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Joseph Craft (1770–1839)

Joseph Crafts, John Conway and Nicholas Murray was sentenced to life transportation for burglariously breaking and entering a dwelling-house and stealing twenty-four silk handkerchiefs. He arrived in Sydney in 1791 aboard the Albermarle as part of the Third Fleet.

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'Craft, Joseph (1770–1839)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/craft-joseph-25840/text34008, accessed 29 March 2024.

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Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names
  • Crafts, Joseph
Birth

20 May, 1770
Darlington, Durham, England

Death

13 June, 1839 (aged 69)
Wiseman's Ferry, New South Wales, Australia

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Convict Record

Crime: theft
Sentence: life