William Ray, a gentleman's servant, was sentenced to seven years transportation for breaking and entering and stealing one ounce of silver, value 5 s, a silver tea-spoon, value 2 s, a metal tobacco stopper, value 1 d, two copper medals, value 2 d, twenty guineas, value 21 l, sixteen half crowns, value 2 l. three crown pieces, value 15 s. and one piece of copper coin, called a halfpenny. He arrived in Sydney in 1791 aboard the Albermarle. He married Sarah Harrigan in 1808.
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1772
London,
Middlesex,
England
17 October,
1835
(aged ~ 63)
Airds, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
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