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Transportation
John Midgley was transported on the Speke, departing 13th Dec 1820 and arriving 18th May 1821 with 156 passengers.
Speke (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 426 |
| 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
On Thursday, the following 16 Convicts left the Castle, in order to be delivered on board the Hulks lying up the river Thames, below Woolwich, James Dixon, Wm. Hardisty, John Spencer, John Midgley, James Gavins, Joseph Tillotson, John Kenworthy, Isaac Plats, Thomas Hague, Titus Kent, Wm. Parkes, James Curtis, William Wilkinson, John Brown, Charles Penny, and Charles Fowler. Yorkshire Gazette, 19 Aug 1820. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. MIDGELEY, John. Per "Speke", 1821 1822 Feb 12 On list of prisoners assigned (Fiche 3290; 4/4570D p.77)
Leeds Mercury Yorkshire, England 29 Jul 1820 LEEDS, SATURDAY, JULY 29 Since our last the following prisoners have been committed to Wakefield- House of Correction Wm. Hardisty, of Leeds, cloth-adresser, John Spence, of Leeds, cloth-drawer, James Gavins, of Leeds, labourer, John Midgley, of Halifax, cloth-dresser, and Thomas Raistrick, of Yeadon, Cloth-maker, charged with breaking into the warehouse of Messrs. Buckton and Son, in Meadow-Lane on the night of the 18th instant, and stealing therefrom nine ends of woollen cloth, a quantity of shawls, a number of stuff pieces, and a woollen table cloth, the whole of which were found in Raistrick's house at Yeadon. William Hardisty, James Gavins were also onboard the Speke -- no ships found for John Spence of Thomas Raistrick. Birth dates listed 1789, 1785, 1784. Occupation: Cloth-dresser. John Midgley was listed as 31 years old on arrival. 1/8/1827: COF - Listed as a farmer, born 1785, 5'7" tall, ruddy and slightly freckled complexion, brown to grey hair, hazel eyes, scar at the outer corner of right eye - 42 years old. 1/11/1830: Convict Death Register - John Midgley died at Bathurst, aged 30 - (entry in the deaths book on Ancestry states he was 36).