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Voyage
Transportation
Laban Stone was transported on the Eleanor, departing 15th Feb 1831 and arriving 26th Jun 1831 with 136 passengers.
Eleanor - 1841 Journey. Port of Hobart Town. Arrivals. - April 21 -the brig Eleanor, 257 tons, Mossman, from the Isle of France on her way to Sydney, with sugar and dates, and several cabin passengers. She has landed 14 male and 1 female prisoners. The Courier, 23 April 1841.
Eleanor (generic)References
| Primary Source | Ancestry.com Australian Convict Records. BMD certificates. Personal family history.Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 21 (13) |
| 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
The Convict Annotated Indentures for the Eleanor state that all the convicts on board were transported for machine breaking except for Thomas Davis (Warehouse breaking); George Smets (or Smits) (Receiving stolen iron) and Pierre Tuite or Pierce Tait (for embezzlement). The last three convicts were convicted at Graham’s Town on Cape of Good Hope. They joined the ship at Cape of Good Hope. Ticket of Leave and Certificate of Freedom certificates often state the offence as burglary or robbery rather than machine breaking.
Was involved in the Swing Riots of 1830. Convicted of both Machine Breaking and Robbery. Received a Conditional Pardon in November 1837, and an Absolute Pardon in May 1838. He remained in Australia, married Bridget Writer in 1873 (despite his legal wife in England, Sarah, still being alive!), and died in Mudgee, NSW in 1875.
Part of the Swing Riot mob that took part in machine breaking in Woodborough and Alton Barnes on 23 November 1830. Convicted of robbing John Clift (of Church Farm, Woodborough, Wiltshire) of "1 sovereign and other monies" at the Wiltshire Special Commission. Sentenced to Transportation for Life. Baptised at Urchfont, Wiltshire on 18 May 1807, the son of Simon and Ann Stone.