Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Thomas Hunter was transported on the Clyde, departing 27th Apr 1832 and arriving 27th Aug 1832 with 201 passengers.
Clyde (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 326 |
| 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
1860. Noted in the Liverpool Asylum Register for the Infirm & Destitute Name; Thomas Hunter Age; 51 years old Ship; Clyde / 32 Free by Servitude. Presbyterian. Died; 14 August 1860 ** All details per the Register
OCCUPATION: He was a machine maker, according to his Certificate of Freedom. This could be another term for a machine man, a generic term for a man who operated a machine; also called a machinist (see Dictionary of Old Occupations at https://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/). 1845, 23 September: Thomas Hunter, 35, born 1810 in Renfrewshire, Scotland, per Clyde 1832, a machine maker, received his Certificate of Freedom No.45/1259 (see NSW, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867). Note: The difference in age compared with his original court record.
1831, 13 September: THOMAS HUNTER and ALEXANDER SPEIRS were convicted in the High Court “for the crime of theft by housebreaking at [the home of William Henderson] Woodside, Houston”. Each was sentenced to transportation for 14 years. In court documents, they were described as: Thomas Hunter, 17, a distillery worker from Ferguslie, Paisley; and Alexander Speirs, 18, a carter, also from Ferguslie (see National Records of Scotland, Reference JC26/1831/480). 1831, 31 October: Thomas and Alexander were received aboard the prison hulk Cumberland moored at Chatham. Thomas Speirs was listed as prisoner 1592, 18, born in 1813. He was sent from the hulk for transportation on 21 April 1832. Alexander Speirs had been sent earlier, to VDL, aboard the Katherine Stewart Forbes (see UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849; Cumberland Register 1814-1833).