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Hi Magoo,
Thanks so much for your comprehensive list of info from the Anthology. Top marks!
His omission from the assignment register is interesting.  I wonder what that implies? That he was given government-based work such as road building?  Or just that the register is incomplete?  Food for thought, certainly.
Smashing research.
I wonder how he ended up with Port Stephens being mentioned on his Ticket of Leave? Did convicts do anything notable in Port Stephens?
Thank you for confirming so many details for me and for helping me think about where to go next with the history of my great great great grandfather's life.
Grateful thanks, Bluesky

Thanks for the link, Jenn. I shall be on there like a shot!
As for Richard's children, I can trace 4 of the 5 on the England census returns, but there is a Richard Spiers junior, baptised in 1821, who I can't find. He was the oldest child and would have been 16 when his father was transported. I wondered if the death you found might be Richard junior ....
The plot thickens, eh?!
Brilliant work, Jenn. Thanks.
I want to know if there is any more convict-related paperwork other than the ticket of leave I already have. I am sure that prisoner number could be crucial, but have found nothing else so far.  I know that there is a CD Anthology of Port Jackson Convicts, available only in Australia, so I am hoping someone has a copy and can find out more from that.
Best wishes, Bluesky

I am looking for any information at all about Richard Spiers during his time in Australa.
What I know so far is:
He was from Alton, Hampshire, England and was baptised in 1797.
He was a widower with 5 children.
He stole a pig from Charles Trimmer, Esquire, an attorney, sometime in October, 1834.
He was committed on April 11th, 1836, tried at Southampton 2nd Quarter assizes on Jun 28th, 1836 and was sentenced to 7 years transportation.
Some of his children were sent to Alton Workhouse and remained in England.
He sailed from Portsmouth on the Mangles on  18th March, 1837
He arrived in Sydney on 10th July, 1837, (presumably at Port Jackson?)
I have a photocopy of his ticket of leave, No. 42/1167 Date - 19th April 1842.  Prisoner No. -37/1220. Ship-  Mangles '7', Master - Carr, Year - 1837, Place of Trial - Southampton, Date of Trial - 28th June, 1836, Sentence - 7 years, Allowed to remain in the district of Port Stephens. On recommendation of - initials (illegible) dated 1841.
What other details are there about him?
Where was he sent on arrival? Did he have an assigned Master?
Does he appear in the 1837 Muster of Convicts?
What did he do in Port Stephens?
Did he remarry?
What did he do when his sentence had finished?
When and where did he die?
Where was he buried?
There seems to be a discrepancy over the number after Mangles. On the Ticket of Leave, it is '7', but many websites name it as '8' for 1837, Sydney.
Richard is my gt gt gt grandfather. I am descended from one of the children left in the Workhouse. Any information at all would be greatly appreciated as the Convicts Anthology CD is not available to me in the UK.
Thanks for reading this, Bluesky

Thanks, Sue - that's a great start!  I had no idea that there would be any so far back!  Much obliged to you.  

The ball is rolling ....
 

Any more Riches to be found in the Pulhams or Harleston prior to 1837, please? Particularly 1750-1837.
(Sorry to be greedy!)
Bluesky