Thomas Brain

Life Span

Male median life span was 56 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Stealing fowls
Convicted at:	Gloucester Assizes
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Recovery
Departure date:	30th July, 1819
Arrival date:	18th December, 1819
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 187 other convicts

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 191 (97)
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 Project.

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D Wong on 8th February, 2020 wrote:

7/4/1819 Hereford Journal Herefordshire, England:
OXFORD CIRCUIT
Thomas Brain, for stealing five turkies.

Thomas Brain was listed as 20 years old on arrival.

Native Place: Gloucestershire.

Occupation: Wire drawer.

Thomas was 5’8½” tall, fair freckled complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes.

25/8/1824: TOL Richmond

6/7/1826: COF

D Wong on 8th February, 2020 made the following changes:

alias1: Braine, alias2: Briant, date of birth: 1799 (prev. 0000), gender: m, crime