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Voyage
Transportation
John Farren was transported on the Katherine Stewart Forbes, departing 21st Feb 1832 and arriving 16th Jul 1832 with 223 passengers.
Katherine Stewart Forbes (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 272 |
| 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
NOTE: This John Farrant [Farren] should not be confused with a man also called John Farrant, a labourer born in England, who died aged 80 at the New Town Charitable Institution from "senility" (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-15p38j2k), and was buried on 9 August as a pauper at Cornelian Bay Cemetery. The latter was convicted at Cambridge and arrived in NSW in 1835 per England (2).
1840, 11 September: He was granted a Ticket of Leave. 1843, 27 September: Granted a Conditional Pardon No.720 (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-14$init=CON31-1-14p66). 1854, 15 August: Listed as John Farrant, he was convicted at the Launceston Quarter Sessions and sentenced to transportation for seven years for stealing a watch and chain valued at £3/3/- from William Wallwood at Westbury on 9 August (see Launceston Examiner, 17 August, p2). He was sent to Launceston jail (see https://prosecutionproject.griffith.edu.au/).
1831, 19 July: He was convicted at the Summer Assizes at Montgomery, Wales, for horse stealing along with Jonathan Roose and Henry Beastall/Bestall. All were sentenced to death, commuted to transportation for life (see England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892). 1831, 7 October: All three were admitted to the prison hulk Justitia, Woolwich, and from there were sent for transportation on 10 February to VDL per KS Forbes (see UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849). 1832: On arrival in VDL, John Farren - a horse dealer - was 25 and married with one child. His wife Rosetta was at Newcastle. He was said to belong to a gang of horse stealers; his behaviour on the voyage was “quiet” (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON18-1-10$init=CON18-1-10p18).