta also had an infant son Thomas when she arrived. Thomas died in 1845
30/8/1855: Joseph died, and is buried at St. Patrick’s Cemetery at Parramatta, along with Rosetta who died in 1862.
D Wong on 18th July, 2013 made the following changes:
date of birth 6th May, 1787, date of death 30th August, 1855, gender, occupation, crime
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