John Herps was sentenced to seven years' transportation for breaking into a shop and stealing ribbon worth 7 shillings. He arrived in Sydney in 1818 aboard the Shipley. His occupation was given as weaver.
'Herps, John (1798–1874)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/herps-john-24815/text33409, accessed 28 May 2022.
1798
Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England
29 January,
1874
(aged ~ 76)
Richmond, New South Wales, Australia