Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
James Clewes was transported on the Eliza, departing 25th Jun 1828 and arriving 18th Nov 1828 with 159 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
Eliza (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 425 (214) |
| 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 |
Claims
"James stole a hat. I am a decendant"
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Convict Notes
NSW Convict Index. James Clewes, per Eliza, 1828, Certificate of Freedom, 11 Oct 1834, No 34/1325. Calcutta 2 1837. NSW BMD Marriage Reg: 418/1842. James Clewes and Agnes M Cochrane, CL district. (Church of England, Kelso)
Thursday, James Clew, labourer, of committed by George Hodgkinson, Esq. Mayor, to take trial at the Sessions, for stealing a hat belonging to the waiter from the Clinton Arms Inn. Nottingham and Newark Mercury, 19 May 1827. —James Clewes, for stealing a hat from the Clinton's Arms Inn ; to be transported seven years. A most daring attempt was made to rescue this prisoner, while taking him jail, after trial ; but it failed, and some of the aggressors were taken into custody. Nottingham and Newark Mercury, 4 Aug 1827. The following convicts, under sentence of transportation for seven years, were removed from the Gaol, on Monday last, under the care of Mr. Cross and assistants, to be placed on board the Retribution hulk, lying in the river Medway, viz. Samuel Marshall, James Clews, James Wiley, Thomas Jubb, James Nicholson, and Francis and Thomas Wright. Nottingham Journal, 18 Aug 1827. J…. FOTTIT, labourer, was found guilty of labourer, was found guilty of making an assault on Wm. Cropper, the Gaoler, on the 17th of July last, with intent to rescue James Clewes ( a convict sentenced to be transported at the last Sessions), from his custody : he was ordered to be imprisoned six months at Southwell, and kept to hard labour. Nottingham Journal, 20 Oct 1827.
James married Fanny Agnus Cochrane Smith. 💛🖤❤️