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Transportation
Thomas Darlistone was transported on the Layton, departing 17th Jun 1829 and arriving 8th Nov 1829 with 190 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 | England & Wales Criminal Registers HO27/38, page 295. UK Prison Hulk Registers HO9/3. State Records NSW (Pardons, Reel No. 797, Roll No. 1250). Ancestry. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 101 (53) |
| 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
"He was my 3rd great grandfather"
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Convict Notes
Criminal Registers: Sentence Death Prison Hulk ship Ganymede moored at Woolwich & Devonport Convicted 4 April 1829 Transferred 3 June 1829 for NSW Ticket of Leave No. 38/231 Conditional Pardon No. 463 dated 1844
Thomas was the brother in law of John Mogford who had committed the same crime of poaching in Warwickshire England
Warwickshire assizes ATTACK on Mr. DUGDALE'S GAMEKEEPERS. Joseph alias Warren (aged 23), William Ireland (28), John Mogford, Thos. Darlistone (23), William Goldby (26), John Mellor (25), John Squelch (29), John White (36), Henry White (25), David White (1?)), and James White (27), four brothers, were arraigned on an indictment, charging the first-named prisoner with having, on the night the 19th December last, at Merevale, feloniously and maliciously fired at Robert Hood and three others, gamekeepers of D. S. Dugdale, Esq., with with intent kill and murder them; and the other ten prisoners with aiding and abetting the said Joseph Warren. second indictment charged the prisoners with the misdemeanor of being found armed at night, for the purpose of destroying game and a third, with stealing poultry, the same night, from the premises of Mr. Alcock, at Mancetter. Joseph White, another of the same family the four four prisoners of that name, was also charged with the above offences, but has eluded apprehension; and Joseph Cross, an accomplice, was admitted King's evidence. The prisoners, who were eleven remarkably powerful, active, young men, were tried on the capital charge; ... Leamington Spa Courier, 18 April 1829 Shooting at Mr Dugdale’s Keeper – Thomas Darliston, Joseph Warren, John Mogford, John Squelch, William Ireland – transported for life. - David White, William Goldby, John White, John Mellor, James White, and Henry White, for fourteen years. Warwick and Warwickshire Advertiser, 2 May 1829.