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Transportation
Joseph Saunders was transported on the Baring, departing 30th Nov 1818 and arriving 26th Jun 1819 with 302 passengers.
Baring (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 124 |
| 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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1833 - Burials in the Parish of Trinity in the County of Buckinghamshire in the Year 1833 No; 29 Name; Joseph Saunders Abode; Hospital When buried; 1833, 24 December 1833 Age; 40 years ** As per register Ship’s Name; Baring Quality or profession. Labourer
24/7/1818 Cambridge Chronicle and Journal Cambridgeshire, England: HERTFORDSHIRE ASSIZES. Serjeant Lens passed sentence of Death upon the following persons, capitally convicted : Joseph Saunders and Charles Archer, for sheep stealing. No ship found for Charles Archer. Joseph Saunders was listed as 30 years old on arrival in NSW. Place of Birth: Bolswater, Hertfordshire. Joseph was 5'9½" tall, dark sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes. 1/12/1819: arrived VDL per 'Admiral Cockburn'. 6/5/1821: Transferred back to Newcastle. 1823: Arrived VDL per 'Ann' - to serve his sentence at Macquarie Harbour. 16/7/1832: Free Certificate. (1832 Muster):
Tasmanian Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-38$init=CON31-1-38p60 Colonial Secretary Index. SAUNDERS, Joseph. Per "Baring", 1819 1821 May 16 - Re his being secured in Sydney Gaol prior to transportation to Newcastle; appears as James (Reel 6008; 4/3504 pp.40-2) 1821 May 17 - Prisoner from Van Diemen's Land to be placed in Sydney Gaol; appears as James (Reel 6051; 4/1749 pp.345-6) 1821 May 28 - On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per "Snapper" (Reel 6008; 4/3504 p.55) 1821 Jul, Aug - On monthly returns of prisoners punished at Newcastle (Reel 6023; 4/1718 pp.131, 133) 1821 Nov 12 - Convict from Van Diemen's Land under sentence to Newcastle. Re warrant respecting the commencement and duration of sentence (Reel 6008; 4/3504A p.57) 1821 Dec 24 - Convict at Newcastle under sentence from Van Diemen's Land. Request for details of his sentence (Reel 6008; 4/3504A p.196) 1822 Feb 14 - On list of prisoners transported from Van Diemen's Land to Newcastle; listed as James (Reel 6009; 4/3505 p.257) 1822 Feb 27 - To be removed to Port Macquarie having given himself up under the proclamation of Sir Thomas Brisbane (Reel 6008; 4/3504A p.498) 1822 Feb 27 - On lists of convict runaways removed to Port Macquarie per "Newcastle" (Reel 6009, 4/3505 p.232; Reel 6019, 4/3864 pp.352-3) 1823 Oct 8,11,14,16 - Runaway from Port Macquarie in Sydney Gaol. To be embarked on the "Ann" for Hobart to serve the remainder of his sentence at Macquarie Harbour (Reel 6011; 4/3509 pp.387, 407, 419, 435)
Absconded. 4. Jos. Saunders, per Baring (2) ; 30 yrs. old; nat. of Herefordshire; 5 ft. 2 1/2 in; hazel eyes; bl. hair; dark sallow complexion ; from Newcastle. Sydney Gazette, 19 Apr 1822.
ONE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD. POLICE OFFICE, HOBART TOWN, 28th November, 1820. WHEREAS THOMAS ATKINSON (No. 55), 5 feet 4 inches high, dark Complexion, dark brown Hair, hazel Eyes, 31 years of Age, a Gentleman's Servant, was tried in the City of Dublin in September 1818, and sentenced to be transported for Seven Years, arrived at Sydney in the Ship Bencoolen, and here in the Ship Admiral Cockburn the 1st Time, was born in the County of Meath, and is freckled:— JAMES LETTING (No. 70), 5 feet 5½ inches high, brown Hair, hazel Eyes, 22 years of Age, a Farmer's Labourer, tried at Hertford 16th July 1818, sentenced to be transported for Life, arrived in the Ship Hibernia, was bom at Silso, in Bedfordshire:— THOMAS LAWTON (No. 88), 5 feet 4½ inches high, light brown Hair, grey Eyes, 18 years of Age, a Farmer's Labourer, tried at Lancaster in March 1819, sentenced for Fourteen Years, arrived in the Ship Dromedary, was born at Liverpool :— JOSEPH SAUNDERS (No. 167), 5 foot 9¾ inches High, dark Complexion, dark brown Hair, brown Eyes, 31 years of Age, a Farmer's Labourer, was tried at Hereford 16th July 1818, and sentenced to he transported for Fourteen Years, arrived at Sydney in the Ship Baring the 2d Time, and at this Settlement in the Ship Admiral Cockburn the 2d Time, was born at Bolswater in Herefordshire, and has S. J. on his right Wrist:— Charged with divers capital Felonies, broke out of His Majesty's Gaol, at Hobart Town, on the Night of the 27th Day of November. A Reward of TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS each is hereby offered to any Person or Persons who will apprehend and lodge in His Majesty's Gaol at Hobart Town the above-named T. Atkinson, J. Letting, T. Lawton, and J. Saunders. A.W. H. HUMPHREY, Hobart Town Gazette, 23 Dec 1820