Thomas Arlington

Summary

Born
Unknown
Conviction
Highway robbery
Departure
Jul 1809
Arrival
Feb 1810
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Thomas Arlington
Gender: Male
Born: Unknown
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Convicted at: York Assizes
Sentence term: Life

Voyage

Departed: 31st Jul 1809
Arrival: 27th Feb 1810
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Thomas Arlington was transported on the Ann Or Anne, departing 31st Jul 1809 and arriving 27th Feb 1810 with 200 passengers.

1800/1810 Journey Ship Anne, Captain James Stewart. Left Cork 26 June 1800 with 147 men and 24 women. There was a mutiny on board on the 29th July 1800, but the ship’s company overcame the insurgents. The ringleader, Marcus Sheehy, confessed his guilt, and was immediately executed on board in the presence of all the convicts. Another convict, the leader on deck, Christopher Grogan, was sentenced to 250 lashes. The ship arrived at Port Jackson, New South Wales on 21 February 1801. (Source - https://www.jenwilletts.com/convict_ship_anne_1801.htm 1809/1810 voyage carried supplies, a detachments of the 73rd Regiment and 197 male prisoners. Also Rev. Samuel Marsden and his wife, Rev. Robert Cartwright & family, William Hall, John King and Duaterra (a New Zealand native).

Ann Or AnneAnn Or Anne (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 431 (215)
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Maureen Withey avatar
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on 7th August 2021

York Lent Assizes, 1808. CASTLE. On Saturday the business at the Castle closed at the Crown End, when the following prisoners, who had been capitally convicted, received sentence of death, viz . ... Edward Strahan, David Arlington, Thomas Arlington, and James Winterbottom, for highway robberies; ... and the following are left for execution, viz. Edward Strahan, James Winterbottom, William Barber, and Thomas Wilbe. York Herald, 19 Mar 1808. -------------------------------------------------- On Sunday morning the following Male Convicts left the Castle, in order to be delivered to the Hulks at Portsmouth, viz. Thomas and David Arlington, James Watson, James Burgess, Christopher Jackson, and William Hutchinson, to be severally transported during their natural lives; ... York Herald, 28 May 1808.