Swing Rioters Beneath the Southern Cross

Agricultural labourers transported to Australia after the 1830s rural riots

Pre-transportation History

358: RICHARDSON, Isaac
Born: about 1804Died: 1873
Family Relationships: Brother, No. 359
Group:Home Counties ( Essex, Herts, Kent, Sussex)
Where tried : Kent CountyNative Place: Babington, Somerset
Occupation: Watchmaker
Crime: Robbery (i.e. Receiving)Sentence: Life
Prior Offences: 0*Hulk: ?
Order of Loading: 459Transport: Lord Lyndoch, to Van Diemens Land

Post-transportation History

*Police Number: R0760
Times charged: 0Times punished: 0
Granted Ticket of Leave: 14 Nov 1838Date of Pardon: 01 Jul 1842
Type of Pardon: Conditional pardon
Post-sentence History: Van Diemens Land resident
Marriages: England, 1827
Place of Death: Tasmania
More Information: See also Chapter 4

Notes:

*Hulk Numbers
Four figure numbers refer to the York Hulk, others, the Leviathan.  No number means either unknown or not held in a hulk
*Police Number
This is shown when known.  In Van Diemens Land the initial letter was the first letter of the convicts surname.

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