John DENNIS

1805 -

• Name	John DENNIS  [1]
  Born	1805	Stowting, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  Prison	17 Mar 1851	Maidstone, Kent, England   [1]
  	Convicted at the Maidstone Assizes of stealing sheep at Brabourne, Kent. Sentence: 7 Years.
  	Age: 45
  Census	30 Mar 1851	Maidstone Prison   [2]
  	Inmate. Occupation: Agricultural Labourer
  	Age: 45
  Prison	18 Jul 1851	Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
  	Transferred to Wakefield Gaol.
  	Age: 46
  Prison	27 Oct 1852	Dartmoor, Devon, England
  	Transferred to Dartmoor Prison
  	Age: 47
  Prison	7 Aug 1854	Stowting, Kent, England
  	Released from prison
  	Age: 49
  Person ID	I8918	WILLIS01
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2016

  
  

  Father	William DENNIS,   b. 1761, Monks Horton, Ashford, Kent, England ,   d. 1835
  Mother	Elizabeth STONE,   b. 1765,   d. 1848
  Married	26 Dec 1785	Bonnington, Kent, England   [3]
  Family ID	F489	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth PAYNE,   b. 1809, Brabourne, Kent ,   d. 1853, Elham, Kent, England
  Married	12 Oct 1830	Great Chart, Ashford, Kent
  Children	1. Ann DENNIS,   b. 1831, Kent, England   2. John DENNIS,   b. 1835, Bonnington, Kent, England   3. Mary DENNIS,   b. 1836, Bonnington, Kent, England   4. Eliza DENNIS,   b. 1843, Brabourne, Kent + 5. George DENNIS,   b. Abt 1843, Stowting, Kent, England   6. Frederick DENNIS,   b. 1847, Brabourne, Kent   7. Isabella DENNIS,   b. 1851,   d. 1852
  Family ID	F2434	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		John DENNIS (b1805) - Prison: Description of Convict [1]
  		John DENNIS (b1805) - Prison: Description of Convict [2]
  		John DENNIS (b1805) - Prison Description [1]
  		John DENNIS (b1805) - Prison Description [2]
  		John DENNIS (b1805) - Prison: General Session [1]
  		John DENNIS (b1805) - General Session [2]

  
  

  Newspapers

  South Eastern Gazette - 18 March 1851 Report on the conviction of John DENNIS JOHN DENNIS, 45, and WILLIAM DENNIS, aged 8 year, both pleaded guilty to stealing one sheep, the property of Edward Hammon and Edmund Hammon, at Brabourne. Mr Tassell, who appeared for the prosecution, said there was no wish to press the case against the child, William Dennis. John Dennis, seven years' transportation; William Dennis, one…

  
  

• Notes

  According to the 1851 Census John was in Maidstone Prison after stealing a sheep earlier that year from Thomas Hammond's farm in Brabourne. From there he was sent to a house of correction in Wakefield House of Correction and then on to Dartmoor Prison. He was finally released in 1854 for good behaviour and sent back to Stowting where sadly his wife had already died.

  
  

• Sources

  [S132] >CLEAVER, Terry , http://terrycleaver.tribalpages.com/. [S03] **1851 England Census. [S132] >CLEAVER, Terry , http://terrycleaver.tribalpages.com/ (Reliability: 2).