Thomas Bantock

Thomas Bantock, one of 170 convicts transported on the Lord Melville, 14 November 1828

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Thomas Bantock
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1791
Occupation:	Stockman
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 51 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Cow stealing
Convicted at:	Suffolk Assizes
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Lord Melville
Departure date:	14th November, 1828
Arrival date:	6th May, 1829
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 169 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 526
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 Project.

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Community Contributions

D Wong on 16th February, 2019 wrote:

4/4/1828 Cambridge Chronicle and Journal Cambridgeshire, England:
SUFFOLK ASSIZES
Thomas Bantock, for stealing a heifer from Mr. Joseph Farrow, of Hawstead.

Thomas Bantock was 37 years old on arrival.
Native Place: Suffolk.

3rd conviction, 7 years, served 5 years in Hulk.

Thomas was illiterate, married with 2 children, 5’7¾” tall, ruddy fair complexion, dark brown to grey hair, brown eyes.

Assigned to William Lawson, Bathurst.

Jan.1838: Allowed to remain in the district of Bathurst.

19/5/1838: TOL Bathurst.

Convict Changes History

D Wong on 16th February, 2019 made the following changes:

date of birth: 1791 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime