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Transportation
Thomas Bettison was transported on the Tottenham, departing 31st Dec 1817 and arriving 14th Oct 1818 with 201 passengers.
Tottenham (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 2 |
| 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
DERBY CONSPIRATORS. The following eleven convicts, sentenced to death, at Derby, for High Treason, are transported for life: viz. George Weightman; Thomas Bacon; John Bacon; Samuel Hunt; Joseph Swire, alias Manchester Turner; Edward Turner, John Onion, the elder; John MacKeswick ; John Hill; George Brassington, and German Buxton. The following three, are to be transported for 14 years: Thomas Bettison, Joseph Rawson, and Josiah Godber. And the remaining six convicts, viz. John Moore; Edward Moore; William Weightman; Alexander Johnson, William Hardwick, and Charles Swaine, remain prison, their final sentence not being yet settled. It is probable that they will be transported for shorter terms. Leeds Intelligencer, 1 Dec 1817.
Thomas served his full sentence leaving a wife and child in Derbyshire, all due to government entrapment www.pentrichrevolution.org.uk www.spanglefish.com/pentrichrevolution