William Brough (abt. 1747 - 1787)

Born about 1747 in England [uncertain]

Died 19 May 1787 at about age 40 in At Sea

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Biography

William Brough was a convict on the First Fleet.

William was born about 1747. He passed away in 1787.

William Brough was tried at Staffordshire Lent Assizes held at Stafford on 9 March 1785 for felony and burglary, breaking and entering the dwelling house of Thomas Peacock and feloniously stealing £6 in money, at the parish of Leek (near Stoke on Trent). His occupation was recorded as labourer.^[1]

He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years. He was sent to Ceres hulk, then on 6 January 1787 he was delivered to the Alexander transport, part of the First Fleet which was to sail to New South Wales.^[2] In Major Ross's list his name was written as "Bruff".^[1]

On 19 May 1787, aged about 39, he died on board, just after the ship had cleared the Channel, and the day before the escorting vessel, the Hyaena left the Fleet.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} John Cobley, The Crimes of the First Fleet Convicts, (1970), p.37.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Mollie Gillen, The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989), p. 402.