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Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Adams was transported on the Somersetshire, departing 28th Feb 1814 and arriving 16th Oct 1814 with 201 passengers.
Somersetshire (generic)References
| Primary Source | Colonial Secretary Letters -- Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 161 (82) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
The following prisoners condemned, but afterwards reprieved, were—John Nicholls for forgery; Michael Smith, and Richard Allerton, for privately stealing; William Williamson, and Elizabeth Male, for house-breaking; Thomas Cooper, for stealing bay mare; and John Johnson, for sheep stealing. Thomas Adams, aged 14, for robbery at Walsall, was sentenced to be transported for seven years. Oxford University and City Herald, 27 March 1813.
Thomas Adams was buried in Liverpool's Earliest Burial Ground which is now known as Apex Park
1817 Dec Letter Dated DEC 1 1817 Thomas Adams, Ship: Somersetshire, Year: 1814, Trade or Calling: Servant; Airds NSW AUS; Original Remarks: Servant of Isaac Douce of Airds. Petition for mitigation of sentence.
Letter Dated: 1814, Oct 25; Thomas Adams, Ship: Somersetshire, Year: 1814, Convict, Trade or Calling: Convict; Liverpool NSW AUS; Original Remarks: On list of convicts disembarked from the 'Somersetshire' and forwarded to Liverpool for distribution
TOL Certificate issued: Ticket of Leave number 1483 reccommeded by Thomas Moore
Thomas Adams, Aged: 16 years Born at Warwick [WAR ENG]; Employment: Labourer; Height in feet & inches: 5/3 3/4; Complexion: Pale Dark; Hair: Brown; Eyes: Hazel; Trial Court: Assizes, Tried: 11 Mar 1813; Tried at Stafford, England, Trial Sentence: 7 years; Embarked from: England; arrived Somersetshire 16 Oct 1814; at Sydney;
Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, 1814-2011 Thomas Adams (Prisoner) of the District of Liverpool (Ship Somerset..) died Dec 29 1819 (Fall from a horse) Aged 21 Years was buried Dec 31 1819