Summary
Personal Information
Transportation
Thomas Burn was transported on the Batavia, departing 30th Sep 1817 and arriving 5th Apr 1818 with 220 passengers.
Batavia (generic)References
| Primary Source | Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, Version 8.0 | March 2018), 19 February 1817 (t18170219-98). |
| 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
"Thomas is my 4th great grandfather. He married Elizabeth Tyrrell Sandall and had one daughter, Mary Ann Burn. He died aged 21/22"
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Convict Notes
THOMAS BURN and RICHARD HOLMES , were indicted for stealing, on the 1st of February , 11lbs of beef, value 2s. 6d. , the property of Richard Christopher . RICHARD CHRISTOPHER . I am a butcher , and live in Cross-street, Hoxton . On the 1st of February, I missed the beef, and in about ten minutes after, the prisoners, and beef, were brought to my house by the patrol. ROBERT LOCKE . I am a patrol. On the 1st of February, I saw the two prisoners and another man, coming along with the beef; I asked them what they had got; they said it was beef, which they had bought at Hoxton. The prisoner, Holmes, had it in his hand - He ran away when I took hold of him. (Property Produced and sworn to.) BURN - GUILTY . Aged 15. HOLMES - GUILTY . Aged 21. Transported for Seven Years . Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder.