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Transportation
Thomas Humphries was transported on the Guildford, departing 31st Jul 1811 and arriving 18th Jan 1812 with 214 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 53 (28) |
| 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
Sydney Gazette, 24 Dec 1827. Police-OFFICE, WlNDSOR, 24th NOVEMBER, 1827. WHEREAS, the undermentioned Persons, who enjoy the Indulgence of A TICKET OF LEAVE, have represented to me, that their TICKETS have been STOLEN from them, or otherwise that they have been lost or destroyed; viz. - Thomas Humphries, Guilford (l), Wiltshire, 50, Shoemaker, 5 feet 2 and a half inches high, sallow complexion, brown to grey hair, dark eves, No. of Ticket 188,1662, 14th August, 1825. -------------------------------------------------- 1828 NSW Census Index. Thos. Humphries, age 60, T.L. Guildford, 1812, Life, protestant, shoemaker at Richmond, Richmond district.
Sydney Gazette, 24 Dec 1827. Police-OFFICE, WlNDSOR, 24th NOVEMBER, 1827. WHEREAS, the undermentioned Persons, who enjoy the Indulgence of A TICKET OF LEAVE, have represented to me, that their TICKETS have been STOLEN from them, or otherwise that they have been lost or destroyed; viz. - Thomas Humphries, Guilford (l), Wiltshire, 50, Shoemaker, 5 feet 2 and a half inches high, sallow complexion, brown to grey hair, dark eves, No. of Ticket 188,1662, 14th August, 1825. -------------------------------------------------- 1828 NSW Census Index. Thos. Humphries, age 60, T.L. Guildford, 1812, Life, protestant, shoemaker at Richmond, Richmond district.
Prison Hulk Record, HO 9-8-3 p. 27 Thomas Humphries, age 50, convicted of a felony, 4 Aug 1810 at New Sarum, sentenced to life, - Guildford 20 Aug 1811
Thomas Humphris, (50 years old), with having broken into a malt-house and stolen divers articles of linen; also with having stolen a ewe from a ground in the tything of Fresdon, and four pigs in a stye at North Blunsden. Salisbury Journal, 6 Aug 1810 Salisbury Assizes The Assizes ended, when sentence of death was passed on Jones and Francis, for burglary, and Harry Richmond and Thomas Humphries for sheep-stealing. The two former were left for execution. Morning Advertiser, 9 Aug 1810 Harry Richmond, aged 26 years, for stealing a lamb, the property of Mr J. Hilliar, at Warminster, and Thomas Humphries, for stealing linen at Highworth, also for stealing a sheep at Highworth and four pigs at Broad Blundsden. Hampshire Chronicle, 13 Aug 1810