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Transportation
Thomas Gill was transported on the Ocean, departing 22nd Apr 1823 and arriving 27th Aug 1823 with 175 passengers.
The 'Ocean' was an English merchant ship and whaler built in 1794 at South Shields, England. In 1803 she accompanied the ship 'Calcutta' to Australia, acting as a transport supply ship. When the settlers abondoned Port Phillip, Melbourne, Victoria the ship transferred convicts, settlers and marines to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). In 1815, 1817 & 1823 the 'Ocean' transported convicts to New South Wales.
Ocean (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 45 (24) |
| 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
Coventry and Warwick Assizes. Sentences of the Prisoners at Warwick. Condemned. …Thomas Gill, for burglary in the dwelling house of William Parker, Birmingham; … Northampton Mercury, 24 Aug 1822. The whole of the prisoners who were capitally convicted at Warwick and Coventry Assizes, have been reprieved. Staffordshire Advertiser, 24 Aug 1822.
1828, 18 January: Thomas GILL per Ocean 3 was admitted to the Phoenix Hulk, from which he was sent to Port Macquarie per the barque "Lucy Anne" on a Colonial sentence (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891; Phoenix Hulk: Official Returns, 1828). 1824, 11 December: Thomas GILL per Ocean 3, labourer, tried 7 August 1822 at Warwick Assizes, and sentenced to life, received a sentence of three years from the Parramatta Bench for a Colonial conviction. He was sent down to Port Macquarie per "Sally" on 22 December 1824, and returned on 23 March 1828 (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891; Port Macquarie Penal Settlement; Port Macquarie: List of Convicts, 1822-1825). . 1875, 8 September: Thomas GILL died on this day. No record of where or the cause of death (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891; Convicts Deaths; Annual Returns of Convicts Who Died, 1867-1891).
1822, 7 August: Thomas GILL was tried at the Warwick Assizes (see New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849). 1823, 24 October: Thomas GILL per Ocean 3 - on a list of assigned convicts; assigned to Thomas Blaker, Parramatta (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891; Alphabetical List of Convicts; List of Assigned Convicts Non-Mechanics, 1822-1824).