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| Notes for Benjamin GIGGALL | ||||||||||
| This Benjamin is possibly the one convicted in 1808 he was age 55 at the time of conviction and the only one that fits in. (see notes at beginning) Daughter of Benjamin Giggle & Mary (Land) Betty b 25/08/1782 Married George Lee in Dewsbury 18/04/1803 Children George b 28/05/1810 baptised at Ossett Independent Congregational Church 18/09/1810 Francis b 21/06/1812 " " " " " " 13/09/1812 Samuel b 07/10/1816 " " " " " " 11/11/1816 Loraine LODGE nee GIGGLE: Benjamin Giggall was a little easier as he was a naughty boy and his age was given in court records, in __ October 1808 at the Yorkshire sessions West Riding page 268 he was tried for the crime of Larceny and his sentence was 7 years Transportation. In the Prison Hulk record books it gives the following information: Name Age Offence When or Where Convicted Sentence Remarks Benjm Giggal 55 Felony 6th October 1809 Leeds 7 years 14th Oct 1814 received to the Hulk Ship Captivity 3rd Nov 1809 moored Portsmouth. (There is a year's difference in the 2 dates but in the written books those are the dates, he may have been held for 12 months before being moved down to Portsmouth). I have never found any records that he was in fact Transported, and a very helpful lady at the Portsmouth family history society checked through all their records and she could not find him either, she also checked all the deaths on board these ships(hulks) but again came up with nothing so I believe it will mean a trip to London to The National Archives at Kew before this can be solved, because if he did complete his sentence, did he come back to Yorkshire to his family ??? I have not found any record of his burial here. | ||||||||||
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