Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Cowen was transported on the Juliana, departing 3rd Sep 1820 and arriving 28th Dec 1820 with 160 passengers.
Juliana (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 386 |
| 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
"Thomas Cowen is my 4th Great Grand Father. He was living with an Aboriginal group on Bruny Island. He married Mary Walker Bleeze/Blease. They had 6 children to the marriage, but there has always been the oral history that Mary only had 2 children to Thomas, as he was still having relations with an Aboriginal lady, and that he raised the children while still married. Have not found a burial location for Thomas, as I was told he was buried on his own property."
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Convict Notes
Thomas Wilkin Cowen was born in Birmingham. Baptized 30 July 1798, St. Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Thomas was tried at the Lancaster Assizes,Manchester, Lancashire, England, Jan 1818 for larceny, no bill. (aquitted). Thomas was tried at the Lancaster Assizes, Manchester, Lancashire, England, Oct 1818 for larceny, 12 months imprisonment. Thomas was tried at the Lancaster Assizes, Manchester, Lancashire, England, 17 Jul 1820 for larceny, sentenced to 7 years transportation. Gaol report: Before convicted Hulk report: Good. Relations: F & M Gloucester Street N.P. Departed Portsmouth, England, 3 Sep 1820, aboard the 'Juliana' arrived in Hobart Town, 28 Dec 1820. Prisoner No. (334). Thomas Cowen, Described on arrival as a 21 yr old Cabinet Maker, 5 ft 5 in. with Brown eyes and Brown hair. Remarks: T. Cowen heart and anchor MB May 30 1799 Rt arm woman and 2 anchors on left.Native Place: Birmingham. Certificate of Freedom obtained, 24 Jul 1827. Hobart Town Police Report. - Colonial Times (Hobart, Tas.), Tue 14 Jan 1834. Tuesday, January 7th. Thomas Cowen, for breach of No. 8, in harbouring Mary Blees, a runaway prisoner, at his hut at Birch Bay, in the neighbourhood of Bruné Island, and one of those rendezvous of infamy and disorder to which these unfortunate creatures resort, under the false hope of effecting their escape. As an example to others, situated as Mr. Cowen is, he was fined £15 and costs. He was imprisoned at the HM Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 27 Jan 1834. Thomas Cowen of the ship "Juliana", Free. First committed 27 Jan 1834 by T. Mason Esq. Thomas was discharged 13 Feb 1835 from the Fine Remitted. Applied to marry 18 November 1835: Cowen, Thomas (Free by servitude) and Mary Bleeze (Convict per "America"), Approved 28 Dec 1835. They married 2 February 1836, at St. David's Anglican Cathedral, Hobart. Thomas Wilkin Cowen and Mary Walker-Bleeze had the following children: Mary Ann Cowen, born 29 Sep 1834, married James Bones.(Said to be adopted by Thomas) Thomas George Cowen, born 17 Jan 1837, married Ellen Wilson. Joseph Cowen, born 18 Oct 1839, married Harriet Devereux. Richard Cowen, born 23 Jun 1842, married Emma Challis Linton Challes. Sarah Maria Cowen, born ca 1845, married Thomas Nichols. Matilda Ann Cowen, born 6 Oct 1847, married William George Smith. Henry Cowen, born 29 Oct 1849, married Ann Elizabeth Coy. Thomas died on 25 Jun 1883 in Port Cygnet, Tasmania from of old age and general decay, age "88 years".