Researchers who have claimed this convict
There are currently 5 researchers who have claimed John Sherwood
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- Researcher (Bronwyn Grannall)
- Researcher (Marilyn Guy)
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Biographies
At the age of 23, along with John Crawley and William Pepper, John Shearwood was sentenced to death by hanging for sheep stealing at Lidlington. On 16 July 1801, at the Bedford Assizes, the sentences on Sherwood and Crawley were commuted to transportation for life, but Pepper was hanged on 1 August 1801. Crawley and Sherwood were put aboard the hulks at Woolwich on the Thames on 7 January 1802. After eight months in the hulks, they were put aboard the H.M.S. 'Glatton'.
HMS 'Glatton 1803:
Convicts embarked - 271 male & 130 female convicts
Convicts relanded while still in English waters - 2
Convicts who died on the voyage - 12
Sailed from England on 23 September 1802
The 'Glatton' arrived in Sydney, New South Wales on 11 March 1803
The next time John Sherwood was heard of, was a result of the convict muster of 1806, when he was listed as a prisoner in the employ of Thomas Dight.
The 1811 Census shows John Sherwood living with Anne LANE.
Submitted by Researcher (Bronwyn Grannall) on 10 August 2015
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There are currently no research notes attached to this convict. Sources
- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/1, p.315
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