Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
James Bent was transported on the Coromandel, departing 25th Jun 1838 and arriving 26th Oct 1838 with 350 passengers.
Coromandel (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 287 (145) |
| 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
James Bent was transported for stealing a bushel of malt. He was 51 years old and had been transported 14 years before for stealing lead, (cannot pin point which of the other 3 James Bents' it could have been, or whether it was under another name). Character very bad and convicted and transported before. Surgeon's Report: To be kept to hard labour on the public works by order of the Secretary of State. James had grey eyes, black to grey hair, 5'1 3/4" tall, Wife Mary and 8 children at Maidstone, Kent. James received his TOL in 1847 and had also applied for his family to be allowed to join him, which they did per the William Jardine in 1849, although by this time he must have drowned. At the time of his death he was employed by Robert Foster.
James BENT received his Ticket of Leave on 26 February, 1847 (Ref: CON 31/3) He accidentally drowned in the River Esk, Avoca, Tasmania on 29 January 1849.