Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Stephen Clifton was transported on the Marion, departing 30th Oct 1851 and arriving 30th Jan 1852 with 281 passengers.
Built 1834 at Calcutta. Wood ship of 684 Tons. The 1847/48 voyage sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) BUT also went on to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria where 300 exiles disembarked. (The newspaper source says they were from Millbank, Pentonville & Parkhurst prisons.)
Marion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 265 (135) |
| 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
Stephen Clifton, 18, pleaded guilty to setting fire to a barn, the properly of John Baker, Pembury.—Ten years’ transportation. South Eastern Gazette, 6 Aug 1850.
Fired a barn full of machinery which was replacing the men's labour, thus making them jobless & forced into towns (often London).Second child of 11 (though he never saw the youngest, Maria.His parents were Benjamin & Jane of Pembury, Kent.His elder brother Thomas called his son Stephen (my direct ancestor),this tradition has continued to date (so five generations of "Stephens" have been born since 1856).His physical description could still apply to male descendents though the height has increased a little(?), probably due to better diet & marrying tall women:)