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Transportation
Thomas Neilson was transported on the Indian, departing 30th Jun 1810 and arriving 16th Dec 1810 with 201 passengers.
Indian (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 22 |
| 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
Under both NEILSON & NELSON. 1810 - Indian - Edinburgh Circuit Court of Justiciary Name: Thomas Neilson Vessel: Indian Convicted Date: 13 Jan 1809 Voyage Date: Jul 1810 Colony: New South Wales Place of Conviction: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Tried - Edinburgh Circuit Court of Justiciary Name: Thomas Neilson Gender: Male Occupation: Servant Conviction Place: Edinburgh Circuit Court of Justiciary Crime: Theft Departure Date: Jul 1810 Arrival Date: 16 Dec 1810 Arrival Place: New South Wales Arrival Ship: Indian --------------------------------------- 1812 - Name: Thomas Neilson Date of conviction: 13 Jan 1809 Vessel: Indian Port of Arrival: Sydney Date of Arrival: 16 Dec 1810 Ticket of Leave: Yes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1814 General Muster. Indian. Convict. Off Stores. Servant to Admiral Bligh. ------------------------------------------------------------ 1816 - Name: Thomas Nelson Arrival Date: Dec 1810 Vessel:Indian Province:New South Wales Title: Male Year(s): 1816 Place of Conviction: Edinburgh 1817 - Name: Thomas Nelson Arrival Date: 12/1810 Vessel: Indian Province: New South Wales Title: Male Year(s): 1817 Place of Conviction: Edinburgh 1820 24 Apr - District constable in Castlereagh (Reel 6049; 4/1744 pp.311.5 1820 - Name: Thomas Nelson Residence Year: 1820 Residence: Castlereagh and Evans, New South Wales, Australia Arrival Ship: Indian Record Type: Population Book Title: Castlereagh and Evan Population Book, 1820 1822 3 Jan - resigned as constable (Reel 6039: 4/424 p.18) 1823 April- Re; permision to marry at Castlereagh (reel 6010; 4/3508 p.242) - Catherine Cox John Bull Name: Thomas Neilson [Thomas Nielson] Spouse Name: Catharine Cox Marriage Date: 1823 Marriage Place: New South Wales Registration Place: Castlereagh, New South Wales Registration Year: 1823 Volume Number: V Name: Thomas Nielson Spouse Name: Catharine Cox Marriage Date: 1823 Marriage Place: New South Wales Registration Place: Montellorus, Wellington District, New South Wales Registration Year: 1823 Volume Number: V ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1825 Mar 1,8 - Government servants assigned and to and Tansferred from the district of Evan (Reel 6063; 4/1785 p.183a) Name: Thomas Nelson 1825 8 March Event Date: 08/03/1825 Arrival Year: 1810 Vessel: Indian Event Description: Government servants assigned to and transferred from in the District of Evan Comments: Per "Indian", 1810 Page: 183a 1825 Nov - Name: Thomas Nelson Event Date: Nov 1825 Arrival year: 1810 Vessel: Indian Event Description: To be granted a conditional pardon Comments: Per "Indian", 1810 Page: 48 1825 Muster. TL (Ticket of Leave) Life. Landholder of Evan. 1825 Nov - to be granted a conditional pardon (Fishe 3292; 4/6974.1 pp.48,71 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1828 - Cencus Thomas NEILSON Per the Indian - Ticket of Leave. Aged 44 in 1828. Born 1784. Sentence: Life Pro (Protestant) Living with Catherine NEILSON Per the John Bull - aged 28 GS (Government Service?) Sentence - 14 Years (Catholic) Occupation in 1828 - Farmer in the County of Evan. 16 acres Could sign his name EVAN One of the original districts of the Country of Cumberland, NSW bounded on the South side by the BRINGELLY district...on the East side by the SOUTH CREEK to the RICHMOND ROAD...thence by that road to the CHAIN OF PONDS at LARRA'S FARM...and by the RICHMOND COMMON LINE to MATTHEW'S FARM opposite the GROSE RIVER, and on the West side by the NEPEAN RIVER. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1831 19 Oct - Thomas NEILSON. null. Indian. 1810 Recommended Conditional Pardon. 19 Oct 1831 - [4/4478; Reel Thomas Ticket of Leave under Nelson. 1831 - Conditional Pardon - Name: Thomas Nelson Arrival year: 1810 Pardon Date: 19 Oct 1831 Vessel Name: Indian Record Type: Conditional Pardon Number: 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1833 6 Apr - Thomas NEILSON. null. Indian. 1810 Conditional Pardon 6 Apr 1833. - [4/4432; Reel 775 Page 207] Name: Thomas Nelson Age: 47 Birth Year: 1786 Origin Place: Mid Lothian Conviction Date: 13 Jan 1809 Conviction Place: Edinburgh County Insticeary Arrival year: 1810 Pardon Date: 6 Apr 1833 Vessel Name: Indian Record Type: Conditional Pardon Number: 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1837 Return of Convicts . Received LIfe. Ticket of Leave. Landholder in the are of Castlereagh & Evan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1865 - NELSON THOMAS 5540/1865 AGE 87 YEARS DIED PENRITH PENRITH
Thomas Nielson (sic),late servant to Lt.Col. Wauchope, Edinburgh Militia, appeared 13 January 1809 at Edinburgh High Court on a libel - opening a lockfast drawer of master by a skelton key and stealing money (probably late 1808 but no detail). Pled guilty and transported for life. See Scots Magazine (1809), Vol.71, p 75 and McGowan, John (2013) A New Civic Order: The contribution of the City of Edinburgh Police, 1805-1812, p 152 and p 229