Francis Cockerill Craxford

Abt 1814 - Yes, date unknown

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• Name	Francis Cockerill Craxford
  Relationship	with George William Craxford
  Born	Abt 1814
  Christened	9 Feb 1814	All Saints & St John Church, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Physical Description	1834
  	Height: 5ft 4¾; black hair; grey eyes; fresh, slightly pockmarked complexion
  Court	24 Sep 1834	Crown Court, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
  	Theft
  	Sentenced to seven years transportation
  Physical Description	1835
  	Tattoos: Woman and initials (right arm); Sailor with flag and flower (left arm)
  Penal	14 May 1835	Sheerness, Kent
  	Embarkation
  Penal	17 Oct 1835	Hobart, Tasmania
  	Transportation to Tasmania
  	Aboard the vessel "Norfolk 4"
  Residence	1836	Westbury, Tasmania
  Travel	8 Oct 1852	Launceston, Tasmania   [2]
  	Tasmania to Melbourne Australia
  	He boarded the vessel "Yarra Yarra" from Launceston, Tasmania "free of servitude"
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	Transported to Tasmania for theft - Huntingdon Quarter Sessions Sentence seven years: October 17th 1834 Travelled on "Norfolk 4" - Arrived 28/8/1835 (Source: www.rootswb.com Indexed by Jackie Brown April 1999) Gave sworn testamony in the case of: R. v. Minnett Supreme Court of Van Diemen's Land Montagu J., 18 August 1836 Mr. Paul Minnett was charged with having "feloniously stolen, &c.," on the 13th of October last, one heifer the property of William Field. (Source: Launceston Advertiser, 25 August 1836)
  Person ID	I722	Extended Craxford Family
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2011

  
  

  Mother	Charlotte Craxford,   b. 1795, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F9879	Group Sheet,  Family chart

  
  

• Event Map		Christened - 9 Feb 1814 - All Saints & St John Church, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire Court - Theft - 24 Sep 1834 - Crown Court, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire Penal - Embarkation - 14 May 1835 - Sheerness, Kent Penal - Transportation to Tasmania - 17 Oct 1835 - Hobart, Tasmania Residence - 1836 - Westbury, Tasmania Travel - Tasmania to Melbourne Australia - 8 Oct 1852 - Launceston, Tasmania  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos

  Ship's log - transportation vessel 'Norfolk 4' Known as No. 1893, this personal log (right upper) shows Francis to have been aged 22 years, relatively short stature with tattoos on both arms.

  
  

  Personal Histories

  THE MYSTERY OF FRANCIS COCKERILL CRAXFORD Born in Huntingdon, transported to Tasmania for theft, what happened to him at the end of his sentence?

  
  

• Sources

  [S58] International Genealogical Index File, Batch No: C168872 LDS Church (Reliability: 3). [S70] Archives Office of Tasmania, POL220/2 Page 194 (Reliability: 4).