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John Payne was transported on the Claudine, departing 19th Aug 1829 and arriving 6th Dec 1829 with 180 passengers.
The 'Claudine' was an East Indiaman built in Calcutta in 1811 from teak wood with a tonnage of 452 tons. In 1820 she ran from London to Hobart Town, Sydney, Batavia and back to England. After leaving Sydney on 10 May 1820 under the command of John Welsh, she discovered the Claudine Reef in the Coral Sea, before making her way past Murray Island in Torres Strait on her way to Batavia. The Claudine made two voyages to Australia as a convict transport. Departing Woolwich 24 August 1821 mastered by John Crabtree with Henry Ryan as ship's surgeon. She arrived in Port Dalrymple, van Diemen's Land after a passage of 113 days via Teneriffe, on 15 December, landing 40 convicts. She then sailed on to Hobart Town and landed the remaining 119 male convicts, one prisoner having died en route . On 24 August 1829 the Claudine departed London, arriving in Sydney on 6 December 1829 after a voyage of 104 days; her Master was William Heathorne, the surgeon William H Trotman. On this voyage she sailed with 180 prisoners and their guard; two prisoners died en route. she then sailed on to Madras on 30 December. The Claudine returned to merchant service and on Monday 21-22 November 1840 under the command of captain Brewer was deliberately beached with another East Indiaman 'Westminster' during a storm off the Kent coast near Margate. This stranding was the subject of a famous engraving by William Henry Bartlett and a pencil and chalk sketch by J.M.W. Turner. The 'Westminster' successfully unloaded 6000 chests of tea into two steamers which delivered it to the East India Docks and was refloated on 7 December. 'Claudine' which was beached onshore unloaded into 200 carts the following day 23rd November and was then refloated on a spring tide after 7 December. Both ships having been dismasted in the storm, were repaired and put back into the trade. The Claudine appears to have been sent to the wreckers in 1849.
Claudine (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 174 |
| 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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"4x Great Grandmother (Slack family tree)"
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Convict Notes
John Payne was baptised on 2 October 1813 at Holy Trinity Church, Frome, Somerset, England, the register recording that he was illegitimate, and his mother's name was "Patient". John Payne aged 16 and Edward Dean aged 17 were tried on 28 March 1829 at the Somerset Assizes for "burglary and stealing a watch and two seals etc". They were found guilty, sentenced to death, then reprieved to 14 years transportation. They were sent from Ilchester Gaol to the Captivity hulk at Devonport on 10 May 1829. John Payne arrived at Sydney, New South Wales on the ship Claudine on 6 December 1829. The indent for this ship had the information: age 17; no education; Protestant; single; born at Frome Somerset; bricklayers boy; no previous convictions; height 4ft 8.25in; ruddy and pock pitted complexion, light brown hair, grey eyes, tattoo "MP" on left arm and small scar over left eyebrow. He was sent to Isaac Gorrick at Wilberforce. In the 1837 convict muster, John Payne was listed, aged 22, at Macquarie Plains, assigned to John West, Snr. He received a Ticket of Leave in 1838 for the District of Windsor. John Payne was age 27 with a Ticket of Leave (convict Claudine 14 years) when he applied for permission to marry 15 year old Jane Barnett in 1839. Jane was a granddaughter of first fleeter Daniel Barnett. On 10 December 1839 John Payne married Jane Barnett at St Matthews, Windsor, New South Wales, by Banns with consent of the Governor and her parent. They had children baptised at St Matthew's Church of England, Windsor (parents recorded as John and Jane Payne, Labourer, of Windsor): Mary Payne; Born 17 Oct 1840, baptised 20 Oct 1840, Hannah Payne Born 8 May 1842, baptised 4 Sep 1842. John received his Certificate of Freedom on 10 May 1843. He had grown to 5ft 3.5in according to the certificate. He was described as a "store keeper" in his daughter Hannah's death certificate, so he was probably the man John Payne, storekeeper to Captain Towns, at Towns's Wharf [North Sydney], mentioned in the Sydney Morning Herald on 15 October 1847