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Transportation
John Buffington was transported on the Arab, departing 3rd Jul 1822 and arriving 6th Nov 1822 with 156 passengers.
Arab had another voyage as a convict ship - after discharging 228 prisoners in Hobart, Arab departed on 26 July 1834 with 11 prisoners for Sydney; arrived there on 15 August 1834. Source: The Sydney Herald, Monday 18 August 1834 p 2 Two of the prisoners were William COMSTIVE, and Thomas HORTON - both having arrived in VDL per "Lady Ridley" 1821; and both having been sentenced to secondary transportation.
Arab (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 179 (90) |
| 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
They were, however, afterwards reprieved by the Judge, with the exception of Edward Rolfe, John Wilsden, Daniel Fagg, and John Meredith, who are left for execution. Kentish Weekly Post, 26 March 1822
Alphabetical Registers of Male Convicts. (CON23) No; 569 Name; John Buffington Height; 5 Ft 6 in Hair; Brown Eyes; Hazel Age; 28 [1794] Trade; Bricklayers Lab Trial; Kent - 18 March 1822 - Life Native Place; Ipswich C. P. 820. 29 Feb 1835. DIED; at Port Phillips - 3 Feb 1837
Smuggling Daniel Baker, John Buffington, Francis Carden, Joseph Clements, Daniel Fagg, Joseph Gilbert, John Gill, Stephen Gummer, John John Meredith, Thomas Mount, Edward Holfe, James Rolfe, Henry Smith, Thomas Stokes, James Taylor, Charles White, John Wilsden, and Thomas Woollett, in custody, were indicted, together with Stephen Lawrence, Henry Lemar, John Mills, and John Pollard, not in custody under the statute 52d Geo. 111. for having on the of September last, with other persons unknown, feloniously assembled together, armed with fire arms and other offensive weapons, in the parish of St John the Baptist, Isle of Thanet, in order to be aiding and assisting in the illegal landing and carrying away uncustomed goods, and also for having maliciously shot at, and dangerously wounded Washington Carr, and one Thomas Cook, in the execution of their duty the coast blockade service. Kentish Weekly Post, 26 Mar 1822.
Criminal Petitions. HO 17/25/991823 Prisoner name(s): James Taylor, James Ramsay (alias James Baffington or James Babington), Thomas Woollett, Thomas Mount, Charles White, Joseph Gilbert, Henry Smith, Thomas Stokes, James Rolfe, Stephen Gumer, John Gill, Francis Carden, John Hagell (alias John Fagg), Joseph Clements and Daniel Baker. Court and date of trial: Kent Assizes, Maidstone, March 1822. Crime: Smuggling in Marsh Bay. Initial sentence: Transportation. Annotated: Taylor, Ramsay (alias Baffington or Babington), Woollet and Mount in New South Wales. Petitioner(s): The prisoners. Grounds for clemency: [None stated]. Other papers: Note referring to papers numbered AK37. Additional Information: Prisoners from Canterbury and neighbourhood. Held on board hulks at Gosport, Portsmouth, or Plymouth.