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Transportation
John Holmes was transported on the Gorgon, departing 31st Jan 1791 and arriving 21st Sep 1791 with 31 passengers.
Gorgon (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 154 |
| 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
… and John Holmes, John Handley, and William King, for robbing Thomas Jameson, of Marston, on the highway between York and Holeate. Leeds Intelligencer, 24 July 1787. On Saturday at the Guildhall, John Holmes and William King who were found guilty on the Monday before of highway robbery, received sentence of death, but were reprieved. Sheffield Register, 4 Aug 1787.
Digitised Indent of Gorgon. John Holmes, tried at York Gen. Sess. 21 July 1787, 7 years.
National Archives. HO 47/6/76 1787 Aug 17 Certificate/memorial of Lord Loughborough and John Wilson concerning several convicts sentenced to death on the Northern Circuit for whom 'some favourable circumstances' appeared on/after their trial City of York Assizes 1. John Holmes and William King, for highway robbery. 7 years transportation.
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 195... [Ref H2133] Holmes, John, free by servitude, Gorgon, 1792, 7 years, Protestant, servant to George Cox, Pitt Street. ## Eleanor had died in 1826.
In the later Musters... 1822... Stowis, Eleanor, free by servitude, Nile, 7 years, wife of J. Holmes, Sydney Holmes, John, free by servitude, Gorgon, 7 years, husband of E. Steward, Sydney Holmes, Edward, 20, born in the colony, son of John Holmes, Sydney [probably Edward Stores]. 1825... John Holmes, free by servitude, Gorgon, 7 years. Eleanor Stores, free by servitude, Nile, 7 years, wife. Edward Holmes, 20, born in the colony, son. William Davis, convict, 14 years, government servant.
In the colony, John formed a relationship with Eleanor Stores (Convict, Nile, 1801) around 1805. It would seem that they had no children, although Eleanor already had a young son Edward Stores born 1803. In the 1806 Muster.... Ellen Stowers, Nile, ticket of leave, Protestant, with John Holmes, carpenter. Holmes, John, carpenter, self employed, free by servitude.