Thomas Hale

Thomas Hale, one of 279 convicts transported on the Larkins, 11 June 1831

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Thomas Hale
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1809
Occupation:	Ploughman
Date of Death:	1884
Age:	75 years

Life Span

Male median life span was 51 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Stealing fowls
Convicted at:	Gloucester Quarter Session
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Larkins
Departure date:	11th June, 1831
Arrival date:	19th October, 1831
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 278 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 115 (60); Gloucester England Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1538-1813; Gloucester England Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754-1938; LINCTAS Tasmanian Archives CON27/1/5, CON31/1/20, CON18/1/12 p176, CON23/1/2, CON13/1/5, CON14/1/3, RDG35/1/53 No. 62, AD960/1/22 (Will)
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.

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Community Contributions

Glenda Humes on 9th May, 2017 wrote:

Thomas was baptized 16 July 1809, son of Richard and Ann Hale of Upton St. Leonards near Gloucester. He had one sister, Comfort and 2 brothers in the Army (possibly older brothers John and William). He married Sarah Stock in 1828 and his daughter Mary was born a few months after his Jan 1831 conviction so may never have seen her before he left on 15 Jan. 1831, arriving Van Dieman’s Land 19 Oct. As a ploughman and butcher’s apprentice, was sent to Capt. Patrick Wood at Dennistoun, Bothwell, Tasmania where he met his new wife to be, Jane Reed/Reid, a free settler, daughter of convict William Reed AKA Reid. After his Ticket-Of-Leave, 9 Jan 1836, he married, worked as a butcher for Luke Evans, became a land/property owner and operated a boot making store in Bothwell, managed by his sons until at least 1921. He and his wife Jane had 12 children (some surnames Hale, others Hales) and named his son John Hale as Executor to his will.

Convict Changes History

Glenda Humes on 9th May, 2017 made the following changes:

source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 115 (60); Gloucester England Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1538-1813; Gloucester England Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754