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Transportation
Henry Toombs was transported on the Eleanor, departing 15th Feb 1831 and arriving 26th Jun 1831 with 136 passengers.
Eleanor - 1841 Journey. Port of Hobart Town. Arrivals. - April 21 -the brig Eleanor, 257 tons, Mossman, from the Isle of France on her way to Sydney, with sugar and dates, and several cabin passengers. She has landed 14 male and 1 female prisoners. The Courier, 23 April 1841.
Eleanor (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 21 (13). Convict Annotated Printed Indentures 1831 and Government Gazettes. |
| 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
On Monday the following 24 convicts, against whom sentence of death was recorded our late Special Assize, were removed from Fisherton gaol, and put board the York Hulk at Gosport. Maurice Pope, the Wiltshire pugilist, will seen, is amongst the number. John Jennings, George Shergold, of Wilton, H. Shergold, Thomas Whately, James Down, Isaac Cole, Wm. Francis, W. Lewis, Shadrach Blake, George Shergold, John Shergold, Joseph Watts, Geo. Durman, James Toomer, Maurice Pope, Gifford North, Wm. Cheater, Charles Davis, Laban Stone, Thomas Lawrence, John Pounds, John Ford, and Chas. Pizzie, to be transported for life. John Burrough, William Hibberd, Aaron Stone, Job Waldron, Robert Baker, Henry Toombs, John Reeves, John Orchard, Levy Brown, and Wm. Legg, to be transported for 14 years and John Remain for 7 years. Hampshire Advertiser, 12 Feb 1831.
Henry Toombs was 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 bacause 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. Wiltshire Special Commission. Henry Toombs, John Reeves, John Orchard, and Thomas Lawrence, were indicted for robbing William Paine of half-sovereign. The Jury acquitted Lawrence, but found the other prisoners Guilty. Sentence Death, recorded. Thomas Lawrence was then tried and convicted of having robbed Mr Spicer, on the 23rd Nov., of two sovereigns. Judgement of Death recorded. Salisbury Journal, 10 Jan 1830
The Annotated Indentures state that Henry Toombs was 21 years old; he could read; religion Protestant. He was single and a native of Wiltshire and that he could milk and reaps. He was convicted at the Wilshire on 27 December 1830 of Machine breaking along with a number of other men. He was sentenced to 14 years and had no prior convictions. Physical attributes: Height - 5 feet 11 inches; complexion ruddy and freckled; hair brown and hazel eyes. Prisoner number 31-894 and transport number 126. Government Gazette dated 11 October 1837 states that he received his ticket of leave in the County of Murray. Government Gazette dated 12 May 1838 from Despatch 19 dated 9 November 1837 stated that he received a conditional pardon along with about forty other men all from the same ship - Eleanor.
Queanbeyan Church of England Marriage records Henry Toombs married Mrs Harriet Powers on 1 November 1839. Mrs Harriet Powers, a widow, transported on Nurma in 1833. NSW Convict and settler records assigned to Mr John Palmer on Parramatta. NSW Conditional Pardon was a native of Wiltshire and could milk and reap.