| Name: | Thomas Featherstone |
| Aliases: | none |
| Gender: | m |
| Date of Birth: | 1808 |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Date of Death: | 1st August, 1879 |
| Age: | 71 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 61 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to Life
| Crime: | Sacrilege |
| Convicted at: | Middlesex Gaol Delivery |
| Sentence term: | Life |
| Ship: | Asia 1 |
| Departure date: | 13th August, 1827 |
| Arrival date: | 7th December, 1827 |
| Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
| Passenger manifest | Travelled with 199 other convicts |
| Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 250 |
| 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 Project. |
Peta Kelly on 18th December, 2013 wrote:
Conduct record Archives Office of Tasmania
CON23-1-1
Convict number 323
D Wong on 20th December, 2013 wrote:
Thomas Featherstone was 20 years old on arrival in VDL and was tied at the Old Bailey:
WILLIAM WILLIAMS and THOMAS FEATHERSTONE were indicted for burglariously and sacrilegiously breaking and entering the parish chapel of St. Luke, Chelsea, in Middlesex, about the hour of twelve in the night of the 1st of February , at the said parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, with intent to steal, and stealing therein 2 brass chandeliers, value 20l.; 3 brass rods, value 10s., and 2 cushions, value 20s. , the goods of the parishioners of the said parish of St. Luke, Chelsea .
1832: Assigned to William Ashburner
1837: Was a Constable - fined for disorderly conduct.
1837: Married Elizabeth Crouch, who died 4/9/1848 at the Blue Bell Inn. Inquest: Being drunk and excessively intoxicated and then was subject to convulsions and died, aged 36. No children found.
24/2/1837: TOL
3/1/1841: CP
15/9/1848: Married Sarah Brown, aged 26 “Emma Eugenia”. Thomas was free and a Licenced Victualler. They had 5 children.
Sarah died 27/7/1862, at the time Thomas held the licence of the “Lennox Arms”.
Thomas then held the licence of the “Gordon Highlander” at Sorrell.
19/5/1864: Married Mary Ann Smith, a widow, aged 50. Mary died 31/10/1875.
Thomas was buried with his 2nd wife, Sarah Brown and both are buried at St Luke’s Cemetery, Richmond, Tasmania.
Peta Kelly on 18th December, 2013 made the following changes:
crime
Peta Kelly on 18th December, 2013 made the following changes:
date of death 1st August, 1879, occupation
D Wong on 20th December, 2013 made the following changes:
date of birth 1808, date of death 1st August, 1879, gender, occupation
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