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Transportation
Thomas Brown was transported on the Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann, departing 31st Dec 1790 and arriving 9th Jul 1791 with 1265 passengers.
The Third Fleet consisted of 11 Vessels. Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Gorgon, Mary Ann, Matilda, Queen (from Ireland) Salamander and William and Ann. These vessels were provided by a private company; Camden, Calvert and King to ship convicts to the colony.
Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 123 (63) Old Bailey online https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t17900915-43 Old Bailey online supplementary materials Dec 1790 https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/o17901208-2 Old Bailey online supplementary materials Feb 1790 https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/s17900224-1 |
| 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
There is more than one Thomas Brown sentenced for Theft - Grand larceny in London/Middlesex* shortly before the third fleet. (And two Thomas Browns on the third fleet.) This one seems to be the shoplifter - Digital panopticon https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/life?id=obpt17890909-148-defend1272 Old Bailey online https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t17890909-148 * Middlesex was a county which included a lot of what is now Greater London (inc for example Camden, Clerkenwell, Fulham and Kensington). So Middlesex Goal Delivery records include convicts from many Old Bailey cases. (It indicates where the goal was rather than the crime too. This case is about a theft in Wapping, rather to the east, but could still be Thomas Brown's earlier trial, for which he was sentenced to 7 years transportation.)
The Feb 1790 Supplementary materials have an explanation of Thomas Brown's "acquittal by mistake". He had been found guilty of Theft - Grand larceny but there was a date error in the indictment, spotted by his lawyer (Mr Garrow) which lead to his release.
The Old Bailey online Supplementary materials (published in December 1790) lists convicts for transportation including Thomas Brown with his aliases.
This trail record is not yet linked on Digital panopticon but does give Thomas Brown's alias of Newton in the Old Bailey online transcript and the timing is right. The trail report has a footnote that Thomas Brown had been indicted at an earlier session and acquitted in error! He received a death sentence at this trial. Respite of death sentences to transportation for life happened in quite a few lower value property crime cases. Tried with Brown was Mary Smith, who had a good lawyer, Mr Garrow, who created enough doubt that she might have been a bystander to get her acquitted.