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Samuel Belasco was transported on the Layton, departing 13th Jun 1827 and arriving 9th Oct 1827 with 161 passengers.
1829 Voyage - Source; The Sydney Monitor. Sat 14 Nov 1829. Page 3. Shipping Intelligence. Arrivals.- On Sunday the Layton from Sheerness, with 190 male prisoners, Surgeon Superintendent Dr. James Osborne, R. N. Lieutenant Miller, 40th Regt; and 29 soldiers of different corps, 4 women and 3 children. Mustered; 188. Died on Voyage; 2. Total 190 Embarked.
Layton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 209 (106) |
| 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
1830 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, Tasmania. Year; 1830 No; 985 Name; Samuel Belasco Ship arrived by; Layton To whom assigned/Occupation; INVALIDED; 1835 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, Tasmania. 1835 Remarks; Free by servitude; Resource: RGD32/1/2/ no 8111 1837 - Baptism. Name: Belasco, Samuel. Baptism date; 16 August 1837. Date of birth: 25 Mar 1806. Trade; General Dealer. Witnessed by E. Officer & Edward Terry Registered: New Norfolk 1838 - MARRIAGE PERMISSIONS Tilsed, Ann. Ship/free: New Grove. Marriage to: Belasco, Samuel. Ship/free: Layton Permission date: 16 Feb 1838 CON52/1/1 Page 035 1838 - Date of marriage: 22 Mar 1838. Registered: New Norfolk 1869 - New Norfolk Hospital. Admission dates: 14 Apr 1869 Person of unsound mind. Cause; Aged; approx. 70 years old. Trade; Hawker. Widow. Religion; Church of England. Disease of the brain, poverty. Been blind for near 30 years Resource: HSD285/1/133
Samuel Belasco's life is chronicled in the book "A FEW FROM AFAR - Jewish Lives in Tasmania from 1804", edited by Peter and Ann Elias and published 2003 by The Hobart Hebrew Congregation. From a family of Sephardic Jewish background (Jews exiled from Spain and Portugal during the inquisition). Converted to Christianity during his later life in Tasmania. Married Ann Tilsed, but no children recorded in their marriage.