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Transportation
Benjamin Johnson was transported on the Eliza, departing 13th Jul 1822 and arriving 22nd Nov 1822 with 161 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
Eliza (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 191 (96) |
| 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
Committed to the gaol this town, by the Mayor and Mr Alderman Ashwell for at the Quarter Sessions, John Carr Benjamin Johnson charged with feloniously stealing from the shop of Mr Wm Grayburn draper on the 14th instant seven silk handkerchiefs, his property. Nottingham Journal, 22 Dec 1821. Convicts — On last the following convicts under sentence of transportation were removed from town gaol under the care of Mr Vason and assistants to placed on board the hulks at Sheerness, viz John Flamming alias Foreman, James Mayne, John Carr, Benjamin Johnson, James Clay, William Potter, George Stewart, John Woldrom, Henson Roberts, and Isaac Simpson Nottingham Journal, 9 Feb 1822.