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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Thomas Atkins was transported on the Eliza, departing 22nd Sep 1819 and arriving 21st Jan 1820 with 159 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
Eliza (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 226 |
| 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
8/1/1870: Thomas Atkins died at Parramatta, NSW. From his headstone: THOMAS ATKINS who died 8th Janry 1870 Aged 81 years -- (which would make his birth years 1789). Thomas's story may be read in full at: australianroyalty.net.au/individual.php?pid=I36306&ged=purnellmccord.ged
1822 assigned to 'Mary Refrain' Duck River, Parramatta. This is Mary Kavanagh (ship Catherine 1814). Her (common law) husband, William 'Refrain', 'Frayne' (William Reddin ship Perseus and Coromandel 1802) - his name is spelt various ways - had been convicted for horse theft in 1822 and is at Port Macquarie in the 1822 census. [Col Sec records & 1822 muster scans Ancestry]
Convict indent has Thomas Atkins Age: 26, Conviction 29 March 1819 Surrey Assizes; Vessel: Eliza. Date of Arrival Sydney: 21 Jan 1820. His native place is Richmond, gardener & labourer. Description: five foot four and a quarter inches, dark ruddy complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes