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Transportation
David Heath was transported on the Eliza, departing 2nd Feb 1831 and arriving 29th May 1831 with 224 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 9 (7) |
| 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. There were two men named David Heath, both convicted for Machine Breaking at the Wilts Special Commission. This man, David Heath had the Convict Number 1217, was single and came from Broad Blunsden. The other David Heath (convict No 1219) was married and came from Ramsbury. However, there appears to be some confusion between the two in the Tasmanian description records, the numbers being muddled. -------------------------------------------------- William Kibblewhite and David Heath were convicted at the Wiltshire Special Commission, which was set up during January 1831, to deal swiftly with those agricultural workers who were arrested after the “Swing Riots”. During November and early December 1830, large crowds of impoverished agricultural workers gathered at night to break threshing-machines, which they saw as taking away their already, very low paid work, reduced further because the land owners were reducing the wages of the men due to decreases in the value of the corn they were producing. They demanded token sums of one or two sovereigns of the landowners if they left the farms. Wm. Kibblewhite, 20, and David Heath, 23, were convicted of breaking a thrashing machine, the property of William Smith of Cricklade, on the 23d Nov. Robert Barrett was acquitted on the same charge, Kibblewhite and Heath received sentence of 7 years transportation. Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette, 6 Jan 1831. --------------------------------------------------- Tas. Record. Convict Conduct Record. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-20$init=CON31-1-20p92 1217 David Heath. Tried Wilts 27 Dec 1830 7 years. Extended 2 years. Transported for Rioting. Gaol Report- Unknown. Single Stated this offence, Machine Breaking. July 26 1833. Insubordinate conduct and disobedience of .. Sentence extended two years . Free Certificate, No 42/ 1845. --------------------------------------------------- Convict Description Record. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON18-1-6$init=CON18-1-6p27 Convict No 1219. David Heath, Ploughman, 5ft 7 ¼, age 21, pale comp, brown hair, no whiskers, grey eyes, several brown moles on both arms. Broad Blunsden.