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Transportation
Timothy Baverstock was transported on the Camden, departing 21st Sep 1832 and arriving 18th Feb 1833 with 200 passengers.
Camden (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 415 ; (208); Berkshire Chronicle, Saturday 18 July 1829, p.1. |
| 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
Timothy was tried April 1827 on fraud, and was imprisoned for 6 weeks. In July 1829, he was tried and imprisoned on fraud charges for 12 months. He was next charged with larceny Lent1832, and his sentence was 7yrs with transportation. He died in the Hunter Valley in 1838.
Timothy Baverstock was a carpenter and this was not his first offence. In 1829 he had been found guilty of fraud and imprisoned for twelve months in gaol. He had been committed to gaol in early June 1829 Berkshire Chronicle, Saturday 20 June 1829, p.4 Commitments to our County Gaol - … timothy Baverstock, by the Mayor of Newbury, for obtaining goods under false pretences, for trial at the sessions. Berkshire Chronicle, Saturday 18 July 1829, p.1. BERKSHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES, Held at Abingdon, Tuesday, July 14 “Before the Right Hon. The Earl of Radnor “TIMOTHY BAVERSTOCK was charged with obtaining a wheel-barrow, at Newbury, the property of Richard Harrison, under false pretences. “The prisoner pleaded guilty. “It appeared that the prisoner obtained three different wheel-barrows, at various times, which he sold to a Mr Askell. “To be imprisoned to hard labor for 12 calendar months; last fortnight in a solitary cell.” He would have been freed only in June 1830. LARCENY - 7 years TRANSPORTATIOn Reading Mercury, Oxford Gaztte & Berkshire .. Paper, (1) Monday February 6, 1832, p.3: “Commitments to our County Gaol – Timothy Baverstock, by E. B Bunny, esq, for stealing a saw, axe and timber chain, at Sandleford, …” (2) Saturday, February 25, 1832, p. 4: “Mr Justice Taunton arrived in this town this day (Friday) escorted by the Sheriff ad the usual cavalcade. /// The business in both courts will commence tomorrow at ten o’clock. Mr Justice LIttledale arrived in the evening. “ … Tim Baverstock, for stealing a timber chain, at Sandleford, the property of Lord Rokeby; he also stands charged on suspicion of having stolen a cross cut saw and a broad axe, at Sandleford, the property of George Twitchin." He was sent to Justitia Hulk, received on 12 March 1832 "Aged 40. Crime: Stealing a timber chain. Tried Reading Assizes, 24 February 1832. 7 years transportation. He was “transported 14 September 1832”. Two other Reading convicts from the same Assizes - William Taylor (aged 30, stealing tools) and Aaron Ashman (aged 23, receiving stolen goods) - were on the same hulk and convict transport ship.
He died very soon after arriving in Australia: see http://heritagegenealogy.com.au/blog/where-did-my-convict-die/
Parents John Baverstock and Joan Rimes Died 1833 Hunter River New South Wales Nephew Samuel Baverstock also convict