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John Phillips was transported on the Chapman, departing 6th Apr 1824 and arriving 27th Jul 1824 with 180 passengers.
The Chapman ship was built at Whitby, England in 1777, rebuilt in 1811 and refurbed in 1815. Tonnage: 558 The 1817 voyage from Ireland to New South Wales, Australia is not yet fully recorded on this web site - currently being updated. A mutiny occurred on this voyage with 7 men killed and many others wounded. (200 male convicts embarked) 1824 voyage from England to Van Diemen's Land (180 male convicts). 1826 voyage from England to Van Diemen's Land (100 male convicts, 2 escaped). Royal Staff guards & 19 private passengers.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 143 (73) |
| 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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Description record showing age 26 at time of transportation in 1824 https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON23-1-3/CON23-1-3-P012
The Courier. Sat 17 Jan 1846. Page 2. OATLANDS ASSIZES. A case of even higher interest, from its (happily) less frequent occurrence, was the charge against John Phillips, of Green Ponds, of feloniously firing the stacks of Benjamin Berthon, Esq., of Woodlands. The fads, aa elicited in evidence, were, that Mr. Berthon, in his magisterial capacity, having concurred in inflicting a fine upon the prisoner, for sly grog selling, the latter uttered some expressions which induced Mr. Ber- thon to apprehend some ill-will from him, and, after putting Mr. District Constable Goodwin on the alert, to hasten home. On the same evening Mr. Berthon's stacks were suddenly discovered to bp in flames. A person was dispatched on horseback to the house of Phillip», who was found to be absent, as indeed he remained the whole night. On the next day he was apprehended-it was proved that, after the trial, he had purchased a box of lucifer matches, and the marks were distinctly visible where he had exploded one on his boot. Footsteps about the stack likewise corresponded exactly with the size of the prisoner's boots. He was convicted, and sentenced to die, without hope of mercy.
CON31-1-34 NO; 348. STATUS; Married 3 children, Wife Mary Brown 1837 - Conditional Pardon. NO; 1399. 26 August 1837 1846 - Supreme Court Oatlands. 15 January 1846. Feloniously stetting fire to a stack of Oates. Sentence to be Hanged 1846 - Burial in the Parish of Green Ponds John Phillips. Abode; Green Ponds. 4 January 1846. Aged; 46 years old