Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Burn was transported on the Moffatt, departing 4th Jan 1834 and arriving 9th May 1834 with 400 passengers.
Moffatt (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 273 (138) |
| 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 |
Claims
"Connections with Charles St Clair Burn, Eliza Annie Burn, Alfred Morris, Benjamin William Maule Morris, Sarah Ann Reason"
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Convict Notes
Convict Marriage Permission. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON52-1-1/CON52-1-1P011 No 2072, Thomas Burn, per Moffatt, and Elizabeth Manns, Free. Dates sent- 30th Sep and 24 Oct 1838. Permission Granted.
Tasmanian Records. Conduct Record: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON34-1-4/CON34-1-4P605 No 2072. Thomas Burn, Tried York, 13 July 1833, Life. Recommended for a CP for the Austr. Cols, 24/6/45. Conditional Pardon, June 1846. Description: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON18-1-15/CON18-1-15P187 Plow, 5 ft 9in, age 24. Native place, Kilburn, York. See record for full details.
Committed to the Castle, … —Thomas Burn, charged with stealing a dark-bay mare, the property of John Wilkinson, of Sessay, in the North-Riding. Yorkshire Gazette, 6 April 1833.  HORSE-STEALING AT SESSAY. Thomas Burn (aged 23), charged with having stolen a dark bay mare, the property of John Wilkinson. Mr. Blanshard stated the case. The prosecutor is a respectable farmer, at Sessay, near Thirsk, and the prisoner, previous to this transaction, had lived in his service. At nine o'clock on the night of Thursday the 28th of March last, the prosecutor went into his stable, and saw his mare there. Between five and six the next morning, he discovered that she was gone. He sent out hand-bills in various directions, and amongst other places to Malton. It happened to be Malton fair, and that day the prisoner was there, and sold the animal to Mr. Garforth, a horse-dealer from Leeds. He was detected, and the mare recovered, through the activity of Mr. Wilson, a police officer, of Malton.— These facts were proved in detail, and the jury found the prisoner Guilty.—He was sentenced to be transported for life. Hull Packet, 19 July 1833.  CONVICTS. —The following- convicts have been removed from York Castle to be delivered on board the Retribution and Justitia Hulks at …. and Woolwich:—For transportation for life, … and Thomas Burn. - ... Leeds Intelligencer, 17 Aug 1833.
21 Nov 1836 married Elizabeth Mann a free woman at St David's Church Hobart. Elizabeth arrived on the Princess Royal in 1832, one of the First Free Immigration Girls