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Thomas Clarke was transported on the Recovery, departing 30th Jul 1819 and arriving 18th Dec 1819 with 189 passengers.
Built 1799 Batavia, 493 tons. 1823 voyage. Also arrived the same morning, (i.e. Thursday last) from Ireland, having sailed from the Cove of Cork on the 5th April, the ship Recovery, Captain Fotherley, with 180 male convicts, in tolerable health : no deaths on the passage. Surgeon Superintendent, Dr. Cunningham, R. N. The guard comprises a detachment of the 1st, or Royals, commanded by Captain Gill, who is accompanied by his Lady. Three free passengers come out by this conveyance, at the expence of the Crown. Sydney Gazette, Thurs 7 Aug 1823. 1835 voyage. Surgeon's general remarks. On 5th October 1835, the Guard embarked at Deptford, consisting of 1 staff, 1 subaltern, 2 sergeants, 1 drummer, 26 rank and file of the 28th Regiment, accompanied by 8 women and 4 children. On the 19th at Spithead we received on board 160 male convicts from the Leviathan and 120 from the York Hulk and in the 30th got under weigh, previous to which, the convicts were discharged to the hulks in consequence of their being a great nuisance on board. Source:The medical and surgical journal of HM convict ship Recovery for 5 October 1835 to 16 March 1836 by Alexander Neill, during which time the said ship was employed in passage to Sydney New South Wales
Recovery (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 195 (99) |
| 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
STAFFORDSHIRE LENT ASSIZES. CALENDAR. At those assizes, which ended Tuesday night, twenty-nine prisoners were capitally convicted, and received sentence of death ; viz, ... Samuel Hancock, John Cotton, and Thos. Clarke, for house-breaking; ... Mr. Justice Richardson reprieved all the above capital convicts before he left this town, except John Moreton, ... Staffordshire Advertiser, 20 Mar 1819.
1819 - UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, Age: . No listed Treatment Year: 1819 Treatment Place: United Kingdom Nature of the Disease; Chronic Catarrh, Date taken ill: 17th September Notes; Chronic Catarrh, to which he has been subject for many years, but aggravated by a result of persistent cold. Discharged; 31st October ----------------------- 1822 - Muster. Name: Thomas Clark. Convict. Ship: Recovery. Life. Govt. Orphan School, Parramatta ----------------------- 1828 - Census. Name: Thomas Clark. T. L. Age: 56. (Est. Birth Year: abt 1772) Ship: Recovery - 1819. Life. Protestant. Watchman. Residence; Chal's Wilkins, George St. ---------------------- 1828 - 16 May. New South Wales, Australia, Tickets of Leave. 28/111. Name: Thomas Clarke Birth Year: 1772 Immigration Year: 1819 Ticket Date: 16 May 1828 Origin: Staffordshire Vessel: Recovery (1) Calling; Labourer Offence; No details Date of Trial: 11 March 1819 Sentence; Life Height; 5 ft. 2 1/2 inches Complexion; Dark Swallow Hair; Brown to grey Eyes; Dark Hazel Noted against name; Left thumb contracted. Lost front teeth in upper jaw, Noted across the T of L. Torn up 31st August 1829, the holder having died in Sydney on the 28th instant. --------------------- New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register, 1826-1879 Ship; Recovery Age - 65 Died - 30 August 1829. Parish; St Phillips, Sydney -------------------