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Transportation
John Bassett was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 20th Jul 1831 and arriving 18th Nov 1831 with 266 passengers.
1838 Voyage - Lord Lyndoch. Surgeon Superintendence; Doctor Pineo, From the Surgeons Notes; " Total Embarked; 330 Male Convicts. 19 Died on Passage. 8 Died of Scurvy, 11 of Old age and diseases contracted previously to embarked which could not be detected ...... An accident occurred whereby 16 men were dreadfully scolded with boiling tea. many of them from the shoulders down to their knees.. 112 were sent to the Sydney Hospital on arrival "
Lord Lyndoch (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 153 (79) |
| 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 |
Claims
"John Bassett was my Great Great Grandfather"
"My 3rd Great Grand Father"
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Convict Notes
Marriage Permission https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON52-1-1/CON52-1-1P014 1645. John Bassett, per Lord Lyndoch, and Sarah Baker, free, Date of permission, 23 April 1840. Approved. Marriage Record: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-2/RGD37-1-2P42 At St John’s church, Launceston, John Bassett, age 26, Ticket of Leave, Brass caster, single man, and Sarah Baker, age 19, Free., single woman. Both signed with their mark, X. Tasmanian Birth records Children of John Bassett and Sarah, formerly Baker. Sarah, b 13 Dec 1841 (John a brass founder) Sarah died, age 2, May 2 1844 John, b 1 Feb 1844 John a Fellmonger) Sarah Ann, b 22 Feb 1843. (John a fellmonger). William, b 16 Sep 1849 (John, a Waterman) Maria, b 23 Aug 1852, John a waterman, resident at Patterson Street. Samuel, b 17 Sep 1853, John a waterman, resident at Patterson Street. Death: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-16/RGD35-1-16P151 Death of Sarah Bassett, aged 3 days, of convulsions, daughter of Fellmonger, John Bassett, resident at Cataract hill. Death of John Bassett: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-23/RGD35-1-23P54 25 May 1854. John Bassett, aged 45 years, Boatman, cause of death, fever, Informant, Undertaker. Sarah remarried after John’s death: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-13/RGD37-1-13P438 Nov 2 1854, at York Street Baptist Chapel, Launceston, William Cole, age 28, farmer, bachelor, and Sarah Bassett, aged 30, widow.
Tasmanian Records. Appropriation Record. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON27-1-5/CON27-1-5P109 John Bassett, age 20, Labourer, assigned to Thos. Knowles, Hobart Town. Description Record. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON18-1-12/CON18-1-12P132 No 1641. John Bassett, age 20, 5ft 6. Laborer. See record for full details. Conduct Record: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-4/CON31-1-4P177 See record for details.
John Bassett, and John Campden, breaking open the warehouse of ...ely and Carter, of Birmingham, and stealing property to the amount of £200. Birmingham Journal, 9 April 1831. Convicts—The following Convicts were removed from our County Gaol, on Monday week, the following day were put on board the Cumberland hulk at Chatham :— … John Bassett, … for Fourteen years; ... Warwick and Warwickshire Advertiser, 11 June 1831.
Free Certificate issued 31st January 1852