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Merchantman 1864

Convicts on the transport ship Merchantman - 1864
Convicts embarked – 260

Convicts who died on the voyage – 2
Convicts relanded before leaving English waters - 1
Sailed from Portland, England – 1 July 1864

Arrived in Fremantle, Swan River Colony – 12 September 1864
NAME STATUS CRIME COURT DATE SENTENCE
Akers, Samuel? Convict Stealing a horse & gig King's Lynn 16 April 1863 10 years
Anderson, Thomas? Convict Highway robbery with violence Merioneth 14 March 1863 8 years
Annett, Mark? Convict House breaking Maidstone 8 January 1863 12 years
Ashman, Richard William? Convict Pick pocket Usk 24 March 1863 10 years
Atkins, William? Convict Larceny Clerkenwell 18 August 1862 15 years
Atkins, William? Convict Pick pocket & receiving stolen goods Clerkenwell 6 October 1862 14 years
Backer, Thomas? Convict Burglary Cardigan 2 March 1863 10 years
Bagshaw, John? Convict Stealing Nether Knutsford 17 February 1863 10 years
Baker, Thomas? Convict Firing stacks Oxford 2 March 1863 8 years
Ball, Charles George? Convict Burglary Gloucester 15 December 1862 10 years
Ballman, George John? Convict Pick pocket Manchester 5 January 1863 10 years
Barber, James? Convict Firing a stack Oxford 2 March 1863 8 years
Barker, William? Convict Robbery & violence Shrewsbury 21 March 1863 10 years
Barry, James? Convict Larceny of fixtures Middlesex 5 January 1863 7 years
Baxter, Charles William? Convict Pick pocket Birmingham 8 October 1862 10 years
Beard, David? Convict Stealing a shirt Bedfordshire 6 January 1863 10 years
Belsey, John Edward? Convict Shooting with intent Sussex 24 March 1862 10 years
Biggs, Joseph? Convict Night poaching & shooting Chesterton 19 March 1863 15 years
Blackburn, George? Convict Burglary Central Criminal Court 6 April 1863 10 years
Bonner, William? Convict Pick pocket Middlesex 26 October 1862 7 years
Boughton, William? Convict Firing stacks Oxford 2 March 1863 8 years
Brady, Michael? Convict Insubordination Malta - Court Martial 22 December 1862 15 years
Bransby, Edward? Convict Pick pocket Spalding 8 January 1863 20 years
Brassil, Cornelius? Convict Robbery with violence Chester 11 December 1862 12 years
Brittain, George? Convict Robbery with violence Yorkshire 10 December 1862 10 years
Brook, Benjamin? Convict Larceny Pontefract 6 April 1863 7 years
Brooksbank, Oliver? Convict Rape Yorkshire 10 December 1862 10 years
Brown, John? Convict Robbery Middlesex 15 December 1862 10 years
Brown, John? Convict Larceny Kirkdale 20 January 1863 10 years
Brown, Thomas? Convict Larceny Pontefract 6 April 1863 7 years
Brown, William? Convict Arson of barn & stacks Hertford 15 July 1862 20 years
Bull, Charles? Convict Firing stacks Oxford 2 March 1863 8 years
Buncher, George? Convict Forging bank notes Central Criminal Court 5 January 1863 25 years
Burkett, George? Convict Wounding with intent Maidstone 2 December 1861 Life
Burnett, William? Convict Forgery & uttering bank notes Central Criminal Court 5 January 1863 20 years
Cahill, Patrick? Convict Firing into a store room Colombo - Court Martial 11 September 1862 Life
Cameron, Carlo? Convict Robbery with violence Warwick 23 March 1863 10 years
Carmody, John? Convict Larceny Maidstone 4 July 1861 7 years
Carter, Henry? Convict Pick pocket Middlesex 9 March 1863 7 years
Casey, John? Convict Stealing 15 December 1862 7 years
Cassidy, Andrew? Convict Assault & robbery Glasgow 25 April 1861 10 years
Chirden, James? Convict Arson Welshpool 29 March 1863 10 years
Clapson, James? Convict Burglary Sussex 23 March 1863 10 years
Clarke, Henry? Convict Rape Yorkshire 10 December 1862 7 years
Clift, Frederick Clayton? Convict Being at large before the expiry of his sentence Central Criminal Court 15 December 1862 15 years
Cochrane, Patrick? Convict Pick pocket Middlesex .. November 1862 10 years
Collins, James? Convict Desertion London - Court Martial 5 September 1862 10 years
Collins, James? Convict Firing a stack Hertford 4 March 1863 8 years
Connor, Daniel? Convict Assault with intent to rob Liverpool .. March 1863 10 years
Cooper, Dudley? Convict Receiving stolen property Middlesex 9 February 1863 14 years
Cooper, Henry? Convict Robbery with violence Warwick 1 December 1862 10 years
Crerar, Donald? Convict House breaking Perth, Scotland 21 April 1863 10 years
Cunningham, Edward? Convict Robbery Middlesex 1 December 1862 10 years
Davis, John? Convict Burglary Gloucester 15 December 1862 10 years
Davis, William? Convict Receiving stolen goods Middlesex 9 February 1863 10 years
Dickson, John? Convict House breaking Northampton 7 January 1863 7 years
Dixon, John? Convict Manslaughter Newcastle-on-Tyne 29 November 1862 10 years
Donnelly, William? Convict Robbery Glasgow 22 December 1862 10 years
Dore, William? Convict Robbery with violence Taunton 18 December 1862 7 years
Dougherty, James? Convict Pick pocket Liverpool 7 January 1863 7 years
Drabble, Joseph? Convict Accessory to house breaking Yorkshire 10 December 1862 12 years
Edwards, James? Convict Receiving stolen goods Middlesex 21 July 1862 8 years
Edwards, John? Convict Burglary Liverpool 14 August 1862 10 years
Ella, Wilson? Convict Grievous bodily harm York 12 July 1862 10 years
Ennis, Michael? Convict Larceny Middlesex 7 January 1863 10 years
Entwisle, John? Convict Rape Monmouth 30 March 1863 12 years
Evans, Evan Daniel? Convict Arson Mold 28 March 1861 10 years
Evans, Jesse? Convict Arson Taunton 18 December 1862 8 years
Evans, John? Convict Burglary Monmouthshire 26 March 1851 Life
Evans, John? Convict Firing stacks Oxford 2 March 1863 8 years
Eyer, John? Convict House breaking Maidstone 8 January 1863 7 years
Eyre, Thomas? Convict Rape Yorkshire 10 December 1862 10 years
Fallows, Edward? Convict Rape Liverpool 8 August 1857
Fenn, Francis? Convict House breaking Maidstone 22 October 1857 15 years
Ferguson, Charles? Convict House breaking Maidstone 8 January 1863 10 years
Ferguson, John? Convict House breaking Glasgow 25 April 1863 15 years
Flood, George? Convict Larceny Liverpool 25 May 1863 7 years
Forsyth, George? Convict Receiving stolen goods Newcastle-on-Tyne 26 February 1863 7 years
Franklin, John? Convict Pick pocket & receiving stolen goods Middlesex 6 October 1862 14 years
Fraser, George? Convict Forgery Madras - Court Martial 4 July 1862 7 years
Frazier, James? Convict Robbery Agra 16 July 1862 7 years
Fry, James? Convict House breaking Bridgemore 15 October 1860 14 years
Galate, Serafine? Convict Manslaughter Central Criminal Court 2 February 1863 8 years
Garner, John? Convict Manslaughter Lincoln 12 March 1863 Life
Gay, Stephen? Convict Burglary Gloucester 15 December 1862 10 years
Gibbons, Patrick? Convict Desertion & striking a superior officer Benares - Court Martial 18 July 1862 14 years
Gilbert, George? Convict Larceny Petworth 9 April 1863 8 years
Godwin, Joseph? Convict Larceny Middlesex 8 April 1863 10 years
Grant, John? Convict Arson Oakham 26 February 1863 7 years
Greenhow, William? Convict Larceny Appleby 4 July 1862 7 years
Gregory, Barnard? Convict Burglary 11 May 1857 14 years
Grey, James? Convict Larceny Middlesex 9 March 1863 10 years
Grierson, Gilbert? Convict Pick pocket Liverpool 7 January 1863 14 years
Griffiths, George? Convict Pick pocket Liverpool 7 January 1863 14 years
Griffiths, Henry? Convict Grievous bodily harm Warwick 23 March 1863 14 years
Griffiths, James? Convict Uttering a forged bank note Central Criminal Court 5 January 1863 Life
Hadden, David? Convict House breaking Perth, Scotland 21 April 1863 15 years
Hall, James? Convict House breaking Northallerton 6 January 1863 7 years
Hands, John? Convict Receiving stolen goods Birmingham 1 April 1863 7 years
Haphey, John? Convict Robbery with violence Central Criminal Court 5 January 1863 15 years
Harding, Henry? Convict Stealing Middlesex 9 February 1863 10 years
Harper, Martin? Convict Larceny Maidstone 8 January 1863 10 years
Hassock, Donald? Convict Rape Perth, Scotland 12 October 1858 21 years
Haybittle, Alfred? Convict Larceny Maidstone 5 March 1863 6 years
Hearne, Henry? Convict House breaking & receiving stolen goods Middlesex 5 January 1863 10 years
Hemming, William? Convict House breaking Birmingham 31 March 1862 5 years
Hicks, John? Convict Pick pocket Liverpool 7 January 1863 10 years
Hill, Thomas? Convict Arson Yorkshire 10 December 1862 15 years
Hodgson, John? Convict Larceny Liverpool 18 March 1863 7 years
Holt, John? Convict Pick pocket Central Criminal Court 24 November 1862 10 years
Horseby, Charles? Convict Larceny Shrewsbury 5 January 1863 10 years
Hughes, George? Convict Larceny Wakefield 6 January 1863 7 years
Hughes, John? Convict Burglary Northampton 28 February 1863 10 years
Hughes, William? Convict Culpable homicide of his wife Edinburgh 10 February 1862 Life
Hurley, James? Convict Robbery with violence Central Criminal Court 5 January 1863 10 years
Jackson, Henry? Convict Larceny Middlesex 23 February 1862 10 years
Jarrett, Thomas? Convict Pick pocket Middlesex 9 February 1863 10 years
Jenkins, John? Convict Robbery Central Criminal Court 2 February 1863 10 years
Johnson, Henry? Convict Assault with intent to rob Central Criminal Court 15 December 1862 15 years
Johnson, Robert? Convict Shop & warehouse breaking Durham 3 March 1863 10 years
Johnson, Thomas? Convict Rape Liverpool 21 March 1863 20 years
Johnson, William? Convict Larceny Middlesex 9 February 1863 10 years
Johnson, William? Convict Burglary Appleby 19 February 1862 8 years
Johnston, William? Convict Larceny Preston 20 May 1863 10 years
Jones, Charles? Convict Grievous bodily harm Devizes 27 March 1863 10 years
Jones, David? Convict Firing a stack Maidstone 2 December 1861 14 years
Jones, George? Convict Larceny Middlesex 9 February 1863 10 years
Jones, Joseph? Convict Firing a stack Maidstone 29 November 1862 10 years
Jones, Joseph? Convict Highway robbery with violence Exeter 13 December 1862 10 years
Jones, Robert? Convict Receiving stolen property Liverpool 7 January 1863 10 years
Jones, William? Convict Robbery Middlesex 20 October 1862 10 years
Kelly, Patrick? Convict Theft Edinburgh 12 January 1863 8 years
Kembell, Charles? Convict Burglary Central Criminal Court 24 November 1862 15 years
Knapton, Edward? Convict Robbery Central Criminal Court 6 April 1863 10 years
Larmour, William? Convict Arson Madras 20 August 1862 14 years
Lee, William? Convict Burglary 2 March 1863 10 years
Leeson, Henry? Convict Breaking & entering Liverpool 13 April 1863 10 years
Lennon, Henry? Convict Wounding Chester 11 December 1862 15 years
Lennon, John? Convict Receiving stolen goods Liverpool 30 October 1862 7 years
Leonard, Thomas? Convict Burglary Central Criminal Court 2 February 1863 10 years
Lockyer, Henry George? Convict Larceny & receiving stolen goods Middlesex 23 April 1862 10 years
Longstaff, Benjamin? Convict Manslaughter Liverpool 21 March 1863 10 years
Lowe, John? Convict Possession of a coin mould Central Criminal Court 5 January 1863 10 years
Lundy, Michael? Convict Manslaughter Warwick 26 March 1863 14 years
Mack, Joseph? Convict Breaking & entering Norwich 6 January 1863 10 years
Maggess, Robert Alex? Convict Uttering counterfeit coins Central Criminal Court 13 August 1860 15 years
Maher, Patrick? Convict Untraced Crime
Marriott, Henry? Convict Grievous bodily harm Lincoln 8 December 1862 20 years
Marsden, Benjamin? Convict Carnal knowledge of a girl under 10 years of age Chester 28 March 1863 15 years
Marshall, David? Convict House breaking Edinburgh 8 December 1862 10 years
Mason, John? Convict Receiving stolen goods Middlesex 9 March 1863 10 years
Matthews, Thomas? Convict Burglary York 7 March 1863 10 years
McClenn, John? Convict Burglary Newcastle-on-Tyne 29 July 1861 10 years
McCue, James? Convict House breaking Maidstone 8 January 1863 7 years
McDonald, John? Convict House breaking Wigan 28 January 1863 10 years
McDonald, John? Convict House breaking Birmingham 30 December 1862 10 years
McGee, Robert? Convict Larceny Northallerton 7 April 1863 10 years
McGinnes, Matthew? Convict House breaking Edinburgh 8 December 1862 15 years
McLaughlan, John? Convict Rape York 10 December 1862 7 years
McPherson, Andrew? Convict House breaking Manchester 11 May 1863 10 years
McQuinn, James? Convict House breaking Leeds 14 October 1862 10 years
McVey, John? Convict House breaking Glasgow 24 April 1863 10 years
Meek, Frederick? Convict Larceny Gloucester 3 July 1862 7 years
Melluish, Nicholas? Convict Firing stacks Guernsey 6 February 1863 10 years
Merchant, William? Convict Insubordination Mean Mear - Court Martial 19 May 1861 14 years
Millington, James? Convict Pick pocket Manchester 6 October 1862 7 years
Montgomery, William? Convict Robbery with violence Newcastle-on-Tyne 29 November 1862 7 years
Moore, George? Convict Grievous bodily harm Dorchester 6 March 1863 10 years
Moore, Henry George? Convict Robbery with violence Derby 18 March 1863 14 years
Morgan, Robert? Convict Wilful murder Gloucester 15 December 1862 Life
Morris, Edward William? Convict Receiving stolen goods Middlesex 10 March 1862 8 years
Morris, John? Convict Larceny Manchester 11 May 1863 7 years
Mount, Henry? Convict House breaking Newington 17 March 1862 10 years
Mullaney, Patrick? Convict Larceny Liverpool 11 March 1862 10 years
Murray, George? Convict Arson Oxford 2 March 1863 8 years
Murray, Henry? Convict Theft & house breaking Ayr 17 April 1863 7 years
Murray, Michael? Convict Robbery with violence Chester 11 December 1862 20 years
Neesham, Thomas? Convict Manslaughter Liverpool 11 December 1860 Life
Newall, William? Convict Larceny Liverpool 13 April 1863 10 years
Norrie, William Robert? Convict Theft Edinburgh 12 January 1863 10 years
O'Donnell, Neil? Convict Manslaughter Liverpool 3 December 1862 Life
O'Rourke, Thomas? Convict Arson untraced trial court 1 December 1862 10 years
Parrott, William? Convict Robbery with violence Chester 28 March 1863 15 years
Paynter, John? Convict Assault & robbery Central Criminal Court 24 November 1862 10 years
Potter, George? Convict Breaking & entering Liverpool 21 March 1863 20 years
Quilkin, Michael? Convict House breaking Northallerton 6 January 1863 12 years
Quinn, Peter? Convict Rape of a girl under 10 years of age Lucknow, India 20 December 1861 7 years
Redwood, John? Convict Assault & robbery Central Criminal Court 24 November 1862 10 years
Regan, Thomas? Convict Larceny Liverpool 5 February 1863 14 years
Reilly, Charles? Convict Arson Madras 20 August 1862 14 years
Richards, Thomas? Convict Pick pocket Central Criminal Court 6 April 1863 10 years
Richardson, Charles? Convict Uttering counterfeit coin Exeter 9 March 1861 10 years
Rider, Patrick? Convict Robbery with violence York 10 December 1862 10 years
Roberts, George? Convict Robbery with violence Central Criminal Court 24 November 1862 20 years
Robinson, Samuel? Convict Robbery with violence Shrewsbury 21 March 1863 10 years
Rogers, David? Convict Wounding Stafford 14 December 1860 10 years
Roney, Daniel? Convict Theft Glasgow 27 April 1863 8 years
Rose, Alfred? Convict Robbery with violence Central Criminal Court 2 March 1863 10 years
Rose, John? Convict Pick pocket Clerkenwell 9 March 1863 10 years
Ross, John? Convict Larceny Liverpool 30 October 1862 10 years
Ryan, John? Convict Larceny & receiving stolen goods Clerkenwell 6 October 1862 7 years
Ryan, Thomas? Convict Possession of counterfeit coin Hertford 22 December 1862 10 years
Saunders, John? Convict Felony Ipswich 9 January 1863 10 years
Scott, James? Convict Theft Perth, Scotland 10 September 1861 10 years
Scott, Walter? Convict House breaking Birmingham 30 December 1862 10 years
Seeligson, Henry? Convict Receiving stolen goods Madras 6 April 1863 10 years
Seymour, George? Convict Larceny Knutsford 9 February 1863 10 years
Sharpe, Aaron? Convict Larceny Bury St Edmonds 12 January 1863 10 years
Sime, Anthony? Convict Theft Glasgow 15 September 1862 8 years
Simpson, Henry? Convict Untraced Crime 30 March 1863 8 years
Simpson, John O.? Convict Burglary Central Criminal Court 6 April 1863 Life
Sinclair, James? Convict Felony Portsmouth 1 January 1857 10 years
Skirving, Thomas? Convict Culpable homicide Edinburgh 16 March 1863 Life
Smith, John? Convict House breaking Wells 7 April 1863 10 years
Smith, Mark? Convict Theft Edinburgh 12 January 1863 8 years
Smith, Thomas? Convict Burglary Oakham 26 February 1863 10 years
Smith, Thomas? Convict Rape York 10 December 1862 10 years
Smith, William? Convict House breaking Central Criminal Court 6 April 1863 10 years
Snoxall, Jesse? Convict Burglary Bedford 13 March 1863 10 years
Stuart, William? Convict Attempted murder Cardiff 23 December 1862 Life
Summers, James? Convict Forgery of a money order Gloucester 15 December 1862 15 years
Symington, Thomas? Convict Arson Cardiff 23 December 1862 7 years
Taylor, John? Convict Arson Oakham 26 February 1863 7 years
Taylor, Levi? Convict Murder Liverpool 21 March 1863 Life
Thompson, Charles? Convict Assault to rob Central Criminal Court 24 November 1862 10 years
Thompson, Christopher? Convict Receiving stolen goods Liverpool 21 March 1863 7 years
Thompson, John? Convict Being at large before expiry of his sentence Worcester 3 December 1857 12 years
Thompson, Joseph? Convict Theft Edinburgh 16 December 1861 10 years
Thompson, William? Convict Untraced Crime
Tighe, George? Convict Wounding (see Notes) Liverpool 1 December 1855 15 years
Trembath, Henry T.? Convict Rape Bodmin 18 March 1863 8 years
Turney, Daniel? Convict Robbery with violence Central Criminal Court 5 January 1863 7 years
Wadden, James? Convict Wounding with intent Central Criminal Court 5 January 1863 Life
Waling, Daniel? Convict Attempted robbery Liverpool 21 March 1863 7 years
Walker, Henry? Convict Larceny Lewes 5 January 1863 10 years
Walker, Joseph? Convict Striking a superior officer & wounding Dorchester - Court Martial 22 July 1861 10 years
Walker, Thomas? Convict Attempting to defraud an insurance company by arson Gloucester 4 April 1863 10 years
Walters, Thomas? Convict Pick pocket Central Criminal Court 12 May 1862 10 years
Ward, Samuel? Convict Burglary Worcester 10 December 1862 10 years
Wardle, William? Convict House breaking Manchester 5 January 1863 7 years
Watkinson, John? Convict Larceny Pontefract 6 April 1863 10 years
Watts, Jesse? Convict Manslaughter Stafford 29 November 1862 10 years
Welsh, Patrick? Convict Larceny Liverpool 1 December 1862 7 years
Wetton, George? Convict Robbery with violence Derby 18 March 1863 10 years
Williams, Edward? Convict Pick pocket Wakefield 5 March 1863 8 years
Williams, George? Convict Rape Monmouth 30 March 1863 10 years
Williams, Thomas? Convict Pick pocket Manchester 6 April 1863 10 years
Williams, William? Convict Arson Exeter 13 December 1862 10 years
Williamson, John? Convict Pick pocket Spalding 8 January 1863 10 years
Willock, John? Convict Larceny Liverpool 13 October 1862 14 years
Wilmot, Robert? Convict Larceny Birmingham 9 October 1862 10 years
Wilson, George? Convict Burglary Central Criminal Court 24 November 1862 15 years
Wilson, James? Convict Larceny Usk 24 March 1863 10 years
Wilson, James? Convict Assault & robbery Glasgow 1862 15 years
Wilson, John? Convict Warehouse breaking Sheffield 3 March 1863 10 years
Wilson, John? Convict House breaking Glasgow 22 April 1863 8 years
Wilson, Richard? Convict Pick pocket Liverpool 18 March 1863 7 years
Wilson, Thomas? Convict Possession of a coin mould Liverpool 20 March 1862 14 years
Wood, John? Convict Larceny Beverley, Yorkshire 7 April 1863 10 years
Wright, William? Convict Pick pocket Liverpool 25 May 1863 10 years

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