Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Thomas (The Younger) Sheen was transported on the James Pattison, departing 10th Jul 1837 and arriving 25th Oct 1837 with 272 passengers.
James Pattison (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 85 (44) |
| 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 |
Claims
"I am a direct decendant of Thomas."
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Convict Notes
—Thomas Sheen, 19, William Storer, 19, and Samuel Kirkland, 17, for setting fire to a straw and stubble stack, at Stoke Golding. Leicestershire Mercury, 18 March 1837. Assize Intelligence. The following prisoners were tried before Lord ABINGER this morning:- Thomas Sheen, aged 19, and Samuel Kirkland, aged 17, were indicted for maliciously setting fire to two stacks of straw, belonging to Thomas Hall, at Stoke Golding, in this county, on the night of the 1st of March instant. Mr. CLARKE was counsel for the prosecution; Mr. MILLER for the prisoners. It appeared from the testimony of several witnesses, and chiefly from that of an accomplice named Storer, that he and the prisoners, who were stocking-makers went to the prosecutor's barn on the night of the 1st March, and set fire to a stack of straw with lucifer matches. All three then ran some distance, and stopped until they saw the straw on fire. They afterwards went round through a lane and joined those who were extinguishing the fire. The prisoners themselves made a confession to the same effect. Guilty—Sentence of DEATH was recorded. Lord ABINGER said that in consequence of the good character given to the prisoners their lives would be spared, but it must be on condition of their being transported for life. English Chronicle, 23 March 1837. The following convicts were removed from this gaol on Tuesday last, for Chatham, viz.—George Carter, John Spring, Thomas Stretton, Samuel Kirkland, and Thomas Sheen, transported for life; … Leicestershire Herald, 20 May 1837.
Married Phoebe Ellen Perkins, granddaughter of Third Fleet convict Samuel Perkins, on 12 October 1851 at Macdonald River CE. Buried in Rookwood Cemetery.