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Transportation
John Bigsby was transported on the John, departing 9th Oct 1830 and arriving 28th Jan 1831 with 200 passengers.
John 1st arrived in Sydney Cove on the 25th November 1827. 185 Male convicts. of which 7 were sent to the hospital, 3 Died. Surgeon Superintendent- Died on the voyage . John - 1836/1837 Voyage. Medical Journal was lost on the homeward passage by the shipwreck of the Ship "Medora' There is an index only.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 503 (254) |
| 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
Trade; Farm Labourer can reap aged 22 years old Offence; Stealing a silk gown 1835 - MARRIAGE PERMISSIONS. Hurst, Ann. Ship/free: New Grove. Marriage to: Bigsby, John Ship/free: John. Permission date: 30 Dec 1835 CON52/1/1 Page 13 1836 - Date of marriage: 15 Feb 1836 Registered: Campbell Town
Hulk Records. HO-9-8_6 Arrived from Bury St Edmunds, 12 Aug 1830. John Bigsby, age 20, Larceny, Tried Bury St Edmunds, 19 July 1830, 7 years. NSW 5 Oct 1830, John.
The following are the sentences of the prisoners, in addition to those mentioned last week : …and John Bigsby, for stealing a quantity of wearing apparel, at Sudburv, ..were sentenced to he transported for 7 years. Ipswich Journal, 31 July 1830. On Wednesday last William Timothy Willis, Thomas Wiffin, Richard Thake, John Bigsby, Frederick Webb, Isaac Potter, and William Townsend, severally convicted of larcenies at the last County Sessions, were removed from our Gaol to the Leviathan hulk at Portsmouth, in order to be transported for 7 years; Bury and Norwich Post, 18 Aug 1830.