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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
William Aill was transported on the Thames, departing 27th Jul 1829 and arriving 21st Nov 1829 with 160 passengers.
Thames (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 127 (66) CON34-1-2 Image 385 |
| 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
Committed to the Castle. John Aill (by the Rev. George Jenyns and George Jenyns, jun. Esq.) charged with feloniously stealing a brown mare, the property of Mr. Thomas Snitch, of Offord Cluny, in the county of Huntingdon; which mare the prisoner offered for sale, the day after it was stolen, Great Wilbraham, this county. Cambridge Chronicle, 14 Nov 1828. At Cambridge assizes last week, , … Wm. Aill, for stealing a mare from Thos. Snitch, of Offord Cluny; … severally had sentence of death recorded against them. Stamford Mercury, 3 April 1829. On Tuesday last the under-named convicts were removed from the Castle, and the following day delivered on board the hulks at Gosport, in order to their being transported to New South Wales, viz.—William Gunn, Thos. Jeffery, James Smith, James Murfitt, and William Aill, for life ; James Berry, for fourteen years; and William Hill, for seven. Cambridge Chronicle, 15 May 1829.
Place of origin: Wrestlingworth, Bedfordshire 1829 - Trial; 23 March 1829. Offence; Horse Stealing aged 31 years old Right hand crippled, Bow legged 1835 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters Assigned to T C Simpson Esq 1841 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters Assigned; Mr Simpson, Launceston 1849 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters Noted in position; MISSING
William Aill was convicted at Cambridge 23 Mar 1829 and received a Life Transportation sentence. He departed on the 'Thames' 31 Jul 1829 from London,voyage 68, arriving in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) on 20 Nov 1829. Convict no. 346. Clear Conduct Record in colony. 'P' on record which would indicate a Pardon. No record of marriage, colonial family or death in Tasmania.