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William Jones was transported on the Claudine, departing 19th Aug 1829 and arriving 6th Dec 1829 with 180 passengers.
The 'Claudine' was an East Indiaman built in Calcutta in 1811 from teak wood with a tonnage of 452 tons. In 1820 she ran from London to Hobart Town, Sydney, Batavia and back to England. After leaving Sydney on 10 May 1820 under the command of John Welsh, she discovered the Claudine Reef in the Coral Sea, before making her way past Murray Island in Torres Strait on her way to Batavia. The Claudine made two voyages to Australia as a convict transport. Departing Woolwich 24 August 1821 mastered by John Crabtree with Henry Ryan as ship's surgeon. She arrived in Port Dalrymple, van Diemen's Land after a passage of 113 days via Teneriffe, on 15 December, landing 40 convicts. She then sailed on to Hobart Town and landed the remaining 119 male convicts, one prisoner having died en route . On 24 August 1829 the Claudine departed London, arriving in Sydney on 6 December 1829 after a voyage of 104 days; her Master was William Heathorne, the surgeon William H Trotman. On this voyage she sailed with 180 prisoners and their guard; two prisoners died en route. she then sailed on to Madras on 30 December. The Claudine returned to merchant service and on Monday 21-22 November 1840 under the command of captain Brewer was deliberately beached with another East Indiaman 'Westminster' during a storm off the Kent coast near Margate. This stranding was the subject of a famous engraving by William Henry Bartlett and a pencil and chalk sketch by J.M.W. Turner. The 'Westminster' successfully unloaded 6000 chests of tea into two steamers which delivered it to the East India Docks and was refloated on 7 December. 'Claudine' which was beached onshore unloaded into 200 carts the following day 23rd November and was then refloated on a spring tide after 7 December. Both ships having been dismasted in the storm, were repaired and put back into the trade. The Claudine appears to have been sent to the wreckers in 1849.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 172 |
| 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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Old Bailey: WILLIAM JONES. Theft: simple larceny. 9th April 1829 Verdict Guilty Sentence Transportation WILLIAM JONES was indicted for stealing, on the 9th of March, 1 silk umbrella, value 18s., the goods of Francis Moor. EDWARD WILLSON. I am shopman to Mr. Francis Moor, of St. Martin's-court. On the 9th of March I missed an umbrella from the shop, which I had seen not long before; the officer brought in the prisoner with it. JOHN GROOM. I am an officer. On the 9th of March, about nine o'clock in the evening. I observed the prisoner and another lad loitering about this shop; I watched them, and saw the prisoner take something from his pocket - he immediately stepped into the shop, and brought out this umbrella; he came down the court with the other -I tripped up the heels of the other, and took the prisoner with this umbrella and knife.(Property produced and sworn to.) Prisoner's Defence. I was going home - I saw the umbrella lay, and took it. JOHN GROOM. There was no dirt on it; I saw him reach into the shop, as if to cut a string. GUILTY. Aged 21. Transported for Seven Years. William Jones was listed as 20 on arrival (born 1809) on his Indent. Native Place: Norfolk. William was literate, single, 5'2¾" tall, ruddy freckled complexion, brown hair and eyes, woman & AB on right arm, heart and darts on right arm, nose inclines to right, scar over out corner of left eye. 6/4/1835: TOL, Goulburn. 1835: Married Elizabeth Lewis at the Church of England, at BUNGONIA; GOULBURN, ST SAVIOUR'S (CO. ARGYLE), LAKE BATHURST, MARULAN. 11/5/1843: COF - 34 years old, 5'4" tall.
Permission to marry granted: 27 Jul 1835. Elizabeth Lewis came free B Merchant (could be Bengal Merchant or Bussorah Merchant)
Born : 6 Jun 1806 • Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Vessel Claudine Convicted Date 9 Apr 1829 Voyage Date 19 Aug 1829 Colony New South Wales Place of Conviction Middlesex, England Sentence term: 7 years Arrival date: 6th December 1829 On arrival in Port Jackson, he was assigned to Daniel Cooper and worked at Waterloo Plains Station near Lake Bathurst, NSW. Ticket of Leave 6 Apr 1835. On obtaining his ticket-of leave he continued to work at the station for wages. Request Permission to Marry: Name Elizabeth Lewis Spouse William Jones Request Status Granted Date of Permission/Refusal 18 Jul 1835 Certificate of Freedom 11 May 1843 Elizabeth and William had 10 children. Death 6 Aug 1886 • Collector, New South Wales, Australia