Thomas Knox

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Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Thomas Knox
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1795
Occupation:	Labourer
Date of Death:	1822
Age:	27 years

Life Span

Male median life span was 51 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Stealing linen
Convicted at:	Donegal, Ireland
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Daphne
Departure date:	28th May, 1819
Arrival date:	21st September, 1819
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 178 other convicts

References

Primary source:	New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856
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Penny-Lyn Beale on 21st April, 2020 wrote:

New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842
Name: Thomas Knox
Age: 23
Date of conviction: 1818
Place of Conviction: Donegal
Estimated birth year: abt 1795
Vessel: Daphne
Port of Arrival: Sydney
Date of Arrival: 21 Sep 1819
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New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary’s Papers, 1788-1856
Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 1814-1827
Name: Thomas Knox
Event Date: 28 Sep 1819
Arrival year: 1819
Vessel: Daphne
Event Description: On list of convicts disembarked from the “Daphne” and forwarded to Windsor; for the Windsor Road
Comments: Per “Daphne”, 1819
Page: 275
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Name: Thomas Knox
Death Date: 1822
Death Place: New South Wales
Registration Year: 1822
Registration Place: Liverpool, New South Wales
Volume Number: V18225566 2B
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Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, 1814-2011

Thomas Knox (Pris; Ship Daphne) Dist of Campbell Town
Page damaged
(Drowned). Age 27 years was buried the 18th instant

D Wong on 21st April, 2020 wrote:

Saunders’s News-Letter Dublin, Republic of Ireland
31 Jul 1818:

Thomas Knox and Thomas Freeburn, for stealing a linen web, and several articles of wearing apparel___to be Transported for seven years.

Thomas Freeburn was also on board.

Thomas Knox was listed as 23 years old on arrival.

Native Place: Donegal.

Thomas was 5’4” tall, fair ruddy complexion, red hair, grey eyes.

Convict Changes History

Penny-Lyn Beale on 21st April, 2020 made the following changes:

convicted at, term: 7 years, voyage, source: New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 (prev. ), firstname: Thomas, surname: Knox, alias1: , alias2: , alias3: , alias4: , date of birth: 1795, date of death: 1822, gender: m, occupa

D Wong on 21st April, 2020 made the following changes:

occupation, crime