TAYLOR Henry
| Name | Henry TAYLOR |
| Country Of Origin | England |
| Born | 1803 |
| Died | unknown |
| Birth/Baptism | Born approx. 1803, Coventry, Warwickshire, England |
| Parents | John Taylor (clockmaker and watchmaker) |
| Apprenticeship | With his father |
| Skills | Watchmaker |
| Work Locations | No record found working in his trade in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) |
| Marriage/Spouse | |
| Trial | 26 July 1823, Summer Assizes, Coventry, Warwickshire |
| Sentence | Death sentence commuted to transportation for life for horse stealing |
| Arrival | 27 July 1824 on the convict ship, Chapman (1) |
| Police Number | 290 |
| Convict Assignment | |
| Ticket of Leave | |
| Conditional Pardon | |
| Other | 1824: Recorded as a watchmaker of six years.
October 1825: Absent from his work gang and punished with 25 lashes. July 1826: Sent to labour in a chain gang for six months for attempting to swindle by handing over a forged order. 13 November 1830: On the Police Office absconders list in The Hobart Town Courier, ‘absconded from chain gang Hobart Town in June 1827.’ December 1853: Noted on convict record ‘struck off records.’ |
| Death | unknown |
| References | |
| TAHO: CON31/1/42, CON23/1/3, CON34/1/1, CON14/2/5. Web: Ancestry: England & Wales Criminal Registers 1823; Founders & Survivors convict database. |
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