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Transportation
Josiah Knight was transported on the Layton, departing 9th Jul 1839 and arriving 7th Dec 1839 with 260 passengers.
1829 Voyage - Source; The Sydney Monitor. Sat 14 Nov 1829. Page 3. Shipping Intelligence. Arrivals.- On Sunday the Layton from Sheerness, with 190 male prisoners, Surgeon Superintendent Dr. James Osborne, R. N. Lieutenant Miller, 40th Regt; and 29 soldiers of different corps, 4 women and 3 children. Mustered; 188. Died on Voyage; 2. Total 190 Embarked.
Layton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 53 (28) |
| 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
15/4/1839 Cheltenham Journal and Gloucestershire Fashionable Weekly Gazette Gloucestershire, England: Josiah Knight, 23, pleaded guilty to burglariously breaking open the dwelling-house of James Burton, at Marshfield, on the night of the 2d March, and aslo to a second indictment charging him with having been previously convicted. Fifteen years' transportation. Josiah Knight was 24 years old on arrival - born: Langley. Josiah was 5'8½" tall, sallow complexion, light brown hair, blue eyes, anchor and boot left arm, scar left thumb, single. 30/12/1842: Was a constable. 8/8/1846: TOL 31/7/1846: Permission to marry Caroline White (Tasmania). 21/9/1846: Married Caroline White, 30, a prisoner and servant, Josiah was 30, a shoemaker with a TOL - married at St Matthew's church, Clarence Plains. No children listed. 19/8/1848: TOL Oct. 1849: Recomended for a CP Mar. 1851: CP Aug. 1856: Was a boot maker, working for Mr. Stamford, a tanner at Deloraine, Tas.