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Transportation
Thomas Boss was transported on the Asia 1, departing 13th Aug 1827 and arriving 7th Dec 1827 with 200 passengers.
Built by A Hall & Co at Aberdeen in 1818. A Brig of 536 tons. (Wikipedia) 1830 - Voyage. Asia from Ireland. Female Convict Ship; Stead; Master, Alexander Nesbit M.D. Surgeon Superintendent. Arrived in Sydney Cove 13 Jan 1830. Mustered - 186. Died on Voyage - 3. Disembarked - 1. Total Embarked - 200
Asia 1 (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 255 (129) |
| 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
Tattoos - woman on left arm, man on horseback (a gipsey) Transported on Asia 3
On Thursday Inst, the following convicts were removed from the County Gaol, Ipswich, to be put on board the York Hulk at Portsmouth: Thomas Boss, Moses Boss, Robert Halls, and William Arnold, to be transported for life; William Ling, for 14 years; John Marjoram, Henry Mayhew, William Cooper, and George Fisher, for 7 years. Bury and Norwich Post, 16 May 1827.
SUFFOLK ASSIZE NEWS At Bury Assizes … Sentence of Death was recorded against the following prisoners:— Thos. Boss, aged 21, and Moses Boss, aged 19, for stealing a bay colt, the property of Mr. Edward Marfleet, of Bassingham, Lincolnshire. Norfolk Chronicle, 14 April 1827.
Thomas was tried at Suffolk 31 Mar 1827 for horse stealing - Life Sentence. Taken at Yarmouth.Gaol report good. Brother Moses with him and also on the same ship. Arrived Van Diemen's Land 7 Dec 1827. Single. Protestant. (Brother's record states his father, mother, brothers and sisters at home in Allington, Lincolshire.) Several assignments, misconduct and disorderly. Suffered further imprisonment, hard labour and lashings. Pardoned 15 Aug 1843. Ref: Tasmanian Archives http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?detail=1&type=C&id=5989 (His brother Moses was killed 1831.)
Old spelling of name is "BOFS" - now "BOSS".