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At 23, he, John Crawley and William Pepper were all sentenced to death by hanging for sheep stealing at Lidlington. The sentences on Sherwood and Crawley were commuted to transportation for life, but Pepper was hanged on 1 August 1801. Crawley and Sherwood were put aboard the hulks at Woolwich on the Thames on 7 January 1802. After eight months in the hulks, they were put aboard the H.M.S. Glatton and arrived in Sydney, 11 March 1803. The next time he was heard of, was a result of the convict muster of 1806, when he was listed as a prisoner in the employ of Thomas Dight. The 1811 Census shows John Sherwood living with Anne LANE. Anne was born in Bristol in 1788 and was convicted of "stealing of apparel" 21 July 1806 and sentenced to seven years transportation.2 John Sherwood was born on 17 March 1776 at Millbrook, Bedfordshire, England.1 He was the son of Joseph Sherwood and Sarah Austin. John Sherwood died on 30 May 1850 at Kurrajong, New South Wales, Australia, at age 74.1

     Children of John Sherwood and Anne Lane:

Joseph Sherwood   b. 17 Jan 1812
Mary Sherwood+   b. 18 Jan 1813
Sarah Sherwood+   b. 1816, d. 1860
Hannah Sherwood+   b. 18 Jan 1818, d. 30 Jul 1884
Anne Sherwood   b. 3 Aug 1820, d. 11 Apr 1839
Thomas Sherwood+   b. 26 Dec 1824, d. 4 Dec 1891
James Sherwood+   b. 24 Sep 1826, d. 14 Oct 1861

Citations

1. [S75] Geoff Sherwood, Sherwood Ancestry in Australia (186 Buff Point Avenue, Buff Point, NSW, 2262: Geoff Sherwood, 21/11/1986). Hereinafter cited as Sherwood Ancestry in Australia.
2. [S75] Geoff Sherwood, Sherwood Ancestry in Australia,
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