Richard Perkins, 1786

Name
Richard /Perkins/
Given names
Richard
Surname
Perkins
Birth
about 1786
Text:

age given as 10 at trial

Immigration
Citation details: Source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 255 (128)
Text:

Richard Perkins, one of 298 convicts transported on the ship Hilsborough [ship Hillsborough], October 1798.
Sentence details: Convicted at Warwick Assizes for a term of life on 23 July 1796.
Vessel: Hilsborough [Hillsborough].
Date of Departure: October 1798.
Place of Arrival: New South Wales.

Text:

The ship Hillsborough arrived in NSW 26 Jul 1799

Citation details: Chester Chronicle Fri 05 Aug 1796 p. 3
Text:

The trials of the prisoners at Warwick, commenced on Monday, before Mr. Judge Buller...Henry Williams (aged 17) and Richard Perkins (aged only 10) for robbing the shop of Mr Dale, of Colehill, and John Town, for a burglary and robbery in the house of Mr. Wilkinson, of Birmingham, were all capitally convicted...

Citation details: Northampton Mercury Sat 30 Jul 1796 p. 3
Text:

At Warwick Assized on Monday last,...Richard Perkins, a pretty looking boy of 10, and Henry Williams aged 17, were capitally indicted for stealing a piece of linen cloth from the shop of Mr. Dale of Colehill. Verdict, Guilty. The jury recommended Perkins to mercy.

Citation details: Staffordshire Advertiser Sat 30 Jul 1796 p. 4
Text:

...Perkins, on account of his tender years (though an old offender) was recommended to mercy.

Marriage
Text:

Name: Sarah Perkins
Spouse Name: Thomas Colls
Marriage Date: 1831
Marriage Place: New South Wales
Registration Place: Liverpool, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1831
Volume Number: V B

Citation details: Sydney Gazette Sat 23 May 1818 p. 1
Text:

The Public are hereby cautioned against giving Trust or Credit to my Wife Sarah Perkins, otherwise Burgess, as I am determined against being responsible for any Debts by her contracted; as she absented herself from her Home without any Provocation.
RICHARD PERKINS

Occupation
Sailor
July 1820
Text:

Richard is mentioned a number of times sailing in and around Sydney to Hobart and Port Dalrymple and Fiji during his marriage to Sarah Burgess. Richard left Sydney in about Jul 1820 aboard a brig called "Governor Macquarie" bound for Port Dalrymple. This is the last time he is mentioned in the Trove database.

Death
yes
Family with Sarah Burgess
himself
1786
Birth: about 1786
Death:
wife
17971875
Birth: April 15, 1797 25 30 Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1875Yass, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage Marriage1812Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
son
1813
Birth: 1813 27 15 Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death:
3 years
daughter
18151907
Birth: 1815 29 17 New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1907Burwood, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
4 years
daughter
18181879
Birth: July 24, 1818 32 21 Castlereagh, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1879Redfern, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
William Blake + Sarah Burgess
wife’s husband
wife
17971875
Birth: April 15, 1797 25 30 Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1875Yass, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage Marriageabout 1820
11 months
stepdaughter
18201872
Birth: November 30, 1820 23 Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: September 17, 1872Strawberry Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Thomas Colls + Sarah Burgess
wife’s husband
17931832
Birth: about 1793
Death: May 4, 1832Liverpool, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
wife
17971875
Birth: April 15, 1797 25 30 Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1875Yass, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage Religious marriageJuly 19, 1831Liverpool, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
-9 years
stepson
18221826
Birth: 1822 29 24 Hexham, Hunter, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1826Liverpool, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
stepson
18251898
Birth: April 18, 1825 32 28 Liverpool, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: March 2, 1898North Yass, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
22 months
stepson
18271903
Birth: February 15, 1827 34 29 Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1903Yass, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Lewis Solomon + Sarah Burgess
wife’s husband
1791
Birth: about 1791
Death:
wife
17971875
Birth: April 15, 1797 25 30 Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1875Yass, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage Marriage1832Campbelltown, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia
Thomas Humphries + Sarah Burgess
wife’s husband
wife
17971875
Birth: April 15, 1797 25 30 Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1875Yass, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage Marriage1837Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
stepdaughter
18391911
Birth: February 1, 1839 41 Bankstown, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1911Granville, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
6 years
stepson
18451923
Birth: May 3, 1845 48 New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1923New South Wales, Australia
Birth
Text:

age given as 10 at trial

Immigration
Citation details: Source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 255 (128)
Text:

Richard Perkins, one of 298 convicts transported on the ship Hilsborough [ship Hillsborough], October 1798.
Sentence details: Convicted at Warwick Assizes for a term of life on 23 July 1796.
Vessel: Hilsborough [Hillsborough].
Date of Departure: October 1798.
Place of Arrival: New South Wales.

Text:

The ship Hillsborough arrived in NSW 26 Jul 1799

Citation details: Chester Chronicle Fri 05 Aug 1796 p. 3
Text:

The trials of the prisoners at Warwick, commenced on Monday, before Mr. Judge Buller...Henry Williams (aged 17) and Richard Perkins (aged only 10) for robbing the shop of Mr Dale, of Colehill, and John Town, for a burglary and robbery in the house of Mr. Wilkinson, of Birmingham, were all capitally convicted...

Citation details: Northampton Mercury Sat 30 Jul 1796 p. 3
Text:

At Warwick Assized on Monday last,...Richard Perkins, a pretty looking boy of 10, and Henry Williams aged 17, were capitally indicted for stealing a piece of linen cloth from the shop of Mr. Dale of Colehill. Verdict, Guilty. The jury recommended Perkins to mercy.

Citation details: Staffordshire Advertiser Sat 30 Jul 1796 p. 4
Text:

...Perkins, on account of his tender years (though an old offender) was recommended to mercy.

Marriage
Text:

Name: Sarah Perkins
Spouse Name: Thomas Colls
Marriage Date: 1831
Marriage Place: New South Wales
Registration Place: Liverpool, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1831
Volume Number: V B

Citation details: Sydney Gazette Sat 23 May 1818 p. 1
Text:

The Public are hereby cautioned against giving Trust or Credit to my Wife Sarah Perkins, otherwise Burgess, as I am determined against being responsible for any Debts by her contracted; as she absented herself from her Home without any Provocation.
RICHARD PERKINS

Occupation
Text:

Richard is mentioned a number of times sailing in and around Sydney to Hobart and Port Dalrymple and Fiji during his marriage to Sarah Burgess. Richard left Sydney in about Jul 1820 aboard a brig called "Governor Macquarie" bound for Port Dalrymple. This is the last time he is mentioned in the Trove database.