Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Hutchins was transported on the Captain Cook, departing 2nd May 1833 and arriving 26th Aug 1833 with 232 passengers.
The ship, 'Captain Cook' was built at Whitby, England in 1826. Transported convicts to New South Wales in 1832, 1833 and 1836.
Captain Cook (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 81 (42) |
| 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
Thomas Hutchins, Beeston Cooper, and Henry Weller, were indicted, under Lord Ellenborough's Act, for assault, with intent to murder William Cox, a watchman, and the circumstances being of very aggravated character, sentence of death was recorded against all the prisoners. Hampshire Chronicle, 22 Oct 1832. The three men, Cooper, Hutchins, and Weller, on whom sentence of death was recorded at the last Quarter Sessions, are sentenced, the two first to transportation for life, and the other for seven years. Hampshire Telegraph, 29 Oct 1832.
National Archives, Criminal Petitions. HO 17/69/99. Prisoner name: Beeston Cooper, aged 19, and Thomas Hutchins, aged 24. Court and date of trial: Chichester Sessions, October 1832. Crime: Wounding with intent to murder. Victim and Prosecutor, William Cox, watchman. Initial sentence: [Death] sentence commuted to transportation for life. Gaoler's report: 'Character bad'. Annotated (Outcome): 'Ordered to Leviathan'. 'Abroad'. Petitioner(s): 177 inhabitants of Chichester including the Prosecutor, forwarded in a letter from Lord Arthur Lennox, Goodwood, Petworth. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoners are young and were under the influence of alcohol at the time of committing the crime; the prisoners had no intention of committing a murder; prisoners' first offence. Additional Information: Prisoners tried with Henry Weller who was transported for seven years. Date: 1832 Dec 15.
His wife hannah had been transported and married another manbigamously enroute to Tasmania. Thomas returned to remarry a lady Mary French 32 years his junior and went on to have 24 children with her. He was my gt gt grandfather and luved into his 90s. I am descended from his second wife.