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Thomas Limpus was transported on the Charlotte, departing 13th May 1787 and arriving 22nd Jan 1788 with 111 passengers.
Being 335 tons, 105 ft long and 28 ft at the beam, The Charlotte held 88 male and 20 female convicts. Built in 1784 and Skippered by Master Thomas Gilbert, her return to England saw her doing the London - Jamacia run until she was sold to a Quebec merchant in 1818 and was then lost off the coast of Newfoundland that very same year.
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| Primary Source | Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868 - Pardons: Governor King's Lists 1801 - List 7: Conditional Pardons |
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Thomas Limpus, 1760-c.1800 Born into a pauper family and first convicted of theft at the age of 17 in 1777. After several stints in London’s hulks and prisons, he was part of the ill-fated attempt to transport convicts to Africa. After returning to London and being convicted of the offence of returning from transportation, he mutinied on a transport ship destined for America (escaping from the ship off the coast of the Scilly Isles) and attempted to escape from a hulk. He was finally successfully transported on the First Fleet in 1787 to New South Wales and then Norfolk Island. Thomas was on a list of those receiving conditional pardons in 1801, but he is marked as deceased
Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868 Name Thomas Limpus Age 26 Birth Year Abt 1762 Arrival Year 1788 Arrival State New South Wales Trial Place Guildhall Westminster Ship Charlotte © 1997-2024 Ancestry Australian Convict Transportation Registers – First Fleet, 1787-1788 Name Thomas Limpus Vessel Charlotte Fleet First Convicted Date 8 Oct 1782 Voyage Date Feb 1787 Colony New South Wales Place of Conviction Old Bailey, London, England © 1997-2024 Ancestry The Proceedings of the Old Bailey THOMAS LIMPUS. Miscellaneous; returning from transportation. 10th September 1783. 636. THOMAS LIMPUS was indicted for that he at the General quarter sessions, holden at Westminster, on Tuesday the 8th day of October, 1782, before William Mainwaring , Esq; and others, was tried for stealing, on the 4th of September then last, a cambrick handkerchief, value 10 d. and was sentenced to be transported as soon as conveniently might be, to some of his Majesty's colonies and plantations in Africa, for the term of seven years, and for that he, the said Thomas Limpus afterwards was at large within this kingdom, to wit, on the 11th of September last, without any lawful cause, and before the expiration of the said term of seven years, for which term he had been ordered to be so transported , against the statute and against the King's peace.............. GUILTY Death . Tried by the first Middlesex Jury before Mr. Justice GOULD.