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Transportation
Thomas Hawkins was transported on the Nile, departing 18th Sep 1857 and arriving 1st Jan 1858 with 271 passengers.
Nile (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 246. UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Pentonville Prison; Register of Prisoners; 1854-1856 |
| 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
From his Fremantle jail record: HAWKINS, Thomas; #4634, arrived 1 Jan 1858 per Nile Date of Birth: 1803 Date of Death: 1 Sep 1869 Place of Death: Fremantle, invalid depot Marital Status: Widower 2 children Occupation: Farm labourer Literacy: Semiliterate Sentence Place: Warwick, Warwick, England Crime: Unnatural offence Sentence Period: Life, commuted Ticket of Leave Date: 4 Jun 1861 Conditional Pardon Date: 17 Sep 1866 (https://fremantleprison.com.au/). --00--
JAIL: 1856: He was held at Millbank jail at Westminster in London. By the 1850s, Millbank and Pentonville were places for all male convicts to serve “their probationary term [of 9 months], after which they would be transported or sent to a public works prison” (https://www.prisonhistory.org). He served 22 days in separate confinement. 15 March, 1856: He was admitted to Pentonville prison, prisoner #6475, 53 years old, a Protestant whose next of kin was his daughter Ann Hawkins of Mollington, Warwickshire. He had been received from Millbank prison -- sentenced to life for an "unnatural offence with an ass". He spent 13 months 23 days in separate confinemen at Pentonville, during which his behaviour was described as “good” (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; Pentonville Prison; Register of Prisoners; 1854-1856). 7 May, 1857: He was sent to Chatham, to await transportation. On the record of “male transports” from Chatham per Nile to WA he was listed as 53, widowed with two children, a labourer, and able to read and write imperfectly (Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; Convict Department, Registers; Convicts Transported Per Nile (R32)). --00--
TRIAL: 13 December, 1855: Thomas Hawkins, a farm labourer, was convicted at the Warwick Assizes of "an unnatural offence", and was sentenced to transportation for life. —0—