Can any of the Aussies help find a missing convict?
A William Tapp was convicted at the Northamptonshire Assizes on 28/7/1829 of a burglary committed in Potterspury. He was transported to NSW on the Mermaid on 2/12/1829, and arrived in NSW on 6/5/1830.
After that, I completely lose track of him - I can't find him on a muster, nor can I find a ticket of leave, pardon, etc. None of the NSW deaths in that name seem to fit. What I really need to know is his age.
If he's the person I think he is, he was born in Potterspury, Northants, c. 1794, and was married to Sarah Billing. They had 5 children betwen 1815 and 1828, which would fit with a transportation in 1829. I'm not sure who his parents were, but I think his father was another William Tapp (who died in 1827). I can't find an obvious candidate for Sarah in the censuses, but I've found his sons William and Henry on the censuses, still living in Potterspury.
A couple of trees on Ancestry say that William died in Stone, Arkansas, in 1877, which seems a bit unlikely. I can't see him on any US censuses.
Can anyone see anything I've missed?
A William Tapp was convicted at the Northamptonshire Assizes on 28/7/1829 of a burglary committed in Potterspury. He was transported to NSW on the Mermaid on 2/12/1829, and arrived in NSW on 6/5/1830.
After that, I completely lose track of him - I can't find him on a muster, nor can I find a ticket of leave, pardon, etc. None of the NSW deaths in that name seem to fit. What I really need to know is his age.
If he's the person I think he is, he was born in Potterspury, Northants, c. 1794, and was married to Sarah Billing. They had 5 children betwen 1815 and 1828, which would fit with a transportation in 1829. I'm not sure who his parents were, but I think his father was another William Tapp (who died in 1827). I can't find an obvious candidate for Sarah in the censuses, but I've found his sons William and Henry on the censuses, still living in Potterspury.
A couple of trees on Ancestry say that William died in Stone, Arkansas, in 1877, which seems a bit unlikely. I can't see him on any US censuses.
Can anyone see anything I've missed?
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