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Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Burrill was transported on the Indefatigable And Minstrel, departing 9th May 1812 and arriving 19th Oct 1812 with 331 passengers.
The Indefatigable was built at Whitby, England. She was square-rigged three masted ship of 549 tons and had three decks; a length of 127 ft. and a beam of 31ft. 8ins. The Indefatigable sailed from England on 4th June 1812 in company with the Minstrel. The Indefatigable came direct to Hobart, VDL arriving there on 19 October 1812. One prisoner died on the voyage out. Having disembarked the prisoners in Hobart, the Indefatigable arrived in Port Jackson on 6 December 1812, departing there bound for England in January 1813. The Indefatigable returned to Australia with convicts in 1815 (see separate listing).
Indefatigable And Minstrel (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 71 (37) |
| 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
7/8/1821 Thomas Burrell of ship Indefatigable 1812 received an absolute pardon (ref: NSW Convict Registers of Conditional & Absolute Pardons, 1788-1870; Ancestry) 10/10/1821 Thomas Burrill married Mary Ann Nixon in Hobart, Tasmania (ref: Australia Marriage Index 1788-1950; Ancestry) Marriage appears bigamous, viz: 30/5/1804 Thomas Burrill "of the parish of St Sampson's, butcher" married Hannah Pratt at St Michael's Church, Spurriergate York (ref: York St Michael's parish register, Borthwick Institute) 1841 York, Shambles Hannah Burrell, age 60, butcher (ref: 1841 census, England) 8/1/1850 death York, Shambles Hannah Burrill "widow of Thomas Burrill butcher" age 72 (ref: death certificate, General Register Office) 11/1/1850 burial Hannah Burrill, Shambles, age 72 (ref: York St Crux burial register, Borthwick Institute) 23/3/1837 death Mary Ann Burrill "Sacred to the memory of Mary Ann Burrill the wife of Tom Burrill who departed this life March 23 1837 aged 34 years." (ref: original headstone, Bothwell Public Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania; Findagrave) 11/12/1837 Thomas Burrill married Jane Hardy in Hamilton, Tasmania (ref: Australia Marriage Index 1788-1950; Ancestry) Marriage appears bigamous, see above.
"THOMAS BURRILL (aged 30) of York butcher, for breaking into the house of David Winn, the George Inn, in the said City, and stealing thereout several great coats and other articles ... Guilty." York Herald, England, 16/3/1811 "Thomas Burrill, charged with stealing two sheep out of a field in the township of Heworth Not Guilty." Leeds Intelligencer, England, 19/3/1810 "THOMAS BURRILL (aged 29) otherwise THOMAS BORRILL the younger, of the parish of St Michael le Belfrey, in the city of York butcher, for stealing from and out of a field situate in the township of Heworth in the North Riding, two sheep the property of William Langdale, William Houlgate and John Ward all of York butchers." York Herald, England, 10/3/1810
YORK ASSIZES. —At these Assizes, (which terminated on Saturday last,) sentence of death was of death was passed upon James Whitehead, for cutting with intent to kill; John Harper, for paying counterfeit notes; George Richardson, for stealing money; John and William Colley for horse-stealing; Thomas Burrill, and Mary Bell, for house-breaking; and James Kibblewhite, for counterfeiting a stamp but they were all reprieved before the Judge left York. Stamford Mercury, 29 March 1811.