Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Richard Sellwood was transported on the Charles Kerr, departing 6th Jun 1837 and arriving 9th Oct 1837 with 250 passengers.
The Charles Kerr was built in Sunderland in 1826, 463 tons. The ship 'Charles Kerr' was also commissioned as an immigrant transport to bring mainly female persons to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in 1835 - these women were NOT convicts.
Charles KerrReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 77 (40) |
| 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 Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
Wilts County Sessions. ... Transportation for 7 years—Rd. Selwood, for stealing a wheelbarrow at Russell, and another at Upavon; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette, 27 Oct 1836.
Wilts Quarter Sessions. The General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the county of Wilts, commenced at Marlborough on Tuesday last: … Richard Selwood, for thefts; … were severally sentenced to 7 years transportation. Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette, 20 Oct 1836. The following convicts sentenced to transportation at the late County Sessions, have been during the week, removed from Fisherton Gaol, and put board the York Hulk, Gosport, in order undergo their sentence —namely, William Ingram, John Scutts, John Morse, William Harry, (for life); James Part, and Daniel Brown (for 14 years); William Yates and William Smith, (for thrice 7 years); and Richard Selwood, Thomas Webb, Samuel Watts, and James Abrey, for 7 years. Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette, 10 Nov 1836.
27/11/1837: Convict Death Register: Aged 23 died at the Sydney General Hospital.