Free Settler or Felon
Convict and Colonial History




Convict Ship William Young - 1829


Embarked: 7 men
Surgeon's Journal: no
Deaths: 0
Master: Northwood


The William Young arrived in Port Jackson from the East Indies on 2nd November 1829. Seven convicts were transported on the William Young all having previously been soldiers -

Thomas Guest from York. Convicted of robbery of the person.

William Brown from Cambridge convicted of robbery of the person.

David Cusshon from Cork convicted of robbery of the person

James White from Dublin convicted of robbery of the person

Ossery Harding from Cambridge convicted of highway robbery

Ronald McGill from Antrim convicted of desertion and robbery

James McGregor from Glasgow convicted of murder.