Thomas Howard

Thomas Howard, one of 200 convicts transported on the Ann, August 1809

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Thomas Howard
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1785
Occupation:	-
Date of Death:	1851
Age:	66 years

Life Span

Male median life span was 51 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Horse theft
Convicted at:	Leicester Assizes
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	Ann or Anne
Departure date:	August, 1809
Arrival date:	27th February, 1810
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 199 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 426. Tasmanian Archives - convicts.
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

Nell Murphy on 6th April, 2016 wrote:

Record of Thomas Howard being transferred from New South Wales to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) by the ‘Union’ 1810.

Maureen Withey on 21st January, 2020 wrote:

Thomas Howard was sent to V.D.L. by the ship Union in 1810. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-1$init=CON13-1-1p7

Thomas Howard, ship Ann (2), Tried at Lincoln Ass., 7 Mar 1807, sentence Life.

Note - This record says he was tried at Lincoln Ass., not Leicester? Which one is correct?

Convict Changes History

Nell Murphy on 6th April, 2016 made the following changes:

source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 426. Tasmanian Archives - convicts. (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 426), gender

Eileen Rice on 13th January, 2017 made the following changes:

date of birth: 1785 (prev. 0000), date of death: 1851 (prev. 0000), crime