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William Clayton

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Summary

William Clayton, one of 401 convicts transported on the Glatton, September 1802

Born

Jan 1768

Conviction Stealing sheep skins

Departure Aug 1802

Arrival

Mar 1803

Death

Unknown

Personal Information

Name: William Clayton

Aliases:

Gender: Male

Born: 1st Jan 1768

Death: Unknown

Age: Unknown

Occupation: Miller

Crime

Crime: Stealing sheep skins

Convicted at: Lincoln, Parts of Holland Quarter Sessions

Sentence term: 7

Voyage

Departed: 31st Aug 1802

Ship: Glatton

Arrival: 11th Mar 1803

Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Ship: Glatton

Departed: 31st Aug, 1802

Arrived: 11th Mar, 1803

Passengers: 405

References

Primary Source	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 321 (160). Tasmanian Archives - convicts
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

Contributed by Debra Connell on 8th February 2013

Sent to Norfolk Island. Wife Sarah (nee Sunderland) travelled with him from England. Sent from Norfolk Island to Tasmania, 1812 on the Lady Nelson. Sentenced again in Launceston in 1835 to 12 months, crime unknown. He was 67 at the time. Point of interest, William was 5 foot 6 1/2 inches tall

Contributed by Carol Axton-Thompson on 9th February 2013

William Clayton has a Convict Record in Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) - Launceston Q.S. 13/03/1835, Receiving 31 boards, value 10/-, the property of the King. 12mths sentence - H.M.G. Launceston. Arrived in VDL 1812 a prisoner on the 'Lady Nelson', from NSW. William & Sarah had a child, Henry. His wife Sarah left him and remarried - to the well known Launceston identity Richard "Dickie" White who owned a hotel. (See record for Richard White per 'Hillsborough' 1799, convicted for Highway Robbery)

Contributed by Adrian on 6th September 2017

William built the property 'Wickford' at Longford (Norfolk Plains) and flour mills at Longford & Deloraine with his son Henry. Henry died in the wreck of 'Creole' 1863 en-route to New Zealand.

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Revisions

Contributor	Date	Changes
annette lenehan	27th Mar 2023	date of birth: 1768 (prev. 0000), occupation
Debra Connell	8th Feb 2013	gender, crime
Anonymous	12th May 2011	none
Carol Axton-Thompson	12th May 2011	source