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Transportation
Thomas Legg was transported on the Proteus, departing 12th Apr 1831 and arriving 3rd Aug 1831 with 112 passengers.
Proteus (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 86 |
| 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
1888 - New Town Charitable Institute: POL709-1-22 page 16 (22 Aug 1888 to 22 Jan 1889) 1893 - Possible Death & Burial Record. Aged; 89 years old, ** Last known residence: New Town Charitable Institution, New Town Date of burial: 19 Jan 1893. Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Pauper, Section A, Number 535
National Archives - Medical Journal by Thomas Logan, Surgeon of Convict Ship Proteus, 6 April - 8 Aug 1831. ADM 101/62/2/3 Thomas Legg, aged 21; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 4 August 1831. Discharged 6 August 1831 cured.
Tasmanian Indent https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON14-1-3$init=CON14-1-3p25 https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON14-1-3$init=CON14-1-3p26 Family and relationships: Wife Mary at Buckland, Oxon, F(father)Leonard Legg at N.P. 7B (brothers)- bro. on board, Wm. Legg transported and gone to Sydney, Hy., Rd., and Chas. labs at N.P. 1s. (sister)Ann ux. (wife of) Jno. Thorne, a lab. at Marson. He stated this offence, machine breaking, and once for stg. a watch, tried and acquitted.
Thomas Legg was convicted at the Wiltshire Special Commission, which was set up during January 1831, to deal swiftly with those agricultural workers who were arrested after the “Swing Riots”. During November and early December 1830, large crowds of impoverished agricultural workers gathered at night to break threshing-machines, which they saw as taking away their already, very low paid work, reduced further because the land owners were reducing the wages of the men due to decreases in the value of the corn they were producing. They demanded token sums of one or two sovereigns of the landowners if they left the farms. London Courier, 10 Jan 1831 Wilts Special Commission Saturday, Jan 8. (Before Mr Justice Parke) W. Legg, aged 28; T. Legg, 21; and J. Legg, 18, were charged with breaking thrashing-machines, the property of R. Shewry, of Hannington. The Jury Acquitted William Legg, and found his two brothers guilty. Thomas Legg, 21 married, one child, wife Mary at Buckland, Oxon. Farm lab and butcher, from Hannington. Death commuted to 14 yrs, transported on the Proteus, arriving Aug 4 1831 in Van Dieman’s Land. Conditional pardon 6 April 1836. Free Cert 1846. He left Van Diemans Land for Melbourne on 26 Dec 1851, probably to head for the Victorian goldfields. He eventually joined his brother William in New South Wales, and died in NSW in 1866. Source: Tasmanian Records.