| Name: | James York |
| Aliases: | none |
| Gender: | m |
| Date of Birth: | 1799 |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Date of Death: | 1863 |
| Age: | 64 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 54 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
| Crime: | Larceny |
| Convicted at: | Lincoln, Parts of Kesteven Quarter Sessions |
| Sentence term: | 7 years |
| Ship: | Chapman |
| Departure date: | 6th April, 1824 |
| Arrival date: | 27th July, 1824 |
| Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
| Passenger manifest | Travelled with 179 other convicts |
| Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 140 |
| 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. |
Geoff York on 6th April, 2014 wrote:
Marriage to Esther. 3 Children 2 Female children 1 born approx 1841 and another 1842. Male child born 30 December 1844 also named James.
D Wong on 6th April, 2014 wrote:
James was transported for “stealing wearing apparel”.
Goal Report: A young rogue who has been going round the Country for some time with others subsisting entirely by depredation.
James was born in Oundle, Northamptonshire, was 24 years old, single, 5’2 1/2” tall, light brown hair, hazel eyes, fishes upper part right arm, ring pricked middle finger same hand, woman on right arm.
There was nothing on his conduct record.
May have married Esther Pettigrew at Avoca in 1841 - 3 children listed.
Geoff York on 6th April, 2014 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1799 (prev. 0000), date of death: 1863 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime
This record was discovered and printed on ConvictRecords.com.au
