Researchers who have claimed this convict
There is currently one researcher who has claimed Benjamin Briggs
Biographies
See https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/brigg/james/81422 for information:
Maureen Withey on 24th May, 2020 wrote: date of birth: 1824
CRIME: Benj. Briggs and Daniel Vince, charged with having stolen, from the barn of Thomas Boutell at Kersey, about six bushels of undressed wheat, his property. Suffolk Chronicle, 15 July 1843.
The Ipswich Journal, 16 Sept 1843, printed: REMOVAL OF CONVICTS.- On Wednesday last, the following seven convicts were removed from Bury Goal to the Millbank Prison, by order of the Secretary of State, viz.: Robert Fisher and George Kett, to be transported for 15 years; Henry Horrex and William Grimwade. for 12 years; and Benj. Briggs, John Stedman, and Charlotte Blunston, for 10 years
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Ellen Spiro on 22nd July, 2021 wrote:
Benjamin was born in 1824. He was 20 yrs old when convicted and transported in 1844.,
Crime: stealing six bushels of undressed wheat from Thomas Boutell at Kersey.
This history can be found on https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/brigg/james/81422
Benjamin Briggs is listed on Claim a Convict website https://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/search.php
Tasmanian Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-53$init=CON33-1-53p50
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?Possible death: may not be the same Ben Briggs as this is in Sydney:
Died 1882: found dead, with a broken spine, under a train carriage in Sydney. No knowledge of how, when, by whom or accidental. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1785/images/32090_223369-00040?pId=87683
Submitted by Researcher (Ann Spiro) on 26 July 2021
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- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/13, p.501
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