Hi John, My records show that Richard Belchamber was convicted on 3 May 1815 not 1813. He was convicted on the same day as Job Hamilton and James Fitzpatrick. All three men were Labourers and all received a life sentence. Job and James received Conditional Pardons although there is no record that Richard received one. H did obtain two Tickets of Leave in 1828 and 1830 for the districts of Bathurst and Prospect. I cannot find him listed in the 1828 NSW Census. I cannot find his death although the spelling used may be different and because the NSW Birth Deaths & Marriages no longer allow the use of a wildcard for more than one letter at a time, it becomes time consuming. The Indent does state his native place was Sussex, that he was 23 when he arrived, that he had brown hair, hazel eyes and a fair sallow complexion Regards Lesley Uebel http://www.claimaconvict.net/index.html CLAIM A CONVICT email: [email protected] On 23/05/2011 2:17 AM, John Belchamber wrote: > > Hi Listers > > This is my first post on the list > I am researching a Richard Belchamber b 1792 in Sussex,England.Richard was convicted of desertion from the navy(not sure yet whether merchant or royal) in St.John,Canada in 1813. He was then transported back to England where he spent some time on a prison ship in Portsmouth,UK.On the 16th Jan 1816 Richard was transported to NSW aboard the Atlas (1 of 188) arriving 22 July.Thats where the story ends at the moment. > There seems to be records available,but I cannot see how to access them,can SKS give me some pointers to where I can go. > TIA > Regards John Belchamber(UK) >