Joseph Petit (1802 - aft. 1850)

Born 1802 in Mozambique

Died after 1850 after age 48 in Van Diemen's Land, Australia

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Biography

Joseph Petit has African ancestry.

Joseph Petit was a convict after the Third Fleet transported to Van Diemen's Land

Joseph was born in 1802 in Mozambique and was of African ancestry.

The caption on the grey image to the right reads:
Burning of a slave establishment by British Seaman and Marines, at Keonga, River Mozamba, in the Mozambique Channel in 1850

Joseph was tried in Port Louis (Mauritius) Assizes on 23 June 1842 and a Sentence of 7 yrs was handed down to him. His transportation was for the crime of Manslaughter. It was stated that his offence was:
"Setting fire to a house – a man was burned to death in it."
Joseph embarked the Ship - Agenoria. in Mauritius arriving in Van Diemen's Land on 6 January 1843. ^[1]

Description
Marital status: Widower. One child.
Surgeon’s report: No. of offences/ how employed/ general conduct:
Trade: Baker,
Height: 5ft 3,
Age: 40,
Complexion: Black,
Head: Large,
Hair: Black,
Whiskers: black, curly,
Visage: Broad,
Forehead: High,
Eyebrows: Black,
Eyes: Dark Hazel,
Nose: Flat,
Mouth: Medium,
Chin: Small,
Native place: Mozambique.
Remarks: small scar corner of right eye, under lip projects – An African

Period of probation – Two years.
Station of Gang – Wedge Bay
Offences; sentences: 12 July 1844 - Misconduct when cook in having fat concealed in the cookhouse – Ten days Solitary Confinement
Released from 1st. Stage of Probation 6th January 1845
13 July 1847 -Ticket of Leave ^[2] Ticket of Leave revoked: 25th March 1850 ^[3]

Joseph passed away after 1850.

Sources

1. ↑ Beyond the Pale, Immigrants to Van Diemen's Land before 1900 [1]
2. ↑ Government of Tasmania Online Records [2]
3. ↑ The Digital Panopticon Joseph Petit, VDL Founders and Survivors Convicts, 23rd June 1842, Record ID fasai55940 (https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/life?id=fasai55940). Version 1.2.1, consulted 22nd June 2023.

See also:

• hec.lrfoundation.org.uk. Ships Agenoria (1826) https://hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/archive-library/ships/agenoria-1826