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Transportation
Thomas Blyth was transported on the Forfarshire, departing 24th Jun 1843 and arriving 12th Oct 1843 with 240 passengers.
Forfarshire (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 328 |
| 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
This is not the Thomas Bligh (also Blythe, Blyth?) who married Sarah BARTLETT - Sarah's spouse arrived on the Emperor Alexander in 1833 (see his record under Thomas Bligh)and was convicted in Kent.
sarah bartlett married Thomas Bligh who came on ship Emperor Alexander. However the name Bligh can be spelt Blyth Blythe, Blithe, so can be confusing. This Thomas Blyth is my ancester and his name should be spelt with an e on the end. There were two sarah bartlett's arrived in Tasmania 3 years apart, the first was transported on the Platina and was convicted at Exeter, she appeared to have numerous permissions to marry- they either died or they changed their minds!
His father was Charles Blythe who was convicted at the same time and drowned when his ship the Waterloo wrecked off cape town. Thomas was definitely born in Watton at stone in Hertfordshire and the family moved to Coventry in Warwickshire. Brother Charles had been transported in 1835. The family had criminal tendencies for some time! Thomas had already served imprisonment sentences on more than one occasion whilst sister Elizabeth served 9 months imprisonment, my 3g. grandfather James Blythe was acquitted of receiving stolen goods. Not sure why Thomas and his father were on different ships though!
Thomas was born at Watton at Stone in Hertfordshire and charged and convicted with his father Charles on the 19th of March 1842 in Warwick. Both men received 7 years transportation but were first moved to the prison hulks in Chatham & Woolwich. They were transported on different ships and Thomas' father drowned on the Waterloo at Capetwon
STATEMENT OF OFFENCE: Stealing 4 hives of Bees of Issiah Smith of Leachbrook - for honey - 12 mos. Surgeon's Report: Very Quiet and Good, Trade: Ploughman, Native Place: Leamington, REMARKS: M (?) Ann at Coventry (?), B James, S Sarah Elizabeth at Coventry Number: 10,408, NAME: Blyth Thomas, Where Tried: Warwickshire, Warwick (W?), When Tried: 15 March 1842 Height: 5/5, Age: 28, Sentence: 7, Religion: P, Reador Write: R, Married or Single: M Page 13 & 14 taken from: http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/default.aspx?detail=1&type=I&id=CON14/1/23
Listed as Free in 1849 as per the New South Wales and Tasmania, Australian Convict Musters Thomas Blythe was born in 1811 in Woolwich, Kent, England. He died on 26 Jun 1891 in Victoria, Australia ( Cancer of face, exhaustion in 39 Robertson St Street Kensington). When he was 33, He married Sarah Ann Barker Bartlett on 09 Sep 1844 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (St Matthews New Norfolk in the District of Hobart).