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Transportation
James Alder was transported on the Atlas, departing 16th Jan 1816 and arriving 22nd Jul 1816 with 196 passengers.
Atlas (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 245 (124) |
| 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
1820 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. 1820 Name; James Alder alias Barrington Ship; Atlas - 1816 - July 1816. Trial; Buckingham - Aug 1815 Sentence; Life Employment/Remarks; Servant to W J Blaxland. DEAD; Executed with two brothers under the name of Bowerman
James Bowerman was hanged for highway robbery. Lachlan Macquarie's journal records:'Friday 22. Decr. 1820. The following Felons, vizt. Jno. Bagnalls, George Bowerman, Solomon Bowerman, and James Bowerman (– three Brothers –), Nichs. Cook, and James Classey, were executed in pursuance of their Sentence. — ' James and Solomon were indeed guilty of the robbery but the younger brother George, a family man, was also executed and several months later the real felon, William Geary, admitted that it had been he who participated in the robbery, not George Bowerman.
In 1791 aged 21, James was committed to Oxford prison with William Souch of Ramsden for killing a fallow deer in Wychwood forest. The outcome of that charge is unknown. At about 46 years of age, at the Bucks Summer Assizes of 1815, he was convicted under the name of James Alder (His mother's maiden name) of horse stealing and sentenced to death. He was transported to the colony aboard the ship 'Atlas'. He was one of the Bowerman brothers and the whole family had a very real problem with ownership of horses! Younger brothers George and Solomon were transported in 1810 and 1817 respectively and Nephew David in 1820.