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Transportation
James Case was transported on the Eliza, departing 2nd Feb 1831 and arriving 29th May 1831 with 224 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
Eliza (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 9 (7) |
| 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
James Case did not remarry in Tasmania.
He was my 4 x removed grandfather his son Josiah married and had a daughter Jane Case who my line follows I wonder if he remarried in Van Diemans land and had any offspring
National Archives – Petition record - HO 17/46/46 - Date -1831 Jan 19. 1 collective petition (10 people, yeoman of Broad Chalke, Wiltshire) on behalf of James Case, 47 years, convicted at the Wiltshire Special Assizes at Salisbury in December 1830, for machine breaking. There is also a covering letter from Earl Radnor of Longford Castle enclosing petition dated 22 January 1831 and a gaoler's report stating 'character not known'. Grounds for clemency: previous good character - honest and sober, first offence, industrious and is a good labourer. Initial sentence: 7 years transportation. GP 46.
Birthdate derived from age given at death. He was married 15 July 1816 at Broad Chalke, Wiltshire to Ann Moxem and six births are recorded: Henry, 8 Aug 1817; Elias, 8 Jun 1819; Jane, 1 Dec 1821; George, 23 May 1825; Josiah, 3 Jan 1830; Henry, 13 Jul 1831. These are baptismal dates recorded at Broad Chalke. After James' transportation, Ann had another son, William, 25 Dec 1835, father not named but probably George Blick, whom she subsequently married 31 Jan 1849. James received a Free Pardon (No. 302) on 3 Feb 1836 and he died at the General Hospital, Hobart on 4 May 1867.