Thomas Clarke

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Summary

Born
Unknown
Conviction
Stealing cheese
Departure
Jun 1810
Arrival
Dec 1810
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Thomas Clarke
Gender: Male
Born: Unknown
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Blacksmith

Crime

Convicted at: Warwick Assizes
Sentence term: 99 years

Voyage

Departed: 30th Jun 1810
Ship: Indian
Arrival: 16th Dec 1810
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Thomas Clarke was transported on the Indian, departing 30th Jun 1810 and arriving 16th Dec 1810 with 201 passengers.

IndianIndian (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 20
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Maureen Withey avatar
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on 28th September 2025

Colonial Secretary Index. CLARKE, Thomas. Per "Indian", 1810 1817 Dec 16 Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3175; 4/1850 p.56) -------------------------------------------------------------- The Petition of Thomas Clark Most humbly sheweth That your petitioner came in a Prisoner in this Colony, Ship Indian. That Petitioner has now been nearly ten years a Prisoner and has been in Government employ since his landing in this Colony and is now and has been for several years an Overseer of the Blacksmiths in the Lumber Yard, Sydney. That your Petitioner most humbly craves your Excellency’s attention to the above Petition and hopes your Excellency will extend to your petitioner such Indulgence as your Petitioner’s length of services to Government your Excellency may think him deserving of. And your Petitioner as in duty bound may ever pray, Thomas Clark. Sydney 16 Dec 1817. -------------------------------------------------------------- NSW Convict Index. Thomas Clarke, Indian, 1810, Conditional Pardon, 31 Jan 1818.

Maureen Withey avatar
341
on 28th September 2025

HO-11-2. Indents, Early Convict Ships Indian. Thomas Clarke, Tried Warwick Assizes, 27 March 1809, Life. -------------------------------------------------------- ... and Thomas Clarke, for stealing three cheeses, the property of Abraham Murcott and William Murcott, at Birmingham, received sentence of death.  Aris’s Birmingham Gazette, 10 April 1809. … and Thomas Clarke, for stealing cheese, the property of Messrs. Murcot, of Birmingham, received sentence of death. The above, and all other prisoners previously condemned, was reprieved, ... Worcester Journal, 13 April 1809.