No Given Name Christmas

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Maureen Withey on 22nd February 2022

Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-7$init=CON31-1-7p409 2151. Christmas, per Eden, arr. 22 Dec 1836. Tried Barbadoes O&T & G.D. 11 Dec 1835, Life. Transported for Burglary, Gaol report, None, Hulk report, very bad. Single, Stated this offence, Housebreaking prosr. Mr Best, my master, I stole a jacket, ironed at the Hulk for stealing bread, real name John Christmas, single, Surgeon’s report, Quiet. Feb 1838, Laborer Comptrollers Stores? Absent from his gang without leave, Sol. Conft. On B & W for 6 days. March 2 1838, Labr. P.B. Having a new Gauging stick in his possession supposed to have been stolen from the Ordnance store witht satisfacty accounting for how he became possessed of it. Hard labor in Irons for 3 months on the Roads. New Town By Ch. Gang, Vide Lieut. Gov’s Decision, 3 March 1838. March 15 1838, under sentence to Ch. Gang/ Trafficking, Repd. ------------------------------------------------------ Appropriation Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON27-1-2$init=CON27-1-2p180 2151. John Christmas, age 25, 5ft 3, Gents Servant & groom, tried Barbadoes, Life, Native place, Barbadoes, How appropriated? Mr I. Randall, Launceston, T.L. -------------------------------------------------- It is very likely that John Christmas was sent to New South Wales in 1838 with 29 other convicts, several of whom were black. -------------------------------------------------- Ship News- Arrivals. From London and Hobart Town, on Thursday, the ship Moffatt, 820 tons, Captain Bolton, from the former the 16th November, the latter the 19th instant, lading Colonial produce from Hobart Town. Passengers — Mr. and Mrs. Kemp, Rev. Messrs. Orton and Wilkinson, Major Smyth, 39th Regt.,Mrs. Montgomery and child, and Dr. King, R.N. In the steerage 17 adults, and 21 children, (emigrants forwarded to Sydney by the Tasmanian Government), 9 soldiers of the 50th Regt.,and 30 prisoners of the Crown. Commercial Journal, 28 Apr 1838. -------------------------------------------------- Christmas John, Moffatt (3), 25, Barbadoes, gentleman's servant &c., 5 feet 3½ inches, copper color, black hair, black eyes, head round, visage oval, forehead high, eyebrows black, nose short and broad, mouth wide, lips thick, chin medium length, whiskers none, perpendicular scar over left eyebrow, horizontal scar on upper lip, high cheekbones, man of color, from W. Simpson, Maitland, since November 24. NSW Govt Gazette, 19 Dec 1838.