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Voyage
Transportation
James Knibbs was transported on the Guildford, departing 12th May 1820 and arriving 28th Oct 1820 with 170 passengers.
The 'Guildford' was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 310. Tasmanian Archives - convicts. State Archives NSW, Convict Indents (Series: NRS 12188; Item: 4/4007; Microfiche: 645). UK, Prison Hulk Registers (Class: HO9; Piece: 8). Ancestry. |
| 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
Prison Hulk Ship Leviathan, Date Received 2 November 1819, Aged 20, Offence: Burglary, Sentence: Life Convict Indents: Aged 21, Date of Conviction 21 July 1819 Death 13 January 1866 in Kyneton Hospital, Victoria from crepilus detas (possible crepitus) Burial 15 January 1866 at Kyneton Cemetery
James Knibbs was found guilty at Oxford, England on 21/07/1819 (crime not recorded on Colonial record). Life Sentence. Transported to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) on the 'Guildford', arriving Nov. 1820. Assignments in Colony and had his Ticket of Leave by 1827. Some notes of misconduct on his record. Admonished for co-habiting with Mary Morris (free) and advised to seek permission to marry. They were subsequently married, in Hobart in 1830. (ref. 1459/1830-36) Conditional Pardon granted 06/10/1836. No. 1051. Free Pardon granted 27/05/1840. No. 562. Wife Mary died in 1843. Child Elizabeth Knibbs, b. 1837 was admitted to Queens Orphan School. On her admission form it stated her father had moved to Victoria. She was then aged 6yrs. Later, in 1851 she was discharged into employment - to Mr. George Scott at Ross. She was charged, at Oatlands Court in 1851 of stealing a cloak from her employer. 12mths imprisonment. Left in 1853 for Victoria (perhaps to find her father?)