Convict record of Richard Terry the younger in Van Diemens Land (Tasmania), previously from Tingewick, Buckinghamshire (England)
If you think you may have connections with any of the people on this website, please email me on su -at- tingewick.org.uk (changing the
-at- to @ - I'm having problems with spammers!) and I'll send you a full gedcom version with all their details & my sources.
Richard Terry was tried at Aylesbury Assizes on 9 March 1844 and sentenced to transportation for life for rape
Gaol Report: first conviction, not married. Stated this offence: aiding and abetting in the rape of Ann Pepper, had nothing to do with it. Hale was the only one who did.
Terry arrived at Norfolk Island per Agincourt on 9 November 1844. He arrived in Van Diemens Land in 1847.
Conduct in the Colony
19 November 1844 Norfolk Island / Larceny, 7 days irons
9 May 1848 Probation pass-holder
8 February 1850 Prisoners Barracks Launceston / Misconduct in not proceeding according to his pass and producing a forged one. Six months imprisonment and hard labour.
5 December 1854 Ticket of Leave
25 November 1856 Conditional Pardon
Description:
Trade: Farm labour
Height: 5�4��
Age: 23
Complexion: dark
Head: oval
Hair: grey
Whiskers: grey
Visage: oval
Forehead: narrow
Eyebrows: dark
Eyes: hazel
Nose: medium
Mouth: medium
Church of England
Native Place: near Buckingham (CON 33/83)
Cannot read or write
Marriages NS 373/32
Richard Terry, aged 28, ticket of leave, marriedMary Ann Baulch, aged 16 at the Perth Chuch on 27 December 1855