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Voyage
Transportation
William Clarke was transported on the Layton, departing 13th Jun 1827 and arriving 9th Oct 1827 with 161 passengers.
1829 Voyage - Source; The Sydney Monitor. Sat 14 Nov 1829. Page 3. Shipping Intelligence. Arrivals.- On Sunday the Layton from Sheerness, with 190 male prisoners, Surgeon Superintendent Dr. James Osborne, R. N. Lieutenant Miller, 40th Regt; and 29 soldiers of different corps, 4 women and 3 children. Mustered; 188. Died on Voyage; 2. Total 190 Embarked.
Layton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 204 |
| 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
Description Record: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON23-1-1/CON23-1-1/CON23-1-1-P085 803. William Clarke, 5 ft 5 ¾. Age 34, brown hair, blue eyes. Farm lab/ploughman.Tried Essex Ass, 6 Mar 1826, 7 years. per Layton. Native place, Tillingham, Essex. Remarks: high temples, scar back of left hand, several moles on breast. F.C./ office on paper. F.P. July 23 1832. Memo Col Sec 13793 for the praiseworthy manner in which he acted in the late murders of the pedlars at Campbell Town.
Tasmanian Records Conduct Record: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-6/CON31-1-6P273 No 803. William Clarke, per Layton, tried 6 March 1826, 7 years. Transported for Stealing a sack. Gaolers report, “Convicted before. Good here” In ship, Good. Confessed this crime, Stealing a sack, once 12 months for some corn. My Bro at N.P. Tillingham in Essex. I lived last with Mr Coster, a farmer at Bradley in Essex. Single, protestant. Aug 11 1832, Free, Drunk & disorderly fined 5/- Conditional Pardon No 94, 23 July 1832.