Thomas Johnson

Thomas Johnson, one of 320 convicts transported on the John Barry, 07 September 1835

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Thomas Johnson
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1817
Occupation:	Gunsmith
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 57 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to Life

Crime:	Highway robbery
Convicted at:	Central Criminal Court
Sentence term:	Life
Ship:	John Barry
Departure date:	7th September, 1835
Arrival date:	17th January, 1836
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 320 other convicts

References

Primary source:	State Archives NSW (Indents NRS 12189, Item X639, Microfiche 721)&(Pardon Reel No. 793, Roll No. 1250). Old Bailey Records
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

Robert John Willson on 7th October, 2020 wrote:

Thomas Johnson was originally known as Thomas Wilbraham Johnson. His criminal record is listed in the records of the Old Bailey. My ancestor Martin Willson of Whitechapel appeared for him and joined a petition to have his death sentence commuted to transportation for life. He appears to have served his sentence in the Goulburn district.
See “A Convict in the Family” in Canberra journal “The Ancestral Searcher” vol 32, no 1, 2009, by Reverend Robert Willson.

Iris Dunne on 7th October, 2020 wrote:

Indents: aged 19, Tried 2 Feb. 1835, Offence Gunmaker’s apprentice, Offence Highway robbery, can read & write, Protestant, Single, Native Place London, Previous conviction 1 month

Conditional Pardon No. 50/46 dated 19 Jan. 1850, aged 33, Trade Gunmaker, Year of Birth 1817

Convict Changes History

Robert John Willson on 7th October, 2020 made the following changes:

source: Old Bailey Records (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 137 (71)), gender: m, occupation, crime

Iris Dunne on 7th October, 2020 made the following changes:

source: State Archives NSW (Indents NRS 12189, Item X639, Microfiche 721)&(Pardon Reel No. 793, Roll No. 1250). Old Bailey Records (prev. Old Bailey Records), date of birth: 1817 (prev. 0000), occupation, crime