STRATFORD Stephen

Name	Stephen STRATFORD
Country Of Origin	England
Born	1803
Died	unknown
Birth/Baptism	Born approx. 1803, Highgate, Middlesex, London, England
Parents	unknown
Apprenticeship	With his father
Skills	Watchmaker
Work Locations	No record found working in his trade in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania)
Marriage/Spouse
Trial	17 October 1822, Southwark Assizes, Surrey Morning Herald (London) 18 October 1822: Southwark Sessions. The Recorder at the Southwark Session said Stratford was one of the most notorious thieves that infested the streets, too dangerous a character to remain in this country any longer, and he sentenced him to be transported for the term of his natural life.
Sentence	Transportation for life for picking the pocket and stealing a silk handkerchief from Mr William Hart.
Arrival	30 December 1823 on the convict ship, Sir Godfrey Webster
Police Number	576
Convict Assignment
Ticket of Leave	January 1833
Conditional Pardon	30 January 1837
Other	1826: Transported to Maria Island. Approx. 1832-1833: Assigned to Richard Dry 27 May 1840: Free pardon April 1840: Launceston Quarter Sessions, acquitted of a charge of receiving one stolen sheep. December 1841: Absolute pardon
Death	unknown
References
TAHO: CON31/1/38, CON23/1/3 Web: Ancestry: Australia Convict Musters, Tasmania 1826; Founders & Survivors convict database; Births Deaths Marriages Victoria 10455/1867. Morning Herald (London) 18 October 1822 (British Newspaper Archive); Hobart Town Courier 4 January 1833, 19 April 1839; Cornwall Chronicle 18 April 1840; Hobart Town Courier & Van Diemen’s Land Gazette 5 June 1840; The Courier 17 December 1841, 2 February 1844; Shipping Gazette & Sydney General Trade List 8 August 1846.