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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Francis Atkins was transported on the Sarah, departing 22nd Aug 1829 and arriving 27th Dec 1829 with 200 passengers.
Sarah (generic)References
| Primary Source | State Records NSW, Pardons, Reel No. 792, Roll No. 1250. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 186 - New South Wales, Australia, Sheriff's Papers, 1829-1879 - The Bury and Norwich Post: Or, Suffolk and Norfolk Telegraph, Essex, Cambridge, & Ely Intelligencer (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Wednesday, February 18, 1829; Issue 2434. - Coroners Inquests 1884 |
| 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
In 1846 Francis married Susan Craig arr Margaret at Vale of Clwydd they were married by Rev John Stewart
An inquest was held on Monday at the Courthouse by the Coroner and a jury of five, touching the death of an aged man named Francis Atkins. Susanah Atkins, wife of the deceased, deposed: My husband has been ailing for many years; during the last week he has been very bad; he was asthmatical; on Saturday he was up and down, and propped up with pillows; we went tobed at 1 o'clock in the morning; Mrs Sayers, my faughter left us at about 11 o'clock pm, at about 1 o'clock my husband got out of bed to go towards the sofa and in doing so fell heavily forward. I went to him and he was then breathing his last . i went to the nearest house - Mrs Hayes's a person named Miller and a man named Wiseman came with me and stopped all night; at daylight I reported to the police deceased had notheing intoxicatin during the day. Elizabeth, daughter of deceased, deposed that on Saturday deceased complained of a pain in his side, she was at home till 1 o'clock p.m. and during this time deceased was up and down in bed; at about four o'clock he was about the same , she left at eleven at night and he was then about the same and still complaing of a pain in his side, she returned at eight the next morning and he was dead. Dr Heeley deposed that he had examined the body of the deceased it was that of an old man and very atenuated; there were no external marks of violence upon the body, witness had know deceased to be in weak health for sometime and had no reason to suspect that death arose from any cause but old disease; under the circumstances he did not think a post mortem necessary, had no doubt that the cause of death was a disease of the lungs. Verdict: Death by natural causes.
Feb 18 1829 The following convicts were lately removed from the City Gaol to the Hulks at Portsmouth, viz. Sam Warnes, Francis Atkins and Robert Fisk, for life; Thos Lucas, Richard Chapman, John McDonald, William Marrison, Joseph Webber, and Jeremiah Brown, for seven years' transportation.
in 1839 Francis absconded from the Vale of Clwyd and after apprehension was sent to Moreton Bay
Conditional Pardon No. 49/1304 dated 20 Sep. 1849, aged 31, trade Weaver, Offence Stealing Shoes, convicted 13 Jan. 1829
Francis Atkins was placed on board the Isabella on 24 April 1830 bound for Moreton Bay (see The Campbelltown Convicts).