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Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Livermore was transported on the Guildford, departing 31st Jul 1811 and arriving 18th Jan 1812 with 214 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 52 |
| 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
Burial Record in parish of St John, Launceston, Cornwall, Port Dalrymple, 1827. https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD34-1-1p068j2k Thomas Livermore, abode, Norfolk Plains, buried 23 Sept 1827, age 42, ship Guildford, farmer.
There are descendants of Thomas Livermore that argue his attempted murder of his first wife, Mary Lucas, was justified because there was a claim during his trial that she had an affair and become pregnant before their marriage and had tricked him into marrying her. It should therefore be noted that the length of time between Thomas Livermore and Mary Lucas' marriage and the birth of their son James Livermore was exactly 8 months and 27 days, making it highly unlikely that Mary was pregnant by another man before her marriage and would have been able to know this with the medical technology available in 1810. Most likely this claim if another man being the father was either a lie Mary said in anger, or a fabrication during the trial to gain sympathy for Thomas because Mary didn't want her child's father executed.
1811 at the Surrey assizes Thomas Livermore was convicted for attempting to murder his wife, he had cut her throat, but she survived. Colonial Secretary Papers: LIVERMORE, Thomas. Per "Guildford", 1812 1812 Jul 4: Sent to Port Dalrymple as Government servant to James Cox (Reel 6003; 4/3492 pp.138-40) 1820 Nov 14: Servant to James Cox at Launceston, Port Dalrymple, Van Diemen's Land. Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3203; 4/1861 p.38) Elizabeth Dewsnap/Duslop was assigned as a servant to Livermore, at Launceston. 10/9/1827: Married Elizabeth Dewsnap/Duslop – Elizabeth arrived per ‘Maria 1818’ aged 15/16. She had apparently partnered with an aboriginal man and had a son William born in 1826. William took on the name ‘Livermore’. Elizabeth died 1883 aged 80 from Senility. 1827: Thomas died at Norfolk Plains, aged 42 listed as a farmer
The Guildford sailed from England on 3 September 1811, arrived in Port Jackson on January 18 1812. Livermore was then sent to Van Diemens Land per the Colonial Schooner "Unity" on the 4 July 1812.