Joseph Harpur, Convict "Royal Admiral" 1800

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Joseph Harpur

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Kinsale, Munster, Ireland
Death: November 10, 1843 (67-68)
The Rocks, NSW, Australia
Immediate Family:

Husband of Sarah (Chidley) Harpur - Welsh, Convict "Alexander" 1806
Father of Elizabeth Rotton; Joseph Jehoshaphat Harpur; William James Harpur; Charles Chidley Harpur; John Milehan Harpur and 2 others

Occupation: Government Schoolmaster in 1820
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About Joseph Harpur, Convict "Royal Admiral" 1800

22 Nov 1800 Royal Admiral to Sydney Cove (life sentence for highway robbery)

Sentenced to transportation for life for highway robbery.Assigned to John Macarthur at Parrammatta.Became his overseer.He had been a School Master in Ireland. After he received his ticket of leave he was appointed Master of the Public Charity School in Sydney and later on School Master at Windsor. He received his Free Pardon on 31 January 1815.

He did well after arriving in Sydney and in 1807 he was the Town Clerk at Paramatta NSW and on the 8.11.1820 we find him being the School Master at the Government School.

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Joseph Harpur, Convict "Royal Admiral" 1800's Timeline

1775
1775
Kinsale, Munster, Ireland
1808
August 21, 1808
Parramatta, NSW, Australia
1810
August 27, 1810
Windsor, NSW, Australia
1813
January 23, 1813
Windsor, NSW, Australia
1815
April 20, 1815
Windsor, NSW, Australia
1817
September 8, 1817
Windsor, NSW, Australia
1819
December 3, 1819
Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
1822
May 24, 1822
Sydney, NSW, Australia
1843
November 10, 1843
Age 68
The Rocks, NSW, Australia