SEFTON Edward
| Name | Edward SEFTON |
| Country Of Origin | England |
| Born | 1796 |
| Died | unknown |
| Birth/Baptism | Born 8 October 1796, Prescot, Lancashire, England Bapt. 11 October 1796, Prescot, St Mary’s, Lancashire, England |
| Parents | Luke (watchmaker) and Ellen Sephton |
| Apprenticeship | Most likely with his father |
| Skills | Watchmaker’s Polisher |
| Work Locations | No record found working in his trade in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) |
| Marriage/Spouse | |
| Trial | 30 July 1827, Liverpool Borough Quarter Sessions, Lancaster |
| Sentence | Seven years transportation for stealing a gamecock |
| Arrival | 1828 on the convict ship, William Miles |
| Police Number | 898 |
| Convict Assignment | |
| Ticket of Leave | |
| Conditional Pardon | |
| Other | Also recorded as a labourer.
1828: Punished with 14 days on the treadwheel for ‘outrageous conduct.’ By late 1828: Assigned to a road party and Public Works. August 1834: Certificate of Freedom. |
| Death | unknown |
| References | |
| Brian Loomes, Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Complete 21st Century Edition, 2006, p700 [Luke Sephton, Edward Sephton]. TAHO: CON31/1/38, CON18/1/21, CON23/1/3, CON84/1/1. Web: Ancestry: Lancashire, England, Church of England Baptism 1796 [Sephton]; Lancashire, England, Quarter Sessions Records & Petitions 1827. Launceston Advertiser 7 August 1834. |
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