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Thomas Mortimer was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 1st Jul 1830 and arriving 8th Nov 1830 with 194 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
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| Primary Source | State Archives NSW (Indents NRS 12188, Item 4/4016, microfiche 677). State Records Authority of NSW (Butts of COF NRS 12210, Archive Roll 1016). Ancestry. NSW Births Deaths and Marriages. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 423 (214) |
| 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
Wm. Turvey and Thos. Mortimer, the two men who were detained at Aston Clinton, by our active constable, Mr. Cross, on Friday, the 22d ult., with three donkeys and other property in their possession, were brought up for re-examination - Benjamin Johnsen, a labourer, of Tetsworth deposed that he missed a donkey morning, from a stable in which it had been locked the preceding evening; the donkey had since been shown to him at Aylesbury by Mr. Cross.—John Lyon, gardener to Col. Webb, of Adwell, owned another of the donkeys, and a bridle and saddle, in possession of the prisoners; and John Austin, a labourer of Tetsworth, owned the third.—Mr. Watkins, a farmer of Kingston, who had been robbed of several head of poultry, identified a cock and two ducks found on them; and Mr. Filbee, a farmer of Oakley, whose father’s farm had been broken open and of three bushels of barley, a bushel of white peas, and some sacks, claimed as his own four sacks with which the donkeys were laden, and though not speak positively to some barley and peas contained in them, he said he believed it to be the property of his father. All these robberies were committed on the night of the 21st.—The prisoners are well known at Brill, from which place they some time ago absconded. When asked if they chose for their possession of the donkeys, Mortimer said ‘We bought these here asses on the road.” ‘Turvey said, “ I know nothing about it; this young man bought the donkeys on the road.”— They were committed for trial, and the witnesses bound to appear against them. Bucks Gazette, 6 Feb 1830. The following prisoners were tried yesterday, before Mr. Sergeant Storks; William Turvey and Thomas Mortimer, for having stolen an ass, the property of Benjamin Johnson, at Tetsworth. Fourteen Years’ Transportation Bucks Gazette, 6 March 1830. The following convicts were sent off from Aylesbury gaol, on Monday , to be conveyed on board the Leviathan hulk, Portsmouth, for Life. —John Herridge, for horse-stealing; Geo. Fook and Henry Higgins, for house-breaking; and Wm. Worker, for sheep-stealing. For Fourteen Years.—Thos. Mortimer and William Turvey, for stealing a donkey. For Seven Years. —Wm. Paine, for stealing from the person, Thomas Cooper, for stealing butter; Matthew Goodson, for house-breaking; Wm. Hephard, for steal- potatoes, Edward Cox, for stealing a beech tree. Bucks Gazette, 1 May 1830. Leviathan Hulk Records. HO-9-8_6 page 11/54. Received from Aylesbury 26 April 1830. Thos Mortimer, age 28, Five Several Larcenies, Tried 1 March 1830, Aylesbury, 14 years, To NSW 26 June 1830, R. Admiral. Wm Turvey, age 21, Five Several Larcenies, Tried 1 March 1830, Aylesbury, 14 years, To NSW 26 June 1830, R. Admiral.
Thomas Mortimer had five children from his marriage to Margaret Doyle
Bound Indentures: aged 28, Married with no children Trade: Ploughman Milks Reaps & Sows Offence: Stealing Peas Fowls & Donkey Certificate of Freedom No. 44/573 dated 13 April 1844 Year of Birth 1802 Trade Laborer Tried 1 March 1830
Married Margaret Doyle (widow) at Tenterfield on 7 November 1864 (BDM 3189). Died at McLeods Creek Timbarra (near Tenterfield) on 24 September 1873 aged 70. (BDM 7061) Buried at Timbarra cemetery.